First Amendment To Co-Exclusive License Agreement Between PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE And MYCOMETRIX CORPORATION (now Fluidigm Corporation) Re: Harvard Case #[***]
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text has been omitted from this Exhibit pursuant to a confidential treatment
request and has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Exhibit 10.5A
First Amendment
To
Co-Exclusive License Agreement
Between
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
And
MYCOMETRIX CORPORATION (now Fluidigm Corporation)
Re: Harvard Case #[***]
This is the first amendment to a co-exclusive license agreement effective October 15, 2000, by and
between the President and Fellows of Harvard College, with offices at 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 (“Harvard”) and Mycometrix Corporation, a California Corporation,
with offices at 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 (“Licensee”).
WHEREAS, Licensee has changed its name to Fluidigm Corporation, and moved to a new address at 0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000; and
WHEREAS, both parties desire to clarify the definition of NET SALES and to make various minor
changes to the Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, Harvard and Licensee agree as follows:
1. | Change Paragraph 1.5 to: |
LICENSED PROCESSES: the processes claimed, in whole or in part, by at least one
VALID CLAIM included within PATENT RIGHTS.
2. | Change Paragraph 1.6 to: |
LICENSED PRODUCTS: the products which are claimed, or the use of which is claimed,
by at least one VALID CLAIM included within
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PATENT RIGHTS or products made or services provided in accordance with or by means of
LICENSED PROCESSES.
3. | Change Paragraph 1.7 to: |
LICENSEE: Fluidigm Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of California,
having its principal offices at 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000.
4. | Change the second full paragraph of Paragraph 1.9 to: |
In the event that a LICENSED PRODUCT is sold or leased as a combination product containing
the LICENSED PRODUCT and one or more other components, NET SALES shall be calculated by
multiplying the gross amount invoiced for the sale of the combination product by the
fraction A/A+B, where A is the average gross selling price of the LICENSED PRODUCT sold
separately by LICENSEE, and B is the average gross selling price of such other components
of the combination products sold separately by LICENSEE during the relevant royalty payment
period. In the event a substantial number of such separate sales were not made during the
relevant royalty period, then NET SALES shall be reasonably allocated by LICENSEE between
such LICENSED PRODUCT and such other components of the combination based on their relative
importance or value. If LICENSEE does so allocate, LICENSEE shall promptly deliver to
HARVARD a written report providing a detailed explanation of how LICENSEE determined said
relative importance or value. In the event that HARVARD disagrees with the determination
made by LICENSEE of said allocation of importance or value, HARVARD shall so notify
LICENSEE in writing, and a representative of LICENSEE and a representative of HARVARD shall
meet in order to discuss and resolve such disagreement. If such disagreement cannot be
resolved within sixty (60) days, such disagreement shall be subject to resolution in
accordance with Section 10.11.
5. | Add the following sentence to the end of Paragraph 1.10: |
In addition, SERVICE INCOME shall be subject to the following deductions:
i) | customary trade, quantity or cash discounts and non-affiliated broker’s or agents’ commissions actually allowed and taken; | ||
ii) | amounts repaid or credited by reason of rejection; and | ||
iii) | to the extent separately stated on purchase orders, invoices, or other documents of sale, taxes levied on and/or other governmental |
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charges made as to performance, production, sale or use and paid by or on behalf of LICENSE. |
6. | Change Paragraph 1.15 to: |
VALID CLAIM: either (i) a claim of an issued patent that has not been held unenforceable or
invalid by an agency or a court of competent jurisdiction in any unappealable or unappealed
decision or (ii) a claim of a pending patent application that has not been abandoned or
finally rejected without the possibility of appeal or refiling and that has been pending
for less than six (6) years from the earlier of a) the first priority date of such patent
application or b) the effective date of this Agreement.
7. | Change Paragraph 3.2(c) to: |
LICENSEE shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect introduction of the
LICENSED PRODUCTS into the commercial market as soon as practicable, consistent with
sound and reasonable business practice and judgment; thereafter, until the expiration
of this Agreement, LICENSEE shall endeavor to keep LICENSED PRODUCTS reasonably
available to the public, in each case consistent with industry practices for similar
companies and similar products.
8. | Replace the last two sentences of Paragraph 3.2(e) with: |
“Copies of all sublicense agreements shall be promptly provided to HARVARD. If a
sublicense agreement is part of a larger agreement (i.e., one that includes a business
relationship in addition to a sublicense agreement), LICENSEE need only send the part of
said larger agreement that is the sublicense agreement. HARVARD agrees to maintain any
information contained in such sublicensing agreements in confidence, except as otherwise
required by law, however, HARVARD may include in its usual reports annual amounts of
royalties paid.”
9. | In Paragraph 5.3 delete “in each country”, so LICENSEE needs to report the date of first sale in the first country to have a sale, but LICENSEE still needs to report the date of first sale for each LICENSED PRODUCT. | ||
10. | Replace Paragraph 6.2 with: |
“HARVARD’s accountant shall not disclose to HARVARD any information other than
whether the reports are correct or not, the reasons for any incorrectness and the amount
of any discrepancies.”
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11. | Add new Paragraph 6.4: | ||
“Such examination by HARVARD’s accountant shall take place not more than once in each calendar year.” | |||
12. | Change Paragraph 9.2(d) to: |
“If
an examination by HARVARD’s accountant pursuant to Article V shows an
underreporting or underpayment by LICENSEE in excess of twenty (20%) percent for any twelve
(12) month period and HARVARD’s accountant determines said underreporting or underpayment
was not inadvertent or not the result of an honest mistake on
LICENSEE’s part. In that
event, LICENSEE may promptly request HARVARD to have its accountant’s findings reviewed by
another independent certified public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing
reasonably acceptable to LICENSEE, the total cost of which will be
invoiced to LICENSEE and paid within thirty (30) days. If said review indicates said
underreporting or underpayment by LICENSEE was inadvertent or the result of an honest
mistake then HARVARD will not terminate this Agreement.
13. | In Paragraph 10.9, change lines 6-11 to: | ||
If to LICENSEE: |
Fluidigm Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Fax: 000-000-0000
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Fax: 000-000-0000
In all
other respects the co-exclusive License Agreement, effective October 15, 2000, shall remain
the same. This amendment shall become effective upon both parties signing below, and have an
effective date of January 1, 2005.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this second amendment to be executed by their
duly authorized representatives.
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS | FLUIDIGM | |||||||
OF HARVARD COLLEGE: | CORPORATION: | |||||||
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | |||||||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Director |
Printed: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | ||||||
Office for Technology and |
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Trademark Licensing |
Title: | President & CEO | ||||||
Date: 12/22/04 |
Date: | 12/23/04 |
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