EXHIBIT 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
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THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS (this "AMENDED AGREEMENT") amends and restates that certain Agreement and
Assignment of Intellectual Property Rights entered into as of October 12, 2000
by Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, (collectively and on behalf of the "ASSIGNORS" per
Schedule I) and Snocone Systems Inc., a Nevada corporation ("Snocone" or the
"COMPANY").
CLAUSES
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1. ASSIGNMENT OF EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS. Through this instrument, the Assignors
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sell, grant, convey and assign to the Company, exclusively and for all languages
(including but not limited to computer and human languages whether now existing
or subsequently developed) all of the Assignors' rights, titles and interests in
or under this Agreement, including all rights of the Assignors under all United
States, Federal, State or other "Governmental Authority" (as defined in Section
3 below), copyright, trademark, trade secret, trade name, service xxxx, service
name, patent, and all other intellectual property or industrial property laws or
rights of any type or nature concerning this Agreement and the products
identified in Exhibit A of this Agreement.The foregoing assignment of rights by
the Assignors to the Company is all-inclusive and is without reservation of any
right, title, interest or use, whether now existing or subsequently arising and
includes all licensing, modification, marketing, distribution and sales rights
worldwide in perpetuity.
2. PURCHASE PRICE. In consideration of the assignment of the rights to
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and the sale of the intellectual property to Snocone, Snocone shall pay to Xx.
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) and further
consideration of five thousand (5,000) common shares of Snocone. Snocone
additionally agrees to issue consideration of ten thousand (10,000) common
shares of Snocone, issued pro rata, to the other Assignors per Schedule I. Xx.
Xxxxxxxx acknowledges that the above consideration is fair and reasonable value
for the Intellectual Property assigned by this agreement.
3. FURTHER INSTRUMENTS. The parties shall execute, acknowledge and deliver
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to the Company, within five (5) days of the Company's request for the same, such
further instruments and documents, including subscription agreements, as the
Company may request from time to time to facilitate registration of any filings
or record the transfers made in this Agreement in any public office, or
otherwise to give notice or evidence of the Company's exclusive rights to
exploit the products identified in this Agreement.
4. GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, the
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following terms shall have the following meanings: (i) the term "UNITED STATES"
shall mean the United States of America, and all geographical territories and
subdivisions of the United States of America; (ii) the term "OTHER NATIONS"
shall mean each country, principality or other independent territory and each
subdivision thereof, which is not a part of the United States; (iii) the term
"SUPRA-NATIONAL AUTHORITY" shall mean the European Union, the United Nations,
the World Court, the Commonwealth, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the North American Free Trade Agreement
and all other multi-national authorities or treaties which have or may have from
time to time jurisdiction over any of the parties to or any performance under
this Agreement; and (iv) the term "GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" shall mean any
subdivision, agency, branch, court, administrative body, legislative body,
judicial body, alternative dispute resolution authority or other governmental
institution of (A) the United States, (B) any state, municipality, county,
parish, subdivision or territory of the United States, (C) all other Nations,
(D) any state, territory, county, province, municipality, parish or other
subdivision of any Other Nations, and (E) all Supra-National Authorities.
5. NO ASSIGNMENT. The Company may not assign any of its rights, duties or
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obligations under this Agreement without obtaining the prior, written consent of
the Assignors, which consent the Assignors may give or withhold in their sole
discretion.
6. BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement is binding upon and shall inure to the
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benefit of the Company, its successors and assigns and the Assignors and their
successors and assigns. This Agreement supersedes any prior understandings,
written agreements or oral arrangements between the parties, which concerns the
subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the complete
understanding among the parties, and no alteration or modification of any of
this Agreement's provisions will be valid unless made in a written instrument
that all the parties sign.
7. APPLICABLE LAW. The laws of the State of Nevada (other than those
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pertaining to conflicts of law) shall govern all aspects of this Agreement,
irrespective of the fact that one or more of the parties now is or may become a
resident of a different state.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties have executed this Amended
Agreement as of the 5th day of March, 2002.
XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX, Individually SNOCONE SYSTEMS INC.,
a Nevada Corporation
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx By: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Its: President
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SCHEDULE I
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We, the undersigned, hereby authorize Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx to sign the Amended
and Restated Agreement and Assignment of Intellectual Property Rights with
Snocone Systems Inc. on our behalf and by our signatures below acknowledge our
assignment of any interest we have, either individually or collectively, in the
Intellectual Property, as defined in the Agreement, to Snocone Systems Inc. as
of the date of the Agreement. In exchange for such assignment, we accept the
number of shares appearing by our signatures below.
NAME OF ASSIGNOR NUMBER OF SHARES RECEIVED DATE
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Signature: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx 1,000 Mar. 5, 2002
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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EAGLE TRANSPORT 1,000 Mar. 5, 2002
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Secretary
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POPCORN HOLDINGS INC. 1,000 Mar. 6, 2002
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By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Secretary
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Signature: /s/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 1,000 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Signature: /s/Xxxx Xxxxxxxx 1,000 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Signature: /s/Xxxxxx Xxxxxx 1,000 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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CLINICA NATURAL LIMITED 1,000 Mar. 5, 2002
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Secretary
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NAME OF ASSIGNOR NUMBER OF SHARES RECEIVED DATE
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Signature: /s/Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 1,000 Mar. 5, 2002
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Signature: /s/ Xxxx Xxxx 1,000 Mar. 5, 2002
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Name: Xxxx Xxxx
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Signature: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx 100 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Signature: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 100 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Signature: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx 100 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Signature: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx 100 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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DAVLAUR EQUITIES S.A. 100 Mar. 6, 2002
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Vice President
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Signature: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx 100 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
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Signature: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx 100 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxx
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Signature: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx 100 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx
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NAME OF ASSIGNOR NUMBER OF SHARES RECEIVED DATE
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Signature: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx 25 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
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Signature: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx 25 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Signature: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 25 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Signature: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx 25 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Signature: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx 25 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Signature: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx 25 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxx
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Signature: /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxx 25 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxx Xxxxxxxx
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Signature: /s/ Xxxxx XxXxxx 25 Mar. 6, 2002
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Name: Xxxxx XxXxxx
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EXHIBIT A
SNOCONE SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Snocone is a software program for rapidly searching the genomes. It extracts
from the genome/s a highly focused list of Target Genes that match the
specifications entered by the user. The list is processed to reduce the number
of Target Genes in the results. The results are returned as either a cursor
table or as a file of output depending on user request.
ENVIRONMENT
The software runs in a networked environment utilizing TCP/IP to connect
together the server and the clients. The server operates as a data store and
processing. As specified, the server needs to be a Relational Database
Management System (RDMS) capable of running Remote Procedure Calls (RPC). The
server as implemented runs on a Unix system running Oracle 8i. The RPC modules
are a combination of Structured Query Language queries and C language functions
for processing. As specified, the triggering of the server RPC is from the
client software running on local user machines. As implemented currently, these
are HTML web pages running JavaScript. It is anticipated that a client software
package could be created using Visual Basic with little effort.
MAIN PROCESSES
In general, the user will specify one or more SQL queries and one or more
processing functions to be applied to the output of the query. These RPC's are
run in sequence against the main data store by the RDMS and the final result is
returned to the user.
There are several variant paths of execution. To speed the processing time, the
RPC's may call the search tag database (tags). Tags consist of precompiled
results from the main data store for common search terms. The user may specify
results from several genomes or multiple results from the same genome and so a
step to combine the SQL results before processing may be required.
RPC MODULES
SQL queries: These queries define the first cut of data to be selected from the
main database. They include the ability to specify the content and relationship
of any piece of data to be returned from the main database. Updates to the
queries are expected to be a major focus of expansion for the software as new
genomes become available.
Processing Functions: These are the functions that reduce the large amount of
data returned by the SQL functions into higher quality results. These include
Culling, bi-directional list eliminations, protein incompatibility tests, Blast,
Folding, single codon selection and other tests which serve to eliminate data or
rank its relevance. These functions are the core purpose of the software and
future expansion of these functions as new techniques are developed are made
possible by the RPC architecture.
Combinatory Functions: These are the functions that merge SQL function results
into a single result ready for processing by the processing functions. These
include but are not limited to the binary logic functions such as AND, NOT, OR,
XOR, NAND. It also includes such relational and SQL type functions as JOIN,
UNION and DISUNION. For example, a search of the mouse, ape and human genomes
for a particular gene will require all of the separate results be combined
before processing using one or more functions such as JOIN, OR, NAND or XOR.
These are utility functions and generally should be widely applicable across
genomes but must be validated when adding new genomes.
DELIVERY SPECIFICATION
The search tag database will be provided in dbf format on several compact disks.
The search tags are not themselves copyrighted, as they are simply a condensed
nomenclature of the public genome information.
Source code for the RPC modules will be made available as C++ source code and
headers along with required make and browser files. SQL modules will be provided
as text files and imported into the RDMS. The completeness of the source code
will be demonstrated by compilation on the machine designated by the purchaser
and a binary comparison made of the result against a known working copy.
The HTML pages will be downloaded and saved from the current website onto the
target machine by the assignee.
The Assignor will demonstrate to the assignee's satisfaction that all data and
code perform as intended on the designated machine/s as of the date of this
Agreement.
It is the responsibility of the assignee to provide a functioning server
environment including Oracle 8i and a client machine connected to the server via
TCP/IP prior to commencement of delivery.
