LICENSE
AGREEMENT
THIS LICENSE
AGREEMENT effective as of this 26
th day of July 2006 by and between SkyLynx
Communications, Inc. (“SKYC”) , a Delaware
corporation, and Innovative Concepts & Mfg. Co., Inc.
(“ICMCI”), a Florida corporation, "
LICENSEE ."
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
SKYC owns, either alone
or jointly with others, and otherwise has the right to utilize and
license certain intellectual property and related technology and
documentation herein below more fully described; and
WHEREAS,
LICENSEE desires to
obtain a license to utilize SKYC's current products, service and
technology and such patents, copyrights and other improvements
hereafter developed with respect to existing products, services and
technology utilized by SKYC, upon the terms and conditions herein
below set forth; and
NOW,
THEREFORE, in
consideration of these premises and of the mutual covenants and
agreements hereinafter set forth, SKYC and LICENSEE hereby agree as
follows:
SECTION
1:
DEFINITIONS
1.1
"Product" or "Products"
and "Service” or "Services" shall mean any application or
implementation of the FM Data Network utilized by SKYC and known as
the “Licensed Rights.”
1.2.
"Licensed Patents" means
any patents that may issue from the Licensed Technology of SKYC and
any patents which may issue from any divisional, continuation,
reissue or substitute application based thereon.
1.3.
"Licensed Copyrights"
means any and all copyrights which SKYC has or may acquire with
respect to the Licensed Technology, including, without limitation,
any and all user interface computer programs, whether or not
published or copyrighted, together with all associated or related
user manuals and documentation, as well as any copyrights which may
arise from future original works of authorship which are a
continuation of, or derivation from, the Licensed Technology and
Licensed Copyrights.
1.4
"Licensed Technology"
means any trade secret, intellectual property, confidential
information, patents, know-how and inventions related in any manner
to any portion or phase of any scientific or technical
information, designs, including circuit designs, process,
procedure, formula, improvement or other information related
thereto, as well as practices and methods of combining components
in the design and operation of network systems, together with all
related end-user documentation, developed and owned by SKYC and
underlying, incorporated into or related to the technology
developed by SKYC and used in connection with the products or
services ("Area of Interest"), including all components and
applications thereof, which SKYC owns, licenses and/or controls
through itself or jointly with others, including, without
limitation, the technology and know-how described on Exhibit A
hereto. All documentation pertaining to the Licensed
Technology, including, without limitation, software source code,
shall be placed in escrow with a mutually
agreeable third party to
be made available to LICENSEE in the event SKYC fails to perform
under this License and related agreements, pursuant to an Escrow
Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
1.5
"Future Improvements"
means any and all inventions and improvements in processes,
designs, and applications relative to the articles falling within
the scope of the Licensed Patents and Licensed Technology, made,
devised or discovered by SKYC or by LICENSEE, either alone or
jointly with others as related to present Products.
1.6
"Licensed Rights" shall
mean the Licensed Patents, Licensed Copyrights, Licensed Technology
and Future Improvements.
1.7
"Territory" shall mean
the geographical area of North America, including, without
limitation, all of the states and territories of the United States
of America.
SECTION
2:
LICENSE
GRANT
2.1
Subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, the SKYC hereby grants to
the LICENSEE a license to the Licensed Rights to put into use and
commercially exploit the Licensed Rights and to market and
distribute Products and Services, implementing or utilizing the
Licensed Rights within.
2.2.
SKYC hereby agrees to
extend the License Agreement to include any and all future patents
and patent applications, copyrights, computer programs, inventions,
improvements and discoveries relative to the articles falling
within the scope of the License granted in Section 2.1
above.
2.3.
SKYC hereby agrees to
extend the License Agreement to include any and all patents or
copyrights on Future Improvements made, devised or developed by
SKYC or under the direction or supervision of LICENSEE.
2.4
SKYC and LICENSEE agree
that it is their intent that the License Rights granted to LICENSEE
pursuant to this Section 2 shall be deemed the license of
"intellectual property" within the meaning of 11 U.S.C.
§365(n) of the United States Code.
SECTION
3:
TRADEMARKS AND
SERVICEMARKS
3.1.
During the term of this
License, LICENSEE shall have the right to make, devise and develop
for use in connection with the commercial sale or exploitation of
Products or Services such additional Trademarks or Servicemarks, as
LICENSEE may desire. Any and all Trademarks or Servicemarks
developed by LICENSEE for use in connection with the sale of
Products or Services shall be and remain the sole, exclusive and
separate property of LICENSEE, free of any claim of SKYC, and
LICENSEE shall have the sole right to apply to and obtain
registrations of such marks. LICENSEE shall be under no
obligation to utilize the Trademarks or Servicemarks of SKYC
hereunder.
3.2
LICENSEE acknowledges
that SKYC is the sole and exclusive owner of the Marks and all
registrations granted thereon, together with all goodwill
associated therewith, and LICENSEE agrees that it is not acquiring
any right, title or interest in and to the Marks other than
the
right to use the Marks
in accordance with this License Agreement. LICENSEE agrees
that it will not collaterally attack SKYC's claim to the Marks or
the validity of this License of the Marks.
SECTION
4:
USE OF LICENSED
PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TECHNOLOGY AND FUTURE
IMPROVEMENTS
4.1
As between the parties,
LICENSEE shall be responsible for the determination of its
marketing and distribution of Products and/or Services exploiting
the Licensed Rights. LICENSEE shall likewise be solely and
exclusively responsible for any and all costs, obligations,
liabilities and debts that may be created or incurred in connection
with its use or other exploitation of the Licensed Rights.
LICENSEE agrees to indemnify and hold harmless SKYC from any
and all liability with respect to such obligations and expenses
incurred by LICENSEE.
4.2
Nothing in this License
Agreement shall be construed to prevent SKYC from sublicensing the
Licensed Rights to any other person or entity or to grant any such
person or entity the right to use the Licensed Rights in any manner
not inconsistent with the rights of LICENSEE hereunder.
4.3
LICENSEE may utilize the
Licensed Rights in the form and with the content that they now
possess or which in the future they may possess. LICENSEE
shall have the right to make substantive or formal modifications in
any of the Licensed Rights or their related Products or Services;
and all rights underlying such modifications shall be the sole
property of LICENSEE.
SECTION
5:
FUTURE
ENHANCEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS
4.1
Rights to Future
Improvements
4.1.1.
During the term of this
Agreement, any and all Future Improvements, whether made by SKYC or
LICENSEE, on existing Products or Service related to the Licensed
Rights developed, designed, made or devised by SKYC with respect to
the Licensed Rights shall remain the sole, exclusive and separate
property of SKYC, but shall be deemed subject to the License hereby
granted.
4.1.2.
During the term of this
Agreement, any and all inventions, discoveries, devices, designs,
apparatus, practices, methods, processes or products (hereafter
individually or collectively the "Inventions") otherwise not
included in the Licensed Rights, whether or not patentable or
copyrightable, made, developed, perfected, devised, conceived,
either solely or jointly with others, by SKYC or LICENSEE within
the Area of Interest, shall be deemed subject to the License hereby
granted. The terms and conditions that such Inventions shall
be made available to LICENSEE hereunder shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 4 hereof.
SECTION
7.
LICENSE FEE AND
ROYALTIES
7.1
Royalty .
7.1.1
Royalties on
Sales .
The LICENSEE shall pay to SKYC for the Licensed Rights a
royalty equal to five percent (5%) of LICENSEE's net sales, as
defined in Section
7.1.2 below for the term
of the License for any products or services covered under this
License Agreement.
7.1.2
Net Sales
Defined .
The "Net Sales," on which the above-described royalty is
based, shall mean the gross sales by LICENSEE of all Products and
Services, directly or indirectly, (including, but not limited to,
LICENSEE's subsidiaries, affiliates and any other corporations,
partnerships or business entities in which LICENSEE has a
controlling ownership interest), less discounts, freight,
commissions, returns and uncollected accounts.
7.1.3
Royalty
Payments .
The royalty payments payable pursuant to Section 7.1.1 of
this Agreement shall be computed on a quarterly basis, commencing
with the end of the first fiscal quarter subsequent to the
Effective Date. Payment shall be due to SKYC forty-five (45)
days following the end of each quarter, subject to credit for any
prepayments provided for herein.
7.1.4
Royalty
Reports .
LICENSEE agrees to furnish to SKYC concurrently with the delivery
of each royalty payment due hereunder a Royalty Report filed by a
responsible individual or corporate officer showing in detail the
amount of royalty payable hereunder with respect to such preceding
calendar quarter and such reasonable supporting information as SKYC
shall request.
7.1.5
Records
. LICENSEE shall keep
and maintain, in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, full, clear and accurate books, records and accounts in
sufficient detail from which the royalties payable to SKYC are
determined so that the information required by SKYC can be readily
ascertained pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. LICENSEE shall
have one or more specific account or account numbers, as required,
dedicated to matters relating to the royalties due hereunder.
LICENSEE shall permit an independent auditor selected and
acceptable to SKYC and LICENSEE, the approval of which may not
unreasonably withheld, to examine said books, records and accounts
on reasonable notice during regular business hours for the purpose
of determining the royalties payable to SKYC pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement; provided, however, that such examinations shall
be conducted no more often than once for each fiscal year period
and shall be conducted, if at all, within sixty (60) days following
the completion of each such fiscal year. LICENSEE shall not be
required to keep such accounts, books and records after acceptance
by SKYC of an audit of the same. Should any audit by SKYC
determine a discrepancy of five percent (5%) or more in LICENSEE's
favor, then LICENSEE shall be required to repay SKYC for the cost
of such audit, and in any event, to immediately pay such
discrepancy or otherwise be deemed in default hereunder.
7.1.6
Sales.
For
the purposes of this Agreement, a sale shall be deemed to have
occurred upon collection by LICENSEE of all or any portion of an
invoice issued for product sold and delivered in the ordinary
course of business.
SECTION
8:
TERM AND
TERMINATION
8.1
The license granted to
LICENSEE hereunder shall be for a period of fifteen (15)
years, commencing from the date of this Agreement’s
execution.
8.2
In the event SKYC shall
default under any provision of this License Agreement, which
default shall remain uncured after sixty (60) days written notice
from LICENSEE, LICENSEE may, at its sole option, terminate this
License Agreement. If this License Agreement is
terminated due to SKYC's
uncured default, LICENSEE's obligation to pay royalties shall
immediately cease and LICENSEE shall have no further obligation to
make any further payments of royalties following the termination
date. Notwithstanding any such termination, however, LICENSEE
shall have the right to continue to exercise all of the Licensed
Rights granted hereunder by LICENSEE prior to the date of
termination shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding
such termination.
8.3
In the event a
court of competent jurisdiction enters a final order against SKYC
(i) terminating this License Agreement for any reason, (ii)
determining that this License Agreement is null, void or
unenforceable for any reason or (iii) approving the rejection of
this License Agreement under applicable provisions of the United
States Bankruptcy Code (hereafter collectively "Involuntary
Termination Event"), then and in such event all sums paid by
LICENSEE to SKYC under Section 7 of this License Agreement shall be
deemed to constitute its Obligations and such event shall cause the
release of documentation held in escrow.
8.4
In the event a court of
competent jurisdiction enters a final order against LICENSEE (i)
terminating this License Agreement for any reason, (ii) determining
that this License Agreement is null, void or unenforceable for any
reason or (iii) approving the rejection of this License Agreement
under applicable p