16. CONFIDENTIALITY. 

16.1 Confidentiality. 

During the Term and for a period of ten (10) years thereafter, each Party shall maintain in confidence all Information and materials of the other Party disclosed or provided to it by the other Party (either pursuant to this Agreement, or the Confidential Disclosure Agreement entered into by the Parties dated January 11, 2013 (the “Confidential Disclosure Agreement”) (together with all embodiments thereof, the “Confidential Information”).  Confidential Information also includes Information generated hereunder, and Information regarding intellectual property and confidential or proprietary Information of Third Parties, in each case as described by one Party to the other Party. 

 

In addition and notwithstanding the foregoing, any Information under Article 9 constituting Inventions and discoveries owned by one Party shall be deemed to be Confidential Information disclosed by such Party and received by the other Party, even if such Information is initially generated and disclosed by the other Party.  The terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Confidential Disclosure Agreement shall be deemed Confidential Information of both Parties. 

 

16.2 Degree of Care; Permitted Use. 

Each Party shall take reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information of the other Party, which steps shall be no less protective than those steps that such Party takes to protect its own Confidential Information of a similar nature, and in no event less than a reasonable degree of care. 

 

Neither Party shall use or permit the use of any Confidential Information of the other Party except for the purposes of carrying out its obligations or exercising its rights under this Agreement or the Confidential Disclosure Agreement, and neither Party shall copy any Confidential Information of the other Party except as may be reasonably necessary or useful for such purposes. 

 

All Confidential Information of a Party, including without limitation all copies and derivations thereof, is and shall remain, as between the Parties, the sole and exclusive property of the disclosing Party and subject to the restrictions provided for herein.  Neither Party shall disclose any Confidential Information of the other Party to Third Parties, other than to those of its directors, officers, Affiliates, employees, actual or potential licensors, independent contractors, actual or potential Sublicensees, actual or potential assignees, agents and external advisors directly involved in or concerned with the carrying out of this Agreement, on a strictly applied “need to know” basis; provided, however, that such persons and entities are subject to confidentiality and non-use obligations at least as stringent as the confidentiality and non-use obligations provided for in this Article 16.  Except to the extent expressly permitted under this Agreement, the receiving Party may not use Confidential Information of the other Party in applying for Patents or securing other intellectual property rights without first consulting with, and obtaining the written approval of, the other Party (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned). 

 

16.3 Exceptions. 

The obligations of confidentiality and non-use set forth in Section 16.2 shall not apply to any portion of Confidential Information that the receiving Party or its Affiliates can demonstrate by contemporaneous written records was: (a) known to the general public at the time of its disclosure to the receiving Party or its Affiliates, or thereafter became generally known to the general public, other than as a result of actions or omissions of the receiving Party, its Affiliates, or anyone to whom the receiving Party or its Affiliates disclosed such portion; (b) known by the receiving Party or its Affiliates prior to the date of disclosure by the disclosing Party; (c) disclosed to the receiving Party or its Affiliates on an unrestricted basis from a source unrelated to the disclosing Party and not known by the receiving Party or its Affiliates to be under a duty of confidentiality to the disclosing Party; or (d) independently developed by the receiving Party or its Affiliates by personnel that did not have access to or use of Confidential Information of the disclosing Party. 

 

Any combination of features or disclosures shall not be deemed to fall within the foregoing exclusions merely because individual features are published or known to the general public or in the rightful possession of the receiving Party or its Affiliates unless the combination itself are published or known to the general public or are in the rightful possession of the receiving Party or its Affiliates. 

 

16.4 Permitted Disclosures. 

The obligations of confidentiality and non-use set forth in Section 16.2 shall not apply to the extent that the receiving Party or its Affiliates: (a) is required to disclose Information pursuant to: (i) an order of a court of competent jurisdiction; (ii) Applicable Laws; (iii) regulations or rules of a securities exchange; (iv) requirement of a governmental agency for purposes of obtaining approval to test or market Licensed Products, or maintaining Regulatory Approval of a Licensed Product; (v) disclosure of Information to a patent office for the purposes of filing a Patent as permitted in this Agreement; or (vi) the exercise by each Party of its rights granted to it under this Agreement or its retained rights; or

 

(b) discloses such Confidential Information solely on a “need to know basis” to Affiliates, potential and future collaborators (including without limitation Sublicensees), potential or actual acquirers, merger partners, licensees, or assignees permitted under Section 19.3, potential or actual Development collaborators, subcontractors, investment bankers, investors, lenders, or other potential financial partners, and their respective directors, employees, contractors and agents, provided that such Third Party or person or entity in subsection (b) agrees to confidentiality and non-use obligations with respect thereto at least as stringent as those specified for in this Article 14; provided that, in the case of (a)(i) through (iv), the receiving Party shall provide prior written notice thereof to the disclosing Party and provide the opportunity for the disclosing Party to review and comment on such required disclosure and request confidential treatment thereof or a protective order therefor; provided, however, that in connection with filings made pursuant to this Section 16.4 in connection with the transaction contemplated under this Agreement, Licensor shall redact from such filings terms and information as requested by Licensee so long as such redactions are not inconsistent with Applicable Law. 

 

16.5 Return of Confidential Information. 

Each Party shall return or destroy, at the other Party’s instruction, all Confidential Information of the other Party in its possession upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, or destroy such Confidential Information; provided, however, that each Party shall be entitled to retain one (1) copy of such Confidential Information of the other Party, (a) to the extent reasonably required to allow the relevant Party to carry out any remaining obligations under this Agreement or to exercise any of its rights that expressly survive termination or expiration of this Agreement, and (b) for legal archival purposes and/or as may be required by Applicable Law. The receiving Party shall provide a written confirmation of such destruction within thirty (30) days of such destruction. 

 

16.6 Public Disclosure. 

The Parties agree that Licensor’s initial announcement of the execution of this Agreement shall be in the form of a filing with the Korea Exchange that is mutually acceptable to each of the Parties and attached to this Agreement as Exhibit 16.6-1 (the “Filing”).  The Parties agree to release a limited joint press release upon the Effective Date, attached to this Agreement as Exhibit 16.6-2, (the “Press Release”) and a second joint press release upon the Closing; provided that the form and content of each joint press release shall be mutually agreed by the Parties.  Unless otherwise required by Applicable Laws, beginning with the initial announcement of the execution of this Agreement and continuing through the duration of the Term, in all cases other than the announcement set forth in the Filing, Licensor shall submit to Licensee for review and approval all proposed press releases, academic, scientific, and medical publications and public presentations relating to activities performed under this Agreement that have not been previously reviewed and approved by Licensee or disclosed. 

 

Such review and approval shall be conducted for the purposes of preserving intellectual property protection and determining whether any portion of the proposed publication or presentation containing the Confidential Information of Licensee should be modified or deleted, and to determine whether such disclosure is in the best interests of the Parties in connection with the Development of Licensed Products in the Territory. 

 

Written copies of such proposed publications and presentations (other than press releases) shall be submitted by Licensor to Licensee no later than thirty (30) days before submission for publication or presentation, and Licensee shall provide written comments, if any, within fifteen (15) days of receipt.  Unless otherwise required by Applicable Laws, written copies of proposed press releases shall be submitted to the other Party no later than four (4) Business Days before release and the receiving Party shall provide written comments, if any, within two (2) Business Days of receipt.

 

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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.

 

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