Exhibit 10.36
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Under 17 C.F.R. §§ 200.80(b)(4) and 240.24b-2
Research Cross-License
Agreement
This Research Cross-License
Agreement (“ Agreement ”) is made and
entered into effective as of September 3, 2003 (the “
Effective Date ”), by and between Micromet AG , having its
principal offices at Staffelseestrasse 2, 81477, Munich, Germany
(“ Micromet ”), Enzon Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. , having its principal offices at 20 Kingsbridge
Road, Piscataway, New Jersey (“ Enzon ”), and
Cambridge Antibody
Technology Limited , having its principal offices at The
Milstein Building, Granta Park, Cambridgeshire CB1 6GH, England
(“ CAT ”). Micromet, Enzon and CAT each may be
referred to herein individually as a “ Party ,”
or collectively as the “ Parties .”
Whereas , pursuant
to that certain Non-Exclusive License Agreement by and between
Creative BioMolecules, Inc. and CAT dated as of September 5,
1996 (“ Original Creative BioMolecules License
Agreement ”), Creative BioMolecules granted certain
non-exclusive license rights to CAT under certain patents relating
to Single Chain Antibodies (as defined below);
Whereas , pursuant
to that certain Non-Exclusive License Agreement by and between
Enzon and CAT dated as of September 5, 1996 (“
Original Enzon License Agreement ”), Enzon granted
certain non-exclusive license rights to CAT under certain patents
relating to Single Chain Antibodies;
Whereas , Curis,
Inc. was the assignee of Creative BioMolecules, Inc., with respect
to the Original Creative Bio Molecules License Agreement, and
Micromet is the assignee of Curis, Inc. with respect to same;
Whereas , CAT is
the owner of (or licensee of) certain patents and know-how in the
field of Antibody Phage Display and is authorised to grant the
licenses and other rights to Micromet and Enzon pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement;
Whereas , Micromet
and Enzon have entered into a certain Collaboration Agreement, a
Cross-License Agreement and Exclusive IP Marketing Agreement (the
“ Micromet/Enzon IP Marketing Agreement ”) each
dated as of April 9, 2002, pursuant to which Micromet and
Enzon granted to each other certain rights to intellectual property
relating to Single Chain Antibody technology and pursuant to which
Micromet is authorised to grant the licenses and other rights to
CAT pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; and
Whereas , each of
CAT, Micromet and Enzon desires to terminate the Original Creative
BioMolecules Agreement and the Original Enzon License Agreement and
to grant each other licenses with respect to the intellectual
property described herein to use such intellectual property for the
purposes of developing and commercializing products under the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
Now, Therefore , in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and
agreements herein contained, the Parties agree as follows:
1. Definitions
When used in this Agreement,
capitalized terms will have the meanings as defined below and
throughout the Agreement.
1.1 “ Affiliate
” means a legal entity that, directly or indirectly, through
one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with a Party. For purposes of this definition only,
“control” and, with correlative meanings, the terms
“controlled by” and “under common control
with” means (a) the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct the management or policies of a legal
entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by
contract relating to voting rights or corporate governance, or
(b) the ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of
the voting securities or other ownership interest of a legal
entity; provided that, if local law restricts foreign ownership,
control will be established by direct or indirect ownership of the
maximum ownership percentage that may, under such local law, be
owned by foreign interests.
1.2 “ Antibody
” means a molecule or gene encoding such a molecule
comprising or containing more than one immunoglobulin variable
domain or parts of such domain or any existing or future fragments,
variants, modifications or derivatives thereof.
1.3 “ Antibody
Product ” means any composition or formulation containing
or comprising one or more Antibodies in any format for the
prognosis, diagnosis, prophylaxis or treatment of human diseases or
conditions or for use as a research reagent.
1.4 “ Antigen
” means any structure, including an entire protein,
post-translational modifications, lipids, or glyco-lipids, for
which Antibody variable domains have binding affinity.
1.5 “ BiTE
Product ” means any composition or formulation containing
or comprising a bi-specific Single Chain Antibody, wherein one arm
of the Single Chain Antibody binds to T-cells.
1.6 “ Business
Day ” means any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday)
upon which major commercial banks are open for business in the
cities of London and Munich.
1.7 “ CAT Background
Know-How ” means the Know-How Controlled by CAT relating
to the CAT Licensed Patents described in Schedule VI ,
which the Parties may amend from time to time at their sole
discretion in accordance with Section 2.3.
1.8 “ CAT
Collaboration Partner ” means any Third Party that enters
into a Collaboration Agreement with CAT.
1.9 “ CAT Excluded
Technology ” has the meaning assigned to it in
Schedule VIII .
1.10 “ CAT Field
Limitations ” means those field limitations set forth in
Schedule III .
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1.11 “ CAT Licensed
Patents ” means those Patents identified in
Schedule II.
1.12 “ CAT Phage
Display Improvements ” means any Improvement of a Phage
Display process or any other technology, process, or methodology
(each as claimed in or covered by any of the CAT Licensed Patents,
Micromet Supplemental Patents, Enzon Supplemental Patents, CAT
Background Know-How, Micromet Supplemental Know-How or Enzon
Supplemental Know-How, as the case may be) that satisfies all of
the following criteria: (A) is first conceived or reduced to
practice within [***] of the Effective Date; provided ,
however , that upon the request of Micromet or Enzon, as the
case may be, at any time during the [***] period following the date
that is [***] from the Effective Date and upon demonstration by
Micromet or Enzon, as the case may be, of good commercial,
technical, or legal reasons for extension of the foregoing [***]
period, the Parties agree to negotiate in good faith the potential
extension of such period for one (1) additional [***] period,
with the consent by the Parties to such extension not to be
withheld absent demonstration of good commercial, technical, or
legal reasons for opposing such extension; and (B) is
developed by or on behalf of CAT or its Affiliates; provided
, however , that the foregoing will exclude any such
Improvement to the extent that CAT is not permitted to disclose,
license or sublicense such improvement, modification or adaptation
to Micromet or Enzon, as applicable, as a result of an obligation
of CAT to a Third Party.
1.13 “ CAT Research
Contractor ” means any person or entity engaged by CAT
for the purpose of performing research and development activities
on a fee-for-service basis on behalf of CAT in accordance with the
rights granted to CAT under this Agreement, but excluding any CAT
Collaboration Partner.
1.14 “ CAT Research
Field ” means research and development activities using
Phage Display or Ribosome Display to identify and develop Antibody
Products for the prognosis, diagnosis, prophylaxis or treatment of
human diseases or conditions; but in each case excluding any
research and development activities that (A) involve
administration of any SCA Product to humans, (B) use or are
directed towards developing CAT Excluded Technology, or
(C) are in the CAT Field Limitations.
1.15 “ Collaboration
Agreement ” means any agreement executed prior to or
during the term of this Agreement between a Party and a Third Party
under which: (i) (A) in the case of CAT, CAT grants such Third
Party a license under one or more CAT Licensed Patents (consistent
with the license rights granted hereunder), or (B) in the case
of Micromet or Enzon, as applicable, such Party grants such Third
Party a license under one or more Patents in the Consolidated
Patent Portfolio, or any other relevant intellectual property or
other rights Controlled by such Party; and (ii) each party to
such agreement performs collaborative research and development
obligations related to such licensed rights. For the avoidance of
doubt, a Collaboration Agreement will not include a naked license
of the Patent rights of a Party hereto.
1.16 “ Consolidated
Know-How ” means the Know-How Controlled by Micromet
relating to the Consolidated Patent Portfolio and described in
Schedule VII , which the Parties may amend from time to
time at their sole discretion in accordance with
Section 2.3.
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1.17 “ Consolidated
Patent Portfolio ” means those Patents identified in
Schedule I , as updated from time to time by Micromet
pursuant to Section 5.7.1(b).
1.18 “ Consolidated
Patent Portfolio Improvement ” means any Improvement to
the Consolidated Patent Portfolio that satisfies all of the
following criteria: (A) is first conceived or reduced to
practice within [***] of the Effective Date; provided ,
however , that upon the request of CAT at any time during
the [***] period following the date that is [***] from the
Effective Date and upon demonstration by CAT of good commercial,
technical, or legal reasons for extension of the foregoing [***]
period, the Parties agree to negotiate in good faith the potential
extension of such period for one (1) additional [***] period,
with the consent by the Parties to such extension not to be
withheld absent demonstration of good commercial, technical, or
legal reasons for opposing such extension; and (B) under the
Micromet/Enzon IP Marketing Agreement, becomes part of the
“Consolidated Patent Portfolio,” as that term is
defined in the Micromet/Enzon IP Marketing Agreement;
provided , however , that the foregoing will exclude
any such Improvement to the extent that Micromet or Enzon is not
permitted to disclose, license or sublicense such Improvement as a
result of an obligation of such Party to a third party.
1.19 “
Controlled ” or “ Controls ” means,
with respect to any Know-How, Patent, or other intellectual
property right, possession of the right, whether directly or
indirectly, and whether by ownership, license or otherwise, to
assign, or grant a license, sublicense or other right to or under,
such Know-How, Patent or right as provided for herein without
violating the terms of any agreement or other arrangements with any
Third Party.
1.20 “ Diagnostic
SCA Product ” means any SCA Product (including a
composition, formulation, device, assay, or other product,
excluding Microarrays (as defined in Schedule VIII ),
which is: (a) intended for sale as an in vitro or in
vivo diagnostic or prognostic for use in or in relation to
humans, or (b) intended for sale separately from but in
support of a therapeutic product for use in or in relation to
humans.
1.21 “ Enzon
Collaboration Partner ” means Micromet or any Third Party
that enters into a Collaboration Agreement with Enzon.
1.22 “ Enzon
Research Contractor ” means any person or entity engaged
by Enzon for the purpose of performing research and development
activities on a fee-for-service basis on behalf of Enzon in
accordance with the rights granted to Enzon under this Agreement,
but excluding any Enzon Collaboration Partner.
1.23 “ Enzon
Research Field ” means research and development
activities directed to identify and develop Antibody Products for
the prognosis, diagnosis, prophylaxis or treatment of human
diseases or conditions and in each case excluding any research and
development activities that (A) involve administration of any
Antibody Product to humans, or (B) use or are directed towards
developing any Micromet-Enzon Excluded Technology.
1.24 “ Enzon
Supplemental Know-How ” means any Know-How for which
Enzon has exercised its option under Section 2.3.1.
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1.25 “ Enzon
Supplemental Patents ” means any Patent for which Enzon
has exercised its option under Section 5.7.1(a).
1.26 “ Excluded
Field ” has the meaning assigned to it in
Schedule IV .
1.27 “ Excluded
Target ” has the meaning assigned to it in
Section 3.2.4 of this Agreement.
1.28 “ Existing
Product Use Agreement ” means each agreement between CAT
and certain Third Parties in effect as of the date hereof as listed
on Schedule XIII .
1.29 “ Exploit
” or “ Exploitation ” means to make, have
made, import, export, use, sell, offer for sale, or otherwise
dispose of a product, including all discovery, research,
development, registration, modification, enhancement, improvement,
manufacture, storage, formulation, exportation, transportation,
distribution, promotion and marketing activities related
thereto.
1.30 “ Gatekeeping
Criteria ” means the criteria set out in
Schedule V , which the relevant Notified Party will use
to evaluate a Nominated Target prior to the execution of any
Product License Agreement, all as described in greater detail in
Section 3.2 of this Agreement.
1.31 “
Improvement ” means, as to a Patent or Know-How
licensed hereunder, any improvement, modification or adaptation of
any technology, process or methodology claimed in or covered by
such Patent or Know-How, which may be developed by or on behalf of
a Party, its sublicensees or its Affiliates during the Term.
1.32 “ Insolvency
Event ” means, except for the event of a solvent
reorganization or amalgamation, (i) the filing by a Party in
court or agency pursuant to any applicable statute or regulation of
any state or country, a petition in bankruptcy or insolvency or for
reorganization or for an arrangement or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee of a Party or of its assets, or (ii) the
filing by a Third Party against a Party of an involuntary petition
in bankruptcy or seeking reorganization, liquidation, dissolution,
winding up arrangement, composition or readjustment of such
Party’s debts or any other relief under any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar act or law of any
jurisdiction now or hereafter in effect, or the issuance of a
warrant of attachment, execution or similar process against a
Party, and, in each case, only if the applicable petition, warrant
of attachment, execution or similar process is not dismissed within
ninety (90) days after the filing thereof, or (iii) if
any Party proposes or is a Party to any dissolution or liquidation
under applicable law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of
creditors.
1.33 “ Know-How
” means all non-public inventions, data, information,
methods, procedures, processes and materials, including but not
limited to, biological, chemical, biochemical, toxicological,
pharmacological, metabolic, formulation, clinical, analytical and
stability information and data (other than such Know-How which is
or becomes the subject of a patent or of a provisional or filed
patent application or which otherwise becomes public).
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1.34 “ Library
” means a diverse collection of at least [***] different
Antibodies for use in connection with Phage Display, Ribosome
Display, or other Platform Technology.
1.35 “ Maintenance
Fee Term ” means the period commencing on the Effective
Date and ending upon the earlier of (i) [***] from the Effective
Date or (ii) the date this Agreement terminates or expires
pursuant to Section 8.
1.36 “ Major Market
Country ” means the [***].
1.37 “ Micromet
Collaboration Partner ” means Enzon or any Third Party
that enters into a Collaboration Agreement with Micromet.
1.38 “
Micromet-Enzon Excluded Technology ” has the meaning
assigned to it in Schedule VIII .
1.39 “ Micromet
Research Contractor ” means any person or entity engaged
by Micromet for the purpose of performing research and development
activities on a fee-for-service basis on behalf of Micromet in
accordance with the rights granted to Micromet under this
Agreement, but excluding any Micromet Collaboration Partner.
1.40 “ Micromet
Research Field ” means research and development
activities directed to identify and develop Antibody Products for
the prognosis, diagnosis, prophylaxis or treatment of human
diseases or conditions and in each case excluding (A) any
research and development activities that involve administration of
any composition or formulation to humans; (B) any research or
development activities using or directed towards developing any
Micromet-Enzon Excluded Technology.
1.41 “ Micromet
Supplemental Know-How ” means any Know-How for which
Micromet has exercised its option under Section 2.3.1.
1.42 “ Micromet
Supplemental Patents ” means any Patent for which
Micromet has exercised its option under
Section 5.7.1(a).
1.43 “
Micromet/Enzon Collaboration Agreement ” means that
certain Collaboration Agreement between Micromet and Enzon dated as
of April 9, 2002.
1.44 “
Micromet/Enzon Cross-License Agreement ” means that
certain Cross-License Agreement between Micromet and Enzon dated as
of April 9, 2002.
1.45 “ [***]
Agreement ” means that certain license agreement by and
between the [***] and CAT dated as of [***], pursuant to which CAT
is the exclusive licensee of certain of the CAT Licensed Patents
and certain other Know-How related thereto.
1.46 “ Nominated
Target ” means a Target nominated by a Party pursuant to
the terms of Section 3.1.
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1.47 “ Non-SCA
Antibody Product Field ” means the prognosis, diagnosis,
prophylaxis or treatment of human diseases or conditions;
provided , however , that the foregoing will exclude
the CAT Field Limitations.
1.48 “ Non-SCA
Antibody Products ” means any Antibody Products excluding
any SCA Product, BiTE Product, or Microarray.
1.49 “ Notified
Party ” has the meaning assigned to it in
Section 3.2.
1.50 “ Original
Creative BioMolecules License Agreement ” has the meaning
assigned to it in the Recitals.
1.51 “ Original
Enzon License Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to it
in the Recitals.
1.52 “ Patents
” means (a) all patents and patent applications in any
country or supranational jurisdiction, and (b) any
substitutions, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part,
reissues, renewals, registrations, confirmations, re-examinations,
extensions, supplementary protection certificates and the like, and
any provisional applications, of any such patents or patent
applications.
1.53 “ Phage
Display ” means the technology, process or methodology
whereby Antibodies are cloned, expressed, produced and screened on
the surface of filamentous bacteriophage.
1.54 “ Platform
Technology ” means Know-How, technologies, processes or
methodologies that are used to clone, express, produce and screen
Antibodies by methods other than Phage Display or Ribosome
Display.
1.55 “ Primary
Application ” means a major application of a product
containing an Antibody binding to a Target, as ascertained at the
time of assessment of such Target as a Nominated Target using
objective and reasonable scientific and/or commercial criteria,
data and/or information. Primary Application does not mean any
minor or incidental application.
1.56 “ Product
License Agreement ” means the relevant product license
agreement as set out in Schedules IX and
X.
1.57 “ Requesting
Party ” has the meaning assigned to it in
Section 3.2.
1.58 “ Ribosome
Display ” means the technology, process or methodology
whereby Antibodies are cloned, expressed, produced and screened
in vitro involving a step where an Antibody or Antibodies
are tested for binding to Antigen when said Antibody or Antibodies
are attached to its coding RNA and to ribosomes.
1.59 “ SCA
Product ” means any composition or formulation containing
or comprising one or more Single Chain Antibodies in any format for
the prognosis, diagnosis, prophylaxis or treatment of human
diseases or conditions, in each case excluding any BiTE Product and
any Microarray.
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1.60 “ Single Chain
Antibody ” or “ SCA ” means an
Antibody having binding affinity for an Antigen whereby such
Antibody comprises (i) a polypeptide segment having a light
chain variable region, (ii) a polypeptide having a heavy chain
variable region, and (iii) at least one peptide linker linking
those polypeptides into a single chain polypeptide.
1.61 “ Target
” means (i) DNA, all post-transcriptional material
encoded by such DNA, including all naturally occurring or
disease-associated truncations, mutations, variants, fragments and
post-transcriptional modifications thereof (including but not
limited to splice variants) and all material encoded by such
post-transcriptional material including but not limited to
proteins; (ii) the DNA encoding a polypeptide or protein, as
identified by a sequence of amino acids, and all post-translational
variants thereof including but not limited to glycosylation and
phosphorylation modifications, and any complex form thereof; and
(iii) any kind of carbohydrates, lipids including any
modifications and any complex forms thereof. For the purposes of
this Agreement, any [***], including but not limited to, [***] are
excluded from this definition.
1.62 “ Term
” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.1.
1.63 “Therapeutic SCA
Product ” means any SCA Product sold for therapeutic or
prophylactic use in humans.
1.64 “ Third
Party ” means any party other than CAT, Enzon, Micromet
or their respective Affiliates.
1.65 “ Valid
Claim ” means (i) any claim of an issued and
unexpired patent within the CAT Licensed Patents, Micromet
Supplemental Patents, Enzon Supplemental Patents, or Consolidated
Patent Portfolio, as the case may be, which has not been held
unenforceable or invalid by a court or other governmental agency of
competent jurisdiction in a decision that is not appealed or cannot
be appealed, and which has not been disclaimed or admitted to be
invalid or unenforceable through reissue or otherwise, or
(ii) a pending claim in a pending patent application within
the CAT Licensed Patents, Micromet Supplemental Patents, Enzon
Supplemental Patents or Consolidated Patent Portfolio, as the case
may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (ii), in the event
that a pending claim in a pending patent application does not issue
as a valid and enforceable claim in an issued patent within [***]
after the earliest date from which such patent application claims
priority, such a pending claim will not be a Valid Claim, unless
and until such pending claim subsequently issues as a valid and
enforceable claim in an issued patent, in which case such claim
will be reinstated and be deemed to be a Valid Claim as of the date
of issuance of such patent.
2. Grant Of
License
2.1 Licenses Grant By
Micromet.
2.1.1 Research License To CAT. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the CAT Field Limitations,
Micromet hereby grants to CAT a nonexclusive,
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worldwide license under the Consolidated Patent Portfolio and the
Consolidated Know-How to conduct research and development
activities solely within the CAT Research Field. CAT hereby
covenants and agrees not to use or sublicense any of its rights
under the foregoing license except as expressly permitted in this
Agreement.
2.1.2 No Restriction on CAT Exploitation Rights. For the
avoidance of doubt, this Agreement does not restrict CAT, its
Affiliates or sublicensees from, or impose a royalty payment
obligation on CAT, its Affiliates, or sublicensees with regard to,
the Exploitation of Non-SCA Antibody Products in the Non-SCA
Antibody Product Field the manufacture, importation, use, or sale
of which do not (i) infringe one or more Valid Claims within
the Consolidated Patent Portfolio or (ii) utilize the Consolidated
Know-How, in each case notwithstanding that such Non-SCA Antibody
Products were discovered, researched, or developed by practice of
the license rights granted in Section 2.1.1 above.
2.1.3 Sublicenses by CAT.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, CAT will have the right to grant sublicenses, [***], to
any of its rights under the license rights granted in
Section 2.1.1 solely in the CAT Research Field or Non-SCA
Antibody Product Field, as applicable, and in any case subject to
the CAT Field Limitations, to any:
(i) Affiliate of CAT;
(ii) CAT Collaboration Partner, (including any
Collaboration Partner which has entered into a Collaboration
Agreement with CAT prior to the Effective Date) only in connection
with a license by CAT to such CAT Collaboration Partner of
(A) a [***], (B) technology and material relating to
[***], or (C) any Antibody or Antibodies generated by [***] or
[***];
(iii) CAT Research Contractor, only as reasonably
necessary to enable such CAT Research Contractor to provide
services to CAT, any CAT Affiliate or CAT Collaboration Partner;
or
(iv) Third Party which is a successor to all or
substantially all of CAT’s business relating to Microarrays
(in relation to the [***] additional Nominated Targets for
Diagnostic SCA Products described in Section 3.1.1
(b) below only).
(b) CAT may grant up to [***] sublicenses (such
number, the “CAT Sublicense Allowance”) under this
Section 2.1.3, [***] to CAT Collaboration Partners
irrespective of whether any of such sublicenses are subsequently
terminated. For the purpose of calculating the CAT Sublicense
Allowance, each agreement in which CAT grants such a sublicense to
a CAT Collaboration Partner will count as a single sublicense,
irrespective of the number of intellectual property rights
sublicensed therein. After CAT has exhausted the CAT
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Sublicense Allowance, CAT may grant further sublicenses under this
Section 2.1.3 to CAT Collaboration Partners; provided,
however, that for each such additional sublicense agreement, CAT
will pay to Micromet a sublicense fee in the amount of US$[***]
within [***] days of execution of such sublicense agreement and an
annual sublicense maintenance fee of US$[***], payable within [***]
days of each anniversary of the effective date of the applicable
sublicense agreement, until the termination of such sublicense or
the last to expire Valid Claim licensed under such sublicense
agreement, whichever occurs first.
(c) Any sublicense made pursuant to this
Section 2.1.3 will be consistent with the terms and conditions
of this Agreement and will impose on the sublicensee the
obligations of CAT contained in Sections 2.1.4, 5.3, 5.5,
5.7.2, and 7 of this Agreement. CAT will provide Micromet with the
identity of each Third Party licensee of CAT that receives a
sublicense of the rights under this Section 2.1.3 within [***]
days of execution of the applicable agreement.
2.1.4 Limitations; Reservation of Rights
(a) CAT will not: (i) use or sublicense any of
its rights to the Consolidated Patent Portfolio or the Consolidated
Know-How for the purpose of developing or commercializing any BiTE
Product for any use (including, without limitation, use by or a
sublicense to an Affiliate); (ii) use or sublicense any of its
rights to the Consolidated Patent Portfolio or the Consolidated
Know-How for the purpose of developing or commercializing any
(A) SCA Product or (B) any Antibody Product having
application in the CAT Field Limitations; or (iii) sublicense
any of its rights to the Consolidated Patent Portfolio or the
Consolidated Know-How to any Third Party, except as otherwise
provided herein.
(b) Except for the rights specifically granted herein,
Micromet reserves all rights to the Consolidated Patent Portfolio
Controlled by it and the Consolidated Know-How and reserves the
right to utilize or allow Third Parties to utilize the Consolidated
Patent Portfolio and the Consolidated Know-How consistent with the
terms of this Agreement and any agreement with Enzon related to
such Consolidated Patent Portfolio and the Consolidated Know-How.
No implied licenses are granted under this Agreement.
2.1.5 Expiration of CAT Field Limitations . The Parties
agree and acknowledge that a particular product or area listed in
the CAT Field Limitations may, from time to time during the Term,
become available for licensing by Micromet to CAT. In such event,
Micromet will inform CAT in writing within [***] days of such
availability and, at the written request of CAT, will remove such
product or area from the list of CAT Field Limitations. At such
time, such product or area will be included in the CAT Research
Field (subject to the limitations set forth in the definition of
the CAT Research Field) and CAT will be licensed to use the product
or area in accordance with this Agreement, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
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2.1.6 Expansion of CAT Research Field. If CAT desires to add
a Platform Technology (in addition to Phage Display and Ribosome
Display) to the list of technologies included in the definition of
“CAT Research Field” in Section 1 of this
Agreement, then CAT will give Micromet written notice of such
desire, which notice will specify all relevant technical and
scientific information pertaining to the applicable Platform
Technology in sufficient detail to permit Micromet reasonably to
assess the effect of such inclusion. Within [***] days after
delivery of such notice to Micromet, CAT and Micromet will
undertake good faith negotiations regarding the inclusion of such
Platform Technology in the CAT Research Field; provided, however,
that nothing herein will obligate to the Parties to include such
Platform Technology in this Agreement.
2.2 Research License Grant By
CAT.
2.2.1 To Micromet and Enzon.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Excluded Field, CAT hereby grants to Micromet a
nonexclusive, worldwide license under the CAT Licensed Patents, the
Micromet Supplemental Patents, CAT Background Know-How and Micromet
Supplemental Know-How to conduct research and development
activities solely within the Micromet Research Field. Micromet
hereby covenants and agrees not to use or sublicense any of its
rights under the foregoing license except as expressly permitted in
this Agreement.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Excluded Field, CAT hereby grants to Enzon a
nonexclusive, worldwide license under the CAT Licensed Patents,
Enzon Supplemental Patents, Micromet Supplemental Know-How and CAT
Background Know-How to conduct research and development activities
solely within the Enzon Research Field. Enzon hereby covenants and
agrees not to use or sublicense any of its rights under the
foregoing license except as expressly permitted in this
Agreement.
2.2.2 Sublicenses by Micromet .
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Micromet will have the right to grant a sublicense
([***]) to any of its rights under the license granted in
Section 2.2.1(a) solely in the Micromet Research Field to
any:
(i) Micromet Affiliate;
(ii) Micromet Collaboration Partner (including any
Collaboration Partner which has entered into a Collaboration
Agreement with Micromet prior to the Effective Date), only in
connection with a license by Micromet to such Micromet
Collaboration Partner of either (A) the Consolidated Patent
Portfolio (in whole or in part) or (B) other relevant
intellectual property or other rights Controlled by Micromet, in
each case to the extent reasonably necessary for the performance by
such Micromet Collaboration Partner of any
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activities related to the research and development of products for
potential license under the terms of a Product License Agreement;
or
(iii) Micromet Research Contractor to enable such
Micromet Research Contractor to provide services to Micromet, or
any Micromet Affiliate or Micromet Collaboration Partner.
(b) Micromet may grant up to [***] sublicenses (such
number, the “ Micromet Sublicense Allowance ”)
under this Section 2.2.2, [***] to Micromet Collaboration
Partners irrespective of whether any of such sublicenses are
subsequently terminated. For the purpose of calculating the
Micromet Sublicense Allowance, each agreement in which Micromet
grants such a sublicense to a Micromet Collaboration Partner will
count as a single sublicense, irrespective of the number of
intellectual property rights sublicensed therein. After Micromet
has exhausted the Micromet Sublicense Allowance, Micromet may grant
further sublicenses under this Section 2.2.2 to Micromet
Collaboration Partners; provided , however , that for
each such additional sublicense agreement, Micromet will pay to CAT
a sublicense fee in the amount of US$[***] within [***] days of
execution of such sublicense agreement and an annual sublicense
maintenance fee of US$[***], payable within [***] days of each
anniversary of the effective date of the applicable sublicense
agreement, until the termination of such sublicense or the last to
expire Valid Claim licensed under such sublicense agreement,
whichever occurs first.
(c) Any sublicense made pursuant to this
Section 2.2.2 will be consistent with the terms and conditions
of this Agreement and will impose on the sublicensee the
obligations of Micromet contained in Sections 5.3, 5.6, 5.7.2
and 7 of this Agreement. Micromet will provide CAT with the
identity of each Third Party licensee of Micromet that receives a
sublicense of the rights under this Section 2.2.2 within [***]
days of execution of the applicable agreement.
2.2.3 Sublicenses by Enzon .
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Enzon will have the right to grant a sublicense ([***])
to any of its rights under the license granted in
Section 2.2.1(b) solely in the Enzon Research Field to
any:
(i) Enzon Affiliate;
(ii) Enzon Collaboration Partner (including any
Collaboration Partner which has entered into a Collaboration
Agreement with Enzon prior to the Effective Date), only in
connection with a license by Enzon of either (A) the
Consolidated Patent Portfolio (in whole or in part) or
(B) other relevant intellectual property or other rights
Controlled by Enzon, in each case to the extent reasonably
necessary for the performance by such Enzon Collaboration Partner
of any activities related to the research and development of
products for potential license under the terms of a Product License
Agreement; or
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(iii) Enzon Research Contractor to enable such Enzon
Research Contractor to provide services to Enzon any Enzon
Affiliate or Enzon Collaboration Partner.
(b) Enzon may grant up to [***] sublicenses (such
number, the “ Enzon Sublicense Allowance ”)
under this Section 2.2.3, [***], to Enzon Collaboration
Partners irrespective of whether any of such sublicenses are
subsequently terminated. For the purpose of calculating the Enzon
Sublicense Allowance, each agreement in which Enzon grants such a
sublicense to an Enzon Collaboration Partner will count as a single
sublicense, irrespective of the number of intellectual property
rights sublicensed therein. After Enzon has exhausted the Enzon
Sublicense Allowance, Enzon may grant further sublicenses under
this Section 2.2.3 to Enzon Collaboration Partners;
provided , however , that for each such additional
sublicense agreement, Enzon will pay to CAT a sublicense fee in the
amount of US$[***] within [***] days of execution of such
sublicense agreement and an annual sublicense maintenance fee of
US$[***], payable within [***] days of each anniversary of the
effective date of the applicable sublicense agreement, until the
termination of such sublicense or the last to expire Valid Claim
licensed under such sublicense agreement, whichever occurs
first.
(c) Any sublicense made pursuant to this
Section 2.2.3 will be consistent with the terms and conditions
of this Agreement and will impose on the sublicensee the
obligations of Enzon and grant CAT the rights contained in
Sections 5.3, 5.6, 5.7.2 and 7 of this Agreement. Enzon will
provide CAT with the identity of each Third Party licensee of Enzon
that receives a sublicense of the rights under this
Section 2.2.3 within [***] days of execution of the applicable
agreement.
2.2.4 Expiration of Field Limitations on Micromet/Enzon. CAT
will notify Micromet and Enzon promptly if:
(a) CAT ceases to be bound by the Excluded Field
restriction pursuant to its agreement with [***] dated [***];
or
(b) CAT no longer needs to exclude Research Products
from the license granted hereunder pursuant to its agreement with
[***] (now known as [***]) dated [***] (the “ [***]
License Agreement ”), a copy of which has been provided
to Micromet and Enzon by CAT as of the Effective Date. CAT will
promptly notify Micromet and Enzon of any modification or amendment
to the [***] License Agreement and deliver to Micromet a redacted
copy of any such amended agreement.
The restrictions set out in this
Agreement relating to the Excluded Field or Research Products set
forth above (as the case may be) will, subject to any other
restrictions on CAT and to the provisions of this Agreement, cease
to apply from the date of removal of such restriction pursuant to
the terms of the foregoing agreements.
2.2.5 Limitations; Reservation of Rights. Except for the
rights specifically granted herein, CAT reserves all rights to all
CAT Licensed Patents, Micromet Supplemental Patents and Enzon
Supplemental Patents (each as Controlled by it) and the CAT
Background
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Know-How, Micromet Supplemental Know-How, Enzon Supplemental
Know-How and reserves the right to utilize or allow Third Parties
to utilize the CAT Licensed Patents, Micromet Supplemental Patents,
Enzon Supplemental Patents, Micromet Supplemental Know-How, Enzon
Supplemental Know-How and CAT Background Know-How consistent with
the terms of this Agreement. No implied licenses are granted under
this Agreement.
2.3 Know-How Transfer .
2.3.1 Within ninety (90) days after the Effective Date,
CAT will disclose in writing and deliver to Micromet and Enzon all
CAT Background Know-How. CAT may during the Term at its sole
discretion propose to each of Micromet and Enzon that additional
CAT Background Know-How (developed by or on behalf of CAT after the
Effective Date) be disclosed to Micromet and/or Enzon. Each of
Micromet and Enzon will be entitled to accept or reject such
additional Know-How at its sole discretion. If Micromet accepts
such additional Know-How, then such Know-How will be deemed
Micromet Supplemental Know-How and this Agreement will be amended
to reflect such addition in accordance with Section 11.5 (but
without the need for the consent of Enzon). If Enzon accepts such
additional Know-How, then such Know-How will be deemed Enzon
Supplemental Know-How and this Agreement will be amended to reflect
such addition in accordance with Section 11.5 (but without the
need for the consent of Micromet).
2.3.2 Within ninety (90) days after the Effective Date,
Micromet will disclose in writing and deliver to CAT all
Consolidated Know-How. Micromet may during the Term at its sole
discretion propose to CAT that additional Consolidated Know-How
(developed by or on behalf of Micromet after the Effective Date) be
disclosed to CAT and added to Schedule VII CAT will be
entitled to accept or reject such additional Know-How at its sole
discretion. If CAT accepts such additional Know-How, then
Schedule VII of this Agreement will be amended in
accordance with Section 11.5.
3. Target
Selection
3.1 Identification and Allocation
of Targets. During the Term, each Party will have the right, at
its discretion, to nominate one or more Targets for which it
desires (or may desire) to enter into a Product License Agreement
for the commercial development of an Antibody Product, in
accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. The Parties agree and acknowledge that potential Targets
to be nominated under this Agreement will be allocated among the
Parties as set forth in this Section 3.1.
3.1.1 CAT will have the right, at its discretion, to
identify by written notice to Micromet (a) up to [***]
Nominated Targets for which it intends to commercially develop SCA
Products by itself or with or through a Third Party, and
(b) up to [***] additional Nominated Targets for which it
intends to commercially develop Diagnostic SCA Products by itself
or with or through a Third Party. For the avoidance of doubt, CAT
may identify a Nominated Target for
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which it
intends to commercially develop Diagnostic SCA Products under
either of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), at its
discretion.
3.1.2 Micromet, with the consent of Enzon, will have the
right, at its discretion, to identify by written notice to CAT up
to [***] Nominated Targets for the commercial development of
Antibody Products with or through Enzon pursuant to the
Micromet/Enzon Collaboration Agreement.
3.1.3 Micromet will have the right, at its discretion, to
identify by written notice to CAT up to [***] Nominated Targets for
which it intends to commercially develop Antibody Products by
itself or with or through a Third Party but not otherwise pursuant
to the Micromet/Enzon Collaboration Agreement.
3.1.4 Enzon will have the right, at its discretion, to
identify by written notice to CAT up to [***] Nominated Targets for
which it intends to commercially develop Antibody Products by
itself or with or through a Third Party.
Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, in the event of the expiration or termination of
the Micromet/Enzon Collaboration Agreement, any Targets remaining
available for selection under Section 3.1.2 will be allocated
equally between each of Enzon and Micromet, it being understood
that if the number of remaining Targets is an odd number, then such
number will be reduced by one (1) if Enzon and Micromet are
unable to agree the allocation for such remaining Targets.
3.2 Notice and Selection
Procedures.
3.2.1 General. At any time and from time to time during the
Term, the Parties may request to pursue a Nominated Target by
giving written notice thereof to the applicable Party (a “
Request Notice ”) in accordance with the following:
(i) CAT may provide a Request Notice to Micromet that it seeks
to pursue a Nominated Target itself or with or through a Third
Party by obtaining a Product License Agreement under the
Consolidated Patent Portfolio and the Consolidated Know-How;
(ii) Micromet may provide a Request Notice to CAT that it
seeks to pursue a Nominated Target itself or with or through a
Third Party by obtaining a Product License Agreement under the CAT
Licensed Patents, CAT Background Know-How, Micromet Supplemental
Patents, and Micromet Supplemental Know-How; (iii) Micromet
may provide a Request Notice to CAT that it seeks to pursue a
Nominated Target on behalf of Micromet and Enzon pursuant to the
Micromet/Enzon Collaboration Agreement (in which case Micromet will
so indicate to CAT) by obtaining a Product License Agreement under
the CAT Licensed Patents, CAT Background Know-How, Micromet
Supplemental Patents and Micromet Supplemental Know-How; and
(iv) Enzon may provide a Request Notice to CAT that it seeks
to pursue a Nominated Target itself or with or through a Third
Party by obtaining a Product License Agreement under the CAT
Licensed Patents, CAT Background Know-How, Enzon Supplemental
Patents and Enzon Supplemental Know-How. In each of the foregoing
cases, the Party providing such Request Notice relating to the
requested Nominated Target will be referred
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herein as a “ Requesting Party ” and the Party
to whom such notification was sent will be referred to herein as
the “ Notified Party .” Each Request Notice
provided hereunder will contain, at a minimum, a full description
of the applicable Nominated Target (including a GenBank ® accession
number, an amino acid sequence, or similar information which
uniquely identifies such Nominated Target), the proposed use by the
Requesting Party of such Nominated Target, and for any Request
Notice submitted to CAT hereunder by Micromet or Enzon, a
representation and warranty that the Requesting Party believes as
of the date of its request made under this Section that (a) it
is not developing and does not intend to develop an Antibody
Product directed at the Nominated Target in the Excluded Field;
(b) its primary purpose in using the CAT Licensed Patents in
respect of the Nominated Target is outside the Excluded Field;
(c) it has provided CAT with the information described above
to allow CAT (i) to conduct an assessment of the [***] and
(ii) to subject the Nominated Target to such [***] or other
customary scientifically established techniques as may be used to
determine whether or not the [***] of the Nominated Target is
[***]; and (d) it believes that the Primary Application of the
Nominated Target is [***]. Each Request Notice for a Product
License Agreement must be submitted by the Requesting Party with
sufficient time to allow for the execution of a Product License
Agreement prior to the earlier of (i) the [***] of any
composition or formulation comprising the relevant Antibody Product
[***] or (ii) the beginning of studies required to [***]
Antibody Product.
3.2.2 Requests by Micromet and/or Enzon to CAT. Upon receipt
by CAT of a Request Notice from either Micromet or Enzon, CAT will
review the Nominated Target in accordance with this Section
3.2.2.
(a) CAT will evaluate the Nominated Target with
respect to the Gatekeeping Criteria within [***] Business Days of
receiving the relevant Request Notice. During such [***]-Business
Day period, CAT will: (i) subject such Nominated Target to
such [***] or other customary or scientifically established
techniques as CAT in its sole discretion may determine in order to
confirm that a [***] of such Nominated Target to which an Antibody
Product is directed is [***]; (ii) conduct an assessment of
such Nominated Target using information available to CAT to
determine the Nominated Target’s [***] and the intended or
actual use of [***]; and (iii) request such other information
as it may reasonably determine is necessary to confirm that the
[***] of the Nominated Target is not in [***].
(b) Before the expiry of the [***]-Business Day period
described in Section 3.2.2(a) CAT will either: (i) notify
the Requesting Party in writing that the Nominated Target has
passed the Gatekeeping Criteria and does [***], in which case CAT
will execute the applicable Product License Agreement for the
Nominated Target within such time period or such longer time period
as provide in Section 3.2.2(c) below; or (ii) notify the
Requesting Party in writing that the applicable Nominated Target
has not passed the Gatekeeping Criteria or that [***] of the
Nominated Target is [***] in which case CAT will not execute a
Product License Agreement for the Nominated Target, as applicable.
In the event that a Nominated Target fails to pass the Gatekeeping
Criteria, CAT will notify the Requesting Party as to the specific
Gatekeeping Criteria that form the basis for such failure.
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(c) Upon any determination by CAT under
Section 3.2.3(b)(i) above, CAT agrees that the Requesting
Party may execute the applicable Product License Agreement for the
Nominated Target at any time during the [***] period commencing
upon the receipt by the Requesting Party of notice of such
determination. During such [***] period, CAT will execute the
applicable Product License Agreement for the Nominated Target (upon
execution of the Product License Agreement by the Requesting Party)
will not take any action to cause a change to the status of such
Nominated Target. If, following a determination by CAT under
Section 3.2.3(b)(i), it is subsequently discovered that the
Nominated Target in question does in fact have a [***], then such
discovery will not be deemed in breach of any provision of this
Agreement and CAT may not refuse to enter into a Product License
Agreement because of such subsequent discovery.
3.2.3 Requests by CAT to Micromet. Upon receipt by Micromet
of a Request Notice from CAT, Micromet and Enzon will review the
Nominated Target in accordance with this Section 3.2.3.
(a) Micromet and Enzon will evaluate the Nominated
Target with respect to the Gatekeeping Criteria within [***]
Business Days of receiving the relevant Request Notice.
(b) Before the expiry of the [***]-Business Day period
described in Section 3.2.3(a) Micromet will either:
(i) notify CAT in writing that Micromet will execute a Product
License Agreement for the Nominated Target; or (ii) notify CAT
in writing that the applicable Nominated Target has not passed the
Gatekeeping Criteria, in which case Micromet will not execute a
Product License Agreement, as applicable. In the event that a
Nominated Target fails to pass the Gatekeeping Criteria, Micromet
will notify CAT as to the specific Gatekeeping Criteria that form
the basis for such failure.
(c) Upon any determination by Micromet under
Section 3.2.3(b)(i) above, Micromet agrees that CAT may
execute the applicable Product License Agreement for the Nominated
Target at any time during the [***] period commencing upon the
receipt by the CAT of notice of such determination. During such
[***] day-period, Micromet will execute the applicable Product
License Agreement for the Nominated Target (upon execution of the
Product License Agreement by CAT) and will not take any action to
cause a change to the status of such Nominated Target.
3.2.4 Excluded Targets . Where a Nominated Target is
rejected for any reason by a Notified Party in accordance with the
terms set out above in this Section 3.2 (such rejected Target
to be known as an “ Excluded Target ”) the
following provisions will apply.
(a) The Requesting Party will be entitled to nominate
one or more additional Nominated Targets as potential replacements
for such Excluded Target until the Notified Party accepts one
replacement Target for issuance of a Product License Agreement
pursuant to the procedures described in this Section 3.2. Any
Nominated Target identified as
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such a
replacement will not count towards the Requesting Party’s
limited number of Nominated Targets under Section 3.1
above.
(b) The Parties agree and acknowledge that a
particular Target will no longer be an Excluded Target upon the
occurrence of one of the following events: (i) the expiration
or termination or amendment of a collaboration or license agreement
that was the basis of an exclusion pursuant to the Gatekeeping
Criteria, (ii) abandonment by the Notified Party of its
interest in such Target, or (iii) for a Target designated an
Excluded Target due to the Notified Party’s negotiations with
a Third Party, upon termination of discussions with such Third
Party, or if such Notified Party does not, within [***] months from
the date of rejection of the Nominated Target, execute an agreement
under which a Third Party is granted a license to develop,
co-develop with such Notified Party, or commercialize an Antibody
Product to such Excluded Target, (each, a “ Status
Change ”). Upon any Status Change of a Target for which
the Notified Party previously had received a request from the
Requesting Party and subsequently rejected such request, the
Notified Party will inform the Requesting Party in writing within
[***] of such Status Change having occurred and, at the written
request of such Requesting Party, will reconsider such Nominated
Target as of such date of such Status Change under the procedures
set forth in Section 3.2.
3.3 Product License
Agreement. If a Nominated Target is cleared through the
procedure set out above and the Requesting Party wishes to enter
into a Product License Agreement, then:
(a) if Micromet or Enzon submitted such Nominated
Target, then the relevant Parties will enter into a Product License
Agreement in the form attached as Schedule IX ;
(b) if CAT submitted such Nominated Target for the
purpose of obtaining a license for both Diagnostic SCA Products and
Therapeutic SCA Products in respect of such Target, then Micromet
and CAT will enter into a Product License Agreement in the form
attached as Schedule X; or
(c) if CAT submitted such Nominated Target for the
purpose of obtaining a license solely for Diagnostic SCA Products
in respect of such Nominated Target pursuant to clause (b) of
Section 3.1.1, then Micromet and CAT will enter into a Product
License Agreement in the form attached as Schedule X
with all rights and obligations in respect of Therapeutic SCA
Products deleted by the Parties prior to execution (it being
understood that Micromet will not grant any rights to develop and
commercialize such Therapeutic SCA Products under the
agreement).
(d) In the cases described in clause (a) through
(c) above, the Parties thereto will revise the applicable form
of Product License Agreement prior to the execution thereof to
reflect the then-existing Patents to be licensed and any
modifications to any field
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limitations imposed by Third Party agreements as described herein
as of the effective date of such Product License Agreement.
3.4 Records Retention. Each
Party will maintain complete and accurate lab books and other
records in sufficient detail to confirm the accuracy of any
determination with regard to the procedures and criteria set forth
in Section 3 (including, without limitation, the Gatekeeping
Criteria), which will be retained by such Party until [***] years
after the end of this Agreement.
3.5 Financial Records, Audit
. Each Party will at all times keep or cause or procure to be kept
and for at least [***] years retain accurate data, accounts and
supporting documentation for payment of the fees payable pursuant
to Section 4.1, Section 4.2, and Sections 2.1.3(b),
2.2.2(b) and 2.3.2(b), as applicable (collectively, “
Records ”), to the extent such Records are reasonably
required for the computation and verification of such sums payable.
Each Party (to whom amounts are payable hereunder) will give to or
procure for a requesting Party’s nominated representative,
upon reasonable request in writing and no more than [***], access
to its facilities during normal business hours to inspect all
Records kept in accordance with this Section 3.5 and to make
copies or to take extracts from these Records. However, a
requesting Party’s nominated representative will not disclose
to any other Party or any Third Party any Confidential Information
belonging to the Party providing such information but will merely
report on any under or over payment discovered as a result of his
inspection. The requesting Party will bear all costs of such audit,
unless the audit reveals an underpayment of more than [***]% from
payments otherwise due and payable hereunder, in which case the
audited Party will bear the cost of the audit.
3.6 Confidentiality. A
Notified Party will treat all information provided under
Section 3 by a Requesting Party (including, without
limitation, the identity of the Requesting Party, the nature and
existence of the request and the identity of the Nominated Target)
in accordance with the confidentiality provisions of
Section 7. A Requesting Party will treat all information
provided under Section 3 by a Notified Party with regard to an
Excluded Target in accordance with the confidentiality provisions
of Section 7; provided , however , that the
foregoing restrictions will not apply in any way to limit
disclosure of information by and between Enzon and Micromet in the
event Micromet is the Requesting Party on behalf of Micromet and
Enzon pursuant to the Micromet/Enzon Collaboration Agreement or any
agreement related thereto; provided , further that
nothing in this Section 3.6 or Section 7 will in any way
limit a Requesting Party’s ability to disclose that it is
developing a product against a Nominated Target that has satisfied
the procedures and criteria set forth in Section 3.2. Each
Requesting Party will cause any Third Party performing a review of
materials subsequent to a rejection of a Nominated Target pursuant
to Sections 3.2.2(b) or 3.2.3(b), or an enquiry pursuant to
Sections 3.5 or 3.7, to enter into a confidentiality agreement
with the applicable Notified Party (including, at such Requesting
Party’s election, the option to require that the Third Party
not disclose such materials to the Requesting Party except for any
summary conclusions relating thereto), to protect against improper
use or disclosure of any information disclosed in the course of
such review or audit.
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3.7 Gatekeeping Disputes and
Remedies. Any dispute arising out of or relating to a Notified
Party’s determination that [***] will, if the dispute
resolution measures described in Section 11.3.2 of this
Agreement are unsuccessful, be resolved by the process described in
this Section 3.7.
3.7.1 Within [***] following a notice from the Notified
Party that [***], the Requesting Party may notify the Notified
Party that it wishes [***] (neither affiliated with nor engaged by
any Party to the dispute) having at least [***] to make such
enquiries of the Notified Party as may be reasonably necessary for
[***] to be able to [***] had been [***] in respect of [***]. The
[***] will be appointed by the Requesting Party and [***].
3.7.2 Each of [***] and [***] will provide such [***] as is
reasonably requested [***]. The [***] in accordance with
Section 3.7.3 below and will not [***] in respect of the
[***]. The [***] with such [***]. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the [***] if to do so [***] may have with any other [***].
3.7.3 The [***] within [***] days after appointment by the
[***]. Such confirmation will be made with one of the following
[***] described in the preceding clause (a) or (b). If the
[***] and will be given one (1) additional [***]-day period
(beginning on the date of its determination pursuant to clause (c))
[***] and provide the [***] as set out above. If the [***] will be
responsible for the [***] and the [***], except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement. If the [***] that the [***] did not
[***] will be [***] in relation to the
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[***] (provided that the [***] is not
[***] in relation to [***], in which case the [***] will be subject
to those [***]) [***] will be responsible for the [***].
4. Payments;
Annual Report
4.1 Upfront License
Fees.
4.1.1 By CAT. On the Effective Date, CAT will pay to
Micromet a non-refundable, non-creditable license fee in the amount
of US$[***] in consideration of the license grants set forth
herein.
4.1.2 By Micromet. On the Effective Date, Micromet will pay
to CAT a non-refundable, non-creditable license fee in the amount
of US$[***] in consideration of the license grants and other
obligations set forth herein.
4.1.3 By Enzon. On the Effective Date, Enzon will pay to CAT
a non-refundable, non-creditable license fee in the amount of
US$[***] in consideration of the license grants set forth
herein.
4.1.4 Payment Offset . The Parties agree that any payments
payable by a Party in accordance with Section 4.1 will be
offset against any payments which may be due to that Party under
Section 4.1.
4.1.5 Withholdings . The Parties agree that, in all cases,
the net payment made by CAT in Section 4.1.1 will equal the
aggregate payments made by Micromet and Enzon together under
Section 4.1.2 and 4.1.3, respectively, which is intended to make
such payments cash flow neutral. If each of the following applies:
(a) CAT is required to deduct and pay to a revenue authority
any Withholding Tax pursuant to Section 4.5.1 on account of
any payment made to Micromet under Section 4.1.1, (b) Micromet
is not able to claim a credit or reimbursement for such tax, and
(c) Sections 4.5.3 or 4.5.4 do not apply, (such Withholding
Tax, a “ CAT Deduction ”), then Micromet and
Enzon will be entitled to withhold on a pro rata basis from any
payment due to CAT under Section 4.1.2 and Section 4.1.3,
respectively, in an aggregate amount equal to the CAT Deduction
until such time as the CAT Deduction is paid by CAT to Micromet. If
either Micromet or Enzon is required to deduct and pay to a revenue
authority any Withholding Tax pursuant to Section 4.5.1 on
account of any payment made to CAT under Section 4.1.2 or
4.1.3, respectively, (b) CAT is not able to claim a credit or
reimbursement for such tax, and (c) Sections 4.5.3 or
4.5.4 do not apply, (such Withholding Tax, a “
Micromet/Enzon Deduction ”), then CAT will be entitled
to withhold from any payment due to Micromet under
Section 4.1.1 an aggregate amount equal to the Micromet/Enzon
Deduction until such time as the Micromet/Enzon Deduction is paid
by Micromet or Enzon to CAT.
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4.2
License Maintenance Fees.
4.2.1 By CAT. On the first Business Day following each
anniversary of the Effective Date during the Maintenance Fee Term,
CAT will pay to Micromet a non-refundable, non-creditable license
fee in the amount of US$[***] in consideration of the license
grants set forth herein. CAT’s payment obligation in this
Section 4.2.1 will expire upon expiration of the Maintenance
Fee Term, or upon relinquishment by CAT of its rights as set forth
in Section 8.3.
4.2.2 By Micromet. On the first Business Day following each
anniversary of the Effective Date during the Maintenance Fee Term,
Micromet will pay to CAT a non-refundable, non-creditable license
fee in the amount of US$[***] in consideration of the license
grants and other obligations set forth herein. Micromet’s
payment obligation in this Section 4.2.2 will expire upon
expiration of the Maintenance Fee Term, or upon relinquishment by
Micromet of its rights as set forth in Section 8.3.
4.2.3 By Enzon. On the first Business Day following each
anniversary of the Effective Date during the Maintenance Fee Term,
Enzon
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