DISTRIBUTION AND LICENSE
AGREEMENT
This Distribution and License
Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made effective
May 28, 2009 (the “ Effective Date ”)
by and between RemoteMDx, Inc., a Utah corporation (“
Licensor ”), and euromicron AG, a German corporation
(“ Licensee ”). Licensor and Licensee
may be referred to herein as a “party” or together as
the “parties.”
WHEREAS , Licensor holds all rights in certain patents
(as defined below, the “ Patents ”) and other
intellectual property and has the right to grant the licenses
contemplated by this Agreement;
WHEREAS , Licensor, under the Patents, has developed and
holds all rights necessary to manufacture, market and distribute a
GPS-based tracking device used by law enforcement agencies and
commonly known as TrackerPAL (as defined below, the “
RemoteMDx Product ”);
WHEREAS , concurrently with this Agreement, Licensee has
agreed to purchase certain securities from Licensor pursuant to
that Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of
May 28, 2009 (the “ Securities Purchase
Agreement ”), and Licensor has agreed to issue and sell
such securities;
WHEREAS , concurrently with this Agreement, Licensee has
entered into a separate Distribution and License Agreement with
Volu-Sol Reagents Corporation (“ Volu-Sol ”)
dated as of May 28, 2009 (the “ Volu-Sol
Agreement ”) to distribute a certain GPS-based tracking
device to be developed for use in the health-care
industry;
WHEREAS , Licensor desires to grant to Licensee, and
Licensee desires to accept, an exclusive license to manufacture,
market and distribute the RemoteMDx Product in the
Territory (as defined below), subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the premises
and the mutual covenants and promises set forth in this Agreement,
the legal sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereby agree as follows:
1.
Definitions.
. The following terms when used in
this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth below.
1.1. “
Business Day ” means any day, other than Saturday or
Sunday, on which commercial banks in the United States of America
are open for business.
1.2. “
Distributors ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.6.
1.3. “
Exercise Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.7.
1.4. “
Implementation Plan ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2(c).
1.5. “
Intellectual Property Rights ” means any and all now
known or hereafter known (a) rights associated with works of
authorship throughout the world, including but not limited to
copyrights and moral rights, (b) trademarks, service marks, trade
name and logo rights and similar rights, (c) trade secret rights
and know-how, (d) patent rights, designs, algorithms and other
intellectual property rights, (e) domain names and Internet
keywords and (f) all other intellectual and industrial property
rights (of every kind and nature throughout the world and however
designated), whether arising by operation of law, contract,
license, or otherwise, and (g) all registrations, initial
applications, renewals, extensions, continuations, divisions or
reissues thereof now or hereafter in force (including any rights in
any of the foregoing).
1.6. “
Know How ” means the accumulation of skills,
processes, information, experience and documents related to the
Licensed Intellectual Property and needed to enable Licensee,
itself or through third-party sublicensees, to practice the
Licensed Intellectual Property to manufacture, service and sell the
RemoteMDx Product, including, but not limited to, any and all
materials, technical information, blueprints, process documents,
drawings, CAD-CAM and other electronic files, supplier lists,
specifications, trade secrets, Know How, techniques, discoveries,
processes, procedures, methods, protocols, designs, diagrams, test
results, studies, raw material sources, data, formulation,
production technology and other such materials.
1.7. “
Licensed Intellectual Property ” means all
Intellectual Property Rights in and to the RemoteMDx Product,
including without limitation the Patents, the Licensed Trademarks,
the Product Documentation and any Product Marketing
Materials.
1.8. “
Licensed Trademarks ” means the trademarks of Licensor
set forth on Exhibit B , as amended from time to time
by mutual agreement of Licensor and Licensee.
1.9. “
Licensee Monitoring Center ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 3.2(b).
1.10.
“ Local Communications and Customer Service Center
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a).
1.11. “
Milestones ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.7.
1.12. “
Modifications ” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.5.
1.13. “
New Trademarks ” means any trademark or trade name,
whether registered or not, created by or licensed to Licensee for
use in connection with the RemoteMDx Product, but New Trademarks
excludes Licensed Trademarks.
1.14. “
Patents ” means all patents used in the design or
manufacture of the RemoteMDx Product and listed on
Exhibit A .
1.15. “
Product Documentation ” means all designs,
specifications, manuals, instructions, drawings and other such work
created by Licensor describing the manufacture and performance of
the RemoteMDx Product (including such materials relating to
Software incorporated into the RemoteMDx Product).
1.16. “
Product Marketing Materials ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.3.
1.17. “
Purchase Order ” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.3.
1.18. “
Qualified Developer ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4.
1.19. “
RemoteMDx Product ” means the GPS-based personal
tracking system used by law enforcement agencies to track
individuals subject to their jurisdiction and currently marketed
under the trademark TrackerPAL, the Software incorporated into such
product, all improvements, modifications and derivatives based on
such product or Software, and all Intellectual Property Rights in
any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, such rights in
the Patents.
1.20. “
RemoteMDx Product Warranty ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 4.17.
1.21. “
Software ” means the entire software application
developed by Licensor to provide functionality to the RemoteMDx
Product and to monitor and manage the RemoteMDx Product in the form
used by Licensor as of the Effective Date (including all software
and firmware incorporated into the RemoteMDx Product), expressed in
a fully compiled or assembled series of instructions in machine
language, which will guide the operation of a processor;
modifications and improvements made thereto by Licensor and
commercially released from time to time; and all documentation,
manuals, instructions and other similar work prepared by Licensor
that is reasonably necessary to permit Licensee to operate the
Software in the manner intended, as further described on
Exhibit E-1 , but Software does not include Third Party
Software.
1.22. “
Source Code ” means, at any time during the Term, the
then-latest version of the Software expressed in a source or
human-readable language, and all documentation, manuals,
instructions and other similar work prepared by Licensor that is
reasonably necessary to permit a skilled programmer to make changes
to the Source Code as contemplated by this Agreement.
1.23. “
Start-up Services ” means the services provided by
Licensor as set forth on Exhibits D-1, D-2, D-3 and
D-4 for the purpose of establishing one or more Licensee
Monitoring Center(s) as further described in Section
3.2(b).
1.24. “
Sublicensees ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.6.
1.25. “
Supplied Product ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.7.
1.26. “
Term ” has the meaning set forth in Section
9.1.
1.27. “
Territory ” means the countries listed on
Exhibit C .
1.28. “
Third Party Software ” means all software licensed by
Licensor from third parties, other than open source software, that
is integrated into the Software or the RemoteMDx Product, as set
forth on Exhibit F as the same shall be updated from
time to time and in any event promptly after Licensor obtains any
new Third Party Software.
1.29. “
Translated Materials ” means documents, Software,
training materials, product materials, scripts, technical
documentation and related information that has been translated by
Licensee for use in the Territory.
1.30. “
Upgrade ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.4.
1.31. “
Warranty Procedures ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.17.
2.
License Grants .
2.1.
Product License . Licensor hereby grants to
Licensee (including its present and future affiliates), and
Licensee accepts, an exclusive, sublicensable and transferable
(subject to the provisions hereof) license under the Licensed
Intellectual Property to make, have made, market, distribute, sell
and otherwise commercially exploit the RemoteMDx Product in the
Territory during the Term, subject to all the terms and conditions
of this Agreement. As used in this Agreement,
“exclusive” means that Licensor shall not, during the
Term, have any right to make, have made, market, distribute, sell
or otherwise commercially exploit the RemoteMDx Product in the
Territory or to authorize any affiliate or third party to do
so.
2.2.
Trademark Licenses .
(a) RemoteMDx
hereby grants to Licensee (including its present and future
affiliates), and Licensee accepts, an exclusive, sublicensable and
transferable (subject to the provisions hereof) license to use the
Licensed Trademarks in connection with the RemoteMDx Product,
Product Marketing Materials relating to such Product or on related
Translated Materials in the Territory, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. Licensee may, at its
option, place Licensed Trademarks or New Trademarks, or a
combination of the foregoing, on the RemoteMDx
Product. Notwithstanding the foregoing, RemoteMDx may
use the trademark REMOTEMDX in the Territory for general corporate
purposes, provided that such RemoteMDx Trademark is not used in
connection with the RemoteMDx Product or any product competitive
similar to the RemoteMDx Product. Licensee acknowledges
that Licensed Trademarks used in connection with RemoteMDx Products
may be visible in the Territory through the Internet, and such
display shall not be deemed a breach of this Agreement if Licensor
has not deliberately targeted customers in the Territory for the
sale of such products.
(b) Licensee
shall comply with Licensor’s policies and guidelines for use
of the Licensed Trademarks, as such policies and guidelines may be
issued and revised from time to time, and Licensee shall comply
with proper legal standards. The initial or most
prominent use of a Licensed Trademark in all materials shall be
followed by the appropriate trademark symbol (®
or TM). Licensee acknowledges that the good will and value of
the Licensed Trademarks and Licensor’s name may be adversely
affected unless the RemoteMDx Product, Product Marketing Materials
and Translated Materials that use any Licensed Trademark meet the
quality standards of Licensor. Upon written request from
either of the Licensor, Licensee shall submit to Licensor for
review, within a commercially reasonable time, samples of requested
RemoteMDx Products, Product Marketing Materials or Translated
Materials that make use of the Licensed Trademarks. If
so requested in writing, Licensee shall make any reasonable changes
to such materials, provided that Licensee shall have no obligation
to cease use of or destroy materials where the use of the Licensed
Trademarks does not vary materially from any trademark use
guidelines that are developed by Licensee and Licensor and where
the quality of the materials is reasonably consistent with the
quality of such materials produced by or for Licensor.
2.3.
Copyright License . Promptly after the Effective
Date and from time to time during the Term upon reasonable written
request from Licensee, Licensor shall furnish Licensee with
electronic data files of artwork and information to create
materials for use in connection with the marketing, distribution
and sale of the RemoteMDx Product (“ Product Marketing
Materials ”). Licensor hereby grants to
Licensee (including its present and future affiliates), and
Licensee accepts, under Licensor’s copyrights and other
Intellectual Property Rights relating to the Product Marketing
Materials, a non-exclusive, sublicensable and transferable (subject
to the provisions hereof) right to use, reproduce, prepare
derivative works (including translations) of, display and
distribute the Product Marketing Materials in the Territory during
the Term in connection with the RemoteMDx Product. If
Licensor objects in writing to any versions of the Product
Marketing Materials prepared or used by Licensee, the parties shall
cooperate in good faith to resolve Licensor’s
concerns. Licensee agrees to place such notices on
Product Marketing Materials and translated versions thereof as are
reasonably requested by Licensor to protect its copyrights in such
materials and in the Licensed Trademarks used
therein. Nothing in this Section 2.3 shall prevent or
restrict Licensee from freely creating, distributing or using any
marketing materials for RemoteMDx Products that do not incorporate
the Licensed Trademarks and that do not infringe on
Licensor’s copyrights or other Intellectual Property
Rights.
2.4.
Software License .
(a) Licensor
hereby grants to Licensee (including its present and future
affiliates), and Licensee accepts, a non-exclusive, world-wide,
sublicensable and transferable (subject to the provisions hereof)
license to access, distribute, display, host, translate into local
languages in the Territory and otherwise commercially exploit the
Software in connection with the manufacture, marketing,
distribution and sale of RemoteMDx Products in the
Territory. For clarity, monitoring services may be based
outside of the Territory provided such services are directed at
RemoteMDx Products in the Territory.
(b) Licensor
grants to Licensee a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable (except as
provided herein) right to use the Source Code to correct, localize,
adapt, revise and update the Source Code, and to compile and
distribute object and executable code versions of the Software
based upon such modified Source Code, provided that (i)
Licensee may not disclose any Source Code to any third party other
than a Qualified Developer, and (ii) other than changes to the
Software to localize it to other languages for use in the Territory
and to comply with local requirements, safety listings or other
laws or regulations, Licensee shall obtain Licensor’s consent
prior to distributing RemoteMDx Products including such
modifications to any third parties. Licensee must
strictly protect the Source Code as confidential pursuant to the
terms of Section 10. Licensee may engage reputable
third-party software developers located inside or outside the
Territory who (iii) are subject to written confidentiality and
non-use agreements consistent with this Agreement and (iv)
meet the qualification requirements to be mutually agreed upon or
attached hereto as Exhibit E-2 (each, a “
Qualified Developer ”) to make permitted modifications
of the Source Code. Licensor retains the rights to the
master copy of the Source Code.
2.5.
Technology Transfer . Licensor hereby grants to
Licensee (including its present and future affiliates), and
Licensee accepts, an exclusive, sublicensable and transferable
(subject to the provisions hereof) license to the Know How to make,
have made, market, distribute, sell and otherwise commercially
exploit the RemoteMDx Product in the Territory during the Term,
subject to all the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. If this Agreement terminates for any reason
prior to the termination of the Volu-Sol Agreement, the license
granted in Sections 2.4 and 2.5 shall survive the termination of
this Agreement, without the requirement of any additional fee or
payment, and shall continue in force until the Volu-Sol Agreement
terminates, including any wind-down period provided
therein.
2.6.
Sublicenses . Licensee shall have the right to
grant written sublicenses consistent with the terms of this
Agreement to third parties with the appropriate skills and
qualifications to exercise such sublicenses (“
Sublicensees ”). Licensee may appoint
third-party distributors, resellers, dealers and sales
representatives for the RemoteMDx Product in the Territory (“
Distributors ”). Licensee shall require
each Sublicensee and Distributor to agree in writing that it will
comply with the applicable restrictions of this Agreement, and
shall take commercially reasonable measures to ensure that all
Sublicensees and Distributors comply with such
terms. For purposes of clarity, Qualified Developers
alone are permitted to obtain Source Code or modify the Software or
RemoteMDx Product without Licensor’s prior written
consent.
2.7.
Milestones; Conversion to Nonexclusive License .
(a) Licensee
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to achieve the following
development milestones (the “ Milestones ”) on
or before the second anniversary of the Effective
Date. Licensee shall, directly or indirectly:
i.
prepare a written report describing
its market research for the RemoteMDx Product in the Territory on a
regional or country-by-country basis;
ii. establish
at least one Local Communications and Customer Service Center,
which provides for monitoring and tracking of in-service devices
within the Territory; and
iii. translate
scripts, Software, training materials and technical documentation
for at least one (1) country in the Territory as mutually
agreed upon by the parties.
(b) Licensor
acknowledges and agrees that achievement of the Milestones by
Licensee will require the participation and cooperation of
Licensor. Licensor shall provide all such assistance
reasonably requested. Without limiting the generality of
the previous sentence, Licensor shall obtain manufacturing
certifications for the RemoteMDx Product in a timely manner and
shall establish the technical protocols necessary to host the Local
Communications and Customer Service Center. Licensor
acknowledges and agrees that if it causes delays that prevent or
materially hinder Licensee from achieving the Milestones, the
Exercise Date (as defined below) shall be equitably
extended.
(c) If,
by the second anniversary of the Effective Date (unless the date is
extended as provided in Section 2.7(b), the “ Exercise
Date ”), Licensee has not achieved the Milestones and
such failure is not the result of delays by Licensor, then Licensor
shall have the right and option to convert the licenses granted in
Sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.5 from exclusive to
non-exclusive. Licensor shall exercise the option
granted under this Section 2.7(c) by delivering written notice to
Licensee within ten (10) Business Days after the Exercise
Date. All other terms and conditions of this Agreement
shall continue in force including, without limitation, the terms
and conditions of Sections 5 and 6.
(d) Licensor’s
sole and exclusive remedy for Licensee’s failure to meet the
requirements of Section 2.7(a) shall be the option granted in
Section 2.7(c). Licensor acknowledges and agrees that
any such failure shall not be deemed a breach of this
Agreement.
3.
Licensor’s Services .
3.1.
Transfer of Know How . Within thirty (30)
days of the Effective Date, Licensor shall make available and
disclose to Licensee or its designated representatives all Know How
in Licensor’s possession, custody or control. In
addition, Licensor shall promptly disclose to Licensee all
additional Know How as it becomes available during the Term of the
Agreement.
3.2.
Establishment of Monitoring Centers; Software .
(a) Licensor
shall assist Licensee in the establishment of at least one Local
Communications and Customer Service Center inside the Territory
within two years of the Effective Date. A “
Local Communications and Customer Service Center ”
means a locally staffed surveillance operation within the
Territory, which will fully utilize a hosted RemoteMDx monitoring
and data center infrastructure in support of up to 1,000
in-service devices within the Territory.
(b) Licensor
shall provide the Start-up Services to assist Licensee in the
establishment of one or more Licensee Monitoring Center(s) at
location(s) inside or outside the Territory. A “
Licensee Monitoring Center ” means a dedicated
monitoring and data center infrastructure under Licensee’s
financial and operational control and responsibility supporting all
in-service devices throughout the Territory. The first
Licensee Monitoring Center will be capable of supporting the
monitoring and tracking of more than 1,000 offenders utilizing
the Licensor Software and Third Party Software in a manner
consistent with the functionality and performance maintained by
Licensor in its own monitoring centers at the time of establishment
of the Licensee Monitoring Center.
(c) Within
thirty (30) days after Licensee so requests in writing,
Licensor shall deliver to Licensee a detailed implementation plan
(the “ Implementation Plan ”) that sets forth
the tasks and timetables required to have the first Licensee
Monitorin