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AAC
PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT
AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
LICENSEE
Siyata Mobile Inc.
(“Licensee”)
of 1001 Lenoir St Suite A-414
Montreal, Quebec
H4C 2Z6 Canada
telephone: (888) 316-3747
and
LICENSE ADMINISTRATOR
Via Licensing Corporation (hereinafter “Via”)
of 1275 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103-1410 | United States of America |
telephone: (415) 645-4700 | facsimile: (415) 645-4400 |
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LICENSEE
Each of the persons executing this Agreement represents that he/she is authorized to execute on behalf of, and to therefore bind, the respective Parties below.
Signature: | /s/ Gerry Bernstein | |
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Printed Name: | Gerry Bernstein | |
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Title: | C.F.O. | Siyata Mobile Inc., a Canada corporation |
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Place | Montreal Quebec Canada | |
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Date | June 5, 2018 | |
LICENSE ADMINISTRATOR
Signature: | /s/ Jane Bu | |
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Printed Name: | Jane Bu | |
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Title: | Director, Legal | Via Licensing Corporation, a Delaware corporation |
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Place | 1275 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1410, U.S.A. |
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Date | June 5, 2018 | |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE AND SIGNATURE BLOCK | | 1 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS | | 3 |
DEFINITIONS | | 6 |
AAC Standard | | 6 |
Affiliate | | 7 |
Agreement | | 7 |
Channel | | 7 |
Effective Date | | 7 |
End-User | | 7 |
Essential AAC Patent(s) | | 7 |
External Model Number | | 7 |
Initial Fee | | 7 |
Internal Use Licensed Product | | 7 |
License Administrator | | 7 |
License Fees | | 7 |
Licensed Patents | | 7 |
Licensed Product | | 8 |
Licensee | | 8 |
Licensors | | 8 |
Otherwise Supply or Otherwise Supplied | | 8 |
Parties | | 8 |
Products Subject to Other Licenses | | 8 |
Professional Product | | 8 |
Quarterly Report | | 8 |
Sell or Sold | | 8 |
Small Entity | | 8 |
Term | | 8 |
Trial Period | | 8 |
Via Administration System | | 8 |
GRANT OF LICENSES | | 9 |
License Grant | | 9 |
Scope of License Grant | | 9 |
Limitation of License | | 9 |
No Other Products | | 9 |
No Sublicensing | | 9 |
Guaranty by Licensee Regarding its Affiliates | | 9 |
Limitation of Have-made Rights | | 9 |
Grantback | | 10 |
Express License Only | | 11 |
Statement of Via’s Intellectual Property Ownership | | 11 |
PUBLICITY AND ANNOUNCEMENTS | | 11 |
PAYMENTS, REPORTS & RECORDS | | 11 |
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Initial Fee | | 11 |
Quarterly Reports | | 11 |
License Fees | | 13 |
Taxes | | 13 |
Payment Procedure | | 14 |
Fee Applicability | | 15 |
When Sold or Otherwise Supplied | | 15 |
When First Used | | 15 |
Software Installations | | 15 |
Hosted Services | | 15 |
Other Licensee Fee Payment | | 16 |
Sales Prior to Effective Date | | 16 |
Books and Records | | 16 |
Trial Period Rules | | 16 |
CONFIDENTIALITY | | 17 |
Confidential Information | | 17 |
Reproduction | | 17 |
Disclosure | | 17 |
Use | | 17 |
Property | | 17 |
Exclusions | | 17 |
Exceptions | | 18 |
No Implied Assurances | | 18 |
Injunctive Relief | | 18 |
TERM AND TERMINATION | | 18 |
Term | | 18 |
Termination for Breach | | 18 |
Individual Licensor’s Option to Withdraw Patents | | 18 |
Termination for Convenience | | 18 |
Effect of Termination | | 19 |
Effect of Termination on Payments and Reporting | | 19 |
Effect of Termination on License | | 19 |
Survival | | 19 |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | | 19 |
Negation of Representations And Warranties by Via And Licensors | | 19 |
Representations and Warranties by Licensee | | 19 |
Representations and Warranties By Each Party | | 20 |
Warranty Disclaimer | | 20 |
Waiver of Consequential Damages and Other Indirect Damages | | 21 |
Limitation of Remedies and Limitation Of Liability | | 21 |
Failure of Essential Purpose | | 21 |
Express Allocation of Risks and Benefits | | 21 |
RIGHT TO INDEPENDENT NEGOTIATION | | 21 |
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Acknowledgements | | 21 |
Independent Negotiations | | 21 |
GENERAL | | 21 |
Section Titles | | 21 |
Assignment | | 21 |
Compliance With Laws | | 22 |
Costs | | 22 |
Assertion of Unenforceability | | 22 |
Modification and Waiver | | 22 |
Calendar Days | | 22 |
Notices | | 22 |
Dispute Resolution | | 23 |
Relationship of the Parties | | 23 |
Controlling Language | | 23 |
Third Party Beneficiary | | 23 |
Counterparts | | 23 |
Review by Counsel | | 23 |
Entire Agreement | | 23 |
APPENDIX A: AAC STANDARD, LICENSORS, AND LICENSED PATENTS | | 24 |
APPENDIX B: SCHEDULE OF FEES | | 41 |
APPENDIX C: DECLARATION OF SMALL ENTITY STATUS | | 44 |
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AAC PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT
This AAC Patent License Agreement is entered into by and between Via Licensing Corporation, as an agent acting on behalf of Licensors, having a principal place of business at 1275 Market Street, San Francisco, California, 94103 (hereinafter “Via”), and the Party identified as Licensee on the title page and signature page of this Agreement.
WHEREAS, the International Organization for Standardization (“ISO”) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (“IEC”) issued standards for the coding of audio information namely ISO/IEC 13818-7:2006 “Information Technology – Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information – Part 7: Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), and ISO/IEC 14496-3:2009 “Information Technology—Coding of audio-visual objects—Part 3: Audio”;
WHEREAS, each of the Licensors owns and/or has rights to license Essential AAC Patents and each of the Licensors has gone to considerable effort to develop what it believes represents significant advancements;
WHEREAS, each of the Licensors has appointed Via with limited authority to act as its agent to license, on behalf of Licensors, all Essential AAC Patents owned and licensable or licensed and sublicensable by each of the Licensors;
WHEREAS, each of the Licensors agrees to make its Essential AAC Patents available on fair, reasonable, nondiscriminatory, and reciprocal terms to entities willing to grant licenses to any essential patents they may own;
WHEREAS, in order to hasten the acceptance and commercial viability of the AAC Standard, each Licensor desires to make its Essential AAC Patents available for license through Via as agent in this Agreement and by which the Licensors and the Parties can achieve economies of scale, reduce transaction costs, integrate complementary technologies and promote the AAC Standard;
WHEREAS, in response to requests received from Licensees and potential Licensees of previous MPEG-2 AAC and MPEG-4 Audio patent licensing programs, the Licensors wish to offer a license focused on those portions of the MPEG-2 AAC and MPEG-4 Audio standards that are in common practice;
WHEREAS, Via desires to license, on behalf of the Licensors, Licensors’ Essential AAC Patents to all entities desiring such a license on the terms and conditions herein;
WHEREAS, Licensee desires to obtain a non-exclusive license to Licensors’ Essential AAC Patents to manufacture, have made, Sell, or Otherwise Supply products compliant with the AAC Standard;
NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the payments made and to be made by Licensee hereunder and the other covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, it is covenanted and agreed by and between the Parties hereto that:
| 1.1. | “AAC Standard” means standards defined by the International Organization for Standardization (“ISO”) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (“IEC”) for the coding of audio information, namely ISO/IEC 13818-7:2006 “Information Technology – Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information – Part 7: Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), and ISO/IEC 14496-3:2009 “Information Technology—Coding of audio-visual objects—Part 3: Audio”, specifically limited to the following Profiles and Audio Object Types (“AOT”): MPEG-4 AAC Profile (including MPEG-2 AAC LC), MPEG-4 High Efficiency AAC Profile (including MPEG-2 AAC LC in combination with SBR), MPEG-4 High Efficiency AAC v2 Profile, MPEG-4 Low Delay AAC Profile, MPEG-4 Low Delay AAC v2 Profile (ISO/IEC 14496-3:2009/Amd. 3: 2012), MPEG-4 ER AAC Scalable (AOT 20), MPEG-4 ER AAC ELD (AOT 39), the Extended HE-AAC Profile (xHE-AAC, as defined and specified in the MPEG-D Standard, specifically ISO/IEC 23003-3:2012 “Information Technology – MPEG audio technologies – Part 3: Unified Speech and Audio Coding or as additionally described in Appendix A to this Agreement. |
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| 1.2. | “Affiliate” means a separate corporation, company, or other entity that now or hereafter, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control of or with a party. The term “control” as used in this definition means ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares or securities (representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority) of such corporation, company, or other entity. In jurisdictions where percentage of foreign ownership is restricted to less than or equal to fifty percent (50%), then whatever percentage of ownership represents a controlling interest in that jurisdiction. Such corporation, company or other entity shall be deemed to be an Affiliate only so long as such “control” exists. |
| 1.3. | “Agreement” means this AAC Patent License Agreement (also known as the “AAC PLA”). |
| 1.4. | “Channel” or “Channels” means an audio channel. As examples: A monaural product utilizes one Channel; a stereo product utilizes two Channels (left and right), a multichannel product utilizes three or more Channels. |
| 1.5. | “Effective Date” means the date on which this Agreement is executed by Via. |
| 1.6. | “End User” means any person or entity that purchases or otherwise obtains a decoding and/or encoding device or software for personal or commercial use and not to re-Sell or Otherwise Supply. |
| 1.7. | “Essential AAC Patent(s)” means any patent(s) having one or more independent claims that would be necessarily and unavoidably infringed (in the absence of a license) by the practice of the AAC Standard. |
| 1.8. | “External Model Number” means the model number designation marked on a Licensed Product and/or the Licensed Product’s packaging or associated marketing materials presented to End Users, and not a model number designation used for a Licensee’s or a Licensee’s suppliers’ internal purposes. |
| 1.9. | “Initial Fee” means the non-refundable fee defined in Section 4 (“Payments, Reports & Records”) below. |
| 1.10. | “Internal Use Licensed Product” means a Licensed Product made by Licensee or its Affiliates, or made on behalf of Licensee or its Affiliates, that is used by Licensee or its Affiliates, and is not intended for Sale or Otherwise Supply to any unaffiliated third party. |
| 1.11. | “License Administrator” means Via Licensing Corporation (“Via”), the entity designated by Licensors to administer the terms and act as an independent agent with limited authority to negotiate, receive, accept, execute, enforce, and terminate the AAC PLA on behalf of Licensors. |
| 1.12. | “License Fees” means the amounts calculated pursuant to Appendix B of this Agreement and due and payable by Licensee to Via under this Agreement. |
| 1.13. | “Licensed Patents” means any and all Essential AAC Patents that are owned and licensable, or licensed and sublicensable, by the Licensors and their Affiliates in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, now or at any time during the Term, including without limitation those patents listed in Appendix A (which list shall be updated by Via from time to time). Licensed Patents do not include any patents that, if licensed, would require a payment of fees by a Licensor to any party that is not an Affiliate of such Licensor. |
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| 1.14. | “Licensed Product” means (a) a complete (or substantially complete), ready-to-use End User decoding and/or encoding device or software, the making, using, importing, Sale or Otherwise Supplying of which would, in the absence of a license, infringe directly or indirectly a Licensed Patent, or (b) a component decoding and/or encoding device or software, the making, using, importing, Sale, or supplying of which would, in the absence of a license, infringe directly or indirectly a Licensed Patent, that is Sold or Otherwise Supplied directly to an End User. (By way of example only, and without limitation, such components may be in the form of software libraries, DSP code modules, subassemblies or integrated circuits). |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that Licensee or an Affiliate Sells or Otherwise Supplies components or software, the making, using, importing, Selling, or supplying of which would, in the absence of a license, infringe directly or indirectly a Licensed Patent, for inclusion in Professional Products sold by Licensee’s customer, such components shall be considered Licensed Products, provided that Licensee reports each customer’s name along with the quantity and product name and/or model number of the product(s) incorporating such component or software as part of Licensee’s quarterly reports, and pays the applicable Professional Product License Fees for such component or software as set forth herein.
| 1.15. | “Licensee” means the Party identified as such on the title page and signature page of this Agreement. |
| 1.16. | “Licensors” (individually, “Licensor”) means the entities listed in Appendix A (such list is subject to additions and/or deletions by Via from time to time). |
| 1.17. | “Otherwise Supply” or “Otherwise Supplied” means to offer for sale, distribute, dispose, rent, lend, lease, commercialize, exploit, or otherwise transfer without compensation, consideration, or money. |
| 1.18. | “Parties” (individually, “Party”) means the entities listed on the cover page that have executed the signature page of this Agreement. |
| 1.19. | “Products Subject to Other Licenses” means products that would be Licensed Products but that are licensed to those AAC Essential Patents practiced by such products through another licensing program or other means, whether a pool or a bi-lateral agreement, to the same extent that would otherwise be licensed pursuant to the licenses granted hereunder. |
| 1.20. | “Professional Product” means a Licensed Product intended primarily for an End User’s direct revenue-generating use or intended to serve as a main resource to generate revenue for End Users, including monitoring and testing equipment. |
| 1.21. | “Quarterly Report” means reports due from Licensee each calendar quarter , in electronic form, paper form, or as otherwise reasonably required by Via, as further described in Section 4 (“Payments, Reports & Records”) below. |
| 1.22. | “Sell” or “Sold” means to sell, directly or through distribution channels, offer for sale, distribute, dispose, rent, lend, lease, commercialize, exploit or otherwise transfer for money or any other form of compensation or consideration. |
| 1.23. | “Small Entity” means an organization that, together with its Affiliates, has no more than fifteen (15) employees, and has annual gross revenues of US $1 million or less and has executed the Declaration of Small Entity Status set forth in Appendix C. |
| 1.24. | “Term” means the period of time described in Section 6 (“Term and Termination”) below. |
| 1.25. | “Trial Period” means an evaluation or testing period provided to End Users for a Licensed Product as further described in Section 4.8 (“Trial Period Rules”). |
| 1.26. | “Via Administration System” means Via’s proprietary systems, technologies and related databases used by Via to manage information relating to patent licensing programs and that is protected by intellectual property rights owned solely and exclusively by Via. |
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| 2.1. | License Grant. On the condition that Licensee and all Affiliates remain in compliance with all terms and conditions of this Agreement then, solely during the Term and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, including but not limited to Licensee’s payment of the Initial Fee, Via hereby grants to Licensee and its Affiliates, pursuant to authority granted by the Licensors, a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable (subject to Section 9.2 (“Assignment”) below), fee-bearing, worldwide license under the Licensed Patents to make, have made (subject to Section 2.5), use, import, Sell and Otherwise Supply Licensed Products solely for the purpose of encoding or decoding data in accordance with the AAC Standard. |
| 2.2. | Scope of License Grant. The patent license granted herein may only be used for the practice of the AAC Standard. |
| 2.3. | Limitation of License. |
| 2.3.1. | No Other Products. No license is granted hereunder to utilize the inventions claimed in the Licensed Patents in any products other than Licensed Products for which License Fees have been paid. |
| 2.3.2. | No Sublicensing. No rights to sublicense are granted or implied hereunder. |
| 2.4. | Guaranty by Licensee Regarding its Affiliates. |
| 2.4.1. | Licensee unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees performance under this Agreement by all its Affiliates. Such performance includes, without limitation, obligations under Section 4.7 (“Books and Records”), and the obligation to provide a Grantback License (pursuant to Section 2.6) to all Essential AAC Patents that are owned or licensable by Licensee or any and all of its Affiliates, on terms and conditions no less favorable than the terms of this Agreement. |
| 2.4.2. | If any of Licensee’s Affiliates breaches or does not perform a duty or obligation pursuant to this Agreement, Licensee shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, cure such breach or perform such duty or obligation, and Licensee agrees that the Licensors and Via, individually or collectively in their sole discretion, shall have the right to proceed directly against Licensee and/or the Affiliate for such breach or nonperformance. Licensee’s liability shall not be relieved by the insolvency or bankruptcy of any of such Affiliates, and any liability will be reinstated against Licensee if any payment by any of such Affiliates is returned for any reason, including but not limited to the insolvency or bankruptcy of any such Affiliates. |
| 2.5. | Limitation of Have-Made Rights. |
| 2.5.1. | If any Licensed Products are made for Licensee by a third party, such third party may Sell or Otherwise Supply such Licensed Products to Licensee only; however, at Licensee’s instruction such third party may ship such Licensed Products to Licensee’s authorized distributor or other designated representative to whom Licensee has Sold or Otherwise Supplied such Licensed Products, and to no other person or entity. |
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| 2.5.2. | If a third party providing Licensed Products for Licensee pursuant to Section 2.5.1. (a “have-made manufacturer”) makes a claim, raises a counterclaim, or files a suit directly or indirectly against a Licensor and/or any of such Licensor’s Affiliate(s) over a patent alleged, or believed, in such Licensor’s reasonable judgment, to be an Essential AAC Patent, then such Licensor shall have the right to instruct Via to revoke Licensee’s have-made right for that Licensor’s and its Affiliates’ Essential AAC Patents under this AAC PLA with regard to such have-made manufacturer only. Upon notice to Licensee from Via of such revocation, such have-made manufacturer shall no longer be entitled to enjoy the benefit of any rights under such Licensor’s and its Affiliates’ Essential AAC Patents with respect to the manufacture of Licensed Products for Licensee or any of Licensee’s Affiliates and all Licensed Products manufactured by such have-made manufacturer thereafter shall be deemed unlicensed products with respect to such Licensor’s and its Affiliates’ Essential AAC Patents. |
| 2.6.1. | If Licensee or any of its Affiliates has the right to license or control the licensing of one or more Essential AAC Patents, Licensee agrees to either (i) become a Licensor in the AAC licensing program, or (ii) license to all Licensors that request a license and all other AAC licensees (having a substantially similar, reciprocal obligation to license Essential AAC Patents), all Essential AAC Patent(s) that are owned or controlled and licensable, or licensed and sublicensable, by Licensee or any of its Affiliates on terms and conditions no less favorable than the terms of this Agreement (“Grantback License”). Such obligation to license does not include patents that, if licensed, would require a payment of license fees by Licensee to any party that is not an Affiliate of Licensee. Each such patent license shall be granted on a non-exclusive basis under fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms and shall include a license grant to such Licensor or AAC licensee, as applicable, and their Affiliate(s) for activity prior to the effective date of the Grantback License. For purposes of this subsection, the Licensors’ per-patent share of License Fees payable under Section 4.3 (“License Fees”) shall be presumed to be a fair and reasonable per-patent royalty rate for each of Licensee’s Essential AAC Patents; the amount of such per-patent share shall be disclosed to the Licensee upon request as necessary to conclude grantback negotiations. |
| 2.6.2. | Only with respect to Grantback License negotiations between Licensee and either a Licensor or a Licensor Affiliate that is an AAC licensee, if a license agreement is not executed within twelve (12) months after written request for a license, and Licensee’s proposed license or negotiations are alleged by Licensor and/or its Affiliate to not be fair or reasonable, then in addition to other remedies either party may have, the affected Licensor may provide ninety (90) days’ written notice to Licensee and to Via, and upon expiration of such notice, withdraw the grant of license to its and its Affiliates’ Essential AAC Patents from the license granted hereunder. Upon expiration of such 90-day period, Via shall notify Licensee in accordance with this Agreement and provide Licensee with a revised Appendix A to this Agreement, and, with immediate effect from the date of such notice from Via, the Licensed Patents under this Agreement will cease to include the Essential AAC Patent(s) of such affected Licensor and its Affiliates. Upon execution of a Grantback License agreement between Licensee and the affected Licensor or Licensor Affiliate, any withdrawn patents, unless otherwise licensed by Licensor to Licensee, shall immediately be reinstated, effective from the date such patents were withdrawn |
| 2.6.3. | During the 12-month period described above, and for ninety (90) days thereafter, neither Licensor nor Licensee shall commence, or join or assist in, any legal or administrative proceeding in any jurisdiction asserting against the other any claims, or seeking a declaratory judgment, related to either party’s practice of the AAC Standard or challenging the enforceability or validity of any Essential AAC Patents owned, controlled, or sublicensable by the other party, including but not limited to reexamination proceedings. |
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| 2.7. | Express License Only. No license is granted herein by implication, estoppel or otherwise, and no implied or express license, authority to infringe, immunity or other waiver from infringement liability shall be deemed to arise or exist as a matter of law or otherwise: |
| 2.7.1. | under any patent that is not a Licensed Patent; |
| 2.7.2. | to make, use, import, lease, Sell, or Otherwise Supply any products other than Licensed Products; |
| 2.7.3. | for any field of use other than to comply with the AAC Standard; or |
| 2.7.4. | to any person acquiring from Licensee or its Affiliates any product other than a Licensed Product. |
| 2.8. | Statement of Via’s Intellectual Property Ownership. Via shall own all right, title and interest, including without limitation all intellectual property rights, in and to the Via Administration System, Via trademarks, trade names, trade dress, service marks and the associated names and logos used by Via from time to time. |
| 3. | Publicity and Announcements. |
| 3.1. | No rights or licenses of any kind or nature whatsoever are created hereunder to use any of Via’s, Licensee’s, or the Licensors’ trade names, trademarks or service marks (or any confusingly similar names or marks). |
| 3.2. | Licensee shall make no statements that any of its or its Affiliates’ Licensed Products have been approved, tested or certified by Via or by any of the Licensors. |
| 3.3. | Neither Party shall make any public disclosures inconsistent with the rights and obligations created hereunder. The Parties agree that Via and the Licensors may disclose to third parties the identity of Licensee as a licensee under this Agreement, and Licensee may disclose to third parties its identity as a licensee under this Agreement. |
| 4. | Payments, Reports & Records. |
| 4.1. | Initial Fee. Within thirty (30) days following the Effective Date, Licensee shall pay to Via an upfront, one-time initial fee of USD 15,000 or, in the case of a Small Entity, USD 1,000 (the “Initial Fee”). The Initial Fee is an administrative fee for services provided in the United States, paid to Via. The Initial Fee is non-recoupable and non-refundable, and is not credited against the “License Fees.” The Initial Fee shall be paid in full to Via regardless of any tax treaties or obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Initial Fee shall be waived to the extent that Licensee is a licensee under an existing and effective AAC Patent License Agreement administered by Via applicable to MPEG-2 AAC, MPEG-4 AAC or MPEG-4 HE AAC. |
| 4.1.1. | Small Entity Initial Fee. A Licensee that qualifies as a Small Entity shall be eligible for the USD 1,000 Initial Fee after providing Via with an executed Declaration of Small Entity Status, attached as Appendix C hereto. |
| 4.2. | Quarterly Reports. Within thirty (30) days following the end of every calendar quarter following the Effective Date, Licensee shall deliver to Via in electronic form, paper form, or as otherwise reasonably required by Via, a written report summarizing the previous quarter’s transactions involving Licensed Products as specified below. |
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| 4.2.1. | Quarterly Reports shall include: |
| 4.2.1.1. | the quantity and description, including product name and/or External Model Number, of Licensed Products Sold or Otherwise Supplied pursuant to this Agreement by Licensee and/or its Affiliates during the calendar quarter for which the Quarterly Report is due; |
| 4.2.1.2. | the quantity and description, including product name and/or model number, of Internal Use Licensed Products; |
| 4.2.1.3. | the number of such Licensed Products that are multichannel products (a multichannel product is one which provides three or more Channels); |
| 4.2.1.4. | if Licensee or any Affiliate has Sold or Otherwise Supplied Products Subject to Other Licenses, Licensee shall provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to Via (and subject to confirmation by Licensors) of the licenses, or confirming the existence of ongoing good-faith negotiations toward the execution of such license agreements. This requirement to provide evidence of existing licenses shall apply only once per category of Licensed Product; and |
| 4.2.1.5. | such other information and in such form as Via may reasonably request. |
| 4.2.1.6. | If Licensee has elected the Alternative Rate Structure (as described in Appendix B), the information required by this Section 4.2.1 shall be reported separately for each country/region in which R2 Products are Sold or Otherwise Supplied for use by an End User. |
| 4.2.1.7. | In the event that Licensee or an Affiliate Otherwise Supplies components or software, the making, using, importing, Selling, or supplying of which would, in the absence of a license, infringe directly or indirectly a Licensed Patent, for inclusion in Professional Products sold by Licensee’s customer, and Licensee elects to have such components or software be Licensed Products hereunder, in addition to the information cited in Section 4.2.1.1 above, Licensee shall report each customer’s name along with the quantity and product name and/or model number of the product(s) incorporating such components or software and shall pay the applicable fees set forth in Section 4.3.3 below. |
| 4.2.2. | Quarterly Reports need not include: |
| 4.2.2.1. | component decoding and/or encoding devices or software Sold or Otherwise Supplied to an intermediate market prior to being incorporated in a Licensed Product; or |
| 4.2.2.2. | Products Subject to Other Licenses, so long as Via has been provided evidence of a license applicable to such products pursuant to Section 4.2.1.4 above, and all Licensors have confirmed the existence of such licenses or have given their approval for Via to accept Licensee’s reports excluding such products. |
| 4.2.3. | Except as may be required under Section 4.4 (“Taxes”) below or as required by law, Via shall not disclose Licensee-specific details of Quarterly Reports to Licensors. To the extent that Licensee has provided evidence to Via of licenses applicable to Products Subject to Other Licenses, Via shall be permitted to disclose Licensee-specific information to Licensors as needed to fulfill its obligations hereunder. |
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| 4.3. | License Fees. Unless Licensee qualifies for the semi-annual payment election set forth in Section 4.3.1, Licensee shall pay to Via all License Fees due hereunder within fifteen (15) days after its Quarterly Report is due. In accordance with Appendix B (the “Schedule of Fees”), Licensee shall pay to Via the amounts for each Licensed Product Sold or Otherwise Supplied under this Agreement (except those returned and refunded) within, to, or from a jurisdiction in which any Licensed Patent remains unexpired, and the amounts for each Internal Use Licensed Products used by Licensee or its Affiliates in a jurisdiction in which any Licensed Patent remains unexpired. |
| 4.3.1. | If the License Fees due for a calendar quarter total less than US $25,000, Licensee may elect to defer payment of such License Fees until the following quarter, so long as this election is made not more than once every other calendar quarter (payments must be made at least on a semi-annual basis). Such an election does not excuse Licensee’s obligation to provide a Quarterly Report each quarter. |
| 4.3.2. | If Licensee Sells or Otherwise Supplies Licensed Products for resale to a customer who also has executed an AAC Patent License Agreement administered by License Administrator (“Other Licensee”), Licensee may agree with such Other Licensee that, as an exception to Section 4.2 and 4.3, the reporting and payment of License Fees for specific Licensed Products will not be made by the Licensee under this Agreement but by the Other Licensee under the Other Licensee’s AAC Patent License Agreement. If Licensee executes such an agreement with an Other Licensee, Licensee remains responsible for the License Fees due for such Licensed Products if the Other Licensee fails to report and pay License Fees that are due. If Licensee and an Other Licensee enter into such an agreement for the reporting and payment of License Fees, both the Licensee and the Other Licensee shall provide Via with written notice of such agreement prior to initiating reporting and payment under this Section. |
| 4.3.3. | In the event that Licensee or an Affiliate has elected to report and pay for certain Professional Products of Licensee’s customers pursuant to Section 4.2.1.7, Licensee shall pay the applicable License Fees for each such Professional Product incorporating Licensee’s components or software. |
| 4.3.4. | Licensee shall consolidate all reports and payments required hereunder to include reporting and payment of License Fees due with regard to Licensee and all of its Affiliates. |
| 4.3.5. | All fees due by Licensee under this Agreement are non-refundable and non-recoupable. |
| 4.4. | Taxes. Except as provided in Section 4.4.1 below, in addition to the Initial Fee and the License Fees set forth in this Agreement and Appendix B, Licensee shall pay any and all fees, duties, charges of any kind, and taxes, including, without limitation, sales, use, excise, value added, withholding and similar taxes, based on payments to be made hereunder in any jurisdiction(s) where such taxes are required, and shall not deduct such amounts from any payments of fees hereunder. Licensee shall pay any such taxes and fees which are necessary to ensure that the net amounts received by Via on behalf of Licensors after all taxes and fees are paid are equal to the amounts to which Licensors are otherwise entitled under this Agreement as if such taxes and fees did not exist. Upon request by Via, Licensee shall timely provide to Via documentation and proof of payment of taxes and fees paid on behalf of Licensors under this Section. If any taxing authority makes a claim against Via for any taxes owed by Licensee, Licensee shall be obligated to pay all of Via’s expenses and costs incurred in defending such action by the taxing authority. Via shall reasonably cooperate and provide such information as may be required by Licensee for any purpose or reason relating to Licensee’s payment of taxes as may be required under this Section (“Taxes”). |
| 4.4.1. | Notwithstanding Section 4.4 (“Taxes”), if applicable law and/or tax treaty requires Licensee to withhold any income taxes levied by Licensee’s country of residency or any other jurisdiction(s) on payments to be made pursuant to this Agreement (“Withholding Tax”), Licensee shall timely remit to the appropriate governing authority any Withholding Tax that may be levied upon License Fees paid to Via for the benefit of Licensors. Licensee shall use Via’s calculation of Withholding Tax, and shall deduct such Withholding Tax from License Fees. |
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| 4.4.1.1. | Licensee shall provide to Via all relevant documentation and proof of payment of the Withholding Tax to allow Licensor to provide evidence to Licensor’s tax authorities of payment of Withholding Taxes. If Licensee cannot provide such documentation and proof of payment in a timely manner, Licensee shall remit the amount of Withholding Tax to Via for distribution to affected Licensors. |
| 4.4.1.2. | If a Licensor is eligible for a Withholding Tax rate exemption or a reduction pursuant to an applicable tax treaty then in force, Licensee must cause any Withholding Tax that is payable by the Licensor to be avoided or reduced accordingly. Via shall reasonably cooperate with Licensee for purpose of reducing or eliminating any Withholding Taxes. |
| 4.4.1.3. | Via shall reasonably cooperate with Licensee by furnishing necessary information, completed certificates, forms and other documents required by Licensee for purposes of reducing or eliminating any Withholding Taxes. Licensee shall file all necessary tax forms required in order to apply for the application of rates under tax treaties. Nothing in this Section 4.4.1.3 shall require Licensee to take any action inconsistent with any applicable law or government regulation. |
| 4.4.1.4. | If any foreign taxing authority makes a claim against a Licensor or Via for failure to timely remit all required Withholding Taxes, then Licensee shall be obligated to pay all deficiencies and any interest or penalties associated with such failure owed to such taxing authority. |
| 4.5.1. | Payments to Via shall be made by wire transfer to the bank and account set forth in the applicable invoice from Via, or by check drawn upon a nationally-recognized U.S. bank tendered to the address set forth in Section 9.8 (“Notices”) below (or to such other payment addresses or bank account as Via shall designate in writing). |
| 4.5.2. | Via will credit payments from Licensee against any prior outstanding amounts owed by Licensee under this Agreement (crediting the oldest outstanding amounts first) before applying them to current License Fees or other amounts owed. |
| 4.5.3. | Excess payment amounts shall be applied to immediately subsequent payment obligations and not refunded. |
| 4.5.4. | Any fees or payments that are made hereunder later than the date on which they are due shall bear interest, compounded monthly at the statutory rate of ten percent (10%) per annum or the highest rate permitted under applicable law, whichever is lower. A payment is considered late if received more than thirty (30) days after becoming due. |
| 4.5.5. | Time is of the essence with respect to all payments required hereunder. |
| 4.5.6. | Licensee shall pay all amounts due hereunder in United States dollars. All dollar amounts in this Agreement refer to United States dollars unless otherwise indicated. Any conversion to United States dollars shall be at the prevailing rate for bank cable transfers as quoted by the Wall Street Journal for the last day of the applicable quarterly period (or business day thereafter if such last day shall be a Sunday or other non-business day). |
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| 4.5.7. | Notwithstanding any requirement for written documents, communication or notice in this Agreement, Quarterly Reports, tax, withholding, financial and payment information and communications may be exchanged by the Parties electronically through the Via Administration System, ViaSecure, or as otherwise requested by Via by notice through such systems. |
| 4.6.1. | When Sold or Otherwise Supplied. For the purpose of timing the payment of License Fees, a Licensed Product shall be considered Sold or Otherwise Supplied on the earlier of when delivered or otherwise disposed of or when invoiced; or, for Licensed Products provided on a trial basis, when the applicable Trial Period is exceeded. Licensed Products shipped on a consignment basis shall be considered Sold or Otherwise Supplied when any payment for such shipment is agreed upon between Licensee and its customer. |
| 4.6.2. | When First Used. For the purpose of timing the payment of License Fees for Internal Use Licensed Products, a first use shall be considered to be when the Internal Use Licensed Products are first used to achieve their intended purpose. For the avoidance of doubt, the first use of an encoder Internal Use Licensed Product is when Licensee initially uses the encoder to create bit-streams in AAC format. For an encoder Internal Use Licensed Product in software form, Licensee shall report the highest number of simultaneously-running encoder instances that occur in the calendar quarter as the unit number of Licensed Products for that quarter. For subsequent quarters, the highest number of simultaneously-running encoder instances shall be compared to the highest number from previous quarters. If the highest number of instances for the current quarter is greater than the number from previous quarters, Licensee shall report the difference between the two values as the unit number of Internal Use Licensed Products for the current quarter and pay License Fees for such reported products. For the avoidance of doubt, License Fees will only be due for Internal Use Licensed Products in software form if the highest number of simultaneously-running encoder instances for the current reporting quarter is greater than the highest number from previous quarters. |
| 4.6.3. | Software Installations. For encoder and decoder Licensed Products in software form, each computer or workstation which has the Licensed Product installed on it, or is capable of using or executing the Licensed Product, shall be considered a separate Licensed Product. By way of example only, if the Licensed Product is installed on a network server, each computer or workstation connected to the network server and capable of executing the Licensed Product shall be considered a separate Licensed Product. |
| 4.6.4. | Hosted Services. For Professional Products which are hosted on servers that provide encoding or decoding services (often referred to as “cloud computing” environments), as an alternative to reporting and paying for the total number of encoder/codec or decoder instances as the number of units of Licensed Products Sold or Otherwise Supplied, Licensee may elect to track the average number of simultaneously-running encoder/codec or decoder instances that occur each calendar month, and report the highest monthly average for the applicable quarter as the unit number of professional encoder/codec or decoder Licensed Products for that quarter. The highest monthly average for subsequent quarters shall be compared to the highest monthly average from previous quarters. If the highest monthly average for the current quarter is greater than the highest monthly average from previous quarters, Licensee shall report the difference between the two values as the unit number of professional encoder/codec or decoder Licensed Products for the current quarter and pay License Fees for such reported products. For the avoidance of doubt, License Fees will only be due for professional encoder/codec or decoder Licensed Products if the highest monthly average for the current reporting quarter is greater than the highest monthly average from previous quarters. |
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| 4.6.5. | Other Licensee Fee Payment. Licensee shall have no obligation to pay License Fees for a particular Licensed Product on which another licensee under an AAC Patent License Agreement administered by Via has paid Via the required License Fees as set forth in Appendix B, provided that Licensee documents the payment of such other licensee to Via’s reasonable satisfaction. |
| 4.6.6. | Sales Prior to Effective Date. Not later than thirty (30) days following the Effective Date of this Agreement, Licensee shall submit to Via a written report, identical in form and to the content requirements set forth in Section 4.2 (“Quarterly Reports”), for any Licensed Products Sold or Otherwise Supplied during the entire period prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement, together with payment for fees and interest thereon, compounded monthly at the statutory rate of ten percent (10%) per annum or the highest rate permitted under applicable law, whichever is lower; or if no Licensed Products were Sold or Otherwise Supplied during the entire period prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement, a statement to that effect. Upon receipt of such reports and payments, the license grant set forth in Section 2.1 will be extended to include Licensed Products Sold or Otherwise Supplied prior to the Effective Date for which a report and payment has been received. If the Effective Date is less than six (6) months after the commencement of discussions leading to execution of this Agreement between Via and Licensee, then interest on such past practice may be waived, at Via’s sole discretion. |
| 4.7. | Books and Records. Licensee and its Affiliates shall keep true, correct, and complete books and records of all sales, licenses, leases, uses, returns, disposals, or other transfers of Licensed Products under this Agreement for at least five (5) years from the date of their creation in order to confirm the accuracy of all of Licensee’s reports and amounts paid or payable hereunder. Via may select an independent and professionally licensed accountant (“Auditor”) to audit, inspect and make abstracts of such books and records, at Licensee’s facility (or elsewhere as determined by Auditor) as necessary to verify their accuracy and that of all other written reports and statements provided for herein, and verify or determine fees paid or payable under this Agreement (“Audit”). Such Audit shall be performed during regular business hours upon at least ten (10) days’ notice and not more often than once annually unless an underpayment of five percent (5%) or more is found, in which case Via may conduct more frequent Audits to the extent reasonably necessary to verify consistently accurate reporting. The Auditor may provide Via information sufficient to support its findings. If the Audit shows an underpayment, then Licensee shall immediately pay the amounts due, plus accrued interest, plus the cost of the Audit if applicable, after receiving notice of the results of the applicable Audit. Licensee will pay the cost of the Audit if, for the period audited, an underpayment of five percent (5%) or more is found, based on and compared to payments or reports received by Via prior to Via’s notice informing Licensee of the Audit. Following an Audit, Via will apply any subsequent payments received from Licensee hereunder first to the costs of the Audit and then to accrued interest before applying any remainder to outstanding License Fees. Via may report the results of any Audit to Licensors; provided, however, that Via shall not disclose in its report to Licensors any Licensee Confidential Information, or any other Licensee-specific information other than discrepancies in Licensee’s payments of License Fees for the period that was the subject of the Audit. |
| 4.8. | Trial Period Rules. No amounts shall accrue or become payable with respect to a Licensed Product Sold solely to the extent the Licensed Product is provided on terms that allow the End User to evaluate the Licensed Product as provided below: |
| 4.8.1. | at the end of the Trial Period, the Licensed Product is automatically disabled such that the Licensed Product would not, in the absence of a license, directly or indirectly infringe a Licensed Patent; such Trial Period not to exceed thirty (30) days; |
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| 4.8.2. | the Licensed Product is altered in a manner that renders the Licensed Product unusable for commercial or personal purposes by compromising the audio output, such as by periodically inserting an interval of silence or periodically inserting an audible tone or beep in the audio output; or |
| 4.8.3. | the Licensed Product is subject to an agreement between Licensee and an End User obligating that End User to return or destroy all copies of the Licensed Product unless that End User purchases such Licensed Product prior to the expiration of the Trial Period; such Trial Period not to exceed thirty (30) days. |
For the avoidance of doubt, there shall be only one Trial Period per End User, and if the End User retains the Licensed Product for any period of time after the expiration of the Trial Period, or if the output of the Licensed Product is no longer compromised, License Fees shall be due for such Licensed Product as specified in Appendix B.
| 5.1. | Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” shall include any non-public information that is marked “confidential” or, if disclosed orally, is identified as confidential prior to, during, or immediately after such oral disclosure, which is disclosed by one Party (“Discloser”) to the other Party (“Recipient”) pursuant to this Agreement. |
| 5.2. | Reproduction. Recipient shall not reproduce Confidential Information except and only to the extent necessary to exercise its rights and obligations under this Agreement. Reproductions of Confidential Information shall include any trade secret legends, proprietary notices and/or copyright notices present in the Confidential Information. |
| 5.3. | Disclosure. Recipient shall restrict disclosure of Confidential Information to employees, attorneys and accountants with a need to know such information to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and Recipient shall advise such employees, attorneys and accountants, in advance of such disclosure, of the obligations of this Section 5 (“Confidentiality”) and shall require such employees, attorneys, and accountants to be bound, in writing, by confidentiality obligations substantially similar to those herein. Recipient shall not disclose Confidential Information to any other third party without prior written approval of Discloser. All tax credit payments and related documents shall be deemed Confidential Information and shall be disclosed only on a need-to-know basis. Except for books and records specified in Section 4.7 (“Books and Records”) above, Recipient’s obligation to maintain confidentiality of Confidential Information shall expire three (3) years from the date of disclosure. |
| 5.4. | Use. All Confidential Information that is disclosed for the purposes set forth in this Agreement shall be used only to the extent necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, shall be subject to the restrictions of this Section 5 (“Confidentiality”) and shall not be used for any other purpose. The fact that a discussion involving the disclosure of Confidential Information will occur or has occurred shall also be considered Confidential Information. |
| 5.5. | Property. All Confidential Information that is owned by the Discloser shall remain the property of Discloser. Recipient’s duty to protect Confidential Information commences upon receipt of the Confidential Information. |
| 5.6. | Exclusions. The foregoing restrictions on the use and disclosure of Confidential Information shall not apply to any Confidential Information: |
| 5.6.1. | independently developed by Recipient or lawfully received free of restriction from another source having the right to furnish the Confidential Information; |
| 5.6.2. | after it has become generally available to the public without breach of this Agreement by Recipient; |
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| 5.6.3. | that, at the time of disclosure to Recipient, was known to Recipient free of restriction as evidenced by documentation in Recipient’s possession; or |
| 5.6.4. | that Discloser agrees in writing is free of such restrictions. |
| 5.7. | Exceptions. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent a Recipient from disclosing Confidential Information to the extent the Recipient is legally compelled to do so by any governmental, investigative or judicial agency pursuant to proceedings over which such agency has jurisdiction, provided that the Recipient first gives Discloser notice of the required disclosure. In no event shall Recipient’s cooperation with Discloser require Recipient to take any action which, on the advice of Recipient’s counsel, could result in the imposition of any sanctions or other penalties against Recipient. |
| 5.8. | No Implied Assurances. None of the Confidential Information which may be disclosed by Discloser shall constitute any representation, warranty, guarantee, inducement or other assurance by Discloser of any kind, and, in particular, with respect to the non-infringement of any intellectual property rights, or any other rights of any third persons or of Discloser. |
| 5.9. | Injunctive Relief. The Parties agree that in the case of the breach of any provision of this Section 5 (“Confidentiality”), the aggrieved Party may suffer immediate and irreparable harm and that immediate injunctive relief may therefore be appropriate. |
| 6.1. | Term. This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and continue thereafter for a period of five (5) years. Unless terminated earlier pursuant to this Section 6, Licensee shall have the option to renew this Agreement for additional periods of five (5) years each subject to providing Via with written notice of Licensee’s election to renew at least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the then-current term. As determined by Via in its reasonable discretion, certain terms and conditions of this Agreement may be subject to change upon renewal. Furthermore, if Licensors generally increase the License Fees, Licensors have the option to increase the License Fees herein upon any renewal by the same percentage as the general price increase, but in no event more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Schedule of Fees. |
| 6.2. | Termination for Breach. Failure to pay or perform any obligation hereunder within the time prescribed shall constitute an event of material default. Failure to cure any event of material default within sixty (60) days after receipt of written notice describing the non-performance, or thirty (30) days with respect to non-payment of funds, shall entitle the Party giving such notice to terminate, or suspend, any or all portions of this Agreement. |
| 6.3. | Individual Licensor’s Option to Withdraw Patents. In the event Licensee or any of its Affiliates makes a claim, raises a counterclaim, or files a suit, directly or indirectly, against a Licensor and/or any of its Affiliates over a patent alleged, or believed in such Licensor’s reasonable judgment, to be an Essential AAC Patent, then such Licensor may withdraw the grant of license under its and its Affiliates’ Essential AAC Patent(s) from this Agreement. Upon such withdrawal, Via will promptly notify Licensee, and as of the date of the filing of such claim, counterclaim, or suit (“Claim Date”), Licensee’s Licensed Patent(s) under this Agreement will cease to include the Essential AAC Patents of such Licensor and its Affiliates. Via will provide Licensee with a revised Appendix A to this Agreement, which shall be effective as of the Claim Date. |
| 6.4. | Termination for Convenience. Licensee may terminate this Agreement at will by providing Via with written notice at least sixty (60) days prior to the effective date of such termination (the “Termination Date”), with such notice becoming effective only if (i) Licensee has fully performed all of its payment and other obligations under this Agreement; and (ii) either (a) Licensee certifies to Via in writing prior to the Termination Date that it has ceased to make, use, import, Sell and Otherwise Supply Licensed Products as of the Termination Date; or (b) prior to the Termination Date, Via has received written confirmation that Licensee has entered into bilateral agreements with each of the Licensors covering the practice of the Licensed Patents for making, having made, using, importing, Selling and Otherwise Supplying Licensed Products for the purpose of encoding or decoding data in accordance with the AAC Standard. |
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| 6.5. | Effect of Termination. |
| 6.5.1. | Effect of Termination on Payments and Reporting. Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement, the payment date of all monies due and the reporting date of all Quarterly Reports shall automatically be accelerated so that they shall all become due, payable, and deliverable no later than thirty (30) days after the effective date of expiration or termination of this Agreement. |
| 6.5.2. | Effect of Termination on License. Upon expiration or termination, all licenses granted to Licensee hereunder shall revert to Licensors, except that for a period of six (6) months after the Term of this Agreement, Licensee shall be entitled to fill orders for Licensed Products received prior to expiration or termination and to make, or have made for it, and to Sell Licensed Products for which commitments to vendors had been made prior to notice of such expiration or termination (“Sell Off Period”), except when this Agreement is terminated for material breach the foregoing Sell Off Period shall not apply, but rather the termination provisions set forth in Section 6.2 above (“Termination for Breach”) shall apply. Any expiration or termination of this Agreement pursuant to the terms in this Section 6 (“Term and Termination”) shall not relieve Licensee of its obligation to account for and make payments pursuant to the terms of this Agreement for all Licensed Products Sold or Otherwise Supplied by Licensee either prior or subsequent to the expiration or termination date. |
| 6.6. | Survival. The definitions and the Parties’ rights, duties and obligations which, by their nature, would continue beyond the expiration or termination of this Agreement, including but not limited to Sections 4.7 (“Books and Records”), 5 (“Confidentiality”), and 7 (“Representations and Warranties”) shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement. |
| 7. | Representations and Warranties. |
| 7.1. | Negation of Representations and Warranties by Via and Licensors. Via and Licensors, individually and collectively, make no representation, warranty, covenant or claim regarding: |
| 7.1.1. | the scope, validity, enforceability or infringement of the Licensed Patents; |
| 7.1.2. | any ongoing maintenance or prosecution of any of the Licensed Patents; |
| 7.1.3. | any defense of Licensee against any actions or suits of any nature brought by any third parties; |
| 7.1.4. | any obligation to bring or prosecute any actions or suits against any third parties for infringement; or |
| 7.1.5. | any sufficiency, adequacy or completeness of the Licensed Patents for any purpose including but not limited to make, use, import, Sell, or Otherwise Supply Licensed Products. |
| 7.2. | Representations and Warranties by Licensee. Licensee represents, warrants and covenants that: |
| 7.2.1. | Licensee enters into this Agreement for its own convenience to acquire non-exclusive rights from multiple Licensors hereto in a single transaction rather than in multiple transactions for rights to the Licensed Patents which it believes are necessary to make, use, import, Sell, or Otherwise Supply Licensed Products; and by doing so Licensors and Licensee can achieve economies of scale, reduce transaction costs, integrate complementary technologies, and promote the AAC Standard; |
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| 7.2.2. | Licensee is aware that the Licensed Patent(s) may not comprise all the technology, or include licenses to all of the patents required to make, use, import, Sell, or Otherwise Supply a Licensed Product; |
| 7.2.3. | Licensee acknowledges that Via and Licensors, individually and collectively, make no representation, warranty, covenant or claim that the Licensed Patents hereunder include all applicable Essential AAC Patents throughout the world; |
| 7.2.4. | Licensee acknowledges that Via and Licensors, individually and collectively, make no representation, warranty, covenant or claim that making, using, importing, Selling, or Otherwise Supplying Licensed Products will not infringe, directly, indirectly, by inducement or otherwise, any patent not licensed hereunder; |
| 7.2.5. | Licensee shall defend, indemnify, and hold Via and the Licensors, individually and collectively, harmless and free from and against any claim, loss, damage or other liability based on or otherwise arising out of Licensee’s conduct; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensee shall not be obligated to defend, indemnify and hold Via or the Licensors harmless from and against a claim, loss, damage or liability based on or otherwise arising out of conduct by Via or the Licensors; |
| 7.2.6. | Licensee acknowledges that Via and the Licensors have not investigated Licensee’s particular Licensed Product(s) and that to the extent such Licensed Product(s) include features not necessarily and unavoidably required by the practice of the AAC Standard such features may infringe patents and/or intellectual property rights owned by the Licensors which are not included in the Licensed Patent(s); |
| 7.2.7. | Licensee has not, in contemplation of signing this Agreement, made an assignment of, or granted an exclusive license to, any Essential AAC Patent to any third party. During the Term, any assignment made or exclusive license granted by Licensee of any Essential AAC Patent may only be assigned or licensed under the condition that such Essential AAC Patent continues to be subject to the obligation to offer a license to all Licensors and all other licensees under an AAC Patent License Agreement administered by License Administrator pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. |
| 7.3. | Representations and Warranties by Each Party. Each Party represents, covenants and warrants that: |
| 7.3.1. | this Agreement does not violate any of that Party’s existing agreements; |
| 7.3.2. | such Party has the authority, power and right to convey the rights or accept the obligations created hereunder. |
| 7.4. | WARRANTY DISCLAIMER. THE FOREGOING REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, AND EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 7 (“REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES”), VIA AND THE LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTY OF ANY TYPE OR OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AND HEREBY DISCLAIM AND EXCLUDE ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER STATUTORY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS. |
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| 7.5. | WAIVER OF CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES AND OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES. VIA AND THE LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES OF ANY TYPE OR OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ANY REPRESENTATIVE OF VIA OR ANY OF THE LICENSORS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. |
| 7.6. | LIMITATION OF REMEDIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN ALL EVENTS, LICENSEE’S SOLE REMEDY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY CLAIM OF BREACH SHALL BE TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL VIA’S AND LICENSORS’ AGGREGATE CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO LICENSEE FOR DAMAGES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT EXCEED THE AMOUNTS DUE TO VIA BUT UNPAID BY LICENSEE OR THE AMOUNTS PAID BY LICENSEE TO VIA IN THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE FIRST EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY, WHICHEVER IS LESS. |
| 7.7. | FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT THE LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 7.6 (“LIMITATION OF REMEDIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY”) SHALL APPLY EVEN IF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY LIMITED REMEDY SPECIFIED HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. |
| 7.8. | Express Allocation of Risks and Benefits. All of the terms and conditions in this Section 7 (“Representations and Warranties”) have been expressly accepted by the Parties and represent the bargained for allocations of risks and benefits under this Agreement which are reflected in the financial terms between the Parties in this Agreement. This allocation is an essential element of the basis of the bargain between the Parties. |
| 8. | Right to Independent Negotiation. |
| 8.1. | Acknowledgements. Licensee understands and acknowledges that the Licensed Patents are offered to be licensed for the convenience of Licensee, and Licensee is free to negotiate licenses and/or fees for the Licensed Patents directly with the Licensors independently, individually and directly on mutually acceptable terms and conditions which may be different from those set forth in this Agreement. |
| 8.2. | Independent Negotiations. Licensee also understands and acknowledges that Licensee is free to conduct the negotiations described in this Section 8 (“Right to Independent Negotiation”) simultaneously with any or all of the Licensors independently, individually and directly. |
| 9.1. | Section Titles. Section titles are intended only to aid and assist the reader as an index device and are not intended to be substantive or fully descriptive of the contents of the section or to be used for construction or interpretation. |
| 9.2. | Assignment. Licensee shall not assign this Agreement or delegate any of its rights, duties or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Via, except in connection with Licensee’s merger with another entity, or sale to another entity of its entire business, or substantially all of the assets used to carry out the business related to practice of the technology to which this Agreement pertains, provided that such entity shall promptly agree in writing with Via to perform all Licensee’s obligations and duties hereunder. Any attempt to do so without such consent is void. Via may assign the administration and management of this Agreement or its rights, interests and obligations under this Agreement to a successor in connection with a merger with or acquisition by or sale of all of Via’s assets, or in the event the Licensors designate a different license administrator. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. |
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| 9.3. | Compliance with Laws. Licensee will comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including any applicable laws and regulations relating to export, import, and applicable royalty withholding laws and regulations, and will defend and hold Via and all Licensors harmless from any expense or damage resulting from Licensee’s violation or alleged violation of any such law or regulation. Licensee shall not export or re-export any data acquired from Licensors under this Agreement, or the direct product thereof, to any country in contravention of applicable law. |
| 9.4. | Costs. Any covenant requiring a Party to perform or provide an act or service shall be construed to impose upon such Party the burden of the cost thereof unless otherwise provided for herein. |
| 9.5. | Assertion of Unenforceability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law or be so held by applicable court decision, such unenforceability or invalidity shall not render this Agreement unenforceable or invalid as a whole, and the unenforceable or invalid provision shall be amended to achieve as closely as possible the economic effect of the original provision. |
| 9.6. | Modification and Waiver. No provision of this Agreement shall be deemed modified by any act or omission of a Party or its agents, or by failure to object to any acts of a Party which may be inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement. No waiver of a breach committed by a Party in one instance shall constitute a waiver or permission to commit or continue breaches in other or like instances. This Agreement shall not be amended or modified other than by a duly executed amendment signed by authorized representatives of the Parties, except that Via may provide updates to Appendix A, and the Parties may provide updates to contact information, addresses and other administrative matters via written notice, email, facsimile, or as provided in Section 4.5.7 above. |
| 9.7. | Calendar Days. All references to days under this Agreement are a reference to calendar days; thus, for example, when action is required “within thirty (30) days” then in all cases such action is required within thirty (30) calendar days. |
| 9.8. | Notices. All notices and communication shall be in written English, to the addresses below, or to such other contact information as either Party may designate pursuant to proper notice, and, except to the extent an alternative means is specified below or elsewhere in this Agreement, sent by an internationally-recognized courier service that provides proof of delivery. All notices so provided shall be deemed effective upon receipt as indicated by such proof, and in no case later than ten (10) days after sending. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Via may send notices updating contact information, addresses and other administrative matters, and any updates to the list of Licensors and Licensed Patents in Appendix A pursuant to Sections 2.6.2 or 6.3 or otherwise, via email, facsimile, as provided in Section 4.5.7 above, or other electronic means. The parties may agree on additional procedures for electronic communication; such agreement may be entered into by electronic means. If and when so entered into, such procedures will be deemed to be incorporated into the notice procedures set forth in this Section 9.8 (“Notices”). All fees payable to Via shall be paid by check tendered to the following address or wire transfer to the bank and account set forth in the applicable invoice from Via (or such other payment addresses or bank account as Via shall designate in writing): |
Via Licensing Corporation
Attention: AAC License Administrator
1275 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Telephone: (415) 645-4700
Notices to Licensee shall be sent to the address on page 1, or to the following if specified:
Company:
Attn:
Address:
Fax:
Email: gerry@siyatamobile.com
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| 9.9. | Dispute Resolution. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive law of the State of California and applicable federal law of the United States, but without regard to choice of law provisions thereof. This Agreement shall be deemed to have been made and entered into in San Francisco, California. The Parties hereby submit to the jurisdiction of, and waive any venue objections against, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division and the Superior Court of the State of California, San Francisco County, in any litigation arising out of or relating to this Agreement. In the event that any action is brought to resolve any dispute under this Agreement, the prevailing Party shall be entitled to recover from the other Party all costs and expenses incurred in that action as well as any appeal therefrom, including all reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. Licensee shall not object to any enforcement action brought by Via under this Agreement on the basis that the Licensors should be required to seek, maintain, or be joined to such action. Each Party expressly waives the defense of sovereign immunity and any other defense based on the fact or allegation that it is an agency or instrumentality of a sovereign state. |
| 9.10. | Relationship of the Parties. The Parties are independent contractors. There is no relationship of partnership, joint venture, employment, franchise or other agency between Via and Licensee, and neither Via nor Licensee has the authority to bind the other or incur any obligation on behalf of the other. |
| 9.11. | Controlling Language. This Agreement and the Appendices hereto are prepared and executed in the English language only, which language shall be controlling in all respects. Any translations of this Agreement into any other language are for reference only and shall have no legal or other effect. Any notice which is required or permitted to be given by one Party to the other under this Agreement shall be in the English language and shall be in writing. All proceedings related to this Agreement shall be conducted in the English language. |
| 9.12. | Third Party Beneficiary. Licensee acknowledges and agrees that each Licensor is a direct and intended third party beneficiary of those provisions of this Agreement expressly or implicitly referencing Licensor and Licensor shall be entitled to enforce the terms of such provisions directly against Licensee. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon Licensee or any other third party any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of any separate agreement between any of Via, the Licensors or any third party. Except for each Licensor and the Parties, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. |
| 9.13. | Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed, whether in person or by facsimile transmission, simultaneously in counterpart, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. |
| 9.14. | Review by Counsel. Each Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that it is sophisticated and has consulted legal counsel with respect to this transaction. As a consequence, the Parties expressly waive any presumption of any statutory or common law rule relating to the interpretation of contracts against the drafter. |
| 9.15. | Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Appendices attached hereto and incorporated by this reference, contains the entire agreement between Via and Licensee, and supersedes all other prior or contemporaneous representations, discussions, negotiations and agreements, whether written or oral between them relating to the subject matter hereof. |
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APPENDIX A
AAC STANDARD, LICENSORS, AND LICENSED PATENTS
The patent license granted herein may only be used for the practice of the following Audio Object Types (AOTs) and/or Profiles as defined in the AAC Standard:
MPEG-4 AAC Profile, including MPEG-2 AAC LC
MPEG-4 High Efficiency AAC Profile, including MPEG-2 AAC LC in combination with SBR
MPEG-4 High Efficiency AAC v2 Profile
MPEG-4 Low Delay AAC Profile
MPEG-4 Low Delay AAC v2 Profile
MPEG 4 Error Resilient AAC Scalable (AOT 20)
MPEG-4 Error Resilient AAC Enhanced Low Delay (AOT 39)
MPEG-D Extended HE-AAC Profile
Licensors:
| ● | Dolby International AB Apollo Building, 3E, Herikerbergweg 1-35, 1101 CN Amsterdam Zuidoost, The Netherlands and Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation 1275 Market Street San Francisco CA 94103-1410 USA (together, “Dolby”) |
| ● | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) 218 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea |
| ● | Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V (Fraunhofer) Hansastrasse 27c Munich 80686 Federal Republic of Germany |
| ● | JVC KENWOOD Corporation 3-12, Moriyacho, kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 221-0022 Japan |
| ● | Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Philips) PO Box 220 5600 AE Eindhoven Netherlands |
| ● | Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA, 98052-6399 USA |
| ● | NEC Corporation 7-1 Shiba 5-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 108-8001 Japan |
| ● | NTT DOCOMO, INC. Sanno Park Tower, 11-1, Nagata-cho 2 chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6150 Japan |
| ● | ORANGE SA Orange Gardens, Room 1E-4-86, 44, avenue de la Republique, Chatillon 92320 France |
| ● | Panasonic Corporation 7F & 8F OBP Panasonic Tower, 2-1-61 Shiromi, Chuo-ku, Osaka City 540-6207 Japan |
| ● | Sony Corporation 1-7-1- Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075 Japan |
| ● | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Ericsson) Torshamnsgatan 23, SE-164 83 Stockholm Sweden |
| ● | VoiceAge Corporation 750 Chemin Lucerne, Mont-Royal, QC H3R 2H6, Canada |
List of Licensed Patents:
Patent Holder(s) | | Country | | Patent Number |
Dolby | | AR | | 061807 |
Dolby | | AU | | 2003270114 |
Dolby | | AU | | 2006235812 |
Dolby | | AU | | 2006235813 |
Dolby | | AU | | 2006336954 |
Dolby | | AU | | 2010215469 |
Dolby | | AU | | 2010257205 |
Dolby | | BR | | 122015007138-0 |
Dolby | | BR | | 122015007141-0 |
Dolby | | BR | | 122015007146-1 |
Dolby | | BR | | PI0009138-3 |
Dolby | | BR | | PI0014642-0 |
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Patent Holder(s) | | Country | | Patent Number |
Dolby | | BR | | PI0111362-3 |
Dolby | | BR | | PI9805989-0 |
Dolby | | CA | | 2496665 |
Dolby | | CA | | 2640431 |
Dolby | | CA | | 2688871 |
Dolby | | CA | | 2688916 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL00813602.5 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL01809978.5 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL01818972.5 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL01820576.3 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL02806796.7 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL02811036.6 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL02813646.2 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL02820840.4 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL03822145.4 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200410045997.9 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200410100078.7 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200480011462.8 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200510107590.9 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200510109957.0 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200510109958.5 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200510109959.X |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200510109960.2 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200510116027.8 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200580007351.4 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200580018659.9 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200610008886.X |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200610008887.4 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200680053841.2 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200710089097.8 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200780032661.0 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200910009864.9 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200910009865.3 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200910158611.8 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200910158612.2 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL200910165019.0 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL201010162942.1 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL201010183360.1 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL201010212976.7 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL201010222389.6 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL201010576370.1 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL201110402525.4 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL201110402529.2 |
Dolby | | CN | | ZL98800792.4 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,BE,CH,DE,DK,ES,FI,FR,GB,IE,IT,LI,NL,PT) | | 0940015 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,BE,CH,DE,DK,ES,FI,FR,GB,IE,IT,LI,NL,PT,SE) | | 1216474 |
Dolby | | EP (DE,FI,FR,GB,NL,SE) | | 1285436 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,BE,CH,DE,DK,ES,FI,FR,GB,IE,IT,LI,NL,PT,SE,TR) | | 1334484 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,BE,CH,DE,DK,ES,FI,FR,GB,IE,IT,LI,NL,PT,SE) | | 1342230 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,BE,CH,DE,DK,ES,FI,FR,GB,IE,IT,LI,NL,PT) | | 1367566 |
Dolby | | EP (DE,ES,FI,FR,GB,IT,NL,SE,TR) | | 1374399 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,BE,CH,DE,DK,ES,FI,FR,GB,IE,IT,LI,NL,PT,SE,TR) | | 1408484 |
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Patent Holder(s) | | Country | | Patent Number |
Dolby | | EP (DE,ES,FI,FR,GB,IT,NL,SE,TR) | | 1410687 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,BE,CH,DE,DK,ES,FI,FR,GB,IE,IT,LI,NL,PT,SE) | | 1423847 |
Dolby | | EP (DE,FR,GB,NL) | | 1444688 |
Dolby | | EP (DE,ES,FI,FR,GB,IT,NL,SE,TR) | | 1527517 |
Dolby | | EP (CH,DE,FR,GB,LI,NL,SE) | | 1600945 |
Dolby | | EP (CH,DE,ES,FI,FR,GB,IT,LI,NL,SE) | | 1603117 |
Dolby | | EP (DE,ES,FI,FR,GB,IT,NL,SE,TR) | | 1603119 |
Dolby | | EP (DE,FR,GB) | | 1616461 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,BE,CH,DE,DK,ES,FI,FR,GB,IE,IT,LI,NL,PT,SE) | | 1617418 |
Dolby | | EP (DE,ES,FI,FR,GB,IT,NL,SE,TR) | | 1635461 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,BE,CH,DE,DK,ES,FI,FR,GB,IT,LI,NL,SE) | | 1643642 |
Dolby | | EP (DE,ES,FI,FR,GB,IT,NL,PL,SE,TR) | | 1695338 |
Dolby | | EP (DE,ES,FI,FR,GB,IT,NL,PL,SE,TR) | | 1735775 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,CH,DE,DK,ES,FI,FR,GB,IT,LI,NL,PL,SE,TR) | | 1768454 |
Dolby | | EP (DE,FR,GB) | | 1807824 |
Dolby | | EP (DE,FR,GB) | | 1909265 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,BE,CH,DE,DK,ES,FI,FR,GB,IE,IT,LI,NL,PT,SE) | | 1914728 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,BE,CH,DE,DK,ES,FI,FR,GB,GR,IE,IT,LI,LU,NL, PT,SE) | | 1914729 |
Dolby | | EP (CH,DE,FR,GB,LI,NL,SE) | | 1977510 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,BE,CH,DE,DK,ES,FI,FR,GB,IT,LI,NL,SE) | | 1986321 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,BE,CH,CZ,DE,DK,ES,FI,FR,GB,GR,IE,IT,LI,LU, NL,SE,TR) | | 2015292 |
Dolby | | EP (DE,FR,GB,LT,LV,SI) | | 2024967 |
Dolby | | EP (CH,DE,ES,FR,GB,IT,LI,NL,SE,TR) | | 2036201 |
Dolby | | EP (DE,ES,FR,GB,IT,SE) | | 2216776 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,BE,CH,DE,DK,ES,FI,FR,GB,IT,LI,NL,SE) | | 2239847 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,BE,CH,DE,DK,ES,FI,FR,GB,IT,LI,NL,SE) | | 2249336 |
Dolby | | EP (DE,FR,GB) | | 2337223 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,BE,CH,DE,DK,ES,FR,GB,IE,IT,LI,NL,PL,SE,TR) | | 2337224 |
Dolby | | EP (AT,CH,CZ,DE,ES,FI,FR,GB,IT,LI,NL,PL,SE,TR) | | 2975764 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1030843 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1049401 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1056429 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1057815 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1058096 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1060450 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1062349 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1062350 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1062624 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1067954 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1077413 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1080206 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1080208 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1080979 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1081715 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1082093 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1093594 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1093812 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1094077 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1099882 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1106862 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1120938 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1124156 |
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Patent Holder(s) | | Country | | Patent Number |
Dolby | | HK | | 1124950 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1129169 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1131473 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1140572 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1141149 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1142454 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1144043 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1145728 |
Dolby | | HK | | 1150687 |
Dolby | | ID | | 0022349 |
Dolby | | ID | | 0032438 |
Dolby | | IN | | 224775 |
Dolby | | IN | | 230121 |
Dolby | | IN | | 234014 |
Dolby | | IN | | 238265 |
Dolby | | IN | | 242206 |
Dolby | | IN | | 255436 |
Dolby | | IN | | 263883 |
Dolby | | IN | | 264129 |
Dolby | | IN | | 267905 |
Dolby | | IN | | 269029 |
Dolby | | IN | | 270243 |
Dolby | | IN | | 285130 |
Dolby | | IN | | 286020 |
Dolby | | JP | | 3870193 |
Dolby | | JP | | 3926726 |
Dolby | | JP | | 3954495 |
Dolby | | JP | | 3977744 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4035631 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4220461 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4289815 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4328720 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4334526 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4377302 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4447317 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4474347 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4511443 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4519783 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4519784 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4527716 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4589962 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4602375 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4603037 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4628921 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4700467 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4786987 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4834153 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4852122 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4852123 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4878384 |
Dolby | | JP | | 4991397 |
Dolby | | JP | | 5090390 |
Dolby | | JP | | 5132627 |
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Patent Holder(s) | | Country | | Patent Number |
Dolby | | JP | | 5133397 |
Dolby | | JP | | 5185337 |
Dolby | | JP | | 5186444 |
Dolby | | JP | | 5186543 |
Dolby | | JP | | 5326020 |
Dolby | | JP | | 5427270 |
Dolby | | JP | | 5452936 |
Dolby | | JP | | 5557467 |
Dolby | | JP | | 5577187 |
Dolby | | JP | | 5689820 |
Dolby | | JP | | 5933965 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0517229 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0551862 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0565821 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0648760 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0649299 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0666813 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0666814 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0666815 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0679376 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0697255 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0717604 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0717607 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0848365 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0848367 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0890201 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0890203 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0935961 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-0959971 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-1004834 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-1495064 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-1657506 |
Dolby | | KR | | KR10-1667244 |
Dolby | | MX | | 257664 |
Dolby | | MX | | 284090 |
Dolby | | MX | | 284332 |
Dolby | | MX | | 287155 |
Dolby | | MX | | 307488 |
Dolby | | MX | | 312884 |
Dolby | | MX | | 313059 |
Dolby | | MY | | 151651 |
Dolby | | MY | | 144430-A |
Dolby | | MY | | 154144-A |
Dolby | | MY | | 157026-A |
Dolby | | NO | | 335321 |
Dolby | | NO | | 336926 |
Dolby | | NO | | 336930 |
Dolby | | NO | | 339847 |
Dolby | | NO | | 340225 |
Dolby | | NO | | 340385 |
Dolby | | RU | | 2236046 |
Dolby | | RU | | 2251795 |
Dolby | | RU | | 2256293 |
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Patent Holder(s) | | Country | | Patent Number |
Dolby | | RU | | 2402872 |
Dolby | | RU | | 2453986 |
Dolby | | RU | | 2484579 |
Dolby | | RU | | 2507678 |
Dolby | | SE | | 0512719 |
Dolby | | SG | | 110461 |
Dolby | | SG | | 144562 |
Dolby | | TW | | I313857 |
Dolby | | TW | | I325685 |
Dolby | | TW | | I330826 |
Dolby | | TW | | I334736 |
Dolby | | TW | | I338461 |
Dolby | | TW | | I351022 |
Dolby | | TW | | I458258 |
Dolby | | TW | | I458365 |
Dolby | | UA | | 79301 |
Dolby | | UA | | 91890 |
Dolby | | US | | 6978236 |
Dolby | | US | | 7003451 |
Dolby | | US | | 7050972 |
Dolby | | US | | 7139702 |
Dolby | | US | | 7181389 |
Dolby | | US | | 7191121 |
Dolby | | US | | 7283955 |
Dolby | | US | | 7308401 |
Dolby | | US | | 7382886 |
Dolby | | US | | 7433817 |
Dolby | | US | | 7469206 |
Dolby | | US | | 7483758 |
Dolby | | US | | 7487097 |
Dolby | | US | | 7509254 |
Dolby | | US | | 7548864 |
Dolby | | US | | 7564978 |
Dolby | | US | | 7577570 |
Dolby | | US | | 7590543 |
Dolby | | US | | 7680552 |
Dolby | | US | | 7711552 |
Dolby | | US | | 7783496 |
Dolby | | US | | 7986789 |
Dolby | | US | | 8014534 |
Dolby | | US | | 8019612 |
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Dolby | | US | | 8036881 |
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Dolby | | US | | 8059826 |
Dolby | | US | | 8081763 |
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Dolby | | US | | 8116460 |
Dolby | | US | | 8145475 |
Dolby | | US | | 8223976 |
Dolby | | US | | 8243936 |
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Patent Holder(s) | | Country | | Patent Number |
Dolby | | US | | 8255212 |
Dolby | | US | | 8255233 |
Dolby | | US | | 8315859 |
Dolby | | US | | 8346566 |
Dolby | | US | | 8412365 |
Dolby | | US | | 8447621 |
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Dolby | | US | | 9318118 |
Dolby | | US | | 9349382 |
Dolby | | US | | RE43189 |
Dolby | | VN | | 6033 |
Dolby | | VN | | 12967 |
Dolby | | ZA | | 20050873 |
Dolby | | AU | | 2003237295 |
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Dolby | | AU | | 2005280392 |
Dolby | | AU | | 2007243586 |
Dolby | | AU | | 2011200680 |
Dolby | | CA | | 2475460 |
Dolby | | CA | | 2489441 |
Dolby | | CA | | 2489443 |
Dolby | | CA | | 2556575 |
Dolby | | CA | | 2589623 |
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Dolby | | CA | | 2736060 |
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Microsoft | | US | | 6266644 |
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Microsoft | | US | | 7143030 |
Microsoft | | US | | 7801735 |
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NEC/Panasonic | | EP (CZ,DE,ES,FI,FR,GB,HU,IT,NL,SE) | | 1543307 |
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NEC/Panasonic | | JP | | 3646939 |
NEC/Panasonic | | KR | | KR10-0728428 |
NEC/Panasonic | | TW | | I313856 |
NEC/Panasonic | | US | | 7069212 |
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NTT DOCOMO | | KR | | KR10-0363580 |
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NTT DOCOMO | | US | | 6434718 |
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Panasonic | | US | | 8311841 |
Panasonic | | ZA | | 201200919 |
Panasonic/NEC | | CA | | 2453814 |
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Patent Holder(s) | | Country | | Patent Number |
Panasonic/NEC | | CA | | 2464408 |
Panasonic/NEC | | CN | | ZL03801492.0 |
Panasonic/NEC | | CN | | ZL03817248.8 |
Panasonic/NEC | | EP (DE,FI,FR,GB,IT,NL,SE) | | 1439524 |
Panasonic/NEC | | EP (CZ,DE,ES,FI,FR,GB,HU,IT,NL,SE) | | 1527442 |
Panasonic/NEC | | EP (DE,FI,FR,GB,IT,NL,SE) | | 2019391 |
Panasonic/NEC | | HK | | 1073525 |
Panasonic/NEC | | HK | | 1082092 |
Panasonic/NEC | | IN | | 209397 |
Panasonic/NEC | | IN | | 219698 |
Panasonic/NEC | | JP | | 3579047 |
Panasonic/NEC | | JP | | 3646938 |
Panasonic/NEC | | KR | | KR10-0602975 |
Panasonic/NEC | | KR | | KR10-0723753 |
Panasonic/NEC | | TW | | I268665 |
Panasonic/NEC | | TW | | I303410 |
Panasonic/NEC | | US | | 7058571 |
Panasonic/NEC | | US | | 7555434 |
Panasonic/NEC | | US | | 7941319 |
Philips | | CN | | ZL03808908.4 |
Philips | | CN | | ZL03808978.5 |
Philips | | CN | | ZL200480003949.1 |
Philips | | CN | | ZL200480009976.X |
Philips | | EP (AT,CH,DE,ES,FR,GB,IT,LI,NL,TR) | | 1500082 |
Philips | | EP (DE,ES,FR,GB,IT) | | 1500084 |
Philips | | EP (DE,ES,FR,GB,IT) | | 1500086 |
Philips | | EP (DE,ES,FR,GB,IT,TR) | | 1595247 |
Philips | | EP (AT,CH,DE,ES,FR,GB,IT,PL,TR) | | 1618763 |
Philips | | EP (AT,DE,ES,FR,GB,IT,PL,TR) | | 1621047 |
Philips | | EP (DE,ES,FR,GB,IT) | | 1881486 |
Philips | | IN | | 247097 |
Philips | | IN | | 248604 |
Philips | | IN | | 251053 |
Philips | | JP | | 4401173 |
Philips | | JP | | 4431568 |
Philips | | JP | | 4597967 |
Philips | | JP | | 4714416 |
Philips | | JP | | 4834539 |
Philips | | JP | | 5101579 |
Philips | | KR | | KR10-0978018 |
Philips | | KR | | KR10-1016982 |
Philips | | KR | | KR10-1021076 |
Philips | | KR | | KR10-1049751 |
Philips | | KR | | KR10-1169596 |
Philips | | KR | | KR10-1200776 |
Philips | | US | | 7181019 |
Philips | | US | | 7933415 |
Philips | | US | | 8311809 |
Philips | | US | | 8331572 |
Philips | | US | | 8798275 |
Philips/Dolby International | | CN | | ZL200480032342.6 |
Philips/Dolby International | | EP (DE,ES,FI,FR,GB,IT,NL,PL,SE,TR) | | 1683133 |
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Patent Holder(s) | | Country | | Patent Number |
Philips/Dolby International | | IN | | 271540 |
Philips/Dolby International | | JP | | 5192424 |
Philips/Dolby International | | JP | | 5335015 |
Philips/Dolby International | | JP | | 5889828 |
Philips/Dolby International | | KR | | KR10-1106026 |
Philips/Dolby International | | KR | | KR10-1217649 |
Philips/Dolby International | | RU | | 2374703 |
Philips/Dolby International | | US | | 7519538 |
Sony | | CN | | ZL201180018948.4 |
VoiceAge | | AU | | 2003233722 |
VoiceAge | | CA | | 2483790 |
VoiceAge | | CN | | ZL03812588.9 |
VoiceAge | | HK | | 1078978 |
VoiceAge | | IN | | 237351 |
VoiceAge | | MX | | 261878 |
VoiceAge | | MY | | 140905-A |
VoiceAge | | NO | | 332045 |
VoiceAge | | NZ | | 536237 |
VoiceAge | | RU | | 2327230 |
VoiceAge | | US | | 7529660 |
VoiceAge | | ZA | | 200409647 |
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APPENDIX B
SCHEDULE OF FEES
These License Fees will not be increased for any reason during the initial Term, including but not limited to the addition of Licensors and/or Licensed Patents to Appendix A after the Effective Date.
(1) Standard Rate Structure - Worldwide Rates:
Licensee shall pay Via for each Licensed Product Sold or Otherwise Supplied in accordance with the following table.
Volume (per unit* / annual reset) | | Per Unit Fee | |
For the first 1 to 500,000 units | | $ | 0.98 | |
For units 500,001 to 1,000,000 | | $ | 0.78 | |
For units 1,000,001 to 2,000,000 | | $ | 0.68 | |
For units 2,000,001 to 5,000,000 | | $ | 0.45 | |
For units 5,000,001 to 10,000,000 | | $ | 0.42 | |
For units 10,000,001 to 20,000,000 | | $ | 0.22 | |
For units 20,000,001 to 50,000,000 | | $ | 0.20 | |
For units 50,000,001 to 75,000,000 | | $ | 0.15 | |
For units 75,000,001 and more | | $ | 0.10 | |
* Licensed Products with more than two Channels count as 1.5 units. |
(2) Alternative Rate Structure – Country/Region-Based Rates:
As an alternative to the Standard Rate Structure described above, Licensee may elect the bifurcated rate structure described below, which includes a different rate table for those Licensed Products that are Sold or Otherwise Supplied for use by an End User within certain countries/regions.
The first table below (R1 Rate Table) applies to those Licensed Products Sold or Otherwise Supplied for use by an End User within the countries/regions listed on the R1 Country/Region List below in which any Licensed Patent remains unexpired (i.e., “R1 Products”).
The second table below (R2 Rate Table) applies to those Licensed Products Sold or Otherwise Supplied for use by an End User within countries/regions that are not listed on the R1 Country/Region List in which any Licensed Patent remains unexpired (i.e., “R2 Products”).
If any Licensed Product is Sold or Otherwise Supplied for use by an End User in a country/region in which there is no unexpired Licensed Patent, but is manufactured in a country/region in which a Licensed Patent remains unexpired, then the identity of the country/region of manufacture shall determine the applicable R1 or R2 rate.
The volume of units of R1 Products may not be aggregated with the volume of units of R2 Products for purposes of determining the applicable rate under either the R1 or R2 Rate Tables.
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R1 Rate Table:
Volume (per unit* / annual reset) | | Per Unit Fee | |
For the first 1 to 500,000 units | | $ | 0.98 | |
For units 500,001 to 1,000,000 | | $ | 0.78 | |
For units 1,000,001 to 2,000,000 | | $ | 0.68 | |
For units 2,000,001 to 5,000,000 | | $ | 0.45 | |
For units 5,000,001 to 10,000,000 | | $ | 0.42 | |
For units 10,000,001 to 20,000,000 | | $ | 0.22 | |
For units 20,000,001 to 50,000,000 | | $ | 0.20 | |
For units 50,000,001 to 75,000,000 | | $ | 0.15 | |
For units 75,000,001 and more | | $ | 0.10 | |
* Licensed Products with more than two Channels count as 1.5 units. |
R2 Rate Table:
Volume (per unit* / annual reset) | | Per Unit Fee | |
For the first 1 to 500,000 units | | $ | 0.64 | |
For units 500,001 to 1,000,000 | | $ | 0.51 | |
For units 1,000,001 to 2,000,000 | | $ | 0.44 | |
For units 2,000,001 to 5,000,000 | | $ | 0.29 | |
For units 5,000,001 to 10,000,000 | | $ | 0.27 | |
For units 10,000,001 to 20,000,000 | | $ | 0.14 | |
For units 20,000,001 to 50,000,000 | | $ | 0.13 | |
For units 50,000,001 to 75,000,000 | | $ | 0.10 | |
For units 75,000,001 and more | | $ | 0.07 | |
* Licensed Products with more than two Channels count as 1.5 units. |
R1 Country/Region List:
Andorra American Samoa Australia Austria Belgium Bermuda Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark | Latvia Lichtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Puerto Rico |
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R1 Country/Region List (continued)
Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Guam Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Ireland Japan | Romania San Marino Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Turkey United Kingdom United States and its Territories United States Virgin Islands |
Procedures For Electing the Alternative Rate Structure
The Standard Rate Structure shall apply unless Licensee has elected to use the Alternative Rate Structure in accordance with this section.
Notice and Timing of Election: Licensee may elect the Alternative Rate Structure by providing written notice to Via of its election prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement. During the Term of this Agreement, Licensee may elect to change to the Standard Rate Structure or the Alternative Rate Structure by providing written notice to Via of its election to change, and making the administrative fee payment described below. Upon such election and fee payment after the Effective Date, the Standard Rate Structure or Alternative Rate Structure, as appropriate, will apply to Licensed Products Sold or Otherwise Supplied after the end of the calendar quarter in which notice was provided. When changing to the Standard Rate Structure or the Alternative Rate structure after the Effective Date of this Agreement, the Licensee’s annual unit volume count will be reset to zero and the applicable tier rate(s) will apply beginning with the quarter in which the Standard Rate Structure takes effect.
Fee: At the time that Licensee provides notice of an election to change to the Alternative Rate Structure or the Standard Rate Structure after the Effective Date, Licensee shall pay to Via an administrative fee of fifteen thousand dollars (US $15,000) for each such election to change.
Eligibility: Notwithstanding the above, Licensee may make an election to change to the Standard Rate Structure only if Licensee is in good standing, i.e. Licensee has fully complied with all obligations under the Agreement, including all payment and reporting obligations.
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Appendix C
Declaration of Small Entity Status
On behalf of [Licensee Company Name], the undersigned hereby declares that, at the time of executing this Declaration of Small Entity Status and Agreement, it is a Small Entity as defined in Section 1.23 and confirms that:
[Licensee Company Name], together with its Affiliates, has no more than fifteen (15) employees; and [Licensee Company Name]’s, together with its Affiliates, combined annual gross revenues do not exceed US $1 million.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that all statements herein are accurate and true, and that the undersigned has the authority to execute this form on behalf of [Licensee Company Name].
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