LICENSE
AGREEMENT
DATED: May 11,
2005
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1.
Licensor :
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BBKO, LLC, a
Delaware Limited Liability Company
(“Licensor”)
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C/O Joseph
Young Associates, Ltd.
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P.O. Box 807,
18 Hook Mountain Rd., Suite 203
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Pine Brook, New
Jersey 07058
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2.
Licensee :
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BBKO, Inc.
f/k/a/ Malibu Beach Mixers Company
(“Licensee”)
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C/O Joseph R.
Cellura
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Chairman and
CEO
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P.O. Box
944
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Malibu, CA
90265
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3.
Property :
The trade names
“BBKO” and “Beats, Bouts and Knockouts” and
all associated trademarks, service marks, goodwill, and business
plans and prospective business arrangements relating to the sport
of boxing relating thereto (collectively, the “
Property ”). In this regard, Licensor
represents that it has applied for Federal trademark registration
of the names “BBKO” and “Beats, Bouts and
Knockouts,” as well as a stylized logo for “Beats,
Bouts and Knockouts,” in International Classes 41 and 25
(Entertainment Services and Clothing). Such registration is pending
and Licensor does not warrant that Federal trademarks will be
issued.
Licensor hereby grants an exclusive license to
Licensee, during the “Term” (as hereinafter defined),
in and to the Property for the purposes of undertaking any and all
business activities utilizing the Property in connection with the
sport of boxing.
In this regard, Licensor represents that it has
commenced negotiations with ESPN relating to the production of a
series of boxing telecasts utilizing the Property, but no agreement
has been reached regarding same as of the date hereof. Licensor
agrees to cooperate with Licensor in attempting to conclude such
agreement, but no representation is being made by Licensor that
such agreement will be concluded or that ESPN will consent to
Licensee being substituted for Licensor in connection with such
services.
The term of
this Agreement (“Term”) shall commence upon the date
first written above and shall expire (unless sooner terminated in
accordance with the provisions hereof) on the date ten (10) years
thereafter.
The licensee shall have the option to renew the
license agreement for four (4) additional 10 year terms by
forwarding a payment of $100,000 in cash or stock, at the
licensee’s option, for each 10- year extension. Licensee
shall notify Licensor within 30 days prior to expiration of the
licensing agreement.
Worldwide
(“ Territory ”).
8. Advances and
Guarantees:
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Up front
licensing fee: Upon signing of this agreement, Licensee will pay an
up front license fee of $10,000 as follows:
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Convertible
note issued to Allan Brown, Richard Abramson, and Gene Simmons in
the amount of $10,000 convertible into 10% of the Licensee or
200,000,000 free trading shares of Orbit Brands Corporation
(“Orbit”). If said note is converted into Orbit Brands
shares, the 10% ownership in the Licensee shall revert back to its
parent company (Orbit).
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Consulting Fee:
Upon signing of this agreement, Licensee will pay a consulting fee
of $10,000 as follows:
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Convertible
note issued to David Baker, Andrew Shayne, Joe Cellura, Kevin
Pelletier, and Joe Salvani (the “Consulting Group”) in
the amount of $10,000 convertible into 10% of the Licensee or
200,000,000 free trading shares of Orbit. If said note is converted
into Orbit shares, the 10% ownership in the Licensee shall revert
back to its parent company (Orbit).
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c.
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Initial Seed
Capital: $500,000 funded directly into the Licensee
within 60 days of execution of this licensing agreement. The
Consulting Group will receive a 10% interest in BBKO, LLC upon the
receipt of cash in BBKO, Inc.
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In
consideration of the license herein granted by Licensee, Licensee
shall pay royalties (“Royalties”) to Licensor of an
amount equal to 1 percent (1%) in year 1, 5 percent (5%) in year 2,
and ten percent (10%) in years 3-10 of all gross amounts (including
the monetary value of non-monetary consideration received by
Licensee) (“Gross Receipts”) received by or applied to
the account of Licensee or any “Related Party” (as
hereafter defined) anywhere in the Territory in connection with
Licensee’s activities utilizing and/or relating to the
Property, including, without limitation, all Gross Receipts derived
from any promotion of boxing events, management of boxing
participants, presentation, production or licensing of televised
boxing matches (and any exploitation of same by any means or in any
media, now known or hereafter devised), merchandising activities,
video games, so called “product integration” and
product placement, sponsorship revenues or other commercial
exploitation of any kind relating to the Property. “Related
Parties” shall mean any affiliated, associated, parent, or
subsidiary entity of Licensee and/or any sub-licensee of
Licensee.
10.
Payment and
Reporting:
10.1
Royalties shall be payable to
Licensor on a quarterly basis during the Term and shall be
accompanied by accounting statements in reasonable detail setting
forth all Gross Receipts for the respective quarter and on a
cumulative basis, as well as the source of all Gross Receipts. Such
accounting statements and the accompanying Royalty payment shall be
issued to Licensor no later than thirty days after the close of
each calendar quarter during the Term. Licensee acknowledges and
agrees that notwithstanding anything in herein contrary, its
obligation to make payment of the Royalties shall survive any
expiration of this Agreement
10.2
Royalties may be computed in the
currency of the country where earned and paid to the Licensor in
U.S. Dollars at the exchange rate as stated in the Wall Street
Journal on the last day of the applicable calendar quarter
accounting period. Licensee shall be solely responsible for all
costs of any currency conversion to U.S. Dollars and such costs
shall not reduce the amounts due to Licensor hereunder.
Licensor’s acceptance of any accounting statement or payment
of Royalties by Licensee shall not be a waiver of any of
Licensor’s rights hereunder, including, without limitation,
Licensor’s rights to recover amounts due as a result of
errors in any accounting statement. Licensee shall promptly pay all
such amounts upon Licensor’s request.
10.3 Licensee shall keep and maintain accurate books
of account and records covering all transactions relating to this
Agreement. Licensor or its designee shall be entitled to: Audit and
inspect such books and records once per 12 month period and within
3 years of Licensee’s rendering thereof, during
Licensee’s normal business hours, at its normal place of
business, on normal business days and upon ten (10) days prior
written notice to Licensee, and obtain copies and make its own
summaries of such books and records. Licensee shall retain all such
books of account and records for a minimum of three (3) years after
expiration or termination of this Agreement and thereafter during
the pendency of any claim by Licensee. If Licensor discovers any
deficiency in any Royalties paid to Licensor for any period under
audit (an “ Audit Deficiency ”),
Licensee shall promptly pay such Audit Deficiency to Licensor and,
if such Audit Deficiency is five percent (5%) or more of the
Royalties owing to Licensor for the applicable audit period,
Licensee shall, in addition to paying the Audit Deficiency, also
reimburse Licensor for all costs and expenses incurred by Licensor
in connection with such audit. Without prejudice to any other
rights of Licensor hereunder, time is of the essence regarding all
payments due hereunder and Licensee shall pay interest on any Audit
Deficiency, as well as on all delinquent Royalty payments
hereunder, at two percent (2%) plus the “prime rate”
established by the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, compounded
annually at the rate from time to time in effect and calculated
from the date on which such payment was due but in no event at a
higher rate than allowed by law.
Licensee
acknowledges that the Property contains substantial goodwill, and
that Licensor is the sole owner of the Property, subject to the
license hereby granted to Licensee. Licensee acknowledges and
agrees that it shall not acquire any rights in and to the Property
after the Term, and that any goodwill generated by Licensee’s
use of the Property shall inure exclusively to the benefit of
Licensor upon expiration of the Term or earlier termination hereof.
Licensee shall not, during the Term, any extension and/or renewal
thereof, or at any time thereafter, dispute or contest, directly or
indirectly, Licensor’s ownership in and to the Property; the
validity of any of the copyrights or trademarks pertaining thereto
or Licensor’s ownership thereof, nor shall the Licensee
assist or aid others whether directly or indirectly in doing so.
Licensee shall not adopt or seek to register or take any action to
use or establish rights in any name, mark, word (in any language),
symbol, letter, or design which is confusingly similar to the
Property.
12.
Trademarks, Copyright, Patents, and Other Intellectual
Property:
Licensee shall
have the right to register trademarks and/or claims to copyright
for any design incorporating the Property as may be reasonably
necessary. Any and all applications for registration or claims to
copyright, where applicable, shall identify the Licensor as the
copyright proprietor in the Property and all applications to
register trademarks shall identify the Licensor as the trademark
owner; and any and all trademark applications applied for in
Licensee’s name in connection with the Property shall be
automatically assigned to Licensor at the expiration of the Term or
earlier termination hereof. Licensor shall execute all assignments
and other documents deemed necessary by Licensor to effectuate the
foregoing and hereby grant Licensor a power of attorney to executed
on Licensee’s behalf any such assignments and othe
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