Exhibit 10.3
PATENT,
TRADEMARK
AND COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS PATENT, TRADEMARK AND
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is
entered into as of this 16th day of July 2008, by and among Valcent
Products, Inc., corporation organized under the laws of Alberta,
Canada, Valcent USA Inc., a Nevada corporation, Valcent
Manufacturing, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership, Valcent
Management LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Vertigro Algae
Technologies LLC, a Texas limited liability company, and Valcent
Products EU Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of the
United Kingdom, each with an address of 828 Harbourside Drive,
Suite 208, North Vancouver, BC V7P 3R9, (jointly and severally, the
“Borrower”), and Platinum Long Term Growth VI, LLC, as
collateral agent (the “Agent”) for the investors
identified in the below referenced Purchase Agreement
(collectively, together with their successors and assigns, the
“Lenders”).
WHEREAS, Borrower and the Lenders
are parties to a certain Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated
as of July 16,2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or extended
from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”), and a
Security Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2008 (the “Security
Agreement”), which provide for, among other things: (i) the
Lenders to extend certain loans to or for the account of the
Borrower; (ii) the grant by the Borrower to the Lenders of a
security interest in all of the Borrower’s assets, including,
without limitation, its patents, patent applications, trademarks,
trademark applications, goodwill, service marks, trade names, trade
styles, copyrights, copyright applications, mask works,
trade-secrets information, and other proprietary rights, together
with all additions, accessions, accessories, amendments,
attachments, modifications, substitutions, and replacements,
proceeds and products of any of the foregoing, as set forth in the
Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective
meanings given in the Purchase Agreement); and (iii) the
appointment of the Agent as collateral agent, for the benefit of
the Lenders, for purpose of this Agreement, the Security Agreement
and the Mortgage (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants and agreements
contained, and for other good and valuable consideration (the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), the
Borrower and the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, agree as
follows:
1.
Security Interest in Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights . To
secure the complete and timely satisfaction of all of
Borrower’s “Obligations” (as that term is defined
in the Security Agreement) to the Lenders, the Borrower hereby
grants and conveys to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a
security interest (having priority over all other security
interests) with power of sale, to the extent pel1nitted by law, in
all of its now owned or existing, and hereafter acquired or
arising:
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(a)
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patents, patent applications, including, without limitation, any
invention and improvement to a patent or patent application,
including without
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limitation those patents and patent applications listed on
Schedule A (being sometimes referred to individually and/or
collectively, the “Patents”);
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(b)
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trademarks, registered trademarks and trademark applications,
trade names, trade styles, service marks, registered service marks
and service mark applications including, without limitation, the
registered trademarks, trademark applications, registered service
marks and service mark applications listed on Schedule B and
(i) all renewals thereof, (ii) all accounts receivable, income,
royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due and/or
payable with respect thereto, including, without limitation,
payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith
and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements
and dilutions thereof, and (iii) the right to sue for past, present
and future infringements and dilutions thereof, and (iv) all of the
Borrower’s rights corresponding thereto throughout the world
(all of the foregoing registered trademarks, trademark
applications, trade names, trade styles, registered service marks
and service mark applications, together with the items described in
clauses (i)-(iv) in this Section l(b), being sometimes hereinafter
individually and/or collectively referred to as the
“Trademarks”);
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(c)
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the goodwill of Borrower’s business connected with and
symbolized by the Trademarks; and
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(d)
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copyrights, and copyright applications, including without
limitation, those copyrights listed in Schedule C (being sometimes referred
to individually and/or collectively as the
“Copyrights”);
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together with all additions, accessions, accessories,
amendments, attachments, modifications, substitutions, and
replacements, proceeds and products of the foregoing.
2.
Recording of Patents and Trademarks . Borrower represents and warrants that (1) the
patents and patent applications listed in Schedule A, and (2) the
trademark and trademark applications described in Schedule B, have
each been duly recorded in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
(the “PTO”); and that no other patents, patent
applications, trademarks, or trademark applications have been filed
or recorded with the PTO in which the Borrower has an
interest.
3.
Recording of Copyrights .
Borrower represents and warrants that the copyright and copyright
applications described in Schedule C have been duly recorded in the
U.S. Copyright Office, and that no other copyright, and copyright
applications have been recorded in the U.S. Copyright Office, in
which the Borrower has an interest.
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4.
Restrictions on Future Agreements . Borrower will not, without the Agent’s
prior written consent, enter into any agreement, including, without
limitation, any license agreement, that is inconsistent with this
Agreement, and Borrower further agrees that it will not take any
action, and will use reasonable efforts not to knowingly permit any
action to be taken by others subject to its control, including
licensees, or knowingly fail to take any action, which would affect
the validity or enforcement of the rights transferred to the Agent,
for the benefit of the Lenders, under this Agreement or the rights
associated with those Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights which
are in Borrower’s reasonable business judgment, necessary or
desirable in the operation of Borrower’s business.
5. New
Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights . Borrower represents and warrants that the
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights listed on Schedules A, B, and
C, include all of the patents, patent applications, trademark
registrations, trademark applications, service marks registrations,
service mark applications, registered copyrights and copyright
applications, now owned or held by Borrower. If, prior to the
termination of this Agreement, Borrower shall (i) create or obtain
rights to any new patents, trademarks, trademark registrations,
trademark applications, trade names, trade styles, service marks,
service marks registrations, or service mark applications, or (ii)
become entitled to the benefit of any patent, trademark, trademark
registration, trademark application, trade name, trade style,
service mark, service mark registration, service mark application,
the provisions of Section 1 above shall automatically apply thereto
and Borrower shall give the Agent prompt written notice thereof.
Borrower hereby authorizes the Agent to modify this Agreement by
(a) amending Schedules A, B, and/or C, as the case may be, to
include any future patents, trademark registrations, trademark
applications, service mark registrations, service mark
applications, registered copyrights and copyright applications that
are Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights under Section 1 above, or
under this Section 5 (whether or not any such notice from Borrower
has been sent or received), and (b) filing, in addition to and not
in substitution for this Agreement, a supplement or addendum to
this Agreement containing on Schedule B therein, as the case may
be, such registered trademarks, trademark applications, service
marks, registered service marks and service mark applications that
are Trademarks under Section 1 above or this Section 5 and to take
any action the Agent otherwise deems appropriate to perfect or
maintain the rights and interest of the Agent, for the benefit of
the Lender, under this Agreement with respect to such Patents,
Trademarks and Copyrights.
6.
Nature and Continuation of Security Interest: Notice to Third
Parties . This Agreement has the effect of giving third parties
notice of the Agent’s Security Interest in Borrower