Exhibit 10.8
LICENSE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of
January 12, 2007, by and between Allendale Laboratories, Inc.
(“Licensor”), a New Jersey corporation, with an office
at 30 Neck Road, Old Lyme, CT and Synova Healthcare Group, Inc.
(“Licensee”), a Delaware corporation, with an office at
1400 N. Providence Road, Suite 6010, Building II, Media,
Pennsylvania 19063.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Licensor owns or has the
right to certain research information, know-how, patented and
unpatented technology relating to a dissolvable film, contraceptive
diaphragm, etc. that can be used as a barrier and or delivery
device for an agent material, allowing local administration of the
material to an intended body area and to certain gynecological
products, together with additional technology or concepts under
development of to be developed.
WHEREAS, Licensee desires to obtain
from Licensor an exclusive license to the Technology so it can
market products based on the Technology.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises, agreements, covenants and conditions contained
herein, the parties hereby agree as follows:
The following terms shall have the
meaning assigned to them below when used in this
Agreement:
1.1 “ Confidential
Proprietary Information ” - means the confidential
scientific, business or financial information related to the
Technology which (a) is not publicly known or available from
other sources who are not under a confidentiality obligation to a
third party, (b) is not already known or available to
the receiving party without a confidentiality obligation, and
(c) is not required to be disclosed by law.
1.2 “ Improvements
” - means any invention, discovery, development, enhancement
or modification with respect to the Technology made during the term
of this Agreement.
1.3 “ New Products or New
Technology” - means any products or technology developed
by Licensor at any time during the term of this Agreement that has
or may have commercial value to the Company or any third
parry.
1.4 “ Patent Rights
” - means any and all patent applications and patents listed
on Schedule A hereto, together with all other patents that
have been issued or which may be issued in the
future therefrom, including, without limitation,
certificates of invention and any and all divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, reissues, renewals, reexaminations,
extensions or additions to such patent applications and patents and
any foreign counterparts thereof.
1.5 “ Product(s)
” - means any product, including New Products, the
manufacture, sale, use, import or license of which utilizes or
incorporates the Technology.
1.6 “ Technology
” - means the intellectual property described on Schedule
A hereto and all Improvements.
2.1 Licensor hereby agrees to permit
Licensor to review all Products and Technology. Further, in the
event Licensor creates any New Products or New Technology, Licensor
shall promptly deliver to Licensee a written notice describing such
development in detail (such notice, the “New Product
Notice”). For the first thirty (30) days after the date
hereof (the “Initial Period”), no payment shall be
required for the right granted pursuant to this Section 2.1.
In order to extend the rights granted pursuant to this
Section 2.1 for an additional period of 150 days (together
with the Initial Period, the “Extended Period”), the
Licensee shall pay the Licensor the sum of $100,000, to be paid on
or before the expiration of the Initial Period.
2.2 On or prior to the expiration of
the Extended Period, Licensee shall have the exclusive right to
become the exclusive licensee of such Products, New Products or
Technology, or to continue to hold such Products, New Products or
Technology for an additional period of time. Licensee may only
exercise such right by giving timely written notice to Licensor (a
“Hold Notice”). In the event Licensee exercises such
right, then this Agreement shall be deemed amended to include the
Products, New Products or New Technology set forth in the New
Product Notice as if such New Products or New Technology were part
of the Technology. In order to hold such Products, New Products or
Technology for an additional period of one calendar year, the
Licensee shall pay the Licensor a fee of $40,000 with respect to
each specific product which the Licensee wishes to hold for future
development, but not develop at the present time. Such fee shall be
paid at the time the written notice is delivered to the Licensor.
Such hold period may be extended for additional years at an
additional fee of $40,000. In the alternative, the Licensee may
provide written, on or prior to the expiration of the Extended
Period that Licensee wishes to become the exclusive licensee of
such Products, New Products or Technology (a “License
Notice”). In such event, the Licensor and Licensee shall use
their commercially reasonable best efforts to specify a development
schedule and development fees for the specified Products, New
Products or Technology within thirty (30) days of the date of
the License Notice (the “Development Details”). If no
Hold Notice or License Notice is delivered to Licensor in a timely
manner, or if the Development Details are not agreed to in writing
in a timely manner, all rights to the Products, New Products or
Technology shall revert to the Licensor.
2.3 Licensor hereby further grants
to Licensee the right to sublicense to third parties the rights
licensed to Licensee in Section 2.1 and 2.2, provided that the
terms and conditions of this Agreement are met, where applicable,
and that the Licensee obtains Licensor’s prior consent to any
proposed sublicense, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld
by Licensor.
3.1 In consideration of the license
granted under Section 2.2 of this Agreement for the
development of Products, Licensee shall pay to Licensor a royalty
during the term of this Agreement, within 90 days of each calendar
year end, on all sales by Licensee of Products at the rate of 4.5
% of the gross sales of the Product without deduction
therefrom.
3.2 In consideration of the right to
sublicense third parties granted under Section 2.2 of this
Agreement, if Licensee so sublicenses third parties, then Licensee
shall pay to Licensor 25% of all royalties, payments or other
direct remuneration received by Licensee during the term of this
Agreement pursuant to any such sublicense, promptly after
Licensee’s receipt of-such consideration, less any direct
expenses incurred with respect to such sublicense.
3.3 Licensee shall deliver to
Licensor a statement of sales and royalties with respect to and
concurrent with each payment made to Licensor under this
Section 3, certified by the Licensor’s Chief Financial
Officer (the “Royalty Statement”). Unless within thirty
(30) days of delivery of the Royalty Statement by Licensee to
Licensor, Licensee shall have received a written objection from
Licensor to the Royalty Statement, then such draft shall be
considered the final Royalty Statement for such period. If within
thirty (30) days of delivery of the Royalty Statement by
Licensee to Licensor, Licensee shall have received a written
objection from Licensor to the Royalty Statement, then the Licensee
and Licensor shall attempt to reconcile their differences
diligently and in good faith and any resolution by them shall be
final, binding and conclusive. If the Licensee and Licensor are
unable to reach a resolution with such effect within ten
(10) days of the Licensor’s receipt of the
Licensor’s written notice of objection, the parties shall
submit such dispute for resolution to an independent accounting
firm mutually appointed by the parties (the “Independent
Accounting Firm”), which shall determine and report to the
parties and such report shall be final, binding and conclusive on
the parties hereto. The fees and disbursements of the Independent
Accounting Firm shall initially be paid by the Licensor; provided,
however, in the event that the Independent Accounting Firm
determines that the Licensor’s objection to the Royalty
Statement are valid, then the Licensee shall pay the fee payable to
the Independent Accounting Firm.
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4.
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Exclusive
License Except for Use for Research Purposes
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The license granted by Licensor
under this Agreement shall be exclusive even as against Licensor so
that Licensor may not use the Technology for any purpose
whatsoever, except that Licensor reserves the right to use and
practice the Technology for its research and development of
Improvements and New Products and Technology and to permit other
entities and individuals to use the same but only for research
purposes. In connection with any such third party use, Licensor
shall (a) obtain from all such entities and individuals a
written agreement not to use the Technology for commercial purposes
and (b) notify Licensee of the identity of any and all such
third parties.
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5.
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Intellectual
Property .
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Licensee shall bear the cost of all
reasonable patent expenses in the prosecution and maintenance of
the Patent Rights portion of the Technology.
Licensee shall have the right to
modify, improve and enhance the Technology, and any such
modification, improvement or enhancement, shall become the
exclusive property of Licensee, and Licensor shall not have any
rights with respect thereto except to use and practice the same for
its research and development.
7.1 Licensee shall indemnify and
hold Licensor harmless from and against any and all claims,
actions, suits, liabilities, judgments, and expenses (including
reasonable attorney’s fees), in law or in equity, based on or
arising out of or resulting from (a) any claim relating to any
product which is manufactured or produced by Licensee utilizing or
incorporating the Technology except to the extent such claim is
subject to Licensor’s indemnification obligation in
Section 7.2 below, and (b) any breach by Licensee of its
representations, warranties or obligations under this Agreement. In
furtherance of the foregoing, Licensee shall obtain, upon the first
commercial sale of any Product, and maintain, at all times
thereafter during the term of this Agreement, product liability
insurance with coverage on terms and in amounts appropriate for the
business activities of Licensee.
7.2 Licensor shall indemnify and
hold Licensee harmless from and against any and all claims,
actions, suits, liabilities, judgments, and