Exhibit 10.2
TEPS LICENSE AGREEMENT
This is a License Agreement dated as of February
25, 2009 (the “ Agreement ”), by and among
Babcock-Thermo Carbon Capture LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the “ Company ”), Thermo Energy Power
Systems LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
TEPS ”), and, as to Sections 4.2, 7.1, 13.4, and
Articles 11-13 only, Babcock Power Development LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“ Babcock
”).
WHEREAS, TEPS and Babcock have formed the
Company pursuant to that certain Limited Liability Company
Agreement dated as of February 25, 2009 (the “ LLC
Agreement ”).
WHEREAS, in the LLC Agreement TEPS and Babcock
agreed that TEPS and the Company would enter into this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing and the mutual agreements set forth below and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, TEPS and the Company agree as
follows:
Article 1
Defined Terms
In addition to the defined terms found elsewhere
in this Agreement, as used in this Agreement the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to
any referenced Person (i) such Person or member of his immediate
family; and (ii) any Person directly or indirectly Controlling,
Controlled by, or under direct common Control with the Person in
question.
“Babcock License Agreement” has the
meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
“Bankruptcy” means, with respect to
any Person, (i) the filing by such Person of a voluntary petition
seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement or readjustment,
in any form, of its debts under Title 11 of the United States Code,
or corresponding provisions of future laws (or any other federal or
state insolvency law), (ii) the filing by such Person of an answer
consenting to or acquiescing in any such petition, (iii) the making
by such Person of any assignment for the benefit of its creditors
or the admission by such Person in writing of its inability to pay
its debts as they mature, (iv) the filing of an involuntary
petition against such Person under Title 11 of the United States
Code (or corresponding provisions of future laws), an application
for the appointment of a receiver for the assets of such Person, or
an involuntary petition seeking liquidation, reorganization,
arrangement or readjustment of its debts under any other federal or
state insolvency law, provided that the same shall not have been
vacated, set aside or stayed within a 60-day period after the
occurrence of such event, or (v) the entry against such Person of a
final non-appealable order for relief under any bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect.
“Board of Managers” means the Board
of Managers formed pursuant to the LLC Agreement to govern the
Company.
“Company” has the meaning set forth
in the preamble.
“Controls”, “Controlled”
and “Controlling”, means, as applied to a referenced
Person, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
that Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise.
“Dispute Resolution Agreement” has
the meaning set forth in the LLC Agreement.
“Existing Patents” means the patents
listed on Annex A to this Agreement, as well as any
reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, and
extensions thereof, and any foreign counterparts to any of the
foregoing.
“Existing Patent Applications” means
the patent applications listed on Annex B to this Agreement,
any patent applications to which the patent applications listed on
Annex B claim priority, and any patent applications that
claim priority to the patent applications listed on
Annex B , and any foreign counterparts to any of the
foregoing.
“Existing Trademarks” means the
Trademarks listed on Annex C to this Agreement.
“Improvements” means any
improvements, developments, updates, upgrades, enhancements,
additions, revisions, corrections, fixes and other modifications to
the TEPS Licensed Property that TEPS, the Company or Babcock may
acquire, discover, invent, originate, conceive or have a right to
develop or manufacture, whether or not the same is patentable,
commercially useful or reducible to writing or practice.
“Infringements” has the meaning set
forth in Section 7.1.
“Intellectual Property” means all
patents, inventions, patent applications, patent rights,
trademarks, trademark registrations, trade names, brand names, all
other names and slogans embodying business or product goodwill (or
both), copyright registrations, copyrights (including those in
computer programs, software, including all source code and object
code, development documentation, programming tools, drawings,
specifications and data), software, trade secrets, know-how, mask
works, industrial designs, formulae, processes and technical
information, including confidential and proprietary information,
whether or not subject to statutory registration or
protection.
“Licensed Copyrights” means any and
all copyright protection of TEPS covering any of the Licensed
Software Programs, the Licensed Know-How or any Improvements
thereto.
“Licensed Know-How” means any
information possessed by TEPS or, subject to Section 2.2, licensed
to TEPS, reasonably related to or necessary to practice the TIPS,
whether or not considered proprietary and whether or not subject to
statutory registration or protection, including, without
limitation, inventions disclosed in the Existing Patent
Applications, invention records, research records and reports,
development reports, experimental and other engineering reports,
pilot plant designs, production plant designs, production
specifications, raw material specifications, quality control
reports and specifications, drawings and photographs, models, tools
and parts, manufacturing and production techniques, processes,
methods and marketing surveys. If any information or
material qualifies for purposes of this Agreement both as Licensed
Know-How and as any of the Licensed Patents, Licensed Copyrights,
Licensed Software Programs or Licensed Trademarks, such information
or material shall not be treated as Licensed Know-How for purposes
of this Agreement but shall be treated, as applicable, as part of
the Licensed Patents, Licensed Copyrights, Licensed Software
Programs or Licensed Trademarks.
“Licensed Patent Applications” means
the Existing Patent Applications and any U.S. or foreign patent
applications filed or acquired by or, subject to Section 2.2,
licensed to TEPS during the term of this Agreement, to the extent
such patent applications relate to TIPS.
“Licensed Patents” means the
Existing Patents and any U.S. or foreign patents granted to,
acquired by, or, subject to Section 2.2, licensed to TEPS during
the term of this Agreement, to the extent such patents relate to
TIPS.
“Licensed Software Programs” means
any computer programs the copyrights to which are owned by or,
subject to Section 2.2, licensed to TEPS during the term of this
Agreement, to the extent such programs relate to TIPS.
“Licensed Trademarks” means the
Existing Trademarks and any Trademarks developed or acquired by or,
subject to Section 2.2, licensed to TEPS during the term of this
Agreement, to the extent such Trademarks relate to TIPS and do not
relate to TEPS’ corporate identity.
“LLC Agreement” has the meaning set
forth in the preamble.
“Master Non-Disclosure Agreement”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
“Person” means any individual,
partnership, corporation, association, trust, limited liability
company, joint venture, unincorporated organization and any
government, governmental department or agency or political
subdivision thereof.
“Related Agreements” means this
Agreement, the LLC Agreement, the Babcock License Agreement, the
Master Non-Disclosure Agreement, and the Dispute Resolution
Agreement, and any other agreement between or among any of TEPS and
its Affiliates, Babcock and its Affiliates or the Company relating
to the Company which specifies that it is a Related Agreement for
purposes of this Agreement.
“Related Technology” has the meaning
set forth in Section 5.1.
“Subsidiary” means a corporation,
company or other entity:
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more than fifty
percent (50%) of whose outstanding shares or securities
(representing the right to vote for the election of directors or
other managing authority) are, now or hereafter, owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by a party hereto, but such
corporation, company or other entity shall be deemed to be a
Subsidiary only so long as such ownership or control exists;
or
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which does not
have outstanding shares or securities, as may be the case in a
company, joint venture or unincorporated association, but more than
fifty percent (50%) of whose ownership interests representing the
right to make the decisions for such corporation, company or other
entity is now or hereafter, owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by a party hereto, but such corporation, company or
other entity shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary only so long as
such ownership or control exists.
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“TEPS” has the meaning set forth in
the preamble.
“TEPS Infringement Claim” has the
meaning set forth in Section 7.3.
“TEPS Licensed Property” means the
Licensed Patents, the Licensed Patent Applications, the Licensed
Trademarks, the Licensed Software Programs, the Licensed Copyrights
and the Licensed Know-How.
“TIPS” means the clean energy
technology known as the ThermoEnergy Integrated Power System,
including the TIPS Process and as covered by or described in the
TEPS Licensed Property.
“TIPS Process” means any pressurized
oxy fuel combustion process.
“TIPS Product” means any component
or other product designed or manufactured to practice any of the
TEPS Licensed Property.
“TIPS Plant” means any power
generation plant designed or manufactured using any of the TEPS
Licensed Property.
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all of the
trademarks, service marks, trade names, designs, logos, indicia,
corporate names (other than the corporate names of TEPS and its
Affiliates), company names, business names, fictitious names, trade
styles, elements of package or trade dress, and/or other source
and/or other service identifiers and general intangibles of like
nature, used or associated with the TIPS Process, which (A) are set
forth on Annex C to this Agreement, or (B) are in the future
adopted, acquired, owned, held and/or used by TEPS in its business;
and
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all past,
present or future federal, state, local and foreign registrations
or recordations of any of the foregoing enumerated in clause (i),
all renewals and extensions of such registrations or recordations,
all past, present and future applications for any such
registrations or recordations of any of the foregoing enumerated in
clause (i) (and any such registrations or recordations thereof upon
approval of such applications), including such recordings,
registrations or applications set forth on Annex C to this
Agreement.
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Article 2
Technology License; Certain
Related Matters
2.1.
Grant of License . Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, TEPS hereby grants to the Company an
exclusive (even as to TEPS), irrevocable (except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement), world-wide, fully paid up and
royalty-free license to the TEPS Licensed Property to make, have
made, use, sell, have sold, import and have imported TIPS Products,
including the right to sublicense in accordance with Article
6.
2.2.
Third Party Limitations on License Grants . The
licenses granted by TEPS pursuant to Section 2.1 above, insofar as
they relate to technology, property or rights that are developed or
acquired with or from any third party in the future, may become
subject to any applicable restrictions and consents relating to
such technology, property or rights under any license or similar
agreement to which TEPS may in the future become a
party. In the event that any such license or other
agreement imposes restrictions that may apply to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, TEPS will make reasonable efforts
to obtain license rights as contemplated by this Agreement for the
Company. If TEPS is unable to so obtain such rights, it
will cooperate to make available to the Company such rights as the
third party is willing to grant to or for the
Company. As part of the foregoing, TEPS shall use
reasonable efforts to assure that the Company enjoys license or
other rights no less favorable with respect to the applicable
Intellectual Property acquired from such third parties than other
licensees of TEPS generally.
Article 3
Technical Liaison; Access to
Technology
3.1.
Access to Technology .
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TEPS shall take
all steps reasonably necessary to transfer the TEPS Licensed
Property, including the Licensed Know-How, that is reasonably
necessary for the Company to make, use, and sell TIPS
Products. In addition, TEPS shall provide the Company
with technical consultation, advice and know-how relating to the
design, development and manufacture of TIPS Products and relating
to any equipment reasonably required for the Company to manufacture
TIPS Products meeting any applicable product specifications and
standard quality control requirements, including without limitation
documentation, drawings, specifications, protocols, data and
process information of TEPS relating to TIPS Products.
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In order to
ensure that the Company has sufficient access to and familiarity
with the Licensed Know-How and other relevant portions of the TEPS
Licensed Property, the Board of Managers or their designees shall
meet from time to time to review and discuss the TEPS Licensed
Property. The Board of Managers or their designees
shall, as appropriate, cause appropriate TEPS, Company, and Babcock
employees to attend such meetings. TEPS shall provide
the Company with such additional writings, documents, instruments,
programs (in object code form), computer simulations, information,
data, and recordations of or other tangible embodiments or
manifestations of any portion of the TEPS Licensed Property as is
reasonably requested by the Company.
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All information
furnished to the Company pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) above
shall be subject to the confidentiality and other obligations of
the Master Non-Disclosure Agreement and shall be furnished or made
available to the Company in a manner consistent with the procedures
contemplated by the Master Non-Disclosure Agreement.
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Article 4
Title to TEPS Licensed
Property;
Confidentiality and Related
Matters
4.1.
Title to TEPS Licensed Property . Title to all
TEPS Licensed Property shall at all times remain and vest solely
with TEPS. The Company agrees that it will not claim or
assert any right, title or interest in or to any such TEPS Licensed
Property or, except for sublicensing effected in accordance with
Article 6, attempt to transfer any right, title or interest in or
to any TEPS Licensed Property to any third parties, or challenge
the validity of or assert the invalidity of any Licensed Copyrights
or Licensed Trademarks. Nothing in this Section 4.1
shall affect the rights of TEPS or the Company to assert a claim
under this Agreement for any breach by any other party of any
representation or warranty in this Agreement.
4.2.
Confidentiality Obligations of TEPS, Babcock and the Company
. Pursuant to the LLC Agreement, TEPS, Babcock, the
Company, Babcock Power Inc. and ThermoEnergy Corporation will enter
into a Master Non-Disclosure Agreement in the form of Exhibit 5 to
the LLC Agreement (the “ Master Non-Disclosure
Agreement ”). All information exchanged
between the parties pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to
the terms of the Master Non-Disclosure Agreement.
4.3.
Disclosure to Government Authorities . The Board
of Managers shall promptly establish and implem
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