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EX-10.5 6 c72606exv10w5.htm EXHIBIT 10.5 Filed by Bowne Pure Compliance
Exhibit 10.5
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT (the Agreement), dated as of February 29, 2008, is made by VERICHIP CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (Chip) and XMARK CORPORATION, a Canada corporation (Mark, together with Chip, each a Grantor and collectively, Grantors), in favor of LV Administrative Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as administrative and collateral agent for the Purchasers (as defined in the Purchase Agreement referred to below)(the Agent).
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the Purchase Agreement) by and among the Grantors, the Purchasers party thereto from time to time and the Agent, the Purchasers have agreed to provide financial accommodations to the Grantors;
WHEREAS, Creditor Parties are willing to enter into the Purchase Agreement, but only upon the condition, among others, that Grantors shall have executed and delivered to Agent this 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, each Grantor hereby agrees as follows:
Section 1. DEFINED TERMS.
(a) When used herein the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Copyrights means all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, and the right to obtain all renewals of any of the foregoing.
Copyright Licenses means all written agreements naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee granting any right under any Copyright, including the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright.
Excluded Collateral has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Master Security Agreement.
General Intangibles shall have the meaning provided thereto in Section 9-102 of the UCC, as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Master Security Agreement shall have the meaning provided thereto in Section 5 hereof.
Obligations shall have the meaning provided thereto in the Master Security Agreement.
Patents means (a) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all reissues and extensions of such letters patent, (b) all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other county and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, and (c) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the foregoing.
Patent Licenses means all agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent.
Trademarks means (a) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, services marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law rights thereto, and (b) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
Trademark Licenses means, collectively, each agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to use any Trademark.
UCC shall have the meaning provided thereto in the Master Security Agreement.
(b) All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Purchase Agreement.
Section 2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL. To secure the complete and timely payment of all the Obligations of the Grantors now or hereafter existing from time to time, each Grantor hereby grants to Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Creditor Parties, a continuing first priority security interest in all of Grantors right, title and interest in, to and under the following, whether presently existing or hereafter created or acquired (collectively, the 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
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(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.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Collateral shall not include any Excluded Collateral.
Section 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Grantor represents and warrants that such Grantor does not have any ownership interest in, or title to, any Patent, Trademark or Copyright except as set forth in Schedule I, Schedule II, Schedule III and Schedule IV, respectively, hereto. To the best of each Grantors knowledge, each Grantors registered Patents, registered Trademarks and registered Copyrights are valid and enforceable, are solely owned by such Grantor and there is no pending or, to Grantors knowledge, threatened claim that the use of any of them violates the rights of any third person. Subject to any previously perfected security agreements previously recorded at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, this Agreement is effective to create a valid and continuing lien on and perfected security interests in favor of Agent, for the ratable benefit of Creditor Parties, in all of each Grantors Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights and such perfected security interests are enforceable as such as against any and all creditors of, and purchasers from, such Grantor. Upon filing of this 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 Agents Lien on each Grantors Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights shall have been duly taken.
Section 4. COVENANTS. Each Grantor covenants and agrees with Agent that from and after the date of this Agreement:
(a) Such Grantor shall notify Agent promptly if it knows or has reason to know that any application or registration relating to any Collateral material to its business may become abandoned (excluding those Trademarks listed on Schedule IV) 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 such Grantors ownership of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright, its right to register the same, or to keep and maintain the same.
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(b) In no event shall any 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, the applicable Grantor shall execute and deliver a supplement hereto (in form and substance satisfactory to Lender) to evidence Agents Lien on such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, and the General Intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby.
(c) Except for the Trademarks set forth on Schedule IV, with respect to each Patent and Trademark material to the conduct of its business or operations, such 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 Collateral is infringed upon, or misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall notify Agent promptly after such Grantor learns thereof. Such Grantor shall, unless it shall reasonably determine that such 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 reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Collateral.
Section 5. MASTER SECURITY AGREEMENT. The security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement are granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to Agent by Grantors pursuant to the Master Security Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Agent with respect to the security interest in the Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Master Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which relating to the such right and remedies are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.
Section 6. REINSTATEMENT. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against any Grantor for liquidation or reorganization, should any 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 any Grantors 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.
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Section 7. INDEMNIFICATION. (A) Each Grantor assumes all responsibility and liability arising from its use of the Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights and each Grantor hereby indemnifies and holds each Creditor Party harmless from and against any claim, suit, loss, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys fees) arising out of such Grantors operations of its business from the use of the Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights. (B) In any suit, proceeding or action brought by Agent under any Patent License, Trademark License or Copyright License for any sum owing thereunder, or to enforce any provisions of such license, each Grantor will indemnify and keep each Creditor Party harmless from and against all expense, loss or damage suffered by reason of any defense, set off, counterclaim, recoupment or reduction or liability whatsoever of the obligee thereunder, arising out of (i) a breach by such Grantor of any obligation thereunder or (ii) any other agreement, indebtedness or liability at any time owing to or in favor of such obligee or its successors from such Grantor (items (i) and (ii) are referred to collectively as Affected Obligations), and all such Affected Obligations of such Grantor shall be and remain enforceable against and only against such Grantor and shall not be enforceable against any Creditor Party.
Section 8. 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 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 Agreement.
Section 9. TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. Subject to Section 6 hereof, this Agreement shall terminate upon payment of the Obligations under the Note in full in immediately available funds.
Section 10. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one instrument. It is understood and agreed that if facsimile copies of this Agreement bearing facsimile signatures are exchanged between the parties hereto, such copies shall in all respects have the same weight, force and legal effect and shall be fully as valid, binding, and enforceable as if such signed facsimile copies were original documents bearing original signature.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each 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.
VERICHIP CORPORATION | ||||
By: | /s/ William J. Caragol | |||
Name: | William J. Caragol | |||
Title: | President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
XMARK CORPORATION | ||||
By: | /s/ William J. Caragol | |||
Name: | William J. Caragol | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | |||
ACCEPTED and ACKNOWLEDGED by: | ||||
LV ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, INC., as Agent | ||||
By: | /s/ Scott Bluestein | |||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
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SCHEDULE I
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I. GRANTOR PATENT REGISTRATIONS
Patent | Reg. No. | Issue/Reg. Date | ||
Asset Security Tag | US Patent No. 6,137,414 | October 24, 2000 | ||
Fibre Optic Security and Communications Link | Canadian Patent No. 2,055,266 | March 14, 2000 | ||
Fibre Optic Security and Communications Link | US Patent No. 5,374,921 | December 20, 1994 | ||
Method of Detecting Objects Within Range of a Receiver | US Patent No. 6,727,810 | April 27, 2004 | ||
Multiple Conductor Security Tag | US Patent No. 5,977,877 | November 2, 1999 | ||
Tag and System for Patient Safety Monitoring | US Patent No. 6,144,303 | November 7, 2000 | ||
Tag and System for Patient Safety Monitoring | Canadian Patent No. 2,260,577 | July 23, 2002 | ||
Tag System With Anti-Collision Features | US Patent No. 6,456,191 | September 24, 2002 | ||
Tag System With Anti-Collision Features | Canadian Patent No. 2,266,337 | June 8, 2004 | ||
Transceiver Enclosure | US Design Patent No. D414,178 | September 21, 1999 | ||
Transceiver Enclosure | US Design Patent No. D417,667 | December 14, 1999 | ||
Associated Articles Identifying System | ATE 310296 (Austria) | November 16, 2005 | ||
Associated Articles Identifying System | CH 1362335 (Switzerland) | November 16, 2005 | ||
Associated Articles Identifying System | DE 60115096 (Germany) | November 16, 2005 | ||
Associated Articles Identifying System | ES 1362335 (Spain) | November 16, 2005 | ||
Associated Articles Identifying System | FR 1362335 (France) | November 16, 2005 | ||
Associated Articles Identifying System | GB 1362335 (United Kingdom) | November 16, 2005 | ||
Associated Articles Identifying System | IE 1362335 (Ireland) | November 16, 2005 | ||
Associated Articles Identifying System | IT 83335/BE06 (Italy) | November 16, 2005 | ||
Associated Articles Identifying System | US Patent No. 6,977,586 | December 20, 2005 | ||
Asset Location System | US Patent No. 7,116,230 | October 3, 2006 | ||
A Method of Detecting Objects Within Range of a Receiver | Canadian Patent No. 2,299,053 | February 5, 2008 | ||
Multiple Conductor Security Tag | Canadian Patent No. 2,271,925 | February 5, 2008 |
II. GRANTOR PATENT APPLICATIONS
Patent | Reg. No. | Date | ||
Asset Location System | Canadian Patent Application No. 2,473,983 | July 14, 2004 | ||
An Asset Security Tag | Canadian Patent Application No. 2,254,832 | November 30, 1998 | ||
Associated Articles Identifying System | Canadian Patent Application No. 2,436,798 | February 13, 2001 | ||
Multiple Conductor Security Tag | Canadian Patent Application No. 2,596,458 | May 14, 1999 |
III. MATERIAL PATENT LICENSES
Patent | Reg. No. | Date | ||
Tag for Use with Personal Monitoring System(1) | US Patent No. 4,952,913 | August 28, 1990 | ||
Tag for Use with Personal Monitoring System(1) | US Patent No. 4,885,571 | December 5, 1989 | ||
Tag for Use with Personal Monitoring System(1) | Canadian Patent No. 1,299,660 | April 28, 1992 | ||
Tag for Use with Personal Monitoring System(1) | New Zealand Patent No. 219,982 | April 14, 1987 | ||
Programmable Channel Search Reader(2) | US Patent No. 5,952,935 | September 14, 1999 | ||
Syringe-Implantable Identification Transponder(2)(3) | US Patent No. 5,211,129 | May 18, 1993 | ||
Passive Integrated Transponder with Unitary Antenna Core(2) | US Patent No. 6,400,338 | June 4, 2002 | ||
US2002/0154065 A1(2) | Continuation of Passive Integrated Transponder with Unitary Antenna Core |
(1) | BI Patent License Agreement dated as of March 6, 2000, as amended, between BI Incorporated and Instantel Inc. | |
(2) | Amended and Restated Supply, License and Development Agreement dated December 27, 2005, as amended, between VeriChip Corporation and Digital Angel Corporation | |
(3) | Patent expires in April 2008. |
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I. GRANTOR TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS
REG. NO. | MARK | COUNTRY | REG DATE | |||
2650018 | ASSETRAC | United States | 12-Nov-2002 | |||
TMA596,013 | ASSETRAC | Canada | 28-Nov-2003 | |||
1628968 | BLASTMATE | United States | 25-Dec-1990 | |||
TMA347,303 | BLASTMATE | Canada | 28-Oct-1988 | |||
1697379 | BLASTWARE | United States | 30-Jun-1992 | |||
TMA364,522 | BLASTWARE | Canada | 19-Jan-1990 | |||
2768516 | EXI | United States | 30-Sep-2003 | |||
TMA552,196 | EXI | Canada | 10-Oct-2001 | |||
2292993 | FINDIT | United States | 16-Nov-1999 | |||
TMA465,572 | FINDIT | Canada | 1-Nov-1996 | |||
2833540 | HEARTBEAT | United States | 20-Apr-2004 |
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REG. NO. | MARK | COUNTRY | REG DATE | |||
TMA582,108 | HEARTBEAT | Canada | 22-May-2003 | |||
2390878 | HUGS | United States | 3-Oct-2000 | |||
TMA518,570 | HUGS | Canada | 22-Oct-1999 | |||
1637432 | INSTANTEL | United States | 12-Mar-1991 | |||
TMA371,010 | INSTANTEL | Canada | 20-Jul-1990 | |||
2833459 | KEEPIT | United States | 20-Apr-2004 | |||
TMA580,218 | KEEPIT | Canada | 30-Apr-2003 | |||
2844176 | KISSES | United States | 25-May-2004 | |||
2,963,817 | MINIMATE | United States | 28-Jun-2005 | |||
2901382 | MYCALL | United States | 9-Nov-2004 | |||
TMA485,797 | MYCALL | Canada | 19-Nov-1997 | |||
1816759 | ROAMALERT | United States | 18-Jan-1994 | |||
TMA428,843 | WATCHMATE | Canada | 17-Jun-1994 | |||
1823615 | WATCHMATE | United States | 22-Feb-1994 |
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REG. NO. | MARK | COUNTRY | REG DATE | |||
2,940,393 | XMARK | United States | 12-Apr-2005 | |||
TMA606103 | XMARK | Canada | 24-Mar-2004 | |||
339.174 | VERIMED | Colombia | 08/13/2007 | |||
003542271 | VERIMED | CTM (European Union) | 04/05/2005 | |||
831309 | VERIMED | Mexico | 04/20/2004 | |||
339.172 | VERIGUARD | Colombia | 08/13/2007 | |||
003574233 | VERIGUARD | CTM (European Union) | 12/08/2003 | |||
831307 | VERIGUARD | Mexico | 04/20/2004 | |||
003574167 | VERIPAY | CTM (European Union) | 12/08/2003 | |||
831308 | VERIPAY | Mexico | 04/20/2004 | |||
648,478 | VERICHIP | Canada | 09/20/2005 | |||
680.295 | VERICHIP | Chile | 03/16/2004 | |||
3538381 | VERICHIP | China | 01/07/2006 |
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REG. NO. | MARK | COUNTRY | REG DATE | |||
319089 | VERICHIP | Colombia | 07/12/2006 | |||
002912319 | VERICHIP | CTM (European Union) | 04/24/2004 | |||
23971 | VERICHIP | Ecuador | 06/24/2003 | |||
611263 | VERICHIP | Korea | 03/14/2005 | |||
790076 | VERICHIP | Mexico | 04/30/2003 | |||
288421 | VERICHIP | Russia | 05/05/2005 | |||
519350 | VERICHIP | Switzerland | 03/18/2004 | |||
01091002 | VERICHIP | Taiwan | 04/01/2004 | |||
P-273400 | VERICHIP | Venezuela | 09/04/2006 | |||
2,772,634 | GET CHIPPED | United States | 10/07/2003 | |||
2,807,427 | VERIPASS | United States | 01/20/2004 | |||
2,679,587 | ECO-LITE | United States | 01/28/2003 |
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II. GRANTOR TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS
APPLICATION | APPLICATION | |||||
NUMBER | MARK | COUNTRY | DATE | |||
3394905 | INSTANTEL | EU | 10/09/2003 | |||
826230733 | VERIMED | Brazil | 12/09/2003 | |||
78/259979 | VERIMED | United States | 06/09/2003 | |||
826059325 | VERIGUARD | Brazil | 11/14/2003 | |||
78/598039 | VERIGUARD | United States | 03/30/2005 | |||
826113800 | VERIPAY | Brazil | 12/09/2003 | |||
78/260027 | VERIPAY | United States | 06/09/2003 | |||
826059317 | VERIKID | Brazil | 11/14/2003 | |||
78/309237 | VERIKID | United States | 10/03/2003 | |||
2.425.463 | VERICHIP | Argentina | 04/16/2003 | |||
825387060 | VERICHIP | Brazil | 03/10/2003 | |||
2004-00069 | VERICHIP | South Africa | 01/05/2004 | |||
78/099039 | VERICHIP | United States | 12/19/2001 | |||
78/882482 | VERITRACE | United States | 05/12/2006 |
III. MATERIAL TRADEMARK LICENSES N/A
REG. NO. | MARK | COUNTRY | REG. DATE | |||
Trademark Assignment Agreement dated December 21, 2006 between Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. and VeriChip Corporation
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I. GRANTOR COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS N/A
Copyright | Reg. No. | Date | ||
II. GRANTOR COPYRIGHT APPLICATIONS N/A
Copyright | Reg. No. | Date | ||
III. MATERIAL COPYRIGHT LICENSES N/A
Copyright | Reg. No. | Date | ||
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SCHEDULE IV
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The following Trademarks have been abandoned by the Grantors:
REG./APPLICATION NO. | MARK | COUNTRY | ||
TMA568,111 | E-LINK ENABLED | Canada | ||
TMA559,903 | ECO-LITE | Canada | ||
TMA511,093 | PERCEPTIS | Canada | ||
TMA664,993 | ROAM@HOME | Canada | ||
TMA435,529 | BLASTERS TOOL BOX | Canada | ||
TMA447,659 | WATCHIT | Canada | ||
77/204734 | EVITRACE | United States |
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