LICENSE AGREEMENT
This
License Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made
effective February 27, 2009 (the “Effective Date”) by
and between RemoteMDx, Inc., a Utah corporation (“RemoteMDx” or “Licensor”) and
Volu-Sol Reagents Corporation, a Utah corporation (“Volu-Sol” or “Licensee”). Each
of Licensor and Licensee may be referred to herein as a “Party” or together as
the “Parties.”
WHEREAS,
Licensor holds all rights in certain patents (as defined below, the “Patents”) and other
intellectual property and has the right to grant the licenses contemplated by
this Agreement;
WHEREAS, Licensor, under the
Patents, has developed and holds all rights necessary to manufacture, market and
distribute a GPS-based tracking and monitoring device used in the healthcare and
personal security markets (collectively, the “Market”), such
product and related versions thereof commonly known as MobilePAL (as defined
below, the “Product”);
WHEREAS, Licensee is formerly
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Licensor and Licensor divested Licensee in February
2009 (the “Spin-Off”);
WHEREAS, as part of the
Spin-Off, Licensor assigned to Licensee all assets, tangible and intangible,
related to the MobilePAL technology and business and the Product;
and
WHEREAS, Licensor desires to
grant to Licensee, and Licensee desires to accept, an exclusive, royalty-free,
world-wide license to manufacture, market and distribute the Product and to
otherwise exploit the Patents in the healthcare industry, subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and promises set forth in
this Agreement, the legal sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as
follows:
(a) Rights
to apply in any or all countries of the world for patents, certificates of
invention, utility models, industrial design protections, design patent
protections, or other governmental grants or issuances of any type related to
any of the Patents and the inventions and discoveries therein;
(b) All
causes of action and enforcement rights of any kind (whether such claims, causes
of action or enforcement rights are known or unknown; currently pending, filed,
to be filed; or otherwise) under the Patents and/or under or on account of any
of the Patents for past, current and future infringement of the Patents,
including without limitation, all rights to (i) pursue and collect damages,
profits and awards of whatever nature recoverable, (ii) injunctive relief,
(iii) other remedies, and (iv) compromise and/or settle all such
claims, causes of action and enforcement rights for such infringement by
granting an infringing party a sublicense or otherwise; and
(c) Rights
to collect royalties or other payments under or on account of any of the Patents
or any of the foregoing.
(a) Licensor
hereby grants to Licensee for the Market, and Licensee accepts, an exclusive,
perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide, transferable (subject to the
provisions hereof), sublicensable license to use the Licensed Trademarks in
connection with the Product, Product Marketing Materials relating to the
Product, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. Licensee may, at its option, place Licensed Trademarks on
the Product.
(b) Licensee
shall comply with Licensor’s policies and guidelines for use of the Licensed
Trademarks, as such policies and guidelines may be issued and revised from time
to time, and Licensee shall comply with proper legal standards. The
initial or most prominent use of a Licensed Trademark in all materials shall be
followed by the appropriate trademark symbol (® or TM). Licensee acknowledges
that the good will and value of the Licensed Trademarks and Licensor’s name may
be adversely affected unless the Product and Product Marketing Materials that
use any Licensed Trademark meet the quality standards of
Licensor. Upon written request from Licensor, Licensee shall submit
to Licensor for review, within a commercially reasonable time, samples of
requested Products or Product Marketing Materials that make use of the Licensed
Trademarks. If so requested in writing, Licensee shall make any
reasonable changes to such materials, provided that Licensee shall have no
obligation to cease use of or destroy materials where the use of the Licensed
Trademarks does not vary materially from any trademark use guidelines that are
developed by Licensee and Licensor and where the quality of the materials is
reasonably consistent with the quality of such materials produced by or for
Licensor.
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The
preceding conditions are conditions precedent to the Closing.
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Licensor
represents and warrants to Licensee as of the Effective Date and as of the
Closing:
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Licensee
represents and warrants to Licensor as of the Effective Date and the
Closing:
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(e)
Professional Services
Rates and Fees. Except as expressly provided in this
Agreement, Licensee agrees to pay Licensor for any training, technical support
assistance, marketing assistance, custom development, and other services
provided by Licensor to Licensee or its customers under this Agreement at
reasonable rates agreed upon by such parties in writing. Licensee
agrees to reimburse Licensor for its reasonable travel expenses, provided that
Licensee may adopt reasonable travel policies from time to time regarding
expenses that will be reimbursed.
Capitalized
terms used in this Agreement that are not otherwise defined have the meanings
set forth in this Section.
“Affiliate” means,
with respect to any Person, any Entity in whatever country organized that
controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such
Person. The term “control” means possession, direct or indirect, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an
Entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
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“Assignment
Agreements” means the agreements assigning to Licensor ownership of the
Patents and the Abandoned Assets from the inventors and/or any prior owners to
Licensor.
“Closing” has the
meaning set forth in paragraph 2.2.
“Effective Date” means
the date set forth as the Effective Date in the Preamble of this
Agreement.
“Entity” means any
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint stock
company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization, governmental entity
(or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof) or any other legal
entity.
“Licensed Products”
means any product sold by Licensee which would otherwise infringe one or more
claims of a Patent.
“Know How” means the
accumulation of skills, processes, information, experience and documents related
to the Patents and needed to enable Licensee, itself or through third-party
sublicensees, to utilize the technology licensed hereunder to manufacture,
service and sell the Products, including, but not limited to, any and all
materials, technical information, blueprints, process documents, drawings,
CAD-CAM and other electronic files, supplier lists, specifications, trade
secrets, know how, techniques, discoveries, processes, procedures, methods,
protocols, designs, diagrams, test results, studies, raw material sources, data,
formulation, production technology and other such materials.
“Memoranda of Exclusive
License/Rights” means one or more documents in substantially the form of
Exhibit C, which form may be adjusted for the requirements of the particular
government patent office, that memorialize the license and other rights
transferred to Licensee by this Agreement
“Patent” or “Patents” means (a)
all patents listed in Exhibit A and the inventions therein described {the “Inventions”); (b) the
entire right, title and interest in said Invention in the listed patents and any
related patent applications, and in all divisionals, continuations and
continuations-in-part of the applications, or reissues or extensions of Letters
Patent or patents granted thereon, and in all corresponding applications filed
in any and all jurisdictions and/or countries foreign to the United States, and
in all patents issuing thereon in the United States and/or foreign jurisdictions
or countries; (c) the entire right, title and interest to any and all developed
ideas, trade secrets, confidential information, and copyrightable matter
directly related to said Invention; and (d) all extensions, modifications, new
developments, improvements, supplements, technical data, scientific know-how,
and all other property, legal, equitable, and contractual rights directly and
indirectly relating to said Invention, whether now existing or hereafter
arising.
“Person” means any
individual or Entity.
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“Primary Warranties”
means, collectively, the representations and warranties of Licensor set forth in
Section 5 hereof.
“Prosecution History
Files” means the names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers of
prosecution counsel and agents, and all files, documents and tangible things, as
those terms have been interpreted pursuant to rules and laws governing the
production of documents and things, constituting, comprising or relating to the
investigation, evaluation, preparation, prosecution, maintenance, defense,
filing, issuance, registration, assertion or enforcement of the
Patents.
“Transmitted Copy” has
the meaning set forth in paragraph 10.14.
(a) Indemnitees
shall give Licensee written notice of the Claim which any Indemnitee desires
Licensee to defend, indemnify and hold harmless under this Agreement promptly
after any Indemnitee receive notice thereof along with sufficient information
for Licensee to identify the Claim. Indemnitees shall not settle or
compromise any such Claim without the prior written consent of
Licensee. Indemnitees shall cooperate and provide such assistance
(including, without limitation, testimony and access to documentation within the
possession or control of any Indemnitee) as Licensee may reasonably request in
connection with Licensee's defense, settlement and satisfaction of the Claim;
provided that Licensee shall pay or reimburse all of the costs and expenses
reasonably incurred by Indemnitees to provide any such cooperation and
assistance in accordance with Licensee's request.
(b) As
part of Licensee's obligation to defend, indemnify and hold harmless
Indemnitees, Licensee shall pay any and all (i) costs and expenses reasonably
incurred by Licensee in connection with the defense, settlement or satisfaction
of any Claim (including, without limitation, any amounts agreed to by Licensee
in settlement of the Claim) and (ii) amounts required by any judgment or order
of any court to be paid by Indemnitees as damages or other relief based upon the
Claim; provided that Indemnitees have complied with their obligations under (a)
above with respect to the Claim.
(c) Licensee
shall not be obligated to defend, indemnify or hold harmless any Indemnitee
against any Claim or related costs and expenses, if and to the extent the Claim
arises out of any breach of this Agreement by Licensor (including, without
limitation, any breach of Licensor's representations and warranties set forth in
Section 5).
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(d) Licensee
shall be entitled to a credit against future royalties or other amounts payable
by Licensee to Licensor under this Agreement in an amount equal to any
out-of-pocket amounts expended by Licensee in the specific defense of claims
levied against Licensor, or Licensee where Licensor is a named party in the
claim, by the claimant.
Except as
specifically provided in (a) and (b) above, Licensee shall not have any
obligation to pay or reimburse any costs or expenses (including, without
limitation, any fees or expenses of any legal counsel retained by any
Indemnitee), unless otherwise agreed in writing by Licensee.
10.7 Governing Law. Any
claim arising under or relating to this Agreement will be governed by the laws
of the State of Utah, without regard to choice of law principles to the
contrary.
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(a) The
Party raising the Dispute shall promptly provide the other Party with a written
notice describing the nature of the Dispute in reasonable detail (a “Dispute
Notice”). During the thirty (30) day period after a Party’s
receipt of a Dispute Notice, the Parties will commence discussions to attempt to
resolve the Dispute.
(b) If
the Parties cannot timely resolve the Dispute through negotiation, before
resorting to arbitration the Parties will try in good faith to settle the
Dispute by mediation before a mutually agreed mediator in Utah. The
mediation will be conducted in English and administered by the American
Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its
Commercial Mediation Procedures. If the Parties are unable to agree
upon a mutually acceptable mediator, the AAA will appoint a qualified
mediator. The mediation proceeding shall take place on the earliest
practicable date following the submission of a request for mediation by either
Party, which request shall be submitted within sixty (60) days after a Party’s
receipt of a Dispute Notice.
(c) If
the Dispute is not resolved through mediation within thirty (30) days after the
mediation hearing, the Parties will submit the Dispute to final and binding
arbitration administered by the AAA under its Commercial Arbitration
Rules. The arbitrator may enter a default decision against any Party
who fails to participate in the arbitration proceedings.
(i) The
arbitration will be conducted before a mutually agreed panel of three neutral
(3) arbitrators in Utah. If the Parties are unable to agree upon a
mutually acceptable panel of three (3) arbitrators, the panel will be selected
by the AAA.
(ii) The
arbitration hearing will be conducted in English, and under no circumstances
will the arbitration hearing extend for more than one (1) business
day. The award shall be rendered within one hundred twenty (120) days
of the demand and the arbitrators shall agree to comply with this schedule
before accepting appointment. The Parties have included these time
limits to expedite the proceeding, but they are not jurisdictional, and the
arbitrator may for good cause permit reasonable extensions which shall not
affect the validity of the award.
(iii) All
documents and information relevant to the Dispute in the possession of any Party
shall be made available to the other Party not later than sixty (60) days after
the demand for arbitration is served, and the arbitrator may permit such
depositions or other discovery deemed necessary for a fair hearing.
(iv) The
Parties agree that the arbitration method to be employed by the Parties will be
"baseball arbitration," in which case each Party will submit to the arbitrators
and exchange with each other in advance of the hearing their last, best offers
and the arbitrators will be limited to awarding only one or the other of the two
figures submitted.
(v) The
arbitrators’ award may be entered and enforced in any court with competent
jurisdiction and will be nonappealable. Such decision may be used in
a court of law only for the purpose of seeking enforcement of the arbitrator's
decision permitted under this Agreement.
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(vi) The
costs of the arbitration proceeding, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
costs, will be determined by the arbitrators, who may apportion costs equally,
or in accordance with any finding of fault or lack of good faith of either
Party.
(vii) To
the fullest extent permitted by law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall
be joined to any other arbitration, and no class arbitration proceedings shall
be permitted.
(viii) Except
as may be required by law, neither a Party nor any arbitrator may disclose the
existence, content, or results of any arbitration hereunder without the prior
written consent of both Parties.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing in this paragraph 10.8 will be construed to waive any
rights of timely performance of any obligations existing under this Agreement
through the Closing.
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In
witness whereof, intending to be legally bound, the Parties have signed below to
enter into this Agreement as of the Effective Date.
LICENSOR:
REMOTEMDX,
INC.
By: /S/ Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Title: CEO
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LICENSEE:
VOLU-SOL
REAGENTS CORPORATION
By: /S/
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: C.E.O.
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Effective
Date: February 27, 2009
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EXHIBIT
A
PATENTS BEING
LICENSED
Application
No.
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Country
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Title of
Patent
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11/486,989
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United
States
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Pending
7/14/2006
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Remote
Tracking Device and System and Method for Two-Way Voice Communication
Between Device and a Monitoring Center
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11/486,991
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United
States
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Pending
7/14/2006
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Remote
Tracking System and Device with Variable Sampling
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11/830,398
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United
States
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Pending
7/30/2007
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Methods
for Establishing Emergency Communications Between a Communications Device
and a Response Center
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EXHIBIT
B
LICENSED
TRADEMARKS
[None]
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EXHIBIT
C
RemoteMDx,
Inc., a Utah corporation, having offices at 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx,
Xxxx 00000 (“Licensor”), has granted to Volu-Sol Reagents
Corporation, a Utah corporation, having an office at 0000 Xxxx
0000 Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx 00000 (“Licensee”), the exclusive, irrevocable,
perpetual, worldwide, transferable, sublicensable, license of all rights of any
kind conferred by the patents, patent applications, and provisional patent
applications listed in the table below for the healthcare and personal safety
industries/markets:
Application
No.
|
Country
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Issue/Filing
Date
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11/486,989
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United
States
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Pending
7/14/2006
|
Remote
Tracking Device and System and Method for Two-Way Voice Communication
Between Device and a Monitoring Center
|
11/486,991
|
United
States
|
Pending
7/14/2006
|
Remote
Tracking System and Device with Variable Sampling
|
11/830,398
|
United
States
|
Pending
7/30/2007
|
Methods
for Establishing Emergency Communications Between a Communications Device
and a Response Center
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including,
without limitation, the rights of any kind to, or conferred by, the Patents
(defined below) to (a) use or otherwise practice any art, methods,
processes, and procedures covered by the Patents, (b) make, have made, use,
offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise distribute or dispose of any
inventions, discoveries, products, services, technologies or services covered by
the Patents, (c) otherwise exploit any rights granted in the Patents and/or
any invention or discovery described in the Patents, and (d) exclude other
Persons from exercising any of such rights.
The
“Patents” include all right, title, and interest that exist today and may exist
in the future in and to any and all of the following:
(a)
all patents listed in Exhibit A and the inventions therein described {the
“Inventions”);
(b)
the entire right, title and interest in said Invention in the listed patents and
any related patent applications, and in all divisionals, continuations and
continuations-in-part of the applications, or reissues or extensions of Letters
Patent or patents granted thereon, and in all corresponding applications filed
in any and all jurisdictions and/or countries foreign to the United States, and
in all patents issuing thereon in the United States and/or foreign jurisdictions
or countries;
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(c) the
entire right, title and interest to any and all developed ideas, trade secrets,
confidential information, and copyrightable matter directly related to said
Invention; and
(d) all
extensions, modifications, new developments, improvements, supplements,
technical data, scientific know-how, and all other property, legal, equitable,
and contractual rights directly and indirectly relating to said Invention,
whether now existing or hereafter arising.
Licensor
has also assigned, transferred and conveyed to Licensee all right, title, and
interest in and to:
(x) rights
to apply in any or all countries of the world for patents, certificates of
invention, utility models, industrial design protections, design patent
protections, or other governmental grants or issuances of any type related to
any of the Patents and the inventions and discoveries therein for the markets
indicated herein;
(y) all
causes of action and enforcement rights of any kind (whether such claims, causes
of action or enforcement rights are known or unknown; currently pending, filed,
to be filed, or otherwise) under the Patents and/or under or on account of any
of the Patents for past, current and future infringement of the Patents,
including without limitation, all rights to (i) pursue and collect damages,
profits and awards of whatever nature recoverable, (ii) injunctive relief,
(iii) other remedies, and (iv) compromise and/or settle all such
claims, causes of action and enforcement rights, for such infringement by
granting an infringing party a sublicense or otherwise for the markets indicated
herein; and
(z) rights
to collect royalties or other payments under or on account of any of the Patents
or any of the foregoing.
The
preparation, filing, prosecution, maintenance and defense of the Patents will be
under Licensee’s exclusive control and discretion, in all pertinent governmental
patent offices anywhere in the world, for the markets indicated.
Licensor
hereby irrevocably grants Licensee the exclusive power to grant one or more
powers of attorney with respect to the Patents and the
exclusive discretion to transfer that right to Licensee's agent(s) or
representative(s) that Licensee may designate one or more time, now or in the
future for the markets indicated. Licensor understands that execution
of this document confers on any attorney(s) or agent(s) to whom Licensee may
grant a power of attorney the exclusive right to correspond with any patent
office with repect to the Patents, and that this document does not create an
attorney - client relationship with such practitioners to whom Licensee grants
powers of attorney pursuant to this paragraph.
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Salt Lake City, Utah
on May 28,
2009.
LICENSOR:
REMOTEMDX,
INC.
By: /S/ Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Title: CEO
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EXHIBIT
D
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