TRADEMARK ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
This
Trademark Assignment Agreement
(the “Agreement”) is entered into this 21st day of December,
2006 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Applied Digital
Solutions, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the
State of Missouri and having it principal place of business at 0000 X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 (“Assignor”) and
VeriChip Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware and having it principal place of business at 0000
X.
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
(“Assignee”).
A.
WHEREAS, Assignor owns the entire
right, title and interest in and to certain U.S. and foreign trademarks and
services marks, both registered and unregistered, and applications for trademark
and service xxxx registrations filed with the United States Trademark Office
and
foreign trademark applications, as listed in attached Exhibit A or otherwise
using the prefix “Veri” (collectively the “Marks”);
B.
WHEREAS Assignor owns 100% of the
outstanding stock of Assignee;
C.
WHEREAS, Assignor and Assignee
entered into a certain Trademark License Agreement effective the 5th day of
August, 2005 (the “License Agreement”) which, among other provisions,
(i)
granted certain licenses to
Assignee to use the Marks;
(ii)
provided for termination of the
License Agreement upon such time as (a) Assignor ceases to own 100% of the
outstanding stock of Assignee and (b) Assignor and Assignee have failed,
after good faith negotiations, to reach an agreement providing for, inter
alia, the payment of royalties; and
(iii)
in Section 12, obligated
Assignee to discontinue use of the Marks upon termination of the License
Agreement;
D.
WHEREAS, Assignor is preparing to
issue stock of Assignee to the public; and
E.
WHEREAS Assignee desires to
acquire all of Assignor’s right, title and interest, in and to the Marks
together with all the goodwill of the business symbolized thereby, and Assignor
desires to assign all such right, title and interest in and to the Marks to
Assignee, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and
valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged by Assignor, the parties agree as follows:
1.
Assignor hereby conveys and
assigns to Assignee, and Assignee hereby accepts from Assignor, all of
Assignor’s right, title and interest in and to the Marks, together with the
goodwill of the business symbolized by the Marks.
2.
Assignor represents and warrants
that:
(i) Assignor
owns the entire
right, title and interest in and to the Marks;
(ii)
all registrations for the Marks
are currently valid and subsisting and in full force and effect;
(iii)
Assignor has not licensed the
Marks to any other person or entity or granted, either expressly or impliedly,
any trademark or servicemark rights with respect to the Marks to any other
person or entity;
(iv)
there are no liens or security
interests against the Marks;
(v)
Assignor has all authority
necessary to enter into this Agreement and the execution and delivery of this
Agreement has been duly and validly authorized; and
(vi)
execution of this Assignment
and performance of Assignor’s obligations hereunder shall not violate or
conflict with any other agreement to which Assignor is a party or provision
of
Assignor’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws.
3.
Assignor shall execute and
deliver to Assignee on or before the Effective Date the Trademark Assignment
in
the form shown in Exhibit B. At any time, and from time to time after the
Effective Date, at Assignee’s request, Assignor shall execute and deliver such
other instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and confirmation
and
take such other action, at Assignor’s expense, as Assignee may reasonably deem
necessary or desirable in order to perfect or otherwise enable the transfer,
conveyance and assignment to Assignee and to confirm Assignee’s title to the
Marks and any and all federal and state trademark registrations thereof or
applications therefore. Assignor further agrees to assist Assignee and to
provide such reasonable cooperation and assistance to Assignee, at Assignee’s
expense, as Assignee may reasonably deem necessary and desirable in exercising
and enforcing Assignee’s rights in the Marks.
4.
Within 15 days of the execution
of this Agreement, Assignee will pay Assignor the sum of $10.
5.
After the Effective Date,
Assignor agrees to make no further use of the Marks or any xxxx confusingly
similar thereto, anywhere in the world, except as may be expressly authorized
by
the parties in writing, and Assignor agrees to not challenge Assignee’s use or
ownership, or the validity, of the Marks.
6.
Assignor and Assignee agree that
the terms of this Agreement shall take precedence over any contrary terms of
the
License Agreement, including expressly Section 12 of the License Agreement.
7.
This Agreement shall be binding
on and shall inure to the benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their
successors and assigns, if any.
8.
Miscellaneous.
(a)
This Agreement, Exhibit A, and
the Trademark Assignment whose form is shown in Exhibit B constitute the entire
agreement of the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof. No
modifications of or additions to this Agreement shall have effect unless in
writing and properly executed by both parties, making specific reference to
this
Agreement by date, parties, and subject matter.
(b)
This Agreement and the rights
and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and construed
in
accordance with the laws of Florida, without regard to its conflict of laws
principles, and shall be enforceable against the parties in the courts of
Florida. For such purpose, each party hereby irrevocably submits to the
jurisdiction of such courts, and agrees that all claims in respect of this
Agreement may be heard and determined in any of such courts.
(c)
This Agreement may be signed by
each party separately, in which case attachment of all of the parties’ signature
pages to this Agreement shall constitute a fully-executed agreement.
(d)
Any provision of this Agreement
that is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to
that
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability, without affecting in any way the remaining provisions of
this
Agreement in such jurisdiction or rendering that or any other provision of
this
Agreement invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any other jurisdiction.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective duly
authorized representatives as of the day and year above written.
ASSIGNOR: | ASSIGNEE: | |||
Applied Digital Solutions, Inc | VeriChip Corporation | |||
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | Title: Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit
A
Serial
No.
|
Country |
Title/Xxxx
|
FILE DATE | REG. No. | REG. DATE | |||||
78/032295
|
US | TECHNOLOGY THAT CARES | 10/25/2000 | |||||||
78/099039
|
US | VERICHIP | 12/19/2001 | |||||||
2,425,463
|
Argentina | VERICHIP | 4/21/2003 | 680, 295 | ||||||
825387060
|
Brazil | VERICHIP | 4/21/2003 | |||||||
1,176,009
|
Canada | VERICHIP | 4/25/2003 | |||||||
605929
|
Chili | VERICHIP | 4/28/2003 | 680295 | 12/3/2003 | |||||
0000000
|
Xxxxx | VERICHIP | 4/24/2003 | |||||||
00000000
|
Colombia | VERICHIP | 4/22/2003 | |||||||
002912319
|
CTM (Europe) |
VERICHIP | 10/29/2002 | 2912319 | ||||||
000000
|
Xxxxxxx | VERICHIP | 3/6/2003 | 23971 | 6/24/2003 | |||||
2003-18440
|
Korea | VERICHIP | 4/22/2003 | 611263 | ||||||
592475
|
Mexico | VERICHIP | 3/14/2003 | 790076 | 4/30/2003 | |||||
2003716292
|
Russia | VERICHIP | 8/22/2003 | |||||||
2004-00069
|
South Africa |
VERICHIP | 1/5/2004 | |||||||
05801/2003
|
Switzerland | VERICHIP | 11/25/2003 | 519350 | 3/18/2004 | |||||
092019313
|
Taiwan | VERICHIP | 4/22/2003 | Reg. No. 01091002 | ||||||
3433-2002
|
Venezuela | VERICHIP | 3/28/2003 | |||||||
78/119040
|
US | VERIPASS | 4/2/2002 | 2,807,427 | 1/20/2004 | |||||
78/103916
|
US | GET CHIPPED | 1/21/2002 | 2772634 | 10/7/2003 | |||||
826113800
|
Brazil | VERIMED | 12/9/2003 | |||||||
003542271
|
CTM (Europe) |
VERIMED | 12/8/2003 | |||||||
000000
|
Xxxxxx | VERIMED | 12/8/2003 | 831309 | ||||||
78/259979
|
US | VERIMED | 6/9/2003 | |||||||
78/882482
|
US | VERITRACE | 5/12/2006 |
Serial
No.
|
Country |
Title/Xxxx
|
FILE DATE | REG. No. | REG. DATE | |||||
Not
yet
assigned
|
Brazil | VERIGUARD | 11/14/2003 | |||||||
003574233
|
CTM (Europe) | VERIGUARD | 12/8/2003 | |||||||
000000
|
Xxxxxx | VERIGUARD | 12/8/2003 | 831307 | ||||||
8261138000
|
Brazil | VERIPAY | 12/9/2003 | |||||||
003574167
|
CTM (Europe) | VERIPAY | 12/8/2003 | |||||||
000000
|
Xxxxxx | VERIPAY | 12/8/2003 | 831309 | ||||||
78/260027
|
US | VERIPAY | 6/9/2003 | |||||||
826059325
|
Brazil | VERIKID | 11/14/2003 | |||||||
78/309237
|
US | VERIKID | 10/3/2003 |
Common
law marks
CHIPMOBILE™,
a
standard character xxxx
SECURITY
THROUGH INNOVATION™,
a
standard character xxxx
THERE
WHEN YOU NEED IT™,
a
standard character xxxx
Exhibit
B
IN
THE UNITED STATES PATENT
AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
TRADEMARK
ASSIGNMENT
WHEREAS,
Applied Digital Solutions,
Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State
of
Missouri and having it principal place of business at 0000 X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 (“Assignor”) owns all the
right, title and interest in and to the federal trademark registrations of
the
marks identified in Schedule A hereto (the “Marks”) and all
foreign registrations everywhere in the world; and
WHEREAS,
VeriChip Corporation, a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
and having it principal place of business at 0000 X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
000,
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 (“Assignee”), desires to acquire all
right, title and interest in and to the Marks, the registrations thereof, and
the goodwill associated therewith.
NOW
THEREFORE, for good and valuable
consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Assignor hereby conveys
and assigns to Assignee the entire right, title and interest in and to the
Marks
together with all goodwill of the business represented and symbolized thereby
with all rights to xxx and recover damages and/or profits for past
infringements.
_______________________ | Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. | |||
Date
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By: | ________________________________ | |||
Name: | ||||
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