Back to top

PATENT SUBLICENSE AGREEMENT

License Agreement

PATENT SUBLICENSE AGREEMENT | Document Parties: IMPRA, Inc. | Endomed, Inc. You are currently viewing:
This License Agreement involves

IMPRA, Inc. | Endomed, Inc.

. RealDealDocs™ contains millions of easily searchable legal documents and clauses from top law firms. Search for free - click here.
Title: PATENT SUBLICENSE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Arizona     Date: 4/25/2006
Law Firm: Gibson Dunn    

PATENT SUBLICENSE AGREEMENT, Parties: impra  inc. , endomed  inc.
50 of the Top 250 law firms use our Products every day

Exhibit 10.3

[CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ INDICATES MATERIAL THAT HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED. ALL SUCH OMITTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 406 PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.

PATENT SUBLICENSE AGREEMENT,

This Agreement, by and between IMPRA, Inc., an Arizona corporation (hereinafter called LICENSOR), and Endomed, Inc., also an Arizona corporation (hereinafter called LICENSEE), effective as of Match 7, 2003,

WITNESSETH THAT:

WHEREAS, LICENSOR holds certain license rights under United States Patent No. 6,436,135, including the right to grant sublicenses; and

WHEREAS, LICENSEE desires to acquire a nonexclusive sublicense under said Patent;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained. LICENSOR and LICENSEE agree as follows:

Section 1. Definitions .

1.1. “Sublicensed Patent” shall mean United States Patent No. 6,436,135 issued to David Goldfarb, MD. on August 20, 2002, and any reissues and/or any reexaminations thereof.

1.2. “Licensed Products” shall mean products (i) that LICENSEE makes, has made, uses, imports, sells, leases, or offers for sale, (ii) that are covered by a Valid Claim of the Sublicensed Patent, and (iii) that are within the Field of Use.

1.3. “End User(s)” shall mean the hospital or other entity or person that purchases a Licensed Product for intended use in a human patient.

1.4. “Distributor(s)” shall mean any entity or other person, other than an Affiliate of Licensee, which purchases finished Licensed Products from LICENSEE or an Affiliate of LICENSEE solely for the purpose of resale to an End User without any addition, modification or alteration to the Licensed Product or its packaging.

1.5. “OEM Customer(s)” shall mean (i) any entity or other person which purchases or otherwise obtains from LICENSEE or an Affiliate of LICENSEE a product or product component for the purpose of adding to, modifying, altering, or finishing such product or its packaging, or combining it with other products, prior to sale thereof by said OEM Customer, or (ii) any entity or other person which purchases or otherwise obtains from LICENSEE or an Affiliate of LICENSEE a product made to specifications that are particular to that entity or person.


1.6. “Field of Use” shall mean the field of endovascular products: i.e., medical products that are placed within the arteries or veins of the human body. The Field of Use expressly excludes any surgical prosthetic device intended in whole or in part to replace any portion of any artery, vein or other vessel or conduit within the human body, including but not limited to bypass grafts, dialysis grafts, aortic grafts or thoracic grafts.

1.7. “Net Annual Sales” shall mean the total of Net Annual Domestic Sales and Net Annual Foreign Sales as hereinafter defined.

1.7.1 Except as provided in section 1.7.3, “Net Annual Domestic Sales” shall mean the total of:

(i) the total gross invoiced price of all Licensed Products sold or otherwise transferred by LICENSEE or any Affiliate of LICENSEE to an End User in the United States during a specific calendar year, less (a) any discounts or rebates actually allowed and taken, (b) any separately stated taxes, freight, insurance, customs duties or other similar charges, and (c) any credits actually issued for rejected or returned products; and

(ii) in the case of all Licensed Products that are sold to a Distributor located in the United States or to any Distributor located outside the United States who resells Licensed Products to any End Users in the United States, the Distributor’s total gross invoiced price to its End User customers for such Licensed Products, less (a) any discounts or rebates actually allowed and taken, (b) any separately stated taxes, freight, insurance, customs duties or other similar charges, and (c) any credits actually issued for rejected or returned products.

1.7.1.2 If any Licensed Products are sold or otherwise transferred by LICENSEE, any Affiliate of Licensee or a Distributor to End Users as part of a kit or other assemblage of products, then in such cases “Net Annual Domestic Sales” shall be calculated on the basis of the total gross invoiced price to the End User for such kits or other product assemblage.

1.7.1.3 In the event that Licensed Products are transferred by LICENSEE, any Affiliate of LICENSEE, or a Distributor to an End User other than by an outright sale requiring full payment within thirty (30) days of shipment, and under circumstances other than those listed in section 1.7.3, said Licensed Products shall be deemed to have been “sold” at the transferor’s then-current list price for sale of such products to End Users.

1.7.1.4 “Net Annual Domestic Sales” shall exclude (a) the gross invoiced price of Licensed Products supplied by LICENSEE exclusively for use in clinical trials being conducted in the United States pursuant to an approved investigational device exemption (IDE) for the purpose of obtaining U.S. Food & Drug Administration approval for the sale of such Licensed Products for particular indications, and (b) any Licensed Products supplied free of charge solely to comply with LICENSEE’s warranty obligations.

1.7.1.5 In the event that any Licensed Products (or kits or other product assemblages including Licensed Products) (hereinafter “royalty-bearing products”) are

 

2


sold or otherwise transferred as part of a group or “bundle” of products that includes products which are not royalty-bearing products, or pursuant to a discount arrangement or other price adjustment that includes products which are not royalty-bearing products, the “Net Annual Domestic Sales” of such royalty-bearing products shall be computed as follows. (i) The actual average discount (in percentage terms) for the royalty-bearing products sold or otherwise transferred as part of such an arrangement during the course of the royalty period at issue shall be determined. (ii) The actual average discount (in percentage terms) for the other, non-royalty-bearing sold or otherwise transferred as part of such an arrangement during the course of the royalty period at issue shall also be determined. (iii) If the average percentage discount for such royalty-bearing products (D 1) is greater than the average percentage discount for the non-royalty-bearing products (D2), the actual Net Annual Domestic Sales of the royalty-bearing products so sold or transferred shall be adjusted by multiplying that figure by the following fraction: [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/. The resulting figure shall be included in the Net Annual Domestic Sales reported by LICENSEE and shall form the royalty base for royalty payments due on such sales or transfers.

1.7.2 “Net Annual Foreign Sales”

1.7.2.1 Except as provided in section 1.7.2.3, “Net Annual Foreign Sales” shall mean

(i) the total gross invoiced price of all Licensed Products sold or otherwise transferred by LICENSEE or an Affiliate of LICENSEE to an End User located outside the United States, less (a) any discounts or rebates actually allowed and taken, (b) any separately stated taxes, freight, insurance, customs duties or other similar charges, and (c) any credits actually issued for rejected or returned products; and

(ii) in the case of Licensed Products sold or otherwise transferred by LICENSEE or an Affiliate of LICENSEE to a Distributor located outside the United States for resale to End Users located outside the United States, LICENSEE’s or its Affiliate’s total gross invoiced price to such Distributor, less (a) any discounts or rebates actually allowed and taken, (b) any separately stated taxes, freight, insurance, customs duties or other similar charges, and (c) any credits actually issued for rejected or returned products.

1.7.2.2 If any Licensed Products are sold or otherwise transferred by LICENSEE, or any Affiliate of Licensee to an End User or a Distributor located outside the United States as part of a kit or other assemblage of products, then in such cases “Net Annual Foreign Sales” shall be calculated on the basis of the total gross invoiced price to the End User for such lilts or other product assemblage.

1.7.2.3 In the event that Licensed Products are transferred by LICENSEE or any Affiliate of LICENSEE to an End User or a Distributor located outside the United States other than by an outright sale requiring fill payment within thirty (30) days of shipment, said Licensed Products shall be deemed to have been “sold” at the transferor’s then-current list price for sale of such products to End Users.

 

3


1.7.2.4 In the event that any Licensed Products (or kits or other product assemblages including Licensed Products) (hereinafter “royalty-bearing products”) are sold or otherwise transferred to End Users or Distributors outside the United States as part of a group or “bundle” of products that includes products which are not royalty-bearing products, or pursuant to a discount arrangement or other price adjustment that includes products which are not royalty bearing products, the “Net Annual Foreign Sales” of such royalty-bearing products shall be computed as follows. (i) The actual average discount (in percentage terns) for the royalty-bearing products sold or otherwise transferred as part of such an arrangement during the course of the royalty period at issue shall be determined. (ii) The actual average discount (in percentage terms) for the other, non-royalty-bearing sold or otherwise transferred as part of such an arrangement during the course of the royalty period at issue shall also be determined. (iii) If the average percentage discount for such royalty-bearing products (D1) is greater than the average percentage discount for the non-royalty-bearing products (D2), the actual Net Annual Foreign Sales of the royalty-bearing products so sold or transferred shall be adjusted by multiplying that figure by the following fraction: [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/. The resulting figure shall be included in the Net Annual Foreign Sales reported by LICENSEE and shall form the royalty base for royalty payments due on such sales or transfers.

1.8. “Affiliate” shall mean any person or entity that LICENSEE or any shareholder(s) of LICENSEE directly or indirectly controls, through one or more intermediaries or otherwise, or which is controlled by or is under common control with LICENSEE. As used herein, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to director cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled entity, whether through ownership of capital stock, by contract, or otherwise. “Affiliate” shall also include, but not be limited to, the entities identified as “Insiders” in that certain Stock Purchase Agreement of even date herewith by and between Endomed, Inc. and C.R. Bard, Inc.

1.9. “Valid Claim” shall mean a claim of the Sublicensed Patent which, at the time a sale is made has not been held unenforceable or invalid or otherwise finally rejected by a decision of a court or other governmental agency of competent jurisdiction, which decision is no longer subject to a right of appeal or other judicial review, and which has not been disclaimed or admitted to be invalid by LICENSOR.

1.10. “United States” shall mean all fifty states and all foreign possessions or dependencies of the United States, including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam.

Section 2. Scope of License .

2.1. LICENSOR hereby grants to LICENSEE a personal, nonexclusive sublicense under the Sublicensed Patent to make, have made for its own account, use, and import Licensed Products, and to sell, lease, offer for sale and otherwise transfer Licensed Products as hereinafter provided. LICENSEE or an Affiliate of Licensee may sell or transfer Licensed Products directly to End Users. LICENSEE or, in the event that LICENSEE first sells or transfers Licensed Products to any Affiliate of LICENSEE, such Affiliate, may also sell or transfer Licensed Products to Distributors for resale to End Users; provided, however, that any such Distributor must resell the Licensed Products to End Users in unchanged form, and

 

4


provided further, that there shall be [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ distribution channel for Licensed Products ([CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/) in any specific country in the world. This sublicense specifically excludes any right of LICENSEE (or any Affiliate or Distributor of LICENSEE) to sell or otherwise transfer Licensed Products to OEM Customers.

2.1.1 This Agreement and all rights granted hereunder are personal to LICENSEE except to the extent specifically hereinafter provided. LICENSEE shall have no right to further sublease its rights hereunder.

2.1.2 LICENSEE understands and agrees that, notwithstanding the License Agreement between LICENSEE and its Affiliate Transform Technologies, L.L.C. (“Transform”), neither Transform nor any successor-in-intent or assignee or transferee of Transform has or will hereafter acquire any rights with respect to the Sublicensed Patent or any rights or licenses under this Agreement.

2.2. This Agreement shall not be construed to grant LICENSEE any license or other rights except as specifically contained herein, and is strictly limited to the defined Field of Use. No license or other right is granted herein to either party, directly or by implication, estoppel or otherwise, with respect to any trade secrets or know-how of the other, and no such license or other right shall arise from the execution or performance of this Agreement or from any acts, statements or dealings loading to such execution or performance. Except as specifically stated herein, neither party is required to furnish o r disclose to the other any technical or other information. Neither party shall use or refer to the name, logo or trademarks of the other in any form of advertising or promotion, written or oral.

Section 3. Royalty Obligations .

3.1. Except as hereinafter provided, LICENSEE shall pay to LICENSOR a royalty on the Net Annual Sales of all Licensed Products during each calendar year in accordance with the following royalty rate schedule:

 

 

 

 

[*] $[*] /*/million of Net Annual Sales

    

[*] /*/%

[*] $[*] /*/million (to $[*] million)

    

[*] /*/%

[*] $[*] /*/million (to $[*] million)

    

[*] /*/%

[*] $[*] /*/million (to $[*] million)

    

[*] /*/%

[*] $[*] /*/million (to $[*] million)

    

[*] /*/%

[*] $[*] /*/million (to $[*] million)

    

[*] /*/%

[*] sales over $[*] /*/million

    

[*] /*/%

[*] [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED]

 

5


The above schedule shall start anew on January 1 of each calendar year.

3.1.1 Minimum Royalties on Sales to Distributors Located Outside the U.S. for Resale to End Users outside the U.S. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the per-unit royalty calculated on any sale of Licensed Products by LICENSEE or an Affiliate of LICENSEE to a Distributor pursuant to Sections 1.7.2.1(ii), 1.7.2.2 and/or 1.7.2.4 is less than the minimum royalty applicable to such sale as set forth below, then LICENSEE shall pay to LICENSOR such minimum royalty in lieu of the calculated royalty:

Minimum Royalties on Foreign Distributor Sales:

 

 

 

 

[CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ Products

  

$[CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ per unit

[CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ Products

  

$[CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ per unit

[CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ Products

  

$[CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ per unit

[CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ Products (for [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ uses)

  

$[CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ per unit

[CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ Products

  

$[CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ per unit

[CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ Products

  

$[CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ per tout

If an adjustment is hereafter made to the royalty schedule pursuant to Section 3.4 hereof, the minimum royalties set forth in this Section 3.1.1 shall be proportionately adjusted to the extent that the adjusted royalty rate is less than [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/%. In the event that LICENSEE sells or develops a Licensed Product that does not fall within any of the above categories (a “Nora-Listed Licensed Product”), LICENSOR and LICENSEE shall negotiate in good faith an appropriate minimum royalty for sales of such Non-Listed Licensed Product that are subject to Section 1.7.2.1(ii), 1.7.2.2 and/or 1.7.2.4. Such minimum royalty shall in no event be less than the greater of (1) [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/% of the Net Annual Foreign Sales for such Non-Listed Licensed Product, or (2) [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/% of the applicable Distributor’s average End User selling price for such Non-Listed Licensed Product (subject to any adjustment made pursuant to Section 3.4, if applicable).

 

6


3.2. LICENSEE’s obligation to pay royalties with respect to the products currently being sold by LICENSEE shall be retroactive to the issuance of the Sublicensed Patent, notwithstanding the later execution of this Agreement.

3.3. Royalty payments shall be due and payable no later than [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ ([CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/) days following the end of each calendar quarter with respect to sales made (or deemed to have been made pursuant to Sections 1.7.2 or 4.1 hereof) during said calendar quarter and any prior sales on which a royalty due hereunder has not been paid. Except as provided in Section 1.7.2, sales to an End User shall be deemed to have been made on the date of shipment.

3.4. LICENSEE shall have, at its option, the right to replace the royalty schedule set forth in Section 3.1 hereof or the method of calculating the royalty base (defined in this Agreement as “Net Annual Sales”) with any more favorable sublicense royalty rate or royalty base calculation method hereafter granted in the same Field of Use by LICENSOR or any assignee or successor of LICENSOR for sales to End Users, except that (i) such right shall not extend to any royalty rate or royalty base calculation method contained in any sublicense granted to any affiliate of LICENSOR or to [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ or in any sublicense granted as part of a bona fide cross-licensing arrangement or in settlement of a claim, and (ii) to the extent that LICENSOR or its assignee or successor grants a more favorable sublicense royalty rate or royalty base calculation method that is limited to some portion of the Field of Use, LICENSEE shall be entitled to such more favorable rate or method only with respect to products sold in said limited portion of the Field o


 
SITE SEARCH

AGREEMENTS / CONTRACTS

Document Title:

Entire Document: (optional)

Governing Law:(optional)


Try our advanced search >>
 

CLAUSES

Search Contract Clauses >>

Browse Contract Clause Library>>

Get Email Updates
Email:
This is only a partial view of this document. We have millions of legal documents and clauses drafted by top law firms. learn more search for free browse for free learn more