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LICENSE
AGREEMENT
This License
Agreement (this "Agreement") is entered into and made effective as
of December 1, 2006, by George Andrew Eby III, ("EBY") and Auriga
Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("AURIGA") with respect
to the facts set forth below.
RECITALS
A.
EBY has developed certain products and technology relating to the
treatment of the common cold with zinc and has obtained certain
patents relating to the treatment of the common cold with zinc.
B.
AURIGA is engaged in research and development of, among other
things, pharmaceutical products intended for the treatment of the
common cold and pharmaceutical products containing zinc
acetate.
C.
EBY desires to grant to AURIGA, and AURIGA wishes to acquire, a
worldwide right and license to EBY’s products, technology and
patents.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions set forth
herein, EBY and AURIGA hereby agree as follows:
1.
Definitions . Capitalized terms shall have the
meaning set forth below.
1.1 "
Affiliate "shall mean any entity which directly or
indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control
with AURIGA. The term " control " as used herein means the
possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and the policies of an entity, whether through the
ownership of a majority of the outstanding voting securities or by
contract or otherwise.
1.2 "
Combination Product " shall mean a product containing a
Licensed Product together with one or more other active
ingredients, devices, products, equipment or components that are
themselves not Licensed Products.
1.3 "
Commercial Launch " shall mean the initial commercial sale
of a Licensed Product by AURIGA or a third party authorized to sell
products on behalf of AURIGA.
1.4 "
Confidential Information " shall mean any and all
proprietary or confidential information of EBY or AURIGA which may
be exchanged between the parties at any time and from time to time
during the term of this Agreement. Information shall not be
considered confidential to the extent that it:
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1.4.1 Is
publicly disclosed through no fault of any party hereto, either
before or after it becomes known to the receiving party;
or
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1.4.2 Was
known to the receiving party prior to the date of this Agreement,
which knowledge was acquired independently and not from another
party hereto (or such party’s employees); or
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1.4.3 Is
subsequently disclosed to the receiving party in good faith by a
third party who has a right to make such disclosure; or
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1.4.4 Has
been published by a third party as a matter of right.
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1.5 "
Developed Technology " shall mean intellectual property and
technical know-how, including all rights in discoveries, knowledge,
experience, improvements, processes, products, reports, models,
codes, inventions, works of authorship, trade secrets, pending
patent applications, patents, copyrights, or other proprietary
information (whether or not patentable, copyrightable or the
subject of any other type of intellectual property protection) that
is discovered or developed by AURIGA, including, without
limitation, any of the foregoing that is based or incorporates any
EBY Technology.
1.6 "
Existing Licenses " shall mean the non-exclusive license
agreements EBY has entered into with F&F Foods and Weider
Nutrition, respectively.
1.7 "
Licensed Product " shall mean any product which cannot be
developed, manufactured, used or sold without (i) infringing one or
more claims under EBY Technology or (ii) utilizing any part of EBY
Technology.
1.8 "
EBY Technology " shall mean all intellectual property and
technical know-how, including all rights in discoveries, knowledge,
experience, improvements, processes, products, reports, models,
codes, inventions, works of authorship, trade secrets, pending
patent applications, patents, including without limitation, the
following patents: U.S. Patent 5,409,905 (as revised by
Re-Examination SN90/004,518); 5,095,035; 5,002,970; and 4,956,385;
and Canadian Patent 2,099,670, copyrights, or other proprietary
information (whether or not patentable, copyrightable or the
subject of any other type of intellectual property protection) that
is owned by EBY concerning zinc and the common cold. In addition,
"Ideas and Inventions" developed under that certain Consulting
Agreement, by and between Eby and Auriga, dated as of the date
hereof (the "Consulting Agreement"), as that term is defined in the
Consulting Agreement, shall be included within "Eby
Technology."
1.9 "
Manufacturing Instructions " shall mean the technology,
trade secrets, know-how and other proprietary information and other
information used for the manufacture, packaging, release testing,
validation, stability and shelf life of Licensed Products that are
in existence and in the possession of, under the control of, or
accessible to, the EBY as of the date of this Agreement, including,
without limitation, all (i) current manufacturing processes, (ii)
current test methods, (iii) current specifications for raw
materials, (iii) current manufacturing and packaging instructions,
(iv) the most recently available chemical, pharmacological,
toxicological, safety, quality control and clinical data, (iv)
current master formulae, (v) validation reports, (vi) stability
data, (vii) analytical methods, (viii) records of complaints from
the twenty-four (24) month period ending as of the date of this
Agreement, (ix) annual product reviews from the prior twenty four
(24) months, and (x) other master documents necessary for the
manufacture, control and release of Licensed Products as conducted
by, or on behalf of, EBY.
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1.10 "
Net Sales " shall mean the gross amount invoiced by AURIGA,
or its Affiliates and Sub-licensees, or any of them, on all sales
of Licensed Products less (i) actual returns and actual credits
taken, (ii) freight, postage, and shipping expenses (including
insurance relating thereto) absorbed by Auriga; and (iii) sales and
other excise taxes, tariffs, customs duties or other duty and any
other governmental charges. For purposes of determining Net Sales,
a sale shall be deemed to have occurred when an invoice therefore
shall be generated or the Licensed Product shipped for delivery.
Only sales of Licensed Products by AURIGA, or an Affiliate or
Sub-licensee of AURIGA to unrelated parties shall be deemed Net
Sales hereunder. If the Licensed Product is sold in the form of a
Combination Product, then for the purpose of calculating royalties
owed under this Agreement on sales of the Combination Product, Net
Sales shall mean an amount equal to the actual net sales of such
Combination Product (calculated using the method described above)
multiplied by the fraction A/(A+B), where A is the weighted (by
sales volume) average invoice price of the actual Licensed Product
component of such Combination Product, and B is the total of the
weighted (by sales volume) average invoice prices of the other
products, active ingredients, devices, equipment or components of
such Combination Product.
1.11 "
Product Marketing Materials " shall mean all marketing
materials used solely and specifically with respect to Licensed
Products that are in existence as of the date of this Agreement, to
the extent such materials are within the possession of EBY and are
legally permitted to be assigned, including all advertising and
display materials, product data, price lists, sales materials,
marketing information, marketing plans, sales, training and
education materials, promotional materials, scientific and
commercial publications, market research, artwork for the
production of packaging components and other materials associated
solely and specifically with Licensed Products that EBY has the
right to transfer.
1.12 "
Regulatory Documentation " shall mean copies of any and all
dossiers and packages, labels and regulatory certificates, any
correspondence with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or any
other regulatory bodies, drug reports, periodic safety update
reports, medical inquiries and standard communication letters
relating to Licensed Products.
1.13 "
Sourcing Documentation " shall mean all copies of any
documentation and information under the possession of, or
reasonably accessible to, EBY relating to sourcing of raw materials
and necessary to manufacture Licensed Products.
1.14 "
Technical Information " shall mean all technical,
scientific, chemical, biological, pharmacological, and
toxicological data generated specifically for Licensed Products,
other than the Manufacturing Information, that are in existence as
of the date of this Agreement, to the extent such materials are
within the possession or control of, or accessible to, EBY.
2. License
Terms and Conditions .
2.1
Grant of License .
2.1.1 Subject
to the Existing Licenses, EBY hereby grants to AURIGA an exclusive,
worldwide license, including the right to sublicense, to the EBY
Technology, to make, to have made, to use, and to sell Licensed
Products, subject to the terms of this Agreement. In addition, the
license granted to Auriga pursuant to this Section 2.1.1 shall be
exclusive even as to Eby, but such exclusivity even as to Eby shall
continue only while that certain Consulting Agreement (as defined
in Section 1.8 hereof) remains in effect.
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2.1.2 Upon
execution of this Agreement, EBY shall provide to AURIGA, without
charge (other than the royalties payable pursuant to Section 2.4
below), copies of any and all Manufacturing Instructions, Product
Marketing Materials, Regulatory Documentation, Sourcing
Documentation and Technical Information and all embodiments,
including, without limitation, documents, writings and other media,
of EBY Technology.
2.1.3 EBY
shall promptly disclose to AURIGA in writing, without charge (other
than the royalties payable pursuant to Section 2.4 below), any
improvements upon EBY Technology made during the term of this
Agreement, and shall deliver to AURIGA any and all embodiments,
including, without limitation, documents, writings and other media,
of such improvements.
2.2
Ownership . The patent applications
filed and the patents obtained by AURIGA pursuant to Section 4.1
hereof, all Combination Products and all Developed Technology shall
be owned solely by AURIGA.
2.3
Sublicense . AURIGA shall have
the right to grant sublicenses to any party with respect to the
rights conferred upon AURIGA under this Agreement upon notification
to EBY of the identity of said sublicenses.
2.4
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