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Confidential &
Privileged Information
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Purchase, Distribution & Services
Agreement
This Agreement (" Agreement ") is made as of the
24 th day of August, 2009 (the " Effective
Date "), by and between: BluwoodUSA, INC. , a
Delaware Corporation organized under the laws of Delaware and with
its chief executive offices located at 4357 Cowing Rd., Lakewood,
N.Y. 14750 (" BluwoodUSA ") and ECOBLU
PRODUCTS, Inc., a Nevada corporation with its chief executive
offices located at 909 West Vista Way, Vista California 92083 ("
EcoBlu "). This agreement replaces all prior
agreements related to the subject matter herein.
A. Bluwood USA is the assigned owner of valuable
technical data and intellectual property for a protective coating
(the " Product," as defined with greater particularity below) to be
used primarily as a factory applied Covered Structure wood
component products protective coating utilized within a covered
structure when constructing residential or commercial buildings,
and designed primarily for protecting covered structure wood
component products from: (a) excessive moisture; (b) mold fungus
growth; and (c) rot fungi decay; and (d) structural damage caused
by common wood ingesting insects including termites.
B. Bluwood USA manufactures the Product and has
use of (owner of trademarks and registered trademarks) related to
the Product. Bluwood USA desires to enter into an agreement
for sales, marketing and distribution rights for the Product to
EcoBlu.
C . EcoBlu desires to obtain exclusively: (a) a
supply of the Product, (b) use of the technical data, intellectual
property and other information relating to the Product, and (c) use
of the Marks, together with certain distribution, marketing and
sales rights with respect to the Product and all modifications
thereof as more fully set forth herein while this agreement is in
effect. E . Bluwood USA is willing to grant the
rights desired by EcoBlu on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement.
F. The Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto, their successors and assigns.
Now, therefore , in consideration of the covenants
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, Bluwood
USA and EcoBlu (each a " Party " and together
the " Parties ") hereby agree to the following:
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1. Definitions. The following
terms shall have the following meanings for the
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purposes of
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this Agreement:
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1.1. " Information "
means knowledge and data of any kind, whether or not in tangible
form. " Confidential & Privileged Information "
means Information other than Trade Secrets disclosed by one Party
(the " Disclosing Party ") to the other Party (the "
Receiving Party "), which the Disclosing Party does
not wish to be made public and which is not required by law to be
publicized, provided that the Disclosing Party exercises reasonable
efforts to designate the Information as Confidential &
Privileged Information, including by marking any such Information
disclosed in tangible form to the Receiving Party marked with the
legend, “Confidential & Privileged” Information of
[Name of Disclosing Party]” or words of substantially similar
import, and the specific written designation of any such
information disclosed orally as “Confidential &
Privileged” in a writing delivered to the Receiving Party at
the time of disclosure or within ten (10) days thereafter. For
purposes hereof, the existence and terms of this Agreement are
Confidential & Privileged Information.
1.2. "Intellectual Property" means any and all now
known or hereafter known tangible and intangible: (a) rights
associated with works of authorship throughout the universe,
including but not limited to copyrights, moral rights, and mask
works; (b) trademark and trade name rights and similar rights; (c)
Trade Secret rights; (d) patents, designs, algorithms and other
industrial property rights; (e) all other intellectual and
industrial property rights (of every kind and nature throughout the
universe and however designated) (including logos, "rental" rights
and rights to remuneration), whether arising by operation of law,
contract, license, or otherwise; and, (f) all registrations,
initial applications, renewals, extensions, continuations,
divisions or reissues hereof now or hereafter in force (including
any rights in any of the foregoing).
1.3. "Technology" means all available Information
and Intellectual Property (other than Marks) relating to the
Product for protecting wood framing, roof and floor truss, roof and
floor decking and wall sheathing and all other above-ground contact
Covered Structure wood framing component products from reasonable
moisture, mold fungus growth, rot fungi decay and structural damage
by common wood ingesting insects including termites, together with
all additions improvements or extensions thereof.
1.4. "Product" means the product or products more
specifically identified on Exhibit A annexed hereto and any
improvements or modifications thereof now or hereafter developed,
manufactured or sold by Bluwood USA in commercial quantities
for the protection of Covered Structure wood component products
while this Agreement is in effect.
1.5. "Trade Marks" means all trade names,
trademarks, service marks, logos and other designations relating to
the Product, as listed on Exhibit B annexed hereto and any
other such trade names trademarks, service marks, logos or other
designations used by Bluwood USA during the term of this
Agreement.
1.6. “Protected Manufacturing
Territory/Locations” means:
Territories in the
United States and Mexico are as follows:
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California, Oregon, Washington State,
Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico
and Hawaii. The entire country of Mexico
Territories of British Columbia and Alberta Canada will be
exclusive to EcoBlu as follows: If EcoBlu is successful with
the execution and setup of a company owned, affiliate, subsidiary
or customer owned coating facility in either territory within 120
days of the date of execution of this agreement, EcoBlu will be
granted the exclusive manufacturing (application) rights for that
territory not including OEM accounts. For the purposes of this
Agreement the successful setup of a coating facility is defined by
having application equipment in place, operational and coating
activities underway. If EcoBlu is not successful in securing a
coating facility within the specified period then the territories
of British Columbia and Alberta Canada will be limited to the below
group of identifiable customers only: Jager, Nascor, Weyerhaeuser,
Ainsworth, Luxor, AcuJoist/Acutruss, Igloo building products, All
Span, Zytek, All-Fab building Components, Tolko.
The following group of customers may be added after 9 months
at the sole discretion of BluwoodUSA if the above exclusivity
requirements have not been satisfied: Canfor, West Fraser LVL,
Taiga.
Non-exclusive OEM accounts throughout Canada: EcoBlu is
given the non-exclusive right to pursue OEM accounts throughout all
provinces in Canada provided they are not being actively pursued by
BluwoodUSA or any other party that BluwoodUSA has authorized or has
knowledge of. Information regarding clients who are regarded as
actively pursued will be provided upon request.
1.7. "Trade Secrets" means technical and
non-technical Information disclosed to the EcoBlu by or on behalf
of Bluwood USA during the term of this Agreement or prior
thereto that derives economic value, actual or potential, from not
being generally known to other persons who could obtain economic
value from the disclosure or use thereof, and that is the subject
of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain
its secrecy 1.8. " Person" means any
individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited
liability company or other corporate entity, association,
syndicate, pool, union, trust estate, or government or agency or
subdivision thereof, but it shall not include either Party to this
Agreement.
1.9. "Product Warranty" means Bluwood USA
Perfect Barrier System, Residential and Commercial
"CoveredStructure" Warranty attached as Exhibit F to this
Agreement. 1.10. "Equipment Application Technology"
means all available Information and Intellectual Property (other
than Marks) relating to and necessary to the application of the
Product through application equipment and apparatus, approved for
use and which has been specifically developed by EcoBlu.
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1.11. “Covered
Structure” means any wood, roof and floor truss,
roof/floor/wall sheathing products, and other structural wood
framing component products utilized when building a residential or
commercial structure that are protected from exterior weather
conditions.
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“Derivative Products” means any wood, roof
and floor truss, roof/floor/wall sheathing products and all other
structural wood framing component products in which the Products
has been applied.
1.13. “CSO” means Coating Service Only
for application of the Product to covered structure wood component
products.
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2.
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Intellectual Property .
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2.1.
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Ownership of Technology, and
Marks . EcoBlu acknowledges that Bluwood USA
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is the sole owner of the sales, marketing and distribution
rights for the Technology and the Marks and that EcoBlu shall have
no right, title, or interest therein or thereto other than the
rights to such Technology and Marks in the manner and to the extent
prescribed in this Agreement or otherwise approved by Bluwood
USA .
2.2. No Implied Licenses . Each Party shall
exclusively own its own Intellectual Property and neither Party
will have any claim or right to the Intellectual Property of the
other by virtue of this Agreement except as otherwise provided
herein. Neither Party will take any action or make any claim to any
Intellectual Property belonging to the other Party, whether during
the term of this Agreement or thereafter, which is inconsistent
with this Section 2. No right or license shall be implied by
estoppel or otherwise, other than the rights and licenses expressly
granted in this Section 2.
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2.3. Right to Use Technologyand
Marks .
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(a) Grant . Subject to the provisions of
this Section 2.3, Bluwood USA hereby grants to EcoBlu, for
the term of this Agreement, certain rights within the Manufacturing
Territory/Locations, to (i) to make, use, and sell a treatment
service only for the application of the Product to Covered
Structure wood component products; (ii) to make, use, sell and have
sold Covered Structure wood components that have been protected
with Product (iii) use the Marks in connection with the foregoing
and (iv) to ship treated product in accordance with (i), (ii) and
(iii) above into another territory which is not within the
Manufacturing Territory/Locations of EcoBlu. During the term of
this Agreement, the foregoing rights shall be for factory applied
application of Product to wood, roof and floor trusses,
roof/floor/wall sheathing products and all other structural wood
framing component products utilized within a Covered Structure used
in building residential and commercial buildings to protect wood
component products against moisture, mold fungus growth, rot fungi
decay and common wood destroying insects including termites while
the Agreement is in effect.
(b) Initial Disclosure . Bluwood USA
will deliver and communicate the Technology