Intellectual Property License Agreement [Amendment] - Immersion Corp. and Logitech Inc.
AMENDMENT TO 1996 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
LICENSE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN
IMMERSION CORPORATION AND LOGITECH, INC.
WHEREAS Immersion Corporation, a Delaware Corporation with principal
offices in San Jose, California (hereinafter "Immersion") and Logitech, Inc., a
California corporation with principal offices in Fremont, California
(hereinafter "Logitech"), entered into an Intellectual Property License
Agreement dated October 4, 1996, as amended, (hereinafter the "IP License
Agreement"); and
WHEREAS Immersion and Logitech desire to revise the royalty structure in
the IP License Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, Immersion and Logitech hereby agree to the following:
1. Effective as of the Quarter beginning on July 1, 2001 the IP License
Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
A. Section 3.2 "Per Product Model Royalty" is deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:
"3.2 Royalty Calculation.
(a) Effective with the Quarter beginning on July 1, 2001 through
the Quarter ending on March 31, 2002, [****] Affiliates to unrelated
third parties (other than Logitech or Logitech Affiliates) in arms
length transactions, during such Quarters.
(b) Commencing with the Quarter beginning on April 1, 2002 and
thereafter during the term of the IP License Agreement, royalties for
each Logitech fiscal year will be calculated quarterly on Net Receipts
from sales of Royalty Bearing Products using the royalty rates based on
the schedule below. [****]. Shipment of Royalty Bearing Products between
Logitech and the Logitech Affiliates or between Logitech Affiliates will
not be considered to be sold or otherwise transferred until sold to an
unrelated customer of Logitech or a Logitech Affiliate.
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* Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed separately
with the Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to
the omitted portions.
(c) For sake of clarity and example only, the following royalty
calculation is included for reference:
A Logitech fiscal year ("Year") is defined as April 1 through March 31,
beginning with Calendar Q2 and ending with Calendar Q1 of the following year.
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B. Section 3.4 "Payments and Reports" is deleted in its entirety
and replaced with the following:
"3.4 Payments and Reports.
The royalties to be paid by Logitech to Immersion hereunder shall be due
forty-five (45) days after the close of each Quarter. Royalty reports setting
forth the royalty calculation shall be included with such payments. Each such
report will identify (i) the names of all Royalty Bearing Products sold in the
subject Quarter, (ii) the total Net Receipts and number of units sold for the
subject Quarter of joysticks, gamepads, wheels, and other similar categories of
gaming devices designed for use with PCs, and (iii) the total Net Receipts and
number of units sold for the subject Quarter of joysticks, gamepads, wheels, and
other similar categories of gaming devices designed for use with game consoles.
Logitech will pay and account to Immersion for royalties due hereunder with
respect to sales or other disposition of Royalty Bearing Products by any
Logitech Affiliates, and for that purpose, sales of Royalty Bearing Products by
any Logitech Affiliate (other than sales or other disposition by an Affiliate to
Logitech or to another Logitech Affiliate) will be deemed to be sales by
Logitech."
Except as specifically amended herein, in all other respects, the IP
License Agreement will remain in full force and effect. This Amendment along
with the IP License Agreement constitutes the complete agreement of the parties
concerning the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any other agreements,
promises, representations or discussions, written or oral, concerning such
subject matter. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, all of
which taken together shall constitute one single agreement between the parties.
This Amendment will be of no force or effect until signed by an authorized
representative of each of the parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PARTIES HERETO
HAVE SIGNED THIS AMENDMENT AS OF THE DATE AND YEAR SET FORTH BELOW.
LOGITECH INC. IMMERSION CORPORATION
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