Exhibit 10.5
SECOND LIEN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
SECURITY AGREEMENT
SECOND LIEN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of August 20, 2009, among NORTH
AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (“
NATK ”), TIETEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Texas
corporation (“ TTT ”), and TieTek LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“ TieTek ”
and together with NATK and TTT, the “ Debtors ”
and each individually a “ Debtor ”)
(collectively and jointly and severally, “ Debtor
”), and OPUS 5949 LLC (formerly known as Tie Investors, LLC),
a Texas limited liability company (the “ Secured Party
”).
Debtors and Secured Party hereby
agree as follows:
1. Definitions;
Interpretation .
(a) Terms Defined in Loan
Agreement or Security Agreement . All capitalized terms used in this Agreement and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Loan Agreement and Security Agreement of even date
between the parties.
(b) Certain Defined Terms
. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“Collateral” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2 .
“Loan
Agreement” means
the Second Lien Loan Agreement of even date herewith between
Secured Party and Debtors pursuant to which the Loan is being
made.
“Obligations”
means all of the obligations of
Debtors to the Secured Party pursuant to the Loan Documents,
(including, without limitation, the Loans) and all other
obligations and liabilities of Debtors under this
Agreement.
“Patent
License” means any
written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any
third party any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a
Patent, now or hereafter owned by any Debtor or that any Debtor
otherwise has the right to license, is in existence, or granting to
any Debtor any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a
patent, now or hereafter owned by any third party, is in existence,
and all rights of any Debtor under any such agreement.
“Patents”
means all of the following now owned
or hereafter acquired by any Debtor: (a) all letters patent of
the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country,
all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for
letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in
any other country, including registrations, recordings and pending
applications in the PTO or any similar offices in any other
country, including those listed on Exhibit A hereto, and
(b) all reissues, continuations, divisions,
continuations-in-part, renewals or extensions thereof, and the
inventions disclosed or claimed therein.
“PTO”
means the United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
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“Security
Agreement” means
that certain Second Lien Security Agreement of even date herewith
granting to Secured Party a lien on the assets of Debtors executed
pursuant to and defined in the Loan Agreement.
“Trademark
License” means any
written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any
third party any right to use any Trademark now or hereafter owned
by any Debtor or that any Debtor otherwise has the right to
license, or granting to any Debtor any right to use any Trademark
now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any
Debtor under any such agreement.
“Trademarks” means all of the following now owned or
hereafter acquired by any Debtor: (a) all trademarks, service
marks, trade names, domain names, corporate names, company names,
business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade
dress, logos, other source indicators or business identifiers,
designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or
hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings
thereof, and all registration and recording applications filed in
connection therewith, including registrations and registration
applications in the PTO or any similar offices in any State of the
United States or any other country or any political subdivision
thereof, and all extensions or renewals thereof, including those
listed on Exhibit A hereto, and (b) all goodwill
associated therewith or symbolized thereby.
“UCC”
means the Uniform Commercial Code as
in effect in the state of Texas.
(c) Terms Defined in the
UCC . Where
applicable in the context of this Agreement and except as otherwise
defined herein, terms used in this Agreement shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the UCC.
(d) Construction
. In this Agreement, the
following rules of construction and interpretation shall be
applicable: (i) no reference to “proceeds” in this
Agreement authorizes any sale, transfer or other disposition of any
Collateral by Debtors; (ii) “includes” and
“including” are not limiting;
(iii) “or” is not exclusive; and
(iv) “all” includes “any” and
“any” includes “all.” To the extent not
inconsistent with the foregoing, the rules of construction and
interpretation applicable to the Security Agreement shall also be
applicable to this Agreement and are incorporated herein by this
reference.
2. Security Interest
.
(a) Grant of Security
Interest . As
security for the payment and performance of the Obligations, each
Debtor hereby grants, assigns, conveys, mortgages and transfers to
Secured Party a continuing security interest in all of such
Debtor’s right, title, and interest in, to, and under the
following property, in each case whether now or hereafter existing
or arising or in which such Debtor now has or hereafter owns,
acquires or develops an interest and wherever located
(collectively, the “ Collateral ”):
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(i)
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all of its
Patents and Patent Licenses together with all registrations and
recordings thereof, including, without limitation, applications,
registrations and recordings in the PTO or in any similar office of
any country or political subdivision thereof, to which it is a
party including those referred to on Exhibit A
hereto;
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(ii)
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all reissues,
continuations or extensions of the foregoing; and
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(iii)
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all of its
Trademarks and Trademark Licenses together with all prints and
labels on which said Trademarks have appeared or appear, designs
and general intangibles of like nature now existing or hereinafter
adopted or acquired and the applications, registrations and
recordings in the PTO or in any similar office or agency of the
United States of America, any states thereof, or any other country
or subdivision thereof, to which it is a party including those
referred to on Exhibit A hereto;
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(iv)
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all reissues,
continuations or extensions of the foregoing;
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(v)
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all goodwill of
the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by, each
Trademark and each Trademark License; and
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(iv)
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all products
and proceeds of any and all of the foregoing Collateral (including,
without limitation, income, license royalties, rights and payment
and accounts), any claim/or proceeds by any Debtor against third
parties for past, present or future infringement or dilution of any
Patent or any Patent licensed under any Patent License or any
Trademark or Trademark licensed under any Trademark License and any
injury to the goodwill associated with any Trademark or any
Trademark license under any Trademark License and, to the extent
not otherwise included, all payments under insurance (whether or
not Secured Party is the loss payee thereof) or any indemnity,
warranty or guaranty payable by reason of loss or damage to or
otherwise with respect to the foregoing Collateral.
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(b) Continuing Security
Interest . Each
Debtor agrees that this Agreement shall create a continuing
security interest in the Collateral.
3. Supplement to Security
Agreement . This
Agreement has been entered into in conjunction with the security
interests granted to Secured Party under the Security Agreement or
other security documents referred to in the Loan Documents. The
rights and remedies of Secured Party with respect to the security
interests granted herein are without prejudice to, and are in
addition to those set forth in the Security Agreement or any other
security documents referred to in the Loan Documents, all terms and
provisions of which are incorporated herein by
reference.
4. Representation and
Warranties . Each
Debtor represents and warrants to Secured Party that a true and
correct list of all the existing Collateral, consisting of U.S.
patents and patent applications or registrations, trademarks, and
trade names owned by such Debtor, in whole or in part, is set forth
in Exhibit A . Each Debtor also represents and warrants to
Secured Party that it has good and merchantable title to the
patents identified in Exhibit A , that such patents are free
and clear of any security interests, liens or other encumbrances
except as set forth on Exhibit B , that such patents
have been properly maintained in effect by such Debtor and that
such patents do not infringe on other patents. Each Debtor also
represents and warrants that it has not granted any license to
third parties with respect to the Collateral other than the
Australian License.
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5. Protection of Collateral .
Each Debtor shall take all steps
required to preserve and protect the Collateral including, but not
limited to, timely paying all royalties, license fees, filing fees
or registration fees and diligently defending all threats of
infringement thereon and upon challenges to the validity thereof.
In the Secured Party’s discretion, if any Debtor fails to do
so, the Secured Party may take any of the foregoing steps and make
any of the foregoing payments. Each Debtor agrees to reimburse the
Secured Party on demand for all expenditures so made. These
expenses will bear interest from the date of the advance at the
rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum and are payable on
demand at the place where the Obligations are payable. These
expenses and interest are part of the Obligations and are secured
by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as applicable. The
Secured Party shall have no obligation to any Debtor to make any
such expenditures, nor shall the making thereof be construed as the
waiver or cure of any Event of Default.
6. Further Acts
. On a continuing basis,
each Debtor shall make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver, and file
and record in the proper filing and recording places, all such
instruments and documents, and take all such action as may be
necessary or advisable or may be requested by Secured Party to
carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement, or for
assuring, confirming or protecting the grant or perfection of the
security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby, to
ensure such Debtor’s compliance with this Agreement or to
enable Secured Party to exercise and enforce its rights and
remedies hereunder with respect to the Collateral, including any
documents for filing with the PTO or any applicable state office.
Secured Party may record this Agreement, an abstract thereof, or
any other document describing Secured Party’s interest in the
Collateral with the PTO, at the expense of Debtors. In addition,
each Debtor authorizes Secured Party to file financing statements
describing the Collateral in any UCC filing office deemed
appropriate by Secured Party. If any Debtor shall at any time hold
or acquire a commercial tort claim arising with respect to the
Collateral, such Debtor shall immediately notify Secured Party in a
writing signed by such Debtor of the brief details thereof and
grant to Secured Party in such writing a security interest therein
and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement,
with such writing to be in form and substance satisfactory to
Secured Party.
7. Authorization to
Supplement . If any
Debtor shall obtain rights to