CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED PATENT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED
This PATENT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (hereinafter referred to as “Agreement”) is entered into and effective as of October 21, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as “Effective Date”), by and between Panasonic Corporation, a Japanese corporation having a principal place of business at 1006 Oaza Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx-xxx, Xxxxx 000-0000, Xxxxx (hereinafter referred to as “Seller”) and Inventergy, Inc., a Delaware corporation with a business address at 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, XXX (hereinafter referred to as “Buyer”). Hereinafter, Seller and Buyer are each referred to as a “Party”, and collectively as the “Parties”.
SECTION 1
(a) “Affiliate(s)” shall mean any legally recognizable entity which is Controlled by Party, or which Controls the Party, or which is in common Control with Party. An entity shall be deemed as Party’s Affiliate(s) only so long as such Control exists.
(b) “Agreement” has the meaning defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
(c) “Appendix Patents” has the meaning defined in Section 1(v) of this Agreement.
(d) “Buyer” has the meaning defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
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(e) “Continuing Licenses” has the meaning defined in Section 8.4 of this Agreement.
(f) “Control” means direct or indirect (i) ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares representing the right to vote for members of the board of directors or other managing officers of such entity, or (ii) for an entity that does not have outstanding shares, more than fifty percent (50%) of the ownership interest representing the right to make decisions for such entity.
(g) “Deducted Costs” has the meaning defined in Section 1 (q) of this Agreement.
(h) “Effective Date” has the meaning defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement..
(i) “Encumbrances/Prior Licenses” has the meaning defined in Section 8.3 of this Agreement.
(j) “Governmental Entity” shall mean any court, administrative agency or commission or other federal, state, county, local or foreign governmental authority, instrumentality, agency commission or subdivision thereof, including but not limited to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the European Patent Office and the Japan Patent Office.
(k) “Grant-Back” has the meaning defined in Section 2.5 of this Agreement.
(l) “Gross Revenue” shall mean total income and revenue obtained by Buyer in relation to Buyer’s commercialization activities for Patent Assets, including but not limited to the licensing, selling or other monetization of any of the Patent Assets.
(m) “Guaranteed Payments” has the meaning defined in Section 3.4 of this Agreement.
(n) “Guaranteed Payment Date” has the meaning defined in Section 3.4 of this Agreement.
(o) “Licensed Products” means any product, process, method or service which would infringe or prima facie infringe, directly or indirectly, any claim of the Patent Assets.
(p) “LICENSEE” has the meaning defined in Section 8.3 (b) of this Agreement.
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(q) “Net Revenue” shall mean all proceeds, income, payments and revenues obtained (actually received as cash) by Buyer during the term of this Agreement and/or after its termination in relation to Buyer’s commercialization activities for Patent Assets, including but not limited to the licensing, selling, or other monetization of any of the Patent Assets, after deducting from Gross Revenue: (1) any governmental taxes including withholding taxes, (2) any reimbursement to its licensees due to overpayments from such licensees to Buyer; and (3) any and all accrued litigation related third party invoiced expenses (preparation, execution or contingency fee payments) (hereinafter, such deducted costs shall be referred to as “Deducted Costs”). In any event, the accrued Deducted Costs deducted from Gross Revenue to yield a particular quarterly Net Revenue shall not exceed more than * percent (*%) of the Gross Revenue applicable to that particular quarterly Net Revenue, but any excess accrued Deducted Costs may be applied to subsequent Net Revenue. For the avoidance of doubt, Buyer is solely liable for any third party litigation related costs and negotiation related costs. None of Buyer’s internal costs of operation, including but not limited to any costs associated with the commercialization of the Patent Assets and Buyer’s internal costs associated with litigation in support of commercialization efforts, shall be deducted in Net Revenue calculations. For the avoidance of doubt, Net Revenue does not encompass any receipts by Buyer due to general corporate financing, whether equity or debt, or money or other value received as part of changes of control, mergers or acquisitions of substantially all the assets of Buyer, its successor or assigns, or similar general corporate transactions.
(r) “Net Revenue Share” has the meaning defined in Section 3.2 of this Agreement.
(s) “New Owner” has the meaning defined in Section 3.4 of this Agreement.
(t) “Parties” has the meaning defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
(u) “Party” has the meaning defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
(v) “Patent Assets” shall mean those patents and pending patent applications of Seller as listed in Appendix A (hereinafter, referred to as “Appendix Patents”) and all of their related families, including all counterpart patents and applications, in any geography or jurisdiction, pending patent applications and lapsed or otherwise abandoned patents or patent applications which: (a) claim priority to the Appendix Patents, or (b) to which the Appendix Patents claimed priority (hereinafter, referred to as “Priority Patents”), or (c) which claim priority to the Priority Patents (“Subsequent Patents”). For the purpose of clarity, any patents or patent applications which are subject to a terminal disclaimer with regard to Appendix Patents, Priority Patents or Subsequent Patents are included in Patent Assets. For the avoidance of doubt, Patent Assets includes any and all continuations, divisionals, reissues, reexaminations, or other similar refiling or additional filing of a patent application for claims based upon embodiments contained in the specifications of any of the patents and patent applications listed in Appendix A and (ii) rights to apply in any or all countries of the world for patents, certificates of invention or utility models related to any of the patents and patent applications listed in Appendix A.
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(w) “Payment Date” shall mean the actual day, no later than thirty (30) calendar days from the Effective Date, on which Buyer effects transfer of the Up-front Payment set forth in Section 3.1 hereof to Seller.
(x) “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, as well as any syndicate or group of any of the foregoing.
(y) “Priority Patents” has the meaning defined in Section 1 (v) of this Agreement.
(z) “Prior Renewable Licenses” has the meaning defined in Section 8.3 (d) of this Agreement.
(aa) “Prior SiproLAB Licensees” has the meaning defined in Section 8.3 (c) of this Agreement.
(bb) “Purpose Related to Weapons” has the meaning defined in Section 9.14 of this Agreement.
(cc) “*” has the meaning defined in Section 8.3 (b) of this Agreement.
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(dd) “Quarterly Payment Date” shall mean a day no later than sixty (60) calendar days after each end of the quarter of the calendar year.
(ee) “Renewing Licensees” has the meaning defined in Section 8.3 (d) of this Agreement.
(ff) “Seller” has the meaning defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
(gg) “Settled Third Party” has the meaning defined in Section 4.3 (a) of this Agreement.
(hh) “SiproLAB License(s)” has the meaning defined in Section 8.3 (c) of this Agreement.
(ii) “SiproLAB Patents” has the meaning defined in Section 8.3 (c) of this Agreement.
(jj) “Standstill Agreement” has the meaning defined in Section 9.15 of this Agreement. ]
(kk) “Subsequent Patents” has the meaning defined in Section 1 (v) of this Agreement.
(ll) “Transfer Documents” mean patent transfer documents, in the form of Appendix B or in a form drafted by Buyer and approved by Seller, suitable for filing with the relevant Governmental Entity in each jurisdiction where the Patent Assets issue from or have been filed, as the case may be, in each case to record the change of ownership of the Patent Assets from Seller to Buyer.
(mm) “Transferees” has the meaning defined in Section 8.4 of this Agreement.
(nn) “Trigger Date” has the meaning defined in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.
(oo) “Up-front Payment” has the meaning defined in Section 3.1 of this Agreement.
(pp) “SSO” shall mean any standard setting organization or other entity that seeks to develop or establish technology standards including, but not limited to, ETSI, and ARIB.
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(qq) “SSO Commitments” shall mean the covenants, promises, declarations and other undertakings, such as Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) commitment, made or committed to by Seller to any SSO relating to any of the Patent Assets, whether explicit or implicit, pursuant to the membership agreement, bylaws or policies of such SSO.
SECTION 2
TRANSFER OF PATENTS AND LICENSE OF PATENT PORTFOLIO
2.2 | Delivery and Recordation. |
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2.5 | Grant-Back. |
(a) | Buyer, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, grants to Seller and its Affiliates and subcontractors, a non-exclusive, non-assignable, non-transferable (except as expressly set forth in this Section 2.5 below), non-sub-licensable (except as expressly set forth in this Section 2.5 below), perpetual (both prospective and retroactive), irrevocable, worldwide, fully paid-up and royalty-free license and release (hereinafter referred to as “Grant-Back”) under all current and future issued Patent Assets to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, lease, import, export or otherwise dispose of any Licensed Products. The license granted to Seller shall include the right to grant sublicenses of the same or lesser scope to any third party as required of the Seller under the Encumbrances/Prior Licenses as described in Sections 8.3 (c) and 8.3 (d). In the event of any change of control or sale of any of Seller’s and/or its Affiliate’s business or assets which enjoy this Grant-Back, the Grant-Back hereunder shall extend for the benefit of the acquirer and continue in effect as to any of that buyer’s products and services which are substantially the same as the Licensed Products and/or any derivative products and/or services thereof of such sold business as at the time of the change of control or sale. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to obligate Buyer to file, maintain, or prosecute any patent or patent application included in or with respect to the Patent Assets. |
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(b) | Seller reserves and retains, for the benefit of itself and its Affiliates and its and their successors and assigns, * as described in Section 8.3 (c). |
SECTION 3
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Bank Name: * Corporation Branch Name: * Bank Address: * Accountholder: * Account Number: * Swift Code: * |
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SECTION 4
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4.3 | Effect of Termination. |
(a) | If Seller exercises its option to terminate this Agreement and * the Patent Assets under Section 4.2 hereof, Seller will grant Buyer a * to any *that has already * with Buyer * to the Patent Assets * (hereinafter, such * shall be referred to as a “*”), and Buyer shall pay to Seller any amount of Net Revenue Share (including the future Net Revenue Share which will be obtained after the termination date) for amounts which Buyer had settled or agreed with, and received from, such Settled Third Party. |
(b) | Within sixty (60) days after the date of termination, Buyer shall render a report and pay all accrued amounts owing under Section 3 of this Agreement to Seller. For the avoidance of doubt, Buyer shall continue to pay to Seller any amount of Net Revenue Share (including the future Net Revenue Share which will be obtained after the termination date) which Buyer has settled or agreed with any Settled Third Party with respect to Buyer’s commercialization activities on or before the termination date of this Agreement. |
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(c) | Seller shall retain the right to conduct a post-termination audit in accordance with Section 3.8 hereof, and Buyer shall retain books and records as required until after such audit and any subsequent dispute arising from such audit. |
SECTION 5
REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
Seller hereby represents and warrants to Buyer as of the Effective Date as follows:
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5.5 | As of the Effective Date, to the knowledge of Seller, there has been no litigation or suit filed and/or pending, or written assertion by a third party, (i) by or against Seller concerning the ownership, validity, registrability, enforceability, infringement or use of any Patent Assets, or (ii) contesting or challenging the ownership, validity, registrability or enforceability of Seller’s right to use any Patent Assets. As of the Effective Date, to the knowledge of Seller, none of the Patent Assets has ever been found invalid, unpatentable, or unenforceable for any reason in any third party-initiated administrative, arbitration, judicial or other proceeding. As of the Effective Date, to the knowledge of Seller, none of the Patent Assets has been or is currently involved in any reexamination, reissue, interpartes review, interference proceeding, or any similar proceeding except as noted in Appendix C, and no such proceedings are pending or threatened. Seller has not improperly paid any “small entity” fees to the United States Patent and Trademark Office for any Patent Assets. |
5.6 | Seller also represents to Buyer that based only on a good faith search of Seller’s corporate patent licensing database using the list of entity names set forth in Appendix D, neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates, as of the Effective Date, has executed a patent license or patent non-assertion agreement with any of the entities identified in Appendix D under which Seller expressly granted a license or covenant not to xxx under the Patent Assets to such entities. For clarity, this representation does not apply to any license or covenant not to xxx (i) that arises by operation of law or equity, by implication, through exhaustion, or based on similar legal theories, (ii) to any entity in its capacity as a direct or indirect customer or supplier of a third party (including any customer or supplier of a third party) to which Seller or any of its Affiliates has expressly granted a license or covenant not to xxx, (iii) based on the sale or other transfer of products or services (including the sale or other transfer of products or services by a third party to which Seller or any of its Affiliates has expressly granted a license or covenant not to xxx), (iv) granted by or through a third party, including but not limited to grants from or through a standards setting organization, supplier or customer, or other third party, or (v) based on or associated with development, services or technology license agreements. |
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SECTION 6
REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER
Buyer hereby represents and warrants to Seller as of the Effective Date as follows:
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SECTION 7
7.1 | Cooperation; No Future Responsibility. Seller shall have no responsibility for any action or proceeding relating to any of the Patent Assets which is commenced on or after the Effective Date (other than an action or proceedings relating to a breach of this Agreement). However, for any applications or proceedings relating to the Patent Assets, including pending, issued and lapsed Patent Assets that are reasonably revivable as of the Effective Date, Seller agrees to use all reasonable efforts to cooperate with Buyer in (i) prosecuting such pending applications or proceedings, (ii) maintaining as granted such issued patents, and (iii) reviving lapsed Patent Assets within available time periods for paying previously due payment of routine fees, at the expense of Buyer, provided all such expenses will be reasonable and will be submitted to Buyer for pre-approval in writing. Additionally, Seller agrees to pay any expenses related to registration and obtaining the patent right for Patent Assets (e.g. registration fee), maintenance fees, and/or annuity fees payable and/or due up to and including the Effective date and through sixty (60) days beyond the Effective Date; and Buyer agrees to reimburse Seller for all such fees paid by Seller after the Effective Date for fees that are first due after the Effective Date. Such cooperation includes signing lawful papers and performing other lawful acts which Buyer may request to further the prosecution of any of such pending applications or proceedings. Within six (6) months after the Payment Date, Seller will provide all material and documents related to prosecution of the Patent Assets which are in the actual possession of Seller and/or its external counsels and attorneys, including but not limited to all file histories of all cases of the Patent Assets, including any interim but now-abandoned, lapsed or otherwise superseded applications or patents. Buyer and Seller agree to discuss the appropriate handling of costs of transfer of actual case files. Seller also has already provided and/or will provide within six (6) months after the Payment Date, declarations to standards bodies, existing claim charts, and available technical reports relating to the Patent Assets. |
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SECTION 8
8.2 | Fees and Other Actions. |
(a) | Any cost of any patent office proceedings taken on and after Effective Date by Buyer, and any and all other costs regarding the Patent Assets and the cost of recording the transfer of the Patent Assets, including any maintenance fees, annuities, renewal fees, issue fees and the like that first become due after the Effective Date on the Patent Assets shall be borne solely by Buyer. Buyer shall reimburse Seller for any maintenance fees, annuities and other patent office fees, if any, that first become due for any of the Patent Assets after the Effective Date and are paid by Seller. |
(b) | Buyer after the Effective Date may elect to abandon any pending application or issued patent that is part of the Patent Assets. Should Buyer elect to abandon any such application or patent subject to the Encumbrances/Prior Licenses of Section 8.3 (c), however, it shall give reasonable notice to Seller of its intention to do so at least sixty (60) days before the final deadline for the payment of any maintenance or other fee, or the submission of any office action or other communication to the any patent office that would have the effect of such abandonment. |
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8.3 | Continuation of Encumbrances/Prior Licenses. |
(a) | Buyer, on behalf of itself, its Affiliates, and their successors and assigns, acknowledges and covenants that Buyer’s acquisition of the entire right, title, and interest in and to the Patent Assets pursuant to this Agreement is subject to any and all existing encumbrances, outstanding issues, options to acquire licenses, or any requirements imposed on Seller under agreements executed between Seller and any third party prior to Effective Date of this Agreement (hereinafter, referred to as “Encumbrances/Prior Licenses”), all of which shall run with the Patent Assets and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms in effect as of the Effective Date. Buyer shall require that any assignees, exclusive licensees, and other successors to any interests in the Patent Assets respect and comply with, and not interfere with, the Encumbrances/Prior Licenses and the terms hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, Encumbrances/Prior License includes any requirements imposed by SSO, or the like. Buyer, on behalf of itself and all of its direct and indirect successors and assigns, acknowledge and agrees that the Patent Assets are assigned subject to any and all SSO Commitments, and Buyer shall ensure that the Patent Assets (including any assignments, exclusive licenses, or other transfer of interest made by Buyer with respect to Patent Assets) are and remain subject to any and all SSO Commitments to the extent that, as of the Effective Date, Seller has made such SSO Commitments. Buyer, for itself, its Affiliates, and its and their successors and assigns, agrees not to challenge the validity and enforceability of such Encumbrances/Prior Licenses on the grounds that Buyer, its Affiliates, or its or their successors or assigns had no notice of or were otherwise unaware of such Encumbrances/Prior Licenses. |
(b) | Without limitation of the generality of this Section 8.3 (a), Seller hereby notifies Buyer, in accordance with the *, between * (as successor to *) (“*”), one of Seller’s Affiliates, and *, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “*”), that certain of the Patent Assets are subject to a * under the *. Buyer acknowledges and agrees that the Patent Assets (together with all future divisions, reissues, renewals, continuations, and continuations in part of the Patent Assets, if any, owned by Buyer or which Buyer has the right to license) remain subject to, and Buyer is bound by, the following provisions (excerpts of which provisions, and the definitions of certain related capitalized terms, are set forth in the attached Appendix E): (i) the * against *and * in clause (a) of Section 8.1.1.1 and in Section 8.1.2 of the *, (ii) the obligations to *and * to * or * in Sections 8.1.1.2 and 8.1.1.4 through 8.1.8 of the * (subject to the terms set forth in Section 4.4 of the related *), and (iii) the terms of Section 8.3.1 of the *, with respect to such Patent Assets (including all future *, *, *, *, and * in part thereof, if any, owned by Buyer or which Buyer has the *), as if the name of Buyer were substituted for * throughout Section 8 of the * (including Sections 8.1.4, 8.1.5, 8.1.6, 8.1.7, and 8.1.8) and as if all references to * meant, instead, Buyer and each Person Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with Buyer (but, in each case, solely with respect to such Patent Assets and all future divisions, reissues, renewals continuations, and continuations in part thereof, if any, owned by Buyer or which Buyer has the right to license). |
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(c) | Without limitation of the generality of Section 8.3 (a), Seller hereby notifies Buyer that certain of the Patent Assets (listed in Appendix F) are subject to a patent licensing pool administered by SiproLAB Telecom (“SiproLAB Patents”), and have been already licensed (“SiproLAB License(s)”) to certain licensees (“Prior SiproLAB Licensees”). Buyer acknowledges and agrees that the SiproLAB Patents (together with all future divisions, reissues, renewals, continuations and continuation in part of the SiproLAB Patents, if any, owned by Buyer or which Buyer has the right to license) remain subject to, and Buyer is bound by, such Prior SiproLAB Licenses including any renewal term thereof. |
(d) | Without limitation of the generality of Section 8.3 (a), Seller hereby notifies Buyer, that certain of the Patent Assets may be subject to existing licenses (“Prior Renewable Licenses”), whereby the licensees for such Prior Renewable Licenses (“Renewing Licensees”) have the right to renew their Prior Renewable License and retain rights to the applicable patents, even after sale by Seller to Buyer. Buyer acknowledges and agrees that the such applicable patents (together with all future divisions, reissues, renewals, continuations, and continuations of such applicable Patents, if any, owned by Buyer or which Buyer has the right to license) remain subject to, and Buyer is bound by, such Prior Renewable Licenses, in particular Seller’s obligation to provide future renewals of such licenses to such applicable Patents to such Renewing Licensees, as governed by each such Prior Renewable License in existence as of the Effective Date, if any. |
(e) | At Seller’s request, Buyer shall execute any documents and instruments, and take any lawful actions, that, in each case, may be reasonably necessary to record or perfect the reserved rights of Seller and its Affiliates and any licensees or other beneficiaries of the Encumbrances/Prior Licenses. Any acts undertaken by Buyer solely under this Section 8.3 (e) shall be at Seller’s expense. |
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SECTION 9
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IF TO SELLER: | IF TO BUYER: | |
Panasonic Corporation Intellectual Property Center |
Inventergy, Inc. 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx | |
0-0-00 Xxxxxxx, Xxxx-xx, Xxxxx Xxxx | Xxxxx 000 | |
000-0000, Xxxxx | Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, XXX | |
Attention: General Manager, Licensing Group |
Attention: Xxx Xxxxxx Chairman & CEO | |
Email: * | Email: xxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx |
9.4 | Assignment of this Agreement. Parties shall not assign this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations hereunder, except to an Affiliate of the respective Party, without the prior written consent of the other Party, and any other assignment or attempted assignment of this Agreement or any part thereof by a Party without the prior written consent of the other Party shall be void. If Party intends to assign this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations hereunder to its Affiliate, such Party shall provide a prior written notice to the other Party for such assignment not later than thirty (30) days before the assignment date. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of successors and permitted assigns of the Parties. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, for clarity, nothing in this Agreement shall in any way limit the sale, transfer, licensing, or other exploitation of the Patent Assets by Buyer or any of Buyer’s successors or assigns or purchasers of the Patent Assets. |
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9.9 | Jurisdiction, Venue and Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws, but not the choice of law rules, of the State of California and the applicable federal laws of the United States. |
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9.13 | Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute on and the same agreement. |
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Panasonic Corporation | Inventergy, Inc. | ||||
By: | By: | ||||
(Signature) | (Signature) | ||||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title: | Managing Director, Member of the Board | Title: | Chariman & CEO | ||
Date: | Date: |
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Appendix A - Appendix Patents
Subtotal | 101 | |
Internal Family ID | Publication Number | Patent Status |
Inv-01 | US6726297 | Granted |
Inv-03 | US8009549 | Granted |
Inv-04 | US8416810 | Granted |
Inv-08 | XX0000000 | Granted |
Inv-08 | US8238226 | Granted |
Inv-09 | US7593317 | Granted |
Inv-15 | US7929627 | Granted |
Inv-16 | US7826557 | Granted |
Inv-21 | XX0000000 | Granted |
Inv-23 | US8064393 | Granted |
Inv-26 | US20120314645 | Pending |
Inv-26 | US8270332 | Granted |
Pana-01 | US6366763 | Granted |
Pana-01 | US6370359 | Granted |
Pana-01 | US6381445 | Granted |
Pana-01 | XX0000000 | Granted |
Pana-01 | US6487394 | Granted |
Pana-01 | US6505035 | Granted |
Pana-01 | US6597894 | Granted |
Pana-01 | US6611676 | Granted |
Pana-01 | XX0000000 | Granted |
Pana-01 | US7636551 | Granted |
Pana-02 | US6637001 | Granted |
Pana-02 | US20050002477 | lapsed |
Pana-03 | US6813323 | Granted |
Pana-03 | US20050219071 | lapsed |
Pana-04 | US6734810 | Granted |
Pana-04 | US6922159 | Granted |
Pana-04 | US6940428 | Granted |
Pana-05 | US6069884 | Granted |
Pana-06 | US6119004 | Granted |
Pana-07 | US6069924 | Granted |
*Please note parts of this Agreement are designated with an asterisk which indicates that material has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.
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Pana-08 | US20040048578 | lapsed |
Pana-08 | US6636723 | Granted |
Pana-09 | US6628630 | Granted |
Pana-10 | US6404778 | Granted |
Pana-11 | XX0000000 | Granted |
Pana-11 | US6807162 | Granted |
Pana-11 | XX0000000 | Granted |
Pana-11 | XX0000000 | Granted |
Pana-12 | US6765894 | Granted |
Pana-12 | US7656844 | Granted |
Pana-12 | US8437316 | Granted |
Pana-13 | US6839335 | Granted |
Pana-14 | US7072416 | Granted |
Pana-14 | US7760815 | Granted |
Pana-15 | US6868056 | Granted |
Pana-16 | US6944208 | Granted |
Pana-17 | US6781973 | Granted |
Pana-18 | US7145886 | Granted |
Pana-19 | US6847828 | Granted |
Pana-19 | US7386321 | Granted |
Pana-20 | US7266118 | Granted |
Pana-21 | US7133379 | Granted |
Pana-22 | XX0000000 | Lapsed |
Pana-22 | US7392019 | Granted |
Pana-23 | US7339949 | Granted |
Pana-24 | US7702025 | Granted |
Pana-25 | US7460502 | Granted |
Pana-26 | US7269774 | Granted |
Pana-27 | US7385934 | Granted |
Pana-28 | US7114121 | Granted |
Pana-29 | US7162206 | Granted |
Pana-30 | US7746762 | Granted |
Pana-31 | US7693140 | Granted |
Pana-32 | US20080020802 | lapsed |
Pana-32 | US7299027 | Granted |
*Please note parts of this Agreement are designated with an asterisk which indicates that material has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.
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Pana-33 | US20070255993 | Pending |
Pana-33 | US20120230257 | lapsed |
Pana-33 | US20120263250 | lapsed |
Pana-33 | US20120287775 | lapsed |
Pana-34 | US7251469 | lapsed |
Pana-34 | XX0000000 | Granted |
Pana-35 | US20070254715 | Pending |
Pana-35 | XX0000000 | Granted |
Pana-36 | US7848439 | Granted |
Pana-37 | US8175604 | Granted |
Pana-38 | US7860184 | Granted |
Pana-39 | XX0000000 | Granted |
Pana-40 | US8249132 | Granted |
Pana-41 | US20090116434 | Pending |
Pana-42 | US8218681 | Granted |
Pana-43 | US8249178 | Granted |
Pana-44 | US5583851 | Granted |
Pana-45 | XX0000000 | Granted |
Pana-45 | XX0000000 | Granted |
Pana-46 | US5757870 | Granted |
Pana-46 | US5818869 | Granted |
Pana-46 | US7136367 | lapsed |
Pana-47 | US6175558 | Granted |
Pana-47 | US6301237 | Granted |
Pana-47 | US6529492 | Granted |
Pana-47 | US6370131 | Granted |
Pana-47 | US6584088 | Granted |
Pana-47 | US6549526 | Granted |
Pana-47 | USRE41444 | Granted |
Pana-48 | US6295301 | Granted |
Pana-48 | US6697384 | Granted |
Pana-49 | US20030007472 | lapsed |
Pana-49 | US6466563 | Granted |
Pana-50 | US7535864 | Granted |
Pana-50 | US6370134 | Granted |
*Please note parts of this Agreement are designated with an asterisk which indicates that material has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.
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Pana-50 | US7035233 | Granted |
WCDMA (pool) 01 | US5677929 | lapsed |
WCDMA (pool) 01 | USRE37420 | Granted |
WCDMA (pool) 01 | USRE39954 | Granted |
WCDMA (pool) 01 | US20030087644 | lapsed |
WCDMA (pool) 01 | US20060121930 | lapsed |
WCDMA (pool) 01 | US20080261545 | lapsed |
WCDMA (pool) 07 | US6738646 | Granted |
WCDMA (pool) 07 | XX0000000 | Granted |
WCDMA (pool) 07 | XX0000000 | Granted |
WCDMA (pool) 09 | US6760590 | Granted |
WCDMA (pool) 09 | US6799053 | Granted |
WCDMA (pool) 09 | US7206587 | Granted |
*Please note parts of this Agreement are designated with an asterisk which indicates that material has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.
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Appendix B – Transfer Documents
Panasonic Corporation, a Japanese corporation having its principal place of business at 1006, Oaza Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx-xxx, Xxxxx 000-0000, Xxxxx (“Assignor”), hereby irrevocably assigns to Inventergy, Inc., a Delaware corporation with a business address at 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, XXX (“Assignee”), as of the date set forth below, the entire Assignor’s right, title, and interest in and to (a) all US patents as listed in Appendix A (“Appendix Patents”), and (b) all of their related families, including all counterpart patents and applications in any geography or jurisdiction, pending applications and lapsed or otherwise abandoned patents or patent applications which: (i) claim priority to the Appendix Patents, (ii) to which the Appendix Patents claimed priority (“Priority Patents”), or (iii) which claim priority to the Priority Patents (collectively, (a) and (b) are the “Patent Assets”), and any patents or patent applications subject to any terminal disclaimer with regard to such patents and/or patent applications, and all causes of action, rights, and remedies arising under any such Patent Assets prior to, on or after the Effective Date of this Agreement and all claims for damages by reason of past, present or future infringement or other unauthorized use of such Patent Assets with the right to xxx for and collect such damages.
Assignor also hereby authorizes the respective patent office of governmental agency in each jurisdiction to issue any and all patents or certificates of invention which may be granted upon any of the Patent Assets in the name of Assignee, as the assignee to the entire interest therein.
The terms and conditions of this assignment shall inure to the benefit of Assignee, its successors, assigns, and other legal representatives, and shall be binding upon Assignor, its successors, assigns, and other legal representatives.
ASSIGNOR
Panasonic Corporation
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*Please note parts of this Agreement are designated with an asterisk which indicates that material has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.
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Appendix C – List of Patents
Subtotal | 3 | |
Internal Family ID | Publication Number | Patent Status |
Pana-47 | USRE41444 | Granted |
WCDMA (pool) 01 | USRE37420 | Granted |
WCDMA (pool) 01 | USRE39954 | Granted |
*Please note parts of this Agreement are designated with an asterisk which indicates that material has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.
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Appendix D – List of Entity Names
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*Please note parts of this Agreement are designated with an asterisk which indicates that material has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.
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*Please note parts of this Agreement are designated with an asterisk which indicates that material has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.
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Appendix E –
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*Please note parts of this Agreement are designated with an asterisk which indicates that material has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.
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Appendix F – SiproLAB Patents
Any Patent Assets listed in the website of SiproLAB Telecom now available at: [xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/XxxxxxxxXxxxxxx-X-XXXX.xxxx]
* The URL of the website listing SiproLAB Patents stated above may be changed from time to time.
*Please note parts of this Agreement are designated with an asterisk which indicates that material has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.
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