CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [***], HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) WOULD BE COMPETITIVELY HARMFUL IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.
EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT
This exclusive license agreement (“Agreement”) is made effective this 11th day of March, 2020 (“Effective Date”), by and between The Regents of the University of California, a California public corporation, having its statewide administrative offices at 1111 Franklin Street, 12th Floor, Oakland, CA 94607-5200 (“The Regents”), acting through The Technology Development Group of the University of California, Los Angeles (“UCLA”), located at 10889 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 920, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7191, and Katmai Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Licensee”), a Delaware corporation having a principal place of business at [***].
RECITALS
WHEREAS, The Regents own certain rights in the Patent Rights which claim, and Associated Technology which pertains to, invention(s) arising out of the laboratory of Dr. David Nathanson, among others, in the course of research at UCLA;
WHEREAS, Licensee is a “small entity” as defined in 37 CFR 1.27(a)(2) for the purposes of determining whether The Regents is eligible for reduced patent fees;
WHEREAS, The Regents and Licensee previously entered into the following agreements: Letter of Intent, dated Sep. 23, 2019, UC Control No. 2020-30-0214 (which for clarity was entered into by one of the founders of Licensee); and
WHEREAS, Licensee desires a license to the Patent Rights and Associated Technology and The Regents is willing to grant such license pursuant to the provisions herein below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and sufficient consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, will have the following meanings:
1.1 “Affiliate” means any entity which, directly or indirectly, Controls Licensee, is Controlled by Licensee, or is under common Control with Licensee. “Control” means (i) having the actual, present capacity to elect a majority of the directors, or the power to direct greater than fifty percent (50%) of the voting rights entitled to elect directors, of such entity; or (ii) in any country where the local law will not permit foreign equity participation of a majority, the ownership or control (directly or indirectly) of the maximum percentage of such outstanding stock or voting rights permitted by local law. For clarity, an entity will be deemed an Affiliate of Licensee solely for the term during which it satisfies the foregoing definition.
1.2 “Associated Technology” means The Regents’ interest in technical information, copyrightable works, processes, procedures, compositions, devices, tangible materials, methods, formulas, protocols, techniques, software, designs, drawings and/or data that satisfies all of the following: (i) it exists as of the Effective Date of this Agreement, (ii) it was created by the inventors of the Patent Rights, and (iii) it is expressly identified in Appendix E of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Associated Technology (a) need not be, and The Regents will have no obligation to keep Associated Technology, confidential or as a trade secret, and (b) will not include anything that is created after the Effective Date unless and until the parties enter into a written amendment to this Agreement to add such Associated Technology to Appendix E (such as for example results from a sponsored research agreement).
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