Exhibit 4.28
EXCLUSIVE
RAGNAROK
AUTHORIZATION TO USE AND DISTRIBUTE SOFTWARE
AGREEMENT
THIS AUTHORIZATION TO USE AND
DISTRIBUTE SOFTWARE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”)
is made and entered into on this 15 th day of August, 2004, by and between:
Gravity Corporation
, a corporation duly organised and
existing under the laws of the Republic of Korea (“
Korea ”) and having its offices at 3rd Fl.
Shingu Bldg., 620-2, Shinsa-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul, 135-894, Korea
(“ Gravity ”); and,
Level Up! Interactive
S.A. , a company duly
organized and existing under the laws of the Republic Federative of
Brazil (“ Brazil ”), headquartered at Rua
Geraldo Flausino Gomes, nº 78, 11º floor, cj. 113 and
114, Brooklin, 04575-060, in the city of São Paulo, State of
São Paulo, enrolled with the Ministry of Finance Tax
Registration Number under CNPJ/MF 06.142.151/0001-60 (“
Level Up! ”)
RECITALS :
WHEREAS
, Gravity has developed and
possesses all rights in computer programs of online game
“Ragnarok” (“ Game ”) as well
as the know-how and technical information on the installation,
design, service and use of the Game;
WHEREAS
, Level Up! desires to enter into
an exclusive authorization to use and distribute software agreement
with Gravity pursuant to which Level Up! will distribute and market
the Game in the territories specified below; and,
WHEREAS
, Gravity desires to grant such
authorization to use and distribute software to Level Up! under the
mutual terms and conditions herein below specified.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the mutual
promises and covenants contained herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Article 1
Definitions
The terms defined in this Article
shall have the meaning ascribed to them herein whenever they are
used in this Agreement, unless otherwise clearly indicated by the
context.
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1.1
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“ Agreement
” shall mean this Authorization to Use and Distribute
Software Agreement , and all annexes, amendments and
supplements hereto.
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1.2
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“ Confidential
Information ” shall mean all materials, know-how,
software or other information including, but not limited to,
proprietary information and materials regarding a Party’s
technology, products, business information or objectives, including
the software for the Game and Technical Information under this
Agreement, which is designated as confidential in writing by the
providing Party or which is the type that is customarily considered
to be confidential information by persons engaged in similar
activities.
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1.3
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“ End Users
” shall mean the users of the Game through a network game
service system established and operated by Level Up! with
individually assigned ID Numbers for each End User.
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1.4
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“ Game ”
shall have the meaning stipulated in the recitals above, including
any modified or advanced version of the Game distributed by Gravity
for error correcting, updating or debugging purpose, under the same
title. Any subtitled version, series or sequel to the Game which
may be developed or distributed by Gravity after the execution of
this Agreement shall be clearly excluded from the scope of this
Agreement.
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1.5
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“ ID Number
” shall mean an identification number assigned to each End
User, with which such End User can access and use the network game
service system established and operated by Level Up!.
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1.6
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“ English
Version ” shall mean the Game provided in the English
language.
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1.7
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“ Intellectual
Property ” shall mean all patents, designs, utility
models, copyrights, know-how, trade secrets, trademarks, service
mark, trade dress and any other intellectual property rights in or
related to the Game or Technical Information.
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1.8
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“ Local Language
” shall mean the Portuguese language as used in the
Territory.
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1.9
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“ Local Version
” shall mean the Game provided in the Local
Language.
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1.10
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“ Parties
” and “ Party ” shall mean Gravity
and Level Up!, collectively and individually,
respectively.
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1.11
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“ Servers
” shall mean the servers established, installed and operated
by Level Up! within the Territory only for the service of Game to
End Users in the Territory.
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1.12
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“ Service-Sales
Amount ” shall mean the total service-sales amount
that has been paid by End Users for the Game, including the amounts
paid by way of prepaid card, and calculated by the billing
system.
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1.13
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“ Technical
Information ” shall mean the software, know-how,
data, test result, layouts, artwork, processes, scripts, concepts
and other technical information on or in relation to the Game and
the installation, operation, maintenance, service and use
thereof.
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1.14
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“ Territory
” shall mean Brazil.
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Article 2
Grant of Authorization
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2.1
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Gravity hereby grants to Level Up!,
subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement,
the exclusive, copyright-bearing and non-transferable Authorization
(the “Authorization”) to service, use, promote,
distribute and market the Game to End Users and to use the
Technical Information for such purpose within the Territory, and to
grant an authorization subject, however, to the prior written
approval of Gravity of the identity of the Gravity’s approval
shall not be required for the terms of the authorized agreement
between Level Up! and Sub-Authorized.
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2.1.2
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The
service, use, promotion, distribution and marketing of the Game by
Level Up! under this Agreement shall be made in the Local Language
using the Local Version in the Territory. Gravity shall provide
Level Up! with the game script and any service, use, promotion,
distribution and marketing of the Game outside the Territory and
any use of the Technical Information for any purpose other than
performance under this Agreement are strictly
prohibited.
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2.3
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Level Up! shall provide services of
the Game only by the IBM PC on-line method (excluding mobile
access) using the Servers. However, in consideration of the current
level of development of information technology in the Territory,
which primarily operates on a narrow-band basis, Level Up! shall be
allowed to manufacture, distribute and sell the Game in a compact
disk (“ CD ”) format.
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2.4
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The
Game shall be serviced, promoted, distributed and marketed under
the titles, trademark, character names and other names of the Game
(“ Title ”) as originally created and
used by Gravity, provided, however, that if a change in any of such
Titles is required due to any special lingual or social
circumstance of the Territory, the Parties shall decide and use new
Title (“ New Title ”) for the Game. All
of the rights in or to the Title and New Title shall be exclusively
owned by Gravity and Level Up! shall not use any such Title or New
Title in a manner that falls outside the scope of this Agreement
without the prior written approval of Gravity.
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2.5
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All
of the rights in or to the Game, except as granted under this
Agreement, including but not limited to the rights to the character
business of the Game, shall remain exclusively with Gravity.
However, Gravity will grant to Level Up! the right of first
negotiation for sixty (60) days to produce and/or sell and
distribute in the Territory merchandise relating to the Game,
including, but not limited to, character dolls, reproductions of
the characters in collaterals, and such other merchandising
accessories, under a separate merchandising agreement. Such right
of first negotiation shall include the right of Level Up! to match
any written offer received by Gravity from any third party. Level
Up! shall also have the right of first negotiation for thirty
(30) days to acquire the rights to all new game titles of
Gravity from the date when such new game is available in the
Territory or the date that Gravity gives Level Up! written notice,
whichever date is later. Also included is the right of Level Up! to
match any offer received by Gravity from any party. If Level Up!
fails to exercise such right, Gravity may grant the Authorization
for a new game title to the offering party, provided the terms of
such authorization shall not be more favourable than those offered
and rejected by the Level Up!, and provided further that Gravity
shall grant such authorization to the offering party no later than
thirty (30) days from expiration of Level Up!’s right of
first negotiation. If the offering party renews its offer beyond
this thirty (30) day period, then Level Up! shall again be
immediately notified by Gravity and the Level Up!’s right of
first negotiation shall again come into effect.
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2.5.1
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Gravity shall notify Level Up! in
writing within seven (7) days upon receipt of an offer from
any party relating to merchandise or new games as described
above.
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Article 3
Delivery of Game
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3.1
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Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, Gravity shall provide Level Up! with its full
assistance and cooperation, including preparation of the Local
Language Version and providing technical assistance, in order to
enable a launch of the beta service and commercial service of the
Game in the Territory.
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3.2
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Gravity shall deliver the Local
Language Version of the Game to the Level Up! at its servers in
Brazil for testing, not later than ninety (90) days from the
date of execution of this Agreement. The beta test of the Game
shall commence not later than fifteen (15) days from initial
acceptance of the Local Language Version by the Level Up!. Level
Up! shall launch the commercial service of the Game in the
Territory within one hundred twenty (120) days from the date
of launch of the beta service of the Game, provided, however, that
all defects and bugs detected in the Game during the beta service
are corrected or rectified by Gravity. The Parties agree to
cooperate with each other and exert their best efforts to launch
the services of the Game in accordance with the above schedule in
this Section 3.2. The above target dates for launching the
services of the Game may be changed by mutual agreement between the
Parties.
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3.3
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Once Level Up! receives the English
Version and technical documents on the Game (collectively “
Delivery Materials ”) from Gravity, Level Up!
shall perform its review and test promptly and inform Gravity of
any defect in or modifications that have to be made to the Delivery
Materials within forty five (45) days after receipt
thereof.
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3.3.1
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Level Up!’s failure to so
inform within the designated period shall be regarded as acceptance
by Level Up! of the Delivery Materials, and any revision or
modification of any of the Delivery Materials which may be made by
Gravity thereafter upon the request by Level Up! shall be at Level
Up!’s sole expense. Upon the request of Level Up! and
Gravity’s approval thereon, Level Up! shall provide the
translated transcript of the Game into the Local Language and
Gravity shall prepare Local Version by incorporating such
translation into the Game. Level Up! shall guarantee the accuracy
of such translation in the Local Version and all of the rights in
or related to Local Version shall be exclusively owned by Gravity.
Level Up! hereby assigns all of its right on the translation and
promises not to claim any right or reimbursement on the translation
or Local Version in any case. It is understood however that any
defects in the game that appear after said forty five (45) day
period shall continue to be rectified by Gravity.
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3.4
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The
Game shall be serviced in the Territory only in the manners
permitted by Gravity under this Agreement. Level Up! shall be
strictly prohibited from any modification, amendment or revision of
any part of the Game including the title of the Game and the name
of the characters in the Game, without the prior written approval
of Gravity.
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Article 4
Technical Assistance
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4.1
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During the term of this Agreement,
Gravity shall provide Level Up! free of charge with the technical
assistance, and technical support and maintenance needed and
requested by Level Up! to enable the latter to provide and maintain
high-quality service for the Game, including, but not limited to
software installation and set-up, maintenance support, patch
updates in connection with the Game and the localization of the
Game into the English Version, training Level Up!’s technical
personnel in respect of the maintenance and operation of the Game
provided that, any and all expenses actually incurred by any
engineers dispatched by Gravity to perform the above technical
assistance in this Section 4.1, including, without limitation,
economy or business class airfare, lodging, food and other general
living expenses incurred during their stay at Level Up!’s
premises, shall be borne by Level Up!. The Parties shall agree in
writing on the budget for the aforesaid expenses prior to
Gravity’s incurring the same.
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4.2
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Gravity shall, upon the request of
Level Up!, dispatch its engineers to Level Up! for the installation
of Servers and training of Level Up!’s personnel. The total
period for such technical assistance excluding the travelling time
shall not exceed ten (10) man days [based on eight
(8) hours of work per engineer per day], and any further
assistance through dispatch of Gravity’s engineers shall be
determined by the mutual agreement of the Parties. After the
initial dispatch by Gravity of its engineers for the said 10
man-day period, the salaries of Gravity’s engineers for the
dispatched period shall be reimbursed by Level Up! to Gravity. All
the expenses incurred by the engineers of Gravity for economy or
business class airfare, lodging and food and other general living
expenses during their stay for the period of technical assistance
shall be borne by Level Up! provided that, the same are within the
budget as agreed upon by the Parties under
Section 4.1.
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4.3
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During the term of this Agreement,
Gravity shall receive Level Up!’s personnel in its office in
Korea for training with respect to the installation and service of
the Game and the installation, maintenance and operation of the
Servers. The number of the trainees from Level Up! shall not exceed
three (3) persons at one time and the total period of training
shall not exceed seven (7) man-days [based on eight
(8) hours of training per trainee per day], unless otherwise
agreed in writing by Gravity. All of the expenses for travel,
lodging, food and other general living expenses incurred by such
dispatched personnel of Level Up! shall be borne by Level
Up!.
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4.4
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Any
further assistance may be rendered by Gravity upon mutual agreement
of the Parties.
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4.5
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Each Party shall be fully
responsible and fully indemnify the other Party for the behaviour
of and activities performed by its employees and personnel during
their stay at the other Party’s facilities.
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4.5.1
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Both parties agree to cooperate
fully and in good faith in all technical matters relating to the
operation of the Game, in order to maintain good service to the
Users.
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4.6
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Both parties agree to have the
separate Service Providing Amendment to be attached to the
agreement for dispatching the Gravity’s staff within forty
five (45) days from the execution date of this Agreement, and
the minimum amount of dispatching the two (2) Gravity’s
staffs shall be fifty thousand US dollars (USD 50.000,00)
annualy.
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4.6.1
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The
Parties shall enter into a separate agreement regarding the amount
that shall be paid for the dispatching of the two
(2) Gravity’s staffs.
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4.6.2
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The
following expenses shall be covered by the amount referred to in
the Section 4.6 above:
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4.6.2.1
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Daily Allowance to be paid to the
personnel in the Local Office, which shall be no less than thirty
US dollars (30) US Dollars per day.
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4.6.2.2
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Accommodation for two (2) of
Gravity’s staffs.
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4.6.2.3
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Basic Salaries of the
Gravity’s staffs according to the separate agreement foresee
in Section 4.6 above.
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4.7
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The
terms and conditions of staying for the staffs shall be lasted
until until “Ragnarok’s” commercial service is
over and reviewed at each six (6) months.
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Article 5
Payment
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5.1
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In
consideration of the Authorization and technical assistance granted
under this Agreement, Level Up! shall pay the following amounts to
Gravity:
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5.2.1
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Level Up! shall pay to Gravity a sum
of Two Hundred Forty Thousand United States Dollars (USD
240,000.00) (“ Initial Payment ”) upon
the below schedule.
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5.2.1.1.
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within seven (7) days from the
execution date of this agreement and once Level Up! receives any
and all necessary approval from any governmental body, including
but not limited to the Brazilian Central Bank: Eighty Thousand US
Dollars (USD80,000.00).
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5.2.1.2
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within seven (7) days after
starting the open beta test Game and once Level Up! receives any
and all necessary approval from any governmental body, including
but not limited to the Brazilian Central Bank:: Eighty Thousand US
Dollars (USD80,000.00).
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5.2.1.3
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within seven (7) days after
starting the released Game and once Level Up! receives any and all
necessary approval from any governmental body, including but not
limited to the Brazilian Central Bank:: Eighty Thousand US Dollars
(USD80,000.00).
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5.2.2
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The
Initial Payment, whether in part or in whole, shall not be refunded
to or recouped by Level Up!, except for cases where the Game does
not function properly due to inherent defects or bugs therein,
which are not remedied by Gravity within eighty (80) days from
the date when the Game is installed in the Level Up!’s
hardware. Such refund accorded to Level Up! shall be fifty
(50) percent of the Initial Payment less the cost incurred by
Gravity in localizing the Game in the Territory.
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5.2.3
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Gravity hereby expressly agrees that
Level Up! Inc. , a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, and having its
offices at 8th floor Pacific Star Building, Makati City,
Philippines (“ Controller of L evel
Up! ”), has also made a payment on behalf of the
Level Up! in the amount of Ten Thousand US Dollars (USD10,000.00),
which is also part of the Initial Payment.
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5.2.3.1
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Controller of Level Up! and Level
Up! shall take the proper measures under Brazilian law regarding
the payment made by the Controller of Level Up! on behalf of the
Level Up!, as per Section 5.2.3, above.
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5.3
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Copyright Fee and
Report:
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5.3.1
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In
addition to the Initial Payment, Level Up! shall pay to Gravity as
continuing copyrights fee, twenty five percent (25%) of the
Service-Sales Amount paid by End Users (“
Copyright ”). Subject to Section 5.4
below, the Copyright shall be paid on a monthly basis within twenty
(20) days after the end of the applicable month. Payment shall
be deemed made upon presentation of Level Up! whether in fax or any
other means the remittance confirmation or notice to Gravity. In
any case, unless Gravity actuall
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