LICENSE AGREEMENT
This Agreement
is dated as of May 1, 2009 (the “ Effective Date
”) and made among:
(1)New World
IP, LLC a limited
liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware
and a direct subsidiary of Full Circle Partners, LP, whose
principal offices are located at 800 Westchester Avenue, Suite
S-620, Rye Brook, NY 10573 (“ Licensor
”);
and
(2) Zoo
Publishing, Inc., a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey,
whose principal offices are located at 3805 Edwards Road, Suite
605, Cincinnati, Ohio 45209 (“ Publisher
”).
and
Zoo
Entertainment Inc ., a corporation organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware, whose principal offices are
located at 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2250 Los
Angeles, CA 90067 (“ Parent
”).
WHEREAS:
(a) Licensor
acquired on the date hereof the computer video games listed on
Schedule A (each a “ Game ”,
collectively, the “ Games ”) pursuant to a
certain Agreement for the sale and purchase of certain assets of
Empire Interactive Europe Limited (In Administration) (“
Purchase Agreement ”) among Empire Interactive Europe
Limited (In Administration), the Licensor and Ian James Cornfield
and Jane Bronwen Moriarity.
(b) The
Publisher desires to acquire all the rights of Licensor in the
Games that Licensor acquired pursuant to the Purchase Agreement,
and Licensor desires to grant such rights to the Publisher, with
respect to the exploitation of the Games throughout the
world.
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of covenants and agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. GRANT OF
RIGHTS
1.1 Licensor hereby grants the
Publisher all of its rights to the exclusive, royalty-bearing,
worldwide right to manufacture, use, sell, make, have made, import
, reproduce, modify, further develop, distribute, rent, market and
exploit, advertise and promote (including the right to sublicense),
via all means now known or hereafter developed, (i) the Games, and
(ii) the materials related thereto, including the right to exercise
any and all rights which Licensor may have or hereafter obtain with
respect to the Games or any element thereof, including without
limitation the right to exercise options and the right to prosecute
and defend any claims of infringement from Effective Date until the
termination of this Agreement.
1.2 Licensor hereby grants the
Publisher all of its rights to modify and prepare
derivative works of any or all of the Games and/or related
materials to designate Publisher as the publisher of the
Games.
1.3 The grant of rights to the
Publisher pursuant to this Agreement shall also include the right
to sublicense and to appoint third parties to assist the Publisher
in performing its obligations and to exercise its rights under this
Agreement, for example but not limited to appointing
sub-distributors, book publishers, marketing agencies, or
manufacturers, in the Publisher’s sole
discretion. Licensor hereby grants to Publisher the
right to subcontract the manufacture of the
Games. Publisher undertakes to inform any such
subcontract manufacturers of Licensor’s rights and state in
Publisher’s contract with the subcontractor that the
subcontractor shall not sell or distribute the Games other than to
fulfill orders from Publisher for the Games, as permitted by this
Agreement.
1.4 Publisher acknowledges that
rights in and to certain Games may have previously been granted by
the prior owner of the Games, and the license granted to Publisher
herein is subject to such prior grants. Notwithstanding
the forgoing, Licensor hereby irrevocably assigns any and all
amounts which are due or become due to Licensor in connection with
such agreements to Publisher and all such amounts shall be paid, if
at all, by the relevant licensee directly to
Publisher. Such amounts shall be subject to the payment
of Royalties as described herein. Licensor shall execute
all assignments reasonably requested by Publisher to direct all
such licensees to remit all current and future payments with
respect to any of the Games directly to Publisher. Licensor makes
no representation or covenant as to the validity or collectability
of such amounts or the validity or enforceability of any such third
party agreements.
1.5 Licensor acknowledges that
there is no assurance that the market opportunity for the Games
presently believed by the parties to exist will, in
Publisher’s sole determination, continue to exist at a
commercially reasonable level. Accordingly, Publisher
will have no obligation to market the Games, and the determination
whether or not to market or continue marketing the Games, for any
reason whatsoever, will be made by Publisher in its sole
discretion.
1.6 To the extent that
Publisher develops and comes to own any right or interest, whether
or not patentable, protected by copyright (including derivative
works), trademark or other intellectual property rights in the
Games or related material or any element thereof (“
Improvements ”), Publisher will grant to Licensor an
irrevocable, royalty-free, exclusive license, with the right to
assign and sublicense, to manufacturer, use, sell, make, have made,
import, reproduce, modify, further develop, distribute, rent,
market and exploit, advertise and promote the Games and related
materials incorporating or embodying such Improvements.
2. DELIVERY
OF GAMES AND RELATED MATERIAL
Publisher has
been given the opportunity to conduct due diligence as to the Games
and the rights thereto and is fully satisfied that this Agreement
is sufficient to convey all rights to the Games and related
materials that the Licensor owns. Licensor makes no representation
or warranty, including without limitation any warrant as to
merchantability or fitness with respect to the Games and the rights
thereto.
3.
PUBLICATION
Licensor shall
not object to Publisher operating as and being shown as the
publisher of the Games . Publisher shall be responsible for the
manufacturing of units of finished goods of the
Games. At Publisher’s discretion, Publisher logos
or Publisher sub-brand logos may be included at various places on
or in the Games and packaging, including on the front of the box,
manuals, and all traditional places for logo placement.
4.
MARKETING
For the
avoidance of doubt, Licensor’s grant of the license to
Publisher above includes a license to the Publisher to use the
Games, related materials and their component parts in connection
with the marketing and promotion of the Games.
5. USE AND
OWNERSHIP OF TRADEMARK
5.1. Publisher
shall use all licensed trademarks only in connection with the
manufacture, sale and promotion of the Games and in the form and
manner specified by Licensor from time to time; and in compliance
with all applicable laws, including use of the ® and
TM signs next to the trademark as
appropriate.
5.2. All
of Publisher's use of the trademark shall be subject to Licensor's
prior approval and Publisher will periodically provide Licensor
with sample Games and related material for review and
inspection. Publisher shall manufacture and sell Games
and related material consistent with their existing level of
quality and consistent with the high level of quality
characteristic of existing products sold by Publisher.
5.3. Publisher
acknowledges that Licensor owns the trademarks, related rights and
all associated goodwill. Nothing in this Agreement or
otherwise implied by law shall grant Publisher any right, title, or
interest in or to the trademarks other than as specified in this
Agreement. All uses of the trademarks shall inure solely
to the benefit of Licensor. Publisher shall cooperate with Licensor
in executing and filing with applicable government offices such
documents as may be required to record the rights granted by this
Agreement or to protect, maintain and enforce Licensor’s
trademark rights.
5.4. Publisher
shall not register or use any mark, name, domain name, word,
designation, symbol or other trademark that: (i) consists of or
contains Licensor’s trademark(s); (ii) is identical to or is
or could be confused with Licensor’s trademark(s); (iii) may
impair or lessen the distinctiveness of Licensor’s
trademark(s); or (iv) may depreciate or otherwise adversely affect
Licensor’s goodwill in the trademarks.
6. PAYMENT
TERMS
6.1 Subject to
the terms of this Section 5, Publisher agrees to pay Licensor
royalties of 3.75% of gross cash received by Publisher for the
exploitation of the Games (“ Royalties
”). Royalties shall be payable within forty five
(45) days of the end of each calendar quarter when such Royalties
are achieved and shall be provided to Licensor together with an
accompanying statement. Parent hereby guarantees the prompt
payments of the Royalties and any other amounts due under this
Agreement.
6.2 From the date hereof through May
1, 2011, Licensor shall be entitled to receive minimum Royalties
from Publisher in accordance with the following table:
|
Royalty Period
|
|
Minimum
Aggregate Royalty
Amount
(determined on a
cumulative basis
from the date
of execution of this
Agreement)
|
|
Payment Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From the date of this Agreement through July 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
75,000
|
|
|
August 1, 2009
|
|
August 1, 2009 through October 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
75,000
|
|
|
November 1, 2009
|
|
November 1, 2009 through January 31, 2010
|
|
$
|
75,000
|
|
|
February 1, 2010
|
|
February 1, 2010 through April 30, 2010
|
|
$
|
75,000
|
|
|
May 1, 2010
|
|
May 1, 2010 through July 31, 2010
|
|
$
|
75,000
|
|
|
August 1, 2010
|
|
August 1, 2010 through October 30, 2010
|
|
$
|
75,000
|
|
|
November 1, 2010
|
|
November 1, 2010 through January 31, 2011
|
|
$
|
75,000
|
|
|
February 1, 2011
|
|
February 1, 2011 through April 30, 2011
|
|
$
|
2,075,000
|
|
|
May 1, 2011
|
On each of the foregoing Payment
Dates, Publisher shall pay to Licensor the difference between the
applicable Minimum Aggregate Royalty Amount and the actual
aggregate Royalties paid by Publisher to Licensor, in each case
determined on a cumulative basis from the date of this
Agreement.
In the event
that the Publisher is required by tax authorities to withhold any
payments due to Licensor hereunder, it shall be entitled to do
so.
6.3 At any time prior to April 1,
2011, Publisher shall have the option, in its sole
discretion, to purchase all rights in and to the Games from
Licensor for a purchase price equal to that indicated in
the table below, paid to Licensor under this
Agreement.
|
Option Period
|
|
Purchase Price
|
|
|
Plus Minimum Royalty
Payment of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From the date
of this Agreement through July 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
2,000,000
|
|
|
$75,000
|
|
|
August 1, 2009
through October 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
2,000,000
|
|
|
$75,000(plus
previously unpaid amounts)
|
|
|
November 1,
2009 through January 31, 2010
|
|
$
|
2,000,000
|
|
|
$75,000 (plus
previously unpaid amounts)
|
|
|
February 1,
2010 through April 30, 2010
|
|
$
|
2,000,000
|
|
|
$7
|