EXHIBIT 10.2
LICENSE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of January 24, 2000 (the
"Effective Date") between 8x8, Inc., a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereafter "8x8"),
and ST Microelectronics, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware (hereafter "ST").
RECITALS
Whereas, ST is a global independent semiconductor company
which designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of integrated
circuits and discrete devices based on semiconductors used in a wide variety of
microelectronic applications, including telecommunication systems, computer
systems, consumer products, automotive products and industrial automation and
control systems.
Whereas, 8x8 has expertise in the design, development, manufacturing and
marketing of products and technologies related to internet protocol telephony.
Whereas, ST desires to have access to
intellectual property rights owned or controlled by 8x8.
NOW, THEREFORE, in furtherance of the foregoing Recitals and in
consideration of the mutual covenants and obligations set forth in this
Agreement, the Parties agree as follows:
- Definitions
- Unless the provisions of this Agreement otherwise provide, the following
capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meaning set out
below.
- Agreement
shall mean the present license agreement, together with all
Appendixes hereto, as the same may be hereafter amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time.
- Affiliates
shall mean an entity controlling, controlled by, or under
common control as of the Effective Date or thereafter during the term of this
Agreement, with ST or 8x8 as the case may be, provided that such entity shall be
considered an Affiliate only for the time during which such control exists. For
purposes of this definition "control" shall mean ownership or control,
either directly or indirectly, of greater than 50% of the voting rights of such
entity.
- Confidential Information
shall mean the terms
of this Agreement as well as any proprietary information and data of either
Party, contained in written or tangible form which is marked as "Internal
Use Only", "Proprietary", "Confidential", or similar
words. One Party's, including its Affiliates ("Disclosing Party")
Confidential Information shall also include its confidential information and
data orally disclosed to the other Party including its Affiliates
("Receiving Party") if related to written material marked as
confidential or otherwise identified as such during the course of the
discussions. However, Confidential Information shall not include any data or
information which:
- Is or becomes publicly available through no fault of the Receiving
Party;
- Is already in the rightful possession of the Receiving Party prior to its
receipt of such data or information;
- Is independently developed by the Receiving Party without reference to the
Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party;
- Is rightfully obtained by the Receiving Party from a third party or in the
public domain;
- Is disclosed with the written consent of the Party whose information it is;
or
- Is disclosed pursuant to court order or other legal compulsion, after
providing prior notice to the Disclosing Party of the intended
disclosure.
- Closing Date
shall mean the Closing Date as defined in the Common
Stock Purchase Agreement between 8x8 and STMicroelectronics NV of even date
herewith.
- Customers
shall mean a third party who purchases Products from
Licensee.
- Deliverables
shall have the meaning set forth in the Development
Agreement.
- Development Agreement
shall mean that certain development agreement
executed on the same date herewith between the Parties.
- Derivative
shall mean a product which is modified from a pre-existing
Product through a revision, translation, change in packaging, change in
semiconductor process technology or any other change that does not affect a
Product's form, fit and function.
- Essential Patents
. Shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3
below.
- IP Rights
shall mean all patents, patent applications, including with
respect to patents any patent rights granted upon any reissue, division,
continuation or continuation-in-part applications now or hereafter filed,
utility models issued or pending, registered and un-registered design rights,
copyrights (including the copyright on software in any code), trade secrets and
proprietary know-how, Mask Works and other similar statutory intellectual
property or industrial rights, as well as applications for any such rights.
- Licensee
shall mean ST and its Affiliates.
- Licensed Technology
shall have the meaning set forth in Exhibit 2 and
includes all IP Rights therein, now or hereafter owned or controlled by
8x8.
- Mask Works
shall have the meanings set forth in section 901(a)(2) of
the Semiconductor Chip Protection Law(s).
- Net Sale Price
means the actual amounts invoiced by the Licensee to
the Customers or authorized distributors less actual returns, packing charges,
shipping charges, taxes, duties, and price protection adjustments. Provided when
the Customer is a Licensee's authorized distributor, Net Sale Price means
Licensee's price to such distributor net of price protection adjustments and the
items referenced above.
- Parties
shall mean ST and 8x8 together.
- Party
shall mean one of the Parties.
- Product
shall mean one or more integrated circuits to be manufactured
by or for ST, using in whole or in part the Licensed Technology.
- Residual Information
. means those portions of each Party's
Confidential Information as may be retained in the memory of the other Party's
and/or the other Party's Affiliates' employees, subcontractors, or sub-licensee
as the result of such employee, subcontractor, or sub-licensee being exposed to
such Confidential Information pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement. Residual Information shall not include information which has
been purposely committed to memory or documented, written, electronically stored
or otherwise stored in some other tangible form by or for such employee,
subcontractor or sub-licensee.
- Semiconductor Chip Protection Law(s)
shall mean the semiconductor
Chip Protection Act of 1984 in the United States and any associated regulations
and any amendments or revisions to such law or regulations, or any corresponding
law and regulations in a country other than the United States.
- 8x8 Software
shall be as described in Exhibit 2
- Exhibits
. The exhibits hereto shall be taken, read and construed as
essential parts of this Agreement and are incorporated herein by reference.
- Headings
. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be taken, read or construed as
essential parts of this Agreement.
- Plural
. Words applicable to natural persons include any body of
persons, company, corporation, firm or partnership, corporate or incorporate,
and vice versa. Words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine
and neuter genders, and vice versa. Words importing the singular number shall
include the plural number, and vice versa.
- License
- Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, 8x8 hereby grants
to the Licensee, under 8x8's IP Rights and to the extent that 8x8 is legally
entitled to grant rights thereto hereunder, a non-exclusive (except as set forth
in the Development Agreement), irrevocable, worldwide, non-transferable license
to use, operate, copy and modify, the Licensed Technology, to design, develop
and have developed Product, make, have made, commercialize, sell and otherwise
dispose of Product, and support and maintain such Product. This license includes
the right to combine and integrate 8x8 Software with other software, firmware or
programs.
- Subject to the terms and condition of this Agreement and in addition to the
rights granted in Section 2.1 above, 8x8 hereby grants to Licensee the right
to:
- distribute the 8x8 Software in object code form only and only for use on and
bundled with Product or systems which contain the Product.
- grant to its Customers a non-exclusive, non-assignable license to use the
appropriate 8x8 Software to develop Product.
- In the event that a Customer wishes to license the 8x8 Software in source
code form, 8x8 agrees to negotiate in good faith on a case by case basis the
terms and conditions under which such a license may be provided.
- Except as otherwise provided under this Agreement, nothing herein entitles
the Licensee to distribute the Licensed Technology except in conjunction with a
Product.
- 8x8 shall employ commercially reasonable efforts to deliver free of charge
to ST the relevant Licensed Technology in accordance to the schedule attached as
part of Exhibit 2.
- To the extent that 8x8 and ST have entered in an agreement under which 8x8
is to provide ST with maintenance and support for the Licensed Technology, such
support and maintenance will be as defined in Exhibit 1.
- 8x8 agrees not to assert any of its IP Rights embodied in the Licensed
Technology against Licensee with respect to Licensee's use of such Licensed
Technology in accordance with the license rights and other terms of this
Agreement.
- In the event the Licensed Technology practices patents, patent applications,
including with respect to patents any patent rights granted upon any reissue,
division, continuation or continuation-in-part applications now or hereafter
filed ("Patents") by Licensee, Licensee agrees that it will not
assert these Patents against 8x8 provided, however, that Licensee would have not
been able to be aware of the infringement but for the disclosure of the Licensed
Technology hereunder. In any event this non-assert clause applies only in favor
of 8x8 and does not cover any third parties including customers or partners of
8x8. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, This non-assert clause is not
assignable and will automatically terminate in the event of a change of control
of 8X8. For purposes of this section, a change of control shall mean one
transaction or a series of related transactions that results in a change of
control through direct or indirect ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of
the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote for the election of directors
(other than restricted shares of stock).
Training
8x8 agrees to train the Licensee regarding the use and functionality of
the Licensed Technology. The number of employees subject to and the scope of
such training will be agreed upon by the Parties on a case-by-case
basis.
Compensation
In consideration for the license, delivery and services and support
provided by 8x8 under this Agreement, ST shall pay to 8x8 the royalties
described in Exhibit 3 which are applicable on the Net Sale Price of each
Product sold by Licensee during a quarter to a Customer or authorized
distributor (For the avoidance of doubt, Sale of Product to 8x8, and ST's
Affiliates are not subject to the royalties). Further, the Parties agree that
the royalty shall only fall due in respect of a Product in die or single die
packaged form and not in the overall price of a device into which a Product may
be integrated. Only the initial sale of a Product shall be subject to a royalty.
No royalty will accrue for any returns, warranty or other replacement. The
Parties agree that a Derivative shall be deemed the same Product and
consequently the royalty schedule will not reset for a Derivative sold by or for
Licensee.
- The royalties for the Product which is the subject matter of the Development
Agreement may be modified and replaced by the royalty schedule set forth in the
Development Agreement. In such a case, the royalty schedule described in the
Development Agreement will supersede and will not cumulate with the royalties
set forth in Exhibit 3 hereto.
Royalty payment shall be made by ST to 8x8 within thirty (30) days of the
last day of each calendar quarter. All payments made hereunder shall be made in
United States currency, by wire transfer or other reasonable mutually agreed to
payment means and to such bank account(s) indicated by 8x8 in writing from time
to time. Licensee will provide, concurrent with each payment, an explanation of
how the payment amount was calculated.
Royalties described in Exhibit 3 are exclusive of applicable excise, sales,
use or other similar taxes, if any.
Any income or other similar tax which ST is required by law to pay or
withhold on behalf of 8x8 with respect to any royalties payable to 8x8 under
this Agreement shall be deducted from the amount of such royalties otherwise
due, provided, however, that in regard to any such deduction, ST shall give 8x8
such reasonable assistance as may be necessary to enable or assist 8x8 to claim
exemption therefrom, or credit therefor, and shall upon request furnish to 8x8
such certificates and other evidence of deduction and payment thereof as 8x8 may
properly require.
8x8 shall have the right for representatives of a firm of independent
accountants who shall have signed an appropriate non disclosure agreement, to
which ST shall not unreasonably object ("Auditors"), to make an examination
and audit, by prior appointment agreed between the Parties, such agreement not
to be unreasonably withheld, during normal business hours, not more frequently
than once annually during the time ST is required to make royalty payments to
8x8 hereunder and for one year thereafter, of all records and accounts as may
under recognized accounting practices contain information bearing upon the 8x8
royalties revenue and the number of Products sold by ST under this Agreement.
The Auditors will report to 8x8 only upon whether the royalties paid to 8x8 by
ST were or were not correct, and if incorrect, what are the correct amounts for
the royalties. ST shall be supplied with a copy of or sufficient extracts from
any report prepared by the Auditors. The Auditors shall (in the absence of
clerical or manifest error) be final and binding on the Parties. Such audit
shall be at 8x8's expense unless it reveals an underpayment of royalties of five
percent (5%) or more in which case ST shall reimburse 8x8 for the costs of such
audit, plus interest of 12% per annum on the deficiency from the time the
royalty was due until paid.
Representations and Warranties
8x8 represents and warrants to ST that (a) to the best of its knowledge
as of the Effective Date it has full power and authority to enter into this
Agreement, (b) to the best of its knowledge as of the Effective Date the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, and 8x8's obligations hereunder, do not
conflict with or violate any terms or conditions of any other agreement or
commitment to which 8x8 is a signatory or by which it is bound, (c) to the best
of its knowledge as of the Effective Date it owned or controlled the Licensed
Technology that will be licensed and delivered to Licensee under this Agreement
and (d) it will defend and indemnify Licensee against any third party claims
arising out of or related to a breach of these warranties and
representations.
8x8 shall use its best efforts to verify the completeness of the Licensed
Technology delivered to Licensee hereunder. In the case there should be any
mistake or omission in such Licensed Technology, 8x8 shall promptly support ST
with corrected Licensed Technology, free of charge.
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, 8x8 MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR
CONDITIONS, EXPRESSED, STATUTORY, IMPLIED, OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THE
LICENSED TECHNOLOGY LICENSED HEREUNDER, AND 8x8 HEREBY DISCLAIMS THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT THERETO.
Indemnification
Excluding claims asserting that the Licensed Technology infringes an
Essential Patent as defined below in Section 6.3, and subject to Section 9
(Limitation of Liability), 8x8 shall indemnify and hold Licensee and their
respective officers, directors, employees and agents (hereafter referred
individually or collectively as "Licensee Indemnitees") harmless and
shall pay all costs, damages, and reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses
relating to Licensee Indemnitees defense resulting from any suit, claim, demand,
or other action by a third party against Licensee Indemnitees based upon a
finding that any Licensed Technology infringes the IP Rights of a third party
("Licensee Infringement Claim"), provided that: (i) Licensee gives
written notice to 8x8 within ten (10) business days of notice of such Licensee
Infringement Claim; (ii) ST allows 8x8 at its expense through attorneys of its
own choice, to exclusively defend or control the defense of any Licensee
Infringement Claim; and (iii) Licensee assists 8x8 in all reasonable aspects in
such investigation and defense, and is reimbursed by 8x8 for all the reasonable
costs incurred in collaborating in such investigation and defense. The
foregoing indemnity obligations shall specifically not apply to any claim
excluded under Section 6.2 or 6.3 below. If, as a result of a Licensee
Infringement Claim, Licensee Indemnitees are enjoined from using the Licensed
Technology, or selling Products, 8x8 may in its sole discretion, (i) procure for
Licensee Indemnitees the right to use the Licensed Technology under the same
terms and conditions set forth in this Section 6.1 or (ii) provide Licensee
Indemnitees with modified Licensed Technology that are non-infringing while
still meeting substantially the same functional specifications as the Licensed
Technology.
8x8 shall have no obligation under Section 6.1 above for any Licensee
Infringement Claim which results from: (a) the combination of a Product
with other products if the Licensee Infringement would have not existed but for
the combination; (b) the modification of the Licensed Technology by parties
other than 8x8 (or not authorized by 8x8); (c) the Improvement (as defined
in Exhibit 2 below) of the Licensed Technology by or for ST.
Essential Patents. Licensee acknowledges that the licenses granted
herein to the Licensed Technology do not include third party patents, copyrights
and trade secrets, that may be essential to the implementation of any industry
standard functions realized by the Licensed Technology including but not limited
to H.323, SIP, MGCP, G.711, G.722, G.723, G.726, G.728, G.729AB/E and V.17,
V.27, and V.29 ("Essential Patents").
SECTION 6.1 STATES THE ENTIRE LIABILITY OF 8x8 AND THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF
ST WITH RESPECT TO ANY AND ALL INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED
IN THIS SECTION, ALL WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED BY 8x8.
Term and Termination
This Agreement shall become effective upon the Closing Date and shall
continue unless terminated as herein provided.
This Agreement may be terminated by either Party upon notice if the other
Party (i) breaches any material term or condition of this Agreement and fails to
remedy the breach within thirty (30) days after being given notice thereof, (ii)
becomes the subject of any voluntary or involuntary proceeding under the
applicable national or state bankruptcy or insolvency laws and such proceeding
is not terminated within sixty (60) days of its commencement.
In the event of termination of this Agreement for breach or bankruptcy as
provided herein, the license rights of the non-terminated Party pursuant to
Section 2 above shall survive such termination, and the license rights of the
terminated Party pursuant to Section 2 above shall survive only to the extent
required to protect the interest of existing, committed customers of the
terminated Party, and in particular the terminated Party shall have the right to
(i) complete and sell or otherwise dispose of any work-in-progress existing in
its manufacturing plants at the time of termination, (ii) sell and otherwise
dispose of any Product in stock, (iii) complete any orders for Product existing
at the time of termination and (iv) continue to provide technical support to its
customers.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no expiration or
termination of this Agreement shall diminish the rights of any customer who has
purchased Product to continue to use and/or sell or otherwise dispose of the
same.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no expiration or
termination of this Agreement shall relieve Licensee of its obligation to pay
any sum due hereunder.
The provisions of Sections 1 ("Definitions"), 2
("License") except for (a) Licensee's right to design, develop and
have developed new Product if the termination is caused by Licensee's material
breach, and (b) sub-section 2.7 if the termination is caused by 8x8's material
breach, 3 ("Compensation"), 4 ("Representations and
Warranties"), 6 ("Indemnification"), 7 ("Term and
Termination"), 8 ("Confidentiality"), 9 ("Limitation of
Liability") and 10 ("General Provisions") shall survive any
termination of this Agreement.
Confidentiality
The Receiving Party shall, during the term of the Agreement, and for a
period of five (5) years thereafter, subject to the exclusions set forth in
Section 1.1.3 ("Confidential Information"), hold all Confidential
Information of the Disclosing Party in confidence, not disclose such
Confidential Information to any third parties except those with a need to know
in connection with or during the performance of this Agreement (including, as
necessary, subcontractors) who have executed a confidentiality agreement with
terms at least as restrictive with regard to the Disclosing Party's information
as those set forth herein, and in general use the same degree of care to protect
the confidentiality of the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information as it
uses with respect to its own information of a similar nature.
Neither 8x8 nor Licensee shall use the other Party's Confidential
Information for another or other purpose than for the purposes set forth in this
Agreement.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.3 above, upon termination of this
Agreement all of the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information and all copies
thereof in the Receiving Party's possession or control shall be immediately
returned to the Disclosing Party or destroyed by the Receiving Party at the
Disclosing Party's instruction. The Receiving Party shall then certify the same
in writing and that no copies have been retained by the Receiving Party, its
employees, Affiliates, contractors, or other parties to whom such information is
provided.
The Receiving Party acknowledges that the unauthorized disclosure of the
Disclosing Party Confidential Information will cause irreparable harm and
significant injury, the scope of which is difficult to ascertain. Accordingly,
the Receiving Party agrees that the Disclosing Party shall have the right to an
immediate injunction enjoining any such unauthorized disclosure.
Both Parties agree not to assert claims against the other Party and/or their
employees, subcontractor or sub-licensee based on inadvertent or unintentional
use of any Residual Information by the Party, their employees, subcontractor, or
sub-licensee. Further, neither Party shall be restricted from carrying out
independent development in which such Residual Information is inadvertently or
unintentionally used. This Section shall not be construed to convey any patent
or copyright of either Party.
Limitation of Liability
EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, IN NO EVENT SHALL
EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL,
INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS), CAUSED BY ANY BREACH OF ITS OBLIGATIONS TO THE
OTHER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF
ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT, EVEN IF THE BREACHING PARTY HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF 8x8 TO ST ARISING UNDER SECTION 6
"INDEMNIFICATION" HEREOF EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY ST TO 8x8
WITH RESPECT TO THE 8X8 BASED PRODUCT(S) CONTAINING THE IP RIGHTS SUBJECT MATTER
OF THE CLAIM, PROVIDED THAT SUCH TOTAL AMOUNT SHALL NOT EXCEED FOUR MILLION U.S.
DOLLARS ($4,000,000).
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF EITHER PARTY TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR
ANY LOSS, DAMAGE OR LIABILITY ARISING FROM A BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR BOTH EXCEED A SUM OF TWO MILLION DOLLARS ($2,000,000)
PROVIDED THAT SUCH LIMIT SHALL NOT APPLY IN THE EVENT OF A WILLFUL MISUSE OR
WILLFULLY UNLAWFUL DISTRIBUTION OF THE LICENSED TECHNOLOGY, AND PROVIDED THAT
FOR ST SUCH LIMITATION SHALL NOT APPLY IN THE EVENT THAT ST FAILS TO PAY THE
ROYALTIES AND THE NRE EARNED BY 8X8 AND DUE BY ST AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 8 OF
THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
General Provisions
- Assignment
. This Agreement may not be assigned by either Party, nor any
of such Party's rights or obligations hereunder, to any third party including
without limitation through a U.S. Bankruptcy Code Chapter 11 reorganization,
without prior written consent of the other Party (which shall not be
unreasonably withheld). In the event that this Agreement is assigned effectively
to a third party, this Agreement shall bind upon successors and assigns of the
Parties hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may assign this
Agreement to an Affiliate provided that the assigning Party so notifies the non-
assigning Party in writing and the assignee agrees to assume all of the
obligations of the assigning Party under this Agreement. In the event that the
assignee ceases to be an Affiliate, this Agreement will immediately be re-
assigned to ST and ST will assume all obligations under this Agreement.
Affiliates. Both Parties acknowledge that the other party may or does
conduct its business in whole or in part through Affiliates. Accordingly, both
Parties agree that the rights and benefits granted to the other Party through
this Agreement shall inure to the other Party and its Affiliates.
Force Majeure. Neither Party shall be liable to the other
Party for failure of or delay in performance of any obligation under this
Agreement, directly or indirectly, owing to acts of God, war, war-like
condition, embargoes, riots, strike and other events beyond its reasonable
control. In the event that such failure or delay occurs, the affected Party
shall notify the other Party of the occurrence thereof as soon as possible and
the Parties shall discuss the best way to resolve the event of force
majeure.
Notices. All notices provided for in connection with this Agreement
shall be given in writing and shall be effective (i) upon receipt, when
served by personal delivery; or (ii) the next day following the date of
transmittal when transmitted by facsimile; or (iii) on the third day
following the date of transmittal when transmitted by express mail; or
(iv) on the 7th day following the date of mailing when sent by registered
airmail of the sender's country with postage prepaid, addressed to the Party as
follows, or to a changed address as the Party shall have specified by prior
written notice:
ST: ST Microelectronics, Inc. at 1310 Electronics Drive Carrolton, TX 75006
USA. Attention: General Counsel; and
8x8: 8x8, Inc. 2445 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, California 95054
Attention: Chief Financial Officer.
Waiver. The waiver by either Party of the remedy for the other
Party's breach of or its right under this Agreement will not constitute a waiver
of the remedy for any other similar or subsequent breach or right.
Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes, at
any time or for any reason, unenforceable or invalid, no other provision of this
Agreement shall be affected thereby, and the remaining provisions of this
Agreement shall continue with the same force and effect as if such unenforceable
or invalid provisions had not been inserted in this Agreement.
Press Release and Sales Documentation. Neither Party shall make any
announcement or press release regarding this Agreement or any terms thereof
without the other Party's prior written consent. However,
either party is free to file with the SEC or other relevant government agencies
any document required to be filed thereon advice of counsel (redacted in a form
advised by counsel). Furthermore, in accordance with the guidelines to be
provided by 8x8 and with 8x8 prior approval which shall not be unreasonably
withheld, 8x8 authorizes ST to use the name, trademark or logo "8x8"
in its marketing and sales documentation.
Amendment. No changes, modifications or
alterations to this Agreement shall be valid unless reduced to writing and duly
signed by the respective authorized representative of each Party.
Governing Law. This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California without respect
to its conflict of law provisions.
No Partnership. In giving effect to this Agreement, no Party shall be
or be deemed to be an agent or employee of another Party for any purpose, and
that their relationship to each other shall be that of independent contractors.
Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute a partnership or a joint venture
between the Parties. No Party shall have the right to enter into contracts or
pledge the credit of or incur expenses or liability on behalf of the other
Party.
Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Development
Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the Parties and supersede all
prior proposal(s) and discussions relative to the subject matter of this
Agreement and neither of the Parties shall be bound by any conditions,
definitions, warranties, understandings or representations with respect to the
subject matter other than as expressly provided herein. The terms and conditions
contained herein and the appendixes attached hereto constitute the entire
agreement between the parties and shall supersede all previous communications
either oral or written between the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof. No oral explanation or oral information by either party hereto shall
alter the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement on
the Effective Date.
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For ST Microelectronics, Inc.: |
For 8x8, Inc. |
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Name: A.McK. Malone |
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Name: Paul Voois |
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Title: Executive Vice President and CFO |
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Title: Chairman and CEO |
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Signature: /s/ A. McK. Malone |
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Signature: /s/ Paul Voois |
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EXHIBIT 1
Maintenance and Support Policy
Maintenance and support that is to be provided hereunder is as described
below:
- 8x8 will provide ST with bug fixes, modifications, updates and incremental
enhancements that are incorporated into any Licensed Technology releases made
generally available during the active maintenance period to 8x8's customers
under similar maintenance agreements. If and when such releases are made
available to any 8x8 customer, 8x8 shall also inform ST of their existence,
prepare and make available the releases to ST, without additional charge.
- 8x8 will provide ST with Improvements that are developed specifically for ST
when available and as agreed to in the SOW.
- 8x8 will provide ST with reasonable technical support through 8x8's
Application Engineering group, to assist ST to develop Product. Such support and
response times will be consistent to that which 8x8 provides other customers
under standard maintenance agreements and will be rendered from 8x8's Santa
Clara, CA facility.
- ST will report errors to 8x8 by Email. 8x8 will apply reasonable effort to
duplicate the reported error and identify any appropriate bug fixes or
modifications.
- The Parties will mutually determine the priority of an error and 8x8 will
use commercially reasonable efforts to respond to ST within time frames
consistent with the error priority and consistent to response times 8x8 provides
other customers under standard maintenance agreements with similar priority
errors.
- If ST asks 8x8 for engineers or others to travel to ST's locations to
support the Licensed Technology, and 8x8 agrees to do so (such agreement shall
not be unreasonably withheld), ST and 8x8 will agree as to which Party will pay
the reasonable costs associated therewith, including the labor costs for such
personnel, travel, meals and lodging costs.
Maintenance Fees
The fee payable by ST to 8x8 for the maintenance and support described
herein is as defined in the relevant Development Agreement Exhibits. Otherwise,
to the extent that the Licensed Technology is used by ST in Products not
associated with the Development Agreement, if any, an additional maintenance fee
payable by ST to 8x8 will be applicable and will be negotiated by the Parties in
good faith on a case by case basis.
EXHIBIT 2
Licensed Technology
The Licensed Technology to be made available hereunder consists of the
following:
- The 8x8 Software and the 8x8 DSP as described below, as they exist on the
Effective Date or upon delivery.
- The Deliverables, upon delivery.
- All updates, new releases and new versions, enhancements, modifications,
adaptations, translations, additions and derivative works (collectively referred
to as "Improvement") of items 1 and 2 that are to be provided by 8x8,
as agreed to under the Development Agreement if and when available and upon
delivery.
- All updates, new releases and new versions, enhancements, modifications,
adaptations, translations, additions and derivative works of items 1 that are
made available to 8x8 customers who are under similar maintenance and support
agreements as shown in Exhibit 1 within one (1) year of the Effective
Date, if and when available and upon delivery.
Specifically excluded from the Licensed Technology is 8x8's
Intraswitch hosted iPBX technology, 8x8's end point system level products and
related technology and any modifications or enhancements to the Licensed
Technology developed by 8x8 for a third party.
8x8 Software
The 8x8 Software incorporates the Call Code and the Audio Code as defined
below. The 8x8 software shall include the applicable software or firmware owned
or controlled by 8x8, in source code and object code format, applicable manuals,
program description, design and implementation documentation and other related
documentation.
The Call Code to be provided hereunder is in ANSI C and POSIX operating
system compliant format or in a format as agreed to in the Development
Agreement.
The Audio Code to be provided hereunder is 8x8 DSP firmware consisting of a
mixture of 8x8 DSP assembly language and C or in a format as agreed to in the
Development Agreement.
In addition to the Call Code and Audio Code described below, the 8x8 Software
to be provided hereunder shall include any other embedded voice over internet
protocol firmware functions controlled by 8x8 that, as mutually agreed to by the
Parties, is essential to a Product associated with a Development Agreement.