EXHIBIT 10.3
LICENSE AGREEMENT
THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT (“
Agreement ”) is made as of this 1st day of October,
2008 by and between HYDRON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a New York
corporation (“ Licensor ”), and BRAND BUILDERS
RX, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
Licensee ”).
W I T N E S S E T
H:
WHEREAS, Licensor owns or licenses certain intellectual
property, both registered and unregistered, used or useful in
Licensor’s business (“ Hydron Business ”)
of developing, manufacturing and marketing proprietary oral and
healthcare products, including cosmetic treatments and acne
products, and other skin care products, as described in greater
detail elsewhere in this Agreement (collectively, the “
Intellectual Property ”);
WHEREAS, Licensor and Brand Builders, International, LLC,
a Florida limited liability company (“ Harezi
”), desire to form a joint venture (the “ Joint
Venture ”) for the purposes of expanding the development,
manufacture, marketing and sale of products utilizing the
Intellectual Property;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Joint Venture, the
parties are simultaneously entering into that certain Capital
Contribution and Joint Venture Agreement (the “
Contribution Agreement ”) and a Limited Liability
Company Agreement (the “ LLC Agreement ”) each
of which provides, among other things, for capital contributions by
Licensor and Harezi to Licensee, and that certain Assignment and
Assumption Agreement (the “ Assignment and Assumption
Agreement ”) which provides for the assignment of
substantially all of the assets of the Hydron Business to Licensor,
including the license and sublicense of the Intellectual Property;
and
WHEREAS, Licensor and Licensee each desire to enter into
this Agreement for the purposes of providing Licensee with an
exclusive license and/or sublicense to use of the Intellectual
Property for the purposes described herein and otherwise on the
terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set
forth.
NOW, THEREFORE,
consideration of the foregoing
premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, and other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. Definitions . In this
Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the following
respective meanings, unless the context otherwise requires. Any of
the terms defined in this Section may, unless the context requires
otherwise, be used in the singular or the plural depending upon the
reference.
(a) “
Affiliate ” means any corporation or other entity
which controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a
party to this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, “
control ” means ownership or control, directly or
indirectly, of at least a
ten percent (10%) voting or profit
interest for any entity which has such a control relationship with
a party hereto.
(b) “
Assignment and Assumption Agreement ” has the meaning
set forth in the third “WHEREAS” clause of this
Agreement.
(c) “
Business Day ” means any day other than (a) a Saturday
or Sunday or (b) any other day on which commercial banks in Broward
County, Florida are permitted or required to be closed.
(d) “
Contribution Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
the third “WHEREAS” clause of this
Agreement.
(e) “
Copyrights ” means all registered and unregistered
copyrights in both published works and unpublished works set forth
on Schedule 1(e) hereto.
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(f)
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“ Effective Date
” means the date first above written.
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(g) “
Excluded Rights ” means any and all rights of
Licensor, including without limitation, any and all Patent Rights
and proprietary technology, relating to Prescription Oxygen
Products.
(h)
“Harezi” has the meaning set forth in the second
“WHEREAS” clause of this Agreement.
(i) “
Hydron Business ” has the meaning set forth in the
first “WHEREAS” clause of this Agreement.
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(j)
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“ Hydron Product Line
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)
hereto.
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(k) “
Indevus Royalties ” means the royalties payable to
Valera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a subsidiary of Indevus
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. pursuant to that certain agreement dated June
25, 1976, the Company, then known as Dento-Med Industries, Inc.,
entered into an agreement (the “ Original Agreement
”) with The National Patent Corporation (now known as GP
Strategies) relating to the net proceeds from sales of certain
products composed wholly or partly of the Hydron™ polymer
(the “ Hydron Polymer ”), as amended and
restated by that certain agreement dated November 30, 1989 that
amends and restates the Original Agreement (the “ Current
Agreement ;” and, as so amended and restated, the “
Valera Agreement ”).
(l) “
Indevus Royalty Payment Date ” means the first
business day of each month commencing after the Effective
Date.
(m) “
Intellectual Property ” has the meaning set forth in
the first “WHEREAS” clause of this Agreement and
includes any Trade Names, Trademarks, Service Marks, logos,
slogans, identifying characteristics, proprietary designs,
software,
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Copyrights, Patent Rights, trade dress,
proprietary technology, Know-How, marketing rights, formulae,
designs and drawings and similar intangible rights, other than the
Intellectual Property contributed to the Licensee pursuant to the
Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(n) “
Joint Venture ” has the meaning set forth in the
second “WHEREAS” clause of this
Agreement.
(o)
“Know-How” means all formula, technology, source
code, object code, local area network manager code, technical
information, procedures, processes, trade secrets, methods,
practices, techniques, information, logic/flow charts, sketches,
drawings, specifications, application and other manuals and data of
the Licensor relating to the design, manufacture, production,
inspection and testing of any Product, which are from time to time
in Licensor’s possession but only if Licensor owns such
intellectual property or has acquired the rights thereto under a
valid agreement that permits Licensor to sublicense or sell such
rights.
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(p)
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“License”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)
hereto.
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(q) “
LLC Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the third
“WHEREAS” clause.
(r) “
Licensed Rights ” means the Patent Rights, Copyrights,
Trademarks, Trade Names, Service Marks, Know-How, proprietary
technology and other Intellectual Property licensed or sublicensed
by Licensor to Licensee pursuant to this
Agreement.
(s) “
Licensed Oxygen Product ” means any drug, drug
delivery system or other product or component part thereof, or
other subject matter whose manufacture, use, or sale is covered by
any claim or claims included within Licensor’s Patent Rights,
proprietary technology and other proprietary rights relating to
tissue oxygenation technology licensed to Licensee pursuant to this
Agreement.
(t) “
Licensed Products ” means all products in the Hydron
Product Line which are or may be manufactured or marketed using the
Licensed Rights and which pursuant to this Agreement, Licensee is
entitled to manufacture and sell in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
(u) “
Measurement Period ” means each of the twelve-month
periods in which Net Sales of Licensed Products are calculated for
purposes of determining satisfaction of the Performance
Requirements.
(v)
“Net Sales” means the gross amount actually
received by Licensee on sales of Licensed Oxygen Products, less:
(a) credits or allowances, if any, actually granted; (b) discounts
actually allowed; (c) freight, postage and insurance charges and
additional special packaging charges; (d) royalty and other
payments required under this Agreement in connection with the
sub-licensing of licensed in and (e) custom duties,
and
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excise, sales and other taxes or duties imposed
upon and paid with respect to such sales (excluding income
taxes).
(w)
“Non-Prescription Oxygen Products” means
any and all Oxygen Products as to which only cosmetic claims have
been made that can be sold without prescription under applicable
law and excluding any product as to which a claim is made of
medical benefit.
(x)
“Oxygen Products” means any and all products,
including without limitation, any drug, drug delivery system or
other product or component part thereof, or other subject matter
whose manufacture, use, or sale is covered by any claim or claims
included within Licensor’s Patent Rights, proprietary
technology and other proprietary rights relating to tissue
oxygenation technology.
(y) “
Pass-Through Payments ” means any royalty, fee or
cost, or other payment required to be paid by Licensor in
connection with the use, manufacture, marketing or sale of any
Licensed Right or Licensed Product.
(z) “
Patent Rights ” means rights in the patents which
Licensor owns or controls, and under which Licensor has the right
to grant sublicenses, as of the date of this Agreement, which for
all purposes of this Agreement shall be deemed to include
certificates of invention, applications for certificates of
invention and utility models, as well as any continuation,
divisional, renewal, reissue, reexamination, and extension of said
patent, and any corresponding foreign patents or applications,
including but not limited to those Patents and patent applications
and set forth on Schedule 1(z)
hereto.
(aa) “
Performance Requirements ” means the achievement of
Net Sales of Licensed Products for such periods as specified in
Schedule 1(aa) attached hereto. Performance
Requirements for Licensed Oxygen Products are independent of
Performance Requirements relating to Net Sales of other Licensed
Products, except that Net Sales of Licensed Products shall be
included in Net Sales in determining satisfaction of Performance
Requirements as they pertain to overall Net Sales of Licensed
Products. This Agreement shall not be subject to any Performance
Requirements for the initial 12-month period commencing on the
Effective Date and ending on the first anniversary of the Effective
Date.
(bb)
“Prescription Oxygen Products” means any and all
Oxygen Products which can be sold only by prescription under
applicable law or as to which medical claims or indications are
made in connection with the use, marketing or sale of the
product.
(cc)
“Products” means any and all products, including
any and all Licensed Products, sold or resold by Licensee, whether
or not manufactured by Licensee.
(dd) “
Proprietary Information ” means any proprietary
technology, or other proprietary material or information belonging
to Licensor or to any third party to which
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Licensor owes a duty to maintain
confidentiality, directly or indirectly placed by Licensor, or by
third parties acting as agents of Licensor, into the possession of
Licensee which material or information is not generally available
to or used by others or the utility or value of which is not
generally known Trade Secrets, Know-How, data, formula, process or
other information of any type owned, or the rights to which are
held by any does not include any information which (i) is available
in public or published information in a coherent fashion; (ii) can
be demonstrated by written records to already be known to the
receiving party at the time of receipt from the disclosing party;
(iii) was subsequently legally acquired by the receiving party on a
non-confidential basis from a third party having the right to
disclose the same without confidentiality or use restrictions; (iv)
which is now or later becomes publicly known in a coherent fashion
without breach of this Agreement; or (v) was independently
developed by the employees or agents of the receiving party without
access to the Proprietary Information.
(ee) “ Royalty
Payment ” means a payment equal to the product of (i) the
applicable Royalty Rate in effect on a Royalty Payment Date
multiplied by (ii) the cumulative Net Sales generated by Licensee
from sales of all Licensed Oxygen Products as of the date of
determination.
(ff) “
Royalty Payment Date ” means the first Business Day of
each calendar quarter following the date on which sales of Licensed
Oxygen Products by Licensee or its sub-licensee shall commence and
shall continue for so long as this Agreement remains in
effect.
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(gg)
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“ Royalty Rate ”
means:
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(i)
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for the first Twenty Five Million Dollars
($25,000,000) of Net Sales generated by Licensee from the sale of
Licensed Oxygen Products, five percent (5%); and
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(ii)
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for all Net Sales generated by Licensee from the
sale of Licensed Oxygen Products thereafter, three percent
(3%).
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(hh) “ Service
Marks ” means all registered and unregistered marks used
in the sale or advertising of services to identify the services so
as to distinguish them from the services of others, including, but
not limited to, titles, character names and other features as set
forth on Schedule 1(gg) hereto.
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(ii)
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“ Territory ” means
worldwide.
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(jj) “
Trademarks ” mean all distinctive marks of
authenticity through which the products may be distinguished from
those of others applicable to vendable commodities (i.e., products
held for sale), whether or not registered, as set forth on
Schedule 1(ii) hereto.
(kk) “ Trade
Names ” mean any designation which (a) is adopted and
used by a person to denominate goods which are marketed or services
rendered or a business
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conducted and (b) through its association with
such goods, service or business has acquired a special
significance, and generally is applied more to the goodwill of the
business than to identify a particular product), whether or not
registered, as set forth on Schedule 1(jj)
hereto.
(a) Licensor
hereby grants to Licensee a perpetual world-wide exclusive (except
as provided herein) transferable (except as provided herein) and
sublicensable (except as provided herein) license or sublicense
(the “ License ”) to use its Patent Rights and
other proprietary rights heretofore used or useful in connection
with the product line of the Hydron Business (the “ Hydron
Product Line ”) and the right to extend the Hydron
Product Line pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
as well as the perpetual exclusive world-wide license to the
underlying proprietary technology, tools, and Know-How required or
utilized by the Hydron Product Line, but not constituting
Prescription Oxygen Products, as specified on Schedule
2(a) hereto, with any current or new applications and in
connection with products developed by or on behalf of Licensee and
otherwise pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. For purposes of
certainty, Licensee may not sublicense any right under this License
of if such sublicense would adversely affect the rights granted to
Hydron under the Valera Agreement.
(b) Licensor
represents and warrants that: (1) Licensor has the lawful right to
grant the License and no consent of, or notice to any party is
necessary in order for Licensor to grant the License, (2)
Licensor’s rights to the Licensed Rights are valid and in
full force and effect, and (3) Licensor has no knowledge of any
claim by any party that the Licensed Rights infringe any patent,
copyright or other proprietary right of any third
party.
(c) Licensee
agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to protect the
Licensed Rights from unauthorized use, reproduction, distribution
or publication. Licensee may provide any of its authorized
customers with the formula for any of the Hydron Product Line for
reasonable compensation, and, subject in the case of any Oxygen
Products, to royalties as specified herein, provided such customers
agree to be bound by the confidentiality requirements stated herein
and that customers agree to use such formulae for their sole use
and will not be marketed, resold, or re-licensed except as
permitted by this Agreement. Licensee may transfer this Agreement
or sublicense the Licensed Property to a parent company or
wholly-owned subsidiary upon 30 days written notice to Licensor and
provided such parties agree to be bound to the terms and conditions
specified herein. Licensee shall oversee and enforce compliance of
any agreement in which formulae and other proprietary rights or
Licensed Rights are provided or a sub-license created, at no cost
to the Licensor.
3. Grant of Reseller
Rights. Licensor hereby grants to Licensee the perpetual
exclusive right to distribute Licensed Product Line as an
authorized reseller subject to such terms and conditions as may be
set forth in a reseller agreement executed at a future date between
Licensor
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and Licensee, the form of which has been
approved by both parties, the approval of which shall not be
unreasonably withheld by either party.
4. Customer and Prospect
Lists. In connection with the Licensed Product Line and
pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, Licensor
agrees to provide Licensee with copies of its customer data bases,
customer mailing lists and advertising and marketing and/or
promotional materials, for use in soliciting and servicing
purchasers of Products in compliance with applicable law and
subject to any restrictions on the use of Proprietary Information
set forth in this Agreement, as well as reasonable assistance in
transitioning to Licensee the products and services currently
provided by Licensor to such customers. Licensor makes no
representations or warranties in connection with the value of its
customer contacts or other related customer
information.
5.
Reservation of Ownership and Other Rights. All rights not
specifically granted to Licensee hereunder are reserved by
Licensor. Licensor retains title, exclusive ownership rights and
all intellectual property rights in and to any and all
registrations, renewals or application for registration of the
Licensed Rights.
6.
Compensation Payment Terms . In consideration for the
granting of the License to Licensee in accordance with the terms
and conditions set forth herein, Licensee hereby agrees to the
following compensation:
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(a)
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on the Effective Date, Licensee shall grant
Licensor a credit to its capital account related to the License as
provided in the Contribution Agreement and the LLC
Agreement;
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(b)
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on the Effective Date, Licensee shall grant
Licensor a Member Interest equal to a Percentage Interest (as such
terms are defined in the LLC Agreement) of fifty percent
(50%);
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(c)
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on each Royalty Payment Date, Licensee shall pay
to Licens
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