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