EXHIBIT 10.16
License Agreement
This Agreement is made and entered into between
individuals Dr. Waldemar Gottardi, Hoher Weg 13, A-6020 Innsbruck,
Austria, and Dr. Markus Nagl, Hintermetzentaler 4, A-6094 Axams,
Austria (“LICENSORS”) and Pathogenics, Inc., a Delaware
Corporation (“LICENSEE”), having offices at 99 Derby
Street, Suite 200, Hingham, MA 02043.
Whereas, LICENSORS are the owners of the entire
right, title and interest in the Patents and/or Patent Applications
described in Exhibit A attached hereto, and the Technology
described and/or claimed therein; and
Whereas, LICENSORS are the owners of joint and
several rights, titles and interests in the Patents and/or Patent
Applications described in Exhibit A, and have been contractually
appointed by all the other owners to dispose of the entire right,
title and interest in the Patents and/or Patent Applications, and
the Technology described and/or claimed therein, as described in
separate Inventor Revenue Sharing Contracts in Exhibit B attached
hereto; and
Whereas, LICENSEE is desirous of obtaining an
exclusive worldwide license in order to practice the above
referenced Technology covered by said Patent Rights and to
manufacture, have manufactured, use and sell in the commercial
market the products made in accordance therewith; and
Whereas, LICENSORS are desirous of granting such
a license to LICENSEE in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the
foregoing and the mutual agreements contained herein, the parties
agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1 “Patent Rights” shall mean (i) the
Patents and Patent Applications described in Exhibit A attached
hereto, the Technology described and/or claimed therein, and any
substitutions of patents and patent applications, divisions of
patents and patent applications, continuations of patents and
patent applications, continuations-in-part of patents and patent
applications, patents issuing thereon or reissues or
re-examinations
thereof and any and all patents and
patent applications corresponding thereto; (ii) all patents and
patent applications to the extent assigned to LICENSORS and to the
extent LICENSORS are able, under their obligations to third
parties, to grant rights to LICENSEE and on which Inventors are a
named inventor, the Technology described and/or claimed therein and
any substitutions, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part,
patents issuing thereon or reissues or re-examinations thereof,
which relate to the design, development and/or manufacture of any
products incorporating the Technology and any and all patents and
patent applications corresponding thereto; (iii) all patents and
patent applications to the extent assigned to LICENSORS and to the
extent LICENSORS are able, under their obligations to third
parties, to grant rights to LICENSEE and on which Inventors are a
named inventor, the Technology described and/or claimed therein and
any substitutions divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part,
patents issuing thereon or reissues or re-examinations thereof
which relate to any improvements in the Technology and any and all
patents and patent applications corresponding thereto. The patents
and patent applications corresponding thereto referred to in (i),
(ii) and (iii) above, when filed or issued, will be automatically
incorporated in and added to this Agreement and shall periodically
be added to Exhibit A attached to this Agreement and made a part
hereof; provided, however, that failure to periodically add such
patents and/or patent applications thereto shall not be considered
to exclude such patents and/or patent applications from the meaning
of “Patent Rights.”
1.2 “Licensed Processes” shall mean all
technologies, methods, formulas, plans or processes and any
improvements thereof, relating to or which are covered in whole or
in part by any claim contained in the Patent Rights.
1.3 “Licensed Products” shall mean
products or components thereof claimed in Patent Rights or products
or components thereof made in accordance with or by means of any
Licensed Process.
1.4 “Gross Sales” shall mean the amount
billed or invoiced on sales of Licensed Products or Licensed
Processes.
1.5 “Affiliates” shall mean any company,
corporation, or business of which LICENSEE owns or controls at
least fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock or which owns or
controls at least fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock of
LICENSEE.
1.6 “Field” shall mean all potential
fields of use of the Patent Rights, the Licensed Products, and the
Licensed Processes.
1.7 “Sublicensee” shall mean an entity
which LICENSEE has granted (a) the right to manufacture and market
the Licensed Products, (b) the right to practice the Licensed
Processes, or (c) the right to sublicense the Licensed Processes to
others.
1.8 “Technology” shall mean any novel
therapeutic use or formulation of N-Chlorotaruine or combination
thereof and any of its derivatives or analogs.
1.9 “Sublicense Payments” shall mean any
payments received by LICENSEE from sublicenses of rights granted by
LICENSORS to LICENSEE under Section 2.1 of this Agreement, as
consideration for the grant of such sublicenses, including without
limitation, license fees, milestone payments, license maintenance
fees, and royalty payments based on sales of Licensed Products or
use of Licensed Processes by such sublicense, but excluding amounts
received by LICENSEE (i) in connection with or as a result of
amounts or payments to fund or reimburse LICENSEE’s research
and development in connection with the Technology, (ii) in
connection with or as a result of amounts or payments to fund or
reimburse LICENSEE’s patent expenses in connection with the
Technology, or (iii) ) in connection with or as a result of amounts
or payments made as consideration for a sublicensee’s
purchase of securities of LICENSEE.
ARTICLE 2
GRANT OF LICENSE
2.1 LICENSORS hereby grant to LICENSEE and LICENSEE
accepts, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, a worldwide
exclusive (event against LICENSORS) license in the Field, under the
Patent Rights, to make and have made, to use and have used, to sell
and have sold, to distribute and have distributed, and to market
and have marketed the Licensed Products, and to practice the
Licensed Processes, for the life of the Patent Rights. Such license
shall include the right to grant sublicenses, upon which the
LICENSORS are consulted. LICENSORS agree they will not assign,
encumber, grant a license to and/or permit a lien to exist upon,
the Patent Rights in any territory for any Field to or by any third
party and will not themselves practice the Patent Rights other than
for their own non-commercial research purposes. Licensors agree, on
behalf of themselves, their successors and any other person or
entity who or which may claim a right in or under the Patent
Rights, that any purported transfer or encumbrance of rights shall
be null and void and of no effect.
2.2 LICENSORS hereby grant to LICENSEE the right to
extend the licenses granted in paragraph 2.1 to one or more
Affiliates, subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
2.3 LICENSORS hereby represent and warrant to
LICENSEE that LICENSORS are the sole owners of the Patent Rights as
reflected on Exhibit A on the date hereof, no person or entity has
or will have any rights of any kind with respect to such Patent
Rights except for the rights of LICENSEE pursuant to this
Agreement, and accordingly, LICENSORS have full legal right to
grant to LICENSEE the license provided for herein, and such grant
does not and will not violate or conflict with the rights of any
person or entity.
ARTICLE 3
ROYALTIES AND FEES
3.1 LICENSEE shall pay to LICENSORS jointly and
severally, during the term of the license of paragraph 2.1, a total
royalty of four percent (4%) of the Gross Sales of all Licensed
Products sold by LICENSEE and its Affiliates. LICENSEE shall pay to
LICENSORS jointly and severally, during the term of the license of
paragraph 2.1, a total of twenty percent (20%) of the Sublicense
Payments which LICENSEE and its Affiliates receive from
Sublicensees for sublicenses of the Licensed Products or Licensed
Processes. No multiple payments shall be due because the sale or
sublicense of any Licensed Product or Licensed Process is described
in more than one sentence of this section 3.1. In the event of any
such overlap, the sentence which most accurately describes the
relevant transaction at issue shall prevail. On Gross Sales or
sublicenses between LICENSEE and its Affiliates, royalties shall be
payable only on the resale or resublicense by such Affiliate. In
the event of a use or sale of Licensed Products or Licensed
Processes solely for clinical testing or research and development
purposes for which LICENSEE receives no revenue, the no royalty
shall be due or payable to LICENSORS.
3.2 As further consideration for the license and
other rights granted to LICENSEE hereunder, (a) LICENSEE shall pay
to LICENSORS jointly and severally a one-time patent issue fee of
One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) payable in cash or
registered stock of the Licensee upon the first-time issuance of
the first patent of each patent family for a licensed Product or
Licensed Process, [a patent family comprises all patents concerning
the same invention and originating from the sake priority
application] (b) LICENSEE shall pay to LICENSORS jointly and
severally a one-time milestone payment of Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($250,000) payable in cash or registered stock of
the LICENSEE upon successful completion of a Phase III clinical
trial for each licensed Product or Licensed Process, and (c)
LICENSEE shall pay to LICENSORS jointly and severally a one-time
milestone payment of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) payable in
cash or registered stock of the Licensee upon receiving new drug
approval for each Licensed Product or Licensed Process. In the
event LICENSEE enters into a sublicense with a Third Party or Third
Parties under Section 2.1 of this Agreement and ceases the
manufacture and sale of the Licensed Product, then as of the
effective date of the sublicense LICENSEE’s obligation to pay
LICENSORS any royalty or milestone payments under Article 3 herein
shall terminate and, in lieu thereof, LICENSORS shall be entitled
jointly and severally to twenty percent (20%) of Sublicense
Payments received by LICENSEE.
ARTICLE 4
REPORTING
4.1 LICENSEE shall report to LICENSORS the date of
first sale of Licensed Products (or results of Licensed Processes)
in each country within thirty (30) day of occurrence.
4.2 LICENSEE shall provide LICENSORS within sixty
(60) days after each of the calendar half-years ending June 30 and
December 31, reports setting forth, for the preceding six (6)
-month period, the amount of Licensed Products sold by LICENSEE and
its Affiliates in each country, the Gross Sales thereof, the amount
of Sublicensee royalties received by LICENSEE and its Affiliates
and the amount of royalty due to LICENSORS with respect to the
foregoing. With each such royalty report, LICENSEE shall include
the payment of the royalty due. Such report shall include a
detailed listing of all Gross Sales, sublicensee income, or
royalties as specified herein. No written report shall be required
for any reporting period prior to the first royalty payment.
Written reports shall be required for each reporting period after
the first royalty payment. All royalties due hereunder shall be
payable in United States dollars. Conversion of foreign currency to
U.S. dollars shall be made at the conversion rate existing in the
United States, as quoted in The Wall Street Journal ,
three (3) days prior to the date that such royalty payments by
LICENSEE was due to LICENSOR. Payments which are more than thirty
(30) days past due and which are not the subject of a good faith
controversy between the parties hereto shall be subject to an
interest charge of one percent (1%) per month.
4.3 LICENSORS agree that at all times, both during
the term and after the termination of this Agreement, they will
keep in confidence and trust all information provided to it
hereunder by LICENSEE or provided to them by any third party
pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof (the “Proprietary
Information”), and it will not use or disclose any
Proprietary Information or anything directly relating to such
Proprietary Information without the written consent of the
LICENSEE. LICENSORS acknowledge that the Proprietary Information
constitutes a unique and valuable asset of the LICENSEE, which is
secret and confidential and which will be communicated to LICENSORS
in confidence and that any disclosure or other use of
the
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