Master Alliance Provisions Guide (MAPGuide)

Cellscript – BioNTech mRNA Technology Patent Sublicense

  • Term & termination | Effects of termination

6. Term and Termination

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6.5 Effect of Termination

6.5.1 Effect of Termination Except under Section 6.2.  Upon the termination of this Agreement prior to expiration of the Term for any reason except pursuant to Section 6.2: (a) the Sublicense to the Patent Rights and Exhibit D Patents will terminate; (b) Company and all its Affiliates will cease all making, having made, using, importing, offering for sale and selling of all Licensed Products with respect to Patent Rights and Exhibit D Patents under the Sublicense, except to the extent permitted by Section 6.5.1(f) and Section 6.6; (c) Company will pay to Cellscript all amounts, including accrued interest, owed to Cellscript under this Agreement through the date of termination, including royalties on Licensed Products invoiced or shipped through the date of termination and any sell off period permitted by Section 6.6, whether or not payment is received prior to termination or expiration of the sell off period permitted by Section 6.6; (d) Company will, at Cellscript’s request, return to Cellscript all Confidential Information of Cellscript (if any) related to exploitation of Patent Rights and Exhibit D Patents and provide to Cellscript one summary of all work related thereto for Licensed Products generated by Company during the Term in order to facilitate the further development of the technology licensed under this Agreement; (e) in the case of termination under Section 6.3, all duties of Cellscript and all rights (but not duties) of Company under this Agreement immediately terminate without further action required by either Cellscript or Company; and (f) all outstanding Third Party sublicenses, to the extent each is not in default, will be assigned by Company to Cellscript, such assignment will be accepted by Cellscript, and each Third Party sublicense agreement will remain in full force and effect with Cellscript as the sublicensor instead of Company, but the duties and obligations of Cellscript under the assigned sublicense agreements will not be greater than the duties of Cellscript under this Agreement and the rights of Cellscript under the assigned sublicenses will not be less than those of Cellscript under this Agreement, including all financial consideration and other rights of Cellscript, and Cellscript may, at its sole discretion, amend such assigned agreements to contain terms and conditions found in this Agreement. [***]

6.5.2 Effect of Termination under Section 6.2. Upon the termination of this Agreement under Section 6.2: (a) the Sublicense to Company and all further sublicenses to Affiliates and Third Parties terminate (except to the extent that said Third Party sublicenses become direct sublicenses of Cellscript pursuant to Section 6.5.2(e)); (b) Company, its Affiliates and Third Party sublicensees will cease all making, having made, using, importing, offering for sale and selling all Licensed Products under the Sublicense, except to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 6.5.2(e) and Section 6.6; (c) Company will pay to Cellscript all amounts, including accrued interest, owed to Cellscript under this Agreement through the date of termination, including royalties on Licensed Products invoiced or shipped through the date of termination and any sell off period permitted by Section 6.6, whether or not payment is received prior to termination or expiration of the sell off period permitted by Section 6.6, and(d) Company will, at Cellscript’s request, return to Cellscript all confidential information of Cellscript; and (e) all outstanding sublicenses of Company to Third Parties and all outstanding sublicenses of Company’s Affiliates to Third Parties, to the extent each is not in default, will be assigned by Company or its Affiliates to Cellscript (and Company will contractually obligate its Affiliates to make or cause such assignments and work with Cellscript to effect such assignments), and each such assigned sublicense agreement will remain in full force and effect (including for sublicensed Exhibit A–1 Patent Rights and Exhibit A–2Patent Rights and Exhibit D Patents) with Cellscript as the sublicensor instead of Company, but the duties and obligations of Cellscript under the assigned sublicense agreements will not be greater than the duties and obligations of Company under this Agreement, and the rights of Cellscript under the assigned sublicense agreements will not be less than the rights of Company under this Agreement, including all financial consideration and other rights of Company, and Cellscript may, at its sole discretion, amend such assigned sublicense agreements to contain financial or other terms and conditions found in this Agreement (excluding payment obligations which have already been satisfied by Company).

6.6 Inventory & Sell Off. Subject to the remainder of this Section 6.6, upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, Company will: (1) cause physical inventories to be taken immediately of: (a) all completed Licensed Products on hand under the control of Company and its Affiliates and Third Party sublicensees and (b) such Licensed Products as are in the process of manufacture and any component parts on the date of termination of this Agreement; (2) deliver promptly to Cellscript a copy of said written inventory, certified by an officer of Company; (3) promptly remove, efface or destroy or require or cause to be removed, effaced or destroyed all references to Penn and Cellscript from any advertising, labels, web sites or other materials used in the promotion of the business of Company or its Affiliates or Third Party sublicensees; and (4) not represent in any manner that it has rights in or to the Patent Rights or Exhibit D Patents or the Licensed Products under this Sublicense and cause its Affiliates and Third Party sublicensees not to represent that they have any rights in or to the Patent Rights or Exhibit D Patents or the Licensed Products. Subject to this Section 6.6, Company and its Affiliates and Third Party sublicensees may sell off its inventory of Licensed Products existing on the date of termination for a period of [***] months and pay Cellscript royalties on Sales of such inventory within [***] days following the expiration of such [***] month period. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) Company’s obligations under this Section 6.6 will not apply to the Sublicense or to Company’s sublicense agreements if the Sublicense is assigned to mRNA RiboTherapeutics pursuant to Section 6.5.1; and (ii) the obligations of each of Company’s sublicensees pursuant to this Section 6.6 will not apply to Company’s or its Affiliates’ or Third Party sublicensees’ sublicense agreements that are assigned to Cellscript pursuant to Sections 6.5.1(f) or 6.5.2(e); and, (iii) Company’s and its Affiliates’ and Third Party sublicensees’ obligations under this Section 6.6 will not apply with respect to any Licensed Product that is for use in a Field of Use for which Company (and its Affiliates or Third Party sublicensees) has a different sublicense agreement (e.g., under the mRNA RiboTherapeutics Sublicense Agreement)

6.7 Survival. Company’s obligation to pay all amounts, including accrued interest, owed to Cellscript under this Agreement will survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason. Articles 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13 and Sections 4.1 (until all Licensed Products which have been manufactured during the Term have been Sold), 4.2, 4.3 (for the time period set forth therein forall Sales of Licensed Products which have been manufactured during the Term), 4.4 (for the time period set forth therein) and 4.5–4.7, 9.1.1, 9.1.4 (for all amounts paid by Company to Cellscript following termination that are payable to mRNA RiboTherapeutics), 9.2.2, 9.2.4 (for all amounts that are payable to Penn which are paid by Company and received by mRNATherapeutics from Cellscript following termination), and 9.1.8, 9.2.7, 9.3.3, and 9.7 will survive the termination of this Agreement in accordance with their respective terms. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the Sublicense is, for the purposes of section 365(n) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, a license to “intellectual property” as defined under Section 101 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The Parties intend that all payments under Article 3 of this Agreement constitute “royalties” within the meaning of section 365(n) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.