IT Service Agreement dated July 9, 2008, among our company and Ivan Pankov
| IT Services Agreement between Intelbahn Inc. and Ivan Pankov |
IT SERVICES AGREEMENT
Between
Intelbahn Inc.
(Referred to herein as “Client”)
314 - 837 West Hastings St. Vancouver BC V6C3N6
And
Ivan Pankov
(Referred to herein as “PANKOV”)
2554 Cobbinshaw Circle, Mississauga, Ontario L5N 2G3
RECITALS:
| A. | PANKOV possesses the requisite technical skill and expertise to perform and deliver the Services as describe herein; |
| B. | Client desires to retain technical and professional personnel as independent contractors on a per project basis; |
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESS THAT in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the Parties), the Parties hereto hereby covenant and agree as follows:
| 1. | SERVICES |
| (a) | Generally: PANKOV shall perform information technology consulting services (the “Services”) for and on behalf of Client in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. All such Services shall be performed at the business site of the Client. |
| (b) | Assigned Personnel: PANKOV hereby agrees that for the entire Term of this Agreement Ivan Pankov shall be assigned to perform the Services herein. PANKOV may reassign Ivan Pankov to other projects, as long as involvement in such projects does not violate the hourly commitments described in this agreement and as long as those involvements do not hinder Ivan Pankov’s capacity to work for the Client. |
| (c) | Skill: PANKOV represents that it and Ivan Pankov possess sufficient technical experience, knowledge and training to perform the Services and to deliver the Work Product (as hereinafter defined). PANKOV shall perform all Services for Client in a careful, professional and workmanlike manner. |
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| (d) | Code of Conduct: PANKOV shall observe all of Client’s rules and policies relating to security of, access to, or use of Client’s premises. PANKOV shall observe Client’s rules and policies relating to the use of Client’s property. PANKOV shall comply at all times with all applicable laws, regulations, codes and standards. PANKOV shall not remove any property of the Client, including any proprietary or confidential information, from the Client’s premises without the prior written consent of Client. | |
| (e) | Provision of Information: With respect to all subject matter, including, without limitation, any and all ideas, processes, designs, methods and know-how, which PANKOV will disclose or use the performance of the Services, and which are not assigned to Client herein, PANKOV hereby represents that it has the right to make such disclosure and use without liability to others and such disclosure shall not infringe the Intellectual Property Rights (as hereinafter defined) of any other person. | |
| 2. | CLIENT’S OBLIGATIONS | |
| The Client will be responsible for providing and maintaining the microcomputer and development tools necessary for PANKOV to perform the Services. | ||
| 3. | TERM | |
| The term of this Agreement shall commence on July 7, 2008 and expire on June 30, 2009 (the “Term”). | ||
| 4. | FEES AND PAYMENT | |
| (a) | Fees: In consideration of PANKOV performing the Services herein, Client will pay PANKOV fees according to the following schedule, plus applicable taxes: | |
| i. | $250.00 per day based on an eight (8) hour work day for the term of the contract. | |
| (b) | Invoicing and Payment: PANKOV will invoice the Client on the first day of each month for all prior work. Payment will be due within ten (10) days after receipt of the invoice from PANKOV. Each invoice shall clearly show and identify the resource person and/or service being charged under the invoice and will include the daily rate, number of days worked, total charge for the period and applicable GST. | |
| (c) | Expenses: Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, PANKOV agrees that it will not incur any expenses for Client’s account, without Client’s prior written approval. | |
| (d) | Taxes: Client is responsible for all sales, use, excise, goods and services, value added, and like taxes, except income taxes, which PANKOV is required to collect for the performance of the Services. Client is not required to pay nor is it liable or responsible for, and PANKOV agrees to indemnify and hold Client harmless against, any penalty, additional taxes, costs or interest that may be assessed or levied resulting from failure of PANKOV to file any return, form, or information statement that may be required by any taxing authority. PANKOV is responsible for any deductions or remittances, which may be required by law, including without limitation, | |
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| any premiums related to any unemployment benefit plan, disability insurance plan, health insurance plan, pension plan or any similar benefit plan. | |
| 5. | INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR |
| PANKOV is an independent contractor, and this Agreement does not create the relationship of employer and employee, or of principal and agent, between the Client and PANKOV and/or between the Client and officers, employees or agents of PANKOV. PANKOV shall have no authority to contract for or bind the Client in any manner and shall not represent itself as an agent of Client or as otherwise authorized to act for or on behalf of Client. PANKOV and/or Ivan Pankov shall have no status as employee or any rights to any benefits that Client grants to its employees. PANKOV shall perform the Services under the general direction of Client’s project manager. PANKOV shall determine, in its sole discretion, the manner and the means by which such Services shall be performed, subject to the provisions of this Agreement. | |
| 6. | OWNERSHIP |
| (a) | Intellectual Property Rights: PANKOV acknowledges and agrees that all worldwide right, title and interest including, without limitation, all Intellectual Property Rights (as hereinafter defined) in and to any and all deliverables, including without limitation software programs, derivative works, products, designs and other results of the services performed hereunder (collectively the “Work Product”) including, without limitation, each and every discovery, invention or improvement which may be conceived or developed as a result of or in connection with the Services performed hereunder, shall be the sole property of Client. To the extent that PANKOV may, under applicable law, be entitled to claim any ownership interest in the Work Product, and to give effect to the foregoing sentence, PANKOV hereby agrees to assign, and does hereby assign, to Client all Intellectual Property Rights in and to the Work Product. |
| (b) | Definition: For the purposes of this Agreement, “Intellectual Property Rights” means (A) any and all proprietary rights provided under (i) patent law, (ii) copyright law, (iii) trademark law, (iv) design patent or industrial design law, (v) semiconductor chip or mask work law, (vi) trade secrets or (vii) any other statutory provision or common law principle applicable to this Agreement or the Services and any Work Product developed hereunder which may provide a right in either (a) ideas, formulae, algorithms, concepts, inventions, or know-how generally, including trade secret law, as long as such formulae, algorithms, concepts, inventions, or know- how’s are developed directly in conjunction with or as a result of work done for the Client and not previously developed by PANKOV or (b) the expression or use of such ideas, formulae algorithms, concepts, inventions or know-how; and (B) any and all applications, registrations, licenses, sub-licenses, franchises, agreements or any other evidence of a right in any of the foregoing; |
| (c) | Moral Rights: PANKOV shall obtain, in writing from each of PANKOV’s employees performing Services hereunder, and in a form satisfactory to Client acting reasonably, a waiver expressly and irrevocably waiving in favour of PANKOV and Client, any and all moral rights arising under the Copyright Act (Canada) as amended (or any successor legislation) or at common law that such employee, as author of the Work Product, has with respect to any |
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| copyrighted or copyrightable portion of the Work Product (the “Copyright Work”) prepared by such employee, including, without limitation, the right to attribution of authorship, the right to restrain any distortion, mutilation or other modification of the Copyright Work, and the right to prohibit any use of the Copyright Work in association with a product, service, cause or institution that might by prejudicial to such employee’s honour or reputation. | |
| (d) | Further Assurances: During and after the term of this Agreement, PANKOV shall from time to time as and when requested by Client and at Client’s expense, (i) execute all papers and documents and perform all other acts necessary or appropriate, in the discretion of Client, to evidence or further document Client’s ownership of the Work Product and the Intellectual Property Rights therein, and (ii) assist Client in obtaining, registering, maintaining and defending for Client’s benefit (which defense shall be at Client’s expense except to the extent such defense is made in connection with any claim or other event covered by PANKOV’s indemnity obligation contained in Section 8(b) hereof), all Intellectual Property Rights in the Work Product in any and all countries as Client may determine in its sole discretion. |
| 7. | WARRANTIES | |
| (a) | Warranties: PANKOV represents and warrants to Client that: | |
| (i) | PANKOV has the full unencumbered right and entitlement to assign all Intellectual Property Rights transferred and assigned in this Agreement and the ownership and exploitation by Client of the Work Product, as contemplated by this Agreement, will not violate or infringe any Intellectual Property Rights of any other person; | |
| (ii) | title to the Work Product and all media, materials and supplies housing the Work Product delivered hereunder shall pass to Client in accordance with the terms hereof free and clear of all liens and encumbrances; | |
| (iii) | PANKOV has made no Intellectual Property Rights registrations of any nature in any jurisdiction in the world in respect of the Work Product including copyright, patent and trade-mark registrations; and | |
| (iv) | the Work Product is an original work of authorship developed by PANKOV for Client. | |
| 8 | INDEMNITY |
| (a) | Client’s Indemnity to PANKOV: The Client shall indemnify and save harmless PANKOV, its officers, employees and agents from and against all claims, liabilities and demands arising out of any wrongful or negligent act of the Client, its officers, employees or agents, in relation to the subject matter of this Agreement. |
| (b) | PANKOV’s Indemnity to Client: PANKOV shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Client, its officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities and demands arising out of any wrongful or negligent act of PANKOV, its officers, employees or agents, in relation to the subject matter of this Agreement. |
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| 9. | TERMINATION |
| (a) | For Convenience: The agreement may be terminated by the Client or by PANKOV with thirty (30) days prior written notice. |
| (b) | For Breach: In addition, this Agreement may be terminated at any time by either party, |
| immediately upon written notice to the other party, if such other party commits or allows any breach of any provision of this Agreement which is incurable or which is curable but not cured within five (5) days after written notice hereof to such party. Termination of this Agreement shall be in addition to any and all other legal rights that either party may have against the other, and all remedies shall be cumulative. |
| (c) | Effect of termination: Upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, PANKOV shall cease performing all Services contemplated hereunder and PANKOV shall immediately deliver to Client: | |
| (i) | all Work Product and all documents, media or items containing, in whole or part, any Confidential Information (as defined in the Confidentiality Agreement); | |
| (ii) | all equipment, tools, identification cards, security passes and other materials owned by Client and furnished to PANKOV to facilitate the performance of the Services by PANKOV; and | |
| (iii) | when requested by Client, a notarized affidavit executed by an officer of PANKOV certifying that PANKOV has fully performed all termination obligations contemplated by this Section 9(c) and that no items or copies of the above-mentioned materials remain in PANKOV’s possession or control. | |
| (d) | Survival: In addition to this Section 9(d), the following Sections shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever: Sections 4(d) and 9(c) and Articles 6, 7 and 8. |
| 10. | CONFIDENTIALITY |
| Concurrently with this Agreement, PANKOV shall execute Client’s standard form Confidentiality Agreement. | |
| 11. | MISCELLANEOUS |
| (a) | Notice: All notices or other communications hereunder shall be deemed to have been duly given and made if in writing and if served by personal delivery upon the party for whom it is intended, if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by a national courier service, or if sent by fax (receipt of which is confirmed, with a copy delivered by certified mail), to the party at the address first set forth above, or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by such party. Any such notification shall be deemed delivered (a) upon receipt, if delivered personally, (b) on the next business day, if sent by national courier service for next business day delivery or if sent by fax. |
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| (b) | Governing Law: This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws in force in the Province of Ontario (excluding any conflict of laws rule or principles which might refer such construction to the laws of another jurisdiction). The parties hereto agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario and waive any objection relating to improper venue or forum non conveniens to the conduct of any proceeding in any such court. |
| (c) | Modifications: This Agreement may be modified only upon written agreement by the parties hereto. |
| (d) | Severability: In the event that any provision (or any portion of a provision) of this Agreement shall for any reason be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof and this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision (or portion of a provision) had never been contained herein in regards to that particular jurisdiction. |
| (e) | Assignment: Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations hereunder may be assigned by either party without the prior written consent of the other party. |
| (f) | Entire Agreement: This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties concerning the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior discussions, negotiations and understandings of the parties. |
| (g) | No Agency. Nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute either Party as an agent, representative or employee of the other Party, or both Parties as joint venturers or partners for any purpose. Each Party shall act solely as an independent contractor and shall not be responsible for the acts or omissions of the other Party. Neither Party will have the authority or right to represent or obligate the other Party in any way except as expressly authorized by this Agreement. |
| (h) | Counterparts and Facsimile Execution and Delivery: This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and both of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. To evidence its execution of an original counterpart of this Agreement, a party may send a copy of its original signature on the execution page hereof to the other party by facsimile transmission and such transmission shall constitute delivery of an executed copy of this Agreement to the receiving party as of the date of receipt thereof by the receiving party or such other date as may be specified by the sending party as part of such transmission. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of this 9th day of July, 2008.
| IVAN PANKOV | INTELBAHN INC. |
| Signature: /s/ Ivan Pankov | Signature: /s/ Christine Kilbourn |
| Christine Kilbourn | |
| President |
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