OLED PATENT LICENSE
AGREEMENT
THIS
OLED PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement
”) is entered into effective as of April 19, 2005 (the
“ Effective Date ”), by and between Samsung SDI
Co., Ltd. (“ Samsung SDI ”), an entity
incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Korea and having a
place of business at 575 Shin-dong, Paldal-ku, Suwon, Kyungki-do
442-391, Korea, and Universal Display Corporation (“
Universal Display ”), an entity incorporated under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. and having a place
of business at 375 Phillips Boulevard, Ewing, New Jersey 08618,
U.S.A.
BACKGROUND
WHEREAS,
Universal Display has rights in certain patents concerning Organic
Light Emitting Devices; and
WHEREAS,
Samsung SDI desires to obtain license rights to practice under
these patents on the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound, Samsung SDI and Universal
Display agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
In
addition to other terms defined elsewhere herein, the following
terms shall have their corresponding meanings when used this
Agreement.
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1.1 “
Affiliate ” means a corporation, partnership, trust or
other entity that directly or indirectly (through one or more
intermediates) controls, is controlled by or is under common
control with the party in question. For such purposes,
“control,” “controlled by” and “under
common control with” shall mean the ability to make, or
participate meaningfully in the making of, business decisions on
behalf of the relevant entity and/or such party, as applicable.
“Control” shall be presumed where the party in question
owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting or other similar
interests in the relevant entity.
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1.2 “
Licensed Product ” means an OLED Display Module made
using a Permitted Process, or any product or part thereof that
incorporates such an OLED Display Module, which OLED Display Module
(a) is covered, in whole or in part, by any Valid Claim(s) of a
Universal Display Patent; and/or (b) is manufactured using a
process that is covered, in whole or in part, by any Valid Claim(s)
of a Universal Display Patent.
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1.3 “
Net Sales Revenue ”
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1.3.1 For
Licensed Products sold to third parties for solely cash
consideration, “Net Sales Revenue” means gross amounts
invoiced or received, whichever occurs sooner, on account of sales
of such Licensed Products (the “ Gross Invoice Price
”), less:
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(a) applicable
sales taxes, excise taxes, customs duties paid, absorbed or
otherwise imposed, and other similar taxes, but in each case only
to the extent actually collected and remitted to the appropriate
taxing authorities;
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(b) shipping
and transportation charges to the extent separately itemized on the
customer invoice and actually paid to third-party
carriers;
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(c) insurance
costs to the extent separately itemized on the customer invoice and
actually paid or accrued for such purpose;
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(d) [The
confidential material contained herein has been omitted and has
been separately filed with the Commission.]
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(e) refunds
or credits actually given to third parties for returned or
defective Licensed Products;
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(f) amounts
actually paid or credited on account of retroactive volume
discounts or price adjustments, but only to the extent reasonable
and customary for products of such nature; and
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1.3.2 For
Licensed Products sold to third parties for other than solely cash
consideration, and for Licensed Products otherwise disposed of or
used as consumable goods, “Net Sales Revenue” means the
standard or list selling price at which Licensed Products of
similar kind and quantity are being offered for sale to
non-Affiliated third parties at such time, or if no such selling
price is available, the fair market value of such Licensed
Products.
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1.3.3 For
a Licensed Product that incorporates one or more OLED Display
Modules, “Net Sales Revenue” would include only that
portion of the amount specified in subsection 1.3.1 or 1.3.2 above
which is fairly attributable to the OLED Display Module(s)
incorporated in such Licensed Product. If sufficient information is
available, such portion shall be calculated by multiplying the
Gross Invoice Price or the standard or list selling price of the
Licensed Product by the “Module Share Ratio.” If
appropriate data is available, the “Module Share Ratio”
shall equal the fraction A/B, where A is the standard or list
selling price at which OLED Display Module(s) of similar kind and
quantity are separately being offered for sale by Samsung SDI or
the relevant Permitted Sublicensee at that time, and B is the
standard or list selling price at which the entire Licensed Product
is being offered for sale by Samsung SDI or the relevant Permitted
Sublicensee at that time. Otherwise, the “Module Share
Ratio” shall equal the fraction C/D, where C is the
fully-loaded production cost for the OLED Display Module(s)
incorporated in such Licensed Product and D is the fully-loaded
production cost for the entire Licensed Product, with the
fully-loaded production cost in each case being determined in
accordance with Exhibit C hereto and such recognized
accounting principles as are fairly and consistently applied by
Samsung SDI or the relevant Permitted Sublicensee in the general
course of its business.
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1.3.4 [The
confidential material contained herein has been omitted and has
been separately filed with the Commission.]
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1.3.5 If
either party presents reasonable evidence that the amount
calculated as set forth above does not fairly reflect the value of
the applicable Licensed Product (such as evidence that the
industry-wide average sales price of substantially similar products
differs significantly from the price calculated herein), the
parties shall in good faith negotiate a more equitable method of
calculating Net Sales Revenue with respect to such Licensed
Product.
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1.4 “
OLED ” or “ Organic Light Emitting Device
” means a device consisting of two electrodes, at least one
of which is transparent, together with one or more chemical
substances deposited between these two electrodes, at least one of
which is an organic or organometallic material, which device emits
light when a voltage is applied across the electrodes.
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1.5 “
OLED Display Module ” means a device designed for use
in flat panel display applications (which expressly exclude
lighting applications), which device consists of (a) an OLED, a
Rigid Glass Substrate supporting the OLED, an active matrix
backplane, encapsulation components and such filters, polarizers
and other display optics as may be used to enhance or modify the
color, contrast or other visual properties of the device
(collectively, an “ Active Matrix OLED Panel ”);
and (b) [The confidential material contained herein has been
omitted and has been separately filed with the
Commission.]
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1.6 “
Permitted Processes ” means [The confidential material
contained herein has been omitted and has been separately filed
with the Commission.]
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1.7 “
Permitted Sublicensees ” means, unless otherwise
separately agreed by the parties in writing, entities in which
Samsung SDI has an ownership or other similar controlling interest
of [The confidential material contained herein has been omitted and
has been separately filed with the Commission.]. Such entities
shall be Permitted Sublicensees only for so long as they continue
to satisfy the foregoing requirements.
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1.8 “
Phosphorescent Material ” means an organometallic or
other organic material that, when used in the emissive layer of an
OLED, emits radiation from a triplet excited state or enhances the
emission of radiation through phosphorescent
sensitization.
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1.9 “
Rigid Glass Substrate ” means a silicate-containing
inorganic material of sufficient thickness to support an OLED,
which material fractures or substantially and irreversibly deforms
upon being bent to a radius of curvature of 50 cm or less, and
which material expressly excludes, without limitation, plastic or
metal foil.
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1.10 “
Universal Display Patents ” means all patents, the
design patents and the utility models (a) issued/registered in the
world as of the Effective Date; or (b) issued/registered during the
Term of this Agreement from the patent applications filed before or
during the Term of this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.2 below,
which Universal Display owns (it being understood that any
ownership transfer of such patents shall be subject to the license
rights granted to Samsung SDI hereunder), or has the right to
license from third parties such as Princeton University, the
University of Southern California (“ USC ”) and
Motorola, Inc. (“ Motorola ”) subject to Section
2.5 during the Term of this Agreement, including, but not limited
to, the issued/registered patents in Exhibit A .
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1.11 “
Valid Claim ” means a claim of an issued/registered
and unexpired patent, which claim has not been finally held
unpatentable, invalid or unenforceable by a court or other
government agency of competent jurisdiction.
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2.1
Grant of License to Samsung SDI . Subject to the remaining
provisions of this Article 2, Universal Display hereby grants to
Samsung SDI a worldwide, royalty-bearing, non-exclusive and
non-transferable (except in connection with a permitted transfer of
this Agreement as a whole) license under the Universal Display
Patents, solely to manufacture, have manufactured by its Permitted
Sublicensees, sell, offer for sale, use and import Licensed
Products. Samsung SDI shall be permitted to grant sublicenses of
the foregoing license rights solely to its Permitted Sublicensees,
provided that (a) each such sublicense shall be pursuant to a
written agreement between Samsung SDI and the Permitted
Sublicensee, which written agreement shall obligate the Permitted
Sublicensee to abide by the scope of license and other provisions
of this Agreement that are applicable to Permitted Sublicensees;
(b) in addition to its other rights or remedies hereunder,
Universal Display shall be expressly identified in the written
sublicense agreement as a third-party beneficiary thereof, entitled
to enforce the scope of license and other applicable provisions of
this Agreement directly against the Permitted Sublicensee; (c)
Samsung SDI shall identify the name and business address of each
such Permitted Sublicensee to Universal Display in writing promptly
following its entry into a written sublicense agreement with the
Permitted Sublicensee; and (d) Samsung SDI shall use its best
efforts to cause each Permitted Sublicensee abide by the scope of
license and other applicable provisions of this
Agreement.
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2.2
License Rights to Future Patents . To the extent it has the
right to do so, Samsung SDI’s license rights under Section
2.1 above will be expanded to include additional patents owned by
or licensed to Universal Display that are issued during the Term,
to the extent such patents would cover Samsung SDI’s
manufacture or sale of OLED Display Modules through Permitted
Processes as contemplated hereunder, but excluding any such patents
acquired by Universal Display through a merger, asset acquisition
or other similar transaction unless separately agreed in writing.
Universal Display shall periodically update Exhibit A to
include any such additional patents that are issued.
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2.3
No Right to Make OLED Materials . Except as may otherwise be
expressly agreed to by the parties in writing, nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed as authorizing or otherwise permitting
Samsung SDI or its Permitted Sublicensees, or any third parties
claiming through them, to practice under any Universal Display
Patents for purposes of manufacturing Phosphorescent Materials or
other OLED materials, or having Phosphorescent Materials or other
OLED materials manufactured for them or on their behalf.
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2.4
No Right to Make OLED Manufacturing Equipment . Except as
may otherwise be expressly agreed to by the parties in writing,
nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as authorizing or
otherwise permitting Samsung SDI or its Permitted Sublicensees, or
any third parties claiming through them, to practice under any
Universal Display Patents for purposes of manufacturing equipment
or machinery used to produce an OLED, whether through Permitted
Processes or otherwise.
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2.5
Acknowledgement of Derivative Rights and Covenant to Samsung
SDI . Samsung SDI acknowledges that certain of the Universal
Display Patents are licensed by Universal Display from Princeton
University, the University of Southern California (“
USC ”) and Motorola, Inc. (“ Motorola
”), and, therefore, that Samsung SDI’s license rights
under this Agreement with respect to such Universal Display Patents
are subject to the reserved rights of and obligations to such third
parties under their license agreements with Universal Display.
Samsung SDI further acknowledges that the U.S. Government has
certain reserved rights with respect to those Universal Display
Patents claiming inventions that were first conceived or reduced to
practice under contracts between the U.S. Government and Universal
Display or its licensors. Universal Display hereby covenants to
Samsung SDI that: (a) Universal Display shall comply in all
material respects with the terms of its license agreements with
such third-party licensors and its contracts with or awards from
the U.S. Government as in either case are relevant to Samsung
SDI’s exercise of license rights granted by Universal Display
hereunder; and (b) no additional consideration shall be owed by
Samsung SDI to such third-party licensors or the U.S. Government on
account of Samsung SDI’s practice under the Universal Display
Patents as contemplated hereunder. Nothing herein shall be
construed as limiting or restricting the reserved rights of or
obligations to Universal Display’s third-party licensors or
the U.S. Government with respect to such Universal Display Patents.
Universal Display has provided Samsung SDI with copies (which have
been reasonably redacted by Universal Display to avoid disclosing
confidential information not relevant to this Agreement) of such of
Universal Display’s agreements with such third party
licensors and of the applicable portions its relevant contracts
with or awards from the U.S. Government.
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2.6
Patents on Samsung SDI Improvements . Samsung SDI hereby
covenants not to assert or assist third-parties in asserting, and
Samsung SDI shall ensure that its Permitted Sublicensees do not to
assert or assist third-parties in asserting, any of its or their
patents claiming improvements, modifications or enhancements to the
inventions described in the Universal Display Patents (“
Samsung SDI Improvements ”) against Universal Display
or its Affiliates [The confidential material contained herein has
been omitted and has been separately filed with the Commission.].
Samsung SDI shall, and shall cause its Permitted Sublicensees to,
condition each assignment or exclusive license of any patent
claiming a Samsung SDI Improvement on the assignee or licensee
agreeing to covenant the same to Universal Display in
writing.
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2.7
Reservation of Rights . Except for the license rights
expressly granted to Samsung SDI under this Article 2, all rights
to practice under the Universal Display Patents are reserved unto
Universal Display and its licensors. Except for the express
covenants of Samsung SDI and its Permitted Sublicensees under this
Article 2, all rights to practice under any patents claiming
Samsung SDI Improvements are reserved unto Samsung SDI and its
Permitted Sublicensees. No implied rights or licenses to practice
under any patents or to utilize any unpatented inventions, know-how
or technical information of either party are granted to the other
party hereunder.
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3.1
Patent Validity . To the extent permitted by law, Samsung
SDI shall not, and shall ensure that its Permitted Sublicensees do
not, challenge or assist others in challenging the validity or
enforceability of any of the Universal Display Patents or their
counterpart foreign patent applications. Should Samsung SDI or any
of its Permitted Sublicensees so challenge or assist others in
challenging any of the Universal Display Patents, Samsung SDI shall
reimburse Universal Display for all attorneys’ fees, costs
and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Universal Display in
resisting or opposing such challenge in the event the challenge is
fully or substantially unsuccessful. The foregoing shall be in
addition to, and not in lieu of, any other remedies that may be
available, at law or equity, including an action for the recovery
of damages.
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4.1
License Fees . In partial consideration of the license
rights granted by Universal Display hereunder, Samsung SDI shall
pay to Universal Display the license fees specified in Exhibit
B hereto. Said license fees are due and payable on the date(s)
specified in Exhibit B hereto. Except as may otherwise be
specified in Exhibit B hereto, all license fees shall be
non-refundable and shall be in addition to any royalties payable
hereunder.
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4.2
Running Royalties . In further consideration of the license
rights granted by Universal Display hereunder, Samsung SDI shall
pay to Universal Display running royalties at the rates specified
in Exhibit B hereto on account of Net Sales Revenues from
Samsung SDI’s or its Permitted Sublicensees’ sales of
Licensed Products, or their other disposition or usage of Licensed
Products as consumable goods, as set forth in subsections 4.2.1 and
4.2.2 below. No multiple royalties shall be due because any
Licensed Product, or its manufacture, sale or other disposition or
use, is or may be covered by more than one Universal Display Patent
licensed to Samsung SDI hereunder.
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[The
confidential material contained herein has been omitted and has
been separately filed with the Commission.]
[The
confidential material contained herein has been omitted and has
been separately filed with the Commission.]
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4.2.3
Acknowledgement . Both parties acknowledge and agree that
the royalty rates and the methods by which they are to be
calculated and paid have been determined through arms length
negotiations between the parties and that such rates and methods
are reasonable and appropriate notwithstanding whether and to what
extent any of the Universal Display Patents have been issued or
have expired in any particular country in which Licensed Products
are made, sold or used.
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4.3
Royalty Reports . Within sixty (60) days following the end
of each [The confidential material contained herein has been
omitted and has been separately filed with the Commission.] during
the Term (and, if the Term ends in the middle of a [The
confidential material contained herein has been omitted and has
been separately filed with the Commission.], within sixty (60) days
following the end of the Term), Samsung SDI shall submit to
Universal Display a written report, in English, that includes the
following information (each, a “ Royalty Report
”): (a) a description of all Licensed Products sold or
otherwise disposed of or used as consumable goods during such [The
confidential material contained herein has been omitted and has
been separately filed with the Commission.] by Samsung SDI or its
Permitted Sublicensees; (b) gross amounts invoiced or received on
account of Samsung SDI’s or its Permitted Sublicensees’
sales or other disposition or usage of such Licensed Products; and
(c) Samsung SDI’s reasonably detailed calculation of the
royalties due and owing to Universal Display on account of such
sales or other disposition or usage of Licensed Products. [The
confidential material contained herein has been omitted and has
been separately filed with the Commission.]
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4.4
Payment of Royalties . Within sixty (60) days following the
end of each [
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