SALE OF PART OF A BUSINESS. (a) If either party (the “Transferring Party”), after the Closing Date, transfers a going business (but not all or substantially all of its business or assets), and such transfer includes at least one marketable product and tangible assets having a net value of at least ten million U.S. dollars ($10,000,000.00), regardless of whether such transfer is part of (i) an asset sale to any Third Party, (ii) a sale of shares or securities in a Subsidiary to a Third Party such that (A) the Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary and (B) the Third Party owns at least eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority, or (iii) a sale of shares or securities in a Subsidiary such that (A) the Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary and (B) no single Third Party owns at least eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority of such ex-Subsidiary; (b) then, upon written request to the other party (the “Non-Transferring Party”) jointly by the Transferring Party and the Transferee (as defined below) at the closing of the transfer or as soon as practicable thereafter, but not later than sixty (60) days following the transfer, the Non-Transferring Party shall grant a royalty-free license to the Transferee under the same terms as the license granted to the Transferring Party under this Agreement subject to the following: (i) the effective date of such license shall be the effective date of such transfer, (ii) the products, services and processes of the Transferee that are subject to such license shall be limited to the products, services and processes of the Subsidiary or the products, services and processes in the transferred business that are commercially released or for which substantial steps have been taken to commercialization as of the date of the transfer by the Transferring Party, and for new versions of such products, services and processes, (iii) the Patents of the Non-Transferring Party that are subject to such license shall be limited to Licensed Business Patents or Patents included in the Transferred Business Intellectual Property, as the case may be, (iv) the Transferee shall have no right to grant sublicenses except that the Transferee shall have the right to grant sublicenses to any Person at least eighty percent (80%) of whose outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority are, directly or indirectly, owned by the Transferee (“Transferee Subsidiaries”), only for so long as such ownership exists, and the license to be granted by the Non-Transferring Party to the Transferee pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall not contain this provision or a provision containing terms comparable to this Section 2.8; and (v) the Transferee shall grant to the Non-Transferring Party a royalty-free license under the same terms as the license granted to the Non-Transferring Party by the Transferring Party under this agreement, such license (A) to be effective as of the effective date of the transfer, (B) to apply to all the products, services and processes of the Non-Transferring Party that are subject to the license from the Transferring Party to the Non-Transferring Party as of the effective date of the transfer, and (C) to include all Patents of the Transferee (other than design patents) that are entitled to a First Effective Filing Date on or before the date of such transfer and under which, at any time commencing with the date of the transfer, the Transferee or any of the Transferee Subsidiaries has ownership or control or otherwise has the right to grant such license without the obligation to pay royalties or other consideration to third parties. (c) provided, further, that in the event that the Non-Transferring Party and the Transferee are engaged in litigation, arbitration or other formal dispute resolution proceedings covering Patent infringement (pending in any court, tribunal, or administrative agency or before any appointed or agreed upon arbitrator in any jurisdiction worldwide), then the Non-Transferring Party shall have no obligation to enter into a license with the Transferee under this Section 2.8. (d) Each party may exercise its rights as the Transferring Party under this Section 2.8 no more than eight (8) times unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Non-Transferring Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, however, in any license granted by a Non-Transferring Party to a Transferee under this Section 2.8, the Transferring Party may elect to relinquish its license under this Agreement in the field of use covered by the license granted to the Transferee, and such license shall not count toward the limit. In making such election, the Transferring Party shall promptly notify the Non-Transferring Party. (e) As used above in this Section 2.8, “Transferee” in the case of Sections 2.8(a)(i) and (ii) means the Third Party acquiring the going business or eighty percent (80%) of the Subsidiary and in the case of Section 2.8(a)(iii) means the ex-Subsidiary only.
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Samples: Purchase and Sale Agreement (Avago Technologies LTD)
SALE OF PART OF A BUSINESS. (a) If either party (the “Transferring Party”), after the Closing Date, transfers a going business (but not all or substantially all of its business or assets), and such transfer includes at least one marketable product and tangible assets having a net value of at least ten million U.S. dollars ($10,000,000.00), regardless of whether such transfer is part of (i) an asset sale to any Third Party, (ii) a sale of shares or securities in a Subsidiary to a Third Party such that (A) the Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary and (B) the Third Party owns at least eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority, or (iii) a sale of shares or securities in a Subsidiary such that (A) the Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary and (B) no single Third Party owns at least eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority of such ex-Subsidiary;
(b) then, upon written request to the other party (the “Non-Transferring Party”) jointly by the Transferring Party and the Transferee (as defined below) at the closing of the transfer or as soon as practicable thereafter, but not later than sixty (60) days following the transfer, the Non-Transferring Party shall grant a royalty-free license to the Transferee under the same terms as the license granted to the Transferring Party under this Agreement subject to the following:
(i) the effective date of such license shall be the effective date of such transfer,
(ii) the products, services and processes of the Transferee that are subject to such license shall be limited to the products, services and processes of the Subsidiary or the products, services and processes in the transferred business that are commercially released or for which substantial steps have been taken to commercialization as of the date of the transfer by the Transferring Party, and for new versions of such products, services and processes,
(iii) the Patents of the Non-Transferring Party that are subject to such license shall be limited to Licensed Business Patents or Patents included in the Transferred Business Intellectual Property, as the case may be,
(iv) the Transferee shall have no right to grant sublicenses except that the Transferee shall have the right to grant sublicenses to any Person at least eighty percent (80%) of whose outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority are, directly or indirectly, owned by the Transferee (“Transferee Subsidiaries”), only for so long as such ownership exists, and the license to be granted by the Non-Transferring Party to the Transferee pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall not contain this provision or a provision containing terms comparable to this Section 2.8; and
(v) the Transferee shall grant to the Non-Transferring Party a royalty-free license under the same terms as the license granted to the Non-Transferring Party by the Transferring Party under this agreement, such license (A) to be effective as of the effective date of the transfer, (B) to apply to all the products, services and processes of the Non-Transferring Party that are subject to the license from the Transferring Party to the Non-Transferring Party as of the effective date of the transfer, and (C) to include all Patents of the Transferee (other than design patents) that are entitled to a First Effective Filing Date on or before the date of such transfer and under which, at any time commencing with the date of the transfer, the Transferee or any of the Transferee Subsidiaries has ownership or control or otherwise has the right to grant such license without the obligation to pay royalties or other consideration to third parties.;
(c) provided, further, that in the event that the Non-Transferring Party and the Transferee are engaged in litigation, arbitration or other formal dispute resolution proceedings covering Patent infringement (pending in any court, tribunal, or administrative agency or before any appointed or agreed upon arbitrator in any jurisdiction worldwide), then the Non-Non- Transferring Party shall have no obligation to enter into a license with the Transferee under this Section 2.8.
(d) Each party may exercise its rights as the Transferring Party under this Section 2.8 no more than eight (8) times unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Non-Transferring Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, however, in any license granted by a Non-Transferring Party to a Transferee under this Section 2.8, the Transferring Party may elect to relinquish its license under this Agreement in the field of use covered by the license granted to the Transferee, and such license shall not count toward the limit. In making such election, the Transferring Party shall promptly notify the Non-Transferring Party.
(e) As used above in this Section 2.8, “Transferee” in the case of Sections 2.8(a)(i) and (ii) means the Third Party acquiring the going business or eighty percent (80%) of the Subsidiary and in the case of Section 2.8(a)(iii) means the ex-Subsidiary only.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Agilent Technologies Inc)
SALE OF PART OF A BUSINESS. (a) If either party (the “"Transferring Party”"), after the Closing Date, transfers a going business (but not all or substantially all of its business or assets), and such transfer includes at least one marketable product and tangible assets having a net value of at least ten million U.S. dollars ($10,000,000.00), regardless of whether such transfer is part of (i) an asset sale to any Third Party, (ii) a sale of shares or securities in a Subsidiary to a Third Party such that (A) the Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary and (B) the Third Party owns at least eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority, or (iii) a sale of shares or securities in a Subsidiary such that (A) the Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary and (B) no single Third Party owns at least eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority of such ex-Subsidiary;
(b) then, upon written request to the other party (the “"Non-Transferring Party”") jointly by the Transferring Party and the Transferee (as defined below) at the closing of the transfer or as soon as practicable thereafter, but not later than within sixty (60) days following the transfer, the Non-Transferring Party shall grant a royalty-free license to the Transferee under the same terms as the license granted to the Transferring Party under this Agreement subject to the following:
(i) the effective date of such license shall be the effective date of such transfer,
(ii) the products, services and processes of the Transferee that are subject to such license shall be limited to the products, services and processes of the Subsidiary or the products, services and processes in the transferred business that are commercially released or for which substantial steps have been taken to commercialization as of the date of the transfer by the Transferring Party, and for new versions of that have merely minor incremental differences from such products, services and processes,
(iii) the Patents of the Non-Transferring Party that are subject to such license shall be limited to Licensed Business Seller Patents or Patents included in the Transferred Business Intellectual PropertyAssigned Patents, as the case may be,
(iv) the Transferee shall have no right to grant sublicenses except that the Transferee shall have the right to grant sublicenses to any Person at least eighty percent (80%) of whose outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority are, directly or indirectly, owned by the Transferee (“"Transferee Subsidiaries”"), only for so long as such ownership exists, and and
(i) the license to be granted by the Non-Transferring Party to the Transferee pursuant to this Section 2.8 3.6 shall not contain this provision or a provision containing terms comparable to this Section 2.8; and
(v) the Transferee shall grant to the Non-Transferring Party a royalty-free license under the same terms as the license granted to the Non-Transferring Party by the Transferring Party under this agreement, such license (A) to be effective as of the effective date of the transfer, (B) to apply to all the products, services and processes of the Non-Transferring Party that are subject to the license from the Transferring Party to the Non-Transferring Party as of the effective date of the transfer, and (C) to include all Patents of the Transferee (other than design patents) that are entitled to a First Effective Filing Date on or before the date of such transfer and under which, at any time commencing with the date of the transfer, the Transferee or any of the Transferee Subsidiaries has ownership or control or otherwise has the right to grant such license without the obligation to pay royalties or other consideration to third parties.terms;
(c) provided, further, that in the event that the Non-Transferring Party and the Transferee are engaged in litigation, arbitration or other formal dispute resolution proceedings covering Patent infringement (pending in any court, tribunal, or administrative agency or before any appointed or agreed upon arbitrator in any jurisdiction worldwide), then the Non-Transferring Party shall have no obligation to enter into a license with the Transferee under this Section 2.8.3.6; and
(d) Each party may exercise its rights as provided, further, that the Transferring Party under this Section 2.8 no more than eight (8) times unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Non-Transferring Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, however, in any license granted by a Non-Transferring Party to a Transferee under this Section 2.8, the Transferring Party may elect to shall relinquish its license under this Agreement in the field of use covered by the license granted to the Transferee, and such license shall not count toward the limit. In making such election, the Transferring Party shall promptly notify the Non-Transferring Party.
(e) As used above in this Section 2.83.6, “"Transferee” " in the case of Sections 2.8(a)(i3.6(a)(i) and (ii) means the Third Party acquiring the going business or eighty percent (80%) of the Subsidiary and in the case of Section 2.8(a)(iii3.6(a)(iii) means the ex-Subsidiary only.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Agilent Technologies Inc)
SALE OF PART OF A BUSINESS. (a) If either party (the “Transferring Party”), after the Closing Date, transfers a going business (but not all or substantially all of its business or assets), and such transfer includes at least one marketable product and tangible assets having a net value of at least ten million U.S. dollars ($10,000,000.00), regardless of whether such transfer is part of (i) an asset sale to any Third Party, ; (ii) a sale of shares or securities in a Subsidiary to a Third Party such that (A) the Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary and (B) the Third Party owns at least eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority, ; or (iii) a sale of shares or securities in a Subsidiary such that (A) the Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary and (B) no single Third Party owns at least eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority of such ex-Subsidiary;
(b) then, upon written request to the other party (the “Non-Transferring Party”) jointly by the Transferring Party and the Transferee (as defined below) at the closing of the transfer or as soon as practicable thereafter, but not later than sixty (60) days following the transfer, the Non-Transferring Party shall grant a royalty-free license to the Transferee under the same terms as the license granted to the Transferring Party under this Agreement subject to the following:
(i) the effective date of such license shall be the effective date of such transfer,
(ii) the products, services and processes of the Transferee that are subject to such license shall be limited to the products, services and processes of the Subsidiary or the products, services and processes in the transferred business that are commercially released or for which substantial steps have been taken to commercialization as of the date of the transfer by the Transferring Party, and for new versions of such products, services and processes,
(iii) the Patents of the Non-Transferring Party that are subject to such license shall be limited to Licensed Business Patents or Patents included in the Transferred Business Intellectual Property, as the case may be,
(iv) the Transferee shall have no right to grant sublicenses except that the Transferee shall have the right to grant sublicenses to any Person at least eighty percent (80%) of whose outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority are, directly or indirectly, owned by the Transferee (“Transferee Subsidiaries”), only for so long as such ownership exists, and the license to be granted by the Non-Transferring Party to the Transferee pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall not contain this provision or a provision containing terms comparable to this Section 2.8; and
(v) the Transferee shall grant to the Non-Transferring Party a royalty-free license under the same terms as the license granted to the Non-Transferring Party by the Transferring Party under this agreement, such license (A) to be effective as of the effective date of the transfer, (B) to apply to all the products, services and processes of the Non-Transferring Party that are subject to the license from the Transferring Party to the Non-Transferring Party as of the effective date of the transfer, and (C) to include all Patents of the Transferee (other than design patents) that are entitled to a First Effective Filing Date on or before the date of such transfer and under which, at any time commencing with the date of the transfer, the Transferee or any of the Transferee Subsidiaries has ownership or control or otherwise has the right to grant such license without the obligation to pay royalties or other consideration to third parties.
(c) provided, further, that in the event that the Non-Transferring Party and the Transferee are engaged in litigation, arbitration or other formal dispute resolution proceedings covering Patent infringement (pending in any court, tribunal, or administrative agency or before any appointed or agreed upon arbitrator in any jurisdiction worldwide), then the Non-Transferring Party shall have no obligation to enter into a license with the Transferee under this Section 2.8.
(d) Each party may exercise its rights as the Transferring Party under this Section 2.8 no more than eight (8) times unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Non-Transferring Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, however, in any license granted by a Non-Transferring Party to a Transferee under this Section 2.8, the Transferring Party may elect to relinquish its license under this Agreement in the field of use covered by the license granted to the Transferee, and such license shall not count toward the limit. In making such election, the Transferring Party shall promptly notify the Non-Transferring Party.
(e) As used above in this Section 2.8, “Transferee” in the case of Sections 2.8(a)(i) and (ii) means the Third Party acquiring the going business or eighty percent (80%) of the Subsidiary and in the case of Section 2.8(a)(iii) means the ex-Subsidiary only.
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Samples: Purchase and Sale Agreement (Avago Technologies LTD)
SALE OF PART OF A BUSINESS. (a) If either party (the “Transferring Party”), after the Closing Date, transfers a going business (but not all or substantially all of its business or assets), and such transfer includes at least one marketable product and tangible assets having a net value of at least ten million U.S. dollars ($10,000,000.00), regardless of whether such transfer is part of (i) an asset sale to any Third Party, (ii) a sale of shares or securities in a Subsidiary to a Third Party such that (A) the Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary and (B) the Third Party owns at least eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority, or (iii) a sale of shares or securities in a Subsidiary such that (A) the Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary and (B) no single Third Party owns at least eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority of such ex-Subsidiary;
(b) then, upon written request to the other party (the “Non-Transferring Party”) jointly by the Transferring Party and the Transferee (as defined below) at the closing of the transfer or as soon as practicable thereafter, but not later than sixty (60) days following the transfer, the Non-Transferring Party shall grant a royalty-free license to the Transferee under the same terms as the license granted to the Transferring Party under this Agreement subject to the following:
(i) the effective date of such license shall be the effective date of such transfer,
(ii) the products, services and processes of the Transferee that are subject to such license shall be limited to the products, services and processes of the Subsidiary or the products, services and processes in the transferred business that are commercially released or for which substantial steps have been taken to commercialization as of the date of the transfer by the Transferring Party, and for new versions of such products, services and processes,
(iii) the Patents of the Non-Transferring Party that are subject to such license shall be limited to Licensed Business Patents or Patents included in the Transferred Business Intellectual Property, as the case may be,
(iv) the Transferee shall have no right to grant sublicenses except that the Transferee shall have the right to grant sublicenses to any Person at least eighty percent (80%) of whose outstanding shares or securities representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority are, directly or indirectly, owned by the Transferee (“Transferee Subsidiaries”), only for so long as such ownership exists, and the license to be granted by the Non-Transferring Party to the Transferee pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall not contain this provision or a provision containing terms comparable to this Section 2.8; and
(v) the Transferee shall grant to the Non-Transferring Party a royalty-free license under the same terms as the license granted to the Non-Transferring Party by the Transferring Party under this agreement, such license (A) to be effective as of the effective date of the transfer, (B) to apply to all the products, services and processes of the Non-Transferring Party that are subject to the license from the Transferring Party to the Non-Transferring Party as of the effective date of the transfer, and (C) to include all Patents of the Transferee (other than design patents) that are entitled to a First Effective Filing Date on or before the date of such transfer and under which, at any time commencing with the date of the transfer, the Transferee or any of the Transferee Subsidiaries has ownership or control or otherwise has the right to grant such license without the obligation to pay royalties or other consideration to third parties.;
(c) provided, further, that in the event that the Non-Transferring Party and the Transferee are engaged in litigation, arbitration or other formal dispute resolution proceedings covering Patent infringement (pending in any court, tribunal, or administrative agency or before any appointed or agreed upon arbitrator in any jurisdiction worldwide), then the Non-Transferring Party shall have no obligation to enter into a license with the Transferee under this Section 2.8.
(d) Each party may exercise its rights as the Transferring Party under this Section 2.8 no more than eight (8) times unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Non-Transferring Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, however, in any license granted by a Non-Transferring Party to a Transferee under this Section 2.8, the Transferring Party may elect to relinquish its license under this Agreement in the field of use covered by the license granted to the Transferee, and such license shall not count toward the limit. In making such election, the Transferring Party shall promptly notify the Non-Transferring Party.
(e) As used above in this Section 2.8, “Transferee” in the case of Sections 2.8(a)(i) and (ii) means the Third Party acquiring the going business or eighty percent (80%) of the Subsidiary and in the case of Section 2.8(a)(iii) means the ex-Subsidiary only.
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