Agreement on Technology Development (Cooperation)
Exhibit 10.5
Agreement
on Technology Development (Cooperation)
Party
A: Hydrogen
Motors Inc.
Address: 0000
Xxxxxxxx xxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, Tel: (000)
000-0000
Party
B: Dnipropetrovs'k
National University, Division of Scientific Research Power Engineering
Institute
Address: 0,
Xxxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxxxxxxxxxx'x, Xxxxxxx
Whereas: Party A is
a Company focusing on development, manufacture, and roadway testing of an
experimental-industrial specimen of the Vehicle Borne Hydrogen Generator, and
Party
B is a research structure possessing ample resources for scientific
research. To learn each other’s good points for common progress and display
their respective advantages, both parties conclude, through friendly negotiation
and on the basis of true and ample expression of their respective xxxxx,
following contract for joint observation on joint participation in the
technological project for research and development and modernization of
experimental electrochemical reactor.
Section
1 Project name
1.1
Development of a concept Vehicle-borne H2-producing
rechargeable feeder for hydrogen-propulsion automobile
Section
2 Project requirements
2.1
Technical goal: Development of modular blocks of the electrochemical reactor
research cell; exploration and optimization of charge-discharge cell
characteristics.
2.2
In this project take part employees Part A: Modatov Artem - Project Manager,
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx - Group leader, Bilogurov Stanislav, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Lyagushyn
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Melikayev Xxxxx, Mitrokhov Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx'xx Xxxxxxxx.
Section
3 Cooperation plan, progress, period, place, and mode
3.1
Party B shall organize a scientific research team to engage in the research,
development of technology for electrochemical regeneration of the
electrochemical reactor active mass, development of modular blocks of the
electrochemical reactor research cell for which Party A shall provide technical
direction.
According
to Plan Operation:
3.2
Party B shall organize and provide development and modernization of experimental
electrochemical reactor (For Implementation Phase II).
3.3
Party B shall provide development of the system for water vapor condensation
from exhaust to return the condensate to the water tank; development of a united
energy transformation and heat potential usage Vehicle Borne Hydrogen Generator
system (For Implementation Phase II).
3.4
Party B shall provide manufacture of an experimental Vehicle Borne Hydrogen
Generator for a car (For Implementation Phase III).
3.5
Party B shall conduct In-car testing to obtain vehicle certification (For
Implementation Phase IV).
3.6
Party B may make use of its existing technology, equipment, and the data,
materials, and periodical research results provided by Party A relating to this
project to promote the development and research of this project.
3.7
Party A may make use of its existing technology, equipment, and the data,
materials, and periodical research results provided by Party B relating to this
project to promote the development and research of this project.
3.8
The cooperation period of this project shall be thirty (30) month before expiry
of which Party B shall submit to Party A the research results sufficient to
realize the technical goal described in Section 2.1 hereof and relevant
technical documents and assist Party A’s technical personnel to grasp such
technology.
Section
4 Cancellation of this contract
4.1
If the technology as the object of research and development is disclosed
(including disclosure in the form of patent right) during performance of this
contract, any cooperating party shall, within ten (10) days after such
cooperating party has learned or should have learned such information, notify
the other party for cancellation of this agreement. The other cooperating party
shall have the right to ask for compensation for its loss due to failure of such
notice within the provided period.
4.2
Party A shall have the right to cancel this agreement if Party B slacks off in
performance of its obligations provided hereof or fails within reasonable period
to obtain periodical research results satisfying Party A.
4.3
The notice for cancellation of this agreement shall be made in written form and
take effect on the day of being served on the opposite party herein through
registered letter.
Section
5 Special agreement
5.1
If the occurrence of any technical difficulty that can not be overcome by means
of existing technology and conditions leads to the failure or partial failure of
the research and development during performance of this contract, Party A shall
have the right to inform Party B to stop relevant research.
5.2
The party making use of existing technology in the research and development of
this project shall ensure that the technology it provides does not infringe the
legitimate rights and interests of any third party; if any third party charges
one party or two parties hereof with infringement for execution of the
technology, the party providing such technology shall bear the liability for
damages.
Section
6 Confidentiality
6.1
Any party hereto shall maintain, with the same degree of care and the degree of
care no less than what is reasonably necessary, the confidentiality of any
information (including but not limited to the materials, technology and
periodical research results, etc. provided by the other party) relating to the
other party hereof and this project and such party gets in contact with, and
prevent unauthorized use, dissemination or publication of such confidential
information just as it maintains all its confidential information of similar
nature.
6.2
The recipient of above information shall not disclose or permit to be disclosed
any confidential information and shall bear liabilities for any breach of the
confidential stipulation herein or abuse of above information by any associated
party or employee of such recipient or any other person acquiring the
confidential information from such recipient.
6.3
The recipient of above information shall use such information only in this
project. Without the prior and explicit written consent from the party
disclosing above information, the recipient shall not use the said information
to seek gains for itself or any other party or permit such use.
Section
7 Ownership of intellectual property
7.1
The two parties hereto admit and acknowledge that all the technical results
arising out of performance of this agreement (including periodical technological
results) and relating intellectual property shall belong to Party
A.
7.2
The two parties hereto admit and acknowledge that any party shall have the right
to make subsequent improvements of the final technological results acquired from
the research and development of the project herein, of which any new
technological result characteristic of substantial or creative technological
improvement shall belong to Party A.
Section
8 Governing law and dispute resolution
8.1
The conclusion, performance, validity, interpretation, and dispute resolution
shall be governed by laws of the Ukraine.
Section
9 Supplement, amendment, and assignment
9.1
Any supplement or amendment hereto shall be made by both parties in written form
and the supplemental agreement shall be part hereof and have the same legal
effect.
9.2
No party hereto shall assign any of its rights or obligations under this
agreement to any third party.
Section
10 Taxes and expenses
10.1 The
parties hereto shall respectively bear the due taxes and expenses out of the
execution and performance of this agreement.
10.2 The
Party B recovers expenses for future interest in the company of Part A by means
of transfer of the scientific product as share in Party А that will is
stipulated by separate agreement on completion of the work.
Section
11 Income Distribution
11.1 For
Joint Ownership Intellectual Property the Parties agree to share equally all
income received from licensing and commercialization of the Intellectual
Property or any other technology that might result from the present and future
collaboration on the Joint Project. In the event gross royalties do
not cover the accrued legal costs expended by any Party with respect to jointly
developed Intellectual Property, no Party shall be held responsible for
reimbursing the other Party (Parties).
Section
12 Taking effect and miscellaneous
12.1 This
agreement shall take effect from the day of being executed and stamped by the
parties or their authorized agents.
12.2 If
any part of this contract is invalid or becomes invalid due to laws, regulations
or governmental orders and the other parts herein remain valid, the parties
herein shall perform this agreement pursuant to the general principles herein,
the sections invalid or becoming invalid shall be substituted by valid sections
reflecting to the greatest extent the intention of the parties herein at the
time of signing this agreement.
12.3 This
agreement shall be executed in Ukraine.
12.4 This
agreement shall consist of two originals of the same legal effect, with one for
each party respectively.
Party
A: Hydrogen Motors
Inc. Party
B: Dnipropetrovs'k National
University, Division
of Scientific Research Power Engineering Institute
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
President
and Chief Executive Officer
November
21, 2007