DEVELOPMENT/MASTER AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
This Development/Master Agreement is made this 21st day of September, 2009 by and between
Receptors LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company (“Receptors”), and VeriChip
Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (“VeriChip”).
Receptors and VeriChip shall be referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the
“Parties.”
WHEREAS, VeriChip desires to obtain the services (the “Development Services”) of
Receptors to, on a commercially reasonable best efforts basis, develop certain products for the
detection and identification of the influenza virus as described in Exhibit A attached
hereto (the “Products”), and Receptors desires to provide such Development Services to
VeriChip and to provide an option to license the use of the Products on the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement and other
good and valuable consideration the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree
as follows:
1. Development Services. Receptors agrees to provide the Development Services and use
its commercially reasonable best efforts to develop the Products subject to the specifications
provided in the Program Plan attached hereto as Exhibit B, which may be modified by the
Parties in writing from time to time.
2. License Certain Rights. So long as VeriChip is current on the Development Fee
Payments described in Section 4 below, Receptors grants VeriChip the license as described in the
License Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “License Agreement”).
3. Ownership of Products. VeriChip acknowledges and agrees that the Products contain
proprietary and patent protected material and contain trade secrets and other intellectual property
rights exclusively owned by Receptors. VeriChip agrees to maintain the secrecy of the contents of
the Products and implement adequate safeguards to prevent and protect the contents of the Products
from unauthorized use or disclosure. Subject to the rights VeriChip may attain from the License
Agreement, VeriChip agrees that Receptors is and shall remain the sole and exclusive owner of all
rights, title, and interest in and to the Products including any enhancements, updates,
modifications and any patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and any other intellectual property
rights related thereto. VeriChip shall not take any action inconsistent with such ownership.
Except as set forth in Section 2 above, this Agreement does not grant VeriChip any rights to any
patents, copyrights, trade secrets, tradenames, trademarks (whether registered or unregistered), or
any other rights or licenses with respect to the Products. This Section shall survive the
termination of this Agreement.
4. Development Fees. In exchange for the Development Services, VeriChip shall pay
Receptors the amounts specified in Exhibit D. In the event of any change in the outstanding shares
of VeriChip stock by reason of any recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation,
split-up, combination or exchange of shares or other similar change affecting the stock of
VeriChip, VeriChip and Receptors shall make an adjustment to the VeriChip stock to which Receptors
is entitled under this Section 4 as shall be equitable and appropriate.
5. Term. This Agreement shall remain in force until the Products are delivered and
accepted pursuant to the schedule in Exhibit B, unless sooner terminated under the provisions of
Section 6 below.
6.
Termination.
| a. | Receptors may, in its sole discretion, immediately terminate
this Agreement if (i) VeriChip materially breaches any provision of this
Agreement and such breach is not cured within thirty (30) days following
written notice from Receptors or (ii) if VeriChip becomes insolvent, makes a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, files a voluntary petition of
bankruptcy, suffers or permits the appointment of a receiver for its business
or assets, or becomes subject to any proceeding under any bankruptcy or
insolvency law, whether domestic or foreign, or has wound up or liquidated,
voluntarily or otherwise. In addition, VeriChip at anytime may discontinue the
Development Fee Payments described in Section 4 above in which case this
Agreement shall immediately terminate, VeriChip shall lose its License, and
Receptors shall have no further obligations under Section 1 above. |
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| b. | VeriChip may, in its sole discretion, immediately terminate
this Agreement if (i) Receptors materially breaches any provision of this
Agreement and such breach is not cured within thirty (30) days following
written notice from VeriChip or (ii) if Receptors becomes insolvent, makes a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, files a voluntary petition of
bankruptcy, suffers or permits the appointment of a receiver for its business
or assets, or becomes subject to any proceeding under any bankruptcy or
insolvency law, whether domestic or foreign, or has wound up or liquidated,
voluntarily or otherwise. |
7. Equitable Remedies And Enforcement. The Parties acknowledge and agree that breach
of any of the obligations under this Agreement shall cause irreparable injury and shall entitle the
non-breaching Party to equitable relief or remedy. The pursuit or securing of any such equitable
relief shall not prohibit or limit a Party to seek or obtain any other remedy provided under this
Agreement or by law. The covenants, agreements and remedies provided herein are in addition to,
and are not to be construed as a replacement for or limited by, the rights and remedies otherwise
available to a Party including, but not limited to, those rights and remedies contained in the
Uniform Trade Secrets Act, or its state counterparts.
8. Notice. Any and all notices called for under this Agreement shall be in writing,
and presented personally or by certified mail, postage prepaid, or recognized overnight delivery
services to Receptors or VeriChip to the following address as the case may be:
| If to Receptors: | Receptors LLC | |||||
| Xxxxx 000X / MD 57 | ||||||
| 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx. | ||||||
| Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||||
| ATTN: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Ph.D | ||||||
| If to VeriChip: | VeriChip Corporation | |||||
| 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxx. | ||||||
| Xxxxx 000 | ||||||
| Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||||
| ATTN: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
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9. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue; Attorney Fees. This Agreement shall be
construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Should it be
necessary to institute an action to enforce any of the terms contained in this Agreement, VeriChip
agrees said action shall and must be instituted in the State of New York. The Parties hereby waive
any and all defenses based on lack of personal jurisdiction or forum non conveniens. Should a
Party default under any of the terms of this Agreement, that Party hereby agrees to pay the
reasonable attorney’s fees incurred by the other Party in enforcing the terms of this Agreement.
The attorney’s fees shall be paid by the defaulting Party irrespective of any damages recovered or
any relief afforded to the non-defaulting Party.
10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement states the Parties’ entire agreement and
understanding of the subject hereof. This Agreement supersedes all prior understanding and
agreements. Any prior agreement or understandings between the Parties is null and void.
11. Modification. This Agreement may be modified only in a writing signed by the
Parties.
12. Severability. If any provision or clause of this Agreement as applied to either
Party or to any circumstances, shall be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid
or unenforceable, said adjudication shall in no way affect any other provision of this Agreement,
the application of such provision in any other circumstances, or the validity or enforceability of
this Agreement.
13. Assignment. Each Party may not assign its rights or delegate its duties under
this Agreement without the other Party’s prior written consent. Any attempted assignment or
delegation by a Party without the required consent will be void. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
either Party may assign this Agreement including, without limitation to an affiliate, subsidiary,
third party, or successor without the other Party’s prior consent.
14. Execution
in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, and/or
by facsimile, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which shall constitute
the same Agreement.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day
and year first written above.
| Receptors LLC | VeriChip Corporation | |||||||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||||||
| Its: | President | Its: | President | |||||||
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