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- 제약/화학/바이오 분야의 실용적 법률정보와 해결방안

신약개발 관련 기술이전 라이선스 계약서에 시판허가를 받고 상업적 판매를 하는 것까지 약정했다고 실제 그 때까지 계속되는 경우는 많지 않습니다. 대다수는 다양한 이유로 중도 해지, 라이선스 반환 등 조기 종료되는 경우가 많습니다.

따라서 계약 실무적으로는 라이선스 계약의 조기 종료, 즉 early termination of license agreement를 예상하고 이에 대한 합리적 대응방안을 고민하고, 반드시 필요한 사항을 라이선스 계약서에 반영해 두는 것이 바람직합니다. 또한 termination agreement을 잘 협의하고 작성하는 것도 매우 중요합니다.

제약, 바이오 분야의 라이선스 계약의 조기 종료와 관련한 실무적 포인트를 정리한 자료를 참고로 첨부합니다. 그 중에서 licensee의 임의해지 조항에 관한 사항과 termination 후 처리사항에 관한 부분을 그대로 인용하면 다음과 같습니다. 최근 자료는 아니지만 한번 일독해 보시기 바랍니다.

Parties entering into a license agreement are enthusiastic about concluding the deal and working together, and do not want to think about termination. But the majority of all collaboration and license agreements for a compound in pre-clinical or clinical development are being terminated before any commercial sales. The licensee will ask for flexibility in order to be able to move away from its performance obligations. The licensor, on the other hand, will want to ensure that the licensed technology is not devaluated by an early termination and that the development project or the marketing of the licensed technology is not delayed. Several different types of events may trigger a termination, and each has a different potential remedy.

Termination at will – 임의해지

In these circumstances, the licensee will want to have the flexibility to terminate a license agreement, either at any time and without any cause, or for defined reasons, such as commercial or scientific viability of the licensed technology. A licensee that loses interest in the licensed technology or no longer believes that the technology will be successful does not want to remain bound by the agreement, namely by the duty to meet certain performance obligations. It may not be advisable for the licensor to bind the licensee to a technology they are no longer interested in. In such situation a commercial solution should be found.

For the licensor, a termination at will can have severe negative consequences. Finding a new licensee tends to be difficult if the first licensee when terminating has documented its diminished interest in the technology. To mitigate such negative consequences, the licensor may want the termination agreement to allow a statement that the licensor has reacquired the technology, rather than received a notice of termination. Furthermore, the licensor should ask for compensation for losses incurred as a result of such termination. Since it tends to be difficult to prove the damages actually incurred, providing for an exit fee to be paid upon termination is advisable. This fee could either be specified, or at least the formula to calculate it, in the license agreement. The licensor, on the other hand, typically does not have a right to terminate at will. The licensee cannot agree to the risk of losing access to the licensed rights in the event that the licensor finds a better way to exploit the technology.

Consequences of termination – 조기종료 후 처리

(a) Reversion of rights

While the license agreement may provide that upon expiry of the license agreement the licensee retains a fully paid up license, in the event of a termination the licensee should not retain any rights to the licensed technology. The license agreement should expressly state that, in the event of a termination, the rights to the licensed technology automatically revert to the licensor. Otherwise and depending on the applicable law, it may be necessary to re-assign and re-transfer the licensed technology to the licensor.

(b) Transfer of the project to the licensor

The licensor or its new licensee will want to be in a position to continue the exploitation of the licensed technology without losing too much time or incurring additional costs and expenses.

Consequently, the licensor will have to claim:

(1) access to the development results controlled by the licensee, including development data, marketing data and corresponding documentation;

(2) a license to improvements generated by the licensee and to any background intellectual property rights of licensee that are necessary to continue the development and marketing of the licensed technology;

(3) a license to any trademarks of the licensee under which the licensed technology is marketed;

(4) a transfer of regulatory approvals or the status as an applicant for regulatory approvals;

(5) a transfer of materials owned by the licensee, as the licensee will no longer be able to use such material; and

(6) a transfer of agreements with CROs and CMOs in order to be able to take over ongoing studies and/or the manufacture of products. To the extent a study cannot be assigned to the licensor, the agreement should provide that the licensee continues the study on behalf and at the cost of the licensor.

To avoid losing time, it may be advisable to exchange data and improvements during the term of the license agreement. Experience shows that, after termination of the license agreement, the licensee will have less incentive to meet its contractual obligations than during the time when the agreement was effective. In negotiating these consequences of termination, the licensee often requests some financial compensation, for example a refund of its development costs, and/or a royalty on sales based on its technology. Whether such compensation is appropriate needs to be decided on a case-by-case basis. The licensor will argue that the licensee decided that it was no longer interested in the technology and should therefore not expect to benefit from a reversion of rights to the licensor. Furthermore, access to data, improvements and regulatory approvals may be perceived as a compensation for damages incurred by the licensor as a consequence of an early termination of the agreement.

(c) Assumption of sublicense agreements

When entering into a sublicense agreement, the sublicensee needs to be concerned about a potential termination of the main license agreement. The sublicensee typically has no influence on the main agreement; if the main agreement terminates, the sublicensee also loses its rights to the licensed technology. The main agreement should address this issue and provide for protection of a sublicense. The licensor should agree to assume the sublicense (to enter into a direct license with the sublicensee if the main license terminates). The main license would provide that the licensor shall not be bound by any obligations of the sublicensor that go beyond the obligations of the licensor towards the licensee. Such obligation of the licensor under the main license will provide the reassurance a sublicensee is looking for. The clause in the license agreement could read: Upon termination of this License Agreement – irrespective of the reasons for such termination – all sublicenses which the Licensee has granted in accordance with this License Agreement shall continue to exist and shall be transferred from Licensee to Licensor. However, the Licensor shall not be obliged to honour the Licensee’s obligations from sublicenses if such obligations do not correspond to the Licensor’s obligations in accordance with this License Agreement.

첨부: 발표자료

Early-termination-of-license-agreements-Constanze-Ulmer-Eilfort.

KASAN_제약, 바이오 분야의 기술이전 라이선스 계약의 조기 종료 Early Termination 관련 실무적 포

쟁점

배당절차에 참가한 채권자가 배당기일에 출석하고도 이의하지 않아 배당 표가 확정된 후 그 배당절차에서 배당금을 수령한 다른 채권자를 상대로 부당이득 반환청구를 할 수 있는지 여부

대법원 판결의 의미

잘못된 배당의 결과를 바로잡을 수 있도록 부당이득반환 청구를 허용하는 것이 실체법 질서에 부합하는 점, 배당이의 소의 한계나 채권자 취소소송 의 가액반환에 따른 문제점 보완을 위한 현실적 필요성, 현행 민사집행법 에 따른 배당절차의 제도상 또는 실무상 한계로 인한 문제, 민사집행법 제155조의 내용과 취지, 입법연혁 등에 비추어 보면,

“배당받을 권리 있는 채권자가 자신이 배당받을 몫을 받지 못하고 그로 인해 권리 없는 다른 채권자가 그 몫을 배당받은 경우에는 배당이의 여부 또는 배당표의 확정 여부에 관계없이 배당받을 수 있었던 채권자가 배당금을 수령한 다른 채 권자를 상대로 부당이득반환 청구를 할 수 있다”고 판단한 종래 대법원 판례는 여전히 타당함을 확인한 판결임

그러나 다수의견 역시 현행 민사집행법에 따른 배당절차의 제도상 또는 실무상 한계로 인한 문제점이나 배당절차의 조속한 확정과 집행제도의 안 정 및 효율적 운영을 강조하는 반대의견의 취지에 대해서는 공감하고 있음. 다만 개정입법 등을 포함한 배당절차의 전반적인 제도보완이 선행되지 않은 채 절차의 안정만을 강조하여 채권자의 실체법상 권리인 부당이득반환청구권 행사 자체를 제한할 수는 없고, 부당이득반환 청구가 권리 남용에 해당하는지 여부 등을 소송과정에서 충실히 심리·판단하도록 하는 것이 합리적인 제도운영이라는 것임

첨부: 1. 대법원 전원합의체 판결, 2. 대법원 보도자료

1_대법원 2019. 7. 18. 선고 2014다206983 판결.pdf

2_보도자료 2014다206983(부당이득금 사건).pdf

KASAN_배당절차에 참가한 채권자가 배당기일에 출석하고도 이의하지 않아 배당표가 확정된 후 그 배당절차에서 배당금

사안의 개요

당사자 모두 중국인 – 채권자 중국인 (원고) vs 채무자 중국인 (피고)

채권자 중국인 원고가 중국에서 채무자 중국인 피고들에게 금전을 대여하였는데 피고들이 이를 변제하지 아니하고 중국에서 제기된 소송에도 응하지 아니한 채 대한민국에 입국하여 부동산과 차량을 구입하는 등으로 생활의 근거를 마련하고 영주권 취득의 전제가 되는 비자를 취득한 후, 원고도 영업을 하기 위하여 대한민국에 입국하여 피고들을 상대로 대한민국 법원에 소를 제기한 사안

쟁점

당사자 모두 중국인 사안에서 대한민국 법원의 재판관할권 인정 여부

대한민국 법원에 제기된 대여금 청구 소송의 당사자들이 모두 중국인들이고 계약체결지가 중국이나, 피고들이 중국에서의 재판에 불응하고 대한민국에 생활기반을 마련하였고 원고도 영업을 위해 대한민국에 입국한 경우 대한민국 법원의 국제재판관할권 인정 여부

판결요지

국제재판관할 판단기준에 비추어 우리나라 법원의 재판관할권 인정은 타당함

대법원 판결이유

국제사법 제2조 제1항은 “법원은 당사자 또는 분쟁이 된 사안이 대한민국과 실질적 관련이 있는 경우에 국제재판관할권을 가진다. 이 경우 법원은 실질적 관련의 유무를 판단함에 있어 국제재판관할 배분의 이념에 부합하는 합리적인 원칙에 따라야 한다.”라고 정하고 있다. 여기에서 ‘실질적 관련’은 대한민국 법원이 재판관할권을 행사하는 것을 정당화할 정도로 당사자 또는 분쟁이 된 사안과 관련성이 있는 것을 뜻한다. 이를 판단할 때에는 당사자의 공평, 재판의 적정, 신속과 경제 등 국제재판관할 배분의 이념에 부합하는 합리적인 원칙에 따라야 한다. 구체적으로는 당사자의 공평, 편의, 예측가능성과 같은 개인적인 이익뿐만 아니라, 재판의 적정, 신속, 효율, 판결의 실효성과 같은 법원이나 국가의 이익도 함께 고려하여야 한다. 이처럼 다양한 국재재판관할의 이익 중 어떠한 이익을 보호할 필요가 있을지는 개별 사건에서 실질적 관련성 유무를 합리적으로 판단하여 결정하여야 한다(대법원 2005. 1. 27. 선고 2002다59788 판결, 대법원 2008. 5. 29. 선고 2006다71908, 71915 판결 등 참조).

국제사법 제2조 제2항은 “법원은 국내법의 관할 규정을 참작하여 국제재판관할권의 유무를 판단하되, 제1항의 규정의 취지에 비추어 국제재판관할의 특수성을 충분히 고려하여야 한다.”라고 정하여 제1항에서 정한 실질적 관련성을 판단하는 구체적 기준 또는 방법으로 국내법의 관할 규정을 제시한다. 따라서 민사소송법 관할 규정은 국제재판관할권을 판단하는 데 가장 중요한 판단기준으로 작용한다. 다만 이러한 관할 규정은 국내적 관점에서 마련된 재판적에 관한 규정이므로 국제재판관할권을 판단할 때에는 국제재판관할의 특수성을 고려하여 국제재판관할 배분의 이념에 부합하도록 수정하여 적용해야 하는 경우도 있다. 

민사소송법 제3조 본문은 “사람의 보통재판적은 그의 주소에 따라 정한다.”라고 정한다. 따라서 당사자의 생활 근거가 되는 곳, 즉 생활관계의 중심적 장소가 토지관할권의 가장 일반적․보편적 발생근거라고 할 수 있다. 민사소송법 제2조는 “소는 피고의 보통재판적이 있는 곳의 법원이 관할한다.”라고 정하고 있는데, 원고에게 피고의 주소지 법원에 소를 제기하도록 하는 것이 관할 배분에서 당사자의 공평에 부합하기 때문이다. 국제재판관할에서도 피고의 주소지는 생활관계의 중심적 장소로서 중요한 고려요소이다.

국제재판관할에서 특별관할을 고려하는 것은 분쟁이 된 사안과 실질적 관련이 있는 국가의 관할권을 인정하기 위한 것이다. 민사소송법 제11조는 “대한민국에 주소가 없는 사람 또는 주소를 알 수 없는 사람에 대하여 재산권에 관한 소를 제기하는 경우에는 청구의 목적 또는 담보의 목적이나 압류할 수 있는 피고의 재산이 있는 곳의 법원에 제기할 수 있다.”라고 정한다. 원고가 소를 제기할 당시 피고의 재산이 대한민국에 있는 경우 대한민국 법원에 피고를 상대로 소를 제기하여 승소판결을 얻으면 바로 집행하여 재판의 실효를 거둘 수 있다.

이와 같이 피고의 재산이 대한민국에 있다면 당사자의 권리구제나 판결의 실효성 측면에서 대한민국 법원의 국제재판관할권을 인정할 수 있다. 그러나 그 재산이 우연히 대한민국에 있는 경우까지 무조건 국제재판관할권을 인정하는 것은 피고에게 현저한 불이익이 발생할 수 있다. 따라서 원고의 청구가 피고의 재산과 직접적인 관련이 없는 경우에는 그 재산이 대한민국에 있게 된 경위, 재산의 가액, 원고의 권리구제 필요성과 판결의 실효성 등을 고려하여 국제재판관할권을 판단해야 한다.

나아가 예측가능성은 피고와 법정지 사이에 상당한 관련이 있어서 법정지 법원에 소가 제기되는 것에 대하여 합리적으로 예견할 수 있었는지를 기준으로 판단해야 한다. 피고가 대한민국에서 생활 기반을 가지고 있거나 재산을 취득하여 경제활동을 할 때에는 대한민국 법원에 피고를 상대로 재산에 관한 소가 제기되리라는 점을 쉽게 예측할 수 있다.

국제재판관할권은 배타적인 것이 아니라 병존할 수도 있다. 지리, 언어, 통신의 편의 측면에서 다른 나라 법원이 대한민국 법원보다 더 편리하다는 것만으로 대한민국 법원의 재판관할권을 쉽게 부정할 수는 없다.

첨부: 대법원 2019. 6. 13. 선고 2016다33752 판결

대법원 2019. 6. 13. 선고 2016다33752 판결.pdf

KASAN_중국인 관련 민사소송에 대한 우리나라 법원의 국제재판관할권 인정 대법원 2019. 6. 13. 선고 20

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0. TRADEMARKS.

10.1 Licensed Product Marks.

(a) LICENSEE and LICENSOR agree that (i) LICENSEE shall be responsible for the selection, registration and maintenance of all Trademarks which it employs in connection with the Commercialization of any Licensed Product in the Territory under this Agreement and (ii) LICENSOR shall be responsible for the selection, registration and maintenance of all Trademarks which it employs in connection with the Commercialization of any Licensed Product outside of the Territory under this Agreement;

provided that each Party shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to differentiate Licensed Products from products marketed as of the Closing by, for example, not utilizing any Trademark in connection with the Commercialization of any Licensed Product that would be confusingly similar to any Trademark utilized in connection with the Commercialization of products marketed as of the Effective Date but, provided further that, neither Party shall be obligated to utilize, or not to utilize, any Trademark if, in such Party’s sole opinion, such utilization would (i) have a material adverse impact on Commercialization of such Licensed Product or (ii) result in material delay in achieving Regulatory Approval for Commercialization of such Licensed Product.

(b) Subject to Section 10.1(a), LICENSEE shall own and control all Trademarks which it employs in connection with the Commercialization of any Licensed Product in the Territory under this Agreement (“LICENSEE Licensed Product Marks”) and shall pay all costs relating thereto.

LICENSEE shall have the right to brand the Licensed Products in the Territory using LICENSEE Licensed Product Marks it determines appropriate for the Licensed Products, which may vary by country or within a country, and shall have the right, but no obligation, to use the LICENSOR Trademarks, subject to the license granted by LICENSOR to LICENSEE with respect to the LICENSOR TRADEMARKS pursuant to Section 10.1(c), on the labeling and packaging for Licensed Products in the Territory, and on all marketing, advertising and promotional materials associated with such Licensed Products (collectively the “LICENSEE Licensed Product Materials”);

provided that LICENSEE shall not, and shall ensure that its Affiliates and Sublicensees will not, make any use of (i) the Trademarks or house marks of LICENSOR (including LICENSOR’s corporate name) other than the LICENSOR Trademarks or (ii) any trademark confusingly similar to the Trademarks or house marks of LICENSOR (including LICENSOR’s corporate name), in the case of both (i) and (ii), on any LICENSEE Licensed Product Materials. Subject to the license granted by LICENSOR to LICENSEE with respect to the LICENSOR TRADEMARKS pursuant to Section 10.1(c), LICENSEE shall own all rights in the LICENSEE Licensed Product Materials.

(c) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the Term of this Agreement, LICENSOR hereby grants to LICENSEE a non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable license (i) to use LICENSOR Trademarks on all LICENSEE Licensed Product Materials in the Territory and (ii) to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies, perform, display and otherwise use LICENSOR Copyrights in connection with the exercise of the rights granted by LICENSOR to LICENSEE under the terms of this Agreement. All representations of the LICENSOR Trademarks that LICENSEE intends to use shall first be submitted to LICENSOR for approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of design, color, and other details or shall be exact copies of those used by LICENSOR. All representations of the LICENSOR Trademarks that are used by LICENSEE shall comply with the reasonable usage guidelines provided by LICENSOR.

(d) During the Term, LICENSOR may make a written request to LICENSEE for permission to use the LICENSEE Licensed Product Marks in relation to Licensed Products in Korea. If LICENSEE consents to such use (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), the Parties shall discuss in good faith the terms and conditions applicable to such use of the LICENSEE Licensed Product Marks, including any reasonable consideration payable with respect to such use. In the event that LICENSEE provides its consent and the Parties agree upon terms and conditions applicable to such use, all representations of the LICENSEE Licensed Product Marks that LICENSOR intends to use shall first be submitted to LICENSEE for approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of design, color, and other details or shall be exact copies of those used by LICENSEE, and all representations of the LICENSEE Licensed Product Marks that are used by LICENSOR shall comply with the usage guidelines provided by LICENSEE.

(e) Subject to Section 10.1(a), LICENSOR shall own and control all Trademarks which it employs in connection with the Commercialization of any Licensed Product outside the Territory and in Japan under this Agreement (“LICENSOR Licensed Product Marks”) and shall pay all costs relating thereto.

LICENSOR shall have the right to brand the Licensed Products outside the Territory and in Japan using LICENSOR Licensed Product Marks it determines appropriate for the Licensed Products, which may vary by country or within a country, and on the labeling and packaging for Licensed Products outside the Territory and in Japan, and on all marketing, advertising and promotional materials associated with such Licensed Products (collectively the “LICENSOR Licensed Product Materials”);

provided that LICENSOR shall not, and shall ensure that its Affiliates and sublicensees will not, make any use of (i) the Trademarks or house marks of LICENSEE (including LICENSEE’s corporate name) or (ii) any trademark confusingly similar to the Trademarks or house marks of LICENSEE (including LICENSEE’s corporate name), in the case of both (i) and (ii), on any LICENSOR Licensed Product Materials. LICENSOR shall own all rights in the LICENSOR Licensed Product Materials.

10.2 No Challenge.

(a) LICENSOR recognizes the exclusive ownership by LICENSEE of all LICENSEE Licensed Product Marks. LICENSOR shall not, either while this Agreement is in effect, or at any time thereafter, register, use or challenge or assist others to challenge the LICENSEE Licensed Product Marks. LICENSOR shall not attempt to obtain any right in or to any name, logotype, trademark or trade dress confusingly similar for the marketing, sale or distribution of any goods or products, notwithstanding whether such goods or products have a different use or are dissimilar to the Licensed Products.

(b) LICENSEE recognizes the exclusive ownership by LICENSOR of all LICENSOR Licensed Product Marks. LICENSEE shall not, either while this Agreement is in effect, or at any time thereafter, register, use or challenge or assist others to challenge the LICENSOR Licensed Product Marks. LICENSEE shall not attempt to obtain any right in or to any name, logotype, trademark or trade dress confusingly similar for the marketing, sale or distribution of any goods or products, notwithstanding whether such goods or products have a different use or are dissimilar to the Licensed Products.

10.3 Proceedings.

(a) Only LICENSEE will be authorized to initiate at its own discretion legal proceedings against any infringement or threatened infringement of any LICENSEE Licensed Product Marks.

(b) Only LICENSOR will be authorized to initiate at its own discretion legal proceedings against any infringement or threatened infringement of any LICENSOR Licensed Product Marks.

10.4 Domain Names.

(a) LICENSEE shall be responsible for the registration, hosting, maintenance and defense of any domain name based on the LICENSEE Licensed Product Marks. LICENSEE may at its sole and absolute discretion register in its own name or in name of others, host on its own servers or on Third Party servers, maintain and defend such domain names and use them for websites.

(b) LICENSOR shall be responsible for the registration, hosting, maintenance and defense of any domain name based on the LICENSOR Licensed Product Marks. LICENSOR may at its sole and absolute discretion register in its own name or in name of others, host on its own servers or on Third Party servers, maintain and defend such domain names and use them for websites.

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T R A D E M A R K   L I C E N S E    A G R E E M E N T

This License Agreement ("Agreement") is effective as of the date above the signatures of the parties below("EFFECTIVE DATE") by and between the MIT, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, having its principal office at 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, U.S.A. ("MIT"), and ____, a corporation duly organized under the laws of __, having its principal office at ___("LICENSEE").

1. BACKGROUND

1.1 MIT owns rights in certain marks now and previously used by MIT and has acquired public recognition and goodwill through the use of such marks.

1.2 LICENSEE recognizes the goodwill appurtenant to use of said marks and desires to obtain a license to use certain of such marks. MIT is willing to grant such a license under the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

2. DEFINITIONS

2.1 LICENSED MARKS shall mean those marks listed in Appendix A.

2.2 LICENSED PRODUCTS shall mean the products in the categories specified in Appendix B that bear a LICENSED MARK.

2.3 TERRITORY shall mean U.S.A. and Canada only.

2.4 NET SALES PRICE shall mean LICENSEE's billing price to customers or distributors, less (1)discounts given that are customary in the trade, (2) returns, (3) transportation charges on returns if paid by LICENSEE, (4) taxes, and (5) prepaid transportation charges on LICENSED PRODUCTS SOLD by LICENSEE.

2.5 SOLD (or SALE) shall mean the first to occur of a LICENSED PRODUCT being shipped, distributed, paid for, billed or invoiced.

2.6 TERM shall mean the effective period of this Agreement, which shall commence on the EFFECTIVE DATE and which shall terminate on the fifth anniversary of the EFFECTIVE DATE.

3. LICENSE GRANT

3.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, MIT grants to LICENSEE the nonexclusive right to use, sell and have sold LICENSED PRODUCTS in the TERRITORY during the TERM hereof. In addition, MIT grants to LICENSEE, during the TERM, the nonexclusive right to manufacture and have manufactured the LICENSED PRODUCTS within and outside the United States, provided that LICENSEE and any manufacturers with whom LICENSEE subcontracts comply with MIT's Code of Conduct, further described in Paragraph 3.3.

3.2 LICENSEE shall not sublicense any of the rights granted hereunder.

3.3 LICENSEE acknowledges that MIT desires that LICENSEE not engage in practices that adversely affect the dignity and welfare of the workers who manufacture or produce the LICENSED PRODUCTS. MIT has adopted a Code of Conduct that regulates the conditions of manufacture of LICENSED PRODUCTS.  MIT has attached the current version of the Code of Conduct as Appendix C hereto, thereby becoming a part of LICENSEE's obligations under this Agreement. MIT reserves the right to amend its Code of Conduct from time to time and attach it to this Agreement. Any LICENSEE who is unable or unwilling to comply with the amended Code of Conduct, as it exists from time to time, shall be allowed to terminate this Agreement within ninety (90) days after receipt of the revised Code of Conduct from MIT.

4. PAYMENTS

4.1 Delivered with LICENSEE's signed Agreement, LICENSEE shall pay to MIT a non- refundable License Issue Fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). This fee is not creditable to future royalties due hereunder.

4.2 LICENSEE shall pay to MIT an annual non-refundable, non-creditable License Maintenance Fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), due on each anniversary of the EFFECTIVE DATE during the TERM.

4.3 In addition to the License Issue Fee and annual License Maintenance Fee, LICENSEE shall pay to MIT a continuing royalty of seven and one half percent (7.5%) of the NET SALES PRICE of all LICENSED PRODUCTS SOLD by LICENSEE. If LICENSEE has SOLD any LICENSED PRODUCTS to any party affiliated with LICENSEE, or in any way directly or indirectly related to or under common control with LICENSEE, at a price less than the regular price charged to other parties, the royalties payable hereunder shall be computed on the basis of the regular price charged to nonaffiliated parties. There shall be no deduction from the royalties owed for uncollectible accounts or for advertising or other expenses of any kind which may be incurred or paid by LICENSEE, except those specifically enumerated in Paragraph 2.4 above.

4.4 Royalty payments shall be due within thirty (30) days of the end of each calendar quarter and shall be accompanied by the royalty reports described in Paragraph 5.2 below. Royalty payments shall be payable in United States dollars to "Massachusetts Institute of Technology" at the location in Paragraph 12.1 below, or at such other place as MIT may reasonably designate consistent with the laws and regulations controlling in any foreign country. If any currency conversion shall be required in connection with the payment of royalties hereunder, such conversion shall be made by using the conversion rate existing in the United States, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, on the last working day of the calendar quarter of the reporting period to which such royalty payments relate.

4.5 The royalty payments set forth in this Agreement shall, if overdue, bear interest, to the extent permitted by law, at five (5) percentage points above the Prime Rate of interest as reported in the Wall Street Journal on the date payment is due. The payment of such interest shall not foreclose MIT from exercising any other rights it may have as a consequence of the lateness of any payment.

5. REPORTS AND RECORDS

5.1 LICENSEE shall keep full, true and accurate books of account containing all particulars that may be necessary for the purpose of showing the amounts payable to MIT hereunder. Such books of account shall be kept at LICENSEE's principal place of business or the principal place of business of the appropriate Division of LICENSEE to which this Agreement relates. 

Such books and the supporting data shall be open at all reasonable times for five (5) years following the end of the calendar year to which they pertain to the inspection of MIT or its agents for the purpose of verifying LICENSEE's royalty statement or compliance in other respects with this Agreement.

In the event that any audit performed under this paragraph reveals an underpayment in excess of five percent (5%), LICENSEE shall bear the full cost of such audit and shall remit any amounts due to MIT within thirty (30) days of receiving notice thereof from MIT.

5.2 Within thirty (30) days after each calendar quarter during the TERM, LICENSEE shall deliver to MIT true and accurate reports giving such particulars of the business conducted by LICENSEE during the preceding calendar quarter as shall be pertinent to a royalty accounting hereunder. These reports shall include at least the following: (a) A description, broken out under each individual trademark, of all LICENSED PRODUCTS manufactured and SOLD. (b) Total billings, broken out under each individual trademark, for LICENSED PRODUCTS SOLD. (c) Deductions applicable as provided in Paragraph 2.4. (d) Total royalties due. (e) Names and addresses of LICENSEE's retail sellers of LICENSED PRODUCTS.

5.3 With each such report submitted, LICENSEE shall pay to MIT the royalties due and payable under this Agreement. If no royalties shall be due, LICENSEE shall so report.

6. TERMINATION

6.1 MIT may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice to LICENSEE upon the following: (a) If LICENSEE shall cease to carry on its business; (b) In the event LICENSEE fails to submit timely reports or payments due hereunder, and fails to submit such reports or make such payments within thirty (30) days after receiving written notice of such failure; (c) If, after expiration of the ninety (90) day grace period set forth in Paragraph 3.3, LICENSEE fails to comply with MIT's adopted Code of Conduct or any changes thereto; or (d) In the event LICENSEE commits a material breach of its obligations under this Agreement, except for breach as described in (a) through (c) of this Paragraph, and fails to cure that breach within ninety (90) days after receiving written notice of such breach.

6.2 LICENSEE may terminate this Agreement for any reason, (i) upon at least six (6) months prior written notice to MIT, such notice to state the date at least six (6) months in the future upon which termination is to be effective, and (ii) upon payment of all amounts due to MIT through such termination effective date.

6.3 Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, nothing herein shall be construed to release either party from any obligation that matured prior to the effective date of such termination. The following provisions shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement: Articles 2, 7, 10 and 13, and Paragraphs 5.1, 5.2 (obligation to provide final report and payment), 6.3, and 6.4.

6.4 Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement, all rights granted to LICENSEE hereunder shall cease, and LICENSEE shall refrain from further use of the LICENSED MARKS in any manner. LICENSEE acknowledges that failure to comply with this provision shall result in immediate and irreparable harm affording injunctive and any and all other appropriate relief to MIT.

6.5 Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement, LICENSEE shall not operate its business in any manner which would falsely suggest to the public that this Agreement is still in force or that any relationship exists between LICENSEE and M.I.T.

7. GOODWILL IN LICENSED MARKS

7.1 LICENSEE agrees that the essence of this Agreement is founded on the goodwill associated with the LICENSED MARKS and value of that goodwill in the minds of the consuming public. LICENSEE agrees that it is critical that such goodwill be protected and enhanced and, toward this end, LICENSEE shall not during the TERM or thereafter:

(a) attack the title or any rights of MIT in or to the LICENSED MARKS; (b) apply to register or maintain any application or registration of the LICENSED MARKS or any other mark confusingly similar thereto in any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign; (c) use any colorable imitation of any of the LICENSED MARKS, or any variant form (including variant design forms, logos, colors, or typestyles) of the LICENSED MARKS not specifically approved by MIT; (d) misuse the LICENSED MARKS; (e) take any action that would bring the LICENSED MARKS into public disrepute; (f) use the LICENSED MARKS, or any mark or name confusingly similar thereto, in its corporate or trade name; or (g) take any action that would tend to destroy or diminish the goodwill in the LICENSED MARKS.

7.2 All use by LICENSEE of the LICENSED MARKS shall inure to the benefit of MIT.

7.3 LICENSEE agrees to cooperate fully with MIT in securing and maintaining the goodwill of MIT in the LICENSED MARKS.

7.4 Upon becoming aware of any third party infringement of the LICENSED MARKS, LICENSEE shall promptly advise MIT of such infringement, including the name and location of such infringer.

8. QUALITY CONTROL; PACKAGING AND ADVERTISING APPROVAL

8.1 All LICENSED PRODUCTS shall be of a quality acceptable to MIT LICENSEE acknowledges that if LICENSED PRODUCTS manufactured and SOLD by it are of inferior quality in design, material or workmanship, the substantial goodwill that MIT possesses in the LICENSED MARKS would be impaired.

Accordingly, LICENSEE agrees that all LICENSED PRODUCTS shall be of high quality. To this end, LICENSEE shall furnish to MIT, free of cost, for its approval, a sample of each LICENSED PRODUCT, together with any carton or container, packing or wrapping material.  MIT shall have fourteen (14) days from receipt of each LICENSED PRODUCT in which to approve the sample.

In absence of approval, the sample shall be deemed as rejected as an example of the quality for the LICENSED PRODUCT. The LICENSED MARKS may be applied by LICENSEE only to such LICENSED PRODUCTS as are manufactured in accordance with the corresponding samples accepted hereunder and that have substantially the same relative quality position in the market place as do the samples thereof; provided, however, LICENSEE may furnish to MIT a further sample of any LICENSED PRODUCT of which it desires to change the quality, style and/or appearance and MIT shall have fourteen (14) days from receipt thereof in which to approve in writing said further sample. Failure to approve shall be deemed rejection thereof as an example of quality for that LICENSED PRODUCT.

MIT shall have the right through its employee(s) or designated representative(s) during normal business hours to inspect the facilities and product inventory of LICENSEE to assure itself that such acceptable level of quality is being maintained at all times. 8.2 Prior to any sale or commercial use, an example of each graphic design incorporating the LICENSED MARKS shall be provided to MIT for its approval and MIT shall have fourteen (14) days from receipt thereof in which to approve in writing said graphic design. Failure to approve shall be deemed as rejection thereof for that graphic design.

8.3 All packaging and advertising bearing the LICENSED MARKS shall be subject to the approval of MIT LICENSEE shall furnish to MIT one (1) copy of any packaging and advertisement of LICENSED PRODUCT used by LICENSEE. MIT shall have fourteen (14) days from receipt thereof in which to approve in writing the packaging or advertising materials. In the absence of approval, the packaging and advertising materials shall be deemed as rejected. LICENSEE shall furnish to MIT a further sample of packaging and advertising if it desires to change the packaging or advertising. MIT shall have fourteen (14) days to approve such changed packaging and advertising.

8.4 MIT's failure to approve under Paragraphs 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 above shall be deemed rejection, unless MIT shall have requested within any such fourteen (14) day period an additional period of time (no greater than two (2) additional weeks) for further consideration of the material in question, in which case the initial period for MIT consideration and approval shall be extended by such additional period of time. MIT reserves the right to revise its quality and design criteria at any time and to rereview, pursuant to this Article 8, LICENSEE's merchandise and graphic designs for compliance with such criteria. 8.5 Graphic designs of LICENSED MARKS must conform to the MIT Merchandise Style Guide attached hereto as Appendix D, which can be changed at MIT’s reasonable discretion upon ninety (90) days notice.

9. MARKING

LICENSEE agrees that it shall mark the LICENSED PRODUCTS to indicate the rights of MIT in the LICENSED MARKS, including registration status of the LICENSED MARKS and that the products are manufactured pursuant to license. The LICENSED PRODUCTS or their packaging may also bear the statement "made by/for LICENSEE under license from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, all rights reserved", and each LICENSED PRODUCT shall bear the notation " (R) " if registered for that class of goods or, if not registered for such class of goods, "TM" or other appropriate indication.  Registrations are indicated in Appendix A.

10. INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE

10.1 LICENSEE agrees that it is wholly responsible for all products manufactured or SOLD by or for it, including all LICENSED PRODUCTS, and that MIT shall have no liability for any items, including any LICENSED PRODUCT, manufactured or SOLD by or for LICENSEE. LICENSEE shall comply with all government regulations in the manufacture, advertisement, sale, or disposal of the LICENSED PRODUCTS.

10.2 LICENSEE shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless MIT and its trustees, officers, faculty, students, employees, and agents and their respective successors, heirs and assigns (the "Indemnitees"), against any liability, damage, loss, or expense (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) incurred by or imposed upon any of the Indemnitees in connection with any claims, suits, actions, demands or judgments arising out of any theory of liability (including without limitation actions in the form of tort, warranty, or strict liability and regardless of whether such action has any factual basis) concerning the use of any LICENSED MARK, or use, sale, manufacture, workmanship, material, design, or advertisement of any LICENSED PRODUCT, arising out of, directly or indirectly, the rights granted in this Agreement.

10.3 LICENSEE shall obtain and carry in full force and effect commercial general liability insurance, including product liability insurance, which shall protect LICENSEE and Indemnitees with respect to events covered by Paragraph 10.2 above. Such insurance (i) shall be issued by an insurer licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or an insurer pre-approved by MIT, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, (ii) shall list MIT as an additional insured thereunder, (iii) shall be endorsed to include product liability coverage, and (iv) shall require thirty (30) days written notice to be given to MIT prior to any cancellation or material change thereof.

The limits of such insurance shall not be less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence with an aggregate of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) for bodily injury including death; and One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence with an aggregate of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) for property damage. LICENSEE shall provide MIT with Certificates of Insurance evidencing compliance with this paragraph. 

LICENSEE shall continue to maintain such insurance after the expiration or termination of this Agreement during any period in which LICENSEE continues to make, have made, or SELL a LICENSED PRODUCT under this Agreement.

11. ASSIGNMENT

This Agreement is personal to LICENSEE and may not be assigned without the prior written consent of MIT, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, and the assignee or transferee must agree in writing to MIT to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement prior to such assignment or transfer.

12. PAYMENTS, NOTICES AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

12.1 Any notices required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing, shall specifically refer to this Agreement, and shall be sent by hand, recognized national overnight courier, confirmed facsimile transmission, confirmed electronic mail, or registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the following addresses or facsimile numbers of the parties:

All notices under this Agreement shall be deemed delivered when sent via confirmed electronic mail, or telecopier to the telefacsimile number identified above, or three (3) days after mailing via certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the party for whom intended, or when actually received by the party for whom intended, whichever is earlier. A party may change its contact information immediately upon written notice to the other party in the manner provided in this paragraph.

12.2 Any items (or packages thereof) to be shipped by LICENSEE to MIT shall be deemed sufficiently made or given on the date of receipt by MIT if such package or items are shipped prepaid via Federal Express, UPS, DHL or similar first class service to MIT at the address in Paragraph 12.1.

13. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

13.1 This Agreement shall be construed, governed, interpreted and applied in accordance with the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, U.S.A.

13.2 The parties hereto acknowledge that this Agreement sets forth the entire Agreement and understanding of the parties hereto as to the subject matter hereof, and shall not be subject to any change or modification except by the execution of a written instrument executed by the parties hereto.

13.3 The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and in the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable under any controlling body of law, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not in any way affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof.

13.4 The failure of either party to assert a right hereunder or to insist upon compliance with any term or condition of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of that right or excuse a similar subsequent failure to perform any such term or condition by the other party.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives.

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1.1 유통판매보고.

‘라이센시’는 다음 규정에 따라 유통 사업에 대한 보고서를 ‘라이센서’에게 제출해야 한다:

(i)       수입제품에 대한 판매 및 재고에 관련 보고서는 각 달의 말일로부터 15일 이내에 매달 제출한다;

(ii)       수입제품(모든 제품의 항목별로) 판매, 재고 반품 및 공제내역(‘라이센서’의 승인에 따른 경우)에 대한 보고서가 각각의 계약연도 종결 후 30일 내에 제출되어야 한다.

(iii)      매 계약연도의 개시일자로부터 최소한 60일 전에 판매계획에 관련된 보고서를 계절별로 제출해야 한다.

1.2      라이선스제품 판매보고.

‘라이센시’는 다음 조항에 의거해서 라이선스 사업에 관한 자신의 보고서를 ‘라이센서’에 제출해야 한다:

(i)        라이선스 제품의 판매, 가공 및 재고에 관련된 보고서를 매 월말로부터 15일 이내에 매달 제출해야 한다

(ii)       라이선스 제품(모든 제품의 항목별로)의 판매, 가공, 재고, 반품 및 공제내역 관련된 보고서가 각각의 계약연도 종결 후 30일 내에 제출되어야 한다.

1.3 회계장부 및 감사

‘라이센시’는 자신의 비용으로 본 계약의 범주에 해당하는 거래를 포함한 완전하고 정확한 회계장부 및 기록을 자신의 주 사업장에 보관 및 유지해야 한다. 사전에 통보한 경우 ‘라이센서’ 또는 적법한 권한을 부여 받은 대리인은 ‘라이센시’의 업무 시간 중에 그 장부와 기록에 대해 감사할 수 있는 권리를 갖는다. ‘라이센시’의 장부와 기록에 대한 감사와 관련된 비용은 본 계약서에 달리 명시되지 않는 한 ‘라이센서’ 측에서 부담해야 한다. 만약 본 계약에 명시된 바와 같이 어떠한 감사로 인해 ‘라이센시’가 ‘라이센서’에게 보고한 수치들과 2%를 초과하는 불일치가 확인된 경우 ‘라이센서’의 요청에 따라 ‘라이센시’는 그러한 감사에 대한 모든 비용과 경비를 ‘라이센서’에게 배상해야 한다. 그것으로 인해 ‘라이센서’의 손해배상청구권 등 다른 권리가 제한되지 않는다.

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1.1       상표 이미지와 품질. 

수입제품 및 라이선스 제품의 판매를 촉진하는 과정에서 ‘라이센시’는 상표에 대한 고객의 호의와 평판을 유지하고 촉진시켜야 하며, 제품의 이미지와 높은 수준의 품질을 유지하며, ‘라이센서’의 이익에 해로운 어떤 활동도 하면 안 된다.

1.2       저작권의 소유

수입제품, 라이선스 제품 및 노하우와 관련된 견본, 스케치 및 재료를 포함하고, 그에 대한 수정, 개선 또는 재생산을 포함하여 ‘라이센서’에 의해 창작된 도판, 디자인에 대한 모든 저작권 및 기타 권리, 소유권 및 이익에 대한 권리는 ‘라이센서’에 귀속되고 ‘라이센서’의 단독 재산임을 인정한다. ‘라이센서’의 요구에 따라 ‘라이센시’는 그러한 삽화 및 디자인에 대한 ‘라이센서’의 독점적 소유권을 확인하고 기록하기 위해 ‘라이센서’의 의견에 따라 수시로 필요로 할 수 있는 과제 및 기타 문서화 작업을 수행해야 한다. ‘라이센서’가 제작할 수 있는 삽화와 디자인은 자신의 사업지역 내에서 수입제품의 유통과 판매 및 라이선스 제품의 가공과 판매를 위해서만 ‘라이센시’에게 단독 및 독점적으로 제공된 것들이다. ‘라이센시’는 삽화, 디자인, 그리고 제품에 사용된 기타 재료에 관한 모든 저작권과 기타 통보 내용을 ‘라이센서’의 요청에 따라 표시해야 ‘라이센서’한다. 

1.3       위반사실에 대한 통보. 

‘라이센시’는 노하우에 대한 침해 또는 모방, 혹은 타인이 노하우와 혼동을 일으키도록 유사한 상표 혹은 거래명 등을 사용하는 것을 인지한 경우 ‘라이센서’에 즉시 서면으로 통보해야 한다. ‘라이센시’는 ‘라이센서’의 합리적 요청이 있을 경우 그러한 소송의 진행과 관련하여 ‘라이센서’에 협력해야 한다. 그러나, ‘라이센서’는 그러한 조치가 권장할 만한 것이 아닌 경우 그러한 조치를 취할 의무가 없다.

1.4 권리침해 금지.

‘라이센시’는 (a) 수입 제품의 유통, (b) 라이선스 제품의 제조, 광고, 홍보, 유통 및 판매, (c) 제품에 대한 제반 광고 및 판매촉진 및 (d) 그와 관련된 일체의 행위 과정에서 제3자 보유하는 저작권 및/또는 디자인권을 침해하는 어떠한 행동도 하여서는 안 된다.

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1.1       ‘라이센시’의 손해배상.

‘라이센시’는 자신이 행위 또는 누락 사항으로 인하거나 이 계약에 따른 자신의 의무, 보증 또는 표현에 대한 위배를 발생시키는 행동에 의해 ‘라이센서’의 사무원, 감독관, 종업원 등을 상대로 하는 청구, 소송, 손실, 채무, 손해, 비용 및 경비(합리적인 변호사 비용 포함) 등에 대해 방어하고 배상하여 ‘라이센서’에 해가 되지 않도록 해야 한다. 본 조항의 효력은 본 계약이 종료 또는 해지된 이후에도 존속한다.

1.2       ‘라이센서’의 손해배상.

‘라이센서’는 자신이 행위 또는 누락 사항으로 인하거나 이 계약에 따른 자신의 의무, 보증 또는 표현에 대한 위배를 발생시키는 행동에 의해 ‘라이센시’의 사무원, 감독관, 종업원 등을 상대로 하는 청구, 소송, 손실, 채무, 손해, 비용 및 경비(합리적인 변호사 비용 포함) 등에 대해 방어하고 배상하여 ‘라이센시’에 해가 되지 않도록 해야 한다. 본 조항의 효력은 본 계약이 종료 또는 해지된 이후에도 존속한다.

1.3       책임제한. 

어떤 경우라도 각 계약당사자는 본 계약 하에서 업무 수행 또는 업무 불이행의 결과로 나타난 상대방 계약당사자의 결과적, 부수적 또는 간접적 손해에 대해 책임을 지지 않는다; 계약, 이행 태만 또는 다른 어떠한 근거에 의한 경우인지 여부를 불문하고 그러하다(사업 이익에 대한 손실을 포함하되 그에 한정되지 않는다). 본 조항의 효력은 본 계약이 종료 이후에도 존속한다.

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TRADEMARK LICENSE AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is entered into the last date written below by and between [INSERT NAME OF LICENSOR, ENTITY TYPE, and ADDRESS] (“LICENSOR”), and [INSERT NAME OF LICENSEE, ENTITY TYPE, and ADDRESS] (“LICENSEE”).

WHEREAS, LICENSOR is the sole and exclusive owner of the following trademarks and registrations: [INSERT] (the “Trademarks”); and

WHEREAS, LICENSOR has the power and authority to grant to LICENSEE the right, privilege and license to use the Trademarks on or in association with the goods and/or services covered by the registrations (the “Licensed Products”); and

WHEREAS, LICENSEE has represented that it has the ability to manufacture, market and distribute the Licensed Products in [INSERT TERRITORY] (the "Territory") and to use the Trademarks on or in association with the Licensed Products; and

WHEREAS, LICENSEE desires to obtain from LICENSOR a license to use, manufacture, have manufactured and sell Licensed Products in the Territory and to use the Trademarks on or in association with the Licensed Products; and

WHEREAS, both LICENSEE and LICENSOR are in agreement with respect to the terms and conditions upon which LICENSEE shall use the Trademarks;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and agreements set forth herein, the parties, each intending to be legally bound hereby, do promise and agree as follows.

1.  LICENSE GRANT

A.  LICENSOR hereby grants to LICENSEE a non-exclusive license to use the Trademarks on or in association with the Licensed Products in the [INSERT TERRITORY] (Territory), as well as on packaging, promotional and advertising material associated therewith. 

B.  LICENSOR hereby grants to LICENSEE the non-exclusive right and license to use, manufacture, have manufactured, sell, distribute, and advertise the Licensed Products in the Territory.  It is understood and agreed that this license shall pertain only to the Trademarks and the Licensed Products and does not extend to any other mark, product or service.

C.  LICENSEE may not grant any sublicenses to any third party without the prior express written consent of the LICENSOR which may be withheld for any reason.

2.  TERM OF THE AGREEMENT

This Agreement and the provisions hereof, except as otherwise provided, shall be in full force and effect commencing on the last the date of execution below and shall extend for [INSERT LENGTH OF TERM] (the “Term”).

3.  COMPENSATION

A.  In consideration for the licenses granted hereunder, LICENSEE agrees to pay to LICENSOR a royalty of ____% (the “Royalty”) based on LICENSEE’s Net Sales of Licensed Products, accruing upon the sale of the Licensed Products (i.e., when the Licensed Product is billed, invoiced, shipped, or paid for, whichever is first regardless of the time of collection by LICENSEE), calculated on a quarterly calendar basis (the "Royalty Period") and shall be payable no later than thirty (30) days after the termination of the preceding full calendar quarter, i.e., commencing on the first (1st) day of January, April, July, and October, with late payments incurring interest at the rate of ONE PERCENT (1%) per month from the date such payments were originally due.

B.  In the event that LICENSEE grants any previously approved sub-licenses for the use of the Trademarks in countries outside of the United States, LICENSEE shall pay LICENSOR FIFTY PERCENT (50%) of the gross income received by LICENSEE from such sub-licensees.

C.  LICENSEE shall provide LICENSOR with a written royalty statement in a form acceptable to LICENSOR each Royalty Period whether or not any Licensed Products were sold during that Period and the receipt or acceptance by LICENSOR of any royalty statement or payment shall not prevent LICENSOR from subsequently challenging the validity or accuracy of such statement or payment.

D.  "Net Sales" shall mean LICENSEE's gross sales (the gross invoice amount billed customers) of Licensed Products, less discounts and allowances actually shown on the invoice and less any bona fide returns.  No other costs incurred in the manufacturing, selling, advertising, and distribution of the Licensed Products or any uncollectible accounts or allowances shall be deducted.   

4.  AUDIT

A.  LICENSOR shall have the right, upon at least five (5) days written notice to inspect LICENSEE's books and records and all other documents and material in the possession of or under the control of LICENSEE with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement at a location in the United States.  LICENSOR shall have free and full access thereto for such purposes and shall be permitted to make copies thereof and extracts therefrom.

B.  In the event that such inspection reveals a discrepancy in the amount of Royalty owed LICENSOR from what was actually paid, LICENSEE shall pay such discrepancy, plus interest, calculated at the rate of ONE AND ONE-HALF PERCENT (1 1/2%) per month.  In the event that such discrepancy is in excess of ONE THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($1,000.00), LICENSEE shall also reimburse LICENSOR for the cost of such inspection including any attorney's fees incurred in connection therewith.

C.  All books and records relative to LICENSEE's obligations hereunder shall be maintained and kept accessible and available to LICENSOR for inspection in the United States for at least three (3) years after termination of this Agreement.

D.  In the event that an investigation of LICENSEE's books and records is made, certain confidential and proprietary business information of LICENSEE may necessarily be made available to the person or persons conducting such investigation.  It is agreed that such confidential and proprietary business information shall be retained in confidence by LICENSOR and shall not be used by LICENSOR or disclosed to any third party for a period of two (2) years from the date of disclosure, or without the prior express written permission of LICENSEE unless required by law.  It is understood and agreed, however, that such information may be used in any proceeding based on LICENSEE's failure to pay its actual Royalty obligation.

5.  WARRANTIES AND OBLIGATIONS

A.  LICENSOR represents and warrants that it has the right and power to grant the licenses granted herein and that there are no other agreements with any other party in conflict herewith.

B.  LICENSOR further represents and warrants that to the best of its knowledge, the Trademarks do not infringe any valid right of any third party.

C.  LICENSEE represents and warrants that it will use its best efforts to promote, market, sell, and distribute the Licensed Products.

D.  LICENSEE shall be solely responsible for the manufacture, production, sale, and distribution of the Licensed Products and will bear all related costs associated therewith.

E.  It is the intention of the parties that LICENSEE shall introduce the Licensed Products in all countries in the Territory on or before [INSERT DATE].  Failure to meet this deadline shall constitute grounds for immediate termination of this Agreement by LICENSOR.

6.  NOTICES, QUALITY CONTROL AND SAMPLES

A.  The licenses granted hereunder are conditioned upon LICENSEE's full and complete compliance with the marking provisions of the patent, trademark and copyright laws of the United States and other countries in the Territory.

B.  The Licensed Products, as well as all promotional, packaging, and advertising material relative thereto, shall include all appropriate legal notices as required by LICENSOR.  [INSERT REQUIRED NOTICE].

C.  The Licensed Products shall be of a high quality which is at least equal to comparable products previously manufactured and marketed by LICENSEE under the trademarks and in conformity with a standard sample approved by LICENSOR.

D.  If the quality of a class of the Licensed Products falls below such a production-run quality, as previously approved by LICENSOR, LICENSEE shall use its best efforts to restore such quality.  In the event that LICENSEE has not taken appropriate steps to restore such quality within thirty (30) days after notification by LICENSOR, LICENSOR shall have the right to terminate this Agreement and require that the LICENSEE cease using the Trademarks.

E. Prior to the commencement of manufacture and sale of the Licensed Products, LICENSEE shall submit to LICENSOR, at no cost to LICENSOR and for approval as to quality, six (6) sets of samples of all Licensed Products which LICENSEE intends to manufacture and sell and one (1) complete set of all promotional and advertising material associated therewith. Failure of LICENSOR to approve such samples within thirty (30) working days after receipt thereof will be deemed approval.  Once such samples have been approved by LICENSOR, LICENSEE shall not materially depart therefrom without LICENSOR's prior express written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. 

F.  At least once during each calendar year, LICENSEE shall submit to LICENSOR, for approval, an additional six (6) sets of samples. 

G.  The LICENSEE agrees to permit LICENSOR or its representative to inspect the facilities where the Licensed Products are being manufactured and packaged. 

7.  NOTICE AND PAYMENT

A.  Any notice required to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered personally to the other designated party at the above stated address or mailed by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested or delivered by a recognized national overnight courier service, except e-mail may be used for day-to-day operations and contacts but not for ‘notice’ or other communications required under this agreement or by law.

B.  Either party may change the address to which notice or payment is to be sent by written notice to the other in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.

8.  PATENTS, TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS

A.  LICENSOR shall seek, obtain and, during the Term of this Agreement, maintain in its own name and at its own expense, appropriate protection for the Trademarks, and LICENSOR shall retain all right, title and interest in the Trademarks as well as any modifications made to the Trademarks by LICENSEE.  LICENSEE agrees that its use of the Trademarks inures to the benefit of LICENSOR and that the LICENSEE shall not acquire any rights in the Trademarks.

B.  The parties agree to execute any documents reasonably requested by the other party to effect any of the above provisions.

C.  LICENSEE acknowledges LICENSOR's exclusive rights in the Trademarks and, further, acknowledges that the Trademarks are unique and original to LICENSOR and that LICENSOR is the owner thereof.  LICENSEE shall not, at any time during or after the effective Term of the Agreement dispute or contest, directly or indirectly, LICENSOR's exclusive right and title to the Trademarks or the validity thereof.  LICENSOR, however, makes no representation or warranty with respect to the validity of any patent, trademark or copyright which may issue or be granted therefrom.

9.  TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION

A.        In addition to the termination rights that may be provided elsewhere in this Agreement, either party may terminate this Agreement upon thirty (30) days written notice to the other party in the event of a breach of a material provision of this Agreement by the other party, provided that, during the thirty (30) day period, the breaching party fails to cure such breach.  Upon expiration or termination, all Royalty obligations, including any unpaid portions of the Guaranteed Minimum Royalty, shall be accelerated and shall immediately become due and payable, and LICENSEE's obligations for the payment of a Royalty and the Guaranteed Minimum Royalty shall survive expiration or termination of this Agreement and will continue for so long as LICENSEE continues to manufacture, sell or otherwise market the Licensed Products.

B.        Upon expiration or termination, LICENSEE shall provide LICENSOR with a complete schedule of all inventory of Licensed Products then on-hand (the "Inventory").

C.  Upon expiration or termination, except for reason of a breach of LICENSEE's duty to comply with the quality control or legal notice marking requirements, LICENSEE shall be entitled, for an additional period of three (3) months and on a nonexclusive basis, to continue to sell such Inventory.  Such sales shall be made subject to all of the provisions of this Agreement and to an accounting for and the payment of a Royalty thereon, due and paid within thirty (30) days after the close of the three (3) month period.

D.  Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement, all of the rights of LICENSEE under this Agreement shall terminate and immediately revert to LICENSOR and LICENSEE shall immediately discontinue all use of the Trademarks at no cost whatsoever to LICENSOR, and LICENSEE shall immediately return to LICENSOR all material relating to the Trademarks including at no cost to LICENSOR.

10.  GOOD WILL

LICENSEE recognizes the value of the good will associated with the Trademarks and acknowledges that the Trademarks and all rights therein including the good will pertaining thereto, belong exclusively to LICENSOR. 

11.  INFRINGEMENTS

If an action for infringement of the rights licensed in this Agreement is brought, each party shall execute all papers, testify on all matters, and otherwise cooperate in every way necessary and desirable for the prosecution of any such lawsuit.

12.  INDEMNITY

LICENSEE agrees to defend and indemnify LICENSOR, its officers, directors, agents and employees, against all costs, expenses and losses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) incurred through claims of third parties against LICENSOR based on the manufacture or sale of the Licensed Products including, but not limited to, actions founded on product liability. 

13.  INSURANCE

LICENSEE shall, throughout the Term of the Agreement, obtain and maintain at its own cost and expense from a qualified insurance company licensed to do business in California, standard Product Liability Insurance naming LICENSOR as an additional named insured.  Such policy shall provide protection against any and all claims, demands and causes of action arising out of any defects or failure to perform, alleged or otherwise, of the Licensed Products or any material used in connection therewith or any use thereof.  The amount of coverage shall be a $10 million combined single limit for each single occurrence for bodily image and/or property damage.  The policy shall provide for ten (10) days notice to LICENSOR from the insurer by Registered or Certified Mail, return receipt requested, in the event of any modification, cancellation or termination thereof.  LICENSEE agrees to furnish LICENSOR a certificate of insurance evidencing same within thirty (30) days after execution of this Agreement and, in no event shall LICENSEE manufacture, distribute or sell the Licensed Products prior to receipt by LICENSOR of such evidence of insurance.

14.  JURISDICTION AND DISPUTES

A.  This Agreement shall be governed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, United States of America.

B.  Any controversy, claim or dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof, including the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate (except at the option of either party for any application for injunctive relief) shall be finally settled by arbitration in Los Angeles County, California under the rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) before one arbitrator and judgment upon the award rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.  In this regard, the parties submit to the personal subject matter jurisdiction of the State of California.  The arbitration provisions of this Section shall be interpreted according to, and governed by, the Federal Arbitration Act, and any action to enforce any rights hereunder shall be brought exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.  EACH PARTY HERETO KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY DISPUTE RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION SHALL BE ADJUDICATED BY AN ARBITRATOR AND WITHOUT A JURY.

C.  The parties may mutually agree upon any procedure for appointing the arbitrator and shall inform the AAA administrator as to such procedure; however, if within 45 days after the commencement of the arbitration, all of the parties have not mutually agreed on a procedure for appointing the arbitrator or have not mutually agreed on the designation of the arbitrator, the AAA administrator shall unilaterally appoint and designate the presiding arbitrator.

D.  If a party fails to file a statement of defense within the time established by the tribunal without showing sufficient cause for such failure, as determined by the tribunal, or if a party, duly notified, fails to appear at a hearing without showing sufficient cause for such failure, as determined by the tribunal, the tribunal may proceed with the arbitration; or if a party, duly invited to produce evidence or take any other steps in the proceedings fails to do so within the time established by the tribunal without showing sufficient cause for such failure, as determined by the tribunal, the tribunal may make the award on the evidence before it.

E.  The arbitrator may, in the Award, allocate all or part of the costs of the arbitration, including the fees of the arbitrator and the reasonable attorneys’ fees of the prevailing party.

15.  AGREEMENT BINDING ON SUCCESSORS

The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, and their heirs, administrators, successors, and assigns.

16.  WAIVER

No waiver by either party of any default shall be deemed as a waiver of prior or subsequent default of the same or other provisions of this Agreement.

17.  SEVERABILITY

If any term, clause, or provision hereof is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the validity or operation of any other term, clause or provision and such invalid term, clause or provision shall be deemed to be severed from the Agreement.

18.  NO JOINT VENTURE

Nothing contained herein shall constitute this arrangement to be employment, a joint venture or a partnership.

19.  ASSIGNABILITY

The license granted hereunder is personal to LICENSEE and shall not be assigned by any act of LICENSEE or by operation of law unless in connection with a transfer of substantially all of the assets of LICENSEE or with the consent of LICENSOR.

20.  GOVERNMENTAL APPROVAL

As promptly as possible after execution of this Agreement, LICENSEE agrees to submit copies of this Agreement to any governmental agency in any country in the Territory where approval of a license agreement is necessary and agrees to promptly prosecute any such application diligently.  This Agreement shall only become effective in such country or countries upon receipt of appropriate approval from the applicable governmental agency.

21.  INTEGRATION

This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the parties, and revokes and supersedes all prior agreements between the parties, including any option agreements which may have been entered into between the parties, and is intended as a final expression of their Agreement.  It shall not be modified or amended except in writing signed by the parties hereto and specifically referring to this Agreement.  This Agreement shall take precedence over any other documents which may be in conflict with said Agreement.

22.  AMENDMENTS

Any amendment to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by an authorized person of each party.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, have each caused to be affixed hereto its or his/her hand and seal the day indicated.

[INSERT NAME OF LICENSOR]  [INSERT NAME OF LICENSEE]

By:                                                         By: 

Title:                                              Title: 

Date:                                            Date: 

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1.1 판촉활동

‘라이센시’는 자신의 비용으로 최상의 판매 성장 활동과 적절한 판매 증가를 보장할 수 있는 효율적인 판매 조직을 구성하고 유지하여 자신의 사업지역 내에서 제품의 판매를 촉진하고, 제품의 수요증가와 시장 점유 증가를 위해 합리적인 노력을 다해야 한다.

1.2 광고

양 계약당사자들은 사업지역 내에서 광고 및 대중 홍보를 통해 제품의 높은 기준과 품질에 대한 대중의 평판과 이미지 형성의 중요성에 대해 인식하고 동의한다. ‘라이센시’는 사업지역 내에서 제품의 광고(판촉 캠페인, 카탈로그 배포, 전시장 전시, 언론 보도와 일반 및 산업용 잡지에서 광고 포함)에 최선을 다해야 한다. ‘라이센시’의 광고 및 홍보 과정에서 ‘라이센시’는 그러한 광고나 판촉 캠페인 전에 그러한 광고 및 홍보에 관한 정보를 ‘라이센서’에게 제공할 수 있다.

1.3 매장

‘라이센시’는 자신의 비용으로 ‘라이센서’와 사전에 상의하여 인터넷 매장을 포함한 매장(각각은 “매장”, 복수로는 “매장들”이라 함)을 수입 제품과 라이선스 제품 판매를 위한 적절한 장소에 열어야 한다. 본 계약의 계약기간 동안 각 계약연도에, ‘라이센시’는 첨부목록-E에 기재된 일정에 따른 수의 매장을 열고 유지하여야 한다.

1.4 재고

‘라이센시’는 자신의 사업지역 내에서 예측되는 수요량에 부합되도록 적정한 제품 재고를 유지해야 한다.

1.5 신용유지

‘라이센시’는 자신의 사업지역 내에서 제품 및 제품에 대한 고객의 신용을 유지하고 향상시켜야 한다.

1.6 상표 이미지와 품질 유지

수입제품 및 라이선스 제품의 판매를 촉진하는 과정에서 ‘라이센시’는 상표에 대한 고객의 호의와 평판을 유지하고 촉진시켜야 하며, 제품의 이미지와 높은 수준의 품질을 유지하며, ‘라이센서’의 이익에 해로운 어떤 활동도 하면 안 된다.

11.7 상표의 사용방식

‘라이센시’는 표지, 문서 또는 자료에서, 사전에 ‘라이센서’에게 통보를 한 후에, 상표를 다른 이름, 마크 또는 로고와 관련하여 또는 함께 사용할 수 있고 다른 이름, 마크 또는 로고에 근접하게 표시할 수 있다.

1.8상표사용 관련 규칙

‘라이센서’는 필요한 경우 대중에 제시하기 위해 상표의 사용방식에 관련된 합리적인 규칙과 규정을 발표할 수 있다.

1.9법규준수

‘라이센시’는 자신의 사업지역 내에서 제품의 유통, 판매 및 판촉에 적용되는 모든 현지 법규, 규칙, 규정과 요건을 준수해야 한다.

1.10 판매비용

판매에 대한 모든 비용과 제품과 관련된 전체 비용은 본 계약에 명확히 언급된 것을 제외하고 모두 ‘라이센시’가 부담하기로 한다. ‘라이센시’는 ‘라이센서’의 사전 서면 승인 없이 ‘라이센서’ 측에 부과될 비용을 발생시켜서는 안 된다.

1.11 라이센시의 사업지역 제한

‘라이센시’는 자신의 사업지역 외부에서 고객에게 판매 또는 고객 확보나 제품의 대규모 유통 창고 또는 일반 창고를 유지해서는 안되며, 제품의 판매 또는 유통을 위한 지점을 설치해서도 안 된다.

‘라이센시’ 자신의 사업지역 외부에서 판매 또는 유통을 위해 제품을 구매하거나 시도한다고 믿거나 믿을 만한 이유가 있다고 판단되는 고객에게 제품을 판매해서는 안 된다. (그러한 고객을 ‘전용자’라고 칭한다) 만일 ‘라이센시’가 인지한 상태에서 ‘전용자’에게 제품을 판매한 경우, ‘라이센서’에게 15.2 항의 규정에 의거하여 본 계약을 종료할 수 있는 권리가 발생하게 된다.

‘라이센시’는 수시로 ‘라이센서’의 요청이 있으면 ‘전용자’의 위치를 파악하고 식별할 수 있도록 최선을 다해야 하며, 그러한 ‘전용자들’에 대한 적절한 조치를 취해야 한다.

‘라이센시’가 ‘라이센서’가 대상 브랜드에 대한 상표권을 보유하고 있는 사업지역의 밖에서 제품을 판매하거나 유통하고자 하는 경우, ‘라이센시’는 ‘라이센서’와 그러한 판매나 유통에 대하여 ‘라이센서’가 그러한 판매나 유통의 과정에 관여하여야 한다는 조건을 전제로 협상을 할 수 있다. 의문을 없애기 위해 부연하자면, 그러한 판매 또는 유통은 ‘라이센서’와 ‘라이센시’ 사이에 그에 대한 모든 조건이 합의되기 전에는 개시될 수 없다.

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15. MUTUAL INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE.

15.1 Licensor’s Right to Indemnification.

Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, Licensee shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Licensor and its Affiliates, and their respective employees, officers, independent contractors, consultants or agents, and their respective successors, heirs and assigns and representatives (the “Licensor Indemnitees”), from and against any and all claims, threatened claims, damages, losses, suits, proceedings, liabilities, costs (including without limitation reasonable legal expenses, costs of litigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees) or judgments, whether for money or equitable relief, of any kind (“Losses and Claims”), to the extent arising out of or relating to, directly or indirectly:

(a) the negligence, recklessness or wrongful intentional acts or omissions of Licensee, its Affiliates and/or its Sublicensees and its or their respective employees, officers, independent contractors, consultants or agents, in connection with Licensee’s performance of its obligations or exercise of its rights under this Agreement;

(b) any breach by Licensee of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation set forth in this Agreement; and/or

(c) the Development and/or Commercialization (including, without limitations, the promotion, advertising, offering for sale, sale or other disposition), transfer, importation or exportation, labeling, handling storage, use of, exposure to any Licensed Products actually conducted by or for Licensee or any of its Affiliates, Sublicensees, agents and independent contractors (in each case, excluding any Development, Manufacture or Commercialization activities carried out by and/or on behalf of Licensor either within the Territory or outside the Territory); except in each such case for Losses and Claims to the extent reasonably attributable to any negligence, recklessness, wrongful or intentional acts or omissions, or breach of this Agreement by Licensor or a Licensor Indemnitee.

15.2 Licensee’s Right to Indemnification.

Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, Licensor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Licensee and its Affiliates, and their respective employees, officers, independent contractors, consultants or agents, and their respective successors, heirs and assigns and representatives (the “Licensee Indemnitees”), from and against any and all Losses and Claims, to the extent arising out of or relating to, directly or indirectly:

(a) the negligence, recklessness or wrongful intentional acts or omissions of Licensor, its Affiliates and/or its Sublicensees and its or their respective employees, officers, independent contractors, consultants or agents, in connection with Licensor’s performance of its obligations or exercise of its rights under this Agreement;

(b) any breach by Licensor of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation set forth in this Agreement; and/or

(c) the Development and/or Commercialization (including without limitation promotion, advertising, offering for sale, sale or other disposition), transfer, importation or exportation, labeling, handling storage, use of, exposure to any Licensed Products actually conducted by or for Licensor or any of its Affiliates, Sublicensees, agents and independent contractors within or outside the Territory (in each case, excluding any Development or Commercialization activities carried out by Licensee or on behalf of Licensee at ALLERGAN’s direction hereunder either within or outside the Territory; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Development or Commercialization activities commenced or performed before the Closing Date shall not be considered activities carried out by, for or on behalf of Licensee for the purposes of this indemnification obligation);

(d) subject to Section 15.5, the practice of the Licensed Intellectual Property in connection with the Licensed Products violates, infringes upon, or misappropriates the intellectual property rights of any Third Party; and

(e) personal injury or death, or any damage to any property, was caused by a defect in any Licensed Products manufactured by or for Licensor; except in each such case for Losses and Claims to the extent reasonably attributable to any negligence, recklessness, wrongful or intentional acts or omissions, or breach of this Agreement by Licensee or an Licensee Indemnitee.

15.3 Process for Indemnification.

A Party’s obligation to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the other Party under this Article 13 shall be conditioned upon the following:

(a) A Party seeking indemnification under this Article (the “Indemnitee”) shall give prompt written notice of the claim to the other Party (the “Indemnitor”). Failure to promptly notify the Indemnitor of any such claim shall not relieve the Indemnitor of any such duty to so indemnify except to the extent that the Indemnitor can demonstrate actual loss and prejudice as a result of such failure.

(b) Each Party shall furnish promptly to the other Party copies of all papers and official documents received in respect of any Losses and Claims. Failure to promptly furnish the other Party with such papers and official documents shall not relieve the other Party of any duty to indemnify except to the extent that the other Party can demonstrate actual loss and prejudice as a result of such failure. The Indemnitee shall cooperate as requested by the Indemnitor in the defense against any Losses and Claims.

(c) The Indemnitor shall have the right to assume and control the defense of the indemnification claim, including any settlement of such claim, at its own expense with counsel selected by the Indemnitor and reasonably acceptable to the Indemnitee. The Indemnitee may participate in and monitor such defense with counsel of its own choosing at its sole expense. The Indemnitor shall not settle or compromise the indemnification claim in any manner which would have an adverse effect on the Indemnitee’s interests (including without limitation in relation to the scope or enforceability of the Licensor Patent Rights or Licensor Know-How, or Confidential Information or Patent or other rights licensed to Licensee by Licensor hereunder), without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee, which consent, in each case, shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. The Indemnitee shall reasonably cooperate with the Indemnitor at the Indemnitor’s expense and shall make available to the Indemnitor all pertinent information under the control of the Indemnitee.

(d) If the Indemnitor does not assume and conduct the defense of the claim as provided above, (i) the Indemnitee may defend against, consent to the entry of any judgment, or enter into any settlement with respect to such claim in any manner the Indemnitee may deem reasonably appropriate (and the Indemnitee need not consult with, or obtain any consent from, the Indemnitor in connection therewith), and (ii) the Indemnitor shall remain responsible to indemnify the Indemnitee as provided in this Article.

15.4 Insurance.

(a) During the Term and for three (3) years thereafter, Licensee, at its sole expense, shall maintain such types and amounts of insurance coverage relating to product liability (including without limitation, premises operations, completed operations and broad form contractual liability) that is comparable in type and amount to the insurance customarily maintained by pharmaceutical companies with respect to similar prescription pharmaceutical products that are marketed, distributed and sold, and which names Licensor as an additional insured Party, as its interests may appear.

(b) During the Term and for three (3) years thereafter, Licensor, at its sole expense, shall maintain such types and amounts of insurance coverage relating to product liability (including without limitation, premises operations, completed operations and broad form contractual liability) that is comparable in type and amount to the insurance customarily maintained by pharmaceutical companies with respect to similar prescription pharmaceutical products that are marketed, distributed and sold, and which names Licensee as an additional insured Party, as its interests may appear.

15.5 Limitation on Certain Indemnities.

Notwithstanding Licensor’s indemnification obligations under Section 15.2, in the event of Losses and Claims arising out of Section 15.2(d), Licensee shall recover from Licensor such Losses and Claims from fifty percent (50%) of the sum of all payments made by Licensee to Licensor prior to the date of the award of such Losses and Claims, not including the Up-Front Payment pursuant to Section 8.1, and, in the event that such awarded Losses and Claims exceed such amount, Licensee may deduct any such excess Losses and Claims from payments due by Licensee to Licensor after the date of the award of such Losses and Claim, up to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of each such payment, until Licensee has been compensated in full for all such awarded Losses and Claims.

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A covenant is a promise by a party by which it pledges that something is either done, will be done or shall not be done.

•      Example 1: “Licensee shall pay Licensor a flat royalty based on 2.5% of Gross Revenues received from the sale of Licensed Products.”

•      Example 2: “Company A hereby covenants not to sue Company B under any patent listed in Exhibit A for infringement based upon any act by Company B of manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or import that occurs after the Effective Date.”

A representation is a statement of fact that induces a party to enter into the contract. The statement, made before or at the time of making the contract, regards a past fact or existing circumstance related to the contract which influences such party to enter the contract.

•      Example 1: “Licensor represents to Licensee that it has the full and unencumbered right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to grant the license rights granted by Licensor to Licensee hereunder.

•      Example 2: “Company A hereby represents that it owns full legal and equitable title to each patent listed in Exhibit A.”

A warranty is an undertaking or stipulation that a certain fact in relation to the subject of the contract is or shall be as it is stated or promised; and refers to an agreement to protect the recipient against loss if the fact is or becomes untrue (i.e., an implied indemnification).

•      Example 1: “Licensor warrants to Licensee that it has not received any written notice or claim, and is not otherwise aware that the Licensed Technology infringes or misappropriates the proprietary rights of any other Person.”

•      Example 2: “Company A warrants to Company B that the Technical Information provided hereunder will be the same as that used in the design, production, installation, and maintenance of Licensed Products produced in its own factories.”

A claim for breach of a covenant may be for damages or specific performance. When a breach of a covenant is “material” (i.e., a breach that destroys the value of the contract for the non-breaching party), however, it excuses the non-breaching party’s performance.  This often is subjective and can be expensive to prove in later litigation. (Thus, the more specificity drafted into a contract – i.e., a listing of the specific and most-likely events that trigger a termination event – the better that contract protects the parties.)

Upon a false representation (or misrepresentation), however, the defrauded party may elect to void the entire contract and recover any sums paid.

When a breach of warranty occurs, the damages recoverable are the difference in the value as warranted (i.e., how they should have been) and the value as received.

This is because “representations” should be statements made by a party after investigation and with a belief that such statements are true, and “warranties” should be statements a party makes while willing to accept financial responsibility if the statement turns out to be untrue, regardless of whether they actually (or should have) investigated.

In sum, upon a breach of a covenant or breach of warranty, the contract remains binding and damages only are recoverable for the breach; whereas, upon a misrepresentation, the defrauded party may elect to void the entire contract. 

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Taxes; Withholding.

Each Party shall be solely responsible for the payment of all taxes imposed on its share of income arising directly or indirectly from the efforts of the Parties under this Agreement. 

In the event that any payment under this Agreement becomes subject to withholding taxes, other than income tax, under Applicable Laws, the payor may withhold from the payment the amount of such taxes due. 

Payor will timely pay to the proper governmental authority the amount of any taxes withheld and will provide the payee with an official tax certificate or other evidence of tax obligation together with proof of payment from the relevant governmental authority sufficient to enable payee to claim such payment of taxes. 

The Parties agree to cooperate with one another and use reasonable efforts to minimize or eliminate such tax withholding or similar obligations in respect of royalties, milestone payments, and any other payments made by Licensee to Licensor under this Agreement.  The Parties shall, wherever possible, endeavour and cooperate to minimize the taxes due under this Agreement.   

Records; Audits. 

Licensee and its Affiliates will maintain, and Licensee will cause each of its Sublicensees, if any, to maintain, complete and accurate records in sufficient detail to confirm the accuracy of the calculation of royalty payments and the achievement of milestone events, for a period of three (3) years after the Calendar Year in which such sales or events occurred or for the period required under the Applicable Laws, whichever is longer. 

Upon reasonable prior notice and without disruption to Licensee’s business, such records of Licensee and its Affiliates and Sublicensees shall be made available during regular business hours for a period of three (3) years from the end of the Calendar Year to which they pertain for examination, and not more often than once each Calendar Year, by an independent certified public accountant among the major internationally reputable accounting firms selected by Licensor, for the sole purpose of and only to the extent necessary for verifying the accuracy of the financial reports furnished by Licensee pursuant to this Article 8. 

Such independent accountant shall disclose to Licensor only the amounts that such independent accountant believes to be due and payable hereunder to Licensor, details concerning any discrepancy from the amount paid and the amount due, and shall disclose no other information revealed in such audit. 

Any and all records examined by such independent accountant shall be deemed Licensee’s Confidential Information which may not be disclosed by such independent accountant to any Third Party, and Licensee may require such independent accountant to enter into an appropriate written agreement obligating it to be bound by obligations of confidentiality and restrictions on use of such Confidential Information that are no less protective than those set forth in Article 16. 

If, as a result of any inspection of the books and records of Licensee, it is shown that payments under this Agreement were less than the amount which should have been paid, then Licensee shall make all payments required to be made plus interest (as set forth in Section 8.7) from the original due date to eliminate any discrepancy revealed by such inspection within thirty (30) days. 

If, as a result of any inspection of the books and records of Licensee, it is shown that payments under this Agreement were more than the amount which should have been paid, then Licensor shall, at Licensee’s election, either make all payments required to be made to eliminate any discrepancy revealed by such inspection within ninety (90) days or credit such amounts to Licensee against future payments. 

Licensor shall pay for such audits, except that in the event that the audited amounts were underpaid by Licensee by more than five percent (5%) of the undisputed amounts that should have been paid during the period in question as per the audit, Licensee all pay the costs of the audit.

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4.1. Compliance with Legal Requirements.

Licensee shall conduct, and shall ensure that its Affiliates, Sublicensees and Subcontractors, conduct, all activities hereunder, including all Development and Commercialization of the Product, in compliance with all Applicable Laws.

In addition, Licensee hereby certifies that (i) to its reasonably knowledge or belief, neither Licensee nor its Affiliates has been, prior to the Effective Date debarred under United States law, including Section 21 U.S.C. 335a (or any foreign equivalent thereof), and (ii) neither Licensee nor its Affiliates will, from and after the Effective Date, employ or otherwise use in any capacity, the services of any Person, who to the knowledge or belief of Licensee or any of its Affiliates is, debarred under United States law, including Section 21 U.S.C. 335a (or any foreign equivalent thereof) to perform any portion of the activities hereunder, including any Development and Commercialization of the Product.

Licensee shall notify Sub-Licensor in writing promptly upon becoming aware of any such debarment of any such Person, and shall, upon becoming so aware, promptly remove such Person from performing any such activities and from any function or capacity related to any such activities.

4.2. Compliance with Ethical Business Practices.

(a) Compliance with Laws and Policies.

Licensee shall conduct the activities contemplated herein, and shall ensure that its Affiliates, Sublicensees and Subcontractors, conduct the activities contemplated herein, in a manner which is consistent with all Applicable Laws in Korea including, as applicable, Good Clinical Practices, Good Laboratory Practices, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act which generally prohibits the promise, payment or giving of anything of value either directly or indirectly to any Official for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business or any improper advantage, and the UK Bribery Act of 2010 which additionally includes the prohibition on the making of any bribe to a foreign public official with the intention of influencing such person in order to obtain or retain business or an advantage in the conduct of business, and good business ethics.

(b) Governments and International Public Organizations.

Licensee warrants that, in connection with this Agreement and Licensee’s business relating thereto, Licensee, its directors, employees, officers, and anyone acting on Licensee’s behalf or with Licensee’s knowledge, shall not offer, make or promise any payment, and shall ensure that its Affiliates, Sublicensees and Subcontractors, do not offer, make or promise any payment (either directly or indirectly, of money or other assets) to any government officials (including any government-owned or controlled commercial enterprise), or political party officials, officials of international public organizations, candidates for public office, or representatives of other businesses or persons acting on behalf of any of the foregoing (hereinafter collectively referred as “Officials”) where such payment (either directly or indirectly of money or other assets) would constitute a violation of any Applicable Law.

In addition, Licensee shall make no payment (either directly or indirectly of money or other assets), and shall ensure that its Affiliates, Sublicensees and Subcontractors, make no payment in connection with this Agreement or Licensee’s business relating thereto, either directly or indirectly to Officials if such payment (either directly or indirectly of money or other assets) is for the purpose of (i) influencing decisions or actions with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement or any other aspect of either Party’s business; (ii) inducing such Official to do or omit to do any action in violation of the lawful duty of such Official; (iii) securing any improper advantage; or (iv) inducing such Official to use his/her position to affect or influence any decisions or actions of government or any legislative, administrative, public agency or other public body with respect to any activities undertaken relating to this Agreement.

Additionally, Licensee will make reasonable efforts to comply with requests for information, including answering questionnaires and narrowly tailored audit inquiries, to the extent they relate to the subject of this Agreement, to enable Licensor to ensure compliance with any applicable anti-corruption laws.

(c) Disclosure.

Where Licensor requests reasonable information regarding disclosure of any officers, employees, owners, or persons directly or indirectly retained by Licensee who are Officials or relatives of Officials of any governmental authority with oversight over the performance of Licensee’s obligations under this Agreement or any Regulatory Documentation, if such persons are engaged to perform Licensee’s obligations under this Agreement, Licensee shall provide complete and accurate information and documentation to Licensor with respect thereto. Licensee shall update such disclosures upon request of Licensor from time to time as necessary to ensure the information provided remains complete and accurate for the Term of this Agreement.

(d) Books and Records.

Licensee represents, warrants and covenants that all books, records, invoices and other documents relating to payments and expenses under this Agreement are and shall be complete and accurate and reflect in reasonable detail the character and amount of transactions and expenditures. Licensee further represents, warrants and agrees that no “off the books” or similar funds will be maintained or used in connection with this Agreement.

(e) Compliance Training.

Licensee agrees to ensure that all of Licensee’s employees involved in performing the obligations under this Agreement are made specifically aware of the compliance requirements under Sections 4.2(a), (b), (d), (e) and (f).

(f) Exclusions Lists.

Licensee shall not use (and shall cause its Affiliates not to use) any Person (including any employee, officer, director, Sublicensee or Third Party contractor) who is (or has been) on the Exclusions List, or who is (or has been) in Violation, in the performance of any activities hereunder. Licensee certifies to Sub-Licensor that as of the Effective Date, Licensee has screened itself, and its officers and directors (and its Affiliates, Sublicensees and Third Party contractors and their respective officers and directors) against the Exclusions Lists and that it has informed Licensor whether Licensee, or any of its officers or directors (or any of its Affiliates, Sublicensees or Third Party contractors or any of their respective officers and directors) has been in Violation. After the Effective Date, Licensee shall notify Licensor in writing immediately if any such Violation occurs or comes to its attention.

(g) Obligation to Notify.

Licensee shall promptly notify Licensor upon becoming aware of any violation of any anti-corruption laws by Licensee or its Affiliate or those acting on Licensee’s behalf in connection with the matters that are the subject of this Agreement and the performance by Licensee of its obligations hereunder.

(h) Compliance Audits.

Licensee shall maintain books and records that are complete and accurate in all material respects relating to its compliance by Licensee and its Affiliates that is engaged in carrying out activities in connection with this Agreement with anti-corruption laws and with respect to its obligations under this Agreement (collectively, the “Compliance Records”) for a period of two (2) years after the period to which such records relate or such longer period as required by Applicable Laws, which Compliance Records shall include: (a) its policies and procedures including those of Licensee and its Affiliates concerning compliance with anti-corruption laws with respect to its obligations under this Agreement, (b) records of any investigations and remedial and disciplinary actions undertaken to address material violations of anti-corruption laws with respect to its obligations under this Agreement and (c) records of any payments made by it or Licensee and its Affiliates in connection with this Agreement. Upon reasonable advance written notice to Licensee, Licensor shall be entitled, at its cost and expense, to have access to and audit the Compliance Records of Licensee and any of its Affiliates (to the extent such Compliance Records are not subject to attorney-client privilege) for a period of two (2) years after the period to which such records relate or such longer period as required by applicable anti-corruption laws. Licensor may not exercise this audit right more frequently than once during any twelve (12)-month period; provided, however, that if any audit by Licensor under this Section 4.2(h) reveals that Licensee or any of its Affiliates is or was not in material compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws in relation to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, Licensor shall have the right to conduct such additional audits (for clarity, such additional audits shall apply only to the applicable Licensee and its Affiliates which was so determined during the initial audit in such twelve (12)-month period to not be in material compliance) during such twelve (12)-month period as may be reasonably required to determine whether Sub-Licensee and its Affiliates have appropriately remedied such non-compliance.

4.3. Termination for Non-Compliance.

Any uncured violation by Licensee or any of its Affiliates of any applicable anti-corruption laws in connection with its obligations under this Agreement shall be a material breach of this Agreement entitling Sub-Licensor to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.2(c).

4.4. Responsibility for Compliance.

Licensee acknowledges and agrees that neither Licensor, nor or any of its Affiliates or Licensor’s or its Affiliates’ officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives is authorized to waive compliance with the provisions of Section 4.3 and/or to give any direction, either written or oral, relating to the making of any commitment by Licensee or its agents to any Third Party in violation of the terms of this ARTICLE 4, and that Sub-Licensee shall be solely responsible for its compliance with all applicable anti-corruption laws irrespective of any act or omission of Merck or any of Merck’s Affiliates or Merck’s or its Affiliates’ officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives.

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 1) 양 당사자(그 임직원을 포함)는 본 계약의 체결, 이행 및 유지에 있어 거래의 공정성에 대한 확보가 중요한 전제 조건임을 인식하고, 타방 당사자(그와 동일시 할 수 있는 친인척 등 관계자 포함) 또는 본 계약과 관련한 제3자(이하 “거래 상대방”이라 한다)에 대하여 거래의 공정성을 해할 수 있는 행위(이하 "비위행위”라 한다)를 하여서는 아니 된다. "비위행위"의 예는 다음 각 호에 열거되어 있는 바와 같으며, 이에 한하지 아니한다.

① 금전을 제공하는 행위

② 사회통념수준을 초과하는 선물 또는 식사를 제공하는 행위

③ 불건전 업소, 오락, 골프, 스키 등의 향응 및 접대를 하는 행위

④ 출장지원, 개인 휴가 지원, 사무실 비품 제공, 협찬/찬조 등의 편의를 제공하는 행위

⑤ 차용/매입/매도, 부채상환, 보증, 금전대차 등 금전 또는 부동산 관련 모든 거래행위

⑥ 공동투자 및 공동재산의 취득 기회를 제공하거나, 합작투자 또는 “거래 상대방”의 회사에 겸직하도록 하는 행위

⑦ “거래 상대방”의 주식이나 기타 관련업체의 주식을 제공 또는 투자하도록 하거나 기타 재산을 공동 투자 또는 취득하도록 하는 행위

⑧ 고용보장, 취업알선의 약속 등 미래에 대한 보장을 하는 행위

⑨ 기타 타방 당사자의 정도경영 준수사항을 위반하거나, “거래 상대방”이 공정하게 업무를 수행하는 데 지장을 초래하는 행위

2) 양 당사자는 거래 공정성 확보를 위해 다음 각 호의 사항을 협조하도록 한다.

① 타방 당사자의 임직원을 상대로 일방 당사자의 임직원 등에 의해 이루어진 “비위행위”가 발견되거나 “비위행위”에 대한 의혹이 있는 경우, 양 당사자는 그와 관련된 자료의 제출 또는 열람을 상대방 당사자에게 요구할 수 있으며, 이 경우 양 당사자는 해당 요구에 적극 협조하여야 한다.

② 일방 당사자는 타방 당사자의 임직원으로부터 본 조 제1항 각 호의 행위를 제의받거나, 이러한 사실을 인지한 때에는 타방 당사자의 관련 부서에 즉각 신고토록 한다.

③ 양 당사자는 본 계약 외에 상대 당사자의 정도경영 실천에 적극 협조한다.

3) 본 조는 본 계약의 종료(만료, 해지 또는 해제 포함) 후에도 유효하다.

4) 본 계약의 일방 당사자가 본 조항의 공정의무를 위반한 경우 그 상대방은 본 계약을 즉시 해지할 수 있다.

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17. TERM AND TERMINATION. 

17.1 Termination Prior to the Closing Date.

This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date (with respect to Sections 17.1(b) and 17.1(c) below, by written notice by the terminating Party to the other Party): (a) by mutual written agreement of the Parties;

(b) by Licensor or Licensee, if a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority shall have issued a non-appealable final order, decree or ruling or taken any other non-appealable final action, in each case, having the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 17.1(b) shall not be available to any Party whose failure to fulfill any obligation under this Agreement has been the primary cause of, or materially contributed to, such action; or

(c) by Licensee, if Licensor has breached any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of Licensor set forth in this Agreement which (i) would result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 13.2 and (ii) is not cured within thirty (30) calendar days after written notice thereof.   

17.2 Term.

Except as provided in Section 17.1, this Agreement shall continue until the date of expiration of the Royalty Term, unless earlier terminated in accordance with this Article 17 (the “Term”).  

17.3 Termination of the Agreement After the Closing Date.  

(a) Termination by Licensee. 

Licensee may terminate this Agreement in its entirety or in part (including, for example, on a country-by-country basis) for any reason (a) upon at least ninety (90) days prior written notice to Licensor if such notice is delivered prior to the First Commercial Sale of a Licensed Product anywhere in the Territory or (b) upon at least one hundred eighty (180) days prior written notice to Licensor if such notice is delivered after the First Commercial Sale of a Licensed Product anywhere in the Territory.  In the event of any significant adverse clinical events or the termination of a Clinical Trial for safety reasons and Licensee terminates this Agreement under this Section 17.3(a), the foregoing notice periods in clauses (a) and (b) shall be reduced to forty-five (45) days and ninety (90) days, respectively.

(b) Termination for Material Breach. 

If either Party believes the other is in material breach of its obligations under this Agreement, it may give notice of such breach to the other Party, which Party shall have sixty (60) days in which to remedy such breach, or thirty (30) days in the case of material breach of any payment obligation hereunder.

Such sixty (60) day period shall be extended in the case of a breach not capable of being remedied in such sixty (60) day period so long as the breaching Party uses diligent efforts to remedy such breach and is pursuing a course of action that, if successful, will effect such a remedy; provided, however, that such cure period shall not be extended more than sixty (60) additional days. 

If such alleged breach is not remedied or is not capable of being remedied within the period set forth above, the non-breaching Party shall be entitled, without prejudice to any of its other rights conferred on it by this Agreement, and in addition to any other remedies available to it by law or in equity, to terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the other Party.  In the event of a dispute regarding any payments due and owing hereunder, all undisputed amounts shall be paid when due and the balance, if any, shall be paid promptly after settlement of the dispute including any accrued interest thereon.  

(c) Consequences of Termination. 

In the event that either Party terminates this Agreement, then as of the effective date of such termination, the following terms and conditions shall apply:

(i) Termination by Licensor for Licensee’s Material Breach. 

In the event of termination of this Agreement by Licensor pursuant to Section 17.3(b) for Licensee’s uncured material breach, and except for each Party’s rights and obligations that survive termination as set forth in Section 17.5:

(A) all licenses and rights granted by either Party under this Agreement shall terminate with the exception, subject to Section 19.1, of the license granted to Licensor by Licensee under the Licensee Inventions relating to formulations or methods of manufacturing formulations derived from the Licensed Intellectual Property pursuant to Section 9.2(c) which shall become perpetual, worldwide and fully paid; 

(B) Licensee shall pay Licensor any and all payments that have accrued prior to the effective date of such termination; 

(C) Licensee shall transfer to Licensor all materials, results, analyses, reports, websites, marketing materials, technology, know-how and other Information in whatever form received by Licensee from Licensor as of the effective date of such termination; 

(D) Licensee shall transfer to Licensor (A) all Regulatory Approvals in the Territory in effect as of the date of such termination and/or (B) any and all Information pertaining to the Development and Commercialization of the Licensed Products in the Territory, including but not limited to any and all Clinical Trial data pertaining to the Territory. 

(ii) Termination by Licensee. 

Subject to Section 17.3(c)(ii)(E), in the event of termination of this Agreement by Licensee pursuant to Section 17.3(a), and except for each Party’s rights and obligations that survive termination as set forth in Section 17.5:  

(A) all licenses and rights granted by either Party under this Agreement shall terminate, with the exception, subject to Section 19.1, of the license granted to Licensor by Licensee under the Licensee Inventions relating to formulations or methods of manufacturing formulations derived from the Licensed Intellectual Property pursuant to Section 9.2(c), which shall become worldwide, subject to Licensor’s obligations under subsection (E) below;  

(B) Licensee shall pay Licensor any and all payments that have accrued prior to the effective date of such termination; 

(C) Licensee shall transfer to Licensor all materials, results, analyses, reports, websites, marketing materials, technology, know-how and other Information in whatever form received by Licensee from Licensor as of the effective date of such termination;  

(D) Licensee shall, upon receipt of reasonable consideration from Licensor based on an actual cost basis, transfer to Licensor (A) all Regulatory Approvals in the Territory in effect as of the date of such termination and/or (B) any and all Information pertaining to the Development and Commercialization of the Licensed Products in the Territory, including but not limited to any and all Clinical Trial data pertaining to the Territory; and 

(E) in partial consideration for (A) Licensee’s costs of obtaining and maintaining such Regulatory Approvals and Commercializing Licensed Products in the Territory prior to the date of such termination, and/or (B) subject to Section 19.1, the license granted under the Licensee Inventions, Licensor shall pay to Licensee following the effective date of such termination, on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis, a commercially reasonable royalty to be negotiated in good faith by the Parties, on all sales by Licensor, its Affiliates and Sublicensees, of products that would have been Licensed Products, had they been sold by Licensee prior to the effective date of such termination. 

(iii) Termination by Licensee for Licensor’s Material Breach.  

In the event that Licensee has the right to terminate this Agreement for Licensor’s uncured material breach pursuant to Section 17.3(b), Licensee may terminate this Agreement or, in lieu of such termination, by written notice to Licensor after a determination that such breach was a material breach and was not cured before the expiration of the cure period set forth in Section 17.3(b), elect to retain all of the rights and licenses granted to Licensee hereunder for the remainder of the Term. Following such an election by Licensee:

(A) Licensee may request that damages be awarded to Licensee for Licensor’s uncured material breach by final and binding arbitration conducted in accordance with Section 19.12. In determining whether damages should be awarded to Licensee, the arbitrators shall consider the nature of Licensor’s uncured material breach and the impact of such uncured material breach on Licensee and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 

In the event that such final and binding arbitration determines that Licensee should be awarded damages, Licensee shall be entitled to deduct the amount of such damages from milestone and royalty payments to be paid to Licensor under Sections 8.2 and 8.3;

(B) the limitations applicable to Licensor’s activities as set forth in Sections 2.3(a) and 2.4 shall continue to apply; and

(C) the license granted by Licensee to Licensor under Section 9.2(c) shall terminate.    

17.4 Surviving Obligations. 

Upon termination of this Agreement, the Parties shall remain obligated to make all payments which have accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination, when and as they become due and payable.  In addition, the provisions in Articles 1, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 18 and 19, and Sections 2.6, 5.2, 5.7, 7.6, 8.3(h), 8.7 (with respect to payment accruing prior to the effective date of termination), 8.8, 8.9, 17.3(c), 17.4 and 17.5 of this Agreement shall survive termination of this Agreement for any reason.  

17.5 Accrued Rights. 

Termination or expiration of this Agreement shall not relieve either Party from obligations that are expressly indicated to survive termination or expiration of the Agreement.  Termination by a Party shall not be an exclusive remedy and all other remedies will be available to the terminating Party, in equity and at law.

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ARTICLE 2 - TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

2.1   TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION

           (a) Licensor shall furnish to Licensee, in accordance with the time schedule to be agreed upon between the Parties, one (1) set of hard copies of the Technical Documentation. If Licensee discovers that any of the documents are missing or illegible or damaged, Licensee shall inform Licensor in writing and Licensor shall make such documents available for Licensee within twenty (20) days of receiving such notice.

           (b) The foregoing Technical Documentation to be furnished under paragraph 2.1 (a) above shall be delivered to Licensee and shall be the latest version as of the time it is delivered or sent.

           (c) Licensee shall pay Licensor for any additional copies of the Technical Documentation requested by Licensee at the rates agreed upon in writing by both Parties prior to sending.

           (d) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to require that Licensor furnish Licensee with any technical information on any products other than Licensed Product or any technical information which may not be furnished because of a government contract, act, regulation or restriction or the proprietary interest of a third party.

           (e) Errors in Technical Documentation. Each Party shall promptly advise the other of any significant error it may discover in the Technical Documentation. In that event, Licensor shall correct any error in the Technical Documentation and shall furnish such corrected Technical Documentation to Licensee without charge.

(f) Strict Compliance with Technical Documentation. In order to maintain the quality of the Licensed Products manufactured and assembled by Licensee pursuant to this Agreement, Licensee shall manufacture and/or assemble the Licensed Products in strict accordance with the standards and specifications stated in the Technical Documentation provided by Licensor and as otherwise specified by Licensor. Licensee shall exercise the utmost care in the selection of the materials and parts to be used and incorporated into the Licensed Products.

2.2      ASSISTANCE BY LICENSOR

Licensor shall provide reasonable assistance in the use of the Technical Documentation to the extent such assistance is reasonably necessary for Licensee to make use of the Technical Documentation to manufacture the Licensed Product. Such assistance may include, but will not be limited to, technical assistance, training, testing and limited application engineering services.

- 라이센서의 조력의무를 선언적으로 규정한 조항임. 제조에 필요한 기술정보 활용을 가능케 하도록 조력의무를 규정하고 있어 상당히 포괄적임.

- 이하에서 구제적인 비용을 규정할 경우 라이센서의 수입원이 되지만, 그렇지 않을 경우 부담조항이 될 수 있음.

2.3   TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

      (a) At the request of Licensee, Licensor shall, at times agreed upon by the Parties, dispatch its engineers to Licensee to provide technical assistance on matters concerning the use of the Technical Documentation during the Technical Cooperation Period. All costs and expenses of such Licensor's personnel dispatched to Licensee shall be borne, or reimbursed to Licensor, by Licensee and shall include:

            (i)   round trip economic air fare between Korea and China;

            (ii)  suitable accommodations, meals, traveling and transportation expenses in China and other reasonable charges in connection with the performance of their duties hereunder;

            (iii) wage and daily allowance, payable to Licensor, on its demand, amounting to U$500 per Man Day for Licensor's personnel;

      (b) Licensee shall take appropriate steps necessary to protect and ensure the safety of Licensor's personnel and their property, including without limitation, against war, war-like operation, terror, revolution, civil commotion, catastrophe and acts of public enemies. Licensor reserves the right to  instruct any or all of its dispatched personnel to return to Korea, or such other place as it may designate, at Licensee's expense  when, in Licensor's sole judgment , one of the above-mentioned situations arises which may endanger the safety and well-being of such personnel.

- 기술자 파견에 따른 안전보장은 실시자 부담임

      (c) Licensee is responsible for obtaining any permits or authorizations required for Licensor's personnel to enter China to provide services hereunder, and to bring any related materials required by Licensor.

- 기술자 파견에 따른 출입국 보장은 실시자 부담

    (d) The number of such personnel, the period of their stay at Licensee's plant and other terms and conditions not set forth herein shall be agreed upon between the Parties on a case by case basis.

2.4   TRAINING

At the request of Licensee, Licensor will, during the Technical Cooperation Period, provide training on the use of the Technical Documentation for Licensee's employees (the "Trainees") at Licensor's place or other places designated by Licensor, subject to the following terms and conditions:

      (i) Licensor and Licensee shall agree on the most efficient training program for the Trainees;

      (ii) Licensee shall bear all the cost and expenses relating to the Trainees, including but not limited to their salaries, round trip airfare between China and Korea, lodgings and meals of Trainees in Korea, transportation and insurance;

      (iii) Licensor shall provide working lunches for the trainees during working days and transportation for the trainees between dormitory and training site.

      (iv) Licensee shall pay to Licensor as training fee, payable upon demand, US$300 per Trainee per day, as the compensation of training services provided by Licensor;

      (v) Licensee shall instruct the Trainees to observe and abide by all rules and regulations of Licensor and the laws of Korea during their training period;

      (vi) All Trainees shall be insured at the expense of Licensee by an internationally recognized accident compensation insurance during the entire training period between their departure from and return to China;

      (vii) Licensee shall indemnify and hold harmless Licensor against any loss, damage, claim, liabilities, cost or expense arising out of any act of a Trainee or any injury or death of the Trainee or any damage to his/her property.

2.5   SUPPORT OF TESTS

Pursuant to the terms of a purchase order, sale agreement or other document to be separately agreed by the Parties or Licensee and Delphi, Licensor will support the necessary manufacturing Part Production Approval Process validation tests for the Licensed Products.

2.6   SAMPLE TEST AND VERIFICATION

Before distribution and sale of any of the Licensed Product manufactured or assembled hereunder, Licensee shall submit, at its expense, samples of the Licensed Product for approval by Licensor. Licensor shall promptly conduct appropriate tests on such samples and advise Licensee of the results thereof. The costs of any tests on the samples shall be responsibility of Licensee, and Licensor shall advise Licensee of the test fees in advance.

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11. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

11.1 The Parties ’Representations and Warranties.

Each Party hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the other Party, as of the Effective Date (or as of the Closing Date in the case of Section 11.1(h)), that:

(a) such Party (i) is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and (ii) has full power and authority and the legal right to own and operate its property and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and as it is contemplated to be conducted by this Agreement;

(b) such Party has sufficient legal and/or beneficial title under its intellectual property rights necessary for the purposes contemplated under this Agreement and to grant the licenses contained in this Agreement;

(c) such Party is not aware of any pending or threatened litigation, nor has it received any notice of claim, alleging that it has violated or would violate, through the manufacture, import and/or sale of Licensed Products hereunder, or by conducting its obligations as currently proposed under this Agreement, any intellectual property or other rights of any Third Party;

(d) to such Party’s knowledge, all of its employees, officers, independent contractors, consultants and agents have executed agreements requiring assignment to such Party of all inventions made during the course of and as a result of their association with such Party and obligating the individual to maintain as confidential the Confidential Information of such Party;

(e) such Party has the power, authority and legal right, and is free to enter into this Agreement and, in so doing, will not violate any other agreement to which such Party is a party as of the Effective Date and such Party has maintained and will maintain and keep in full force and effect all agreements and regulatory filings necessary to perform its obligations under the Agreement and, during the Term, such Party shall not enter into any agreement with a Third Party that will conflict with the rights granted to the other Party under this Agreement;

(f) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Party and is enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general application affecting the enforcement of creditor rights and judicial principles affecting the availability of specific performance and general principles of equity;

(g) such Party has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement;

(h) such Party has obtained all consents, approvals and authorizations of all Regulatory Authorities and other Third Parties reasonably deemed necessary by such Party to be obtained in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder;

(i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of such Party’s obligations hereunder: (i) do not conflict with or violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, limited partnership agreement or any similar instrument of such Party, as applicable, in any material way; (ii) to such Party’s knowledge, do not conflict with, violate or breach or constitute a default or require any consent under any indenture, mortgage, contract or instrument to which it is party or by which it is bound; and (iii) to such Party’s knowledge, do not conflict with, violate, or breach or constitute a default or require any consent under, any requirement of Applicable Laws or court or administrative order by which such Party is bound;

(j) except in connection with or related to the settlement between Licensee A and the United States Department of Justice, announced on September 1, 2010, neither such Party, nor any of such Party’s employees, officers, independent contractors, consultants or agents who will render services relating to Licensed Products: (i) has ever been debarred or is subject to debarment or convicted of a crime for which an entity or person could be debarred under 21 U.S.C. Section 335a; or (ii) has ever been under indictment for a crime for which a person or entity could be debarred under said Section 335a. If during the Term a Party has reason to believe that it or any of its employees, officers, independent contractors, consultants or agents rendering services relating to Licensed Products: (x) is or will be debarred or convicted of a crime under 21 U.S.C. Section 335a; or (y) is or will be under indictment under said Section 335a, then such Party shall immediately notify the other Party of same in writing; and

(k) such Party currently has no research or development project, or agreement with any Third Party, that, in such Party’s reasonable scientific or business judgement, (i) requires or is likely to require changes to the Development Plan attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1, or (ii) is likely to interfere with such Party’s ability to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

11.2 Representations and Warranties of Licensor M.

Licensor M hereby represents, and warrants and covenants to Licensee A, as of the Effective Date, that:

(a) Licensor M is the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest, in, to and under the Licensed Intellectual Property in the Territory;

(b) M is the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest, in, to under the Licensed Intellectual Property necessary or useful in the Manufacture of Licensed Products;

(c) M has sufficient rights to grant the rights and licenses granted herein, free and clear of any security interests, claims, encumbrances or charges of any kind that would conflict in any material respect with the rights and licenses granted hereunder;

(d) M has not assigned or granted to any Third Party any rights under the Licensed Intellectual Property that cover Licensed Products in the Territory except as granted to independent contractors in the ordinary course of business in connection with M's research, Development and Manufacturing of Licensed Products, and consistent with the terms and intent of this Agreement;

(e) (i) M has not received any written notice from any Third Party asserting or alleging that any Development, Manufacturing, or Commercialization of the Licensed Products has infringed or misappropriated any Patent or intellectual property right of such Third Party, (ii) to the knowledge of M, the manufacture, use, offer for sale, sale or importation of Licensed Products in the Territory has not infringed and, as of the Effective Date, will not infringe, any Patent of any Third Party or misappropriate any technology of any Third Party, and (iii) there are no pending, and, to the knowledge of M, no threatened, adverse actions, suits, arbitrations, litigations, or proceedings of any nature, civil, criminal, regulatory or otherwise, in law or in equity, against M or any of its Affiliates alleging that the Development, Manufacture, Commercialization or other exploitation of Licensed Products has infringed any Patent, or misappropriated any intellectual property right of any Third Party;

(f) to Licensor M’s knowledge, the issued Patents within the M Patent Rights in the Territory are valid and enforceable;

(g) all applicable maintenance and renewal fees with respect to the M Patent Rights in the Territory have been paid and all documents, and certificates required to be filed for the purpose of maintaining such M Patent Rights have been filed;

(h) to Licensor M’s knowledge, no Third Party has asserted that any Licensed Intellectual Property is invalid or not enforceable;

(i) (i) other than as disclosed by M in writing to A prior to the Effective Date, none of the M Patent Rights, were developed with federal or state funding from any Governmental Authority, (ii) no Governmental Authority has any march in rights or other rights to use the Licensed Intellectual Property in the Territory, and (iii) neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the performance hereof by M will result in the breach of, or give rise to, any right of termination, rescission, renegotiation or acceleration under, or trigger any other rights under, any agreement or contract to which M is a party, or to which it may be subject, that relates to the Licensed Products;

(j) no written communication has been received by M from any Third Party that alleges, and there is no pending litigation that alleges, that (i) any issued M Patent is invalid or unenforceable as of the Effective Date, or (ii) any patent application included in the M Patents, if issued, would be, invalid or unenforceable;

(k) to the knowledge of Licensor M, no Third Party (i) is infringing any M Patent Rights or has misappropriated any M Know-How, or (ii) has challenged the ownership, scope, duration, validity, enforceability, priority or right to use any M Patent Rights (including, by way of example, through the institution of or written threat of institution of interference, re-examination, review, supplemental examination, derivation proceeding, protest, opposition, nullity or similar invalidity proceeding before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any analogous foreign entity) or any M Know-How;

(l) the Licensed Intellectual Property licensed to Licensee A hereunder constitutes all of the intellectual property rights Controlled by M that are necessary for A to Commercialize Licensed Products in the Territory;

(m) to Licensor M’s knowledge, M has complied in all material respects with all Applicable Laws in the prosecution and maintenance of the M Patent Rights in the Territory;

(n) all of Licensor M’s and its Affiliates’ employees, officers, and consultants/contractors involved in the research, Manufacture or Development of Licensed Products are and have been obligated to assign to M or such Affiliate, as the case may be, all Inventions claimed in the M Patent Rights and to maintain as confidential the Confidential Information of M or such Affiliate, as applicable; and

(o) all inventors of any Inventions included within the M Patent Rights and M Know-How have assigned their entire right, title, and interest in and to such Inventions and the corresponding Patents and Information to M and have been listed in the M Patent Rights as inventors.

KASAN_특허기술, 영업비밀 실시허락, 기술이전, 라이선스 영문계약서에서 진술 및 보증조항 REPRESENTATI

9. INVENTIONS, KNOW-HOW AND PATENTS.

9.1 Existing Intellectual Property.

ALL EXISTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF EITHER PARTY, INCLUDING ALL PATENTS, INFORMATION, AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNED BY SUCH PARTY AS OF THEEFFECTIVE DATE, SHALL REMAIN THE SOLE PROPERTY OF SUCH PARTY, SUBJECT TO THE RIGHTS AND LICENSES GRANTED TO THE OTHER PARTY UNDER SUCH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT. OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY GRANTS ANY RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN ANY PATENT, INFORMATION, OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT CONTROLLED BY SUCH PARTY TO THE OTHER PARTY.

9.2 Ownership of Inventions.

(a) Ownership of inventions, developments or discoveries, in each case, with respect to Licensed Products, whether patentable or non-patentable, invented or otherwise discovered or generated during the Term in the course of performing each Party’s obligations under this Agreement and the Development Plan (“Inventions”), and any and all intellectual property rights therein, shall be determined in accordance with the rules of inventorship in accordance with United States patent law.

For clarity, (i) Licensor M shall solely own any Inventions and intellectual property rights therein that are made, conceived, reduced to practice, authored, or otherwise discovered solely by M or any of its employees, Affiliates, licensees, sublicensees (where permitted), independent contractors, or agents including, without limitation, any Patent in which all of the claims included in such Patent claim only such solely owned Invention (the “M Inventions”), (ii) Licensee A shall solely own any Inventions and intellectual property rights therein that are made, conceived, reduced to practice, authored, or otherwise discovered solely by A or any of its employees, Affiliates, licensees, sublicensees (where permitted), independent contractors, or agents including, without limitation, any Patent in which all of the claims included in such Patent claim only such solely owned Invention (the “A Inventions”), and (iii) the Parties shall jointly own any Inventions and intellectual property rights therein that are made, conceived, reduced to practice, authored, or otherwise discovered jointly by the Parties or any of their employees, Affiliates, licensees, sublicensees (where permitted), independent contractors, or agents including, without limitation, any Patent on such jointly owned Invention (each, a “Joint Invention”).

Subject, in all cases, to the applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Party shall have the right to use and license such Joint Inventions and all intellectual property rights therein for any and all purposes without the need to account to or seek permission from the other Party; provided, however, that neither Party shall assign or transfer any such Joint Invention to a Third Party without the prior written consent of the other Party. For clarity, the foregoing shall not be construed as granting or conveying to either Party any license or other rights to the other Party’s other intellectual property rights, unless otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Patent from an A Invention claims priority to one or more Patents included in the M Patent Rights, and/or A reasonably believes that the claims of any Patent filed with respect to such A Invention would be anticipated by such M Patent Right in such a way as to prevent a Patent from issuing from such A Invention, A may, at its sole discretion, assign to M without additional consideration all of its right, title and interest in and to an A Invention (thereafter an “Assigned Invention”), and (i) all Assigned Inventions shall thereafter be added to the M Patent Rights and shall be subject to the licenses granted under this Agreement; provided that the license to such Assigned Inventions shall be non-royalty-bearing, and such Assigned Inventions shall not be included in any determination of the existence of Valid Claims for the purposes of determining the Royalty Term hereunder, and (ii) M hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not assert, at any time during the Term or thereafter, such Assigned Inventions against A (including its present and future Affiliates, successors, assigns, licensees, distributors, contractors, agents, and customers.

(c) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the Term, A hereby grants to M a non-exclusive, fully sublicenseable, transferable license under the A Inventions relating to formulations or methods of manufacturing formulations derived from the Licensed Intellectual Property (i) to make, have made, develop, use, sell, offer for sale and import Licensed Products outside the Territory, and (ii) to make and have made Licensed Products inside the Territory for or on behalf of A in accordance with the terms of the Supply Agreement. In the event of termination of this Agreement by A pursuant to Section 17.3(a), the license granted in this Section 9.2(c) shall become worldwide, subject to Section 17.3(c)(ii)(E). In the event of termination of this Agreement by M pursuant to Section 17.3(b), the license granted in this Section 9.2(c) shall become perpetual, worldwide and fully-paid.

9.3 Patent Prosecution and Maintenance.

(a) Subject to the terms of Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3(a) and 9.3(c), A shall have the sole right, in its reasonable discretion, to prepare, file, prosecute, conduct and control interferences, re-examinations, and post-issuance proceedings (including without limitation, post-grant review, inter parties review, derivation proceedings and supplemental examination before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the relevant local equivalent thereof; and applications for patent term extensions, supplementary protection certificates, or equivalents thereof), maintain, and enforce any Patents in the Territory related to the Licensed Products or included in M Patent Rights at A’s expense, in full compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and duties. A shall keep M timely apprised of all significant events concerning the filing, prosecution and maintenance of any Patents in the Territory related to the Licensed Products or included in M Patent Rights (including, without limitation, preparation of patent applications, filing of patent applications, office actions, responses to office actions, requests for reexamination, interference proceedings, term adjustments, requests for term extensions, and abandonment or discontinuation decisions), and shall consider and incorporate all reasonable input from M regarding such preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance. In the event that A elects not to prosecute and/or maintain any Patent included in the M Patent Rights in the Territory, it shall notify M of such election not to prosecute and maintain such M Patent Rights not less than thirty (30) days prior to any patent office deadline, and M shall have the right, but not the obligation, to elect, upon written notification to), to perform such activities, at M’s expense (such rights, the “Abandoned Patent Rights”, provided that if M elects to take over the prosecution and maintenance of such Abandoned Patent Rights, A shall assign to M without additional consideration all of its right, title and interest in and to such Abandoned Patent Rights, and cooperate with and take reasonable additional actions and execute such agreements, instruments, and documents as may be reasonably required to perfect right, title and interest in, to and under such Abandoned Patent Rights. Following such assignment, such Abandoned Patent Rights shall no longer be included within the scope of the M Patent Rights, or subject to the licenses granted hereunder.

(b) Subject to the terms of this Section 9.3(b) and Section 9.3(c), M shall have the sole right, in its sole discretion, to prepare, file, prosecute, conduct and control interferences, re-examinations, and post-issuance proceedings (including without limitation, post-grant review, inter parties review, derivation proceedings and supplemental examination before the Korean Intellectual Property Office; and applications for patent term extensions, supplementary protection certificates, or equivalents thereof), maintain, and enforce any Patents outside the Territory related to the Licensed Products or included in MEDYTOX Patent Rights at M’s expense, in full compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and duties. M shall keep A timely apprised of all significant events concerning the prosecution and maintenance of any Patents outside the Territory related to the Licensed Products or included in M Patent Rights (including, without limitation, preparation of patent applications, filing of patent applications, office actions, responses to office actions, requests for re-examination, interference proceedings, term adjustments, requests for term extensions, and abandonment or discontinuation decisions), and shall reasonably consider and incorporate, in good faith, all reasonable input from A regarding such preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance.

(c) Each Party shall provide the other Party all reasonable assistance and cooperation, at the other Party’s request and expense, in the patent prosecution efforts provided above in this Section 9.3 and in Section 9.4, including providing any necessary Information, and powers of attorney, and executing and delivering any other required documents or instruments for such patent prosecution. Each Party shall execute and deliver to the other assignments with respect to any Joint Inventions, A Inventions, and M Inventions, as applicable, in a mutually agreeable form and will take whatever actions reasonably necessary (including the appointment of the other Party as its attorney in fact solely to make such assignment) to effect such assignment. The prosecuting Party under this Section 9.3 agrees to conduct such prosecution toward the objective of optimizing overall patent protection for Licensed Products.

(d) Within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, M shall deliver to A copies of all patent prosecution files relating to the M Patent Rights in the Territory.

9.4 Joint Patents.

(a) Subject to this Section 9.4(a), A shall prepare, file, prosecute and maintain Patents derived from Joint Inventions (“Joint Patents”) in the Territory in the names of M and A as co-owners, and shall bear its own internal costs thereof, and the external costs for such prosecution (e.g., outside counsel, filing fees, etc.). A shall keep M timely apprised of all significant events concerning the prosecution and maintenance of any Joint Patents in the Territory (including, without limitation, preparation of patent applications, filing of patent applications, office actions, responses to office actions, requests for re-examination, interference proceedings, term adjustments, requests for term extensions, and abandonment or discontinuation decisions), and shall reasonably consider and incorporate, in good faith, all reasonable input from M regarding such preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance. In any event, A will not finally abandon, disclaim, or dedicate to the public any claims or limit any claims specific to Licensed Products in the Territory without M’s prior written consent.

(b) Subject to this Section 9.4(b), M shall prepare, file, prosecute and maintain Joint Patents outside the Territory in the names of M and A as co-owners, and shall bear its own internal costs thereof, and the external costs for such prosecution (e.g., outside counsel, filing fees, etc.). M shall keep A timely apprised of all significant events concerning the prosecution and maintenance of any Joint Patents outside the Territory (including, without limitation, preparation of patent applications, filing of patent applications, office actions, responses to office actions, requests for reexamination, interference proceedings, term adjustments, requests for term extensions, and abandonment or discontinuation decisions), and shall reasonably consider and incorporate, in good faith, all reasonable input from A regarding such preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance. In any event, M will not finally abandon, disclaim, or dedicate to the public any claims or limit any claims specific to Licensed Products outside the Territory without A’s prior written consent

9.5 Third Party Infringement Claims.

(a) Notice. If the Development, Manufacture, import, use, Commercialization or sale of a Licensed Product in the Territory results in a claim by a Third Party alleging infringement of a Patent owned or controlled by such Third Party (“Third Party Claim”), the Party first having notice of such claim shall promptly notify the other Party in writing. The notice shall set forth the facts of the Third Party Claim in reasonable detail, and the Parties shall agree on and enter into a “common interest agreement” wherein the Parties agree to their shared, mutual interest in the outcome of such potential dispute, and thereafter, the Parties shall promptly meet to consider the claim or assertion and the appropriate course of action.

(b) Defense. Subject to M’s indemnification obligations under Section 15.2(d), A shall have control over the handling and be responsible for defending any Third Party Claim in the Territory including, without limitation, the selection of counsel and settlement, but shall consult with M regarding the strategy for such defense and keep M apprised of the status of, and substantive developments in, the case. In the event that M is named as a defendant in such litigation, counsel representing A shall also represent M to the extent permitted under Applicable Laws at A’s cost and expense. In the event that M retains separate counsel for such defense, all reasonable costs and expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by M. If A recovers monetary damages in such claim, suit or action, such recovery shall first be allocated to the reimbursement of any expenses incurred by A in such litigation (including, for this purpose, a reasonable allocation of expenses of internal counsel). If after such reimbursement any funds remain from such damages or other sums recovered, such remaining funds shall be included in Net Sales subject to the royalty payment by A to M pursuant to Section 8.3.

9.6 Enforcement of M Patent Rights Against Third Parties.

(a) Each Party shall notify the other Party promptly of any conduct on the part of a Third Party that it reasonably believes may be a potential infringement of M Patent Rights in the Territory, including the facts of such alleged infringement in reasonable detail. The Parties shall thereafter reasonably cooperate to promptly determine whether and the extent of any such infringement.

(b) A shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to enforce M Patent Rights or Joint Patents against any such infringing activities in the Territory, at A’s expense. If A fails to initiate litigation or take steps to abate such infringement with respect to M Patent Rights within ninety (90) days of a written request by M to do so, M, in its discretion, may undertake such action as it deems necessary to enforce the M Patent Rights or Joint Patents in the Territory, at M’s expense.

(c) Each Party agrees to cooperate fully and provide each other with information or assistance that the other Party may reasonable request in connection with any litigation initiated pursuant to this Section 9.6, including voluntarily consenting to be named as a plaintiff in an action commenced by the other Party.

(d) The Party initiating the action under Section 9.6(b) shall have control over the handling of the litigation, including the selection of counsel and settlement; provided, however, that no Party shall settle any action in a manner that will substantively adversely affect the rights of the other Party (including without limitation the licenses granted herein) without the consent of such other Party, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld and, further provided that such other Party shall have the right, at its expense (except in the case of a conflict), to be represented in such action by separate counsel of its own choice. The Party controlling such litigation shall keep the other Party reasonably informed about the status and developments in such action, including considering, in good faith, the input of the other Party regarding the strategy and handling of the litigation.

(e) If A initiates any action under Section 9.6(b), A shall be entitled to offset all reasonable outside counsel fees and expenses (including expert fees and expenses, but excluding the costs of non-conflicted, separate counsel of a Party) of any such action against the royalty payments due to M under Section 8.3.

All recoveries, lumpsum settlements, royalty payments or other consideration received by the Parties as a result of any such litigation or settlement of any infringement (directed by either Party) shall be deemed to be Net Sales for the purposes of calculating the royalties due under Section 8.3.

9.7 Regulatory Data Protection.

To the extent required by or permitted by Law, A will, at its reasonable discretion, decide whether to list with the applicable Regulatory Authorities during the Term any applicable M Patent Rights covering any Licensed Product that A intends to, or has begun to, Commercialize, and that has become the subject of an application for Regulatory Approval submitted to the FDA or any equivalent Regulatory Authority in any jurisdiction.

In the event A desires to include in such listing any M Patent Right, then the Parties shall discuss such request in good faith and M will not unreasonably withhold consent to such listing, and will provide A all reasonable assistance and cooperation, at A’s request and expense, in the listing efforts, including providing any necessary Information, and powers of attorney, and executing and delivering any other required documents or instruments for such listing; provided that it shall not be unreasonable for M to withhold its consent if such extension would materially adversely affect such M Patent Right.

Such listings may include all so called “Orange Book” listings required under the Hatch-Waxman Act or listing of Patents as provided in the patent dispute resolution procedures of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 or under 42 U.S.C. § 262(l) or similar provisions in the Territory during the Term. Prior to such decision on listings, the Parties will meet to evaluate and identify all applicable Patents to be listed and A shall reasonably incorporate and address suggestions provided by M as to the listing or non-listing of any applicable Patents.

9.9 No Challenge to Licensed Patent Rights. Licensee A shall not, during the Term, challenge or assist others to challenge the validity, scope, or enforceability of, or otherwise oppose, any Patent included in the Licensor M Patent Rights.

KASAN_특허실시, 기술이전, 라이선스 계약서에서 개량발명, 특허출원, 등록 및 유지, 공유쟁점, 특허침해소송,

KASAN_특허실시, 기술이전, 공동연구개발, 라이선스 등 국제계약에서 분쟁해결수단 중재조항 관련된 분쟁사례 및 실

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조정 정의

조정(Mediation)은 분쟁 당사자가 조정인의 도움을 받아 당사자 사이의 대화와 상호양해를 통하여 조리(條理)를 바탕으로 분쟁을 실정에 맞게 자율적으로 해결하는 제도입니다. 중립적인 제3자인 조정인이 분쟁 당사자간의 합의를 통해 분쟁을 해결하도록 도와주는 ADR 제도 중의 하나가 조정(調停)입니다.

분쟁을 조정에 의하여 해결하기로 하는 합의를 조정합의(調停合意)라고 합니다. 대한상사중재원의 조정을 이용하기 위해서는 분쟁 당사자간에 체결한 계약서나 합의서 등에 '대한상사중재원의 조정규칙에 의한 조정 또는 대한상사중재원의 조정에 따라 해결하기로 합의한 경우' 즉 조정합의가 있는 경우에 해당하여야 합니다.

조정합의는 사전 합의(조정 조항)나 사후 조정합의 형식으로 할 수 있습니다.

당사자간에 조정합의가 없는 경우나 사후 조정합의가 곤란한 경우 일방 당사자(신청인)는 중재원에 조정참여 권유요청을 할 수 있습니다. 이 경우 중재원은 타방 당사자(피신청인)에게 조정참여 권유요청을 하고, 피신청인이 동의하면 조정절차를 진행하게 됩니다.

조정인의 역할

조정인은 당사자들이 분쟁을 우호적으로 해결하도록 협조하여야 합니다. 조정인은 당사자간의 거래관행 및 분쟁과 관련된 제반 상황 등을 고려하여 공정하고 객관적이며, 형평과 선의 원칙에 따라 분쟁을 조정하여야 합니다. 조정인은 언제든지 구두 또는 서면으로 당사자들에게 조정안을 제시할 수 있습니다.

조정인의 의무

조정인은 조정에 관하여 공정성과 독립성을 유지하여야 합니다. 조정인은 그 자신의 공정성 또는 독립성에 관하여 정당한 의문을 야기시킬 수 있는 사유가 있을 때에는 지체없이 이를 사무국에 고지하여야 합니다. 사무국은 조정인으로부터 그러한 고지를 받으면 즉시 당사자들에게 통지합니다.

조정절차 개요

KASAN_대한상사중재원의 조정 (Mediation) 개요 설명 – 중재(Arbitration)와 엄격하게 구별.p

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제3조(정의) 이 법에서 사용하는 용어의 뜻은 다음과 같다.

1. "중재"란 당사자 간의 합의로 재산권상의 분쟁 및 당사자가 화해에 의하여 해결할 수 있는 비재산권상의 분쟁을 법원의 재판에 의하지 아니하고 중재인의 판정에 의하여 해결하는 절차를 말한다.

2. "중재합의"란 계약상의 분쟁인지 여부에 관계없이 일정한 법률관계에 관하여 당사자 간에 이미 발생하였거나 앞으로 발생할 수 있는 분쟁의 전부 또는 일부를 중재에 의하여 해결하도록 하는 당사자 간의 합의를 말한다.

제8조(중재합의의 방식) ① 중재합의는 독립된 합의 또는 계약에 중재조항을 포함하는 형식으로 할 수 있다. ② 중재합의는 서면으로 하여야 한다.

③ 다음 각 호의 어느 하나에 해당하는 경우는 서면에 의한 중재합의로 본다.

1. 구두나 행위, 그 밖의 어떠한 수단에 의하여 이루어진 것인지 여부와 관계없이 중재합의의 내용이 기록된 경우

2. 전보, 전신, 팩스, 전자우편 또는 그 밖의 통신수단에 의하여 교환된 전자적 의사표시에 중재합의가 포함된 경우. 다만, 그 중재합의의 내용을 확인할 수 없는 경우는 제외한다.

3. 어느 한쪽 당사자가 당사자 간에 교환된 신청서 또는 답변서의 내용에 중재합의가 있는 것을 주장하고 상대방 당사자가 이에 대하여 다투지 아니하는 경우

④ 계약이 중재조항을 포함한 문서를 인용하고 있는 경우에는 중재합의가 있는 것으로 본다. 다만, 중재조항을 그 계약의 일부로 하고 있는 경우로 한정한다.

제9조(중재합의와 법원에의 제소) ① 중재합의의 대상인 분쟁에 관하여 소가 제기된 경우에 피고가 중재합의가 있다는 항변을 하였을 때에는 법원은 그 소를 각하하여야 한다. 다만, 중재합의가 없거나 무효이거나 효력을 상실하였거나 그 이행이 불가능한 경우에는 그러하지 아니하다. ② 피고는 제1항의 항변을 본안에 관한 최초의 변론을 할 때까지 하여야 한다. ③ 제1항의 소가 법원에 계속 중인 경우에도 중재판정부는 중재절차를 개시 또는 진행하거나 중재판정을 내릴 수 있다.

제35조(중재판정의 효력) 중재판정은 양쪽 당사자 간에 법원의 확정판결과 동일한 효력을 가진다. 다만, 제38조에 따라 승인 또는 집행이 거절되는 경우에는 그러하지 아니하다.

제36조(중재판정 취소의 소) ① 중재판정에 대한 불복은 법원에 중재판정 취소의 소를 제기하는 방법으로만 할 수 있다.

② 법원은 다음 각 호의 어느 하나에 해당하는 경우에만 중재판정을 취소할 수 있다.

1. 중재판정의 취소를 구하는 당사자가 다음 각 목의 어느 하나에 해당하는 사실을 증명하는 경우

가. 중재합의의 당사자가 해당 준거법에 따라 중재합의 당시 무능력자였던 사실 또는 중재합의가 당사자들이 지정한 법에 따라 무효이거나 그러한 지정이 없는 경우에는 대한민국의 법에 따라 무효인 사실

나. 중재판정의 취소를 구하는 당사자가 중재인의 선정 또는 중재절차에 관하여 적절한 통지를 받지 못하였거나 그 밖의 사유로 변론을 할 수 없었던 사실

다. 중재판정이 중재합의의 대상이 아닌 분쟁을 다룬 사실 또는 중재판정이 중재합의의 범위를 벗어난 사항을 다룬 사실. 다만, 중재판정이 중재합의의 대상에 관한 부분과 대상이 아닌 부분으로 분리될 수 있는 경우에는 대상이 아닌 중재판정 부분만을 취소할 수 있다.

라. 중재판정부의 구성 또는 중재절차가 이 법의 강행규정에 반하지 아니하는 당사자 간의 합의에 따르지 아니하였거나 그러한 합의가 없는 경우에는 이 법에 따르지 아니하였다는 사실

2. 법원이 직권으로 다음 각 목의 어느 하나에 해당하는 사유가 있다고 인정하는 경우

가. 중재판정의 대상이 된 분쟁이 대한민국의 법에 따라 중재로 해결될 수 없는 경우

나. 중재판정의 승인 또는 집행이 대한민국의 선량한 풍속이나 그 밖의 사회질서에 위배되는 경우

③ 중재판정 취소의 소는 중재판정의 취소를 구하는 당사자가 중재판정의 정본을 받은 날부터 또는 제34조에 따른 정정ㆍ해석 또는 추가 판정의 정본을 받은 날부터 3개월 이내에 제기하여야 한다. ④ 해당 중재판정에 관하여 대한민국의 법원에서 내려진 승인 또는 집행 결정이 확정된 후에는 중재판정 취소의 소를 제기할 수 없다.

제37조(중재판정의 승인과 집행) ① 중재판정은 제38조 또는 제39조에 따른 승인 거부사유가 없으면 승인된다. 다만, 당사자의 신청이 있는 경우에는 법원은 중재판정을 승인하는 결정을 할 수 있다. ② 중재판정에 기초한 집행은 당사자의 신청에 따라 법원에서 집행결정으로 이를 허가하여야 할 수 있다. ③ 중재판정의 승인 또는 집행을 신청하는 당사자는 중재판정의 정본이나 사본을 제출하여야 한다. 다만, 중재판정이 외국어로 작성되어 있는 경우에는 한국어 번역문을 첨부하여야 한다. ④ 제1항 단서 또는 제2항의 신청이 있는 때에는 법원은 변론기일 또는 당사자 쌍방이 참여할 수 있는 심문기일을 정하고 당사자에게 이를 통지하여야 한다. ⑤ 제1항 단서 또는 제2항에 따른 결정은 이유를 적어야 한다. 다만, 변론을 거치지 아니한 경우에는 이유의 요지만을 적을 수 있다. ⑥ 제1항 단서 또는 제2항에 따른 결정에 대해서는 즉시항고를 할 수 있다. ⑦ 제6항의 즉시항고는 집행정지의 효력을 가지지 아니한다. 다만, 항고법원(재판기록이 원심법원에 남아 있을 때에는 원심법원을 말한다)은 즉시항고에 대한 결정이 있을 때까지 담보를 제공하게 하거나 담보를 제공하게 하지 아니하고 원심재판의 집행을 정지하거나 집행절차의 전부 또는 일부를 정지하도록 명할 수 있으며, 담보를 제공하게 하고 그 집행을 계속하도록 명할 수 있다. ⑧ 제7항 단서에 따른 결정에 대해서는 불복할 수 없다.

KASAN_중재법 주요조항 정리.pdf

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19.1 Change of Control

(a) Upon a change of control of MEDYTOX, ALLERGAN, in its sole discretion, shall have the right to provide written notice to MEDYTOX that, effective as of the date of such written notice, (a) ALLERGAN shall have no obligation to provide any forward looking reports to MEDYTOX pursuant to Section 3.1(e) or otherwise under the terms of this Agreement, (b) the license granted by ALLERGAN to MEDYTOX pursuant to Section 9.2(c) shall terminate and all rights granted to MEDYTOX pursuant to such Section 9.2(c) shall revert to ALLERGAN, (c) any and all rights held by MEDYTOX with respect to ALLERGAN Data pursuant to Section 4.7 shall terminate and all rights held by MEDYTOX pursuant to Section 4.7 shall revert to ALLERGAN, and (d) any and all rights held by MEDYTOX with respect to Patents covering the use of products for Indications pursuant to Section 4.7(c) shall terminate and all rights held by MEDYTOX with respect to such Patents shall revert to ALLERGAN.

(b) For purposes of this Section 19.1, the term “change of control” shall mean the closing of (i) any consolidation or merger of MEDYTOX with or into any other corporation or entity, (ii) a sale of either substantially all of the assets of or a substantial portion of the stock in MEDYTOX, or (iii) any other transaction or series of related transactions; provided that, in each of cases (i), (ii) and (iii), as a result of such consolidation, merger, sale or other transaction(s), after such closing at least fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of MEDYTOX, or the surviving entity, or the parent of the surviving entity shall be owned by a competitor of Allergan in neurotoxin business except the stockholders of MEDYTOX immediately prior to the closing thereof. Not later than the date of any public announcement that MEDYTOX may undergo, or anticipates undergoing, a change of control, MEDYTOX shall provide written notice thereof to ALLERGAN including in such written notice the identity of the party or parties in the consolidation, merger, sale or other transaction(s) that, if completed, would constitute a change of control of MEDYTOX. In addition, after delivery of such written notice to ALLERGAN, MEDYTOX shall provide assistance to ALLERGAN, as requested and reasonably required by ALLERGAN, to permit ALLERGAN to evaluate whether to exercise its rights under this Section 19.1.

19.2 Agency

Neither Party is, nor shall be deemed to be, an employee, agent, partner or co-venturer, or legal representative of the other Party for any purpose. Neither Party shall be entitled to enter into any contracts in the name of, or on behalf of the other Party, assume any obligations for the other Party or make any representations or warranties on behalf of that other Party, nor shall either Party be entitled to pledge the credit of the other Party in any way or hold itself out as having the authority to do so.

19.3 Assignment.

Neither this Agreement, nor any of the rights and obligations hereunder shall be assigned or, except as expressly permitted hereby, delegated, by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned); provided, however, (i) the assignment of this Agreement by operation of law pursuant to a merger or consolidation of either Party with or into any Third Party shall, regardless of the identity of the surviving entity to such merger or consolidation, be permitted, (ii) either Party, without such consent, may assign its rights and delegate its obligations hereunder to an Affiliate thereof without obtaining such consent, and (iii) either Party, without such consent, may assign its rights and delegate its obligations hereunder to a successor entity or acquirer of such Party or of all or substantially all of such Party’s business to which this Agreement relates. In the event of an assignment of this Agreement or any of the rights and obligations hereunder pursuant to this Section 19.3, the assigning Party shall remain primarily liable for the full and timely performance by the assignee of all its obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of, the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assignees and the name of a Party appearing herein shall be deemed to include the names of such Party’s successor’s and permitted assigns to the extent necessary to carry out the intent of this Agreement. Any assignment not in accordance with this Section 19.3 shall be null and void.

19.4 Further Actions.

Each Party agrees to execute, acknowledge, and deliver such further instruments, and to do all such other acts, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.

19.5 Enforcement of Rights and Obligations.

Any obligation of MEDYTOX under this Agreement shall be deemed fully performed if performed with respect to any one of AP Ireland, APHI or Allergan, Inc. MEDYTOX shall be entitled to enforce its rights under this Agreement against any one of AP Ireland, APHI or Allergan, Inc., and each of the foregoing ALLERGAN parties shall remain jointly and severally liable to MEDYTOX for any and all obligations of ALLERGAN under this Agreement.

19.6 Notice.

All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally or by facsimile transmission (receipt verified), mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested), postage prepaid, or sent by express courier service, to the Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified by like notice; provided that notices of a change of address shall be effective only upon receipt thereof):

19.7 Amendment

No amendment, modification, or supplement of any provisions of this Agreement shall be valid or effective unless made in writing and signed by a duly authorized officer of each Party.

19.8 Waiver.

No provision of this Agreement shall be waived by any act, 19.8 omission or knowledge of a Party or its agents or employees except by an instrument in writing expressly waiving such provision and signed by a duly authorized officer of the waiving Party.

19.9 Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts and by facsimile or other electronic transmission, each of which shall be deemed an original and when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

19.10 Construction.

The descriptive headings of this Agreement are for convenience only, and shall be of no force or effect in construing or interpreting any of the provisions of this Agreement. Except where the context otherwise requires, wherever used the singular shall include the plural, the plural the singular, the use of any gender shall be applicable to all genders. The language of this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language mutually chosen by the Parties and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against either Party hereto.

19.11 Severability.

Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Laws, but, if any provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid under Applicable Laws or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of this Agreement. In the event of such invalidity, the Parties shall seek to agree on an alternative enforceable provision that preserves the original purpose of this Agreement.

19.12 Governing Law; Jurisdiction.

This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of New York, USA, without regard to its or any other jurisdiction’s choice of law rules that would result in the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, USA. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement that is not subject to a Party’s final decision authority pursuant to Section 3.2(c) shall be finally settled by binding arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce in effect at the time of arbitration. The arbitration shall be conducted in Singapore, before a tribunal of three arbitrators, of whom one shall be nominated by MEDYTOX, one shall be nominated by ALLERGAN, and the third one shall be selected by the foregoing two nominees. The arbitration proceedings shall be in English. All decisions of the arbitration tribunal shall be final and binding on the Parties and shall be enforceable in accordance with their terms.

19.13 Compliance with Applicable Laws.

Each Party will comply with all Applicable Laws, including, where applicable, then-current Good Laboratory Practices, and then-current Good Manufacturing Practices, and then-current Good Clinical Practices, in performing its obligations and exercising its rights hereunder, including without limitation the performance of activities connected with the Development, Manufacture, and Commercialization (as applicable) of Licensed Products under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to permit ALLERGAN to export, re-export or otherwise transfer any Information transferred hereunder or Licensed Products manufactured therefrom without complying with Applicable Laws.

19.14 Entire Agreement.

This Agreement, and the Exhibits, schedules and other attachments hereto, together with the Supply Agreement, the Quality Agreement, and the Confidential Disclosure Agreement, constitute and contain the complete, final and exclusive understanding and agreement of the Parties, and cancel and supersede any and all prior and contemporaneous negotiations, correspondence, understandings and agreements, whether oral or written, between the Parties respecting the subject matter hereof, and neither Party shall be liable or bound to any other Party in any manner by any representations, warranties, covenants, or agreements except as specifically set forth herein or therein. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any Party, other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided herein.

KASAN_미국회사 – 한국회사 사이 기술이전, 라이선스, 생산납품 영문계약서에 사용된 일반조항 GENERAL PR

당연 위법 사항 - per se illegal

► price fixing, ► output restraint, ► market division, ► group boycott, ► resale price maintenance

경쟁제한성과 합리성 판단 사항 - Rule of Reason 적용대상

Safeguards against the anticompetitive concerns 

► horizontal restraints

► tying arrangements (package licensing)

► exclusive dealing (territory, field of use, components, alternatives, etc.)

► cross-licensing and pooling arrangements

           . fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions

           . limiting to technically essential patents, not including alternatives

            . free to be licensed individually or in a package

            . worldwide non-exclusive

            . royalties on actual use of the patents

  . free to develop and use alternatives

           . grant back under non-exclusive, non-discriminatory licenses

  . no joint defense

► grant-back

► acquisition (exclusive licensing) of IPR

판단요소

1. Whether the restraint is likely to have anticompetitive effects?

2. Whether, under the relevant market context, the restraint is reasonably necessary to achieve pro-competitive efficiencies that outweigh anticompetitive effects?

Qualcomm 퀄컴 특허라이선스 계약의 불공정사항 수정 명령 - 미국법원 FTC v. Qualcomm 사건 2019. 5. 21. 선고 1심 판결 내용

(1) Qualcomm must not condition the supply of modem chips on a customer’s patent license status and Qualcomm must negotiate or renegotiate license terms with customers in good faith under conditions free from the threat of lack of access to or discriminatory provision of modem chip supply or associated technical support or access to software.

(2) Qualcomm must make exhaustive SEP licenses available to modem-chip suppliers on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory ("FRAND") terms and to submit, as necessary, to arbitral or judicial dispute resolution to determine such terms.

(3) Qualcomm may not enter express or de facto exclusive dealing agreements for the supply of modem chips.

(4) Qualcomm may not interfere with the ability of any customer to communicate with a government agency about a potential law enforcement or regulatory matter.

KASAN_기술이전, 특허라이선스 계약에서 공정거래법, Anti-trust & Fair Competition Law

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실무적 포인트

·         진술 및 보증 조항 Rep. & Warranty

Ø  소유권/license허여권 보증 (○)

Ø  계약대상 IP의 권리 유효성 보증 (적법 등록유지 ○, 절대적 유효성 ×)

Ø  제3자의 지재권 비침해 보증 (고의침해 ○, 기타 △)

·         면책 Indemnification

Ø  지재권 침해 claim시 면책규정은 license, 공동연구발 계약협상에서 쟁점이 많은 규정

Ø  특허를 제외한 copyright등 기타 권리에 대해서는 indemnification을 대부분 수용하는 편이나, 특허에 대해서는 면책보장의 수용이 어려운 경우가 많음. 

Ø  전세계 특허의 사전조사는 현실적으로 불가능하고, 고의적으로 copy한 경우가 아니더라도 유사성이 존재하는 한 침해를 구성  

Ø  반면, 저작권 등의 경우는 제3자의 저작물을 copy한 경우가 아니라면, 독자개발에 의해 발명/발견된 경우는 유사성이 존재하더라도 침해를 구성치 않음.  

Ø  고의침해 경우(punitive damage대상이 됨) - 무제한 배상 보장 가능

Ø  기타 지재권 침해 claim경우 - 지불금액 총액 한도내에서 합의가 합리적  

Ø  제외: - 허여 용도 외 사용, 제공기술/제품의 임의 수정, 제공 외 기술/제품과 결합, 합성 등으로 인해 침해가 발생한 경우         

계약조항 영문 샘플

23. INDEMNIFICATION; INSURANCE; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. 

23.1 General Indemnification by Licensor. Licensor CyDex shall defend, indemnify and hold Licensee Hospira and its Affiliates and Sublicensees, and each of their respective directors, officers, agents and employees, harmless from and against any and all losses, judgments, damages, liabilities, settlements, penalties, fines, costs and expenses (including the reasonable costs and expenses of attorneys and other professionals) (collectively “Losses”) incurred as a result of any claim, demand, action or other proceeding (each, a “Claim”) by a Third Party, to the extent such Losses arise out of: (a) the manufacture, use, handling, promotion, marketing, distribution, importation, sale or offering for sale of Captisol by CyDex, its Affiliates or any of their agents, or (b) CyDex’s breach of this Agreement, including without limitation any of its representations and warranties set forth in Section 8, or (c) any negligent or willful misconduct by CyDex or its Affiliates or any of their respective distributors, officers, directors employees or agents, in each case to the extent that such Losses are not due to Hospira’s or any of its Affiliates’ or Sublicensees’, or any of their respective directors’, officers’, agents’ or employees’ breach of this Agreement or negligence or willful misconduct.

23.2 General Indemnification by Licensee. Licensee Hospira shall defend, indemnify and hold Licensor CyDex and its Affiliates, and each of their respective directors, officers, agents and employees, harmless from and against any and all Losses incurred as a result of any Claim by a Third Party, to the extent such Losses arise out of: (a) the manufacture, use, handling, promotion, marketing, distribution, importation, sale or offering for sale of the Finished Product by Hospira, its Affiliates and Sublicensees, or (b) Hospira’s breach of this Agreement, including without limitation any of its representations and warranties set forth in Section 8, or (c) any negligent or willful misconduct by Hospira or its Affiliates or any of their respective distributors, officers, directors employees or agents, in each case to the extent that such Losses are not due to CyDex’s or any of its Affiliates’ or any of their respective directors’, officers’, agents’ or employees’ breach of this Agreement or negligence or willful misconduct.

23.4 Procedure.

(a) The person intending to claim indemnification under Section 9 (an “Indemnified Party”) shall promptly notify the other party (the “Indemnifying Party”) of any Claim in respect of which the Indemnified Party intends to claim such indemnification, and a reasonable explanation of the basis for the Claim and the amount of alleged Losses to the extent of the facts then known by the Indemnified Party. (Notwithstanding the foregoing, no delay or deficiency on the part of the Indemnified Party in so notifying the Indemnifying Party will relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability or obligation under this Agreement except to the extent the Indemnifying Party has suffered actual prejudice directly caused by the delay or other deficiency.) The Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof; provided, however, that if the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ counsel separate from counsel employed by the Indemnifying Party in any such action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel employed by the Indemnified Party shall be at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnified Party unless the Indemnifying Party consents to the retention of such counsel or unless the named parties to any action or proceeding include both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party and a representation of both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to the actual or potential differing interests between them. And provided further that, if the Indemnifying Party shall fail to assume the defense of and reasonably defend such Claim, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain or assume control of such defense and the Indemnifying Party shall pay (as incurred and on demand) the fees and expenses of counsel retained by the Indemnified Party.

(b) The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for the indemnification of any Claim settled (or resolved by consent to the entry of judgment) without the written consent of the Indemnifying Party (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Also, if the Indemnifying Party shall control the defense of any such Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to settle such Claim; provided, that the Indemnifying Party shall obtain the prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Indemnified Party before entering into any settlement of (or resolving by consent to the entry of judgment upon) such Claim unless (A) there is no finding or admission of any violation of law or any violation of the rights of any Third Party by an Indemnified Party, no requirement that the Indemnified Party admit fault or culpability, and no adverse effect on any other claims that may be made by or against the Indemnified Party and (B) the sole relief provided is monetary damages that are paid in full by the Indemnifying Party and such settlement does not require the Indemnified Party to take (or refrain from taking) any action.

(c) Regardless of who controls the defense, the other party hereto shall reasonably cooperate in the defense as may be requested. Without limitation, the Indemnified Party, and its directors, officers, advisers, agents and employees, shall reasonably cooperate with the Indemnifying Party and its legal representatives in the investigations of any Claim.

23.5 Insurance. CyDex will procure and maintain, at its own expense, for the duration of the Agreement, and for [*] thereafter if written on a claims made or occurrence reported form, the types of insurance specified below with carriers rated [*]. Best or like rating agencies:

  a. Workers’ Compensation accordance with applicable statutory requirements and shall provide a waiver of subrogation in favor of Hospira; 

  b. Employer’s Liability with a limit of liability in an amount of not less than $[***]; 

  c. Commercial General Liability including premises operations, products & completed operations, blanket contractual liability, personal injury including fire legal liability for bodily injury and property damage in an amount not less than $[***]; 

  d. Commercial Automobile Liability for owned, hired and non-owned motor vehicles with a combined single limit in an amount not less than $[*];  

  e. Excess Liability including product liability with a combined single limit in an amount of not less than $[*]; 

  f. Commercial Crime or Fidelity Bond in an amount of not less than $[*] including an endorsement for Third Party liability without the requirement of a conviction. 

  g. Cargo Legal Liability insurance covering all risks of physical loss or damage to cargo handled by CyDex. The limit of liability shall not be less than $[*]. 

23.6 Limitation of Liability. EXCEPT FOR (1) PERSONAL INJURY, INCLUDING DEATH, (2) TANGIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE, (3) EACH PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS, (4) DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF AN INTENTIONAL BREACH OF THE CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS HEREIN, (5) DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF CYDEX’S BREACH OF SECTION 2.4, AND (6) DAMAGES FOR WHICH CYDEX IS RESPONSIBLE PURSUANT SECTION 3.6, 3.7 OR 6.4.

KASAN_특허실시, 기술이전, 라이선스 영문계약서에서 진술보증, 면책조항 관련 실무적 포인트 몇 가지 면책조항

KASAN_특허실시, 기술이전 라이선스, 공동연구개발계약에서 추가 연구개발 결과물, 개량발명 관련 계약조항 샘플,

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기술사용료 vs 기술지원 용역비 구분

로열티 지급과 세금 원천징수

원천소득이란 당해 소득의 원천이 되는 소재지 등이 국내인 소득을 말하며 이를 근거로 각국이 외국법인에 대해서도 과세할 수 있습니다. 우리나라 세법은 국내 원천소득을 열거하고 있고 규정되지 않은 사항은 과세 대상이 아닙니다. 원천징수란 국내사업장이 없는 외국법인에 특허사용료를 지급하는 경우와 같이 외국법인이 국내에서 올린 소득에 대하여 세금을 낼 것을 기대하기 어려운 경우 그 소득을 지급하는 자가 미리 일정액을 떼어 우리 국세청에 납부하도록 하는 제도를 말합니다.  

그런데, 같은 기간 동안 동일소득에 대하여 2개국에서 중복 과세한다면 부당하기 때문에, 대부분 이중과세를 방지하기 위한 조약을 체결하고 있습니다. 이중과세 방지는 (1) 특정소득에 대하여 당해 소득의 원천지국에서 세금을 면제하여 주고 거주지국에서만 과세하도록 하는 방법, (2) 원천지 국가에서 과세하고 그 소득에 대해 거주지 국가에서 공제해주는 방법을 활용합니다. 그 중 원천징수를 하지 않는 경우 원천지국가의 조세수입을 감소시키는 측면이 있어서 통상 두 번째 내용의 조세조약으로 해결합니다. 따라서, 특별한 경우가 아닌 한 지급하는 기술료에 대해 원천징수하는 것이 원칙입니다. 

그러나, 당사국 사이 조세조약에 따라 우리나라에 과세권이 없는 경우라면 국내기업이 원천징수를 할 수 없습니다. 예를 들어 특허권자 법인이 아일랜드 소재 기업인 경우 한국 아일랜드 조세협약에 따라 우리나라에서 원천징수를 할 수 없습니다. 이와 같은 이유로 애플, 화이자 등 많은 다국적 거대기업들이 아일랜드에 설립한 법인에 다수의 특허권을 양도하고, 기술 로열티를 아일랜드 법인 귀속으로 하는 경우가 많습니다. 

만약, 국내기업이 외국법인에게 특허 사용료를 지급하면서 세금을 원천 징수하여야 함에도 잘못하여 이를 하지 않는 경우에는 국내기업이 그 해당부분에 대한 원천세를 부과받을 위험이 있습니다. 따라서, 원천징수 여부를 정확하게 확인해야만 이와 같은 부담을 피할 수 있습니다. 

예를 들어, 아일랜드 법인이 세금 회피 목적으로 설립된 실체가 없는 Paper Company인 경우 국세청은 그 아일랜드 법인의 실체를 부인하고 그 소득의 실질 귀속자(그 법인의 투자자 등)를 찾아 한국과 그 실질 귀속자들의 거주국간의 조세조약에 따라 과세할 수 있습니다. 즉, 소득의 실질 귀속자의 국가 세율에 따라 원천징수한 것으로 보고 그 소득에 대한 법인세를 부과할 수 있습니다. 따라서, 국내기업 입장에서는 기술거래 또는 라이선스의 실질적 당사자와 다른 형식적으로 조세회피 목적으로 설립된 paper company에 불과하다는 의문이 든다면 이를 반드시 확인해야 합니다. 상대방이 조세조약을 이유로 기술 로열티에 대한 원천징수를 거부하는 경우라면 그 단계에서 반드시 조세 전문가의 검토 및 확인을 거쳐 적절한 내용으로 계약을 체결하는 것이 바람직합니다. 일단 기술로열티를 모두 지급한 후 상당 기간이 경과하였다면 추후 부과된 세금부담을 해결하기 쉽지 않을 수 있습니다. 

KASAN_기술이전, 라이선스 계약에서 특허기술 사용대가 로열티 vs 기술지원 비용 로열티 구분 로열티 지급과

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미국연방대법원 판결

-      Licensor 상표등록권자 Tempnology vs Licensee 상표사용권자 Mission Product

-      의류 분야 등록상표의 사용허락 라이선스 계약 기간 중 Licensor 상표등록권자 Tempnology 도산 상황 발생 – 미국법원에 소위 Chapter 11 파산신청 접수

-      미국 파산법에 따라 채무자(debtor)는 이행해야 할 계약상 채무의 이행을 거절하는 부인권(rejection) 행사할 수 있음

-      본 상표사용하락 라이선스 계약에서는 Licensor 상표권자가 채무자로 상대방 채권자, licensee에 대해 라이선스 계약상 채무이행을 거절하는 부인권 행사함.

-      라이센서의 채무는 대상 상표사용을 허여하는 내용이므로 위 부인권 행사로 licensee의 상표사용권한이 소멸되는지 쟁점

-      라이센서의 부인권 행사 후 라이센시가 상표사용을 계속하는 경우 상표권침해에 해당하는지 여부가 쟁점

-      미국연방대법원 – 라이센시 계속 상표사용권한 인정함

미국판결 요지 – 부정, 라이센시는 대상 상표를 계속 사용할 수 있음

KASAN_미국연방대법원 2019. 5. 20. 선고 Mission Product vs Tempnology 판결 -

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10. TERMINATION 

10.1 Expiration. Subject to this Section 10 below, this Agreement shall expire, on a Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product and country-by-country basis, on the date on which Kite, its Affiliates and sublicensees permanently cease to research, develop, sell and commercialize the Licensed Product in such country (the “Term”).

10.2 Termination for Convenience. The Licensee Kite may terminate this Agreement, in its sole discretion, upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Licensor Cabaret and Dr. Eshhar.

10.3 Termination for Cause. Except as otherwise provided in Section 12, each party may terminate this Agreement upon or after the breach of any material provision of this Agreement by the other party if the other party has not cured such breach within sixty (60) days (or such longer period as such party may reasonably agree if said breach is incapable of cure within such sixty (60) days) after receipt of express written notice thereof by such party.

10.4 Insolvency. This Agreement may be terminated by the Licensor Cabaret in the event of an Insolvency Event occurring in relation to the Licensee Kite, by giving a notice of termination to Kite. The termination shall take effect upon delivery of the notice of termination by Cabaret. “Insolvency Event” shall mean that, with respect to Kite, any of the following occurs: (i) Kite makes any arrangement or composition with or any assignment for the benefit of its creditors generally; (ii) a petition is presented that is not dismissed within 120 days or a court order is made or a resolution is passed for the winding up of Kite or for the making of an administration order or for the appointment of a provisional liquidator or a judicial factor or similar officer in relation to Kite; (iii) an encumbrancer takes possession of or a trustee, receiver, liquidator, provisional liquidator, administrator, manager ad interim, administrative receiver, judicial factor or similar officer is appointed, in each case for all or substantially all of Kite’s intellectual property rights and such appointment materially prejudices Cabaret’s rights under this Agreement; or (iv) Kite does, or suffers to be done in relation to it, any analogous action or proceeding in any jurisdiction anywhere in the world (including without limitation any actions or proceedings relating to bankruptcy law of any nature in the United States of America).

10.5 Effect of Expiration or Termination. Expiration or termination of this Agreement shall not relieve the parties of any obligation accruing prior to such expiration or termination, and the provisions of Sections 5.2, 8, 10.5, 10.6, 11 and 13 shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement. Upon any termination of this Agreement, all licenses granted herein shall terminate, nevertheless, Cabaret shall grant a direct license to any Sublicensee of Kite hereunder having the same scope as such sublicense and on terms and conditions no less favorable to such Sublicensee than the terms and conditions of this Agreement, provided that such Sublicensee is not in default of any applicable obligations under this Agreement and agrees in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions of such direct license.

10.6 Termination Fee. In the event that Kite terminates this Agreement termination for convenience under Section 10.2 prior to the third (3rd) anniversary of the Effective Date, Kite shall pay to Cabaret a termination fee in an amount equal to US$500,000 within thirty (30) days of such termination.

KASAN_특허실시, 기술이전, 라이선스 계약서에서 TERMINATION 조항 – 라이센시 파산 등 일반사유 및 양

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