Exhibit 10.8
CERTAIN INFORMATION IN THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION. CONFIDENTIAL
TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED
PORTION.
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
SUPPLY, LICENSE, AND DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED SUPPLY, LICENSE AND
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is dated
as of the 27th day of December, 2005 by and between DIGITAL
ANGEL CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation
(“Company”), and VERICHIP CORPORATION , a
Delaware corporation (“VeriChip”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Company and VeriChip (hereinafter
referred to collectively as the “Parties”, and
individually as a “Party”) previously entered into that
certain Supply and License Agreement dated March 4, 2002 (the
“Original Supply and License Agreement”), relating to
the use of the Developed Products (as defined herein) in humans for
security, financial, emergency identification and other
applications;
WHEREAS, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(“FDA”) has (i) cleared the Developed Products for
human patient identification and health information (the
“Approved Medical Uses”) and (ii) has provided the
Company with a letter dated October 17, 2002 which states that
FDA approval will not be required for non-healthcare related uses
of the Developed Products in humans, as previously provided to
VeriChip (the “Approved Non-Medical Uses”);
WHEREAS, Company desires to supply VeriChip with
the Developed Products and VeriChip desires to buy the Developed
Products for both the Approved Medical Uses and the Approved
Non-Medical Uses in humans only;
WHEREAS, Company desires to notify VeriChip of
the development of New Products and VeriChip desires to have the
right to buy, market and sell New Products, as more specifically
described herein; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to clarify the
circumstances under which VeriChip may have the ability to
manufacture or have manufactured the Developed Products and in
connection therewith have access to certain of the Company’s
Intellectual Property.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
covenants and obligations hereinafter set forth, and other
consideration, the adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, Company and VeriChip agree to be legally bound as
follows:
AGREEMENT
1. Definitions . In addition to the terms
defined in the Recitals of this Agreement, the following terms used
in this Agreement shall have the following meanings:
(a) The “Act” means the
U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act as amended from time to time and
any foreign equivalents.
(b) “Affiliate” of a
Party means a person that directly or indirectly, through one or
more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under
common control with, said Party.
(c) “Applicable Laws”
shall mean (a) all laws, statutes, constitutions, treaties,
rules, regulations, ordinances, codes, guidance, common law, and
(b) all judicial, executive, legislative, administrative or
military orders, directives, decrees, injunctions, judgments,
Permits, agreements, and other legal requirements of, with, or
adopted or imposed by any Governmental Authority, now or hereafter
in effect and, in each case, as amended from time to time,
including, without limitation, any such legal requirements that
relate to or govern (i) the manufacture or quality of the
Developed Products, (ii) health, safety, industrial hygiene,
sanitation, or (iii) conditions on, under, about, or affecting
any real property (including the environment).
(d) “Confidential
Information” means any information, not generally known, and
proprietary to either Party or to a third party, including but not
limited to any trade secret information, information relating to
pricing, research, customer lists, diagrams, schematics, product
development, manufacturing, purchasing, accounting, marketing,
merchandising, selling, leasing, finance and business systems and
techniques. The term “Confidential Information” does
not include information: (i) that by reliable documentary
evidence can be shown to have been already lawfully in the
possession of the receiving Party through independent means at the
time of disclosure thereof; (ii) is or later becomes part of
the public domain through no fault of receiving Party;
(iii) that by reliable documentary evidence can be shown to
have been lawfully received by the receiving Party from a third
party having no obligations of confidentiality to the disclosing
Party; (iv) is required to be disclosed by law, by order of a
governmental agency, or by a court of competent jurisdiction
provided that the Party required to disclose such
information pursuant to such law or legal process takes reasonable
steps to provide the originally disclosing Party with the
opportunity to contest such law, order or legal process; or
(v) that by reliable documentary evidence can be shown to have
been independently developed by the receiving Party its agents or
employees having no access to the information otherwise
constituting Confidential Information.
(e) The “Developed
Products” means the radio frequency identification (RFID)
transponder invention, together with related devices, labeling,
packaging, and/or reader equipment described on Schedule 1 ,
whether or not such transponder is injected or implanted, and
including any Improvements developed during the Term, but not
including any New Products, unless such New Products are added to
this Agreement as contemplated in Section 3(e) of this
Agreement, in which case such New Products will be deemed to be
included in the Developed Products.
(f) “Documentation”
means existing and any later-developed technical information,
know-how and documents associated with the Intellectual Property
relating to the Developed Products including, without limitation,
manufacturing instructions, schematic diagrams, printed circuit
board layouts, parts lists, communication protocol specifications,
design specifications (including design logic and flowcharts),
technical data, testing specifications, code, user guides, and the
like.
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(g) The “Exclusive
Market” means all applications in which the Developed
Products are used for the primary purpose of secure human
identification, including, but not limited to, those used as an
implantable device.
(h) The “Excluded
Market” means applications of Developed Products other than
for secure human identification or for any use in a country not
included in the Territory.
(i) “Force Majeure
Event” means and includes, with respect to each of the
Parties, Acts of God, acts or omissions of civil or military
authority, fires, strikes, floods, epidemics, riot, war, acts of
terrorism, quarantine restrictions, delays in transportation,
inability to obtain equipment if not due to the acts or failure to
act of a Party or its subcontractors, and prolonged shortage of
energy or other supplies beyond the reasonable control of either
Party which prevents, in whole or in material part, the performance
by one of the Parties of its obligations hereunder or which renders
the performance of such obligations so difficult or costly as to
make such performance commercially unreasonable.
(j) “Governmental
Approvals” means any and all approvals required from a
Governmental Authority in accordance with any Applicable
Law.
(k) “Governmental
Authority” shall mean any federal, state, commonwealth,
provincial, local or foreign governmental authority, entity, body,
branch, agency, department, bureau, board, commission, officer,
official, court, adjudicator, tribunal or other entity, including
any agent thereof, exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory, or administrative authority over the manufacture,
marketing, pricing, use, or sale of any Developed Product
(including any Improvements thereto) including, without limitation,
any and all state, commonwealth, provincial, local and foreign
equivalents.
(l) “Improvements” means
any and all upgrades, enhancements or other improvements made by
the Company to the Developed Products during the Term which are
associated with the use of the Developed Products in human tissue
for the purpose of secure identification.
(m) “Intellectual
Property” means all know-how, ideas, concepts, trade secrets,
Confidential Information, proprietary information, research,
developments, mask works, moral rights, design rights, industrial
property rights, rights in and to inventions, Improvements, and
as-yet-undeveloped ideas, patent rights, patent applications,
patents and any other intellectual property rights in any
jurisdiction in the Territory including modifications and other
applications using or based upon the resulting technology or
required for the use of such technology wherever such concepts,
designs, design changes, modifications, research, and developments
might apply and which are created, developed, conceived,
discovered, collected or prepared pursuant or related to the
Developed Products including, but not limited to, patents set forth
on Schedule 4 to this Agreement.
(n) “New Products” means
microchip products developed by the Company which are primarily
intended for use in applications other than secure identification,
such as biometric sensing capabilities, and for which any
identification capabilities are ancillary to the primary intended
use.
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(o) “Term” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 5 of this
Agreement.
(p) “Territory” shall
mean the World.
2. Supply and Purchase Requirements .
During the Term, and with respect to the Exclusive Market, Company
shall manufacture the Developed Products exclusively for, and shall
sell the Developed Products exclusively to, VeriChip and any
VeriChip resellers or other nominees within VeriChip’s
control (the “VeriChip Group”), and the Company shall
use its best efforts to supply, at the time(s) required, all of the
requirements of VeriChip and the VeriChip Group for the Developed
Products with respect to the Exclusive Market. In the event that
Company is unable or unwilling to meet VeriChip’s
requirements for Developed Products, Company shall permit VeriChip
to obtain additional suppliers and shall permit such additional
suppliers to use the Intellectual Property for the sole purpose of
meeting VeriChip’s supply requirements, subject to the
provisions of Section 11(d) of this Agreement.
All reseller agreements shall contain provisions
requiring such resellers to materially comply with provisions
corresponding to those set forth in Sections 4, 7, 9, 10, 12 and 15
of this Agreement. In the event that VeriChip requests material
changes to the foregoing, or desires to enter into a reseller
agreement which does not contain provisions materially
corresponding to those set forth in Sections 4, 7, 9, 10, 12 and 15
of this Agreement, VeriChip shall obtain the prior written consent
of the Company to such changes or such arrangements, as applicable.
During the Term, and with respect to the Exclusive Market, VeriChip
shall purchase from Company and cause members of the VeriChip Group
and any other resellers to purchase from the Company all of their
respective requirements for the Developed Products with respect to
the Exclusive Market. Except as otherwise provided below, the cost
of each unit of the Developed Products during the Term and the
ordering and payment terms shall be as set forth on Schedule
2 . During the Term, Company shall not sell any Developed
Product, New Product or any product whose principal use is for
secure identification applications (either individually or
otherwise) to any party other than a member of the VeriChip Group
if the Company knows or should know that such party intends to use,
market or otherwise sell or provide such products in the Exclusive
Market. Company agrees that the covenant contained in the preceding
sentence and its exclusive supply obligations as defined herein are
conditions precedent to VeriChip’s obligations as defined in
this paragraph. VeriChip shall be entitled to seek appropriate
injunctive relief (without the requirement of proving actual
damages or irreparable harm) if Company breaches its exclusivity
obligations.
Each Party shall notify the other Party if such
Party learns of (i) any person or entity other than a member
of the VeriChip Group marketing the Developed Products in the
Exclusive Market or (ii) any party who is or may be infringing
upon any of the Intellectual Property. In either such event, the
Company shall have an affirmative duty to prosecute and/or defend
such violation of this Agreement or infringement, and only if
Company refuses to pursue such person or entity, VeriChip shall be
entitled to take any and all actions against such persons or
entities that are marketing, selling or promoting the sale of
Developed Products in violation of this Agreement,
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and Company shall provide VeriChip such
non-financial assistance as may be necessary to pursue such persons
or entities, including the right to bring suit in the name of
Company either directly or as co-plaintiff.
In addition to the obligations set forth in the
preceding paragraph above, if during the Term, to Verichip’s
knowledge and upon providing reasonable notice and documentation to
the Company, a third party (a “VeriChip Competitor”)
makes, uses, sells or offers for sale any product or service *** (a
“Competitive Product”), then in order to permit
VeriChip to more effectively compete against such Competitive
Product, the price of the applicable Developed Products shall be
adjusted as follows:
(i) If the parties can determine the
wholesale price paid by the VeriChip Competitor (based on
VeriChip’s knowledge and reasonable documentation thereof)
for the Competitive Product, the Company shall reduce its price for
the corresponding Developed Products ***.
(ii) If the parties are unable to
determine the wholesale price paid by the VeriChip Competitor for a
Competitive Product), the Company shall reduce its price for the
corresponding Developed Products ***.
(iii) If the parties cannot agree on
the appropriate price reduction pursuant to clauses (i) and
(ii) above, the parties shall submit the matter to binding
arbitration in the manner set forth in Section 18
below.
(iv) The price reduction referred to
in clauses (i) or (ii) above shall remain in place so
long as ***; provided, however, that in the event that the Company
obtains an injunction against the Competing Product or otherwise
prevents the Competing Product from being offered within such
territory, the price of the Developed Product shall return to the
level in effect prior to the introduction of the Competing Product
and, provided that Company (1) engages in legal action to
enjoin or prevent such infringement and (2) uses all
commercially reasonable efforts to recover the aggregate price
reduction granted by the Company pursuant to this paragraph as
damages from the VeriChip Competitor, VeriChip shall reimburse the
Company for *** the aggregate price reduction granted by the
Company pursuant to this paragraph which the Company is unable to
recover as damages from such VeriChip Competitor.
(v) In consideration of the price
adjustments set forth in this paragraph, the liability of the
Company for breaches of representations and warranties set forth in
Paragraph 8(a)(i) below *** shall not exceed the profits
generated by the Company from sales to VeriChip or the VeriChip
Group for the applicable Developed Products.
3. Improvements and New Products
.
(a) The Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to make Improvements to the
Developed Products. All such Improvements shall be promptly
disclosed to VeriChip. Any such Improvements shall be deemed to be
associated with a Developed Product for purposes hereof and the
provisions of this Agreement with respect to the Developed Products
shall mean the Developed Products together with any
Improvements.
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CERTAIN
INFORMATION IN THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY
WITH THE COMMISSION. CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH
RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.
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The pricing for any such Improvement
shall be negotiated in good faith by the parties hereto using the
following criteria only: (i) the increase or decrease in cost
of production to Company, (ii) Company’s direct and
demonstrable research and development costs of developing the
Improvements, (iii) a profit margin consistent with the
Developed Products, and (iv) reimbursement for any payments
required to be made by the Company to third party licensors if the
Company is required to license technology to develop the
Improvement.
(b) In the event Company makes any
Improvements to the Developed Products which are not requested by
VeriChip, Company shall continue to manufacture and supply to
VeriChip the previous (unimproved) iteration of the Developed
Products.
(c) VeriChip may from time-to-time
request that Company make Improvements to the Developed Products
including, without limitation, changes to packaging, labeling,
transponder color, and the like. The Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to incorporate the Improvements requested by
VeriChip into the Developed Products; provided, however, that
(a) VeriChip shall reimburse the Company promptly for all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including FDA costs) incurred by
the Company in making Improvements as requested by VeriChip, and
(b) the Company shall not make any Improvements that are
inconsistent with then applicable FDA authorizations without
obtaining any required FDA approvals. In the event that Company is
unable or unwilling to make an Improvement to meet VeriChip’s
request, Company shall permit VeriChip to obtain additional
suppliers and shall permit such additional suppliers to use the
Intellectual Property for the sole purpose of meeting
VeriChip’s requirement for Improvements, subject to the
provisions of Section 11(d) of this Agreement. In such event,
(i) VeriChip shall have the right to seek any required Governmental
Approvals for such Improvement, and (ii) any Improvement so
developed shall be the property of VeriChip, provided that VeriChip
will make any such Improvement available to Company for license in
non-human applications on reasonable and non-discriminatory
terms.
(d) If VeriChip desires to use the
Company’s transponder other than for implantation into human
tissue, VeriChip shall provide not less than 120 days written
notice to the Company, and the Company shall have the ability to
make changes to the Developed Products necessary for
VeriChip’s intended use, which changes will not affect the
Developed Products’ functionality.
(e) If VeriChip desires to use the
Developed Products for applications in humans other than the
Approved Medical Uses or Approved Non-Medical Uses (the “New
Uses”), VeriChip shall so notify the Company, and the Company
shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any
required Governmental Approvals for such uses, if any. VeriChip
shall not use the Developed Products for New Uses unless all
required Governmental Approvals have been obtained or the Company
has notified VeriChip that no Governmental Approvals are required.
VeriChip shall cooperate with the Company in performing all acts
related to obtaining required Governmental Approvals, including but
not limited to providing marketing and other information related to
the New Uses to the Company and joining the Company in the
development and
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implementation of any required
clinical studies. VeriChip shall promptly reimburse the Company for
all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Company in connection
with obtaining any Governmental Approvals required for
VeriChip’s New Uses. In the event that the Company refuses to
seek any required Governmental Approvals, VeriChip shall notify the
Company in writing of its desire to seek such Governmental
Approvals directly or through its agents, appointees or other third
parties, and unless the Company commences the steps necessary to
obtain such required Governmental Approvals within thirty
(30) days from the date of such notice, VeriChip shall have
the right to seek and obtain such required Governmental Approvals
in its own name and through use of its own resources, including the
use of sub-licensees, OEM manufacturers and other third parties, as
may be applicable, provided that VeriChip also agrees to share with
the Company any information submitted in connection with obtaining
such Governmental Approvals.
(f) Except as provided herein, the
license granted by this Agreement to VeriChip shall not apply to
New Products. The Company shall promptly disclose any New Products
to VeriChip, and if VeriChip desires to market and sell said New
Products, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith the terms on
which VeriChip shall have the opportunity to market and sell such
New Products. For purposes of such negotiation, the Parties
acknowledge and agree that the pricing applicable to all New
Products should be determined in good faith on the same terms set
forth in Section 3(a) with respect to Improvements. In the
event the Parties are unable to agree on the terms under which
VeriChip shall have the right to market and sell such New Products
within 90 days after the Company first notifies VeriChip of the
existence of any such New Product, the Company shall have the right
to market or sell such New Product, either directly or indirectly,
provided that in the event that Company elects to market such New
Product through any third party, and such third party offers
pricing which is lower than the price last offered by VeriChip,
Company shall again offer VeriChip the exclusive right to market
the New Product on the terms proposed by the third party.
Otherwise, the Company shall have no further obligation to
VeriChip. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as VeriChip
retains its exclusive right to market the Developed Products in the
Exclusive Market, the Company will not authorize the use of New
Products for applications which would violate the Exclusive
Market.
(g) VeriChip shall have the right to
design and build (or cause to be designed and built) its own
readers which readers may, but shall not be required to, read
Company’s transponders or tags in humans. Company hereby
grants VeriChip a fully-paid, royalty-free, perpetual,
non-exclusive license to utilize Company’s U.S. Patent Number
5,952,935 for the purpose of designing and constructing, using,
selling and offering to sell readers for human applications
only.
4. Market and Other Restrictions .
VeriChip shall not, either directly or indirectly, promote, rent,
lease, sell or authorize the rental, lease or sale of Developed
Products, Improvements or New Products in the Excluded Market, but
shall not be restricted from licensing its own intellectual
property. VeriChip agrees that it will observe the
territorial/market restrictions and end user limitations set forth
herein for all products covered by this Agreement. VeriChip shall
not sell any Developed Product, Improvements or New Product or
other product
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covered by this Agreement (either individually
or otherwise) to any party if it knows or should know that such
party intends to use, market or otherwise sell or provide such
products in the Excluded Market. Further, VeriChip shall not sell
any Developed Product, Improvements or New Product to any party if
it knows or should know that such party intends to use, market, or
otherwise sell or provide such Developed Product, Improvements or
New Product for human applications other than for Approved Medical
Uses or Approved Non-Medical Uses. VeriChip shall notify the
Company if VeriChip learns of any person or entity marketing the
Developed Products in the Excluded Market. Company shall be
entitled to appropriate injunctive relief if VeriChip breaches its
obligations in this paragraph with respect to the Excluded Market
and such breach remains uncured following written notice thereof
from Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, at
any time, VeriChip and members of the VeriChip Group shall have the
right to purchase, develop, use, have developed, or sell, for
themselves and others, products competitive with the Developed
Products, provided that such products do not infringe upon the
Company’s Intellectual Property.
5. Term and Termination; Loss of Exclusivity
– Entire Territory .
(a) The term of this Agreement shall
commence on the date of execution and shall continue until
March 4, 2013 (the “Term”). Provided that VeriChip
continues to meet its purchase obligations hereunder, the Term
shall thereafter be automatically renewed on an annual basis until
the expiration of the last patents covering any of the Developed
Products. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party hereto may
terminate this Agreement if (i) the other Party shall default
in the performance of any obligations hereunder including the
payment of money and shall not cure such default within 90 days
after receipt of written notice thereof; (ii) a petition of
bankruptcy shall be filed by the other Party; or (iii) a
petition of bankruptcy shall be filed against the other Party and
such petition shall not have been discharged within 30 days after
the filing thereof. In the event of any termination as a result of
breach by VeriChip hereunder, VeriChip shall be required to
immediately pay for any units of the Developed Products that have
been ordered, delivered, and not yet paid for.
(b) VeriChip shall retain its
exclusive right to distribute the Developed Products for the Term
in the Territory provided that the VeriChip Group takes delivery
and pays for a minimum number of transponders within each year
referenced below (a “Minimum Unit Commitment”) at least
equal to the unit levels set forth in Schedule 5 attached
hereto:
If during any year VeriChip and the
VeriChip Group purchase in excess of the Minimum Unit Commitment
for the applicable year, such excess purchases shall be credited
towards the Minimum Unit Commitment for the following year or
years. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, if VeriChip fails
to purchase and pay for the volumes of transponders as indicated
above, but is otherwise in compliance with the material terms of
this Agreement, Company shall have the option, upon 60 days written
notice, to terminate the exclusivity of this Agreement unless
within 30 days after such written notice, VeriChip makes sufficient
purchases to meet said transponder unit volumes.
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The following shall be credited
against the Minimum Unit Commitment: (a) Developed Products
purchased by the VeriChip Group from the Company,
(b) Developed Products purchased by VeriChip from third
parties on which VeriChip pays the royalty described in
Section 11(d) of this Agreement, and (c) Developed
Products purchased by VeriChip from third parties while the payment
of royalties is suspended because of the Company’s inability
to supply VeriChip’s requirements.
6. Sales Reports . VeriChip shall provide
the Company with reports of its sales and marketing activities
regarding the Developed Products in the Territory in such detail
and with such frequency as is reasonably agreed between the
Parties. In addition, VeriChip shall keep and maintain records of
its sales of Developed Products. Such records shall be open to
inspection from time to time, at reasonable times, as requested by
the Company, as soon as practicable after such request and in any
event within fifteen (15) business days after such request, by
the Company and its officers, agents and other representatives. In
addition, the Company will have the right to make or cause to be
made an independent examination and/or audit of the books and
records of VeriChip relating to its sales of Developed Products.
Any such inspection shall be made at the Company’s expense.
The records required by this paragraph shall be maintained and
available for inspection during the Term. All of the foregoing
information shall be deemed to be Confidential Information as
described hereinafter.
7. Confidentiality
(a) In furtherance of this Agreement
and performance of the duties and obligations arising under this
Agreement, each party may make Confidential Information available
to the other. During the Term of this Agreement and for a period of
three (3) years thereafter, (i) neither Party will use
for its own benefit or the benefit of any other person or entity
any Confidential Information of the other Party; and (ii) each
Party will use all reasonable care, but in no event less care than
it takes to protect its own Confidential Information of similar
importance, to protect the Confidential Information of the other
Party from unauthorized use, disclosure and publication.
(b) The Parties acknowledge that
each Party’s Confidential Information is a valuable, special,
and unique asset of the respective Party’s business. Each
Party hereby further acknowledges that such Confidential
Information is the sole and exclusive property of the respective
Party, absolutely and forever, and the other Party agrees not to
use, copy, disclose, make available or divulge such Confidential
Information to any person, firm, corporation, association, or other
entity for any reason or purpose whatsoever.
(c) Each of VeriChip and Company
respectively assumes full liability hereunder for the actions,
statements and representations of its employees, officers, agents
and representatives; and agrees to inform each of them of the
provisions of this Section 7 and enforce its provisions
against each of them.
(d) The Parties mutually agree that
the rights protected by this Section 7 are unique and not
adequately protected or compensated for by liquidated damages. In
the event of a breach, the harmed Party shall be entitled to obtain
injunctive relief against the breaching party and otherwise enjoin
the breaching party from the use or dissemination of such
Confidential Information.
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(e) The provisions of this Section
shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement as
provided above.
(f) The Parties agree that all
property of one Party that is in the possession of the other
Parties at the time of termination of this Agreement, including
without limitation, all designs, schematics, documents, reports,
manuals, memoranda, computer print-outs, customer lists, and
Confidential Information shall be immediately returned to the
Parties providing such information.
8. Product Warranties, Limitation of
Liability and Indemnification Provisions .
(a) Company hereby warrants that
(i) the Company is the owner of the patents set forth on
Schedule 4 to this Agreement; (ii) during the term of
the patents set forth on Schedule 4 to this Agreement, the Company
has not entered into any agreement with any third party which is
inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement; (iii) to the
best of the Company’s knowledge,