printer-friendly

Sample Business Contracts

Domain Name License Agreement - KongZhong Information Technologies (Beijing) Co. Ltd. and Beijing AirInBox Information Technologies Co. Ltd.

Sponsored Links

                          DOMAIN NAME LICENSE AGREEMENT



     This Domain Name License Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as of
April 1st, 2004 by and between the following two parties in Beijing.



The Licensor: KONGZHONG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (BEIJING) CO., LTD ("KongZhong
(Beijing)")

Legal Address: 12th floor, Zhong Dian Building, Zhong Guan Cun Nan Da Jie, Hai
               Dian District, Beijing

Legal Representative: Yunfan Zhou



The Licensee: BEIJING AIRINBOX INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD

Legal Address: 12th floor, Zhong Dian Building, Zhong Guan Cun Nan Da Jie, Hai
               Dian District, Beijing

Legal Representative: Yunfan Zhou



      WHEREAS, the Licensor, a wholly foreign-owned enterprise registered in
Beijing under the laws of People's Republic of China (not including Hong Kong,
Macau and Taiwan, hereinafter called "China"), which owns the domain names
listed in the Exhibit 1 of this Agreement;

      WHEREAS, the Licensee, a limited liability company sponsored by natural
persons in China registered in Beijing under the laws of the People's Republic
of China (the"PRC"), is licensed to engage in the business of providing Internet
information and the telecom value-added services;

      WHEREAS, the Licensor agrees to license the said Domain Names to the
Licensee in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein and the
Licensee as well agrees to accept the license on the terms and conditions set
forth herein;



                                       1
<PAGE>

      NOW THEREFORE, on the basis of mutual benefit and friendly negotiation,
the parties agree as follows:

1.   Grant of License

     1.1  The Domain Names

          Under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Licensor
          hereby grants to the Licensee and the Licensee accepts from the
          Licensor parts of or all parts of the Domain Names listed in Exhibit
          1, and the Licensee may deal its business with these domain names.
          Such license is non-monopolized, non-exclusive and non-transferable.

     1.2  Range

          1.2.1  The Licensee agrees to use the licensed domain name in the
                 field of it own business operation. The Licensee cannot
                 directly or indirectly sublicense the Domain Names hereunder to
                 any others unless the Licensor agrees.

          1.2.2  The License in this Agreement is effective in China and where
                 the Licensor may from time to time grant a license to the
                 Licensee in the writing form. Licensee agrees that Licensee
                 shall not directly or indirectly use or sublicense to the
                 others the said domain name.

     1.3  Standards

          The Licensee shall comply with any standards and criteria the Licensor
          may request from time to time when the Licensee uses the said domain
          names.

     1.4  Licensee's confirm

          The Licensee confirms that the Licensee is not entitled any rights,
          titles and interests of the said domain names except the rights,
          titles and interests in the said domain names under this Agreement.

2.   PAYMENT

     The Licensee agrees to pay the Licensor the license fees determined in
     accordance with the calculation method and the way of payment provided in
     Exhibit 2 of this Agreement.


                                       2
<PAGE>

3.   GOODWILL

     The Licensee recognizes the value of the goodwill associated with the
     Domain Names and the relevant rights, and acknowledges that the Domain
     Names therein and goodwill (including but not limited to the goodwill
     occurs from the Licensee's use) pertaining thereto shall be the sole and
     exclusive property of the Licensor.

4.   CONFIDENTIALITY

     4.1   By accepting the granting of the Domain Name licenses from the
           Licensor, the Licensee agrees to protect and maintain the
           confidentiality of any and all confidential data and information
           acknowledged or received by the Licensee (collectively the
           "Confidential Information"). Upon termination or expiration of this
           Agreement, the Licensee shall, at the Licensor's request, return any
           and all documents, information or software containing such
           Confidential Information to the Licensor or destroy and delete such
           Confidential Information from any electronic devices and cease to use
           them. The Licensee shall not disclose, grant or transfer any
           Confidential Information to any third party and will not use the
           Confidential Information without the Licensor's written consent.
           Licensee shall disclose the protected confidential information to the
           necessary employees, agents or consultants by the necessary measures,
           and shall urge the necessary employees, agents or consultants to
           observe the obligations under this Agreement.

     4.2  The above limitations shall not apply to the situations as follows:

          4.2.1  The materials which can be obtained in public in the time of
                 disclosure;

          4.2.2  The public materials disclosed not due to the mistake of
                 Licensee;

          4.2.3  The Licensee may prove that before the disclosure the materials
                 were under its title and were obtained directly or indirectly
                 from the other resources;

          4.2.4  Upon the legal demands of any party, the confidential
                 information shall be disclosed to the government authorities,
                 security exchange agent, and etc.; and upon the general
                 operation needs, the above confidential information shall be
                 disclosed to direct legal consultants and financial advisor.

     4.3  With the consent of both parties, no matter whether this Agreement is
          terminated, rescinded, or modified, this Article is still effective.

5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES


                                       3
<PAGE>

     5.1  The Licensor represents and warrants as follows:

          5.1.1  the Licensor is a company duly registered and in good standing
                 under the applicable laws of China;

          5.1.2  the Licensor, within its business scope, has full corporate
                 power and authority and has taken all corporate actions and has
                 obtained all necessary approvals and authorizations from third
                 parties and government authorities to execute and perform the
                 obligations under this Agreement, which will not constitute or
                 result in a violation of any enforceable and effective
                 agreements;

          5.1.3  the Agreement will constitute a legal, valid and binding
                 agreement of the Licensor and will be enforceable against the
                 Licensor in accordance with its terms upon its execution.

          5.1.4  the Licensor legally hold the said domain names under this
                 Agreement.

     5.2  The Licensee makes to the Licensor the following representation and
          warranties:

          5.2.1  the Licensee is a company duly registered and in good standing
                 under the applicable laws of the China, and is approved by the
                 relevant authorities to provide the internet information
                 services and the value-added telecom service.

          5.2.2  the Licensee, within its business scope, has full corporate,
                 power and authority and has taken all corporate actions and has
                 obtained all necessary approvals and authorizations from third
                 parties and government authorities to execute and perform the
                 obligations under this Agreement, which will not constitute or
                 result in a violation of any enforceable and effective
                 agreements;

          5.2.3  the Licensee will timely subscribe the files and the cases
                 pertaining to the domain name, which the Licensor considered
                 shall be subscribed or dealt with.

          5.2.5  the Agreement will constitute a legal, valid and binding
                 agreement of the Licensor and will be enforceable against the
                 Licensor in accordance with its terms upon its execution.



                                       4
<PAGE>

6.   The Licensee further makes to the Licensor the following representation and
     warranties:

     6.1  The Licensee agrees that it will not, during the term of this
          Agreement, or thereafter, challenge the title or any rights of the
          Licensor in and to the Domain Names or challenge the validity of this
          Agreement, and shall not perform or un-perform any act, which may
          impair the interest in the above rights or the license.

     6.2  The Licensee agrees to assist the Licensor to the extent necessary in
          the procurement of any protection or to protect any of the Licensor's
          rights to the Domain Names, and the Licensor, if it so desires, may
          commence or prosecute any claims or lawsuits in its own name or in the
          name of the Licensee or join the Licensee as a party thereto. The
          Licensee shall notify the Licensor in writing of any infringements of
          the Domain Names that may come to the Licensee's attention, and the
          Licensor shall have the sole right to determine whether or not any
          action shall be taken on account of any such infringements.

     6.3  The Licensee further agrees to use the Domain Names only in accordance
          with this Agreement and shall not use the Domain Names in any way
          that, in the opinion of the Licensor, is deceptive, misleading or in
          any way damaging to such Domain Names or the reputation of the
          Licensor.

7.   QUALITY

     The Licensee shall make every effort to improve its service quality as to
     protect the goodwill represented by the said domain name.

8.   PROMOTION

     In all cases where the Licensee produces promotional material involving the
     Domain Name, the production cost of such material thereof shall be borne by
     the Licensee. All copyrights or other intellectual property rights of such
     material concerning the Domain Name thereto shall be the sole and exclusive
     property of the Licensor whether developed by the Licensor or the Licensee.
     The Licensee agrees that the Licensee shall not promote or advertise the
     said domain names under this agreement in any newspapers, TV, magazine,
     radio, internet or any other media unless the prior consent and approval in
     writing has acquired.

9.   EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM


                                       5
<PAGE>

     9.1  This Agreement is subscribed and goes into effect in the date
          indicated in the front of this agreement. The term of this Agreement
          is 10 (ten) years unless earlier terminated as set forth in this
          Agreement.

     9.2  Unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties in writing, this Agreement
          shall be applicable to any other domain names licensed to the Licensee
          within the term of this Agreement. After the subscription of this
          Agreement, the Licensor and Licensee shall review this Agreement every
          3 months to determine whether to modify or renew this Agreement upon
          the detail situation.

     9.3  This Agreement may be extended for 10 (ten) years only if the Licensor
          gives the Licensee its written consent of the extension of this
          Agreement prior to the expiration of this Agreement. However, the
          Licensee has no right to confirm such extension.

10.  REGISTER

     Within 3(three) months of the subscription of Agreement, both parties shall
     in compliance with the law of China put the licensed domain name on records
     in the relevant domain name administrative authorities. Both parties agree
     to subscribe or furnish the relevant files and materials the administrative
     authorities require on the basis of the principals and related laws under
     this Agreement.

11.  TERMINATION

     11.1 This Agreement shall expire on the date due or when the license right
          in possession of Licensor is terminated unless this Agreement is
          extended as set forth above.

     11.2 Without prejudice to any legal or other rights or remedies of the
          party who asks for termination of this Agreement, any party has the
          right to terminate this Agreement immediately with written notice to
          the other party in the event the other party materially breaches this
          Agreement including but not limited to the provisions in Section 6.1,
          6.2 and 6.3 of this Agreement and fails to cure its breach within 30
          days from the date it receives written notice of its breach from the
          non-breaching party.

     11.3 During the term of this Agreement, the Licensor may terminate this
          Agreement at any time with a written notice to the Licensee 30 days
          before such termination.


                                       6
<PAGE>

          The Licensee shall not terminate this Agreement in prior.

     11.4 Article 3, 4, 6, 15 and 16 shall survive after the termination or
          expiration of this Agreement.

12.  FORCE MAJEURE

     12.1 Force Majeure means any event that is beyond the party's reasonable
          control and cannot be prevented with reasonable care including but not
          limited to the acts of governments, nature, fire, explosion, typhoon,
          flood, earthquake, tide, lightning and war. However, any shortage of
          credit, capital or finance shall not be regarded as an event of Force
          Majeure. The party affected by Force Majeure shall notify the other
          party without delay.

     12.2 In the event that the affected party is delayed in or prevented from
          performing its obligations under this Agreement by Force Majeure, only
          within the scope of such delay or prevention, the affected party will
          not be responsible for any damage by reason of such a failure or delay
          of performance. The affected party shall take appropriate measures to
          minimize or remove the effects of Force Majeure and attempt to resume
          performance of the obligations delayed or prevented by the event of
          Force Majeure, and the affected party will not be responsible to such
          performance and will only be responsible to the delayed parts of
          performance. After the event of Force Majeure is removed, both parties
          agree to resume the performance of this Agreement with their best
          efforts.

13.  NOTICES

     Notice or other communications required to be given by any party pursuant
     to this Agreement shall be written in English and Chinese and shall be
     deemed to be duly given when it is delivered personally or sent by
     registered mail or postage prepaid mail or by a recognized courier service
     or by facsimile transmission to the address set forth below.

     The Licensor: KONGZHONG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD

     Legal Address: Room 809, Block A, Yue Tan Building, 2#, Yue Tan Bei Jie, Xi
     Cheng District, Beijing

     Fax:  (86) 10-68083118

     Tel.: (86) 10-68081818



                                       7
<PAGE>
     Receiver: Yunfan Zhou

     The Licensee: BEIJING AIRINBOX INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD

     Legal Address: Room 809, Block A, Yue Tan Building, 2#, Yue Tan Bei Jie, Xi
     Cheng District, Beijing

     Fax:  (86) 10-68083118

     Tel.: (86) 10-68081818

     Receiver: Yunfan Zhou

14.  RE-TRANSFER, RE-LICENSE

     Without the consent of Licensee, the rights and obligation licensed under
     this Agreement shall not be transferred, leased, or mortgaged to any third
     party.

15. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

     15.1 The parties shall strive to settle any disputes arising from the
          interpretation or performance through negotiation in good faith. In
          the event that no settlement can be reached through negotiation within
          30 days after one party issues a negotiating notice, either party can
          submit such matter to China International Economic and Trade
          Arbitration Commission (the "CIETAC"). The arbitration shall follow
          the current rules of CIETAC, and the arbitration proceedings shall be
          conducted in Chinese and shall take place in Beijing. The arbitration
          award shall be final and binding upon the parties and shall be
          enforceable in accordance with its terms.

     15.2 Except the dispute issues, all parties shall perform their own duties
          pursuant to the provisions in good faith.

16.  APPLICABLE LAW

     The subscription, validity, interpretation, implementation and any disputes
     of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the PRC.

17.  AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENT

     This Agreement shall not be amended, supplemented or modified except by a
     written instrument signed by both parties. The amendment or supplement duly
     executed by both parties shall constitute part of this Agreement and shall
     have the same legal effect as this Agreement.



                                       8
<PAGE>

18.  SEVERABILITY

     Any provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable due to
     the violation of relevant laws in any jurisdiction shall, as to that
     jurisdiction, be ineffective or void of binding force only to the extent of
     such invalidity or unenforceability, without affecting in any way the
     remaining provisions hereof.

19.  WAIVER

     Any party cannot perform the rights, power, or privileges under this
     Agreement shall not be deemed as waiver. Any wholly or partly performance
     of the rights, power, or privileges shall not exclude the performance of
     any other rights, power, or privileges.

20.  EXHIBITS

     The Exhibits referred to in this Agreement are an integral part of this
     Agreement and have the same legal effect as this Agreement.

          IN WITNESS THEREOF the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
     duly executed by a duly authorized representative each on behalf of the
     party here to as of the date first set forth above.




                                       9
<PAGE>

[Signature page, no Agreement]



The Licensor: KONGZHONG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (BEIJING) CO., LTD



Authorized Representative:  /s/ Nick Young



The Licensee: BEIJING AIRINBOX INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD



Authorized Representative:  /s/ Yunfan Zhou





                                       10
<PAGE>


                                    EXHIBIT 1

                          LIST OF LICENSED DOMAIN NAMES



                                       11
<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT 2

            CALCULATION METHOD AND PAYMENT METHOD OF THE LICENSE FEE



     The license fee under this Agreement shall be 5% of the total income of
Licensee, the license fee shall be paid every quarter and the Licensor shall pay
the Licensee within 15 days after each quarter, if the licensor considers it is
helpful to the business of Licensee, the Licensor has its right to determine the
whole or parts of the license fee can be reduced or exempted.



                                       12