Exhibit 10.23

 

PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT

 

This Patent License Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into and effective as of
this 1st day of September, 2005 (the “Effective Date”) by and between NeoMagic
Corporation, having its principal place of business at 3250 Jay Street, Santa
Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. (“NeoMagic”), NeoMagic Israel, Ltd., an Israeli
corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of NeoMagic, having a mailing address at
P.O.B. 8506, Area Code: 42504, 7 Giborei Israel St., Adar Building, 1st Floor,
Netanya, Israel (“NeoMagic Israel”), and Sony Corporation, 6-7-35 Kitashinagawa,
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0001, Japan (“Sony”), (NeoMagic, NeoMagic Israel and
Sony collectively referred to as the “Parties,” and each, individually, as a
“Party”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, NeoMagic and NeoMagic Israel are the owners of certain patents and/or
patent applications of the United States and other countries, and have the right
to license such patents and/or patent applications;

 

WHEREAS, through the execution of this Agreement, the Parties intend to grant to
and desire to accept from the other Party the rights set forth in this
Agreement, including the licenses, covenants not to assert, releases and
discharges and other rights set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and
other good and valuable consideration, NeoMagic, NeoMagic Israel and Sony agree
as follows:

 

1. DEFINITIONS.

 

1.1 “Affiliate(s)” shall mean any corporation, company or other entity of which
a Party owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent
(50%) of the voting stock or other equivalent interests, as of the Effective
Date and/or thereafter so long as such ownership or control of such entity
exists. [***]. Any rights extended to Affiliates shall apply only to the
activities of such entities occurring during the time period when such business
entities meet all the requirements of an Affiliate except that, the release
extended to Affiliates pursuant to Section 2.2 shall continue to thereafter
remain effective with respect to the activities of such entity that occurred
prior to the Effective Date while it was an Affiliate, and such entity will
continue to be bound by the confidentiality provision herein.

 

1.2 “Licensed Patents” shall mean (a) all patents issued to and owned, or
controlled by, NeoMagic or its Affiliates as of the Effective Date, or which
NeoMagic or its Affiliates have the right to license as of the Effective Date
without any requirement to pay consideration to another for the grant or
exercise of license under this Agreement, (b) all pending patent applications
owned or controlled by NeoMagic or its Affiliates, to the extent the claims
therein have a first effective filing date within the period of five (5) years
commencing from the Effective Date, and any patents issuing therefrom to the
extent the claims therein are entitled to such effective filing date, all such
pending patent applications and any patents issuing therefrom which NeoMagic or
its Affiliates may grant license under this Agreement without any requirement to
pay consideration to another, and (c) all reexaminations, reissues,
continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, renewals, extensions, foreign
counterparts, and/or any other patents and patent applications claiming priority
of or to any of the patents and patent applications identified in (a) and
(b) above, without regard to the filing date thereof, but only to the extent the
claims

 

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therein are entitled to an effective filing date no later than five (5) years
after the Effective Date and provided there is no requirement to pay
consideration to another for the grant or exercise of a license under this
Agreement. The foregoing, and the other provisions of this Agreement, shall not
be construed as prohibiting NeoMagic or its Affiliates from acquiring a patent
or patent application from a third party or obtaining license of third party
patents or patent applications with no rights to grant a license thereof to Sony
or its Affiliates under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Licensed
Patents shall include, but shall not be limited to, the patents and patent
applications listed in Exhibit A attached hereto. (Exhibit A does not list any
United States patent applications of NeoMagic or its Affiliates.)

 

1.3 “Licensed Products” shall mean any product that the design, development,
manufacture, provision, use, import, offering for sale, sale, disposition,
distribution, lease or rental of which would, in the absence of this Agreement,
infringe one or more claims of the Licensed Patents.

 

1.4 “Licensed Services” shall mean any service that by the provision, operation,
engagement, use or enabling of which, in the absence of this Agreement, Sony or
its Affiliates would infringe one or more claims of the Licensed Patents.

 

1.5 “Foundry Activities” shall mean activities, including services, that Sony,
NeoMagic, or their Affiliates may undertake on behalf of a third party to make,
have made, lease, sell, offer for sale, provide, distribute, import, and/or
otherwise transfer products, based on designs or specifications of or on behalf
of such third party in a substantially completed form with sufficient
engineering detail to enable the Party or its Affiliates to manufacture the
product. The Party’s or its Affiliate’s use in its products of (i) off the shelf
products from a third party, (ii) standard implementations of industry
specifications, and/or (iii) standard cells, libraries and their functional
software equivalents; in each case would be deemed as part of the designs or
specifications of or on behalf of such third party.

 

1.6 “NeoMagic Products” shall mean [***].

 

1.7 “Sony Patents” shall mean [***].

 

2. LICENSE GRANT, RESERVATION AND RELEASES.

 

2.1 License Grant. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement and, in particular, subject to Sony making the payments to NeoMagic
that are specified in Section 3.1, NeoMagic and NeoMagic Israel grant to Sony
and its Affiliates a nontransferable, nonexclusive and fully paid-up right and
license, without the right to grant or authorize sublicenses, under the Licensed
Patents (i) for Sony and its Affiliates to make, have made, use, lease, sell,
offer for sale, provide, distribute, import, and/or otherwise transfer to all
tiers, Licensed Products and (ii) to provide, operate, or engage in the Licensed
Services, but only for the benefit of Sony or its Affiliates within the scope of
the rights granted to Sony and its Affiliates in Section 2.1(i), in any and all
countries, territories and possessions where the Licensed Patents are effective.
The license granted hereunder shall not cover a) any Foundry Activities Sony or
its Affiliates may undertake, b) Sony or its Affiliates’ reselling off-the-shelf
products purchased from a third party without adding any substantial value; or
c) any sales or other transfer of product under the name, trademark or logo of a
third party if the design of the product was created primarily by such third
party. Sony shall be responsible under this Agreement for the actions of its
Affiliates, as if performed by Sony, and hereby warrants that its Affiliates are
and shall be bound by the terms of this Agreement.

 

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2.2 Release

 

2.2.1 NeoMagic and NeoMagic Israel, each on behalf of itself and its successors
and Affiliates, irrevocably releases and discharges Sony and its Affiliates,
their direct and indirect customers, intermediates, and other transferees, from
any and all claims, counterclaims, demands, liabilities, suits, debts, and
causes of action for direct or indirect infringement or alleged direct or
indirect infringement occurring prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement of
any Licensed Patents as a result of Sony or its Affiliates’ making, using,
selling, or importing a product that, after the Effective Date, is licensed
under Section 2.1.

 

2.2.2 [***]

 

2.3 [***]

 

2.4 No Other Rights or Obligations.

 

2.4.1 No rights or licenses are granted by any Party or its Affiliates under any
patents or other intellectual property, or for any products, other than as
expressly set forth in this Agreement. For clarity, nothing in this Agreement
shall be construed to grant to Sony or its Affiliates the right to authorize any
party, other than Sony and its Affiliates, to engage in any of the activities
described in Section 2.1, except the right for purchasers of Licensed Products
to use and resell the Licensed Products that are actually sold by Sony and its
Affiliates and the right of Sony and its Affiliates to purchase Licensed
Products directly from a third party, in all cases excluding Foundry Activities
and other activities not within the scope of Sony’s rights under Section 2.1.

 

2.4.2 Nothwithstanding anything to the contrary, including Section 8.7 of this
Agreement, except as expressly set forth in this Section 2.4.2, Sony or its
Affiliates shall have no rights or licenses under this Agreement under (x) any
patents or patent applications filed after the date of any acquisition by
merger, acquisition of assets or otherwise, of all or substantially all of
NeoMagic’s business or assets (an acquisition of any entity by merger,
acquisition of assets or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the entity’s
business or assets, referred to herein as an “Acquisition”), (y) any patents or
patent applications of or licensed to an Affiliate of NeoMagic (or of or
licensed to any successor or assign of the Affiliate or any surviving entity in
the Acquisition of the Affiliate) filed after the date of any Acquisition of
such Affiliate and (z) any patents or patent applications of or licensed to the
party acquiring or merging with NeoMagic in the foregoing Acquisition as
contemplated in (x) (or of or licensed to any surviving entity of such
Acquisition, or any successor or assign in or after such Acquisition), whether
filed on or before or after the Effective Date or the date of Acquisition, or
any patents or patent applications of or licensed to the entity acquiring or
merging with the Affiliate in the foregoing Acquisition as contemplated in
(y) above (or of or licensed to any surviving entity in such Acquisition, or any
successor or assign in or after such Acquisition). For clarity, Sony or its
Affiliates shall have the rights and licenses under Licensed Patents filed after
the date of an Acquisition only to the extent that, prior to the date of
Acquisition, (i) the patent or patent application claims an invention that was
invented by a NeoMagic or its Affiliates’ employee, (ii) the patent or patent
application was otherwise subject to an obligation to be assigned to NeoMagic or
its Affiliates, or (iii) the patent or patent application was controlled by
NeoMagic or its Affiliates. The Licensed Patents also shall not include any
patents or patent applications that are first owned by or licensed to NeoMagic,
NeoMagic Israel, or their Affiliates after the fifth (5th) anniversary of the
Effective Date. The foregoing shall not be construed to terminate or limit the
rights of Sony and its Affiliates under the Licensed Patents to the extent
existing at any time within the period commencing from the Effective Date and
until immediately

 

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before such Acquisition. For purposes of the foregoing, acquisition of more than
fifty percent (50%) of NeoMagic’s stock shall be considered as an Acquisition.

 

2.5 Marking. Sony shall mark, and shall require that all Affiliates exercising
rights under the license granted by NeoMagic, mark products sold pursuant to a
license under this Agreement to the extent that such products are marked with
respect to the patents of any of Sony, its Affiliates, or any of their other
licensors.

 

3. PAYMENT AND PAYMENT TERMS.

 

3.1 Payment. In consideration of the license, release and covenant not to sue
provided in this Agreement by NeoMagic, Sony shall pay to NeoMagic a one-time,
non-refundable payment in the amount of eight million four hundred thousand US
dollars ($8,400,000) (the “NeoMagic US Payment”), and in consideration of the
license, release, and covenant not to sue provided in this Agreement by NeoMagic
Israel, Sony shall pay NeoMagic Israel a one-time, non-refundable payment in the
amount of one hundred thousand US dollars ($100,000) (the “NeoMagic Israel
Payment”). NeoMagic and Sony agree on an apportionment of the NeoMagic US
Payment as follows: [***] for the past and [***] for the future. NeoMagic Israel
and Sony agree on an apportionment of the NeoMagic Israel Payment of [***] for
the past and [***] for the future. The NeoMagic US Payment and NeoMagic Israel
Payments will be made by wire transfer to the following account within fifteen
(15) days from the receipt by Sony of a) a copy of this Agreement which has been
executed by NeoMagic and NeoMagic Israel and b) any documents, including a US
Resident Certificate issued by the United States Internal Revenue Service to
NeoMagic, that are required under the amended US/Japan Tax Treaty (“Convention
between the Government of Japan and the Government of the United States of
America for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal
Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income”). The amounts paid to NeoMagic and
NeoMagic Israel shall not be reduced by any withholding taxes or other amounts,
except for withholding taxes due in Japan i) in the event that NeoMagic fails to
provide such certificate to Sony prior to the date on which the withholding
taxes must be paid or, ii) for the NeoMagic Israel Payment pursuant to the
Israel/Japan Tax Treaty (“Convention between Japan and the State of Israel for
the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with
Respect to Taxes on Income”).

 

Bank: [***]

 

Account Name: NeoMagic Corporation

 

Account Number: [***]

 

ABA Transit Number: [***]

 

4. TERM AND TERMINATION

 

4.1 The rights granted under the licenses, covenants not to assert, releases and
discharges in Sections 2.1 through 2.3 in this Agreement shall commence only on
the date that the payment due under Section 3.1 is received in full, by wire
transfer, by NeoMagic.

 

4.2 The rights granted under the licenses in Section 2.1 in this Agreement shall
remain in force and effect during the pendency and until the expiration of the
last-to-expire of the Licensed Patents.

 

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All other rights and obligations under this Agreement shall survive such
expiration.

 

4.3 All rights granted under the licenses, covenants not to assert, releases,
discharges and other rights granted under or pursuant to this Agreement by
NeoMagic and its Affiliates to Sony and its Affiliates are, and shall otherwise
be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 365(n) of Title 11, U.S. Code (the
“Bankruptcy Code”), licenses and rights to “intellectual property” as defined
under Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Parties agree that Sony and its
Affiliates shall retain and may fully exercise and enjoy all rights and
elections available to them under the Bankruptcy Code and other applicable laws
and regulations.

 

4.4 Notwithstanding Section 4.2, NeoMagic shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement upon any failure by Sony to pay NeoMagic or NeoMagic Israel the
amounts set forth in Section 3.1 within fifteen (15) days after NeoMagic
delivers to Sony a copy of this Agreement signed by NeoMagic and NeoMagic Israel
and any documents, including a US Resident Certificate, that are required under
the amended US/Japan Tax Treaty and requested under Section 3.1 of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no rights, licenses or
releases shall survive any such termination.

 

5. CONFIDENTIALITY.

 

5.1 None of the Parties shall disclose to any non-affiliated third party the
confidential terms and conditions of this Agreement, except: (a) to the extent
required by or prudent under the Securities and Exchange Commission, stock
exchange or stock association rules or under any laws or regulations or with
respect to any other government or regulatory filings, provided that, the
disclosing Party shall use its best efforts to notify the other Party prior to
the disclosure and provide the other Party with the exact wording of the
proposed disclosure, and NeoMagic and Sony each agree to consider in good faith
any comments of the other concerning the disclosure within ten (10) business
days thereafter; (b) to the Party’s attorneys, financial institutions,
accountants or other professional advisors in the course of seeking professional
advice, provided such parties are bound by an obligation of confidentiality;
(c) as required by any court or other governmental body; (d) in connection with
a merger, acquisition of stock or assets, proposed merger or acquisition, to the
parties interested on a need to know basis, provided such parties are bound by
an obligation of confidentiality and (e) otherwise as agreed in writing in
advance by the other Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the prohibition
against the disclosure of information as provided in this Section shall not
apply to information, the disclosure of which is required in connection with the
enforcement of a Party’s rights under this Agreement, pursuant to judicial
order, or pursuant to applicable law; provided that, if disclosure is so ordered
or required, the disclosing Party will use its best efforts to timely advise the
other Party hereto prior to any disclosure and afford such other Party an
opportunity to seek a protective order or other appropriate relief. Subject to
any order or other directive quashing, staying, or otherwise granting relief
from the required disclosure, the disclosing Party may disclose the required
information after taking reasonable steps to preserve the confidentiality of
such information, including restricting access to the information under a
protective order for confidential information then in effect in the proceeding,
or, absent such protective order, taking reasonable steps to obtain such a
protective order.

 

5.2 Sony hereby authorizes NeoMagic to issue reasonable public press releases
concerning this Agreement, subject to the prior written approval of Sony.

 

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6. AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE AND PERFORM.

 

6.1 By NeoMagic. NeoMagic and NeoMagic Israel represent and warrant to Sony
that, as of the Effective Date: (i) NeoMagic and its Affiliates own the entire
right, title and interest in and to the Licensed Patents owned by NeoMagic or
its Affiliates and the inventions disclosed and claimed therein; (ii) NeoMagic
and its Affiliates have not entered into and shall not enter into any agreements
that would prevent NeoMagic or its Affiliates from granting to Sony the rights,
licenses, and privileges granted to Sony and its Affiliates under this
Agreement; (iii) NeoMagic Corporation is a corporation duly formed, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;
(iv) NeoMagic Israel is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Israel; and (v) NeoMagic and NeoMagic
Israel have all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and that they have full power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated herein.

 

6.2 By Sony. Sony represents and warrants to NeoMagic that, as of the Effective
Date: (i) Sony Corporation is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of Japan; and (ii) Sony has all requisite
corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under this Agreement and that it has full power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated herein.

 

7. DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

7.1 EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER EITHER, REGARDING
THE VALIDITY OF ITS LICENSED PATENTS OR THE COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF PRODUCTS OR
METHODS DISCLOSED OR CLAIMED THEREIN, OR OTHERWISE, AND EACH PARTY HEREBY
DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT THERETO, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR
IMPLIED WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE.

 

7.2 EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT, IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY
AND ITS EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SUBSIDIARIES, DITRIBUTORS, SUPPLIERS NOR
AGENTS BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
SPECIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS,
LOSS OF DATA AND INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IN THE EVENT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED AS TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 

8. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

 

8.1 Notices. All notices required or permitted under this Agreement will be in
writing, will reference this Agreement and will be deemed given when:
(i) delivered personally; (ii) when sent by electronic mail (e-mail) or
facsimile, with confirmation of receipt and later original copy; (iii) five
(5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid; or (iv) two (2) days after deposit with a commercial
overnight carrier, with written verification of receipt.

 

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All communications will be sent to the addresses set forth below or such other
addresses as may be designated by a Party by giving written notice to the other
Parties pursuant to this Section:

 

Notices to Sony:

 

Sony Corporation

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Notices to NeoMagic and/or NeoMagic Israel:

 

NeoMagic Corporation

3250 Jay Street

Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A.

Attn: Mr. Scott Sullinger, Chief Financial Officer

 

With a Copy to:

 

NeoMagic Corporation

3250 Jay Street

Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A.

Attn: Mr. Douglas Young, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

8.2 Non-Waiver. The failure of a Party at any time to require performance by the
other party of any provision hereof shall not affect in any way the full right
to require such performance at any time thereafter, nor shall the waiver by
either Party of a breach of any provision hereof be taken or held to be a waiver
of the provision itself.

 

8.3 Severability. If any term of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable
for any reason, the remainder of the provisions shall continue in full force and
effect, and the Parties shall substitute a valid provision with the same intent
and economic effect.

 

8.4 Applicable Law/Venue. The validity, interpretation, and performance of this
Agreement shall be controlled by and construed under the laws of the State of
Delaware, U.S.A. All disputes hereunder shall be resolved in the state or
federal courts of Delaware.

 

8.5 Attorney’s Fees. If any dispute arises between the Parties with respect to
the matters covered by this Agreement that leads to a proceeding to resolve such
dispute, the non-prevailing party in such proceeding, if any, shall pay the
attorney’s fees, expert witness fees and out-of-pocket costs incurred by the
prevailing Party in connection with such proceedings.

 

8.6 Entire Agreement. Upon execution by both Parties, this Agreement shall
constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and merges all prior and contemporaneous communications,
agreements, and understandings. It shall not be modified except by a written
agreement dated subsequent to the date of this Agreement and signed on behalf of
Sony and NeoMagic by their respective duly authorized representatives.

 

8.7 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights and other benefits
established by it shall be directly or indirectly assigned, transferred, divided
or shared by any Party or its Affiliates to or with any person, association,
corporation or other legal entity whatsoever, without a prior written consent of
the other Parties, except that this Agreement may be transferred as a whole
without consent to successors by merger of, or to purchasers of, all or
substantially all of the business or assets,

 

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and associated goodwill, of such Party; provided that the party to whom the
Agreement is transferred shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and bind the successors and assigns of the Parties.
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is, or are, assigned to a third party by NeoMagic or its Affiliates, such
assignment shall not operate to terminate, impair or in any way reduce any
rights granted hereunder, which Sony and its Affiliates would have had but for
such assignment. All transfers in violation of the foregoing shall be void.

 

8.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,
each of which will be deemed an original, but which collectively will constitute
one and the same instrument.

 

8.9 Headings and References. The headings and captions used in this Agreement
are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or
interpreting this Agreement.

 

8.10 Construction. This Agreement has been negotiated by the Parties and their
respective counsel. This Agreement will be interpreted fairly in accordance with
its terms and without any strict construction in favor of or against either
party.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by their
duly designated and authorized representatives.

 

Sony Corporation

     

NeoMagic Corporation

By:            By:         

Authorized Signatory

         

Authorized Signatory

Printed 

         

Printed 

   

Name: 

  Yoshihide Nakamura      

Name: 

  Mr. Douglas Young

Title: 

  SVP, Corporate Executive      

Title: 

  President and Chief Executive Officer

 

NeoMagic Israel, Ltd.

By:   

       

Authorized Signatory

Printed

   

Name: 

   

Title: 

   

 

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Exhibit A

 

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