License Fees and Royalties Consistent with the applicable U.S. DOT Common Rules, the Recipient agrees that license fees and royalties for patents, patent applications, and inventions produced with federal assistance provided through the Underlying Agreement are program income, and must be used in compliance with federal applicable requirements.
Royalty Payments 6.1 During the TERM of this Agreement, as partial consideration for the LICENSE, LICENSEE shall pay to YALE an earned royalty of [***] percent ([***]%) of worldwide cumulative NET SALES of LICENSED PRODUCTS by LICENSEE or its SUBLICENSEES or AFFILIATES (“EARNED ROYALTY”).
6.1.1 The obligation to pay royalties under this Article 6.1 shall be imposed only on the original sale of any individual LICENSED PRODUCT to the end-user thereof, and the royalty shall be imposed only once on such sale regardless of whether such LICENSED PRODUCT is covered by more than one patent claim within the LICENSED PATENTS.
6.1.2 In the event that LICENSEE determines that it is necessary to obtain a license from a third party in order to avoid infringing a third party’s patent(s) by making, having made, using, offering for sale, selling, having sold, importing or exporting LICENSED PRODUCTS, LICENSEE may reduce its applicable royalty obligation to YALE by an amount which is the lesser of (i) [***], or (ii) [***].
6.1.3 The multiplier to be used to reduce the running royalties paid by LICENSEE to YALE on a COMBINATION PRODUCT, defined as a product containing a LICENSED PRODUCT and one or more additional products containing active ingredients sold together as a single product by LICENSEE, AFFILIATES or SUBLICENSEES, will be calculated by [***].
6.1.4 Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the operation of Articles 6.1.2 or 6.1.3 result in EARNED ROYALTIES payable to YALE being reduced to less than [***] percent ([***]%).
6.1.5 Should a compulsory license be granted by LICENSEE or an AFFILIATE to a third party under the applicable laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, or other directives of any governmental or supranational agency in the LICENSED TERRITORY under the LICENSED PATENTS, LICENSEE shall notify YALE, including any material information concerning such compulsory license, and the running royalty rates payable under Article 6.1 for sales of LICENSED PRODUCTS in such country will be adjusted to equal any lower royalty rate granted to such third party for such country with respect to the sales of LICENSED PRODUCTS therein.
6.2 In the event that (i) LICENSEE or any of its AFFILIATES or SUBLICENSEES brings a PATENT CHALLENGE anywhere in the world, or (ii) LICENSEE or any of its AFFILIATES or SUBLICENSEES assists another party in bringing a PATENT CHALLENGE anywhere in the world, and (iii) YALE does not choose to exercise its rights to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Article 13, then the following provisions shall apply.
(a) All payments due to YALE under this Agreement other than patent costs shall be [***] during the pendency of the PATENT CHALLENGE and shall remain payable to YALE when due.
(b) If the PATENT CHALLENGE is inconclusive or results in a determination that at least one challenged claim is both valid and infringed,
(i) all payments due to YALE under this Agreement other than patent costs shall be [***] for the remainder of the TERM of the Agreement.
(ii) LICENSEE shall promptly reimburse YALE for all legal fees and expenses incurred in YALE’s defense against the PATENT CHALLENGE.
(c) In the event that such a PATENT CHALLENGE is successful, LICENSEE will have no right to recoup any payments made prior to the final, non-appealable determination of a court of competent jurisdiction.
6.3 Neither LICENSEE nor any of its AFFILIATES or SUBLICENSEES shall bring a PATENT CHALLENGE without first providing YALE [***] written notice setting forth (a) precisely which claims and patents are being challenged or claimed not to be infringed, (b) a clear statement of the factual and legal basis for the challenge, and (c) an identification of all prior art and other matter believed to invalidate any claim of the LICENSED PATENT or which supports the claim that the LICENSED PATENT is not infringed.
6.4 LICENSEE shall pay all EARNED ROYALTIES accruing to YALE within [***] from the end of each calendar quarter (March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31), beginning in the first calendar quarter in which NET SALES occur. Unless YALE requests otherwise, LICENSEE shall report all EARNED ROYALTIES and other payments accruing to YALE on a quarterly basis, but shall defer payments accruing to YALE that do not, in total, exceed [***] Dollars ($[***]) in any given quarter until the earlier of (1) the end of the calendar year, or (2) the quarter upon which the cumulative accrued royalties and other payments exceed [***] Dollars ($[***]).
6.5 All EARNED ROYALTIES and other payments due under this Agreement shall be paid to YALE in United States Dollars. In the event that conversion from foreign currency is required in calculating a payment under this Agreement, the exchange rate used shall be the Interbank rate quoted by Citibank at the time the payment is due. If overdue, the royalties and any other payments due under this Agreement shall bear interest until payment at a per annum rate [***] percent ([***]%) above the prime rate in effect at Citibank on the due date. The payment of such interest shall not foreclose YALE from exercising any other right it may have as a consequence of the failure of LICENSEE to make any payment when due.
Royalty Rate Licensee shall pay to Licensor three percent (3%) of the first $25 million of Revenues received by Licensee or its Affiliates, and two percent (2%) of all additional Revenues received by Licensee or its Affiliates, subject to reductions pursuant to Sections 4.2.2 and 4.2.3.
Sublicense Fees In partial consideration of the License and subject to Sections 3.7 and 3.8, Company will pay to Penn:
(i) [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ percent ([CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/%) of sublicensing royalties actually received by Company and its Affiliates in consideration of sublicenses of the License for Licensed Products Sold by sublicensees for use in the Field of Use while covered in the country of Sale of expected use by a Valid Claim of the Penn Patent Rights that is licensed to Company under the License, provided that, such amounts payable to Penn with respect to such sublicensing royalties for such Sales of such Licensed Products shall not be less than [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ percent ([CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/%) of Net Sales of such Licensed Products made by sublicensees (as such Net Sales definition is applied to sublicensees, and applying Section 3.8 to such sublicensees’ Net Sales); and
(ii) [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ percent ([CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/%) of all other sublicensing fees and payments and other consideration actually received by Company in consideration of sublicenses under the License granted by Company or its Affiliates, excluding for this clause (ii) (1) sublicensing royalties addressed by clause (i) above, (2) equity investments to the extent not in excess of fair market value made by sublicensees in Company or its Affiliates, (3) payments by sublicensees to Company or Affiliates for payment or reimbursement of patent prosecution, defense, enforcement and maintenance and/or other related expenses, and (4) payments by sublicensees to Company or its Affiliates for future research, development or commercialization activities (including pre-clinical or clinical studies) undertaken by or for Company or its Affiliates (including payments for FTEs), and further provided that if Company pays to Penn a milestone payment under Section 3.2 for achieving a milestone for which Company receives from a sublicensee a payment for achieving the same milestone subject to this Section 3.5(ii), then the amount of the Company’s payment to Penn under Section 3.2 shall be deducted from such sublicensee’s payment for purposes of this Section 3.5(ii) and shall not be subject to such [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ percent ([CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/%) share.
Sublicense Income Company shall pay Medical School {***} of all Sublicense Income. Such amounts shall be due and payable within sixty (60) days after Company receives the relevant payment from the Sublicensee.
Earned Royalties In partial consideration of the License and subject to Sections 3.7 and 3.8, Company will pay to Penn:
(i) a graduated royalty as set forth in the table below based upon worldwide annual Net Sales made by Company and its Affiliates (but not sublicensees) of any Designated Compound Sold for use in the Field of Use while covered in the country of Sale of expected use by a Valid Claim of the Assigned BMS Patents that is licensed to Company under the License (but no other Licensed Product): <$500 million [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/% >$500 million but <$750 million [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/% >$750 million but <$1 billion [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/% >$1 billion [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/% [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT
(ii) a royalty of [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ percent ([CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/%) of Net Sales made by Company and its Affiliates (but not sublicensees) for all Licensed Products that qualify as “Licensed Products” hereunder based on clause (b) of that definition and Sold while covered in the country of Sale of expected use by a Valid Claim of the Penn Existing Patents or Penn New Patents; provided that, notwithstanding any credits provided for in Section 3.7 but subject in all events to Section 3.8, royalties payable by Company for such Net Sales for such Licensed Products shall not be less than [CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/ percent ([CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED] /*/%). Only one royalty shall be due hereunder on the Sale of the same unit of Licensed Product. If a royalty accrues to a Sale of a Licensed Product under both clause (i) and (ii) above, then the higher rate of clause (i) shall apply. Only one royalty shall be due hereunder on the Sale of a Licensed Product even if the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or importation of such Licensed Product infringes more than one Valid Claim of the Penn Patent Rights.
Royalties This agreement entitles the author to no royalties or other fees. To such extent as legally permissible, the author waives his or her right to collect royalties relative to the article in respect of any use of the article by the Journal Owner or its sublicensee.
Net Sales The term “
Royalty Rates In further consideration of the licenses and other rights granted to NVS under this Agreement, during the Royalty Term for a Product in a country (other than for U.S. [***] Products), NVS will pay HMI royalties based on the aggregate Net Sales by NVS, its Affiliates, and its Sublicensees in a Calendar Year of (a) all Ophthalmic Products during the Royalty Term for each such Product in such country at the rates set forth in Table 11.7.1(a) below, (b) all [***] Products in the Ex-Vivo Field during the Royalty Term for each such Product in such country at the rates set forth in Table 11.7.1(b) below, and (c) all In-Vivo [***] Products outside of the U.S. during the Royalty Term for each such Product in such country at the rates set forth in Table 11.7.1(c) below. The royalty payments made pursuant to this Section 11.7.1 (Royalty Rates), the “Royalties” and the rates set forth in Table 11.7.1(a), Table 11.7.1(b), and Table 11.7.1(c), the “Royalty Rates.”
(a) Royalty Rates for Ophthalmic Products
(b) Royalty Rates for [***] Products in the Ex-Vivo Field Net Sales of all [***] Products in the Ex-Vivo Field Royalty Rate Royalty Floor [***] [ ***]% [ ***]% [***] [ ***]% [ ***]% [***] [ ***]% [ ***]%
(c) Royalty Rates for In-Vivo [***] Products Net Sales of all In-Vivo [***] Products outside of the U.S. Royalty Rate Royalty Floor [***] [ ***]% [ ***]% [***] [ ***]% [ ***]% [***] [ ***]% [ ***]% By way of example only, if NVS receives $[***] in Net Sales of all Ophthalmic Products during a given Calendar Year, then the Royalties payable by NVS under this Section 11.7.1 (Royalty Rates) with respect to such Ophthalmic Products during such Calendar Year would be calculated as follows: Royalty = [***] = $[***] + [***] = $[***] + [***] = $[***] = $[***]
Milestone Payments (a) In partial consideration of the license rights granted by Marina Bio under this Agreement, MirnaRx shall pay to Marina Bio a milestone payment upon the first achievement by MirnaRx (independently of work done by or in collaboration with a Sublicensee) of the applicable milestone event set forth in the table below, such payments to be in the listed amounts for the applicable Milestone Event:
(i) For each Licensed Product: [***] [***]
(ii) For each Additional Indication for the Licensed Product, up to total of [***] Additional Indications:
(1) [***] [***]
(b) For clarity, each of the above milestone payments shall be paid only once for a particular Licensed Product, regardless if any such Milestone Event is achieved more than once, except that [***]. Further, if a particular Licensed Product achieves a particular Milestone Event under subclause (i) of the above table without having achieved a previous Milestone Event in such subclause (i), then such previous Milestone Event shall be deemed also achieved, and the Milestone Payment associated with such Milestone Event shall then be paid with the achievement of the subsequent Milestone Event. For illustrative purposes only, if the [***] Milestone Event as set forth in (i)(3) in the table above is not achieved for a Licensed Product but the [***] Milestone Event as set forth in (i)(4) above is achieved for such Licensed Product, then the Milestone Payment for achievement of the Milestone Event in clause (i)(3) [***] will be paid when the Milestone Payment for (i)(4) is paid. The total amount of milestone payments payable for a particular Licensed Product under the above shall not, in any event, exceed $6,000,000 under subclause (i) of the above table and $10,000,000 in total. For additional clarity, if MirnaRx (or its Affiliate) enters into a sublicense Agreement under which the applicable Sublicensee is granted sublicense rights to Commercialize a Licensed Product, then achievement of any of the above Milestone Events by such Sublicensee, or by MirnaRx or its Affiliate working in collaboration with such Sublicensee under the sublicense agreement, shall not create a Milestone Payment obligation, but instead MirnaRx shall have the obligation to share Sublicense Revenues received under such sublicense agreement as provided in Section 5.6 below.
(c) Notwithstanding Sections 5.3(a) and 5.3(b) and the milestone table above, (i) no Milestone Payment for achievement of [***] of the milestone table above, and (ii) no [***] Certain information in this document has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. Milestone Payments for [***] of the milestone table above, shall be payable with respect to any Licensed Product containing or incorporating miR-34. For clarity, Sections 5.3(a) and 5.3(b) and the milestone table above shall apply in full to all Licensed Products other than any Licensed Product containing or incorporating miR-34, unless the Parties mutually agree otherwise in writing.
1.7. The Parties acknowledge and agree that as of the Amendment Effective Date, the Milestone Payment for the achievement of the Milestone Event [***] of the milestone table above has been paid in full by MirnaRx [***].
1.8. Section 5.4 shall be amended and restated in its entirety with the following:
