Inbound Licenses Except as disclosed on the Schedule, Borrower is not a party to, nor is bound by, any license or other agreement that prohibits or otherwise restricts Borrower from granting a security interest in Borrower’s interest in such license or agreement or any other property.
Company Material Contracts (a) Section 3.22(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and complete list, and the Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies, of each Contract, including amendments thereto, to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of their respective assets are subject, as of the date of this Agreement, that:
(i) is a partnership, joint venture, strategic alliance, collaboration, co-promotion, profit-sharing, joint research and development or similar arrangement, or provides for or governs the formation, creation, operation, management or control of such arrangement;
(ii) provides for the creation, incurrence, assumption or guarantee of or otherwise relates to Indebtedness of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, in each case, for borrowed money;
(iii) grants any rights of first refusal, rights of first negotiation, exclusivity or other similar rights or options to any person with respect to the sale of any of the material properties or assets (including material Owned Company Intellectual Property) of the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
(iv) provides for the acquisition or disposition (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets, or otherwise) of any interest in any person or any business or division thereof, or a material portion of the assets of any person, other than this Agreement, (A) entered into since January 1, 2021 and which involves an asset value in excess of $100,000 or (B) pursuant to which any material earn-out, deferred or contingent payment or indemnification obligations remain outstanding;
(v) make any investment in, or loan or capital contribution to, any person (other than the Company or any Company Subsidiary) and other than (i) extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (ii) investments in marketable securities in the ordinary course of business;
(vi) provides for the settlement of any Proceeding (A) which (x) will involve payment obligations after the date hereof in excess of $50,000 or (y) imposes any continuing material non-monetary obligations on the Company or any Company Subsidiary including any monitoring or reporting obligations to any other person, (B) with respect to which conditions precedent to the settlement have not been satisfied or (C) which materially affects the conduct of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s business;
(vii) contains any provision or covenant (A) limiting in any material respect the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (or, after the consummation of the Merger, Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries) to (x) sell any products or services of or to any other person or in any geographic region (or subject the Company or any Company Subsidiary to exclusivity obligations), (y) engage in any line of business, or (z) compete with or to obtain products or services from any person, or limiting the ability of any person to provide products or services to the Company or any Company Subsidiary (or, after the consummation of the Merger, Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries), (B) that has any “most favored nations” or similar terms and conditions (including with respect to pricing) granted by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (C) that has any standstill or similar agreement pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has agreed not to acquire any assets or securities of another person, (D) that requires any material benefit to be granted to a third party, or material right be lost by the Company or any Company Subsidiary (or, after the consummation of the Merger, Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries) as a result of competing or engaging in any line of business or with any person or in any geographic area;
(viii) involves sole-source or single-source suppliers of material tangible products or services (including any of the Company’s products or services);
(ix) is a license or other Contract relating to any Intellectual Property Rights granted by any other person to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries that is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, but excluding Incidental Contracts;
(x) is a license or other Contract relating to any Intellectual Property Rights that, individually or in the aggregate, are material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and granted by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to any other person, including any Contracts whereby the Company or a Company Subsidiary is developing any Intellectual Property Rights for any other person, but excluding Incidental Contracts;
(xi) any Contract containing covenants limiting the freedom of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to use, assert, enforce, or otherwise exploit any Owned Company Intellectual Property that is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (including, but not limited to, any settlement agreement or co-existence agreement), but excluding Incidental Contracts;
(xii) is a Contract between the Company or any Company Subsidiary and any sales representative, distributor, original equipment manufacturer, manufacturing, value added, remarketer, reseller, or independent software vendor agreement that is material for the use or distribution of Owned Company Intellectual Property or Company products;
(xiii) is a Contract that involves performance of services or delivery of goods, materials, supplies or equipment or development, consulting or other services commitments by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or the payment therefor by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, providing for either (A) recurring annual payments after the date hereof of $100,000 or (B) aggregate payments or potential aggregate payments after the date hereof of $150,000 or more;
(xiv) is a collective bargaining Contract or Contract with any labor organization, union or association to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party (each, a “CBA”);
(xv) is an employment agreement or Contract for the employment or engagement of any officer, individual employee, consultant or other person on a full time, part time, consulting or other basis (A) providing annual compensation (whether cash and/or otherwise) in excess of $100,000, (B) providing for the payment of any cash or other compensation or benefits upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (C) otherwise restricting the Company’s (or any Company Subsidiary’s) ability to terminate the employment or engagement of any employee or consultant at any time or any lawful reason or for no reason without penalty or liability;
(xvi) are severance agreements, programs, policies, arrangements or Contracts providing any individual with severance payments and/or benefits in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate;
(A) has been entered into with a Governmental Entity or, to the knowledge of the Company, is any material subcontract (at any tier) under or for the purpose of fulfilling a contract or order from a Governmental Entity as the ultimate customer, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Company Government Contract or Company Government Bid or (B) to the knowledge of the Company, is financed by any Governmental Entity and subject to the rules and regulations of any Governmental Entity concerning procurement;
(xviii) relates to any stockholders’, investor rights, registration rights, tax receivables or similar or related arrangement, or any Contract or arrangement relating to the exercise of any voting rights in respect of any Company Securities;
(xix) has been entered into between the Company or any Company Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any officer, director or affiliate of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective “associates” or “immediate family” members (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 and Rule 16a-1 of the Exchange Act), on the other hand, including any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has an obligation to indemnify such officer, director, affiliate or family member (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Company Benefit Plans and governing documents of the Company or any Company Subsidiary);
(xx) contains (A) any provision that requires the purchase of all or a given portion of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s requirements for products or services from a given third party, or any other similar provision (including non-cancelable purchase obligations), (B) any provision that grants material guaranteed availability of supply of Company products for a period greater than twenty-four (24) months, or (C) guarantees priority or prices for a period of greater than twenty-four (24) months;
(xxi) contains any provision allowing a “major antenna product distributor” to return product;
(xxii) is a lease, sublease, occupancy agreement or other agreement (whether or real or personal property) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party as either lessor or lessee, providing for either (A) annual payments after the date hereof of $50,000 or more or (B) aggregate payments after the date hereof of $100,000 or more; or
(xxiii) creates or grants a material Lien, other than Permitted Liens and other than Contracts with customers entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
(b) Each Contract required to be listed in Section 3.22(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, whether or not set forth in such section of the Company Disclosure Letter, is referred to in this Agreement as a “Company Material Contract” (with each such Contract listed under the corresponding clause of Section 3.22(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter to which such Contract is relevant). Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is, with or without notice, or lapse of time, or both, in breach of or default under the terms of any Company Material Contract, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred that, with or without notice, or lapse of time or both, would constitute a material breach or material default thereunder by the Company or any Company Subsidiary. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received notice of such an event. To the knowledge of the Company, no other party to any Company Material Contract is in breach of or default under the terms of any Company Material Contract where such breach or default, individually or together with other such breaches or defaults, would have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each Company Material Contract is a valid and binding obligation of, and is in full force and effect with respect to, the Company and any Company Subsidiary that is a party thereto and, to the knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto, except for such failure that would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. The Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of Company Material Contracts.
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc Except as, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries own, license or possess the right to use all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, licenses, technology, software, know-how, rights in databases, design rights and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, such IP Rights do not conflict with the rights of any Person, except to the extent such failure to own, license or possess or such conflicts, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No advertisement, product, process, method or substance used by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted infringes upon any IP Rights held by any Person except for such infringements which individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any of the IP Rights is filed and presently pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, presently threatened against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except pursuant to written licenses and other user agreements entered into by each Loan Party in the ordinary course of business, as of the Closing Date, all registrations listed in Schedule 8(a) or 8(b) to the Perfection Certificate are valid and in full force and effect, except, in each individual case, to the extent that such a registration is not valid and in full force and effect could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Intellectual Property Warranty CONTRACTOR represents and warrants that its performance of all obligations under this Contract does not infringe in any way, directly or contributorily, upon any third party’s intellectual property rights, including, without limitation, patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity and proprietary information.
Intellectual Property License 20.1 Any Intellectual Property originating from or developed by a Party shall remain in the exclusive ownership of that Party.
20.2 Except at otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no license under patents, copyrights or any other Intellectual Property right (other than the limited license to use consistent with the terms, conditions and restrictions of this Agreement) is granted by either Party or shall be implied or arise by estoppel with respect to any transactions contemplated under this Agreement.
Outbound Licenses Part 2.7(d) of the Disclosure Schedule accurately identifies each Contract pursuant to which any Person has been granted any license under, or otherwise has received or acquired any right (whether or not currently exercisable) or interest in, any Seller IP. The Seller is not bound by, and no Seller IP is subject to, any Contract containing any covenant or other provision that in any way limits or restricts the ability of the Seller to use, exploit, assert, or enforce any Seller IP anywhere in the world.
Intellectual Property Licenses Except as set forth in Section 4.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company possesses adequate Intellectual Property to continue to conduct its business as heretofore conducted by it or as projected to be conducted in the Operating Plan, and all Intellectual Property existing on the date hereof, together with in the case of patents and Trademarks, the date of issuance thereof, is listed in Section 4.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter. With respect to Intellectual Property of the Company unless such Intellectual Property has become obsolete or is no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Company:
(a) it is valid and enforceable, is subsisting, and has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part;
(b) the Company has made all necessary filings and recordations to protect its interest therein, including, without limitation, recordations of all of its interest in its Patent Property and Trademark Property in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and, to the extent necessary for the conduct of the Company's business, in corresponding offices throughout the world;
(c) except as set forth in Section 4.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company is the exclusive owner of the entire and unencumbered right, title and interest in and to such Intellectual Property owned by it and no claim has been made that the use of any of its owned Intellectual Property does or may violate the asserted rights of any third party; and
(d) the Company has performed, and the Company will continue to perform, all acts, and the Company has paid and will continue to pay, all required fees and taxes, to maintain each and every item of such Intellectual Property in full force and effect throughout the world, as applicable. The Company owns directly or is entitled to use, by license or otherwise, all patents, Trademarks, copyrights, mask works, licenses, technology, know-how, processes and rights with respect to any of the foregoing used in, necessary for or of importance to the conduct of the Company's business.
Third Party Licenses If (a) in the opinion of outside patent counsel to Licensee, Licensee, or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees, cannot Exploit a Licensed Product in a country in the Territory without infringing one or more Patents that have issued to a Third Party in such country, or (b) as a result of any claim made against a Party, or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees, alleging that the Exploitation of a Licensed Product infringes or misappropriates any Patent or any other intellectual property right of a Third Party in a country in the Territory, a judgment is entered by a court of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal is taken within the time permitted for appeal, such that Licensee cannot Exploit such Licensed Product in such country without infringing the Patent or other proprietary rights of such Third Party, then, in either case, Licensee shall have the first right, but not the obligation to negotiate and to obtain a license from such Third Party as necessary for the Exploitation of any Licensed Product hereunder in such country; provided, however, that NovaDel shall have the sole right to seek any such license with respect to the Licensed Process and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such a license in its own name from such Third Party in such country, under which NovaDel shall, to the extent permissible under such license, grant a sublicense to Licensee as necessary for Licensee, and any of its Affiliates and Sublicensees, to Exploit the Licensed Product as provided hereunder in such country. Licensee shall be solely responsible for one hundred percent (100%) of all royalty and other obligations with respect to the Exploitation of the Licensed Product; provided, however, that Licensee shall have the right to credit fifty percent (50%) any royalties paid by Licensee, its Affiliates or Sublicensees under such license with respect to such country against the royalty payments to be paid by Licensee to NovaDel with respect to the sale of the Licensed Product(s) under Section 4.1; provided, however, that no royalty payment when due, regardless of the amount or number of credits available to Licensee in accordance with this Agreement, shall be reduced by more than fifty percent (50%) of the amounts otherwise owed pursuant to Section 4.1 in any calendar quarter. Credits not exhausted in any calendar quarter may be carried into future calendar quarters.
Material Contract “Material Contract” is defined in Section 3.9(a) of the Agreement.
Intellectual Property; Software Other than as set forth on Schedule 5.12:
(a) There are no Copyrights, Patent Rights and Trademarks (including any assumed or fictitious names used by the Company within the previous two (2) years) owned by or licensed to the Company.
(b) There is no Software owned by or licensed to the Company except for mass market Software licensed to the Company that is commercially available and subject to “shrink-wrap” or “click-through” license agreements.
(c) The Company is not a party to Contracts which relate to: (i) any Copyrights, Patent Rights or Trademarks; (ii) any Trade Secrets owned by or licensed to the Company; and (iii) any Software, other than market Software licensed to the Company that is commercially available and subject to “shrink-wrap” or “click-through” license agreements.
(d) The Company owns the entire right, title and interest in and to, or has the valid and enforceable right to use, the Intellectual Property and Software used in the Business as currently conducted, and to the Knowledge of Seller there is no other Intellectual Property necessary for the Company to conduct the Business as currently conducted.
(i) No infringement, misappropriation or violation of any Intellectual Property, or any rights of publicity or privacy relating to the use of names, likenesses, voices, signatures or biographical information, of any other Person has occurred or results in any way from the operation of the Business or the use, sale or distribution of any Intellectual Property owned by or licensed exclusively to the Company; (ii) no claim of any infringement, misappropriation, violation or dilution of any Intellectual Property or any such rights of any other Person has been made or asserted in respect of the operation of the Business; (iii) no claim of invalidity of any Intellectual Property owned by the Company has been made by any other Person; (iv) no Proceedings are pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened that challenge the validity, ownership or use of any Intellectual Property owned by the Company; (v) the Company has not had notice of, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, there is no basis for, a claim against the Company that the operations, activities, products, Software, equipment or processes of the Business infringe, misappropriate, violate or dilute any Intellectual Property or any such rights of any other Person; and (vi) to the Knowledge of Seller, no Person infringes, misappropriates or violates any Intellectual Property owned or exclusively licensed by or to Seller, in each case except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.