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Exhibit 10.2
TRADEMARK LICENSE AGREEMENT
This Trademark License Agreement
(this “ Agreement ”) is made as of July 31,
2007, by and among Imation Corp., a Delaware corporation (“
Licensee ”), and TDK Corporation, a Japanese
corporation (“ Licensor ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS , the Licensor and
Licensee are parties to an Acquisition Agreement, dated
April 19, 2007 (the “ Acquisition Agreement
”), an Investor Rights Agreement, dated July 31, 2007
(the “ Investor Rights Agreement ”), and a
Supply Agreement, dated July 31, 2007 (the “ Supply
Agreement ”);
WHEREAS , Licensee wishes to
license from Licensor the right to use the Licensed Trademarks in
the Territory on and in connection with Licensee’s marketing,
promotion, distribution and sale of the Licensed Products (as
defined below) and Licensor has agreed to license to Licensee the
Licensed Trademarks for such purposes, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof;
WHEREAS, Licensor and
Licensee’s wholly-owned subsidiary IMN Data Storage Holdings
C.V. (“ Imation C.V. ”) have entered into a
similar Trademark License Agreement as of the date hereof in which
Imation C.V. will license from Licensor the right to use the
Licensed Trademarks outside the United States on and in connection
with its marketing, promotion, distribution and sale of the
Licensed Products (the “ IMN Trademark License
Agreement ”);
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set forth
herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain Definitions .
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings set
forth in Exhibit B .
1.2 Interpretation . Unless
otherwise indicated to the contrary in this Agreement by the
context or use thereof: (a) the words “herein,”
“hereto,” “hereof” and words of similar
import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
Section, Article or paragraph hereof; (b) references in this
Agreement to Sections, Articles or paragraphs refer to sections,
articles or paragraphs of this Agreement; (c) headings of
Sections are provided for convenience
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only and
shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this
Agreement; (d) words importing the masculine gender shall also
include the feminine and neutral genders, and vice versa;
(e) words importing the singular shall also include the
plural, and vice versa; (f) the words “include”,
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed
to be followed in each case by the phrase “without
limitation”; (g) any reference to a statute refers to
the statute, any amendments or successor legislation, and all
regulations promulgated under or implementing the statute, as in
effect from time to time; (h) any reference to an agreement,
contract or other document as of a given date means the agreement,
contract or other document as amended, supplemented and modified
from time to time through such date; (i) “$” and
“Dollars” mean the lawful currency of the United States
of America and any threshold set in Dollars herein shall be deemed
to refer to the equivalent amount in any other currency, as the
context may require; and (j) “or” shall include the
meanings “either” or “both.”.
ARTICLE II
LICENSE
2.1 Trademark License Grant .
Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Licensor hereby grants to Licensee a non-transferable,
non-sublicensable (except as set forth in Section 2.5
), exclusive and restricted license in the Territory, during the
terms set forth below, to use, reproduce and display the Licensed
Trademarks solely for the marketing, promotion, advertisement,
distribution, lease or sale of Licensed Products. For the avoidance
of doubt, all references in this Agreement to Licensee’s use,
reproduction or display of a Licensed Trademark shall be deemed to
be restricted to the Territory. For the further avoidance of doubt,
Licensor retains no right to use, reproduce or display the TDK word
mark, the Diamond Design, the TDK Diamond Logo consisting of the
TDK word mark and the Diamond Design, all shown on Exhibit A
(individually, a “TDK Mark” and collectively,
“TDK Marks”), the Licensed Trademarks, or any
Trademarks that are confusingly similar to the Licensed Trademarks
or any element thereof for the marketing, promotion, advertisement,
distribution, lease or sale of any Licensed Product for so long as
the license granted hereunder for such Licensed Product is in
effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensee acknowledges that
the Licensed Products do not include Medical Data Recording Media
or Specific Broadcast Media and that Licensor reserves all
worldwide rights to use, reproduce, and display any Trademark
(including the TDK Marks) but not the Licensed Trademarks for the
marketing, promotion, advertisement, distribution, lease or sale of
Medical Image Data Recording Media and Specific Broadcast Media,
and to grant rights to others to do the same. All rights of
Licensor in and to the Licensed Trademarks not expressly granted
under this Article II are reserved by Licensor. The term of
license grants are as set forth below:
(a)
Core Products; Accessory Products : The term of the license
for use of the Licensed Trademarks in connection with Core Products
and Accessory Products shall be for the term of this
Agreement.
(b)
Speaker Products and Headphone Products : The term of the
license for use of the Licensed Trademarks in connection with
Speaker Products and Headphone Products shall be ten (10) years
from the Effective Date.
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(c)
RRM Products : The term of the license for use of the
Licensed Trademarks in connection with any RRM Product approved
pursuant to the provisions of Article IV shall be ten
(10) years from the date of Licensor’s approval of the
inclusion of such RRM Product within the scope of this Agreement as
set forth in Article IV .
2.2 Use-Up Rights for TDK
Marks . Licensee shall have the right, in the Territory, to
(a) sell or otherwise dispose of any Licensed Products that
bear a TDK Mark transferred as of the Effective Date in accordance
with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, and (b) use
existing stocks of packaging, Promotional Material, and other
documents and materials that bear a TDK Mark, transferred as of the
Effective Date in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition
Agreement, in connection with such sales or other dispositions, in
each case for up to one (1) year after the Effective Date,
provided that Licensee shall seek to migrate all sales and use of
materials to the Licensed Trademarks as promptly as reasonably
practicable, consistent with business requirements, over such
period.
2.3 Product Sites; Linking
Agreement . Licensee may maintain websites exclusively for the
purpose of promoting Licensed Products in the Territory as set
forth in this Agreement (each a “ Product Site
”). In addition, Licensor will provide a hypertext reference
link (“ Link ”) from the initial, top level
display of or a redirection from the following Uniform Resource
Locators (“ URLs ”):
<http://www.tdk.com/>, <http://www.tdk.co.jp/>,
<http://www.tdk-europe.com/>, <http://www.tdk.com.au/>,
<http://www.tdk.de/>, <http://www.tdk.com.sg/>,
<http://www.tdk-russia.ru/>, and <http://www.tdk.ch/>,
(each, a “ Licensor Site ”), to the Product Site
designated by the URL <http://www.tdk-media.com/> as set
forth in this Section 2.3 .
(a) Licensor
shall provide a Link from a Licensor Site to the Product Site
designated by the URL, <http://www.tdk-media.com/>, only to
the extent that such Licensor Site refers to Licensed Products as
of the Effective Date (other than <http://www.tdk.de/>, as to
which no forward commitment is made, even if it refers to Licensed
Products as of the Effective Date) and only for so long as Licensor
elects in its discretion to maintain such Licensor Site. If the
Licensor no longer maintains a Licensor Site, but is permitted by
applicable law or regulation of any domain name registration entity
or registry (“ Domain Name Regulation ”) to own
and control the URL associated with the discontinued site, Licensor
shall redirect traffic to that URL to the notice page (described in
subsection (c) below) and then to the Product Site designated
by the URL, <http://www.tdk-media.com/>.
(b) If
Licensor displays any graphics or photographs next to Links to
third party sites or to other locations within the Licensor site on
the initial, top level URL display for a Licensor Site, then
Licensor shall include a graphic or photograph next to the Link for
the Product Site designated by the URL
<http://www.tdk-media.com/>. Licensee shall supply the
graphic or photograph for the Link provided that Licensor shall
have the right to reasonably approval any such graphic or
photograph.
(c) The
Link from the Licensor Sites (that are active websites) shall first
redirect users to a notice page (identified by
<http://www.tdk.co.jp/notice.html/> and maintained and
controlled by Licensor) that will notify users that they are being
redirected using the following message: “You are being
redirected to [Product Site] .” The notice page shall
redirect
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users to
the website designated by the URL,
<http://www.tdk-media.com/>, or to another site as mutually
agreed by the parties. The home page and each page of a Product
Site that contains other legal notices shall contain the following
statement: “The TDK LIFE ON RECORD Logo is used under a
trademark license from [Licensor.] ” Each page of a
Product Site shall either identify Licensee or display
Licensee’s standard copyright notice in Licensee’s
name. The Licensor at its expense will register and maintain a
registration for the domain name, <tdk-media.com>. Licensor
will be listed as the administrative and billing contact for the
domain name, <tdk-media.com>, and Licensee will be listed as
the technical contact using the contact information
domainadmin@imation.com or such information as provided by Licensee
to Licensor. During the term of the Agreement, Licensor grants to
Licensee a non-transferable, non-sublicensable (except as set forth
in Section 2.5 ), worldwide, exclusive and restricted
license to (i) use the domain name, <tdk-media.com>, and
the Additional Licensed Domain Names (as defined in subsection
(f) below) for corresponding Product Sites, and
(ii) refer to each such URL on Licensed Products and on their
packaging or Promotional Material.
(d) Licensee
shall maintain each Product Site (including maintaining the servers
for such sites) at its own expense. Subject to Licensor’s
rights to take actions necessary to require Licensee to comply with
this Agreement or the Quality Guidelines, Licensor shall not
impede, deny, or otherwise restrict Licensee’s access to or
ability to maintain each Product Site or corresponding email
addresses. The “About Imation,” “Contact
Us” or equivalent section of each Product Site shall be
reasonably prominent and shall identify Licensee as the contact and
shall contain the following statement: “The products
described on this site are made by or on behalf of
[Licensee] and use of the TDK LIFE ON RECORD Logo is
pursuant to a trademark license from [Licensor]. ”
Licensee shall promptly notify Licensor in writing when it ceases
to maintain a Product Site and Licensor shall have the right to
immediately terminate Licensee’s license to use the
corresponding domain name at that time.
(e) Each
Product Site shall be deemed to be “Promotional
Material” for all purposes hereof, and shall be subject to
the terms and conditions applicable to Promotional Material under
this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Licensee shall (i) not display or use a Link in a manner that
causes either the Licensor or a Product Site or any portion of its
content to be associated with any advertising or sponsorship not
part of such Sites; (ii) not display or use a Link in a manner
that could cause confusion, mistake, or deception;
(iii) display disclaimers on the Product Site pursuant to the
Quality Guidelines; and (iv) maintain and enforce terms of use
and other policies applicable to the Product Site that are
commercially reasonable.
(f) Licensor
has agreed that Licensee may use “tdk-media.XXX” domain
names listed on Exhibit I (“ Additional
Licensed Domain Names ”) for Product Sites in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement. Licensee shall register the
Additional Licensed Domain Names in Licensor’s name and bear
all expenses associated with such registrations. Licensor may, upon
Licensee’s request and at Licensee’s expense, provide
Licensee with support reasonably requested in registering and
maintaining the Additional Licensed Domain Name. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if a Domain Name Regulation does not permit
registration of a particular Additional Licensed Domain Name in
Licensor’s name in a particular country for any reason (e.g.,
the Domain Name Regulation does not permit registration of more
than one domain name in the name of Licensor), all rights Licensor
has granted to Licensee for such Additional
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Licensed
Domain Name shall terminate, Licensee shall not seek to register
such Additional Licensed Domain Name, and Licensor shall have no
other obligation as to such Additional Licensed Domain Name.
Further, if a Domain Name Regulation limits in any way
Licensor’s ability to register a domain name, such as a
domain name having the same parent domain name (e.g.,
“co.jp”) or incorporating the word “TDK,”
in the name of Licensor because Licensee has registered an
Additional Licensed Domain Name in such country, all rights that
Licensor has granted to Licensee to such Additional Licensed Domain
Name in such country shall terminate and Licensee shall immediately
terminate Licensee’s registration for such Additional
Licensed Domain Name in such country and take any other action that
Licensor shall reasonably requests in connection with
Licensor’s efforts to register such domain name in such
country. If any of the Additional Licensed Domain Names are
registered by a third party, Licensor shall bear no obligation to
take any action to protest or cancel such third party’s
registration or obtain such registrations. If an Additional
Licensed Domain Name or similar domain names are registered by a
third party, and Licensee reasonably believes that such
registration could adversely affect Licensee’s business,
Licensee may request in writing that Licensor seek to cancel such
registration. Licensor shall have the right in its sole discretion
to determine whether to seek such cancellation. If Licensor decides
to proceed with the cancellation action, Licensor shall bear the
costs and expenses associated with such action. If Licensor decides
not to proceed with the cancellation action, and agrees (in its
sole discretion) to permit Licensee to proceed with the
cancellation action, Licensee may proceed with the cancellation
action. In such case, Licensee shall bear all costs and expenses
associated with such action. Licensor may, upon Licensee’s
request and at Licensee’s expense, provide Licensee with
support reasonably requested by Licensee in such cancellation
action. If a Domain Name Regulation does not permit registration of
a particular Additional Licensed Domain Name or limits
Licensor’s ability to register a domain name in light of a
previously registered Additional Licensed Domain Name, Licensee may
propose an alternative (which must begin with
“tdk-media.”). Licensor shall have sole discretion to
decide whether to agree to allow Licensee to register the
alternative.
(g) At
Licensor’s reasonable request, the Strategic Relationship
Committee shall meet and consider in good faith what action, if
any, should be taken (including modifications to the Product Site)
in light of the frequency and history of any third party claims
against Licensor or any of its Affiliates where a basis, in whole
or in part, for involving Licensor relates in any way to the
Product Site or any other Promotional Material.
2.4 Patent License . Licensor
hereby grants to Licensee a royalty-free, non-transferable,
nonsublicenseable (except as set forth in Section 2.5 )
non-exclusive license (not including manufacturing or have made
rights) in the Territory under any patents of Licensor or its
Affiliates that, as of the Effective Date, Licensor has the right
to grant licenses without payments to third parties, for the
marketing, distribution, or sales of Current Magnetic Tape Products
and Current Optical Media Products which, in both cases, Licensor
or Licensee has commercialized as of the Effective Date, provided
that if Licensee or any of its Affiliates asserts a patent against
Licensor or any of its Affiliates, the license shall terminate and
further provided that Licensee and its Affiliates shall not sue
Licensor or any of its Affiliates for damages arising before
termination of the license. If the patent license terminates under
this Agreement, it shall automatically terminate under the IMN
Trademark License Agreement.
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2.5 Sublicenses to Qualified
Entities . Licensee shall have the right to grant sublicenses
of its rights under Sections 2.1 , 2.2 ,
2.3 , 2.4 , and 2.12(b) only to Qualified
Entities. Prior to, and as a condition to the effectiveness of, any
sublicense to a Qualified Entity pursuant to the preceding
sentence, the Qualified Entity shall enter into an agreement that
contains, at a minimum, the provisions in the form of attached
Exhibit G (a “ Sublicense Agreement
”), whereby the Qualified Entity (a) acknowledges
receipt of a copy of this Agreement, (b) agrees to act in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and (c)
expressly confirms that Licensor is an intended third party
beneficiary thereof. Licensee will promptly notify Licensor of the
execution of each Sublicense Agreement, and provide Licensor with a
copy of such executed Sublicense Agreement. When an entity ceases
to be a Qualified Entity, the sublicense rights to that entity
shall immediately and automatically terminate without the further
act of any party.
2.6 Restrictions. As an
express condition to, and in material consideration for, the
licenses granted to Licensee hereunder, Licensee expressly agrees
to the following restrictions as to its use of the Licensed
Trademarks:
(a) Licensee
shall not do anything inconsistent with Licensor’s ownership
of the Licensed Trademarks. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Licensee shall not challenge the validity of any
Licensed Trademark, Licensor’s ownership thereof, or the
enforceability of Licensor’s rights therein.
(b) Licensee
shall not use, reproduce or display (or authorize the use,
reproduction or display of) the Licensed Trademarks in any manner
whatsoever other than as expressly authorized by this
Agreement.
(c) Except
as expressly permitted by Section 2.2 , during the term
and after any termination of this Agreement, Licensee shall not use
any service mark, service name, trade name, trademark, design or
logo that is confusingly similar to any Licensed Trademark or any
element thereof, including any mark, word or design that
incorporates the word “TDK” or the TDK diamond logo, or
any mark, word, logo or design confusingly similar thereto. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the term and after
any termination of this Agreement, Licensee shall not use the word
“TDK” or the TDK diamond logo in any corporate name or
in any domain name, other than as permitted in
Section 2.3 . For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent
that an element of a Licensed Trademark (but in no event a TDK
Mark) is expressly disclaimed in a trademark registration (such as
“mobile” in TDK MOBILE), Licensee shall not be
prohibited from using such element in its own Trademarks by the
terms hereof.
(d) Except
for existing inventory of Licensed Products or existing stocks of
packaging, Promotional Material, and other documents and materials
that bear a TDK Mark that Licensee is permitted to use pursuant to
Section 2.2 (which shall be used in the form
transferred as of the Effective Date, without alteration), Licensee
shall not use any of the Licensed Trademarks together, or use any
Licensed Trademark in combination with any other trademark, service
mark, trade name, trading style, fictitious business name, name,
character, symbol, design, likeness or literary or artistic
material in a manner that create a unitary or combination Trademark
without the prior written consent of Licensor. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Licensee may use (i) any Licensed Trademarks
together if Licensor has a general practice of
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using
such Licensed Trademarks together and (ii) any Trademarks
assigned to Licensee by Licensor pursuant to the Acquisition
Agreement with the Licensed Trademarks, but not in a manner that
might create a unitary or combination Trademark.
(e) For
a period that runs for one (1) year prior to the expiration of
the separate licenses for the Speaker Products and Headphone
Products and for each RRM Product approved pursuant to
Article IV , and for a period that runs for one
(1) year prior to the termination of the Agreement for the
Core Products and Accessory Products, Licensee may Display one or
more Licensee Trademarks on or in connection with the Licensed
Products as part of a transition plan (which, at a minimum,
includes provisions regarding how the Trademarks will be used
together) mutually agreed by the parties, in advance of the
applicable transition period, provided that such Display shall not
create a unitary or combination Trademark.
(f) Licensee
shall not register any Licensed Trademark, and Licensor shall
retain the exclusive right to apply for and obtain registrations
for each Licensed Trademark throughout the Territory (although
Licensee may request registrations, and make registrations in
Licensor’s name, under certain circumstances, as set forth in
Section 2.8 ). Licensee shall not register any domain
name containing the word [TDK] .
(g) Licensee
shall not assert any adverse claim against Licensor based upon
Licensor’s use of any Licensed Trademark (other than a claim
for breach of contract based on the exclusivity provisions of this
Agreement or the non-competition provisions of the Acquisition
Agreement).
2.7 Notice . In connection
with the use of the Licensed Trademarks on packaging or Promotional
Material for the Licensed Products, Licensee shall include a
trademark notice in a form reading: “The [TDK LIFE ON
RECORD Logo] is a trademark of [Licensor], ”
except that Licensee may use the typed words “TDK Logo”
instead of the actual logo where the notice would be too small to
show the actual logo clearly or where the notice is embedded within
other text. Further, with respect to any Licensed Product other
than Core Products or Accessory Products, Licensee shall indicate
when using a Licensed Trademark on packaging or Promotional
Material for such product that “The [TDK LIFE ON RECORD
Logo] is used under a trademark license from [Licensor],
” subject to the same exception as the previous sentence.
Subject to Section 2.3 , if a Licensed Trademark is
used multiple times on or in packaging or Promotional Material, the
notice and statement regarding licensed use need only be used for
the first prominent use of the Licensed Trademark on or in such
packaging or Promotional Material. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary, the requirements of this Section 2.7 shall
not apply to existing stocks of packaging, Promotional Material,
and other documents and materials that bear a TDK Mark that
Licensee is permitted to use pursuant to Section 2.2
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2.8 Filing, Maintenance, and
Renewal.
(a)
Licensee Cooperation : Licensee agrees to reasonably
cooperate with Licensor’s preparation and filing of any
applications, renewals or other documentation necessary
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or
useful to protect Licensor’s intellectual property rights in
the Licensed Trademarks in the Territory.
(b)
Licensor Filing and Maintenance : Licensor shall have the
primary right to determine whether to file or maintain
registrations for any Licensed Trademarks. Licensor will give
Licensee reasonable notice of its intention to abandon or otherwise
fail to maintain or prosecute any registered Licensed Trademarks or
application therefor in any country or class applicable to a
Licensed Product in the Territory and allow Licensee an opportunity
to prosecute or otherwise maintain such registrations for Licensed
Trademarks for Licensed Products at Licensee’s expense, but
in Licensor’s name. Licensee may request that Licensor file
or maintain registrations for a Licensed Trademark for a country or
class applicable to a Licensed Product in the Territory, and
Licensor shall either take such action at Licensee’s expense
or, if Licensor does not wish to do so, permit Licensee to do so,
at Licensee’s expense, but in Licensor’s name. To the
extent that Licensor elects to file or maintain registrations for
Licensed Trademarks that cover both Licensed Products and Licensor
Products, Licensor shall take such action at Licensor’s
expense. If Licensor elects not to file or maintain registrations
for Licensed Trademarks that cover both Licensed Products and
Licensor Products, Licensee shall be under no obligation to file or
maintain the registrations for the Licensor Products.
(c)
Licensor Obligations If Licensee Pays : To the extent that
Licensor is directing the prosecution and maintenance of Licensed
Trademarks but Licensee is paying the costs, Licensor either
directly or through its counsel shall furnish Licensee with copies
of all filings made or received in connection with such Licensed
Trademarks, provided that Licensor shall consult with Licensee
about and send to Licensee for approval in advance of filing any
responses to substantive office actions and Licensee shall not
unreasonably withhold or delay such approval. Licensor shall also
arrange for all invoices related to such prosecution and
maintenance to be sent directly to Licensee for payment and
Licensee shall have the right in good faith to dispute such
invoices and to require Licensor to pay the disputed invoice if the
dispute cannot be resolved to Licensee’s reasonable
satisfaction, but in any such case Licensor shall not be required
to take further steps as to the application or other matters at
issue pending the satisfactory resolution of such dispute unless
necessary to prevent the application or registration from
lapsing.
(d)
Licensor Obligations If Licensee Handles and Pays : To the
extent that Licensee is filing or maintaining registrations for any
Licensed Trademarks in Licensor’s name, Licensor agrees to
reasonably cooperate with Licensee’s preparation and filing
of any applications, renewals or other documentation necessary to
protect Licensor’s intellectual property rights in the
Licensed Trademarks and Licensee may hire counsel of
Licensee’s own choosing.
(e)
License Recordals : Should local counsel of either Party
reasonably recommend that Licensee be appointed as a licensee of
Licensor for the Licensed Trademarks in the Territory and
(i) Licensor reasonably determines that such license should be
recorded with the appropriate trademark or customs office as
reasonably necessary to protect Licensor’s rights in the
Licensed Trademarks, then Licensor at its expense shall prepare and
file the necessary documents subject to Licensee’s approval,
which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed or (ii) if
Licensee reasonably determines that such license should be recorded
with the
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appropriate trademark or customs office as reasonably necessary to
protect Licensee’s ability to enforce its rights in the
applicable Territory, Licensee at its expense shall prepare and
file the necessary documents subject to Licensor’s approval,
which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Licensee
agrees to sign any documents reasonably necessary for Licensor to
cause any recordals to be terminated as to any Licensed Products
upon the expiration or termination of the license applicable to
such product hereunder.
2.9 Enforcement and Defense of
Infringement Claims .
(a)
Notification : The parties shall reasonably cooperate in
providing notice to each other in writing (a “ Notice of
Alleged Infringement ”) if a Party becomes aware of any
use of a Licensed Trademark, or element thereof, or of any
Trademark on a Licensed Product, which may be confusingly similar
to any Licensed Trademark, or element thereof, by any Person in the
Territory.
(b)
Action by Licensor to Enforce : Licensor shall have the
primary right, but not the obligation, to determine whether to
institute and/or pursue any proceedings to enforce any rights in
the Licensed Trademarks, as well as the right to select counsel.
Licensee shall cooperate with Licensor in any such suit, including
granting Licensor the right to bring suit in Licensee’s name
with respect to such infringement (and execute any documents
necessary to effectuate the same) if necessary under the applicable
rules of civil procedure to effect standing, and Licensee shall be
reimbursed for reasonably incurred expenses. Licensor will be
solely responsible for the costs of such action and will retain all
recoveries and awards necessary to reimburse Licensor for any costs
and expenses and, for any recoveries and awards in excess, shall
share equally any recoveries and awards with Licensee to the extent
such recoveries and awards are related to Licensed Products.
Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, in no event
shall Licensee be required to satisfy or comply with any settlement
or other agreement concerning its use of the Licensed Trademarks to
which Licensee has not consented (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(c)
Action by Licensee to Enforce : If applicable law in any
jurisdiction in the Territory requires that Licensee enforce rights
in the Licensed Trademarks against alleged infringers, or Licensor
declines in writing to enforce its rights in the Licensed
Trademarks with respect to the alleged confusingly similar use set
forth in the Notice of Alleged Infringement, Licensee shall have a
right, but not an obligation, to enforce such rights with respect
to Licensed Products subject to any direction that Licensor may
provide. Licensor shall cooperate with Licensee in any such suit,
including granting Licensee the right to bring suit in
Licensor’s name or granting a limited license to a TDK Mark
(solely as necessary for the specific enforcement purpose) (and
execute any documents necessary to effectuate the same) if
necessary under the applicable rules of civil procedure to effect
standing, and Licensor shall be reimbursed for reasonably incurred
expenses. Licensee will be solely responsible for the costs of such
action and will retain all recoveries and awards necessary to
reimburse Licensee for any costs and expenses and, for any
recoveries and awards in excess, shall share equally any recoveries
and awards with Licensor.
(d)
Defense of Third Party Claims : Licensor shall have the sole
right to defend the Licensed Trademarks against imitation,
infringement or any claim of prior use.
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Licensee
shall cooperate fully with Licensor, at Licensor’s reasonable
request and expense, in connection with the defense of any such
claim in the Territory.
(e)
Updates and Consultation : With respect to any enforcement
actions taken pursuant to this Section, the party handling such
enforcement action shall provide periodic updates to and request
consultation from the parties not handling the action and each
party not handling the action may hire its own counsel at its
expense.
2.10 Reservation of Rights .
Licensee acknowledges that, between the parties, Licensor is the
sole owner of all right, title and interest in and to the Licensed
Trademarks, and that Licensee has neither acquired, nor shall
acquire, any right, title or interest in or to the Licensed
Trademarks except the limited exclusive rights to use such Licensed
Trademarks expressly granted to Licensee under this Agreement.
Licensor shall retain all goodwill associated with the Licensed
Trademarks. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, nothing in
this Agreement shall prohibit Licensor from marketing, distributing
or selling any products on an OEM basis, provided such products do
not bear any Licensed Trademark or any confusingly similar
variation thereof.
2.11 Removing Licensed Trademarks
from License . At any time during the term of this Agreement,
if Licensor reasonably determines that use of a Licensed Trademark
hereunder in the Territory could infringe any intellectual property
rights of any third party (not derived from Licensor), then
Licensor shall notify Licensee. If such potential infringement
could reasonably be expected to limit Licensor’s
ability to Display a Licensed Trademark on Licensor Products, then
Licensor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to resolve such
potential infringement claim with respect to both Licensor and
Licensee. If such potential infringement could not
reasonably be expected to limit Licensor’s ability to Display
a Licensed Trademark on Licensor Products (but could reasonably be
expected to limit Licensee’s ability to Display a Licensed
Trademark on Licensed Product(s)), then Licensor shall notify
Licensee of such potential infringement claim and Licensee shall
have the ability, but not the obligation, to seek to resolve such
claim at its own expense provided that Licensee shall provide
Licensor with periodic updates and ability for consultation. If the
potential infringement claim is not resolved within a reasonable
time period taking into account any settlement efforts, then upon
written notice to Licensee, Licensor shall have the right to remove
any particular Licensed Trademark from the scope of the license
granted under this Agreement, upon written notice to Licensee. For
the avoidance of doubt, this Section shall not apply to
infringements based on facts that existed prior to the Effective
Date.
2.12 Requests by Licensee
.
(a) If
Licensee wishes to create any variations of existing Licensed
Trademarks or new Trademarks that include any TDK Mark, then
Licensee must seek Licensor’s written approval, which may be
refused in Licensor’s sole discretion, and any such
Trademarks approved by Licensor shall be deemed added to the list
of Licensed Trademarks in Exhibit B and shall be
subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(b) If
Licensee wishes to use the Licensed Trademarks in connection with a
co-branding program, Licensee shall first seek Licensor’s
written approval, which may be
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granted
or refused in Licensor’s sole discretion. Licensee shall
present such plan (in reasonable detail) in writing to the Licensor
Relationship Manager (as defined in Section 5.1 ).
(i) If
Licensee wishes to request co-branding rights, Licensee shall first
seek Licensor’s written approval, which may be granted or
refused in Licensor’s sole discretion. Licensee’s
proposed plan (provided to the Licensor Relationship Manager) shall
specify (a) the proposed design image (specifying each brand
to be utilized, and the form of co-brand, including spacing and
other fixed attributes); (b) the applicable sales territory;
(c) the retailer with which the product will be co-branded;
and (d) each category of product or products. Licensee’s
proposal may include multiple representations of the co-branding
materials for approval. Licensee shall also provide any additional
information reasonably requested by Licensor. Licensor shall seek
in good faith, but without obligation, to approve or disapprove
Licensee’s request within three weeks of its receipt of the
completed plan. Unless Licensor otherwise states in writing, the
term of any new co-branding program shall be for a two
(2) year period, starting from the date of approval.
(ii) If
Licensee wishes to make any change to an approved co-branding
program, Licensee shall obtain Licensor’s prior written
approval to such change, which may be granted or refused in
Licensor’s sole discretion. Licensee shall provide the same
or similar types of information in writing to the Licensor
Relationship Manager as set forth in subsections (i)(a) to (d).
Licensor shall seek in good faith, but without obligation, to
approve or disapprove Licensee’s request within three weeks
of its receipt of the completed plan.
(iii) Licensor
shall have the right to terminate any co-branding program in the
event Licensee materially fails to conform to any co-branding
program requirement or engages in co-branding that is inconsistent,
in a material way, with the materials provided for review in
connection with the approval process if Licensee fails to correct
any nonconformance within thirty (30) days after receiving
written notice from Licensor.
2.13 Additional Commitments of
Licensee . Licensee agrees to cause each Licensed Entity, to
comply with all of its respective obligations under this Agreement,
and any other agreement executed in connection herewith (including
the applicable Sublicense Agreement), and agrees that it shall be
directly liable for any act of any Licensed Entity in breach of any
such obligation, including, for the avoidance of doubt any act by a
Licensed Entity that, in either case, would be a breach of this
Agreement if committed by Licensee. Licensor may pursue claims for
any such breach against Licensee, in accordance with the terms
hereof, regardless of whether such breach was committed by
Licensee, or another party, and regardless of whether Licensor
chooses to include any other party in the dispute resolution
process applicable to the claim. In the event of any claim by
Licensor, Licensee expressly waives any defense based on the
absence of or failure to join any other party in the dispute
resolution process or any other aspect of the claim.
2.14 IMN Trademark License
Agreement . Licensee represents and warrants that Imation C.V.
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Licensee, and agrees that, at all
times during the term of this Agreement, Licensee shall maintain
Imation C.V. as a Qualified Entity. If Imation C.V. ceases to be a
Qualified Entity, the license rights of that entity under the IMN
Trademark
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License
Agreement shall immediately and automatically terminate without the
further act of any party.
ARTICLE III
QUALITY CONTROL
As an express condition to, and in
material consideration for, the licenses granted to Licensee
hereunder, Licensee expressly agrees to the following restrictions
as to its use of the Licensed Trademarks:
3.1 Trademark Guidelines .
Licensee shall not use, reproduce or display any Licensed Trademark
in any manner whatsoever other than as expressly authorized in the
quality control guidelines for the Licensed Trademarks (“
Quality Guidelines ”), including guidelines regarding
how each Licensed Trademark is used, presented and displayed
(“ Display ”). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary, the requirements of this Section 3.1 shall
not apply to existing inventory of Licensed Products or to existing
stocks of packaging, Promotional Material, and other documents and
materials that bear a TDK Mark, in each case that Licensee is
permitted to use pursuant to Section 2.2 (which shall
be used in the form transferred as of the Effective Date, without
alteration). The Quality Guidelines shall consist of two elements:
guidelines related to Display (such guidelines shall be contained
in a “ Logo Manual ”) and guidelines regarding
the nature and quality of products and services associated with the
Licensed Trademark (such guidelines shall be contained in a “
Quality Manual ”). The initial Quality Guidelines are
attached as Exhibit H . Licensee shall promptly cure any
breach of the Quality Guidelines upon notice from Licensor,
provided that Licensee shall have a reasonable time to comply with
Updates (as defined below), including a reasonable amount of time
to exhaust existing inventories of Promotional Material, packaging,
and Licensed Product, except that Licensee shall not have rights to
exhaust existing inventories if such inventories are in material
noncompliance with the previous Quality Guidelines or if the
existing Licensed Products (or use or distribution thereof) would
violate any applicable law. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section 3.1 , if Licensee purchases
products covered by the Supply Agreement from third parties as
permitted under the terms of the Supply Agreement, Licensee shall
not be in breach of provisions of the Quality Manual to the extent
that such Quality Manual refers to standards or specifications that
are not performance or quality-related specifications (e.g., the
use of Licensor dye #25 in describing a color or other requirements
for the product not tied to the performance of the product),
provided that Licensee shall comply with the Logo Manual. Licensor
may reasonably update such Quality Guidelines (“
Updates ”) from time to time to reflect, among other
things, changes in the use, presentation and display of the
Licensed Trademarks, and the highest applicable industry standards,
subject to the following:
(a)
Updates Relating to Guidelines Other Than Display: With
respect to Updates relating to the nature and quality of products
or services (e.g., performance requirements, defect rates, etc.)
(and not, for purposes of clarification, Display), Licensor shall
provide Licensee with a reasonable opportunity to review and
comment on such Updates. If the parties are unable to agree on such
updates, Licensor shall be permitted to finalize the Updates
subject to the following:
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(i) with
respect to Updates specifically applicable to Licensed Products,
such Updates shall be consistent with the applicable, approved
plans and quality requirements for such product; and
(ii) with
respect to other Updates, such Updates shall be consistent with
principles reflected in the most recent, applicable set of Quality
Guidelines, best practices in the industry, standards that Licensor
applies to itself, its affiliates, and other licensees similarly
situated with Licensee, to the extent any such entities are selling
similar products under the Licensed Trademarks, and other
principles on which the parties may agree from time to time;
and
(b)
Updates Related to Display Guidelines : With respect to
Updates relating to Display, any such Updates shall be consistent
with the guidelines for the relevant use, presentation and display
that Licensor applies to itself, its affiliates, and other
licensees similarly situated with Licensee, under like
circumstances, provided that Licensee shall not be required to
implement any Updates to the requirements relating to the shape,
color or dimension of a TDK Mark for the Licensed Products and
their packaging and Promotional Material if Licensee believes in
good faith that such changes will be detrimental to its Licensed
Product sales.
3.2 Conduct of Business .
Each of the parties shall use the Licensed Trademarks in a manner
that does not derogate Licensor’s rights in the Licensed
Trademarks or the value of the Licensed Trademarks, and shall take
no action that would interfere with, diminish or tarnish those
rights or value.
3.3 Cooperation . Licensee
shall cooperate fully with Licensor in enabling Licensor to
ascertain that the Licensed Products other than those existing
inventories of Licensed Products that Licensee is permitted to use
pursuant to Section 2.2 meet Licensor’s quality
standards. Such cooperation shall include, upon request, providing
Licensor promptly with data regarding communications from third
parties regarding the quality of specific Licensed Products,
providing Licensor with names and addresses of vendors and
suppliers producing Licensed Products or components thereof to be
sold under a Licensed Trademark, and providing Licensor with access
to product packaging and distribution facilities for such products
for reasonable inspection by Licensor.
3.4 Cessation of Licensed Product
Sales; Recall . Licensor shall have the right to request that
Licensee immediately cease selling a Licensed Product, or revise or
cease use of any or all Promotional Material, and Licensee shall
promptly comply, upon written notice to Licensee if the condition
of such Licensed Product or Promotional Material could reasonably
be expected to materially and adversely affect Licensor’s
business or reputation. For the avoidance of doubt, if there is a
reasonable basis for believing that a product poses a danger to
person or property, such product shall be considered a product that
could be reasonably expected to materially and adversely affect
Licensor’s business or reputation. Further, Licensor shall
have the right to request a product recall if there is a reasonable
basis for believing that the product or category of products poses
a danger to person or property, and Licensee shall promptly comply
upon written notice of such request. If Licensee wishes to resume
sale of a product, Licensor shall have the right to approve such
resumption.
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3.5 Samples . Licensee shall
submit to Licensor upon reasonable request, specimens of uses of
the Licensed Trademarks, including: (a) representative
products that will bear any Licensed Trademark or be marketed,
promoted, advertised, distributed or sold using any Licensed
Trademark; and (b) samples of all Promotional Material. If,
after review of such materials or samples, Licensor is concerned
about compliance with any aspect of this Agreement, Licensee shall
provide such additional materials and samples as Licensor may
reasonably request. If Licensor discovers any improper use of the
Licensed Trademarks in any such submission, Licensee shall remedy
the improper use immediately upon written notice. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, the requirements of this
Section 3.5 shall not apply to existing inventory of
Licensed Product or to existing stocks of packaging, Promotional
Material, and other documents and materials that bear a TDK Mark,
in each case that Licensee is permitted to use pursuant to
Section 2.2 .
3.6 Inspections . In addition
to Section 3.3 , Licensee shall cooperate with Licensor
to ensure that quality standards applicable to Licensed Products
other than those existing inventories of Licensed Products acquired
pursuant to Section 2.2 are met by permitting Licensor
to inspect only those manufacturing and other facilities directly
related to the manufacture of Licensed Products, upon reasonable
notice and no more than once a year, and only in a manner that will
not unreasonably interfere with Licensee’s business
activities, provided that Licensee shall arrange for and accompany
Licensor on any inspections to third-party facilities.
3.7 Standards Compliance . If
Licensee publicly states that any Licensed Product is compliant
with any applicable industry standard, Licensee shall ensure that
such Licensed Product is fully compliant with all mandatory
requirements of such standard, except for compliance with such
applicable industry standards for which Licensor is responsible
under the Supply Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, any use of
a logo or trademark associated with an industry standard (e.g., the
logo “DVD” or “Blu-ray”) shall be deemed a
public statement that the Licensed Product is compliant with the
applicable industry standard.
ARTICLE IV
REVIEW PROCESS
4.1 Informal review . When
plans for an RRM Product are reasonably definite, Licensee may, in
its discretion, provide Licensor with such information as is
reasonably available regarding the product’s functional,
performance and other technical specifications, the target market,
and marketing and branding plans through the Strategic Relationship
Committee or otherwise as the parties may agree. If Licensor has
any concerns about such product (or the related plans) Licensor
shall have the opportunity to meet with the appropriate product
management personnel of Licensee. Licensee shall have no
obligations to make any changes to the product plans to respond to
Licensor’s comments. Licensor shall have no obligation to
provide any comments until Licensee formally requests that Licensor
approve the product as a Licensed Product as set forth in
Section 4.2 below.
4.2 Formal review . During
the first ten (10) years after the Effective Date, Licensee
may request that an RRM Product, commercialized by or to be
commercialized by Licensee or its Affiliates prior to the end of
such period, be included as a Licensed Product under this
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Agreement. For purposes of clarification, Licensee need not make
such request for enhancements to existing Licensed Products that
implement changes in speed and capacity. To request that an RRM
Product be included as a Licensed Product, Licensee shall provide
Licensor with (a) detailed functional, performance and other
technical specifications of the product, (b) a sample of the
product, (c) information on quality control (including target
defect rates, performance data, etc.), environmental impact, health
and human safety and intellectual property, (d) data comparing
the new product to competing products in the market, if any,
including with respect to quality and performance, and
(e) sales and marketing plans describing, among other things,
the target market, the proposed branding strategy, specifying how
the brand will be used in a manner compatible (or not inconsistent)
with Licensor’s written branding goals/policies (and if
Licensee will sell the products under other brands as well, how
Licensed Trademark-branded products will be positioned relative to
these other brands in terms of product performance and other key
features).
4.3 Review process . Licensor
shall have sixty (60) days to provide comments on, approve or
disapprove the request, provided that such period shall not begin
to run unless the materials are reasonably complete. Licensor shall
have the right to request additional information within this period
or to notify Licensee that it needs additional time (not to exceed
thirty (30) days) to complete its review. Licensee shall
provide additional information reasonably requested by Licensor and
shall meet with Licensor representatives as reasonably requested.
Licensor shall approve the product unless it has a Commercial
Reason to disapprove the request.
ARTICLE V
GOVERNANCE
5.1 Relationship Managers.
Each of Licensee and Licensor shall appoint a relationship manager
who shall serve as its primary point of contact for the other in
all matters relating to this Agreement (a “ Relationship
Manager ”). The Relationship Managers shall participate
in regular meetings to review the parties’ performance
hereunder, to review the product roadmaps of Licensee and other
Licensed Entities for Licensed Products, to resolve any issues
arising out of the rights granted to, and obligations undertaken
by, the parties hereunder, including any issues relating to Quality
Guidelines, and to otherwise manage the parties’ relationship
under this Agreement.
5.2 Strategic Relationship
Committee . Each of Licensee and Licensor shall appoint at
least two senior executives to a joint strategic relationship
committee (a “ Strategic Relationship Committee
”). The Strategic Relationship Committee shall meet at least
twice a year, either in person or remotely. Among other things, as
mutually agreed by the parties, the Strategic Relationship
Committee shall be responsible for resolving disputes on an
informal basis as set forth in Section 5.3 .
5.3 Dispute Resolution. If a
significant dispute under this Agreement, including as to a
Material Breach, arises that the Relationship Managers cannot
resolve (a “ Dispute ”), and provided that each
of Licensee and Licensor have the unrestricted right and ability to
participate in the process described in this
Section 5.3 (and to effect a cure or take other action
to which the
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parties
might agree) without approval of any third party, including but not
limited to a trustee in bankruptcy or a receiver, then the Dispute
shall be resolved as follows, in order, before instituting legal
proceedings.
(a)
Strategic Relationship Committee : Either Licensee or
Licensor shall first refer the Dispute to the Strategic
Relationship Committee for resolution. A Dispute shall be deemed
referred upon either such party providing the other party with
written notice that it wishes to refer the Dispute to the Strategic
Relationship Committee in accordance with Section 10.9
.
(b)
Chief Executive Officers : If the Strategic Relationship
Committee is unable to resolve the Dispute thirty (30) days
after the Dispute is referred to the Strategic Relationship
Committee, either Licensee or Licensor may refer the Dispute to the
Chief Executive Officers of Licensee and Licensor for resolution. A
Dispute shall be deemed referred upon either such party providing
the other party with written notice that it wishes to refer the
Dispute to the Chief Executive Officers in accordance with
Section 10.9 within fifteen (15) days after the
expiration of such thirty (30)-day period. If no such notice is
provided, the dispute resolution process hereunder as to the
Dispute in question will be deemed complete.
(c)
Nonbinding Mediation : If Licensee or Licensor elects to
refer a Dispute to the parties’ Chief Executive Officers
pursuant to Section 5.3 , and the Chief Executive
Officers are unable to resolve the Dispute within thirty
(30) days after such election, either Licensee or Licensor may
elect to refer the Dispute to nonbinding mediation conducted in the
English language in New York, New York, using a neutral mediator
having experience with the data storage industry and trademark
licenses, in accordance with the rules of the Center for Public
Resources (with costs shared equally). A Dispute shall be deemed to
be so referred upon either such party providing the other party
with written notice that it wishes to refer the Dispute to
mediation in accordance with Section 10.9 . If no such
notice is provided, the dispute resolution process hereunder as to
the Dispute in question will be deemed complete. If such notice is
provided, both parties shall request that the mediation be
completed as promptly as practical and shall cooperate in moving
the mediation process promptly forward, but the mediation shall, in
any event, be deemed completed sixty (60) days after the
request to refer the Dispute to mediation.
(d)
Efforts to Cure : Each of Licensor and Licensee agrees to
make (and in the case of Licensee, to cause any Licensed Entity to
make) commercially reasonable efforts, during the pendency of the
foregoing dispute resolution procedure, to cure the breach or
otherwise address the business concerns identified by the other
party, to the extent possible on commercially reasonable
terms.
(e)
Timing Issues : Either of Licensee and Licensor may commence
the foregoing process as to a dispute at any time, and need not
wait for the passage of any notice or cure period specified in
Section 5.3 or for the occurrence of all facts
otherwise required to give rise to any contractual right as to the
matter in Dispute, including a right to terminate. In no event
shall a party be required to engage in the dispute resolution
process set forth in this Section 5.3 , or be precluded from
exercising its rights by reason thereof, for more than one hundred
twenty (120) days (in total) from the party’s first
submission of a Dispute to the
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Strategic Relationship Committee under Section 5.3 ,
without its written consent to an extension. No dispute or
disagreement relating to the same essential facts and circumstances
may be referred to the dispute resolution process under this
Section 5.3 more than once.
(f)
Judicial Remedies : Nothing in this Section 5.3
shall preclude either of Licensee or Licensor from seeking interim
judicial relief to prevent immediate, irreparable harm to its
interests. In the event that the procedures set forth in this
Section 5.3 shall have been completed without agreement
being reached between the parties, either Licensee or Licensor
shall be free to pursue any available judicial remedies pursuant to
Section 10.7 .
5.4 Right of First Refusal
.
(a)
Unsolicited Offer from a Designated Entity : As soon as
practicable, and in any event within five (5) days, after
Licensee’s receipt from a Designated Entity of any
unsolicited oral or written offer with respect to a transaction
which could constitute a Change of Control transaction with respect
to Licensee (a “ Sale Transaction ”), Licensee
shall notify Licensor in writing of such offer, and if the offer is
in writing, provide a copy thereof. For the avoidance of doubt,
such notice must identify the Designated Entity and contain all
material terms of the Sale Transaction other than customary
standard provisions. Promptly upon Licensee’s agreement in
principle on the terms of any such Sale Transaction, Licensee shall
provide Licensor with written notice (the “ Offer
Notice ”) setting forth (i) the price, material
terms and conditions of the proposed Sale Transaction, including
the identity of the Designated Entity making the offer; and
(ii) a copy of any written proposal, term sheet, letter of
intent or other agreement relating to the proposed Sale
Transaction. Licensor will have thirty (30) Business Days from
the date of the Offer Notice (the “ Notice Period
”) to agree to acquire Licensee (or, if less than a full
acquisition is contemplated in the Offer Notice, elect to pursue
the transaction described therein), for the price and upon the
terms and conditions specified in the Offer Notice, by giving
written notice (an “ Acceptance Notice ”) to
Licensee. If Licensor fails to provide an Acceptance Notice within
the Notice Period, Licensee will have sixty (60) days after
the end of the Notice Period to execute a definitive agreement with
the Designated Entity specified in the Offer Notice on terms and
conditions no more favorable to the counter-party than the terms
and conditions set forth in the relevant Offer Notice. In the event
Licensee does not so execute a definitive agreement within such
period, Licensee may not thereafter enter into any binding
agreement with respect to a Change in Control transaction with such
Designated Entity without first offering such opportunity to
Licensor in the manner provided in this Section 5.4(a)
. If Licensor provides an Acceptance Notice within the Notice
Period but no definitive agreement is reached between Licensor and
Licensee within ninety (90) days after the date of the
Acceptance Notice, Licensee shall have the right to restart the
negotiations with the Designated Entity on the terms originally set
out in the Offer Notice, but in no event may Licensee execute a
definitive agreement with such Designated Entity on terms and
conditions more favorable to such entity than those set forth in
the Offer Notice. In the event that, during the pendency of the
negotiations pursuant to an Acceptance Notice, Licensee receives a
further offer from the Designated Entity that it considers superior
to the initial offer, Licensee may elect to pursue that offer, in
which case the process provided in this Section 5.4(a)
shall be restarted and Licensee shall delver a new Offer Notice to
Licensor.
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(b)
Unsolicited Offer from a Non-Designated Entity : For so long
as Licensor’s rights under Section 1.5(b) of the
Investor Rights Agreement remain in effect, if Licensee receives an
unsolicited offer for a Sale Transaction from a Person other than a
Designated Entity (a “ Non-Designated Entity ”),
then Licensee shall notify Licensor in writing of such offer, and
if the offer is in writing, provide a copy thereof. Other than the
notice requirement, and without limiting any of Licensor’s
rights under the Investor Rights Agreement, none of the
requirements of Section 5.4(a) shall apply to such
unsolicited offer.
(c)
Solicitation of Offers with Response from a Designated
Entity : If Licensee initiates a process to solicit offers for
a Sale Transaction, Licensee will include Licensor in such process
(including by providing Licensor with access to all materials
provided generally to potential bidders and at least the same
opportunity to submit bids in response thereto). If Licensee
reaches an agreement in principle on the terms of a Sale
Transaction with a Designated Entity and Licensor has
submitted a co






