Exhibit 10.2
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
MASTER PATENT OWNERSHIP AND
LICENSE AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 1 to Master
Patent Ownership and License Agreement (the “
Amendment ”) is entered into between Palm,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Palm ”),
having an office at 950 Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 and
ACCESS Systems Americas, Inc. (previously known as PalmSource,
Inc.), a Delaware corporation (and wholly-owned subsidiary of
ACCESS Co., Ltd.) (“ ASA ”), having an
office at 1188 East Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085. This
Amendment is executed by the parties on December 5, 2006 (the
“ Amendment Execution Date ”) and is
effective as of the Operative Date as that term is defined in the
2006 Software License Agreement between the parties that is being
executed concurrently herewith (the “ Amendment
Effective Date ”).
WHEREAS, the parties have entered
into that certain Master Patent Ownership and License Agreement
executed May 9, 2002 and made effective as of December 3,
2001 (the “ Original Agreement
”);
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend
the Original Agreement as provided herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual promises of the parties, and of good and valuable
consideration, it is agreed by and between the parties as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Amendment,
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Original Agreement.
ARTICLE 2
AMENDMENTS
Upon the Amendment Effective Date,
the amendments to the Original Agreement set forth in this Article
2 shall be effective as of December 3, 2001 (“
Amendment Operative Date ”). The parties
acknowledge that the Amendment Operative Date is the same as the
effective date of the Original Agreement.
2.1 Amendment to Section 1.7
(Palm Excluded Field of Use) . The parties hereby agree to
delete Section 1.7 (Palm Excluded Field of Use) of the
Original Agreement in its entirety and replace such Section with
the following:
“1.7 PALM EXCLUDED FIELD OF
USE. “Palm Excluded Field of Use” means the field of
licensing Operating Systems for use with products that are not
hardware Palm Products.”
2.2 Amendment to Section 1.8
(Palm Patents) . The parties hereby agree to delete
Section 1.8 (Palm Patents) of the Original Agreement in its
entirety and replace such Section with the following:
“1.8 PALM PATENTS. “Palm
Patents” means:
(a) the Patents and Patent
applications set forth on Exhibit A hereto;
(b) any continuations,
continuations-in-part, divisions, substitutions, renewals,
reissues, reexaminations, re-registrations, extensions or foreign
counterparts of any of the Patents or Patent applications set forth
in 1.8(a) above; and
(c) any Patents that may issue on
any of the foregoing Patent applications, continuations,
continuations-in-part, divisions, substitutions, renewals,
reissues, reexaminations, re-registrations, extensions or foreign
counterparts of any of the foregoing Patents or Patent
applications.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the term “Palm Patents” does not include any Patent or
Patent application listed in Exhibit B
hereto.”
2.3 Amendment to
Section 1.14 (PalmSource Patents) . The parties hereby
agree to delete Section 1.14 (PalmSource Patents) of the
Original Agreement in its entirety and replace such Section with
the following:
“1.14 PALMSOURCE PATENTS.
“PalmSource Patents” means:
(a) the Patents and Patent
applications set forth on Exhibit B hereto;
(b) any continuations,
continuations-in-part, divisions, substitutions, renewals,
reissues, reexaminations, re-registrations, extensions or foreign
counterparts of any of the Patents or Patent applications set forth
in 1.14(a) above; and
(c) any Patents that may issue
on any of the foregoing Patent applications, continuations,
continuations-in-part, divisions, substitutions, renewals,
reissues, reexaminations, re-registrations, extensions or foreign
counterparts of any of the foregoing Patents or Patent
applications.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the term “PalmSource Patents” does not include any
Patent or Patent application listed in Exhibit A
hereto.”
2.4 Amendment to Section 3.1
(License Grants to Palm) . The parties hereby agree to delete
Section 3.1 (License Grants to Palm) of the Original Agreement
in its entirety and replace such Section with the
following:
“3.1 LICENSE GRANTS TO PALM.
PalmSource grants (and agrees to cause its appropriate Subsidiaries
to grant) to Palm, under the PalmSource Patents, a personal,
irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide, fully-paid, royalty-free and
non-transferable (except as set forth in Section 9.9) license,
with the right to grant sublicenses as set forth
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in Section 3.4 below, to make
(including the right to practice methods, processes and
procedures), have made, use, lease, sell, offer for sale and import
all Palm Products in all fields of use except the Palm Excluded
Field of Use.”
The parties hereby agree that the
term “irrevocable” as used in such Section shall not in
any manner limit or be deemed to limit PalmSource’s
termination rights under Sections 4.2 and 4.5 of this
Amendment.
2.5 Amendment to Section 3.4
(Sublicense Rights) . The parties hereby agree to delete
Section 3.4(b)(i) of the Original Agreement in its entirety
and replace it with the following:
“Palm shall have the right to
grant sublicenses to third parties within the scope of its licenses
hereunder (with no right to grant further sublicenses) to make
(including the right to practice methods, processes and
procedures), have made, use, lease, sell, offer for sale and import
all Palm Products in all fields of use except the Palm Excluded
Field of Use.”
2.6 Addition of Exhibit A
(Palm Patents) . The parties hereby agree to add
Attachment 1 hereto as Exhibit A to the Original
Agreement.
2.7 Addition of Exhibit B
(PalmSource Patents) . The parties hereby agree to add
Attachment 2 hereto as Exhibit B to the Original
Agreement.
2.8 Addition of Section 1.21
(Affiliate Definition) . The parties hereby agree to add the
following as new Section 1.21 of the Original
Agreement:
“1.21 AFFILIATE.
“Affiliate” means any entity Controlled by,
Controlling, or under common Control with an entity where
“Control” means possessing directly or indirectly:
(i) ownership or control of fifty percent (50%) or more
of the voting rights or rights to elect the board or other
governing body of such entity; or (ii) the power to direct the
affairs of such entity.”
ARTICLE 3
CHANGE OF CONTROL
3.1 Palm may assign the Original
Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, in accordance with
Section 9.9 of the Original Agreement; provided, however,
that:
(a) [**] Any attempted transfer or
assignment in violation of this provision shall be void and without
effect.
(b) If such an assignee [**] to
assign the Original Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, to
such assignee, otherwise the Original Agreement, as amended by this
Amendment, may not be so assigned. Any attempted transfer or
assignment in violation of this provision shall be void and without
effect.
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3.2 Notwithstanding Section 3.1
of this Amendment, nothing in this Amendment shall restrict or in
any way alter or affect Palm’s ability to assign the Original
Agreement, as it was prior to this Amendment, pursuant to its
terms.
ARTICLE 4
TERMINATION
4.1 The Original Agreement, as
amended by this Amendment, shall be subject to the termination
provision as set forth in Article 6 of the Original
Agreement.
4.2 Subject to Sections 4.3 and 4.9
of this Amendment, Palm acknowledges and agrees that ASA will have
the right to terminate this Amendment, including without limitation
all the rights provided herein (but not the Original Agreement as
it existed prior to the Amendment Effective Date), immediately upon
a final and unappealable determination by a court of competent
jurisdiction that Palm or any of its Affiliates has sold, offered
for sale, licensed or distributed (or that Palm or any of its
Affiliates authorized any third party to sell, offer for sale,
license or distribute) any Operating System with any product that
is not a hardware Palm Product where such Operating System
infringes any PalmSource Patent (each such Operating System, an
“ Infringing Product ”).
4.3 As used in Section 4.2 of
this Amendment, the term Infringing Product shall not
include:
(a) any Palm Product expressly
authorized under Section 3.1 of the Original Agreement (as
amended by this Amendment); or
(b) an Operating System that is
comprised of a pre-existing third-party Operating System (the
“ Pre-Existing OS ”) that is licensed
under an Open Source Software license (the “ Existing
Open Source Software License ”) combined with
software code that is developed by or on behalf of Palm or any of
its Affiliates or is otherwise proprietary to Palm or any of its
Affiliates (the “ Palm Contribution ”),
if (1) Palm licenses or distributes such Operating System as
required by the Existing Open Source Software License, (2) the
Palm Contribution contained in such Operating System does not in
and of itself infringe a PalmSource Patent, and (3) such Palm
Contribution would not in and of itself constitute an Operating
System (the foregoing constituting the “ Palm Open
Source Exception ”); provided however, that the Palm
Open Source Exception shall not apply if such Operating System
would not infringe but for inclusion of the Palm Contribution in
such Operating System; or
(c) any third-party Operating System
that is sold, offered for sale, licensed or distributed by or on
behalf of Palm, provided that such third-party Operating System
(1) is either bundled with a Palm Product or is marketed or
presented for sale as being intended for use with a Palm Product,
and (2) does not contain any material that is proprietary to
Palm or any of its Affiliates which material either:
(A) contributes to the features and functionality of such
third-party Operating System in other than a de minimus way (other
than solely as necessary to integrate the third-party Operating
System with the Palm Product); or (B) replaces such
third-party Operating System in its entirety.
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4.4 Palm acknowledges and agrees
that the exceptions set forth in Section 4.3 of this Amendment
to the termination right set forth in Section 4.2 of this
Amendment do not grant to Palm, any Palm Affiliate or any third
party, either directly or by implication, estoppel or otherwise, a
license under any PalmSource Patent (including without limitation
for the combination of such Operating System with other items or
for the use of such combination).
4.5 Subject to Section 4.9
below, Palm acknowledges and agrees that ASA will also have the
right to terminate this Amendment, including without limitation all
the rights provided herein (but not the Original Agreement as it
existed prior to the Amendment Effective Date), immediately upon a
final and unappealable determination by a court of competent
jurisdiction that Palm has breached any of its obligations under
Section 3.1 of this Amendment; provided however, that ASA
shall be required to meet all legal requirements in the event it
seeks a preliminary or permanent injunction regarding such a breach
by Palm, and Palm’s rights in defending such an injunction
shall not be limited in any manner other than those imposed under
applicable law.
4.6 In no event shall this Amendment
(including without limitation ASA’s termination rights set
forth in this Article 4) be deemed to limit any remedies available
to ASA or Palm or any of their respective Affiliates under any
agreement between ASA and Palm or that may now or subsequently
exist in law or in equity or by statute or otherwise (including
without limitation the right to seek a preliminary injunction, a
permanent injunction and/or damages).
4.7 The termination rights set forth
in this Article 4 shall not be assigned, transferred or otherwise
conveyed (by operation of law or otherwise). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, ASA may assign the termination rights set forth in this
Article 4 to an acquirer of all or substantially all of ASA’s
equity securities, assets or business related to the PalmSource
Patents upon written notice to Palm; provided, however, that
(a) such right to assign the termination rights set forth in
this Article 4 shall not extend to any such acquirer, assignee, or
transferee; (b) such acquirer, assignee or transferee may not
be a Restricted Party; and (c) no such assignment will be
deemed to have occurred if ASA, in connection with a corporate
reorganization or restructuring involving ASA or any other
Subsidiary of ACCESS Co., Ltd., transfers or assigns the Original
Agreement to ACCESS Co., Ltd. or another Subsidiary of ACCESS Co.,
Ltd. (which leaves such transferee or assignee with the Original
Agreement, this Amendment and the PalmSource Patents), provided
that in no event may any Restricted Party or Affiliate of any
Restricted Party have any control of such transferee or assignee.
If ASA or any entity controlling ASA undergoes a merger,
acquisition or change of control involving a Restricted Party or
any Affiliate of a Restricted Party, such a prohibited transfer
will be deemed to have occurred. Any attempted transfer or
assignment in violation of this provision shall be void and without
effect. For purposes of this Amendment, “ Restricted
Party ” shall mean [**]
4.8 Subject to the limitations on
assignment set forth in this Article 4, this Amendment will benefit
and bind the parties’ permitted successors and
assigns.
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4.9 Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, if this Amendment is terminated pursuant to this
Article 4, th