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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


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