Exhibit 10.1
[NOTE: CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THIS
DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN MARKED TO INDICATE THAT CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS
DOCUMENT. THE CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS HAVE BEEN OMITTED AND FILED
SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION.]
LICENSE AGREEMENT
In this License Agreement
(“Agreement”), deCODE genetics, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, having a place of business at Sturlugata 8, IS-101
Reykjavik, Iceland and its wholly-owned subsidiary, deCODE
genetics, ehf, an Icelandic private limited company (collectively,
hereinafter “deCODE”), and Celera Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, having a place of business at 1401 Harbor Bay
Parkway, Alameda, CA 94502 (hereinafter “Celera”),
agree as follows:
Article I -
Background
1.1
deCODE owns Licensed Patents (defined in Section 2.3
below).
1.2
Celera desires a license under Licensed Patents in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, and deCODE is willing to grant such
license.
Article II -
Definitions
2.1
“Affiliate” means (a) a corporation, firm or
association which, or an individual who, owns a fifty percent (50%)
or more interest in a party hereto by stock ownership or otherwise,
(b) a corporation, firm or association in which a party hereto
owns a fifty percent (50%) or more interest by stock ownership or
otherwise, or (c) a corporation, firm or association in which
a fifty percent (50%) or more interest by stock ownership or
otherwise is owned by a corporation, firm or association which, or
an individual who, also owns a fifty percent (50%) or more interest
in a party hereto by stock ownership or otherwise.
2.2
“Effective Date” means the date of signature of the
last of the parties to sign this Agreement.
2.3
“Licensed Patents” means the patent applications listed
in Attachment A hereto, any continuation, continuation-in-part or
division thereof, any patent application anywhere in the
world that at any time relies for
priority on or that contains identical disclosure as any patent
application listed in Attachment A, all patents directly or
indirectly issuing from any of the foregoing applications, and all
reissues, reexaminations, renewal or extensions of the foregoing
patents. Licensed Patents further include all pending and future
patent applications anywhere in the world that disclose correlating
genetic markers [Confidential Treatment Requested] and that
are at any time owned or controlled by deCODE.
2.4
“Licensed Product” means
a product the manufacture, use, sale, offer to sell or importation
of which would, but for the license granted hereunder, infringe one
or more Valid Claims in Licensed Patents. Licensed Product
includes, but is not limited to, individual reagents, reagent sets
that may be used in combination, and kits.
2.5
“Licensed Field” means
the diagnosis, risk assessment, treatment response or any other
medical management of a human being relating to cardiovascular and
vascular diseases, including, but not limited to, coronary heart
disease, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, abdominal
aortic aneurysm, intracranial aneurysm, cardiac arrhythmia, atrial
fibrillation, stroke, diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Licensed
Field includes any and all internal research and development
activities as well as clinical trials.
2.6
“Licensed Territory”
means the world.
2.7
“Net Sales” means all
amounts received by Celera from the sale of a Licensed Product to
any purchaser, less (i) cash, trade or quantity discounts;
(ii) sales, use, tariff, import, export, value-added, and
excise taxes (but not income taxes derived from such sales);
(iii) packing, freight, transportation, and insurance charges;
and (iv) allowances or credits to customers because of
rejections or returns.
If a Licensed Product as sold is
part of a combination product that also detects one or more genetic
markers that are not claimed by a Valid Claim of Licensed Patents,
the Net Sales of such Licensed Product for purposes of calculating
royalties pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof shall be
[Confidential Treatment Requested] .
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In the event that a Licensed Product
is sold pursuant to a “reagent/rental” program or
comparable sale or lease program, that portion of the invoiced
price of such Licensed Product reasonably allocable to recovery of
the cost of the instrumentation will also be deducted in
determining Net Sales of such Licensed Product.
In the event that
Celera transfers a Licensed Product to an Affiliate to perform
clinical laboratory testing services, Net Sales: (1) will be
based on the Average Sales Price, and (2) will not be based on
the amounts received by such Affiliate for the performance of any
clinical laboratory testing service using such Licensed Product. In
such case, such Licensed Product will be considered sold for
purposes of calculating Net Sales when the Licensed Product is
shipped by Celera to such Affiliate. The “ Average Sales
Price ” for any Licensed Product will be calculated as
follows: [Confidential
Treatment Requested] .
2.8
“Valid
Claim” means (i) an issued, unexpired claim of a patent
within the Licensed Patents which has not been held invalid or
otherwise unenforceable by a court from which no appeal has or can
be taken; and (ii) a claim in a pending patent application
within the Licensed Patents, provided such claim or other claim of
substantially the same scope has not been pending in any patent
application for longer than five (5) years.
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Article III - License
Grant
3.1
deCODE hereby grants to Celera and its Affiliates a nonexclusive,
royalty-bearing license under the Licensed Patents to make, have
made, use, sell, have sold, offer for sale and import Licensed
Products in the Licensed Field and in the Licensed Territory for
the term of this Agreement. Celera will have no right to sublicense
its rights granted hereunder beyond those rights granted to
purchasers by virtue of the sale of Licensed Products pursuant to
this Agreement. deCODE retains all exclusive rights to use the
Licensed Patents [Confidential Treatment Requested] .
Notwithstanding deCODE’s exclusive rights in the foregoing
sentence, Celera may use the Licensed Patents in connection with
[Confidential Treatment Requested] .
3.2
Celera may sell Licensed Products to a distributor for resale, and
to an Affiliate for use in rendering clinical laboratory testing
services.
3.3
deCODE hereby covenants not to assert or assist others in asserting
any patent at any time owned or controlled by deCODE against
Celera, its Affiliates, its distributors or its customers for any
activity licensed under this Agreement, provided that Celera pays
all royalties when due and is otherwise not in default under this
Agreement.
3.4
All rights and licenses granted under this Agreement by deCODE to
Celera and its Affiliates are, and will otherwise be deemed to be,
for purposes of Section 365(n) of Title XI of the United
States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), licenses of rights
to “intellectual property” as defined under
Section 101(35A) of the Bankruptcy Code. The parties
further agree that in the event of the commencement of a bankruptcy
proceeding by or against deCODE under the Bankruptcy Code, Celera,
to the extent permitted under applicable laws and subject to
Section 8.1, will be entitled to complete access, solely for
use in connection with the licenses granted hereunder, to any such
intellectual property pertaining to the rights granted in the
licenses hereunder of deCODE and all embodiments of such
intellectual property. deCODE covenants not
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to commence any proceeding in or for
bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or winding up of deCODE or any
of its Affiliates outside of the United States.
Article IV -
Consideration
4.1
Celera will pay to deCODE within seven (7) calendar days after
the Effective Date an upfront license fee of Ten Million U.S.
Dollars ($10,000,000).
4.2
Celera will pay to deCODE a one-time payment of [Confidential
Treatment Requested] after the first achievement of
[Confidential Treatment Requested] . In addition,
Celera will pay to deCODE another one-time payment of
[Confidential Treatment Requested] after the first
achievement of [Confidential Treatment Requested]
.
4.3
Celera will pay to deCODE a royalty of [Confidential Treatment
Requested] of the Net Sales of each Licensed Product
sold.
4.4
If, in the exercise of good faith and reasonable commercial
judgment, Celera decides to take a license in any country under any
third party patent in order to permit Celera to manufacture, use,
sell, offer to sell or import Licensed Products in that country,
then Celera may deduct the royalty payments required to be paid by
Celera under such third party license in such country against the
royalty payment otherwise owed to deCODE on Net Sales of Licensed
Products in such country, provided that in no event will the
deducted amounts exceed [Confidential Treatment Requested]
of the royalty payment otherwise owed to deCODE
hereunder.
4.5
Within sixty (60) days after the end of each calendar quarter,
Celera will send to deCODE a written report setting forth the Net
Sales and quantity of each Licensed Product sold during the
preceding quarter. Each such report will be accompanied by
payment of the royalties due hereunder. A final report will
be sent to deCODE within sixty (60) days after termination or
expiration of this Agreement.
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4.6
Celera will book all sales in the Licensed Territory. Celera will
keep good and accurate books of account for three (3) years
following the end of each calendar year in which royalties are
payable to permit determination of the royalties due hereunder, and
will make such books of account available for inspection by an
independent accountant designated by deCODE and reasonably
acceptable to Celera. Such inspections will be no more
frequent than once each calendar year during the term hereof and
once within six (6) months after termination of this
Agreement. A period which has been inspected once may not be
inspected again. deCODE will require the designated accountant to
retain in confidence the information in the books of account and
will permit such accountant to report to deCODE only the accuracy
or inaccuracy of the reports rendered pursuant to Section 4.5
hereof. Such inspections will be at deCODE’s expense
unless the designated accountant identifies underpayment of
royalties due by [Confidential Treatment Requested]
.
4.7
All amounts payable under this Agreement will be in U.S.
dollars. Where the sales occurred in another currency, Celera
will convert to U.S. dollars using the buy rate as disclosed in the
Wall Street Journal (Eastern U.S. Edition) for the last
business day of the applicable calendar quarter.
4.8
In the event any payment due hereunder is not made when due, the
payment will accrue interest beginning the fifteenth (15
th ) day following the due date thereof calculated
at the prime rate reported in the Wall Street Journal
(Eastern U.S. Edition) for the last business day of the applicable
calendar quarter, plus one percent (1%).
4.9
In the event any overpayment by Celera of royalties is discovered,
deCODE will promptly refund the overpayment plus interest at the
rate provided in Section 4.8 from the date of overpayment or,
at deCODE’s election, Celera may deduct the overpayment plus
interest amount from future payments owed under this
Agreement.
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Article V - Term and
Termination
5.1
This Agreement including all licenses granted hereunder will be
effective on the Effective Date and will expire on expiration of
the last Licensed Patent to expire unless earlier terminated
pursuant to the terms hereof.
5.2
Celera may terminate this Agreement for any reason at any time upon
providing deCODE ninety (90) days written notice.
5.3
This Agreement may be terminated by either party for a material
breach by the other party of the provisions hereof. Such
termination will be effective sixty (60) days after written notice
to the other party of the material breach if the material breach
has not been remedied.
5.4
In the event of termination of this Agreement, Celera will have the
right to complete all contracts for the sale of Licensed Products
under which Celera, its Affiliates or its distributors are
obligated on the date of termination provided Celera pays royalties
on such sales as required in Article IV hereof and provided
all such sales are completed within nine (9) months after the
date of termination.
5.5
The rights and obligations of Article 8, Article 12,
Article 13, Section 3.4, Section 4.5, and
Section 4.6 will survive termination of this Agreement to the
extent necessary to effect the purposes thereof.
5.6
The right of either party to terminate under the provisions of this
Article will not be an exclusive remedy, and either party will
be entitled, if the circumstances warrant, alternatively or
cumulatively, to damages for breach of this Agreement, to an order
requiring performance of the obligations of this Agreement, or to
any other legally available remedy.
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Article VI – Warranty
and Indemnity
6.1
deCODE represents and w