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LICENSE AGREEMENT

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Title: LICENSE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Ohio     Date: 8/9/2005
Industry: Semiconductors     Sector: Technology

LICENSE AGREEMENT, Parties: dpac technologies corp , development capital ventures lp , quatech  inc
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Exhibit 2.5

 

LICENSE AGREEMENT

 

THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of August 5, 2005 (“Effective Date”) by and among DPAC Technologies Corp., a California corporation (“DPAC”), Development Capital Ventures LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“DCV”) and QuaTech, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“QuaTech”).

 

BACKGROUND

 

WHEREAS, DPAC is a technology company that provides embedded wireless networking and connectivity products for machine-to-machine communication applications;

 

WHEREAS, QuaTech is an industry performance leader in device networking and connectivity solutions;

 

WHEREAS, DCV is a significant shareholder of QuaTech;

 

WHEREAS, DCV desires to simultaneously herewith and in partial consideration of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, receive a convertible note issued by DPAC (the “Note”), and DCV shall loan DPAC Five Hundred Thousand ($500,000) pursuant to the terms of the Note;

 

WHEREAS, DPAC owns certain technology and know-how relating to embedded wireless networking and connectivity products;

 

WHEREAS, DPAC and QuaTech are parties to that certain Agreement and Plan of Reorganization whereby DPAC would acquire QuaTech by merger, with the shareholders of QuaTech, including DCV, obtaining a controlling interest in DPAC (the “Merger Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, DPAC and QuaTech desire to amend the Merger Agreement and simultaneously herewith and in partial consideration of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, are entering into that certain First Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization of even date herewith (the “Amendment”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with and in furtherance of the Amendment, DPAC desires to grant to DCV an exclusive, worldwide, perpetual sublicenseable right and license to manufacture, have manufactured, develop, market and sell the Products and the Technology; and

 

WHEREAS, DCV desires to sublicense its rights hereunder to QuaTech.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the mutual covenants set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                       DEFINITIONS.

 

The following terms when used herein shall have the following meanings:

 

1.1                                “Intellectual Property Rights” means any and all patents, patent applications, patent registrations, business processes, data rights, copyrights, trade names, trademarks, trade secrets, or any other intellectual property right, whether registered or unregistered, arising or enforceable under U.S. law

 



 

or the law of any other jurisdiction or international treaty regime related to the Technology and the Products.

 

1.2                                “Know-how” means any and all confidential and proprietary information that is owned or controlled by DPAC as of the Effective Date and during the term of this Agreement, that is necessary or useful for the development, manufacture, use, sale, or offer for sale of the Products and the Technology, including, but not limited to, trade secrets, know-how, techniques, methods, test data and results and designs.

 

1.3                                “Products” means the products set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

1.4                                “Technology” means all technology related to the Products including but not limited to: (i) Know-how; (ii) manufacturing processes and drawings; and (iii) software in both source code and object code.  Technology shall also include: (i) all Intellectual Property Rights related to the Technology; and (ii) all upgrades, modifications, enhancements and improvements to the Technology made by or for DPAC after the execution of this Agreement.

 

2.                                       CONVERTIBLE NOTE .  Simultaneously herewith and in partial consideration of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, DPAC has issued DCV the Note pursuant to the terms contained therein.

 

3.                                       AMENDMENT OF MERGER AGREEMENT.  Simultaneously herewith and in partial consideration of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, DPAC and QuaTech have entered into the Amendment on terms contained therein.

 

4.                                       LICENSE.

 

4.1                                DPAC hereby grants to DCV, effective upon the amendment of the Merger Agreement and the execution of the Note, an exclusive, sublicensable, worldwide, perpetual right and license to the Technology, including the trade names DPAC Technologies, Airborne and AirborneDirect, to develop, make, have made, offer for sale, sell and create derivative works of the Products and the Technology.  DPAC shall provide DCV with all upgrades, modifications, enhancements and improvements to the Technology upon creation of such upgrades, modifications, enhancements and improvements.  If the exclusive license granted herein is not approved by the shareholders of DPAC, such exclusive license shall convert to a non-exclusive license, but shall continue to be subject to the terms of this Agreement.  Upon any such conversion, DCV shall have the right to terminate this Agreement upon notice to DPAC.

 

4.2                              All rights and licenses granted under or pursuant to this Agreement by DPAC to DCV are, and will otherwise be deemed to be, for purposes of section 365(n) of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Code”), licenses to rights in “intellectual property” as defined under the Code.  The parties further agree that, in the event of the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings by or against DPAC under the Code, DCV will be entitled, at its option, to retain all of its rights and licenses under this Agreement pursuant to Code Section 365(n).

 

4.3                              If DPAC or its affiliates owns or controls any patents filed or issued after the Effective Date claiming new technology based on the Technology or Products, DPAC will notify DCV in order to permit DCV the opportunity to negotiate a license to such patents.

 

4.4                                DCV hereby agrees to cause QuaTech to purchase from DPAC, at DPAC’s original cost, the Products contained in DPAC’s inventory required to fulfill and ship all backlog and customer orders for Products until such point that all of DPAC’s useable and salable inventory is reduced to zero.  QuaTech shall purchase the inventory from DPAC as and when needed and shall pay for such inventory

 

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purchases on terms of net 30 days from date of shipment.  QuaTech shall not purchase Products or inventory from any other source until all of DPAC’s usable and saleable inventory is reduced to zero.

 

4.5                                DCV hereby exclusively sublicenses to QuaTech, effective upon the amendment of the Merger Agreement and the execution of the Note, all of DCV’s rights set forth herein.

 

5.                                       LICENSE FEES.  QuaTech shall pay DPAC the license fees set forth on Exhibit B (the “Fees”).  Any Fees due to DPAC shall be calculated, reported and paid monthly within thirty (30) days following the end of each calendar month in which QuaTech sells and ships to its customers any of the Products or derivatives of the Products.  Each payment shall be accompanied by a report in sufficient detail to permit confirmation of the accuracy of the Fees paid.  Payments shall be submitted to DPAC at an address to be provided by DPAC or by wire transfer to an account designated by DPAC.  All taxes levied on account of the payment of Fees under this Agreement shall be paid by DPAC for its own account, including taxes levied on income to DPAC.  DPAC shall have the right to annually audit the QuaTech reports on royalties due to confirm the accuracy of the Fees paid and QuaTech shall grant DPAC access to all necessary books and records to complete the audit.

 

6.                                       DPAC EMPLOYEES.  DPAC and QuaTech hereby agree that QuaTech shall hire those certain DPAC employees as are identified on Exhibit C .  Such employees shall be granted full time employee status and be eligible for all standard QuaTech fringe benefits, and such employees shall be granted past service credit for their employment service period at DPAC for purposes of employee benefits at QuaTech.  QuaTech shall assume DPAC’s accrued Paid Time Off obligation and liability for each employee in the amount shown on Exhibit C and shall pay each sales employee any commissions earned since May 31, 2005 under their compensation plan.

 

7.                                       CONFIDENTIALITY.

 

7.1                                “Confidential Information” means any information that one party discloses to the other parties pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation, any information relating to any research, project, work in process, report, future development, business plan or financial matter relating to such party, its present or future products, services, sales, suppliers, customers, employees, investors or business, whether in oral, written, graphic or electronic form.  Each party shall: (a) hold all Confidential Information received from the other parties in confidence; (b) shall not disclose such Confidential Information to any third party nor allow any third party access to it; and (c) shall not use such Confidential Information for any purpose other than those contemplated by this Agreement without the disclosing party’s consent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, each party may disclose Confidential Information to its employees and approved consultants and subcontractors who have a need to know such Confidential Information for purposes of conducting such party’s obligations under this Agreement; provided that such employees, consultants and subcontractors are bound by confidentiality obligations at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Section 7.  Each party will use at least the same standard of care as it uses to protect proprietary or confidential information of its own to ensure that its e


 
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