UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
and
NU SKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT
(EXCLUSIVE)
DIETARY SUPPLEMENT PREVENTATIVE HEALTHCARE LICENSE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
WITNESSETH.................................................................................................................................................3
1 -
DEFINITIONS............................................................................................................................................4
2 -
GRANT..................................................................................................................................................7
3 -
DILIGENCE..............................................................................................................................................8
4 -
ROYALTIES..............................................................................................................................................9
5 - REPORTS AND
RECORDS...................................................................................................................................11
6 - PATENT
PROSECUTION....................................................................................................................................12
7 -
CONFIDENTIALITY.......................................................................................................................................13
8 -
INFRINGEMENT..........................................................................................................................................14
9 - PRODUCT
LIABILITY.....................................................................................................................................15
10 - EXPORT
CONTROLS......................................................................................................................................16
11 - NON-USE OF
NAMES.....................................................................................................................................17
12 -
ASSIGNMENT...........................................................................................................................................17
13 - DISPUTE
RESOLUTION...................................................................................................................................17
14 -
TERMINATION..........................................................................................................................................18
15 - INDEMNIFICATION BY
LICENSEE..........................................................................................................................19
16 - PAYMENTS, NOTICES AND OTHER
COMMUNICATIONS...........................................................................................................19
17 - MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS.............................................................................................................................20
APPENDIX
A................................................................................................................................................22
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
and
NU SKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT
This Agreement
is made and entered into this 1st day of July 2006, (the
“EFFECTIVE DATE”) by and between the UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
RESEARCH FOUNDATION, having its principal office at 615 Arapeen
Dr., Suite 310, Salt Lake City, UT 84108 (hereinafter referred to
as “LICENSOR”), and NU SKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Utah
corporation, having its principal office at 75 West Center, Provo,
Utah, 84601 (hereinafter referred to as
“LICENSEE”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS,
LICENSOR is the owner of certain LICENSED TECHNOLOGY (as later
defined herein) relating to University of Utah Case No. U-2612,
entitled NONINVASIVE DETECTION AND MAPPING OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES
IN THE SKIN AND SKIN-RELATED MALIGNANCIES by Werner Gellermann,
Robert W. McClane , Nikita B. Katz and Paul S. Bernstein; and,
University of Utah Case No. U-2970, entitled METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR
RAMAN CHEMICAL IMAGING OF CAROTENOIDS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS IN
LIVING HUMAN TISSUE by Werner Gellermann, Robert W. McClane, and
Paul S. Bernstein; and, has the right to grant licenses under said
LICENSED TECHNOLOGY;
WHEREAS,
LICENSOR desires to have the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY developed and
commercialized to benefit the public and is willing to grant a
license thereunder;
WHEREAS,
Nutriscan, Inc. and the UURF entered into a License Agreement,
dated effective as of June 29, 2000, with respect to the
Non-invasive Detection and Mapping of Chemical Substances in the
Skin and Skin-Related Malignancies for use in the sale of dietary
supplements (the “Dietary Supplement License”);
and
WHEREAS,
Spectrotek L.C. and the UURF entered into a License Agreement,
dated effective as of June 29, 2000, with respect to the
Non-invasive Detection and Mapping of Chemical Substances in the
Skin and Skin-Related Malignancies for use in medical diagnostics
(the “Medical Use License”); and
WHEREAS,
Spectrotek L.C. and Caroderm, Inc. entered into an Assignment of
License Agreement, dated November 11, 2001, wherein all rights,
title and interest in the Agreement were assigned to Caroderm,
Inc.; and
WHEREAS, the
UURF, Caroderm, Inc., and Nutriscan, Inc. entered into a Letter of
Understanding, dated effective as of December 14, 2001 (the
“Letter of Understanding”) wherein the Parties and
Nutriscan, Inc. agreed to further define the fields of use in the
Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
LICENSOR and the other original investors in Nutriscan, Inc.
elected to sell all of their interest in Nutriscan, Inc. to
Pharmanex/Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. and entered into a Stock
Purchase Agreement dated March 6, 2002; and
WHEREAS, Caroderm, Inc. has subsequently entered into an Agreement
and Plan of Merger, effective as of March 3, 2006 wherein the
Agreement along with all rights title and interest was assigned to
Nu Skin or its AFFILIATE;
WHEREAS, in
connection with such merger, LICENSEE and LICENSOR desire to amend
and restate in its entirety the Dietary Supplement
License.
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained
herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1 — DEFINITIONS
For the
purposes of this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings:
1.1
“AFFILIATE” means any person or entity that controls,
is controlled by, or is under common control with LICENSEE,
directly or indirectly. For purposes of this definition,
“control” and its various inflected forms means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such person or
entity, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise.
1.2 "PATENT
RIGHTS" shall mean all of the following LICENSOR intellectual
property: a. the United States patents listed in Appendix A; b.
the United States patent applications listed in Appendix A,
and divisionals, continuations and claims of continuation-in-part
applications which shall be directed to subject matter specifically
described in such patent applications, and the resulting
patents;
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any patents resulting from reissues or reexaminations of the
United States patents described in a. and b. above;
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the Foreign patents listed in Appendix A;
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the Foreign patent applications listed in Appendix A, and
divisionals, continuations and claims of continuation-in-part
applications which shall be directed to subject matter specifically
described in such Foreign patent applications, and the resulting
patents;
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Foreign patent applications filed after the EFFECTIVE DATE,
including those applications filed in at least the countries listed
in Appendix A and divisionals, continuations and claims of
continuation-in-part applications which shall be directed to
subject matter specifically described in such patent applications,
and the resulting patents; and
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any Foreign patents, resulting from equivalent Foreign
procedures to United States reissues and reexaminations, of the
Foreign patents described in d., e. and f. above.
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1.3
“LICENSED TECHNOLOGY” means and includes the PATENT
RIGHTS and other technology and intellectual property, including
inventions, whether patentable or unpatentable, technical data,
software, apparatus, know-how and trade secrets relating to
University of Utah Case Numbers U-2612 and U-2970 owned and known
by LICENSOR upon the EFFECTIVE DATE.
1.4 A
“LICENSED PRODUCT” shall mean any product or part
thereof which:
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is covered in whole or in part by an issued, unexpired claim or
a pending claim contained in the PATENT RIGHTS in the country in
which any such product or part thereof is made, used or sold;
or
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is manufactured by using a process or is employed to practice a
process which is covered in whole or in part by an issued,
unexpired claim or a pending claim contained in the PATENT RIGHTS
in the country in which any LICENSED PROCESS is used or in which
such product or part thereof is used or sold; and
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is covered by or incorporates any LICENSED
TECHNOLOGY.
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1.5 A
“LICENSED PROCESS” shall mean any process which is
covered in whole or in part by an issued, unexpired claim or a
pending claim contained in the PATENT RIGHTS or is covered by or
incorporates any LICENSED TECHNOLOGY.
1.6 “NET
SALES” shall mean LICENSEE’S, its AFFILIATES’
(except as described below) and its SUBLICENSEES’ billings
for LICENSED PRODUCTS and LICENSED PROCESSES less the sum of the
following:
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discounts allowed in
amounts customary in the trade for quantity purchases, cash
payments, prompt payments, wholesalers and distributors; b. sales,
tariff duties and/or use taxes directly imposed and with reference
to particular sales; c. outbound transportation prepaid or allowed;
and d. amounts allowed or credited on returns. e. commissions paid
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No deductions
shall be made for commissions paid to individuals regularly
employed by LICENSEE, or for cost of collections. NET SALES shall
occur:
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with respect to NET
SALES of LICENSED PRODUCTS and LICENSED PROCESSES in the United
States, when a LICENSED PRODUCT or LICENSED PROCESS shall be
invoiced by LICENSEE, or an AFFILIATE of LICENSEE, or a
SUBLICENSEE, to a third party that is not an AFFILIATE, or if not
invoiced, when delivered to or performed for a third party that is
not an AFFILIATE (and no royalty shall be payable on intercompany
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(ii)
with respect to NET SALES of LICENSED PRODUCTS outside of the
United States through AFFILIATES, the date that is six months
following the receipt of the LICENSED PRODUCT by an AFFILIATE and
the royalty on such NET SALES shall be based on the published U.S.
retail price rather than the transfer price invoiced to such
AFFILIATES (and no royalty shall be payable on billings by the
AFFILIATE for the LICENSED PRODUCTS);
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with respect to NET
SALES of LICENSED PROCESSES outside of the United States, when such
LICENSED PROCESS shall be invoiced by LICENSEE, a SUBLICENSEE, or
an AFFILIATE of LICENSEE to a third party that is not an
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with respect to NET
SALES of LICENSED PRODUCTS by LICENSEE or SUBLICENSEE to persons or
entities outside of the UNITED STATES that are not AFFILIATES, the
date the LICENSED PRODUCT shall be invoiced by LICENSEE to such
third party, or if not invoiced, when delivered to such third
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In the event a
LICENSED PRODUCT is rented, leased, licensed or sold on an
installment basis, the royalties due hereunder shall be calculated
and paid on the amount of each installment as it is invoiced and
such transfer via rental agreement, lease, license, consignment or
other similar method shall constitute a NET SALE hereunder and not
as a “SUBLICENSE” as defined below.
1.7
“OTHER REVENUE” shall mean LICENSEE’S gross
revenues from the sale of services (e.g. fees for consulting,
research and development, and training) in connection
with:
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the sublicensing of the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY; and/or
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b.
the use or sale, lease or other transfer of LICENSED PRODUCTS or
LICENSED PROCESSES. 1.8 “TERRITORY” shall mean
worldwide. 1.9 “FIELD OF USE” shall mean the use of the
LICENSED TECHNOLOGY for the non-invasive measurement of carotenoids
and
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similar or
related compounds in human skin including related research;
however, the above FIELD OF USE does not include the use of the
technology for identifying, imaging, locating, and/or diagnosing
skin lesions or skin malignancies in human patients. The above
FIELD OF USE does not include veterinary applications; however, it
is agreed that LICENSEE may use laboratory, in vitro , and
in vivo animal model methods to research, develop and
validate LICENSED PRODUCTS and LICENSED PROCESSES. For avoidance of
doubt, human skin is defined as the continuous external membrane
(integument) enveloping the body and consisting of the epidermis
and dermis, hair, nails, sebaceous glands, sweat glands, and
mammary glands; the skin does not include mucosal tissue such as
the lining of the mouth.
ARTICLE 2 — GRANT
2.1 LICENSOR
hereby grants to LICENSEE the right and license in the TERRITORY
for the FIELD OF USE to practice under the LICENSED TECHNOLOGY and,
to the extent not prohibited by other patents, to make, have made,
use, lease, license, sell and export LICENSED PRODUCTS and to
practice the LICENSED PROCESSES, until the expiration of the last
to expire of any of LICENSOR’S rights in the LICENSED
TECHNOLOGY, unless this Agreement shall be sooner terminated
according to the terms hereof.
LICENSEE shall
have the right to enter into sublicensing agreements for the
rights, privileges and licenses granted hereunder only during the
EXCLUSIVE PERIOD (defined below) of this Agreement. Upon any
termination of this Agreement, SUBLICENSEES’ rights shall
also terminate, subject to Section 14.6 hereof.
2.2 In order to
establish a period of exclusivity for LICENSEE, LICENSOR hereby
agrees that it shall not grant any other license to make, have
made, use, lease, sell and import LICENSED PRODUCTS or to utilize
LICENSED PROCESSES, in the TERRITORY for the FIELD OF USE or the
promotion and sale of nutritional supplements during the period of
time commencing with the EFFECTIVE DATE and terminating upon the
last to expire of the PATENT RIGHTS (hereinafter the
“EXCLUSIVE PERIOD”).
2.3 The
University of Utah reserves the right to practice under the
LICENSED TECHNOLOGY for noncommercial internal research
purposes.
2.4 LICENSEE
agrees to incorporate terms and conditions substantively similar to
Articles 2, 5, 8.1-6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 16 of this Agreement
into its sublicense agreements, so that these Articles shall be
binding upon such SUBLICENSEES as if they were parties to this
Agreement.
2.5 LICENSEE
agrees to forward to LICENSOR a copy of any and all sublicense
agreements promptly upon execution by the parties.
2.6 LICENSEE
shall not receive from SUBLICENSEES anything of value in lieu of
cash payments or publicly traded securities in consideration for
any sublicense under this Agreement, without the express prior
written permission of LICENSOR, which prior written permission
shall not be unreasonably withheld.
2.7 Nothing in
this Agreement shall be construed to confer any rights upon
LICENSEE by implication, estoppel or otherwise as to any technology
or patent rights of LICENSOR or any other entity other than the
LICENSED TECHNOLOGY, regardless of whether such rights shall be
dominant or subordinate to any LICENSED TECHNOLOGY.
ARTICLE 3 — DILIGENCE
3.1 LICENSEE
shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to bring one or
more LICENSED PRODUCTS or LICENSED PROCESSES to market and to
continue active, diligent marketing efforts for one or more
LICENSED PRODUCTS or LICENSED PROCESSES throughout the life of this
Agreement.
3.2 LICENSEE
shall spend at least Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000 USD)
by December 31, 2009 toward the research and development of
LICENSED PRODUCTS and LICENSED PROCESSES in the FIELD OF
USE.
3.2
LICENSEE’S failure to perform in accordance with either
Paragraph 3.1 above shall be grounds for LICENSOR to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to Paragraph 14.3 hereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if there is a major unanticipated research, development,
marketing or regulatory problem, the parties will meet to
renegotiate revised due diligence deadlines.
ARTICLE 4 — ROYALTIES
4.1 For the
rights, privileges and license granted hereunder, LICENSEE shall
pay royalties to LICENSOR in the manner hereinafter provided to the
end of the term of the PATENT RIGHTS or until this Agreement shall
be otherwise terminated, which ever first occurs:
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License Issue Fee of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000 USD) due
and payable upon execution of this Agreement.
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License Maintenance Fees of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000
USD) per year; provided, however, License Maintenance Fees may be
credited to Running Royalties subsequently due on NET SALES or
OTHER REVENUE for each said year, if any. License Maintenance Fees
paid in excess of Running Royalties shall not be creditable to
Running Royalties for future years.
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Running Royalties in an amount equal to Three and One Half
Percent (3.5%) of NET SALES of the LICENSED PRODUCTS and LICENSED
PROCESSES used, leased or sold by and/or for LICENSEE and/or its
SUBLICENSEES. Should LICENSEE assign its right and obligations
under this License Agreement to a party other than an AFFILIATE,
the Running Royalty shall be Four and One Half Percent (4.5%) for
NET SALES made by the Assignee and its SUBLICENSEES.
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LICENSOR hereby grants to LICENSEE the right to enter into
sublicensing agreements with third parties (hereinafter referred to
as “SUBLICENSEES”) to the extent of LICENSEE’S
rights under the grant provided in Section 2.1 and provided that
LICENSEE has current exclusive rights thereto in the TERRITORY
being sublicensed pursuant to Section 3.3. LICENSEE may only enter
into sublicensing agreements during the EXCLUSIVE PERIOD of this
AGREEMENT. Upon any termination of this AGREEMENT,
SUBLICENSEES’ rights shall also terminate.
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Any sublicense granted by LICENSEE to a SUBLICENSEE shall
incorporate all of the terms and conditions of this AGREEMENT,
which shall be binding upon each SUBLICENSEE as if such SUBLICENSEE
were a party to this AGREEMENT.
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LICENSEE shall pay to LICENSOR Thirty-five Percent (35%) of any
lump-sum fee or advance payment received by LICENSEE from any
SUBLICENSEE. However, that amount may be reduced by an amount equal
to the portion of the lump-sum fee or advance payment re-invested
by LICENSEE in further research and development of the LICENSED
TECHNOLOGY, but in no event shall LICENSEE pay LICENSOR less than
Fifteen Percent (15%) of any lump-sum fee or advance payment.
LICENSEE shall not receive from SUBLICENSEES anything of value in
lieu of cash payments in consideration for any sublicense under
this AGREEMENT, without the express prior written permission of
LICENSOR. In addition, LICENSEE shall pay to LICENSOR a royalty on
NET SALES under any sublicense which royalty rate shall be the
greater of: (a) Fifty Percent (50.0%) of the royalty rate charged
by LICENSEE on NET SALES by such SUBLICENSEE, or; (b) the same rate
that would be due to LICENSOR from NET SALES by
LICENSEE.
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LICENSEE shall promptly (a) provide LICENSOR with a copy of
each sublicense granted by LICENSEE hereunder and any amendments
thereto or terminations thereof; (b) collect and guarantee payment
of all royalties due LICENSOR from SUBLICENSEES; and (c) summarize
and deliver copies of all reports due to LICENSEE from
SUBLICENSEES.
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4.2
All
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