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EXHIBIT 2.3
EXHIBIT D
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
QUANTUM CORPORATION
AND
SNAP APPLIANCES, INC.
EFFECTIVE AS OF ________________, 2000
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION...........................................................2
1.1 Definitions.......................................................................2
1.2 Construction......................................................................3
ARTICLE 2 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSES AND ASSIGNMENTS.........................................3
2.1 Acknowledgement of Ownership of Snap's Intellectual Property Rights...............3
2.2 Assignment of Rights..............................................................4
2.3 License Grant by Quantum..........................................................4
2.4 Assignment of Snap Patents........................................................4
2.5 Further Assurances................................................................4
2.6 License Grant by Snap.............................................................4
2.7 No Implied Licenses...............................................................5
2.8 Technology Transfer...............................................................5
ARTICLE 3 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION...............................................................5
3.1 Definition........................................................................5
3.2 Use of Confidential Information...................................................5
ARTICLE 4 WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMER..............................................................6
4.1 Quantum Warranty..................................................................6
4.2 Reciprocal Warranties.............................................................6
4.3 Disclaimer........................................................................6
ARTICLE 5 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY................................................................6
ARTICLE 6 TERM AND TERMINATION...................................................................6
ARTICLE 7 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS...............................................................7
7.1 Entire Agreement..................................................................7
7.2 Governing Law.....................................................................7
7.3 Severability......................................................................7
7.4 Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.............................7
7.5 Amendment.........................................................................7
7.6 Infringement Suits................................................................7
7.7 Assignability.....................................................................7
7.8 Counterparts......................................................................8
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT
This Intellectual Property Agreement ("AGREEMENT") is made this ____ day
of _________, 2000 ("EFFECTIVE DATE") by and between Quantum Corporation
("QUANTUM"), a Delaware corporation, and Snap Appliances, Inc. ("SNAP"), a
Delaware corporation (each, a "PARTY," together the "PARTIES").
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, Snap is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quantum;
WHEREAS, Quantum acquired Snap, formerly known as Meridian Data, Inc.,
in September, 1999;
WHEREAS, from the time of such acquisition until the Effective Date,
Snap has been operating as an independent, wholly-owned subsidiary of Quantum;
WHEREAS, as a result of the foregoing, the Parties believe that, as
between Quantum and Snap, Snap has legal title to substantially all of the
technology and intellectual property rights owned, created or acquired by Snap;
WHEREAS, after such acquisition, certain Patents (as defined below)
relating to the Snap Business (as defined below) were prosecuted in Quantum's
name, and Quantum wishes to assign its rights in such Patents to Snap;
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of Quantum and Snap have each
determined that it would be appropriate and desirable for Quantum to contribute
and transfer to Snap, and for Snap to receive and assume, directly or
indirectly, certain assets and liabilities, if any, currently held by Quantum
and associated with the Snap Business;
WHEREAS, Quantum and Snap currently contemplate that, following the
contribution and assumption of assets and liabilities, Snap will make an initial
public offering of an amount of its common stock pursuant to a registration
statement on Form S-1 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as
well as subsequent transactions, which may reduce Quantum's ownership of Snap to
less than 50%; and
WHEREAS, in anticipation of the foregoing contribution and public
offering, the Parties wish to hereby confirm Snap's ownership of its technology
and intellectual property relating to the Snap Business, and provide for
transfers or licenses in the event that any intellectual property rights or
technology rights owned by Quantum that should be transferred or licensed to
Snap;
WHEREAS, on October 4, 2000, Quantum entered into an Agreement and Plan
of Merger and Reorganization with, inter alia, Maxtor Corporation and Insula
Corporation, a wholly-owned
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subsidiary of Maxtor Corporation (the "MERGER AGREEMENT"), and following the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the "HDD
TRANSACTIONS"), rights in certain Patents owned by Quantum will be acquired by
Insula Corporation and Quantum will retain a right to sublicense its rights
under such Patents; and
WHEREAS, following the consummation of the HDD Transactions, Quantum
will license certain rights under certain Patents to Insula Corporation.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the Parties,
and of good and valuable consideration, it is agreed by and between the Parties
as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
1.1 DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this Agreement the following
capitalized terms are defined in this Article 1 and shall have the meaning
specified herein:
(a) "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.1.
(b) "HDD PATENTS" means any Patents of Quantum that will be acquired
by Insula Corporation in connection with the HDD Transaction.
(c) "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY" means any and all (i) rights associated
with works of authorship, including rights to copy, manufacture, reproduce,
distribute copies of, modify, publicly perform and display the copyrighted work
and all derivative works thereof, moral rights (including any right to
identification of authorship and any limitation on subsequent modification) and
maskworks; (ii) rights relating to the protection of trademarks, service marks,
trade names, goodwill, rights in packaging, rights of publicity and privacy,
merchandising rights and similar rights; (iii) rights in and relating to the
protection of trade secrets and confidential information; (iv) Patents, designs,
algorithms and other industrial property rights and rights associated therewith;
and (v) other intellectual and industrial property and proprietary rights (of
every kind and nature however designated) relating to intangible property that
are analogous to any of the foregoing rights.
(d) "PATENTS" means patent applications and patents, and all
divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, and substitutions thereof; all
foreign patent applications corresponding to the preceding applications; and all
U.S. and foreign patents issuing on any of the preceding applications, including
extensions, reissues, and re-examinations.
(e) "QUANTUM BUSINESS" means the business of Quantum as it is
conducted as of the Effective Date, excluding the Snap Business.
(f) "QUANTUM PRODUCTS" means any and all products and services of
Quantum that have been, are or will be produced or marketed in connection with
the Quantum Business.
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(g) "SHARED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY" means any Intellectual Property
owned by either Snap or Quantum (or, in the case of HDD Patents, licensed by
Quantum), that, as of the Effective Date, is either (i) used by or necessary to
both the Snap Business and the Quantum Business, or (ii) but for a license to or
ownership thereof would be infringed by the operation of, in the case of
Intellectual Property owned by Quantum, the Snap Business, or, in the case of
Intellectual Property owned by Snap, the Quantum Business. Shared Intellectual
Property includes, to the extent covered within the foregoing definition, the
HDD Patents and Snap Patents.
(h) "SNAP BUSINESS" means the business in the "Network Area Storage"
("NAS") field as described in the Master Separation and Distribution Agreement
between the Parties, to which this Agreement is attached as EXHIBIT D.
(i) "SNAP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY" means any Intellectual Property
that, as of the Effective Date, is (i) owned, or was created or otherwise
acquired, and not disposed of, by Snap; or (ii) is owned by Quantum and is used
in the operation of the Snap Business and not in the operation of the Quantum
Business.
(j) "SNAP PATENTS" means the Patents described in EXHIBIT A.
(k) "SNAP PRODUCTS" means any and all products and services of Snap
that have been, are or will be produced or marketed in connection with the Snap
Business.
1.2 CONSTRUCTION.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires:
the singular number will include the plural, and vice versa; the masculine
gender will include the feminine and neuter genders; the feminine gender will
include the masculine and neuter genders; and the neuter gender will include the
masculine and feminine genders.
(b) Any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to
be resolved against the drafting Party will not be applied in the construction
or interpretation of this Agreement.
(c) As used in this Agreement, the words "include" and "including"
and variations thereof, will not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather
will be deemed to be followed by the words "without limitation."
(d) Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement
to "Attachments," "Schedules," "Sections" and "Exhibits" are intended to refer
to Attachments, Schedules, Sections and Exhibits to this Agreement.
ARTICLE 2
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSES AND ASSIGNMENTS
2.1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF OWNERSHIP OF SNAP'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
Quantum hereby acknowledges that, as between the Parties, Snap is the owner of
all right, title and
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interest in and to the Snap Intellectual Property and that Quantum has not
acquired any rights to any of the Snap Intellectual Property.
2.2 ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS. To the extent Quantum is, as of the Effective
Date, the owner of any right, title or interest in or to any Snap Intellectual
Property (other than Patents, which are assigned under Section 2.4), subject to
Section 2.6, Quantum hereby assigns to Snap all such right, title and interest
therein and thereto. To the extent the Snap Intellectual Property includes any
rights in trademarks, service marks, trade names, or similar rights, the
foregoing assignment includes the assignment of all goodwill of the Snap
Business appurtenant thereto.
2.3 LICENSE GRANT BY QUANTUM. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, Quantum hereby grants to Snap a worldwide, perpetual,
non-terminable, irrevocable, non-transferable (except as allowed under Section
7.7), royalty-free, fully paid-up, non-exclusive license under all of its rights
in and to the Shared Intellectual Property to make, use, sell, offer for sale,
have made and import, and to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, distribute,
publicly perform, publicly display, transmit and otherwise exploit Snap Products
in any manner and without limitation, and to practice any method associated
therewith. Snap may sublicense the rights granted in this Section 2.3, with
respect to all Intellectual Property other than Patents, provided that such
sublicense is in connection with the license of, and subject to the same terms
as Snap licenses, some or all of the Snap Intellectual Property. The grant in
this Section 2.3 will be subject to: (a) any rights granted to any third party
by Quantum, including in connection with the HDD Transaction; and (b) any
restrictions or limitations, including with respect to sublicensing rights,
agreed to by Quantum prior to the Effective Date, including in connection with
the HDD Transaction.
2.4 ASSIGNMENT OF SNAP PATENTS. Subject to Section 2.6, Quantum hereby
assigns to Snap all of its right, title and interest in and to the Snap Patents.
Quantum further grants, conveys and assigns to Snap all its right, title and
interest in and to any and all causes of action and rights of recovery for past
infringement, or misappropriation, of the Snap Patents, as well as the right to
prosecute the Snap Patents.
2.5 FURTHER ASSURANCES. Quantum shall assist Snap in every reasonable
way to secure the rights owned by or assigned to Snap in Sections 2.2 and 2.4,
including the disclosure to Snap of all pertinent information and data with
respect thereto, the execution of all applications, specifications, oaths,
assignments and all other instruments that Snap deems appropriate to apply for,
register or perfect such rights, and including the execution of the form of
patent assignment set forth in Exhibit B.
2.6 LICENSE GRANT BY SNAP. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Snap hereby grants to Quantum a worldwide, perpetual, non-terminable,
irrevocable, non-transferable (except as allowed under Section 7.7),
royalty-free, fully paid-up, non-exclusive license under all of its rights in
and to the Shared Intellectual Property to make, use, sell, offer for sale, have
made and import, and to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, distribute,
publicly perform, publicly display, transmit and otherwise exploit Quantum
Products. Quantum may sublicense the rights granted in this Section 2.6,
provided that such sublicense is in connection with the license of,
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and under the same terms that Quantum licenses, some or all of Quantum's own
Intellectual Property rights.
2.7 NO IMPLIED LICENSES. Nothing contained in this Agreement will be
construed as conferring any rights by implication, estoppel or otherwise, under
any intellectual property right, other than the rights expressly granted in this
Agreement.
2.8 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. Quantum shall use reasonable efforts to prepare
and deliver to Snap, in a form to be reasonably determined by the Parties,
copies of any technical information or other technology in Quantum's possession
that is needed by Snap for the Snap Business.
2.9 NOTICE REGARDING INFRINGEMENT. Each Party shall use reasonable
efforts to notify the other Party in the event such Party becomes aware of the
infringement or misappropriation by any third party of any of such other Party's
rights in the Shared Intellectual Property.
ARTICLE 3
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
3.1 DEFINITION.
(a) "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" means any information disclosed by
one Party to the other Party, either directly or indirectly, in writing, orally
or by inspection of tangible objects (including documents, prototypes, samples,
plant and equipment), that is designated as "Confidential," "Proprietary" or
some similar designation. Confidential Information of a Party shall also include
trade secrets constituting Intellectual Property rights of that Party disclosed
to or known to the other Party.
(b) Confidential Information will not, however, include any
information that (i) was publicly known and made generally available in the
public domain prior to the time of disclosure by the disclosing Party; (ii)
becomes publicly known and made generally available after disclosure by the
disclosing Party to the receiving Party through no action or inaction of the
receiving Party; (iii) is already in the possession of the receiving Party at
the time of disclosure by the disclosing Party (unless such Confidential
Information constitutes Snap Intellectual Property, in which case, subject to
the provisions hereof, it shall constitute Snap Confidential Information); (iv)
is obtained by the receiving Party from a third party without a breach of such
third party's obligations of confidentiality; (v) is independently developed by
the receiving Party without use of or reference to the disclosing Party's
Confidential Information, as shown by documents and other competent evidence in
the receiving Party's possession; or (vi) is required by law to be disclosed by
the receiving Party, provided that the receiving Party gives the disclosing
Party prompt written notice of such requirement prior to such disclosure and
assistance in obtaining an order protecting the information from public
disclosure.
3.2 USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Each Party shall take reasonable
measures to protect the secrecy of and avoid disclosure and unauthorized use of
the Confidential Information of the other Party. Without limiting the foregoing,
each Party shall take at least those measures that it
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takes to protect its own most confidential information, and shall not disclose
any Confidential Information of the other Party to third parties except in
connection with the disclosure of such Party's own Confidential Information.
Without limiting the foregoing, each Party may use Confidential Information of
the other in, and subject to, the exercise of the licenses granted to such Party
in Article 2.
ARTICLE 4
WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMER
4.1 QUANTUM WARRANTY. Quantum hereby represents and warrants that it is
the registered owner of the Snap Patents.
4.2 RECIPROCAL WARRANTIES. Each of Quantum and Snap hereby represents
and warrants to the other that: (a) it has the right to grant the licenses
granted herein; and (b) its has entered into no other agreements with any third
party in conflict with such grant.
4.3 DISCLAIMER. Each Party hereby disclaims any warranty as to
non-infringement of any product made, had made, used, offered for sale, sold, or
imported pursuant to a license granted hereunder or any warranty as to the
accuracy, sufficiency or suitability of any such product or method and assumes
no responsibility or liability for loss or damages, whether direct, indirect,
consequential or incidental which might arise out of the other Party's use
thereof, which shall be entirely at the other Party's risk. EACH PARTY
ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ALL LICENSED PATENTS AND ANY OTHER INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY, INFORMATION, OR MATERIALS LICENSED OR PROVIDED HEREUNDER ARE LICENSED
OR PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS AND THAT, EXCEPT AS EXPLICITLY SET FORTH IN THIS
SECTION 4, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR EXTENDS ANY WARRANTIES
WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, WITH RESPECT THERETO, INCLUDING ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
ENFORCEABILITY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
ARTICLE 5
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON BREACH
OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, AND
WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
ARTICLE 6
TERM AND TERMINATION
This Agreement will be effective as of the Effective Date and will
continue in perpetuity. Any license granted under any Patent will expire
simultaneously with date of cancellation or expiration of such Patent. Either
Party may, at any time, terminate the licenses granted to such Party
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under this Agreement upon written notice to the other Party. Each Party
acknowledges and agrees that its remedy for breach by the other Party of the
licenses granted to it hereunder, or of any other provision hereof, will be to
bring a claim to recover damages subject to the limits set forth in this
Agreement and to seek any appropriate equitable relief; provided that neither
Party may seek to terminate the licenses granted by it to the other in this
Agreement.
ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
7.1 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the Master Separation and
Distribution Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof and shall supersede all prior written and
oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements and understandings with respect to
the subject matter hereof.
7.2 GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement will be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California as to all
matters regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under principles of
conflicts of laws applicable thereto.
7.3 SEVERABILITY. Any term or other provision of this Agreement is
determined by a nonappealable decision of a court, administrative agency or
arbitrator to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of
law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement
shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or
legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any
manner materially adverse to either Party. Upon such determination that any term
or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the
Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect
the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable
manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the
fullest extent possible.
7.4 FAILURE OR INDULGENCE NOT WAIVER; REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. No failure or
delay on the part of either Party hereto in the exercise of any right hereunder
will impair such right or be construed to be a waiver of, or acquiescence in,
any breach of any representation, warranty or agreement herein, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any such right preclude other or further exercise
thereof or of any other right. All rights and remedies existing under this
Agreement are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies
otherwise available.
7.5 AMENDMENT. No change or amendment will be made to this Agreement
except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the Parties.
7.6 INFRINGEMENT SUITS. Neither Party will have any obligation hereunder
to institute any action or suit against any third Party for infringement of any
Intellectual Property rights or to defend any action or suit brought by a third
Party which challenges or concerns the validity of any of any Intellectual
Property Rights.
7.7 ASSIGNABILITY. Neither Party may, directly or indirectly, in whole
or in part, whether by operation of law or otherwise, assign or transfer this
Agreement, without the other Party's prior
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written consent, and any attempted assignment, transfer or delegation without
such prior written consent shall be voidable at the sole option of such other
Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Party (or its permitted successive
assignees or transferees hereunder) may assign or transfer this Agreement in
whole without consent of the other Party in connection with sale of all or
substantially all of the business or assets of such Party related to this
Agreement or in connection with the merger or acquisition of the ownership
interest of, such Party. Without limiting the foregoing, this Agreement will be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their permitted
successors and assigns.
7.8 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, which,
taken together, will be considered to be one and the same instrument.
WHEREFORE, the Parties have signed this Intellectual Property Agreement
effective as of the date first set forth above.
QUANTUM CORPORATION SNAP APPLIANCES, INC.
By: ________________________________ By: ________________________________
Name: ______________________________ Name: ______________________________
Title: _____________________________ Title: _____________________________
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT]
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EXHIBIT A
TO
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT
PATENT APPLICATIONS
Q00-1070-US1 02/29/00 09/515,416 Self-Tuning Memory Management For
Computer Systems
Q00-1071-US1 06/29/00 09/607,581 Fault Tolerant Storage Device With
Cache
PATENT DISCLOSURES (THE STATUS OF ALL THESE DISCLOSURES IS CLOSED - NO FILING)
Q00-1052 Parallel Scalable Measurement Test For Block Data Based Network
Attached Storage Units
Q00-1064 Parallel Scalable Performance Measurement and Stressed Load and
Data Verification Test For Block Data Based Network
Q00-1069 Checking For "Security Holes" Within Shared Folders On The
Snap!Server
Q00-1073 A File Format Used To Contain All the Software Components Plus
Meta Data Needed To Upgrade A Software System
Q00-1074 A Software Approach To Replicating Server Security Settings
Between Snap!Servers On A Network
X00-0000 Xxxxxx For Generation Of One Time Encryption Keys
Q01-1002 Using NAS Appliance To Build A Non-Conventional Distributed
Video Server
Q01-1026 Modular Network Appliance for Home or Small Office
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SNAP TRADEMARKS
Network Storage Made Simple US Allowed
Snap!Server US Allowed
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EXHIBIT B
TO
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT
PATENT ASSIGNMENT
WHEREAS, Quantum Corporation ("Assignor"), owns the Patent Applications
listed and described on Schedule A attached hereto (the "Patent Applications");
and
WHEREAS, Assignor and Snap, Inc. ("Assignee"), have entered into an
Intellectual Property Agreement of even date herewith, pursuant to which
Assignor has agreed, inter alia, to grant to Assignee all of Assignor's right
title and interest in and to the Patent Applications and Assignee desires to
acquire the entire right, title and interest in and to the Patent Applications.
NOW, THEREFOR, for and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00)
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, Assignor does hereby sell, assign, convey and transfer
unto Assignee, its successors and assigns, the entire right, title and interest
in and to the Patent Applications and any patents or patent applications,
anywhere in the world, issuing from or based upon such Patent Applications, or
any continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, reissues or extensions of
the Patent Applications or such patents, including, without limitation, the
right to xxx for and recover damages for any past, present or future
infringement of such patents, the same to be held and enjoyed by Assignee for
its own use, and for its legal representatives and assigns, to the full end of
the term for which patents are granted, as fully and entirely as the as the same
would have been held by Assignor had this assignment and sale not been made.
Assignor agrees to execute any further papers and to do such other acts,
at Assignee's expense, as may be necessary and proper to vest full title in and
to the Patent Applications and any patents arising from such applications, in
the Assignee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor has caused these presents to be duly
executed in a manner appropriate thereto as of the ___ day of __________,
2000__.
"ASSIGNOR"
By: ____________________________________
Name: __________________________________
Title: _________________________________
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
State of California )
) ss:
County of _____________ )
On this _____ day of __________, 200__, before me, the undersigned,
personally appeared ________________________, personally known to me or proved
to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who executed this
instrument on behalf of the corporation named herein, and acknowledged that s/he
executed it in such representative capacity.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.
_______________________________
Notary Public
My Commission Expires on ______________________
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SCHEDULE A
PATENT APPLICATIONS
Q00-1070-US1 02/29/00 09/515,416 Self-Tuning Memory Management For
Computer Systems
Q00-1071-US1 06/29/00 09/607,581 Fault Tolerant Storage Device With
Cache
PATENT DISCLOSURES (THE STATUS OF ALL THESE DISCLOSURES IS CLOSED - NO FILING)
Q00-1052 Parallel Scalable Measurement Test For Block Data Based Network
Attached Storage Units
Q00-1064 Parallel Scalable Performance Measurement and Stressed Load and
Data Verification Test For Block Data Based Network
Q00-1069 Checking For "Security Holes" Within Shared Folders On The
Snap!Server
Q00-1073 A File Format Used To Contain All the Software Components Plus
Meta Data Needed To Upgrade A Software System
Q00-1074 A Software Approach To Replicating Server Security Settings
Between Snap!Servers On A Network
X00-0000 Xxxxxx For Generation Of One Time Encryption Keys
Q01-1002 Using NAS Appliance To Build A Non-Conventional Distributed
Video Server
Q01-1026 Modular Network Appliance for Home or Small Office
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SNAP TRADEMARKS
Network Storage Made Simple US Allowed
Snap!Server US Allowed
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