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Domain Name License Agreement - Shanghai Linktone Consulting Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Weilan Computer Co. Ltd.

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                          DOMAIN NAME LICENSE AGREEMENT

         This Domain Name License Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as
of 27 November, 2003 between the following two parties in Shanghai.

THE LICENSOR:       SHANGHAI LINKTONE CONSULTING CO., LTD.
LEGAL ADDRESS:      F6, Ganglu Square , No.18, Xizang Road, Shanghai

THE LICENSEE:       SHANGHAI WEILAN COMPUTER CO., LTD.
LEGAL ADDRESS:      No.558, Luzhendizhi West Road, Jiading District, Shanghai

         WHEREAS, the Licensor, a wholly foreign-owned enterprise registered in
Shanghai under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the"PRC", which has
the right to licence the domain names linktone.com.cn, lt2000.com.cn,
lt2000.net, "linktonenet".com (in Traditional Chinese characters),
"linktonenet".com (in Simplified Chinese characters), "linktonenet".net (in
Traditional Chinese characters), "linktonenet".net (in Simplified Chinese
characters), "linktone". net (in Simplified Chinese characters) and
"linktone".net (in Traditional Chinese characters),(the "Domain Names").

         WHEREAS, the Licensee, a company registered in Shanghai under the laws
of the PRC, is licensed by Shanghai Municipal Telecommunication Management
Bureau to carry on the business of the information provision service(not include
the Internet Information Service and telephone information service);

         WHEREAS, the Licensor desires to license the Domain Names to the
Licensee in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein and the
Licensee wishes to accept the license on the terms and conditions set forth
herein;

         NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1.       GRANT OF LICENSE

         1.1      THE DOMAIN NAMES

         Upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Licensor
         hereby grants a general license to the Licensee the Domain Names, and
         the Licensee hereby accepts the general license to use the Domain
         Names.

         1.2      SCOPE

         The use of the Domain Names granted by Licensor to Licensee extends
         only to the business operated by Licensee. The Licensee agrees that it
         will not make, or authorize any use, direct or indirect, of the Domain
         Names by any other means,

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         unless there are opposite stipulations in this Agreement.

2.       TERMS OF PAYMENT

         The Licensee agrees to pay the Licensor license fees and the specified
         amount of the license fees and the form of payment are set forth in
         Appendix 1.

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 pertaining thereto shall be the sole and
         exclusive property of the Licensor, and that the Domain Names have a
         secondary meaning in the mind of the public.

4.       CONFIDENTIALITY

         4.1      The Licensee shall protect and maintain the confidentiality of
                  any and all confidential data and information acknowledged or
                  received by the Licensee by accepting the licence of the
                  Domain Names from the Licensor (collectively the "Confidential
                  Information"). Upon termination or expiration of this
                  Agreement, the Licensee shall, at the Licensor's option,
                  return Confidential Information to the Licensor or destroy it
                  itself and delete 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.

         4.2      Section 4.1 shall survive any amendment, expiration or
                  termination of this Agreement.

5.       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

         5.1      The Licensor represents and warrants as follows:

                  5.1.1    the Licensor is a company duly registered and validly
                           existing under the laws of the PRC;

                  5.1.2    the Licensor has the exclusive ownership of domain
                           name linktone.com.cn, lt2000.com.cn, lt2000.net,
                           (CHINESE NAME). Com((CHINESE NAME)), (CHINESE NAME).
                           Com((CHINESE NAME)),(CHINESE NAME) (CHINESE NAME).
                           net((CHINESE NAME)), CHINESE NAME. net((CHINESE
                           NAME)),(CHINESE NAME). net ((CHINESE NAME)) (CHINESE
                           NAME). net (CHINESE NAME), and has the right to
                           licence the domain names linktone.com.cn,
                           lt2000.com.cn, lt2000.net, (CHINESE NAME).
                           Com((CHINESE NAME)), (CHINESE NAME). Com((CHINESE
                           NAME)), (CHINESE NAME). net(CHINESE NAME), (CHINESE
                           NAME). net((CHINESE NAME)), (CHINESE NAME). net
                           ((CHINESE NAME)) (CHINESE NAME). net ((CHINESE
                           NAME)), to others;

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                  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.

         5.2      The Licensee represents and warrants as follows:

                  5.2.1    the Licensee is a company duly registered and validly
                           existing under the laws of the PRC and is licensed by
                           Shanghai Municipal Telecommunication Management
                           Bureau to engage in the business of the information
                           provision service(not include the Internet
                           Information Service and telephone information
                           service);

                  5.2.2    the Licensee, subject to its business scope, has full
                           right, power, authority and capacity and all
                           necessary consents and approvals of any other third
                           party and government to execute and perform this
                           Agreement;

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

6.       THE LICENSOR'S TITLE AND PROTECTION OF THE LICENSOR'S RIGHTS

         6.1      The Licensee agrees that it will not, during the term of this
                  Agreement, or thereafter, attack the title, right of licencing
                  or any rights of the Licensor in and to the Domain Names or
                  attack the validity of this 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 suits 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 damages such Domain Names
                  or the reputation of the Licensor.

7.       QUALITY

         The Licensee shall use its reasonable best efforts to improve the
         quality of the net of

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         Domain Name, so to protect and enhance the reputation of the Domain
         Names.

8.       PROMOTION

         8.1      In all cases where the Licensee makes promotion material
                  involving the net of Tom, 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.

         8.2      The Licensee agrees not to advertise or publicize any of the
                  Domain Names on radio, television, papers, magazines, the
                  Internet or otherwise without the prior written consent of the
                  Licensor.

9.       COMPETITIVE WEB SITE

         In the event that any of the Domain Names contradict with any of the
         trademark or domain name used by any of the Licensor's parent company
         or affiliate of the Licensor's parent company at the present time or
         any time in the future, then the Licensor shall have the right to
         terminate the Agreement by a written notice to the Licensee 30 days
         before such termination.

10.      EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM

         10.1     This Agreement has been duly executed by both parties'
                  authorized representatives as of the date first set forth
                  above and shall be effective simultaneously. The term of this
                  Agreement is ten (10) years or the date of the expiration of
                  period of validity of the Domain Names (which ever is the
                  shorter) unless earlier terminated as set forth below.
                  However, the Licensor and the Licensee shall review this
                  Agreement every three (3) months to determine whether any
                  amendment to the Agreement is necessary after considering the
                  circumstances.

         10.2     This Agreement may be extended one year only if the Licensor
                  gives the Licensee its written consent of the extension of
                  this Agreement before the expiration of this Agreement.
                  However, the Licensee has no right to confirm such extension.

11.      TERMINATION

         11.1     Termination on Expiration.

         This Agreement shall expire on the early date of the date due or the
         date when the Licensor's right to grant a license is terminated unless
         this Agreement is extended as

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         set forth above.

         11.2     Early Termination

         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 without limitation 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.

         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.

         11.3     Survival.

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

12.      EFFECT OF TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION

         Upon and after the expiration or termination of this license, all
         rights granted to the Licensee hereunder shall forthwith revert to the
         Licensor, who shall be free to license others to use the Domain Names
         and the Licensee will refrain from further use of the Domain Names or
         any, direct or indirect use.

13.      FORCE MAJEURE

         13.1     Force Majeure, which includes acts of governments, acts of
                  nature, fire, explosion, typhoon, flood, earthquake, tide,
                  lightning, war, means any event that is beyond the party's
                  reasonable control and cannot be prevented with reasonable
                  care. 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.

         13.2     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 means 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. After the event of Force Majeure is
                  removed, both parties agree to resume the performance of this
                  Agreement with their best efforts.

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14.      NOTICES

         Notices 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 of the
         relevant party or parties set forth below.

         Party A:      SHANGHAI LINKTONE CONSULTING CO., LTD.
                       F6, Ganglu Square , No.18, Xizang Road, Shanghai

         Party B:      SHANGHAI WEILAN COMPUTER CO., LTD.
                       No.558, Luzhendizhi West Road, Jiading District, Shanghai

15.      NO ASSIGNMENT OR SUBLICENSE BY THE LICENSEE

         15.1     This Agreement and all the rights and duties hereunder are
                  personal to the Licensee. The Licensee agrees that it will not
                  assign, lease, pledge, sublicense, or in any other way
                  transfer the economic benefits of the license granted hereby
                  or any portion of the rights included therein to any third
                  party without the prior written consent of the Licensor.

         15.2     The Licensee hereby agrees that the Licensor shall be able to
                  transfer all or any of its rights and obligation under this
                  Agreement to any third party at its discretion, and such
                  transfer shall only be subject to a written notice serviced to
                  the Licensee by the Licensor, and no any further consent from
                  the Licensee will be required.

16.      SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

         The parties shall strive to settle any dispute arising from the
         interpretation or performance through friendly consultation. In case no
         settlement can be reached through consultation within 30 days after one
         party ask for consultation, each 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 Shanghai. The arbitration award shall be final and binding
         upon the parties and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

17.      APPLICABLE LAW

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

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18.      AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENT

         Any amendment and supplement of this Agreement shall come into force
         only after both parties sign a written agreement. The amendment and
         supplement duly executed by both parties shall be part of this
         Agreement and shall have the same legal effect as this Agreement.

19.      SEVERABILITY

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

20.      APPENDICES

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

21.      OTHERS

         This Agreement is executed by Chinese and English in duplicate, and in
         case of confliction, the Chinese version is prevail.

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

THE LICENSOR :    SHANGHAI LINKTONE CONSULTING CO., LTD.

Representative: /s/ Jun Wu

THE LICENSEE:     SHANGHAI WEILAN COMPUTER CO., LTD.

Representative: /s/Raymond Lei Yang

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                                   APPENDIX 1

         Licensee should pay for each the domain name RMB10,000 per year to
Licensor as license fee. The Licensor has the sole right to determine whether or
not to exempt the Licensee's obligation to pay License fee.

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