LICENSE AGREEMENT
THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is effective as of March 5,
1999 (the "Effective Date"), between IMMUNOMEDICS, INC. (hereinafter,
Immunomedics"), having its principal place of business at 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, and IBC PHARMACEUTICALS, L.L.C. (hereinafter
"IBC"), having its principal place of business at c/o Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx,
Immunomedics, Inc., 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, Immunomedics owns or controls certain Immunomedics Patent
Property and Immunomedics Biotechnology Assets (as such terms are defined
below), relating to the production and use of CEA-specific monoclonal antibodies
(Mabs), and has access to technology for the production of other humanized Mabs,
and certain adjuvant treatment; and
WHEREAS, IBC has expressed an interest in obtaining a license or
sublicense under certain Immunomedics Patent Property and the Immunomedics
Biotechnology Assets, and obtaining certain services and Mabs from Immunomedics;
and
WHEREAS, Immunomedics is a member of IMG Technology, LLC ("IMG"), a
Delaware limited liability company which in turn is a member of IBC; and
WHEREAS, IMG, as and for its capital contribution to IBC, has agreed to
arrange for the licensing or sublicensing by Immunomedics to IBC of the
Immunomedics Patent Property and the Immunomedics Biotechnology Assets; and
WHEREAS, Immunomedics is willing, as and for its capital contribution
to IMG, to license or sublicense to IBC said Immunomedics Patent Property and
the Immunomedics Biotechnology Assets and provide such services and Mabs to IBC,
subject to the terms and conditions contained herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained and intending to be legally bound thereby, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
1.1 "Affiliate" of a party shall mean any corporation or other business
entity controlled by, controlling or under common control of a party to this
Agreement. The word and root "control" in the context of a corporation shall
mean direct or indirect beneficial ownership of at least fifty percent (50%) of
the shares entitled to vote for members of the Board of Directors of such
corporation; and, in the context of any other business entity, the right to
receive at least fifty percent (50%) of the net income of such business entity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement, Immunomedics
shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of IBC as long as Immunomedics owns directly
or beneficially at least fifteen percent (15%) of the shares of IBC entitled to
vote for members of the Board of Directors of IBC, but IBC shall not be deemed
to be an Affiliate of Immunomedics, and IBC shall not be deemed to be an
Affiliate of Xxxxxxx Corporation, Immunotech S.A. or Immunotech Partners S.A.
nor shall Xxxxxxx Corporation, Immunotech S.A. or Immunotech Partners S.A. be
deemed to be Affiliates of IBC.
1.2 "Immunomedics Patent Property" shall mean each and all of the
patents and applications contained in Exhibit 1; the patents which issue from
such applications, as well as patents issuing from any continuation, substitute,
division, or continuation-in-part of the Exhibit 1 patents and applications, and
any reissues, reexaminations or extensions of such patents; and, all foreign
counterpart applications and the patents which issue therefrom, including all
foreign applications which claim priority from any of the foregoing
applications. For the purposes of this agreement, a "foreign counterpart
application" is an application filed in a country other than that of the
basic/parent application which application claims subject matter disclosed, in
whole or in part, in such basic/parent application.
1.3 "Immunomedics Biotechnology Assets" shall mean: (a) Class III
CEA-specific monoclonal antibodies, and methods, processes, and protocols for
their production; (b) technology for producing humanized Class III CEA-specific
monoclonal antibodies; and (c) patents and patent applications having claims to
the use of lysine to reduce renal toxicity of cancer radioimmunotherapy within
the IBC Field. In each case the assets include those assets owned or controlled
by Immunomedics now or at any time during the term of this Agreement .
1.4 "AES Technology" shall mean technology in which bi-specific
antibodies and radiolabeled bivalent haptens are used to increase dose delivery
to tumors and reduce toxic side effects caused by high levels of compounds in
healthy tissue and organs and which is covered by one or more patent claims
contained in one or more patents and patent applications listed in Exhibit 2.
1.5 "Control" "Controls" and "Controlled By" shall mean the ability to
grant the licenses or sublicenses herein or to provide the Mabs or services set
forth herein, as the case may be, without violating the terms of any agreement
or other arrangement with any third party.
1.6 "IBC Field" shall mean the field of radioimmunotherapy (RAIT) of
cancer using AES Technology, including applications solely for laboratory and
clinical research purposes.
1.7 "Mabs" shall mean monoclonal antibodies or fragments thereof.
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2. GRANTS AND SERVICES.
2.1 Grant to IBC.
2.1.1 Immunomedics hereby grants to IBC a worldwide,
royalty-free, exclusive license, limited to the IBC Field, under the
Immunomedics Patent Property and the Immunomedics Biotechnology Assets, to
practice any and all methods, and to use, offer for sale, and sell any and all
kits, components, reagents, Mabs and products which are covered by one or more
claims in said Immunomedics Patent Property or are included in the Immunomedics
Biotechnology Assets.
2.1.2 IBC has the right to sublicense its rights described in
Section 2.1.1 to its Affiliates, comarketers and distributors, subject to the
same limitations that apply to the underlying license, except for the right to
further sublicense.
2.2 Supply of Mabs and Products to IBC
2.2.1 Immunomedics shall, in accordance with a supply
agreement to be hereafter mutually agreed upon, supply to IBC its reasonable
requirements of CEA-specific Mabs covered by the Immunomedics Patent Property
and Immunomedics Biotechnology Assets, on reasonable commercial terms.
2.2.2 Immunomedics shall, once a product or products have been
developed by IBC, negotiate in good faith a supply agreement with IBC to supply
to IBC its reasonable requirements of finished products comprising CEA-specific
Mabs, on reasonable commercial terms.
2.2.3 In the event that the parties are unable to agree upon
the terms of the supply agreement described in Sections 2.2.1 and 2.2.2, the
terms of that agreement will be determined in a binding arbitration proceeding
as described in Section 15 below.
2.2.4 To ensure supply of the Immunomedics Biotechnology
Assets, Immunomedics shall establish and maintain viable samples of all cell
lines necessary to manufacture the Mabs and humanized Mabs described in Sections
1.3(a) and 1.3(b) at an off-site location.
2.3 Access to Technology
2.3.1 Immunomedics has licenses and rights to certain
technology for producing humanized Mabs (hMabs) and shall, upon written request
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from IBC, use reasonable commercial efforts to apply such technology to generate
humanized anti-hapten Mab for use with the AES Technology, subject to
Immunomedics' right to practice such technology on behalf of others and also
subject to the payment by IBC of any royalties owed by Immunomedics to third
parties by reason of Immunomedics applying such technology on behalf of IBC. If
Immunomedics is successful in constructing a suitable humanized Mab,
Immunomedics shall negotiate in good faith a supply agreement with IBC to supply
to IBC on reasonable commercial terms its reasonable requirements of such
humanized anti-hapten Mab.
2.3.2 Immunomedics has licenses and rights to certain lysine
adjuvant treatment technology for mitigating the side effects of RAIT and agrees
to make such technology available to IBC for use in the IBC Field , subject to
Immunomedics' right to grant sublicenses thereunder and also subject to the
payment by IBC if any royalties owed by Immunomedics to third parties by reason
of Immunomedics applying such technology on behalf of IBC.
2.4 Use of Biotechnology Assets.
2.4.1 IBC agrees that it will not itself produce nor use any
third party to produce the Mabs to be supplied by Immunomedics under the supply
agreement to be hereafter negotiated, and that it will use the CEA-specific Mabs
supplied by Immunomedics solely for products and applications in the IBC Field.
IBC will protect the confidentiality of the intellectual property relating to
the Immunomedics Biotechnology Assets with at least the same care as used by IBC
to protect its own biotechnology assets of comparable value. IBC will use
reasonable commercial efforts to keep records of the use, distribution and
location of each lot of CEA-specific Mabs provided by Immunomedics.
2.5 Right of First Negotiation for New Technology
2.5.1 Immunomedics hereby grants to IBC the right of first
negotiation to license, on reasonable commercial terms, future technology
developed or acquired by Immunomedics and under which Immunomedics has the right
to grant licenses or sublicenses in the IBC Field that may be useful to IBC to
improve its products in the IBC Field. This right of first negotiation shall be
in force for a period of 60 days from the date that IBC requests a license for
any such technology.
2.6 Right of First Negotiation for Marketing, Selling and
Distribution
2.6.1 Upon request by Immunomedics, IBC shall inform
Immunomedics of the territories where IBC is marketing IBC products. For any IBC
products that are marketed, sold, or distributed in at least one territory, IBC
hereby grants to Immunomedics the right of first negotiation to market, sell and
distribute those products in any other territory where Immunomedics markets,
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sells or distributes its own products but where IBC does not itself market, sell
or distribute the IBC products (hereinafter the "Available Marketing
Territories"). This right of first negotiation shall be in force for a period of
60 days from the date that Immunomedics requests marketing rights in the
Available Marketing Territories.
3. CONSIDERATION.
3.1 IBC Stock Consideration To IMG. As full consideration for the
grants set forth in Section 2.1 of this Agreement, IBC shall sell and deliver to
IMG the ownership of Three Million Seven Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Six
Hundred (3,729,600) shares of IBC's Series A Preferred Membership Interest
Units, pursuant to that certain Operating Agreement of IBC, dated as of March 5,
1999, by and among IMG., IBC and certain other parties, said conveyance to be
made on the Effective Date hereof.
4. IMMUNOMEDICS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES,
DISCLAIMERS AND INDEMNIFICATION.
Immunomedics represents and warrants:
4.1 Property.
4.1.1 Immunomedics owns or Controls the Immunomedics Patent
Property and Immunomedics Biotechnology Assets applicable to AES Technology.
4.1.2 If Immunomedics should do anything or fail to do
anything it is required to do in the agreements granting it licenses of
Immunomedics Patent Property which result in the loss of such licenses or
jeopardize the sublicense granted hereunder to IBC, Xx. Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, the
licensor of such Immunomedics Patent Property, by his countersignature to this
Agreement, agrees to directly license IBC so as to maintain the same rights and
conditions under which IBC is licensed under this Agreement.
4.1.3 Immunomedics has not been sued or charged as a defendant
in any claim, suit, action or proceeding which involves a claim of infringement
of any patents or violation of any trade secret or other proprietary right of
any third party with respect to the Immunomedics Biotechnology Assets and
Immunomedics Patent Property. The Immunomedics Biotechnology Assets and
Immunomedics Patent Property are not subject to any outstanding order, judgment,
decree, stipulation or agreement restricting in any manner the sale, assignment,
licensing or sublicensing thereof by Immunomedics.
4.1.4 Except for current litigation against Xxxxxxxx-Xx Xxxxx
("Roche") and claims or defenses by Roche and its affiliates of invalidity,
Immunomedics has no knowledge of any claims with respect to the Immunomedics
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Patent Property that have been asserted or threatened, by any other person, or
of any valid grounds for any bona fide claims challenging the ownership,
validity or enforceability of any of the Immunomedics Patent Property, nor does
any officer of Immunomedics have any knowledge of any material unauthorized use,
infringement or misappropriation of any of the Immunomedics Patent Property by
any third party, including any employee or former employee of Immunomedics.
4.1.5 Nothing in this agreement shall be construed as a
warranty or representation by Immunomedics that anything made by Immunomedics
and sold to IBC or made, used, sold, or otherwise disposed of by IBC under any
license or sublicense granted in this agreement is or will be free from
infringement of patents of third parties. Immunomedics makes no warranty,
express or implied, concerning the fitness for any particular purpose of any
products licensed or the property rights licensed to IBC.
4.2 DISCLAIMER. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY BY IMMUNOMEDICS OF THE ACCURACY, SAFETY, OR
USEFULNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE OF ANY TECHNICAL INFORMATION, TECHNIQUES, OR
PRACTICES AT ANY TIME MADE AVAILABLE BY IMMUNOMEDICS. IMMUNOMEDICS SHALL HAVE NO
LIABILITY WHATSOEVER TO IBC OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR OR ON ACCOUNT OF ANY INJURY,
LOSS, OR DAMAGE, OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, SUSTAINED BY, OR ANY DAMAGE ASSESSED OR
ASSERTED AGAINST, OR ANY OTHER LIABILITY INCURRED BY OR IMPOSED ON IBC OR ANY
OTHER PERSON, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR RESULTING FROM (A) THE
PRODUCTION, USE, OR SALE OF ANY APPARATUS OR PRODUCT, OR THE PRACTICE OF THE
PATENTS; (B) THE USE OF ANY TECHNICAL INFORMATION, TECHNIQUES, OR PRACTICES
DISCLOSED BY IMMUNOMEDICS; OR (C) ANY ADVERTISING OR OTHER PROMOTIONAL
ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING.
4.3 Indemnification. IBC shall hold Immunomedics, its directors,
officers, employees and agents, harmless from and against any and all claims,
expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees), proceedings, demands and
liability of any kind whatsoever arising out of or in connection with or
resulting from any of the matters described in Section 4.2 hereof.
4.4 Insurance. IBC shall obtain and carry in full force and effect
liability insurance which shall fully protect Immunomedics in regard to events
covered by Section 4.2 above. IBC shall cause Immunomedics to be included as a
named insured on any such insurance. IBC shall furnish certificate(s) of such
insurance to Immunomedics, upon request. The amount of such coverage shall be
the maximum obtainable at reasonable cost.
5. IBC REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
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IBC represents and warrants:
5.1 Organization and Good Standing. IBC is a limited liability
corporation, legally and validly incorporated, organized, existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
5.2 Authority Regarding this Agreement.
5.2.1 IBC has the complete and unrestricted right, power,
authority and capacity to: (a) execute and deliver this Agreement; and (b) carry
out and perform IBC's obligations pursuant to this Agreement.
5.2.2 No further corporate or shareholder approvals or
proceedings are necessary on the part of IBC to authorize this Agreement or any
of the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement by IBC does not require notice to, or consent or approval
from, any governmental body or other regulatory authority.
5.2.3 This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by IBC and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of IBC,
enforceable in accordance with its terms.
6. PATENT PROPERTY.
6.1 Prosecution and Maintenance. Immunomedics shall, at its own
expense, (i) file and prosecute all patent applications contained within the
Immunomedics Patent Property and (ii) maintain all patents contained within the
Immunomedics Patent Property; provided that Immunomedics may abandon one or more
applications or patents contained within the Immunomedics Patent Property if
Immunomedics and IBC agree that the prospect for obtaining commercial useful
protection does not justify the cost of pursuing or maintaining the application
or patent.
6.2 Infringement of Patent Property by Third Parties.
6.2.1 Notice. Each party shall promptly notify the other in
writing of any alleged or threatened infringement of the Immunomedics Patent
Property of which it becomes aware and which may adversely impact the rights of
IBC hereunder.
6.2.2 Enforcement Action. In the event that the parties become
aware of any such alleged or threatened infringement of the Immunomedics Patent
Property by a person or entity who is a direct competitor of IBC, Immunomedics
shall have the right, but not the obligation, to take appropriate action against
such person or entity. In the event Immunomedics fails to institute an
infringement suit or take other reasonable action in response to such
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infringement within sixty (60) days, IBC shall have the right, but not the
obligation upon thirty (30) days notice to Immunomedics, to institute such suit
or take other appropriate action in its own name; provided however, that if
necessary, Immunomedics agrees to be joined as a party plaintiff. Regardless of
which party brings such enforcement action, the other party hereby agrees to
cooperate reasonably in any such effort. The party not bringing the action shall
have the right to participate in such action at its own expense with its own
counsel and any recovery obtained by settlement or otherwise shall be disbursed
as follows: each party shall first recover any reasonable expenses incurred in
such action (including counsel fees). Thereafter, the parties shall share any
remaining recovery in the same proportion as their recovered costs. In the event
that the party not bringing the action does not want to participate in the
recovery obtained by settlement or otherwise, then the party instituting the law
suit shall be responsible for all costs and expenses of the non-participating
party in cooperating with the party instituting the law suit.
6.3 Infringement of Third Party Patent Rights.
6.3.1 In the event that the use or sale of a process or
product incorporating AES Technology in the IBC Field and covered by the
Immunomedics Patent Property becomes the subject of a claim of infringement of a
patent or other proprietary right, the parties shall promptly confer to discuss
the claim and whether a joint defense is feasible or desirable.
6.3.2 Unless the parties otherwise agree, IBC shall assume the
responsibility and expense for the conduct of the defense of any such claim
described in Section 6.3.1. Immunomedics shall have the right, but not the
obligation, to participate in any such suit at its sole option and at its own
expense. Each party shall reasonably cooperate with the party conducting the
defense of the claim. No party shall enter into any settlement that affects any
other party's rights or interests without such other party's written consent,
not to be unreasonably withheld.
6.4 Joint inventions.
6.4.1 "Joint Invention(s)" means any discovery, whether
patentable or otherwise, relating to the AES Technology which is jointly made by
one or more employees of IBC and one or more employees of Immunomedics, the
inventorship to be determined by the criteria used to determine inventorship
under U.S. patent law, and any U.S. or foreign patent application claiming the
discovery, together with all divisions, continuations, or continuations-in-part
thereof, and any patents issued thereon or reissues or extensions thereof.
6.4.2. IBC and Immunomedics shall be joint owners of the Joint
Invention(s), all know-how and information necessary to practice the Joint
Invention(s), any applications for patent which may be filed on the Joint
Invention(s), and any improvements thereon which arise from continued
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collaborative research between the parties, and each and every patent covering
the Invention(s), or such improvements, that may be issued in the United States
of America and in any foreign country. IBC and Immunomedics shall each have a
fifty percent (50%) interest in each Joint Invention.
6.4.3 Responsibility for preparing, filing, prosecuting, and
maintaining all patent applications and patents embodying the Joint Invention(s)
shall be with Immunomedics, who will consult with and keep IBC fully informed as
to the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of all patent
applications and patents relating to the Joint Invention(s). Prosecution or
maintenance of any patent or patent application shall not be abandoned by
Immunomedics without the written consent of IBC.
6.4.4 Immunomedics and IBC will each use their reasonable
efforts to assure that the inventors and other employees thereof fully cooperate
in the preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance of all patent
applications and patents embodying the Joint Invention(s).
6.4.5 IBC shall pay all reasonable expenses associated with
preparing, filing, prosecuting, and maintaining all patent applications and
patents relating to the Joint Invention(s), unless Immunomedics is also using
the technology covered by the claims of the application or patent in which case
the parties shall share equally in such costs and expenses. Immunomedics shall
maintain adequate records showing all expenses incurred in connection with such
patent applications and patents, which shall be made available to IBC for
inspection on reasonable notice. In the event that Immunomedics anticipates the
possibility of any extraordinary expenditures arising from the preparation,
filing, prosecution, or maintenance of any patent application or patent
contemplated by this Agreement, Immunomedics shall provide IBC with full
particulars and shall discuss with IBC mutually acceptable course of action
prior to incurring such expenditures. IBC shall reimburse Immunomedics for such
costs and expenses within sixty (60) days of receiving an invoice from
Immunomedics for such expenses.
6.4.6 Either party may elect to discontinue its obligation to
pay or reimburse expenses associated with any selected patent application or
patent for a Joint Invention within any national jurisdiction, upon sixty (60)
days written notice by such party (the "Terminating Party") to the other party
(the "Continuing Party").
6.4.7 The Continuing Party may elect to request assignment of
the selected patent rights owned by the Terminating Party in the Joint
Invention(s) and any licenses issued for said Joint Invention(s). The Continuing
Party shall make its election and shall advise the Terminating Party in writing
within thirty (30) days after receipt of a notice of discontinuance under
Section 6.4.6. Subject to the assumption by the Continuing Party of sole
responsibility for the management and expense of the Joint Invention(s), the
Terminating Party shall convey to the Continuing Party assignment of the
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Invention(s) and licenses, and shall do all things necessary to transfer file
wrappers and other files related to such rights and licenses to the Continuing
Party or its designee. Upon perfection of such assignments, the Terminating
Party shall have no further rights or obligations with respect to such Joint
Invention, and the Continuing Party may thereafter separately license such Joint
Invention, without accounting to the Terminating Party.
7. TERM AND TERMINATION.
7.1 Term. This Agreement shall become effective immediately upon the
Effective Date and, unless earlier terminated by the provisions for termination
herein, shall continue in effect until the last to expire of the patents within
the Immunomedics Patent Property to which IBC has a license or sublicense,
whether such patent is currently issued or issues from any patent application
contained within the Immunomedics Patent Property.
7.2 Termination.
7.2.1 Material Default By Licensee Upon any material breach or
default under this Agreement by IBC, Immunomedics shall have the right to
terminate this Agreement and the rights, privileges and license granted
hereunder by forty-five (45) days advance notice to IBC specifying such default
or breach. Such termination shall become effective unless IBC shall have
substantially cured any such breach or default prior to the expiration of the
said forty- five (45) day period, or, if the breach or default cannot reasonably
be cured within such forty-five (45) day period, IBC shall have commenced such
cure within such forty-five (45) day period and shall diligently prosecute such
cure to completion within not more than an additional forty-five (45) days. In
the event IBC: (i) becomes insolvent, makes a general assignment for the benefit
of its creditors, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally
as they become due; (ii) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, or, by
voluntary petition, answer or consent, seeks relief under the provisions of any
bankruptcy or other similar law providing for its reorganization or winding up,
or providing for an agreement, composition, extension or adjustment with
creditors; petitions or consents to the appointment of a receiver, this
Agreement may be terminated immediately and without notice by Immunomedics at
Immunomedics' option. In the event of an involuntary bankruptcy petition,
Immunomedics may immediately suspend the license granted under this Agreement,
subject to reinstatement only if the bankruptcy is dismissed within sixty (60)
days or, in the case of a receiver, such appointment is being contested in good
faith and such appointment is dismissed within sixty (60) days.
8. ASSIGNABILITY. Neither this Agreement nor any part hereof shall be assignable
by either party without the prior, express, written permission of the other
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party, which permission shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any
attempted assignment without such consent shall be void. Notwithstanding the
preceding two sentences, any party may assign this Agreement to an Affiliate or
in connection with the merger, consolidation, transfer or sale of substantially
all of its assets relating to this Agreement.
9. NOTICES. All notices required or permitted to be given under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be mailed by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid and receipt requested, addressed to the signatory to whom such notice is
required or permitted to be given or sent by facsimile or when personally
delivered. All notices shall be deemed to have been given when mailed, as
evidenced by the return receipt or, when sent by facsimile, as evidenced by
acknowledgment of transmission, or by overnight delivery e.g., Express Mail,
Fed. Ex., UPS, DHL, with receipt in good order requested and received.
To Immunomedics:
Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx
President and CEO
Immunomedics, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
To IBC:
IBC Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
c/o Dr. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Immunomedics, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Any party may, by written notice to the others, designate a new addressee or
address to which notices to the party giving the notice shall thereafter be
mailed or sent by facsimile.
10. SEVERABILITY. If a court of competent jurisdiction declares any provision of
this Agreement invalid or unenforceable, or if any government or other agency
having jurisdiction over either Immunomedics, or IBC deems any provision to be
contrary to any laws, then that provision shall be severed and the remainder of
the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. To the extent possible,
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the parties shall revise such invalidated provision in a manner that will render
such provision valid without impairing the parties' original interests.
11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This instrument contains the entire Agreement between the
parties relative to its subject matter. No verbal agreement, conversation or
representation between any officers, agents or employees of the parties hereto
before the execution of this Agreement shall affect or modify any of the terms
or obligations herein contained.
12. MODIFICATIONS IN WRITING. No change, modification, extension, termination or
waiver of this Agreement, or any of the provisions herein contained, shall be
valid unless made in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of
each party.
13. GOVERNING LAW. The validity and interpretation of this Agreement and the
legal relations of the parties to it shall be governed by the laws of the State
of New Jersey, excluding New Jersey's conflict of laws principles
14. CONSTRUCTION. The parties agree that they have participated equally in the
formation of this Agreement and that the language herein should be not be
presumptively construed against any of them.
15. ARBITRATION.
15.1 Any controversy or claim arising out of, or relating to this
Agreement shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration in Xxxxxx Plains,
New Jersey under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration
Association then obtaining.
The arbitration shall be subject to the following terms:
(a) The number of arbitrators shall be three (3) unless
otherwise agreed to by the parties to the dispute.
(b) The arbitrators shall each be an independent, impartial
third party having no direct or indirect personal or financial relationship to
either of the parties to the dispute, who has agreed to accept the appointment
as arbitrator on the terms set forth in this Article 15.
(c) The arbitrators shall each be an active or retired
attorney, law professor or judicial officer with at least five (5) years
experience in general commercial matters and a familiarity with the technology
relating to this agreement and with the laws governing proprietary rights in
intellectual property to the extent necessary to adjudicate the dispute.
(d) The arbitrators shall be selected as follows:
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(i) Within thirty (30) days of a request for
arbitration made by either party, Immunomedics shall select one arbitrator and
IBC shall select one arbitrator and these two arbitrators shall then agree on
the selection of a third arbitrator.
(ii) If the method of selection set out in
Section 15.1(d)(i) fails for any reason, then either party may petition the
American Arbitration Association for appointment of the arbitrators in
accordance with its rules, provided that the arbitrators must satisfy the
requirements of (b) and (c) above.
(e) The dispute shall be submitted to the three arbitrators
within ninety (90) days after they have been selected. A decision shall be
rendered within sixty (60) days after the dispute is submitted.
(f) The arbitrators shall render a decision in writing
accompanied by written findings explaining the facts determined in support of
the decision and any relevant conclusions of law.
(g) The fees of the arbitrators and any other costs and fees
associated with the arbitration shall be paid in accordance with the decision of
the arbitrators.
(h) The arbitrators shall have no power to add to, subtract
from, or modify any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement. Any decision
rendered in such arbitration may be enforced by either party in the United
States District Court for the Northern District of New Jersey, to whose
jurisdiction for such purposes the parties to the dispute hereby irrevocably
consent and submit.
16. FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each party agrees to furnish, upon request of the other
party, such further information as may be required to give effect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to permit each party to fully
enjoy the benefit of the rights and grants provided hereunder. In the event a
party makes a good faith determination that it is necessary for the other party
to take certain additional actions to give full effect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and to permit each party to fully enjoy the
benefit of the rights transferred hereunder, such party shall notify the other
of its determination and the parties agree to meet to discuss in good faith the
possibility of such additional actions being taken.
17. CONFIDENTIALITY
17.1 Non-Disclosure and Non-Use of Confidential Information. Anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, all knowledge, know-how,
practices, process or other information (hereinafter referred to as
"Confidential Information") disclosed or submitted, either orally, in writing or
in other tangible or intangible form which is designated as Confidential
Information by either party to the other shall be received and maintained by the
receiving party in strict confidence and shall not be disclosed to any third
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party, except that disclosure may be made to Xxxxxxx Corporation and Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Inc. (hereinafter collectively "Xxxxxxx"), and Immunotech S.A. and
Immunotech Partners, S.A. (hereinafter collectively "Immunotech") with
disclosing parties assuring that Xxxxxxx and Immunotech, shall abide by the
obligations of this Article 17. Oral disclosures of Confidential Information
which the disclosing party wishes to be maintained in confidence under this
Article 17 shall be reduced to writing within fourteen (14) days of disclosure.
Furthermore, neither party shall use the Confidential Information for any
purpose other than those purposes specified in this Agreement. The parties may
disclose Confidential Information to the minimum number of their employees
reasonably requiring access thereto for the purposes of this Agreement,
provided, however, that prior to making any such disclosures each such employee
or other recipient shall be apprised of the duty and obligation to maintain
Confidential Information in confidence and not to use such Confidential
Information for any purpose other than in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. The confidentiality obligation under this
paragraph shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.
17.2 Limitation on Confidentiality
17.2.1 Subject to Section 17.2.2, nothing contained herein
will in any way restrict or impair either party's right to use, disclose, or
otherwise deal with any Confidential Information which:
(i) At the time of its receipt is generally
available to the public or thereafter becomes available to the public through no
act or failure to act of the receiving party; or
(ii) Was independently known prior to receipt thereof
as shown by written records, or thereafter is made available to such receiving
party as a matter of lawful right by a third party who does not require that it
be maintained confidential.
(iii) Is thereafter independently developed by the
receiving party without use of or access to the Confidential Information of the
disclosing party.
17.2.2 If any designated Confidential Information received by
a party is believed to be exempt from the confidentiality obligation of Section
17.2.1, the receiving party shall notify the disclosing party in writing within
ten (10) days of receipt and shall provide documentation substantiating the
claim for exemption, failing which the purported exemption is waived and the
confidentiality obligation of Section 17.2.1 shall continue to apply to such
designated Confidential Information.
18. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,
each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute together
the same document.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed in duplicate by their duly authorized representatives as of the dates
noted below.
IMMUNOMEDICS, INC. IBC PHARMACEUTICALS, L.L.C.
By: ____________________________ By: ___________________________
Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx
Title: President and CEO Title:
Date:___________________________ Date:___________________________
I agree to the provisions of Section 4.1.2 of this Agreement.
________________________________
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Sc.D., M.D.
Date:___________________________
EXHIBIT 1
IMMUNOMEDICS PATENT PROPERTY
(a) U.S. PATENTS:
US 4,818,709
(b) U.S. PATENT APPLICATIONS:
US 08/318,157 (now allowed - to issue 2/25/99)
(c) CORRESPONDING FOREIGN PATENTS AND APPLICATIONS
Japan 2,598,893, Xxxxx 000000/00 (Xxx.), Xxxxx 8-512588
Australia 629,213, Australia 582,731, Xxxxxxxxx 00000/00
Xxxxxx 1,274,794, Canada 2,200,868
Israel 70746
EPO 000,000, (Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, G. Britain, W. Germany,
NetherlandS, Luxembourg, Sweden, Switzerland/Liechtenstein)
EPO 95935020.8
EXHIBIT 2
IMMUNOTECH PATENT PROPERTY
I. PRIORITY PATENT APPLICATIONS:
A. PRIORITY PATENT APPLICATIONS:
1. FRENCH PATENT APPLICATION NO. 8613146 FILED SEPTEMBER 19,
1986, AND GRANTED AS FRENCH PATENT NO. 2604092, ON APRIL 13, 1990 AND ENTITLED
"AFFINITY ENHANCEMENT IMMUNOLOGICAL REAGENTS FOR IN VIVO DETECTION AND KILLING
OF SPECIFIC TARGET CELLS" AND ASSIGNED TO IMMUNOTECH, S.A. (HEREINAFTER
"AFFINITY ENHANCEMENT PATENT")
2. FRENCH PATENT APPLICATION NO. 8912622 FILED SEPTEMBER 21,
1989, AND GRANTED AS FRENCH PATENT NO. 2652004, ON OCTOBER 28, 1994 AND ENTITLED
"HYDROPHILIC DERIVATIVES, THEIR APPLICATION TO DIAGNOSIS AND TO THERAPEUTICS,
DIAGNOSTIC OR THERAPEUTIC KITS AND IMMUNOLOGICAL REAGENTS" (HEREINAFTER
"HYDROPHILIC DERIVATIVES PATENT")
3. FRENCH PATENT APPLICATION NO. 9213267 FILED OCTOBER 27,
1992, AND GRANTED AS FRENCH PATENT NO. 2697255 ON JANUARY 13, 1995 ENTITLED
"TECHNETIUM OR RHENIUM-BINDING BI-HAPTEN DERIVATIVES, A PROCESS FOR THEIR
PREPARATION, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION, AND KITS AND IMMUNOLOGICAL
REAGENTS CONTAINING THE SAME" ASSIGNED TO IMMUNOTECH PARTNERS (HEREINAFTER
"TECH-RHE BIVALENT HAPTENS PATENT")
B. CORRESPONDING FOREIGN PATENTS AND APPLICATIONS:
1. CORRESPONDING TO AFFINITY ENHANCEMENT PATENT
(a) EUROPEAN PATENT NO. 263046 GRANTED APRIL 15, 1992.
NATIONALIZED IN AUSTRIA AS PATENT NO. 00000, XXXXXXX AS PATENTSCHRIFT
NO. 3778281 AND SPAIN AS PATENT NO. 2032468.
(b) AUSTRALIAN PATENT NO. 613318, ACCEPTED AUGUST 1, 1991.
(c) CANADIAN PATENT NO. 1306414, GRANTED AUGUST 18, 1992.
(d) FRENCH PATENT NO. 2604092, GRANTED APRIL 13, 1990.
(e) JAPANESE PATENT APPLICATION NO. 2612454, EXAMINED MAY
21, 1997.
(f) KOREAN PATENT APPLICATION NO. 9005622, EXAMINED JULY
31, 1990.
(g) U.S. PATENT NO. 5,256,395 GRANTED OCTOBER 26, 1993.
2. CORRESPONDING TO HYDROPHILIC DERIVATIVE PATENT
(a) EUROPEAN PATENT NO. 419387, GRANTED NOVEMBER 20, 1996.
NATIONALIZED IN AUSTRIA AS PATENT NO. 145338 AND SPAIN AS PATENT NO.
2094750.
(b) AUSTRALIAN PATENT NO. 638488, ACCEPTED JULY 1, 1993.
(c) CANADIAN PATENT NO. 2025607, GRANTED MARCH 22, 1991.
(d) FRENCH PATENT NO. 2652004, GRANTED OCTOBER 28, 1994.
(e) GERMAN PATENT PUBLICATION NO. 69029184, PUBLISHED JUNE
5, 1997.
(f) JAPANESE PATENT APPLICATION NO. 3173900, UNEXAMINED,
JULY 29, 1991.
(g) U.S. PATENT NO. 5,274,076 ISSUED DECEMBER 28, 1993.
3. CORRESPONDING TO TECH-RHE BIVALENT HAPTENS PATENT
(a) EUROPEAN PATENT PUBLICATION NO. 595743, PUBLISHED MAY
4, 1994.
(b) AUSTRALIAN PATENT APPLICATION NO. 669219, ACCEPTED MAY
30, 1996.
(c) CANADIAN PATENT NO. 2109256, GRANTED APRIL 28, 1994.
(d) JAPANESE PATENT APPLICATION NO. 6321809, UNEXAMINED,
NOVEMBER 22, 1994.
