EXHIBIT 10.21
ASSIGNMENT
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WHEREAS, INLINE CONNECTION CORPORATION (hereinafter Assignor), a
Virginia corporation, located and doing business at 730 N. Danville Street,
Arlington, Virginia 22201, is the owner of the patents and applications set
forth in Schedule A which is to be amended to include all future inventions
covered by the various agreements between Assignor and Assignee (hereinafter
Patent Properties); and
WHEREAS, CAIS, INC. (hereinafter Assignee), a Virginia corporation,
located and doing business at 1232 22/nd/ Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037,
is desirous of acquiring 50% title and interest in said patents, applications
and inventions present and future (Patent Properties) in the United States and
in countries foreign to the United States excluding Israel;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the sum of one dollar ($1.00) and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, Assignor by these presents does sell, assign and transfer unto
said Assignee, its successors, legal representatives, heirs and assigns a 50%
right, title and interest in the United States and all countries foreign to the
United States except Israel, to said Patent Properties including the right to
claim priority, the eventual Letters Patent, and all reissues, or extensions of
said Letters Patent to be partially held and enjoyed by said Assignee for its
own use, or for its legal representatives, successors, heirs, and assigns to the
full end of the term for which said Letters Patent is granted, and any
extensions thereof, as fully and entirely as the same will also be held by said
Assignor, and for the same consideration said Assignor hereby covenants and
agrees that at the time of execution and delivery of this instrument it is the
lawful owner of the complete right, title and interest in and to said Patent
Properties, its interest is unencumbered, except as provided in a License
Agreement between Assignor and Terk Technologies, Inc., dated December 17, 1994
and subsequently amended, and that it has good and full
right and lawful authority to sell and convey part of its interest in the manner
set forth herein; and for the same consideration Assignor hereby covenants and
agrees that it will, when ever counsel for Assignee, or counsel for its legal
successors, legal representatives, heirs or assigns shall advise that any
proceedings in connection with said Patent Properties or any re-issue or
extension of said Letters Patent to be obtained thereon, is lawful and
desirable, sign all papers and documents, make all lawful oaths, and do all acts
necessary as required to be done for the procurement, maintenance, enforcement
and defense of said Patent Properties.
Assignor hereby further assigns to Assignee all claims and causes of
action for infringement of the patent rights assigned herein, including the
right to sue for, and collect damages for, any and all acts of past and future
infringement.
Assignor hereby grants the law firm of Jacobson, Price, Holman &
Stern, PLLC, 400 Seventh Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004, the power to
insert on this assignment any further identification which may be necessary or
desirable.
Enclosure: Schedule A
Signed this 26 day of January , 1999
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INLINE CONNECTION CORPORATION
By: /s/ David D. Goodman
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David D. Goodman
President and inventor
Witnesses:
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(1) /s/ Ulysses G. Auger, II
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(2) /s/ Michael Plantamura
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CORRECTED SCHEDULE A
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Country Serial No. Filing Date Status
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Canada 2020841 July 10, 1990 Issued June 21, 1994, Patent No.
2020841
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EPO 90307260.1 July 3, 1990 Issued March 4, 1998, Patent No.
0408236
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EPO 97201163.9 July 3, 1990 Published
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France 09037260.1 July 3, 1990 Issued March 4, 1998, Patent No.
0408236
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Germany 90307260.1 July 3, 1990 Issued March 4, 1998, Patent No.
0408236
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PCT US98/11197 June 1, 1998 Published
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South Korea 90-22240 Dec. 28, 1990 Pending
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United Kingdom 90307260.1 July 3, 1990 Issued March 4, 1998, Patent No.
0408236
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United States 07/379,751 July 14, 1989 Issued April 23, 1991, Patent No.
5,010,399
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United States 08/670,216 June 21, 1996 Allowed
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United States 08/814,837 March 11, 1997 Issued December 1, 1998, Patent No.
5,844,596
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United States 08/819,120 March 17, 1997 Allowed
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United States 08/893,403 July 11, 1997 Pending
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United States 09/047,970 March 25, 1998 Pending
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United States 09/113,526 July 10, 1998 Pending
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United States 09/157,714 Sept. 21, 1998 Pending
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United States 09/191,971 Nov. 13, 1998 Pending
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United States 09/191,168 Nov. 13, 1998 Pending
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United States 09/191,760 Nov. 13, 1998 Pending
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United States 60/074,078 Feb. 9, 1998 Pending
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United States 60/079,304 March 25, 1998 Pending
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United States 60/079,305 March 25, 1998 Pending
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