INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT

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EX-10.8 9 dex108.htm INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Intellectual Property Security Agreement

Exhibit 10.8

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 10, 2007 is made by Biovest International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Grantor”), in favor of LV Administrative Services, Inc., as agent (“Agent”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, pursuant to (i) that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and between VALENS U.S. SPV I, LLC (“Valens U.S.”) and the Grantor (as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented from time to time, the “Valens U.S. Purchase Agreement”) and (ii) that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and between VALENS OFFSHORE SPV II, CORP. (“Valens Offshore”; and together with Agent and Valens U.S., the “Creditor Parties”) and the Grantor (as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented from time to time, the “Valens Offshore Purchase Agreement” and together with the Valens U.S. Purchase Agreement, each a “Purchase Agreement” and collectively the “Purchase Agreements”), Creditor Parties provide or will provide certain financial accommodations to the Grantor; and

WHEREAS, Creditor Parties are willing to make the Loans as provided for in the Purchase Agreements, but only upon the condition, among others, that Grantor shall have executed and delivered to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Creditor Parties, this Intellectual Property Security Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Grantor hereby agrees as follows:

1. DEFINED TERMS. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Purchase Agreements.

2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL. To secure the complete and timely payment of all the Obligations of Grantor now or hereafter existing from time to time, Grantor hereby pledges and grants to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Creditor Parties, a continuing first priority security interest in all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following, whether presently existing or hereafter created or acquired (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Collateral”):

(a) all of its Patents and Patent Licenses to which it is a party including those referred to on Schedule I hereto;

(b) all of its Trademarks and Trademark Licenses to which it is a party including those referred to on Schedule II hereto;

(c) all of its Copyrights and Copyright Licenses to which it is a party including those referred to on Schedule III hereto;


(d) all reissues, continuations or extensions of the foregoing;

(e) all goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by, each Patent, each Patent License, each Trademark, each Trademark License, each Copyright and each Copyright License; and

(f) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any claim by Grantor against third parties for past, present or future (i) infringement or dilution of any Patent or Patent licensed under any Patent License, (ii) injury to the goodwill associated with any Patent or any Patent licensed under any Patent License, (iii) infringement or dilution of any Trademark or Trademark licensed under any Trademark License, (iv) injury to the goodwill associated with any Trademark or any Trademark licensed under any Trademark License, (v) infringement or dilution of any Copyright or Copyright licensed under any Copyright License, and (vi) injury to the goodwill associated with any Copyright or any Copyright licensed under any Copyright License.

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Grantor represents and warrants that Grantor does not have any interest in, or title to, any Patent, Trademark or Copyright except as set forth in Schedule I, Schedule II and Schedule III, respectively, hereto. This Intellectual Property Security Agreement is effective to create a valid and continuing Lien on and, upon the filing hereof with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, perfected security interests in favor of Agent, for the ratable benefit of Creditor Parties, in all of Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights and such perfected security interests are enforceable as such as against any and all creditors of, and purchasers from, Grantor. Upon filing of this Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and the filing of appropriate financing statements, all action necessary or desirable to protect and perfect Agent’s Lien on Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights shall have been duly taken.

4. COVENANTS. Grantor covenants and agrees with Agent that from and after the date of this Intellectual Property Security Agreement and until the Termination Date:

(a) Grantor shall notify Agent immediately if it knows or has reason to know that any application or registration relating to any Patent, Trademark or Copyright (now or hereafter existing) may become abandoned or dedicated, or of any adverse determination or development (including the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any court) regarding Grantor’s ownership of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright, its right to register the same, or to keep and maintain the same.

(b) In no event shall Grantor, either directly or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, file an application for the registration of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency without giving Agent prior written notice thereof, and, upon request of Agent, Grantor shall execute and deliver a supplement hereto (in form and substance satisfactory to Agent) to evidence Agent’ Lien on such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, and the General Intangibles of Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby.

 

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(c) Unless an application or registration is not material to Grantor’s business as determined by Grantor in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, Grantor shall take all actions necessary or requested by Agent to maintain and pursue each application, to obtain the relevant registration and to maintain the registration of each of the Patents or Trademarks (now or hereafter existing), including the filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of noncontestability and opposition and interference and cancellation proceedings.

(d) In the event that any of the Intellectual Property Collateral is infringed upon, or misappropriated or diluted by a third party, Grantor shall notify Agent promptly after Grantor learns thereof. Grantor shall, unless it shall reasonably determine that such Intellectual Property Collateral is in no way material to the conduct of its business or operations, promptly sue for infringement, misappropriation or dilution and to recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution, and shall take such other actions as Agent shall deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property Collateral.

5. SECURITY AGREEMENT. The security interests granted pursuant to this Intellectual Property Security Agreement are granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreements. Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Agent with respect to the security interest in the Intellectual Property Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Purchase Agreements and the Related Agreements referred to therein, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.

6. REINSTATEMENT. This Intellectual Property Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against Grantor for liquidation or reorganization, should Grantor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of Grantor’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

7. NOTICES. Whenever it is provided herein that any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall or may be given to or served upon any of the parties by any other party, or whenever any of the parties desires to give and serve upon any other party any communication with respect to this Intellectual Property Security Agreement, each such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall be in writing and shall be given in the manner, and deemed received, as provided for in the Purchase Agreements.

8. TERMINATION OF THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT. Subject to Section 6 hereof, this Intellectual Property Security Agreement shall terminate upon the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations, and the irrevocable termination of Creditor Parties commitments to make loans or provide other financial accommodations under the Purchase Agreements and the Related Agreements referred to therein.

[Signatures appear on the following page.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor has caused this Intellectual Property Security Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

BIOVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

/s/ Steven Arikian

Name:   Steven Arikian, M.D.
Title:   Chairman & CEO

ACCEPTED and ACKNOWLEDGED by:

 

LV ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, INC.,
as Agent
By:  

/s/ Patrick Regan

Name:   Patrick Regan
Title:   Authorized Signatory:


Schedule I

A. Patents Issued

 

COUNTRY

 

TITLE

 

PATENT NO.

 

ISSUE DATE

U.S.   BIOREACTOR APPARATURS   4,889,812   December 16, 1989
U.S.   BIOREACTOR SYSTEM   4,894,342   January 16, 2004
U.S.   MULTI-BIOREACTOR HOLLOW FIBER CELL PROPOGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD   5,656,421   August 12, 1997
U.S.   BASKET-TYPE BIOREACTOR   5,998,184   December 7, 1999
U.S.   CELL CULTURE APPARATUS   5,416,022   May 16, 1995
U.S.   PRESSURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A BIOREACTOR   5,330,915   July 19, 1994
U.S.   METHOD OF CULTURING LEUKOCYTES   5,541,105   July 30, 1996
U.S.   IMMUNOTHERAPY PROTOCOL OF CULTURING LEUKOCYTES IN THE PRESENCE OF INTERLEUKIN-2 IN A HOLLOW FIBER CARTRIDGE   5,631,006   May 20, 1997
U.S.   HOLLOW FIBER CELL CULTURE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATION   4,804,628   February 14, 1989
U.S.   METHOD OF CULTURING CELLS USING HIGHLY GAS SATURATED MEDIA   4,973,558   November 27, 1990
U.S.   MICRO HOLLOW FIBER BIOREACTOR   6,001,585   December 14, 1999
U.S.   HIGH PERFORMANCE CELL CULTURE BIOREACTOR AND METHOD   5,622,857   April 22, 1997
U.S.   CELL CULTURE INCUBATOR   5,882,918   March 16, 1999


Schedule I

B. Patents Applications

Extra-Capillary Fluid Cycling System and Method for a Cell Culture Device:

U.S. App. No. 11/802,250, filed 5/21/07 (corresponds to PCT App. No. PCT/US07/12053, filed 5/21/07)

Interface of a Cultureware Module in a Cell Culture System and Installation Method Thereof:

U.S. App. No. 11/802,251, filed 5/21/07 (corresponds to PCT App. No. PCT/US07/12052, filed 5/21/07)

Media Circulation System for a Cell Cultureware Module:

U.S. App. No. 11/802,252, filed 5/21/07 (corresponds to PCT App. No. PCT/US07/12054, filed 5/21/07)

Method and System for the Production of Cells and Cell Products and Application Thereof:

U.S. App. No. 11/802,253, filed 5/21/07 (corresponds to PCT App. No. PCT/US07/12042, filed 5/21/07)

Rotary Actuator Valve for a Cell Culture System:

U.S. App. No. 11/802,254, filed 5/21/07 (corresponds to PCT App. No. PCT/US07/12051, filed 5/21/07)

 

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Schedule I

C. Patents Licenses

None.

 

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Schedule II

A. Trademark Registrations

 

COUNTRY

  

TRADEMARK

   REG. NO.   

REG. DATE

   RENEWAL DATE
U.S.    ACUSOFT    1432743    March 17, 1987   
U.S.    ACUSYST – JR    1440510    May 26, 1987   
U.S.    ACUSYST –MAXIMIZER    2379677    August 22, 2000   
U.S.    ACUSYST – P    1391480    April 29, 1986   
U.S.    ACUSYST – S    1430944    May 19, 1987   
U.S.    ACUSYST – XCELL    2379695    August 22, 2000   
U.S.    BIO-CONCENTRATOR    1463384    November 3, 1987   
U.S.    BIOMEM    1429936    February 24, 1987   
U.S.    BIOVEST    78449977    July 13, 2004   
U.S.    BIOVEST    78449968    July 13, 2004   
U.S.    BIOVEST    78449930    July 13, 2004   
U.S.    BIOVAX    76504159    April 4, 2003   
U.S.    BIOVAXID    78346216    December 29, 2003   
U.S.    CELL-PHARM    1429937    February 24, 1987   

 

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Schedule II

B. Trademark Applications

 

COUNTRY

 

TRADEMARK

 

SERIAL NO.

 

FILE DATE

U.S.   BIOVEST   78449977   July 13, 2004
U.S.   BIOVEST   78449968   July 13, 2004
U.S.   BIOVEST   78449930   July 13, 2004
U.S.   BIOVAXID   78346216   December 29, 2003

 

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Schedule II

C. Trademark Licenses

None.

 

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Schedule III

A. Copyright Registrations

None.

 

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Schedule III

B. Copyright Applications

None.

 

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Schedule III

C. Copyright Licenses

None.

 

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