Exhibit 10.39
TECHNOLOGY SUBLICENSE
AGREEMENT
Jazz Advanced Technology
THIS TECHNOLOGY SUBLICENSE AGREEMENT
(this “Agreement”), is made and entered into as of
August 30 th , 2003 (the “Effective
Date”), by Jazz/Hua Hong, LLC, a limited liability company
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware
(“Licensor”), and Shanghai Hua Hong NEC Electronics
Company, Limited, a company organized under the laws of the
People’s Republic of China (“Licensee”) and
Newport Fab LLC, a Delaware limited liability company d/b/a Jazz
Semiconductor (“Jazz”).
Purpose and
Background
Licensor-has been granted a license
from Jazz, to the extent that Jazz has the right to grant such
license, of Jazz Technology and Jazz Patent Rights (as defined
below), in order for Licensee to be an option of Jazz’s
second source of requirements for 0.18um advanced RF CMOS wafers
and 0.25um / 0.18um SiGe BiCMOS wafers that include or embody any
of the products listed on Exhibit C attached hereto
(“Wafers”), pursuant to the terms and conditions of a
Technology License Agreement between Jazz and Licensor (the
“Jazz License Agreement”), which, among other things,
contemplates the sublicense of such license by Licensor to
Licensee.
Licensee is the other member of
Licensor and Licensee has committed to provide Licensor with
semiconductor products for sale to Jazz utilizing manufacturing
capacity at Licensee’s facility in Shanghai, People’s
Republic of China. This Agreement provides for the sublicense to
Licensee, to the extent that Licensor has the right to grant such
license pursuant to the Jazz License Agreement and subject to and
in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein and
therein, of Jazz Technology (as described in Exhibit A
attached hereto) and Jazz Patent Rights (as described in
Exhibit B attached hereto), in order for Licensee to meet
Licensor’s requirements for Wafers, and for no other
purpose.
Agreement
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing premises, the mutual covenants and agreements
contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledge
by each of the parties, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
Definitions
.
1.1
“Agreement” shall mean
this Technology Sublicense Agreement by and between Licensor and
Licensee.
1.2
“Documentation” shall
mean written material(s) and/or manual(s) provided by Licensor to
Licensee and any on-line help files or other on-line materials
regarding or related to the Jazz Technology.
Confidential treatment is being
requested for portions of this document. This copy of the document
filed as an exhibit omits the confidential information subject
to the confidentiality request. Omissions are designated by the
symbol [...***...]. A complete version of this document has been
filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
1.3
“Effective Date” shall
have the meaning given to it in the introductory paragraph hereof;
provided, that the effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to
the pertinent terms and conditions hereof.
1.4
“Intellectual Property
Rights” shall mean any and all right, title and interest in
and to any and all patents and all patent applications (including,
without limitation, originals, divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, CPA’s, RCE’s, provisional,
extensions or reissues), design rights (whether registered or not
and all applications for the foregoing), copyrights, database
rights, topography rights, mask work rights, applications to
register any of the aforementioned rights, trade secrets, rights in
unpatented know-how and show-how, information, data, drawings,
concepts, drawings, schematics, specifications, object code and
machine-readable copies of any software, source code relating to
any software, rights of confidence, rights of authorship, and any
other intellectual or industrial property rights of any nature
whatsoever in any part of the world and whether arising under
the common law, state law, federal law or the laws of any foreign
country.
1.5
“Jazz Confidential
Information” as used herein means information about this
Agreement and all its Exhibits and Schedules, any amendment or
addenda hereto or thereto, Licensor’s business, assets or
operations, including but not limited to Jazz Technology and
Intellectual Property Rights, and any other proprietary information
supplied to Licensee by Licensor or Jazz deemed by Jazz to be of
value and not commonly known to others within Jazz’s
industry. Jazz Confidential Information will not include
information which Licensee demonstrates with documentary evidence:
(a) was filed with any governmental agency on a
non-confidential basis or was known to the public at the time of
its disclosure, or becomes known to the public after the disclosure
through no action of Licensee; (b) was in Licensee’s
possession prior to the time of the disclosure (provided that
Licensee did not receive such information from a party that was
subject to a confidentiality agreement with Licensor or Jazz);
(c) is subject to a subpoena, summons or other legal process,
or (d) was developed by Licensee independent of the disclosure
by Licensor or Jazz.
1.6
“Jazz
License Agreement” shall have the meaning given to it in the
above Recitals.
1.7
“Jazz
Patent Rights” shall mean those patent rights under which
Licensor is licensed by Jazz pursuant to the Jazz License Agreement
during the term of this Agreement.
1.8
“Jazz
Technology” shall mean all proprietary information and
know-how obtained by Licensor from Jazz and provided to Licensee by
Licensor, no matter in what form provided and including
without limitation information and know-how identified in
Confidential Information Transmittal Report(s) (copies of which
shall be provided to Licensee), that relate to Jazz’s
process(es) for the manufacture of Wafers, Jazz’s
specifications for Wafers, Jazz’s performance criteria for
Wafers and all other matters relating to Wafers and their
manufacture, including, without limitation, information relating to
the products and processes identified in Exhibit A attached hereto.
1.9
“
Licensee” shall mean Shanghai Hua
Hong NEC
Electronics Company,
Limited, a company organized under
the laws of the People’s Republic of China.
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1.10
“Licensee’s
Facility” shall mean Licensee’s facility located at
No. 1188, Chuan Qiao Rd, Pu Dong Shanghai, Peoples Republic of
China or other agreed facility.
1.11
“Licensor” shall
mean Jazz / Hua Hong, LLC, a limited liability company
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.
1.12
“LLC
Agreement” shall mean the Limited Liability Company Agreement
of Licensor.
1.13
“Process” shall
mean Jazz’s process for the manufacture of Wafers as
communicated by Licensor to Licensee from time to time during the
term of this Agreement.
1.14
“Wafer
Acceptance Criteria” shall mean those written Wafer
specifications, engineering requirements, performance criteria,
etc. provided by Licensor to Licensee from time to time during the
term of this Agreement.
1.15
“Wafers” shall
have the meaning given to it in the above Recitals.
2.
License; Limitations and
Restrictions .
2.1
License of Jazz Technology to
Licensee . Licensor
hereby grants to Licensee, subject to compliance by Licensee with
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, an exclusive,
nontransferable, royalty-free (except as otherwise provided herein)
license, without the right to sublicense to use the Jazz Technology
to produce Wafers at a HHNEC manufacturing facility within China
exclusively for Licensor; and shall only apply if (1)Licensee is
satisfying the capacity requirements of Licensor,; and
(2) Licensee is commercially competitive on on-time delivery
quality, and yield of Licensor products purchased under separate
agreement between Licensor and Licensee; and, provided, further,
that such right of exclusivity shall not apply to any existing
contracts, agreements, or commitments between Licensor and any
third party entered into prior to the signing hereof, which have
been identified to Licensee. If Licensee fails to meet the
conditions set forth in this Section regarding the exclusivity,
Licensor shall notify the Licensee in writing of such failure and
the Licensee, upon receiving such notice, shall have ninety days
(90) of grace period to correct such failure. Subject to the
foregoing, during the term of this Agreement said right of
exclusivity shall mean that Licensor shall not license the Licensed
Technology to any third party within China other than Licensee to
make and sell, Wafers to Licensor but Licensor shall be free to
make and sell and license any third party or parties to make and
sell Wafers outside of China. It is also understood that Licensor
shall retain the right to use the Licensed Technology to make or
sell wafers at Licensor’s facilities without
restriction.
2.2
No Other Licenses or
Rights . This license
does not authorize any use other than that which is expressly set
out herein. No other license or right to sublicense or other right
is granted, by implication, estoppel or otherwise to Licensee under
any Jazz Technology, Jazz Patent Rights or any Intellectual
Property Rights of Jazz and/or Jazz Confidential Information now or
hereafter owned or controlled by Jazz except those expressly
granted in this Agreement. Licensee agrees and acknowledges that,
except as otherwise set forth herein, Licensor, on behalf of Jazz,
reserves to itself all rights in all fields, territories and
technologies under or with respect to the Jazz Technology, Jazz
Patent Rights and Intellectual Property Rights of Licensor
therein.
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2.3
No Transfer of Title or
Ownership . This
license transfers to Licensee neither title nor any Intellectual
Property Rights to the Jazz Technology or Jazz Patent Rights (or
any part or element thereof), any Documentation (or any
part or element thereof), or any copyrights, patents, trade
secrets, or trademarks, or other proprietary rights embodied or
used in connection therewith, except for the limited rights
expressly granted herein. Licensee hereby agrees and acknowledges
that Jazz is the sole owner of and shall retain all ownership
right, title and interest in and to the Jazz Technology and Jazz
Patent Rights (and all Intellectual Property Rights therein).
Licensee hereby agrees that Licensee shall not contest or oppose or
otherwise participate in or support any challenge, including
without limitation a challenge to ownership, validity, scope or
enforceability of any Jazz Technology or Jazz Patent Rights (or any
Intellectual Property Rights therein), nor shall Licensee
participate in or support in any way any reissue, reexamination or
reconsideration thereof. Licensee shall sign or cause to be signed
all documents necessary to perfect Jazz’s ownership rights in
Jazz Technology and Jazz Patent Rights, including all Intellectual
Property Rights therein, including without limitation all necessary
assignments and agreements with its employees, subcontractors or
agents.
2.4
License
Restrictions .
Licensee agrees that it will not itself, or through any parent,
subsidiary, affiliate, agent or other third party:
(a) manufacture or have manufactured any Wafers for any person
or entity other than for or on the behalf of Licensor or Jazz;
(b) sell, lease, rent, assign, transfer, license or sublicense
the Jazz Technology or Documentation; (c) use or manipulate
the Jazz Technology or Documentation (or any part or element
thereof) in any manner or to any extent not expressly contemplated
by this Agreement; (d) provide, disclose, divulge or make
available to, or permit use of the Jazz Technology or Documentation
(or any part or element thereof) by any third party, except as
otherwise permitted in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof; or (e) take any other action in derogation of
Licensor’s Intellectual Property Rights.
2.5
Right to Audit
. Licensee will keep complete, true
and accurate books of account, records of production, engineering
documents, etc. for the purpose of showing its compliance with the
terms of this Agreement. Such books, records and documents will be
kept at Licensee’s principal place of business at all times
during the term of this Agreement and for a period of at least two
(2) years after termination or expiration of this Agreement
for any reason. Upon ten (10) days written notice to Licensee,
and no more often than twice per year, Licensor’s designated
representative, at Licensor’s expense, shall have the right
to inspect Licensee’s records relevant to this Agreement only
and not business data of Licensee that is irrelevant to this
Agreement during normal business hours solely for the purposes of
verifying the compliance by Licensee with the provisions of this
Agreement. A final inspection shall occur no later than two
(2) years after the termination of this Agreement.
2.6
U.S. Export Control
Approvals . Licensee
acknowledges and agrees that the effectiveness of this Agreement
and grant of such license is expressly conditioned upon Licensor
and Licensee obtaining all necessary and advisable approvals from
the United States Department of Commerce (Bureau of Industry and
Security) and any and all other applicable U.S. and foreign
governmental agencies . (collectively, “Export Control
Approvals”).
2.7
Newly Developed
Technology. During
the term of this Agreement, the Process may be improved,
modified, refined or otherwise altered by Licensee. Such
improvements, modifications, refinements or other alterations shall
hereinafter be referred to as “
Newly
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Developed Technology
” and may,
but need not necessarily, constitute one or more inventions,
whether patentable or not. Licensee agrees to promptly disclose any
Newly Developed Technology to Licensor. All Newly Developed
Technology and all Intellectual Property Rights therein shall be
owned by Licensee. Licensee
may make any registrations or
filings with respect to any Newly Developed Technology with
written notice to Licensor. Licensee
hereby grants to Licensor a worldwide, perpetual, non-
exclusive, non- transferable, royalty-free license in the Newly Developed Technology and all
Intellectual Property Rights therein to make, sell, offer to sell,
import and otherwise distribute products that include or
incorporate, in whole or in part, the Newly Developed Technology
and the Intellectual Property Rights therein .
3.
Warranties;
Disclaimers .
3.1
Limited
Representation by Licensor. Licensor warrants only that, as of the
Effective Date, to the actual knowledge of Licensor, the Jazz
Technology and Jazz Patent Rights licensed to Licensee are owned,
developed by Jazz or Licensor, or have been licensed to Jazz or
Licensor, and to Licensor’s actual knowledge, does not
infringe any intellectual property right of any third party.
Licensee’s exclusive remedy and Licensor’s sole
obligation for breach of this warranty are set forth in
Section 4.1 (Indemnification).
3.2
SUBJECT TO
APPLICABLE CHINESE LAWS AND REGULATIONS REGARDING TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER, EXCEPT
FOR THE LIMITED REPRESENTATION MADE BY LICENSOR IN SECTION 3.1
ABOVE, THE JAZZ
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, THE JAZZ TECHNOLOGY, THE JAZZ PATENT
RIGHTS, THE DOCUMENTATION, AND ALL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
THEREIN AND ALL MATERIALS RELATED THERETO AND THE USE THEREOF AND
OF ANY HARDWARE, SOFTWARE OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION DELIVERED
HEREUNDER (IN ANY AND ALL FORMS) IS PROVIDED BY LICENSOR AND IS
ACCEPTED BY LICENSEE “AS IS” AND “WITH ALL
FAULTS.” LICENSOR MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
WITH RESPECT TO SAME AND/OR THEIR QUALITY, PERFORMANCE,
MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. FURTHER, THERE IS NO AFFIRMATION OF FACT, ACCURACY,
COMPLETENESS, CAPABILITY OR PERFORMANCE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, MADE
BY LICENSOR WITH RESPECT TO THE
JAZZ CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, THE JAZZ TECHNOLOGY, JAZZ PATENT
RIGHTS, DOCUMENTATION, THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS THEREIN AND
ALL MATERIALS RELATED THERETO OR THE USE THEREOF OR OF ANY
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION DELIVERED
HEREUNDER.
WITHOUT IN ANY
WAY LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, LICENSOR DOES NOT
WARRANT THAT THE JAZZ TECHNOLOGY IS COMPLETE OR WILL OPERATE
UNINTERRUPTED OR THAT IT WILL BE FREE FROM ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS OR
THAT THE JAZZ TECHNOLOGY OR ANY PORTION THEREOF IS DESIGNED TO MEET
ANY OF LICENSEE’S TECHNICAL OR BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS. NO
EMPLOYEE, AGENT, REPRESENTATIVE OR AFFILIATE OF LICENSOR HAS
AUTHORITY AT ANY TIME TO BIND LICENSOR TO ANY ORAL OR WRITTEN
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY CONCERNING ANY OF THE JAZZ
TECHNOLOGY.
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4.
Indemnification
.
4.1
Indemnification by
Licensor . Subject to
Section 5.1 (Limitation of Liability), Licensor and/or Jazz
hereby agrees to defend, at Jazz’s and/or Licensor’s
expense, and indemnify Licensee against damages finally awarded by
a court of proper jurisdiction in any intellectual property
infringement lawsuit brought by any third party against the
products manufactured by Licensee using the Jazz Technology
hereunder, only to the extent that such products are sold to
Licensor and only to the extent that such infringement action is
based on using Jazz Technology hereunder.
Neither Jazz nor
Licensor shall have any obligation under this Section 4.1,
unless Licensor and Jazz are promptly notified of claims, suits and
actions by such third party, given all known evidence in
Licensee’s possession, and given reasonable assistance
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