SETTLEMENT AND LICENSE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 10.1
This
Settlement and License Agreement (“Agreement”), effective as of October 16, 2009
(“the Effective Date”), is entered into between NeoMedia Technologies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation having a principal place of business at Xxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 (“NeoMedia”), and Scanbuy, Inc., a
Delaware corporation having a principal place of business at 00 Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 (“Scanbuy”) (together, “The Parties,” or
individually, “Party”).
WHEREAS,
NeoMedia and Scanbuy are parties to an action filed in the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York, Civil Action No.
1:04-CV-3026 (RJH) (“the 2004 Lawsuit”) for alleged infringement of United
States Patent No. 5,933,829, entitled “Automatic Access of Electronic
Information Through Secure Machine-Readable Codes on Printed Documents,” which
issued on August 3, 1999; United States Patent No. 6,108,656, entitled
“Automatic Access of Electronic Information Through Machine-Readable Codes on
Printed Documents,” which issued on August 22, 2000; United States Patent No.
5,978,773, entitled “System and Method for Using an Ordinary Article of Commerce
to Access a Remote Computer,” which issued November 2, 1999; and United States
Patent No. 6,199,048, entitled “System and Method for Automatic Access of a
Remote Computer over a Network,” which issued March 6, 2001 (collectively “The
2004 Asserted Patents”);
WHEREAS,
Scanbuy, Marshall Feature Recognition, LLC, a Texas corporation having a
principal place of business at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000 (“MFR”), and NeoMedia are parties to an action transferred to the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Civil Action
No. 1:09-CV-4297 (RJH) (“the 2009 Lawsuit”) for alleged infringement of United
States Patent No. 6,886,750, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Accessing
Electronic Data via a Familiar Printed Medium,” which issued on May 3, 2005
(“the MFR Asserted Patent”); and United States Patent No. 7,287,696, entitled
“System and Method for Decoding and Analyzing Barcodes Using a Mobile Device,”
which issued on October 30, 2007, (“The Scanbuy Asserted Patent”, and
collectively with the MFR Asserted Patent “The 2009 Asserted Patents”);
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WHEREAS,
NeoMedia and Scanbuy have agreed to settle and resolve the 2004 Lawsuit and the
2009 Lawsuit by granting licenses, releases and covenants not to xxx under
various patents owned and/or licensable by each of them and as to various
patents that may issue in the future, as set forth herein;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in accordance with the foregoing recitals, and in consideration of
those recitals and the mutual rights, releases, and covenants contained herein,
the Parties agree as follows:
1.
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Definitions.
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1.1.
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“NeoMedia
Licensed Patents” means only the patents and patent applications owned by
NeoMedia containing claims to any invention(s) useful in or relating to
the Field of Use (as defined in Section 1.3), strictly limited to the
patents and patent applications listed on Exhibit A hereto, together with
all divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues,
reexaminations, and any other present or future applications or patents
now owned or hereafter acquired by NeoMedia during the term of this
Agreement in which the claims are directed to the Field of Use (as defined
in Section 1.3).
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1.2.
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“Scanbuy
Licensed Patents” means the Scanbuy Asserted Patent as well as all
divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues,
reexaminations of the Scanbuy Asserted Patent, and any other present or
future patent applications or patents now owned or hereafter acquired by
Scanbuy during the term of this Agreement relating to the Field of Use (as
defined in Section 1.3).
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1.3.
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“Field
of Use” shall be set forth in Exhibit B
hereto.
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1.4.
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“Royalty-Based
Revenue” means any gross revenue, derived in any way by Scanbuy in the
Field of Use and in the Territory (as defined in Section 1.5) in
connection with or relating to a user located in the Territory using a
mobile device to scan a machine readable code, including without
limitation advertising revenues, transactional revenue generated by
barcode reading, in-kind payments, non-monetary consideration (valued at
market value), clearing-house revenue, service fees, and includes all
action oriented revenue, for example but not limited to content download
and click to subscribe. For the avoidance of doubt,
Royalty-Based Revenue does not include any revenue generated by Scanbuy in
connection with or relating to users using a mobile device to scan a
machine readable code while that user is located outside the Territory,
for which such use is not in any way covered by the license
herein.
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1.5.
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“Territory”
shall mean those countries identified in Exhibit C as amended from time to
time by mutual agreement by the Parties, initially the United States of
America and its territories.
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1.6.
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“Scanbuy
Clients” shall mean those entities that operate within the Territory and
within the Field of Use serviced by Scanbuy, including by way of
illustration and not limitation, brands, agencies, carriers, subscribers
of carriers, and advertising customers of carriers (e.g., brands, agencies,
etc.). For the avoidance of doubt, an entity that utilizes
Scanbuy’s service to resolve codes that have been scanned by users within
the Territory and within the Field of Use is a Scanbuy Client even if the
entity is entirely located outside the
Territory.
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2.
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Licenses
Granted.
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2.1.
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Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and for the consideration
recited herein, NeoMedia grants to Scanbuy a royalty-bearing,
non-exclusive, license within the Field of Use under the NeoMedia Licensed
Patents within the Territory. There is no right to sublicense
granted herein, except that it is understood that Scanbuy Clients
contracting with Scanbuy to operate in the Territory and within the Field
of Use under the rights granted herein to Scanbuy will fall within the
license granted to Scanbuy, subject to termination of the license as set
forth herein and provided that such Scanbuy Clients are generating
Royalty-Based Revenue subject to Section 3, but such Scanbuy Clients have
no rights separate and apart from those extended to Scanbuy
herein. For the avoidance of doubt, if an entity participates
in an ecosystem in which Scanbuy does not participate or in which Scanbuy
does not obtain or share in revenue derived from activities within that
ecosystem, those activities by the entity will not fall within the license
granted to Scanbuy. No license or other right is extended to
MFR under the NeoMedia Licensed
Patents.
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2.2.
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Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and for the consideration
recited herein, Scanbuy grants to NeoMedia (a) a paid-up, irrevocable,
non-exclusive license under the Scanbuy Licensed Patents within the
Territory and (b) a paid-up, non-exclusive sublicense under the MFR
Asserted Patent as well all of the patents of MFR licensed to Scanbuy
(collectively, “MFR Licensed Patents”), for all systems and methods, in
whole or in part, made, used, offered for sale, sold or imported in the
United States by which a cellular/mobile device is used or can be used to
read or enter bar codes or other machine readable codes to access content
or information or trigger phone functionalities. There is no
right to sublicense granted herein, except that it is understood that
parties contracting with NeoMedia to operate in the Territory and within
the Field of Use under the rights granted herein to NeoMedia (“NeoMedia
Clients”) will fall within the license and sublicense granted to NeoMedia,
but such NeoMedia Clients have no rights separate and apart from those
extended to NeoMedia herein.
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2.3.
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The
NeoMedia license granted in this section to Scanbuy shall terminate: if
Scanbuy fails to make any payments due and owing pursuant to Section 3,
which the Parties agree is a material breach of this Agreement, unless
cured within thirty (30) days of notice by NeoMedia of such failure; or
upon Scanbuy’s petition for relief under any bankruptcy legislation; or
upon Scanbuy’s cessation of doing business; or upon any other material
breach of this Agreement by Scanbuy; or upon breach of Scanbuy’s
representation and warranty that it has the right to settle the 2009
Lawsuit on behalf of MFR; or upon breach of Section 2.4 by
Scanbuy. For the avoidance of doubt, the Scanbuy license
granted to NeoMedia shall not terminate, but the Scanbuy sublicense
granted to NeoMedia is terminable as described in Section
2.4.
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2.4.
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The
Scanbuy sublicense to NeoMedia in this section is expressly conditioned
upon Scanbuy fulfilling its obligations under the “Exclusive Patent
License Agreement,” dated March 5, 2008, between Scanbuy and MFR, provided
however that Scanbuy shall take no action to terminate the Exclusive
Patent License Agreement solely in order to terminate the sublicense
granted to NeoMedia herein. The sublicense to NeoMedia granted
in this section shall subsist so long as Scanbuy has a license to MFR
Licensed Patents,
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Payments.
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Scanbuy’s
payment obligations to NeoMedia shall be set forth in Exhibit D.
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Dismissal of the
Lawsuits.
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4.1.
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As
a condition of execution of this Agreement, NeoMedia, Scanbuy and MFR
shall have their respective counsel execute an Agreed Order dismissing all
claims and counterclaims made in the 2004 Lawsuit and the 2009 Lawsuit
substantially in the forms attached hereto as Appendix E. The
claims and counterclaims between and among NeoMedia, Scanbuy, and MFR
shall be dismissed with prejudice, provided, however, that NeoMedia
reserves all right and ability to challenge the validity, enforceability
and infringement of the MFR Asserted Patent in the event that the
sublicense is terminated, and no issue preclusion or res judicata effect
will apply in that event. NeoMedia’s counsel shall file
said Agreed Order for the 2004 Lawsuit and said Agreed Order for the 2009
Lawsuit within five (5) business days after execution of this
Agreement.
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4.2.
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The
Parties agree that this Agreement constitutes the full and complete
settlement of the disputed claims and counterclaims. It does
not and shall not constitute an admission of liability by any of the
Parties and shall not be used by any of the Parties or any other person or
entity in any litigation or proceeding for that purpose. The
Parties further agree that the disputes and allegations that resulted in
the Lawsuit and are subject to this Agreement shall not be discussed or
disclosed publicly except as may be
required to respond truthfully to governmental inquiries or required
testimony, or to enforce the terms of the Agreement
itself.
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4.3.
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The
Parties agree to bear their own costs and attorneys’ fees in connection
with the 2004 Lawsuit and the 2009 Lawsuit and in connection with the
negotiation of this Agreement.
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4.4.
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As
a condition for granting the licenses and releases in this Agreement,
within ten (10) days from the Effective Date Scanbuy shall file with the
appropriate patent office papers to withdraw all opposition proceedings or
other adverse proceedings which seek to invalidate any NeoMedia
intellectual property right, including those related to any NeoMedia (or a
foreign Affiliate’s) pending patent application anywhere in the
world. Scanbuy shall inform NeoMedia promptly when the request
to withdraw the opposition or other adverse proceeding has been made, and
where those proceedings had been
pending.
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Covenants Not to Xxx
and Releases.
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5.1.
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Subject
to the fulfillment of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, NeoMedia
and its predecessors, successors and successors-in-interest, officers,
directors, employees, subsidiaries and agents, in their respective
capacities as such, do hereby jointly and severally release, forever
discharge, and covenant not to xxx Scanbuy and Scanbuy’s successors, and
successors-in-interest and Scanbuy’s current, former and future officers,
directors, employees, attorneys, agents, customers, distributors, end
users and resellers, in their respective capacities as such, from any and
all claims, actions, causes, causes of action, suits, damages, demands,
duties, rights, obligations, liabilities, judgments and demands
whatsoever, in law or in equity, whether known or unknown, which were
asserted or could have been asserted prior to the Effective
Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the release relates only to
products and services that a person obtained from
Scanbuy.
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5.2.
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Scanbuy
and its predecessors, successors and successors-in-interest, officers,
directors, employees, subsidiaries and agents, in their respective
capacities as such, do hereby jointly and severally release, forever
discharge, and covenant not to xxx NeoMedia and NeoMedia’s current and
former officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, customers,
distributors, end users and resellers, in their respective
capacities as such, from any and all claims, actions, causes, causes of
action, suits, damages, demands, duties, rights, obligations, liabilities,
judgments and demands whatsoever, in law or in equity, whether known or
unknown, which were asserted or could have been asserted prior to the
Effective Date, including any of the foregoing arising under the MFR
Licensed Patents. For the avoidance of doubt, the release
relates only to products and services a person obtained from
NeoMedia.
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6.
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Warranties and
Representations.
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6.1.
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Except
as discussed below, NeoMedia warrants and represents that (a) NeoMedia is
the sole and exclusive owner of the patents and pending applications
identified in Exhibit A; and (b) NeoMedia has not entered into
any agreement which would interfere with the license, releases, and
covenants not to xxx granted by this
Agreement.
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6.2.
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Scanbuy
warrants and represents that (a) Scanbuy is the sole and exclusive owner
of the Scanbuy Licensed Patents; (b) under Section 2.3 of the
“Exclusive Patent License Agreement,” dated March 5, 2008, between Scanbuy
and MFR, Scanbuy has the authority to sublicense the MFR Asserted Patent
in a field of use defined as “all systems and methods, in whole or in
part, made, used, offered for sale, sold or imported in the United States
by which a cellular/mobile device is used or can be used to read or enter
bar codes or other machine readable codes to access content or information
or trigger phone functionalities; (c) the “Exclusive Patent License
Agreement” referred to above is in full force and effect; (d) Scanbuy has
not entered, and will not enter, into any agreement which would interfere
with the license, sublicense, releases, and covenants not to xxx granted
by this Agreement; and (e) Scanbuy has the full right and authority
pursuant to the “Exclusive Patent License Agreement” to release NeoMedia
under the MFR Licensed Patents and settle the 2009 Lawsuit on MFR’s behalf
on the terms herein.
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6.3.
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If
Scanbuy is found in breach of any of the representations and warranties of
Section 6.2(b) through (e), Scanbuy shall pay a liquidated damage sum to
NeoMedia in the amount of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars
($250,000.00) immediately upon a finding of such breach, in addition to
any other result or remedy set forth herein or otherwise available to
NeoMedia.
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Term and
Termination.
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The Term
of this Agreement shall be until the last to expire of the NeoMedia Licensed
Patents, in which case all payment obligations under Section 3, not then due and
payable, shall cease, or upon the occurrence of the events described in Section
2.3 of this Agreement, in which case any then accrued payment obligations shall
become due and payable.
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Dispute
Resolution.
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8.1.
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The
Parties agree to follow the procedure set forth below to resolve any
dispute (other than patent infringement, patent validity, patent
enforceability, or any other issue concerning a substantive patent right),
by arbitration administered by a mutually agreed-upon arbitral entity, or
in the event of no such agreement, by the American Arbitration Association
(“AAA”) in accordance with its Commercial Rules and other applicable rules
and procedures set forth by the AAA. The place of arbitration
shall be Atlanta, Georgia.
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8.2.
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The
procedures described herein shall be followed if senior management of both
Parties is unable to resolve the dispute within thirty (30) days after a
dispute is identified to the other Party. There shall be no
arbitration until the thirty (30) day discussion period has
elapsed.
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8.3.
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The
arbitrator(s) may award damages, an injunction, or both to the prevailing
party.
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8.4.
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The
decision of the arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding on all Parties,
and judgment on the award of the arbitration panel may be entered by any
Court having jurisdiction. There shall be no
appeal.
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8.5.
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Any
costs or expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the
successful Party arising out of the arbitration will be assessed against
the unsuccessful Party, borne equally, or assessed in any manner within
the discretion of the
arbitrator(s).
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8.6.
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The
arbitrator(s) may also award interest at a rate not to exceed the Prime
Rate (which exists on the day of the award) from the date of the award
until paid. Unless decided differently by the arbitrator(s),
each Party shall pay one-half (1/2) the fees, costs and expenses charged
by the arbitrator(s).
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9.
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Confidentiality and No
Challenge.
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9.1.
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Except
where such disclosures are required by law or the Parties have given
consent in writing, the Parties agree to keep confidential and not
disclose to any third party: (a) the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, (b) any of the negotiations and discussions that
preceded its making; and (c) non-public financial information except (i) as is
necessary to effectuate any term or provision of this Agreement, including
any subsequent litigation to enforce this Agreement; (ii) to either
Party’s insurers, as necessary to pursue insurance claims; (iii) to a
Party’s accountants or lawyers; (iv) as is reasonably necessary to comply
with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s disclosure requirements; (v)
to a third party in connection with a due diligence investigation between
the third party and the Party seeking to make the disclosure, provided
prior to seeing the information, the third party enters into a
non-disclosure agreement (“NDA”) with confidentiality terms substantially
the same as the terms used to protect the Party’s own financial
information; (vi) to existing and potential future investors and/or
shareholders of the Party, provided that any potential future investors
and/or shareholders enter into an NDA as described in (v) above; (vii) to
MFR provided MFR agrees to protect the information to the same extent that
it protects MFR’s own financial information; and (viii) as required by law
or court order upon notice to the other Party sufficiently in advance of
such disclosure to permit the other Party to seek a protective
order.
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9.2.
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The
Parties will not publicly acknowledge this settlement except through a
joint press release approved in writing by the
Parties.
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9.3.
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If
any Party is obligated to produce this Agreement, for example, in response
to a document request in litigation, that Party shall promptly notify the
other Party of the request with sufficient particularity to allow the
other Party at least ten (10) days, at its own expense, to object to the
requested production if necessary.
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9.4.
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During
the term of this Agreement, Scanbuy and NeoMedia subject to the exclusion
of Section 4.1 above, shall not on their own or through another, challenge
the validity or enforceability of any of the Licensed Patents of the other
Party, or provide any assistance or guidance regarding the alleged
non-infringement, invalidity, or unenforceability of any of the same to
any third party who is challenging or may challenge the scope, validity or
enforceability of the same in any proceeding, including in court,
arbitration, or before a patent office, except as required by judicial
process. In the event a Party is served with a subpoena
relating to one or more of the Other Party’s Licensed Patents, the Party
served with the subpoena will cooperate with the other Party in responding
to the subpoena. Should Scanbuy violate the foregoing, as in
the event that Scanbuy challenges the validity or enforceability of any of
the NeoMedia Licensed Patents, NeoMedia shall have the option of any one
of the following:
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(a) terminating
the license to Scanbuy; or
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(b) continuing
the license to Scanbuy, including but not limited to royalty payments
thereunder, provided further that Scanbuy (i) pays all legal fees, costs
and expenses of NeoMedia in defending the validity or enforceability of
the NeoMedia Licensed Patents as such are invoiced or incurred and (ii) in
the event that any claim is found invalid or unenforceable, paying
NeoMedia a liquidated damage sum in the additional amount of the total
royalties paid to date by Scanbuy as of the time of such finding;
or
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(c) increasing
the royalty rate to three times the stated rate during the period of
challenge, and Scanbuy pays all legal fees, costs and expenses of NeoMedia
in defending the validity or unenforceability of the Licensed Patents as
such as invoiced or incurred.
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10.
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Marking/Proprietary
Rights Notices.
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Each
Party agrees to xxxx all relevant products with the proper patent numbers in
accordance with the Patent Laws.
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Governing
Law.
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This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of United States of
America and the State of Georgia, without reference to the State’s choice of law
provisions. The parties agree that any dispute (not otherwise resolved as
provided under Section 5 of this Agreement) shall be brought in a Federal or
state court seated in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, and the
parties hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such
court.
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12.
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Transferability.
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12.1.
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The
license set forth above to Scanbuy is personal and non-transferable,
except that Scanbuy may transfer its respective rights granted in this
Agreement to a successor or merged entity that acquires substantially all
the applicable business of Scanbuy. In the event of an
acquisition of the business of Scanbuy by another, the license and release
granted herein to Scanbuy shall apply only to the portion of Scanbuy’s
business that existed prior to the acquisition, and shall not apply to the
pre-existing business of the acquiring entity, or to the new business of
any merged or continuing entity except to the extent that it represents a
continuation of Scanbuy’s prior existing business. In the event
that Scanbuy agrees to so transfer its assets or to be acquired by another
entity, Scanbuy shall inform NeoMedia in advance of the
transfer. As a condition to making any such notification,
Scanbuy may require NeoMedia to enter into an NDA. Any such
successor or merged entity must agree, in writing and prior to any
transfer, to be bound by Scanbuy’s obligations set forth
herein.
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12.2.
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The
license and sublicense set forth above to NeoMedia are personal and
non-transferable, except that NeoMedia may transfer its respective rights
granted in this Agreement to a successor or merged entity that acquires
substantially all the applicable business of NeoMedia. In the
event that NeoMedia agrees to so transfer its assets or to be acquired by
another entity, NeoMedia shall inform Scanbuy in advance of the
transfer. As a condition to making any such notification,
NeoMedia may require Scanbuy to enter into an NDA. Any such
successor or merged entity must agree, in writing and prior to any
transfer, to be bound by NeoMedia’s obligations set forth
herein.
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Counterparts.
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This
Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all of which, when taken together, shall
constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement will become
binding and effective upon the exchange of facsimile or other electronic copies
of the required signatures and such facsimile copies shall be binding
and effective until the signed originals are in the possession of each
Party.
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14.
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Further
Assurances.
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14.1.
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The
Parties agree to execute and deliver any additional papers, documents or
other assurances, and take all acts that are reasonably necessary to carry
out the intent of this Agreement.
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14.2.
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Nothing
in this Agreement is or shall be construed
as:
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14.2.1.
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A
warranty or representation by any of the Parties as to the validity or
scope of any licensed patent; or
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14.2.2.
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A
warranty or representation that anything made, used, sold, or otherwise
disposed of under any license granted in this Agreement is or will be free
from infringement of patents, copyrights, or other rights of third
parties; or
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14.2.3.
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An
obligation to bring or prosecute any action or suit against any third
party for infringement of any licensed patent;
or
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14.2.4.
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An
obligation to furnish any manufacturing or technical information or
assistance to the other Party; or
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14.2.5.
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An
agreement to defend the other Party against actions or suits of any nature
brought by any third parties; or
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14.2.6.
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Conferring
any right to use, in advertising, publicity or otherwise, either Party’s
name, trade name or trademark, or any contraction, abbreviation or
simulation thereof, without prior consent.
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14.3.
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The
Parties agree to indemnify, defend and hold the other Party and their
directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from and against any
and all liabilities, claims, demands, expenses (including, without
limitation, attorneys’ and professional fees and other costs of
litigation), losses or causes of action (each, a “Liability”) arising out
of or relating in any way to (i) the exercise of any right granted to the
Party pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) any breach of a warranty or
representation in this Agreement by the
Party.
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15.
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No Third-Party
Beneficiaries.
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Unless
specifically provided otherwise, nothing in this Agreement shall confer any
rights upon any person or entity who is not a party to this Agreement, nor shall
anything in this Agreement be construed as creating an obligation by either
Party to any non-party to this Agreement.
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Notices.
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Any
notices that are provided pursuant to this Agreement shall be provided via both
electronic mail and in writing (via overnight courier) to the other Party as
follows:
To
Scanbuy:
Attn: Chief
Executive Officer
Scanbuy,
Inc.
00 Xxxx
00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
With a
copy to:
Xxxx X.
Xxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx and Xxxx LLP
000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
and
To
NeoMedia:
Attn: Chief
Executive Officer
NeoMedia
Technologies, Inc.
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
With a
copy to:
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
XxXxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Severability.
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If any
portions of this Agreement are held invalid or unenforceable, all remaining
portions shall nevertheless remain valid and enforceable, to the extent they can
be given effect without the invalid portions.
18.
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Mutual
Contribution.
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This
Agreement was drafted by counsel for each of the Parties and, thus, shall not be
construed against any Party because that Party initially drafted any particular
provision.
19.
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Representation of
Authority.
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Each
person signing this Agreement hereby represents and warrants that he or she has
the authority to bind the entity on behalf of which he or she has
signed.
20.
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Integration.
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This
Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties
as to the subject matter of this Agreement and merges all prior discussions
between them, and none of the Parties shall be bound by any conditions,
definitions, warranties or representations with respect to the subject matter of
this Agreement, other than as expressly provided in this Agreement, or as duly
set forth on or subsequent to the date hereof in writing and signed by a proper
and duly authorized representative of the Party to be bound
thereby.
21.
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Survivability.
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All
confidentiality requirements and obligations of accrued payment shall survive
expiration or termination of this Agreement.
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Waiver.
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No waiver
of any rights shall be effective unless consented to in writing by the Party to
be charged and the waiver of any breach or default shall not constitute a waiver
of any other right hereunder or any subsequent breach or default.
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Independent
Contractors.
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The
Parties are independent contractors under this Agreement. Nothing
contained in this Agreement is intended nor is to be construed so as to
constitute NeoMedia and Scanbuy as partners or joint venturers with respect to
this Agreement. None of the Parties shall have any express or implied
right or authority to assume or create any obligations on behalf of or in the
name of the other Parties to bind the other Parties to any other contract,
agreement, or undertaking with any third party.
WHEREFORE,
the Parties hereby acknowledge their agreement and consent to the terms and
conditions set forth above through their respective signatures as contained
below:
NeoMedia
Technologies, Inc.
[Signed]
/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxx
Chief
Financial Officer
Dated: October
16, 2009
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Scanbuy,
Inc.
[Signed] /s/ Xxxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
Chief
Executive Officer
Dated: October
16, 2009
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