UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
AMENDED AND RESTATED LICENSE AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated License Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of July 23, 2019 (the “Amendment Effective Date”) by and between The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation (“Penn”), The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (“CHOP”) and Cabaletta Bio, Inc. (formerly known as Tycho Therapeutics, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“Licensee”). Penn, CHOP and Licensee may be referred to herein as a “Party” or, collectively, as “Parties”.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, Penn’s interest in certain technology has been licensed to Licensee under a License Agreement dated August 29, 2018 (such date, the “Effective Date”, and such License Agreement, as amended by that certain First Amendment to License Agreement dated June 3, 2019, the “Original Agreement”);
WHEREAS, certain of the technology licensed to Licensee is managed under a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) by and between Penn and CHOP (each an “Institution” and collectively “Institutions”) under which Penn has, with consultation with CHOP, the authority to negotiate an exclusive license on behalf of the Institutions;
WHEREAS, Institutions each own and control certain innovative technology listed in Exhibit A attached hereto and as further defined herein as the Institutions’ Patent Rights;
WHEREAS, Institutions’ Patent Rights include [****] and [****], as further defined herein as the Joint Patent Rights, that were jointly developed by Dr. Michael Milone, Dr. Aimee Payne, who assigned their rights to Penn (the “Penn Inventors”), and [****], who assigned their rights to CHOP (“CHOP Inventors”) (Penn Inventors and CHOP Inventors collectively referred to as the “Inventor(s)”);
WHEREAS, Institutions filed patent applications listed on Exhibit A covering the technology;
WHEREAS, the MOU stipulates that CHOP will be made a party to the Agreement;
WHEREAS, Institutions desire to license to Licensee, Institutions’ intellectual property rights in such technology, in a manner that will benefit the public and best facilitate the distribution of useful products and the utilization of new technology, consistent with Institutions’ educational and research missions and goals;
WHEREAS, Licensee desires to license from Institutions, Institutions’ intellectual property rights in such technology, to develop, manufacture and commercialize such technology, all on the terms and conditions of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, Penn and Licensee have entered into a Sponsored Research Agreement to fund the research of Dr. Michael Milone (the “Milone SRA”) and a Sponsored Research Agreement to fund the research of Dr. Aimee Payne (the “Payne SRA”), each effective as of April 23, 2018 (each of the Milone SRA and the Payne SRA, an “SRA” and together the “SRAs”);
WHEREAS, Penn and Licensee have entered into a Subscription and Technology Transfer Agreement (the “STTA”) to effectuate the transfer and sharing of certain materials and information, including Penn Know-How (as defined below), described in Scopes of Work, or SOWs (each as defined in the STTA) issued pursuant to the STTA, from Penn to Cabaletta Bio; and