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EXHIBIT
10.48
LICENSE
AGREEMENT
This License Agreement
(“Agreement”) is entered into as of April 1, 2004
(the “Effective Data”), by and between Oversee.net, a
California corporation (“Partner”) and LookSmart, Ltd.,
a Delaware corporation (“LookSmart”).
RECITALS
The parties wish to provide
for a license to Partner to distribute LookSmart’s Search
Results on the Partner Network.
NOW, therefore, for good and
adequate consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, the
parties agree as follows:
1.1
“Click” occurs when a bona fide Internet user
(which excludes a robot, spider, software, scraper or other
mechanical, artificial or fraudulent means, or a person who is not
seeking to use the Partner Network for a legitimate web search,
e.g., has been paid or otherwise motivated to click) clicks on a
Listing and accesses the destination site.
1.2 “Gross
Revenue” means total invoices generated from Search
Results on Partner Network during the applicable period, plus or
minus any net credits or returns from previous periods.
1.2
“Listing” means a profile of a website that
includes the display URL, a title, text that describes the site to
which the listing links, and & tracking URL (If
applicable). Listings are displayed in Search Results.
(a) “Paid
Listing” means a listing for which a third party has paid
to include in Search Results.
(b) “Unpaid
Listing” means a listing that is included in Search
Results at no direct cost to any third-party.
1.3 “LookSmart
Directory” means a collection of Listings that are stored
in a LookSmart proprietary database after human identification and
input.
1.4 “LookSmart Web
Index” means a collection of Listings that are stored in
a LookSmart proprietary database after machine based identification
and input.
1.5 “Partner
Network” means the following web sites which are owned or
operated by Partner or are contractually part of Partner’s
syndication network: DomainSponsor.com (parked domain) publisher
network and Information.com.
1.6 “Reviewed Web
Sites” means a LookSmart product that contains both Paid
and Unpaid Listings retrieved from the LookSmart Directory, The
amount that an advertiser pays to LookSmart has no influence on the
ordering of results of Reviewed Web Sites.
Material in the exhibit marked with a
“***” has been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Omitted portions have been filed separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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1.7 “Search
Results” means Listings provided by LookSmart to Partner
hereunder during the Term hereof. The Search Results will include
Sponsored Search, Reviewed Web Sites, and/or WebSearch as indicated
in Section 5.
1.8 “Sponsored
Search” means a LookSmart product that return results
containing only Paid Listings. The amount that an advertiser pays
to LookSmart influences (among other factors) the position in which
the advertiser’s listing appears in Sponsored
Search.
1.9
“WebSearch” means that LookSmart returns results
that may contain both Paid and Unpaid listings retrieved from the
LookSmart Web Index and the amount that an advertiser pays to
LookSmart has no influence on the ordering of results.
2.1 License. Subject
to the terms, limitations and conditions herein, LookSmart hereby
grants to Partner a non-exclusive license during the Term hereof to
publicly display the Search Results in electronic form on search
results pages on the Partner Network.
2.2 Limitations on
License. The license granted above is limited by the following
restrictions: (i) except as expressly permitted herein,
Partner will not display, use, reproduce, modify, sell, resell,
rent, license, sublicense, transfer, assign or redistribute in any
way the Search Results, except as expressly permitted herein;
(ii) Partner will not modify, add to, edit or delete the URLs,
titles or reviews contained within any Search Results without
LookSmart’s prior written approval; (iii) Partner will
not attempt to alter, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or
otherwise attempt to derive the Search Results or any of
LookSmart’s customer lists, databases, computer programs,
parents, copyrights, other proprietary right (including the
methodology related to the creation .and compilation of the Search
Results) or any other information furnished to Partner by
LookSmart; (iv) except as expressly permitted herein. Partners
will no display, sublicense or syndicate the Search Results on or
to any third party or web site outside of the Partner Network
unless it first obtains LookSmart’s written consent;
(v) Partner will use the. tracking URLs associated with each
individual Paid Listing provided by LookSmart, if any, for all
Search Results included on its search results pages (though Partner
may use the display URLs for purposes of displaying the listing);
(vi) Partner will not syndicate or display any Search Results
on any adult-oriented, obscene or illegal web sites; and
(vii) Partner will not encourage, aid, abet, authorize or
permit any employee, affiliate, contractor, agent, representative
or third party to do or attempt to do any of the
foregoing.
2.3 Re-Sell Rights.
Partner may, from time to time during the term of this Agreement,
deliver or cause to be delivered Search Results on third party
sites and/or networks, provided that Partner delivers to LookSmart
written notice of any third parties (and any other identifying
information LookSmart may reasonably request) proposed to be
involved in such relationships at least ten (10) days prior to
the beginning of such relationships. LookSmart may at any time,
upon email notice to Partner, refuse to allow its Search Results to
be distributed to proposed or previously approved third parties.
Partner will in no event allow the redistribution of LookSmart
Search Results outside of the United States.
3.1 Cost Per Click
(CPC). Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, for any
given calendar month, LookSmart will pay Partner *** for all valid
Clicks generated by Partner, as recorded by LookSmart’s
proprietary click tracking system, For each click, ***. LookSmart
will determine the CPC bid and include it in the live feed sent in
response to such query. LookSmart will have sole discretion to
decide
Material in the exhibit marked with a
“***” has been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Omitted portions have been filed separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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the CPC bid for each search term, and
such CPC bid may change frequently. Partner may use the CPC bid
included in the live feed for its internal purposes, but the
parties agree that all CPC bid amounts submitted by LookSmart are
confidential information for internal use only, and shall not be
posted on Partner’s web pages or disclosed to any third
parties.
3.2 Payment and
Reporting. Within 30 days after the end of each calendar month
during the Term, LookSmart will deliver (a) payment pursuant
to Section 3.1, and(b) a report describing Clicks generated
and amounts payable to Partner for such calendar month. LookSmart
agrees to provide a designated account manager and to use
commercially reasonable efforts to provide additional reporting on
no less than a weekly basis as reasonably requested by
Partner.
3.3 Audit. Each party
will maintain accurate records with respect to the calculation of
all payments due under this Agreement. The other party (the
“Examining Party” ) may, upon no less than 15
days prior written notice to the first party (the “Audited
Party” ) and no more than once in any twelve month
period, cause an independent auditor of nationally recognized
standing to inspect the appropriate records of the audited party
reasonably related to the calculation of such payments during the
Audited Party’s normal business hours. Such examination will
be undertaken in a manner reasonably calculated not to interfere
with the Audited Party’s normal business operations. The fees
charged by such auditor in connection with the inspection will be
paid by the Examining Party, unless the auditor discovers an
underpayment of greater than 10%, in which case the Audited Party
will pay the reasonable fees of the auditor.
3.4 Invalid Clicks.
LookSmart shall have no obligation to pay for clicks which are
invalid as determined by its proprietary click tracking system.
Invalid clicks may come as a result of but are not limited to
clicks (i) generated via automated crawlers, robots or click
generating scripts, (ii) (that an advertiser receives and
rejects, (iii) that come as a result of auto-spawning of
browsers, automated redirects, and clicks that are required for
Users to navigate on the Partner Network, or (iv) that come as
a result of any incentive such as cash, credits or loyalty points.
LookSmart reserves the right to require Partner to provide server
log files that include, but are not limited to, the daily number of
clicks delivered to LookSmart. In the event that LookSmart
determines that Partner has delivered invalid clicks during the
term of this Agreement, LookSmart may terminate this Agreement upon
five business days prior written notice to Partner.
4.1 Implementation of
Search Results. Partner will query LookSmart’s servers
for search queries on the Partner Network and will implement and
display Search Results provided by LookSmart as set forth on
Exhibit A . Partner will display/distribute
LookSmart’s Search Results in a phased approach in the
following locations:
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User-initiated search; Clicks result from a user clicking on
a keyword textlink or typing in a search in the search
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D-link; Clicks result from the 1-click search result links
in the center frame on landing pages. |
Each location will be
tracked separately.
4.2 Attribution; Look and
Feel. Partner may provide attribution on pages displaying
Search Results. The size and location of such attribution shall be
at the parties’ mutual agreement. Other than as set forth
herein, Partner shall control the look and feel of its search
service.
Material in the exhibit marked with a
“***” has been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Omitted portions have been filed separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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LOOKSMART OBLIGATIONS. |
5.1 Tracking and
Serving. LookSmart will provide the following types of search
results to Partner [check as applicable]:
5.2 Service
Levels/Technical Support. LookSmart will use commercially
reasonable efforts to provide the Service Levels and Technical
Support in Exhibit B .
Neither party will make any
public statement, press release or other announcement relating to
the terms or existence of this Agreement without the prior written
approval of the other, such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed, provided that either party
may make such disclosures as may be, in its reasonable opinion of
counsel, advisable in order to comply with a subpoena or other
legal process or with applicable laws, regulations or securities
exchange rules.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP. |
7.1 Proprietary Rights of
LookSmart. LookSmart will retain all right, title and interest
in and to the Search Results, the related databases and all
associated intellectual property and proprietary rights worldwide
(including, but not limited to, ownership of all copyrights,
trademarks, patents, derivative works, modifications, customer
lists and information, algorithms, taxonomies, trade secrets and
other intellectual property rights therein).
7.2 Proprietary Rights of
Partner. Other than the Search Results, Partner will retain all
right, title, and interest in and to the Partner Network
(including, but not limited to, ownership of all copyrights,
trademarks, patents, derivative works, modifications, customer
lists and information, algorithms, taxonomies, trade secrets and
other intellectual property rights therein).
8.1 Term. The term of
this Agreement (the “Term” ) will begin on the
Effective Date and will end ***. The Agreement will then
automatically renew for successive 6-month periods, unless either
party gives written notice to the other party of its intention not
to renew at least 60 days prior to the end of the then-current term
or renewal term.
8.2 Termination.
Either party may terminate this Agreement (a) at any time
within the first 90 days after the Effective Date, provided that
written notice of termination is delivered to the other party
within such 90-day period, or (b) if the other party
(i) materially breaches its obligations hereunder and such
breach remains uncured for thirty (30) days following delivery
of written notice to the breaching party of the breach, or
(ii) is subject to voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy
proceedings, insolvency, liquidation or otherwise substantially
discontinues its business operations. After the initial 90 days
after the launch date, either party may cancel this Agreement by
providing the other party with 30-days written notice.
Material in the exhibit marked with a
“***” has been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Omitted portions have been filed separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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8.3 Effect of
Termination. Termination of this Agreement by either party will
not act as a waiver of any breach of this Agreement and will not
act as a release of either party hereto from any accrued liability
(including payments as set forth in the following section) or
liability for breach of such party’s obligations under this
Agreement. Within thirty (30) days following the expiration or
termination of this Agreement, each party will pay to the other
party all sums, if any, due and owing as of the date of expiration
or termination, net of any amounts due from the other party as of
such date. Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement for
whatever reason, each party shall immediately cease to use the
other party’s trademarks, proprietary information, Search
Results, intellectual property (including derivative works, or
modifications thereof) and Confidential Information in any manner
whatsoever, and shall destroy or return (at the option of the other
party), any such
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