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This Distribution Agreement entered into this 08th day of September 2010 (the “Effective
Date”) by and between:
AND
Media Culture and Services JSC (Media JSC) a company registered in Viet Nam and
having its registered address at No B1 - 5 New urban area 54 Ha Đinh - Thanh Xuan
Dist - Ha Noi, Ha Noi, Viet Nam and referred to herein, including its successors and
permitted assigns, as “Distributor”;
Content Provider and Distributor shall herein be referred to collectively as “Parties” and
individually as “Party”.
WHEREAS:
(A) Content Provider is in the business of developing, publishing and licensing mobile
gaming software, including related documentation, referred to herein as
“Products” as hereinafter defined.
(B) Content Provider is the exclusive bona fide owner of the Products and has
represented in writing and by way of supporting documents that it has complete
authority and Intellectual Property Rights as hereinafter defined to enter into this
Agreement with the Distributor for offering such Products to Distributor’s
customers without limitation.
(C) Content Provider shall make available and license to Distributor its selected
Products, including Content Provider’s distribution and licensing rights thereon in
order to permit Distributor to distribute and license the Products to its Customers
as hereinafter defined in the selected Territories as hereinafter defined.
(E) Distributor desires to distribute the Products to its Customers and Content
Provider desires that the Distributor distribute the Products on the mutually
agreed terms and conditions set forth herein.
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1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION:
(A) Definitions:
The following words and expressions as used herein shall have the following meanings in
this Agreement:
I. Effective Date shall mean the date of this Agreement as entered on the top.
II. Affiliates shall mean with respect to any Party, any other person directly or
indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under direct or indirect common Control
with, such Party. "Control", "Controlled" or "Controlling" shall mean, as applied
to any Party the power or right to directly or indirectly (i) direct or cause the
direction of the management of that Party, (ii) direct or cause the direction of the
policy decisions exercisable by that Party, or (iii) nominate for appointment the
majority of the directors on the board of directors of that Party, by virtue of
ownership of voting securities or management rights or contract or in any other
manner.
III. Agreement shall mean this Distribution Agreement together with the Schedule
attached hereto, and shall include any amendments to the same from time to time
in accordance with the terms hereof.
IV. Intellectual Property Rights shall mean any right that is or may be granted
regarding patents, copyrights, Marks, designs, know how, trade dress, technical
information and equivalents of the foregoing and all other intellectual property
rights whatsoever in respect of the Products, whether registered or unregistered,
including rights in any applications or registrations for any of the foregoing and
their respective renewals, continuations and extensions in any state, country or
jurisdiction.
V. Handsets shall mean the hand-held portable mobile phones or other devices on
which the Products are operated.
VI. Marks shall mean all brand names, trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos
and other distinctive brand features or business identifiers used in respect of the
Products, as may be amended, supplemented or added from time to time.
VII. Customers shall mean wireless service providers or wireless network operators or
distribution partners or individual subscribers who have entered into an agreement
with Distributor for use of the Products.
VIII. Products shall mean the software and services including various mobile games
and applications, ring tones, wallpapers, and other mobile contents and related
documentation and services, etc. (including any sequels, upgrades, updates,
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modifications, patches and bug fixes) as listed in the Schedules to this Agreement
as the same may from time to time be amended by mutual written agreement of
the Parties to include new Products and/or delete any existing Products and/or
Territories. The Product shall be subject to review by Distributor from time to
time and Distributor shall have the option to change, amend, alter, and modify the
same depending on requirements and business needs without financial liabilities
to Content Provider.
IX. Force Majeure shall mean any earthquake, volcanic eruption, act of war, sabotage,
or strike as are not limited to the establishments of the Parties, acts of terrorism,
invasion, revolution, event of military or usurped power, civil war, riot, civil
commotion or disorder, acts of Government, sanctions imposed by a governmental
authority, natural calamity, or any other event mutually agreed by the Parties as
being beyond the reasonable control of the defaulting Party.
X. Third Party shall mean any person, company, organization other than the Parties.
XI. Software shall mean a set of man and machine-readable instructions on magnetic
or other appropriate media, which are necessary for the control, operation and
performance of the Products in order to enable the Distributor to provide the
Products for use by its Customers in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
XII. Technical Information shall mean all the information and documentation
pertaining to the Products.
XIII. Wireless Device means any device that is able to receive, transmit,
display or store information via wireless transmissions, including but not
limited to, cellular or other wireless phones, pagers and personal digital
assistants.
XIV. Exclusive Content means selected Products under this Agreement made
available by the Content Provider during the period of this Agreement for
exclusive distribution in a specified Territory by the Distributor.
XV. Non Exclusive Content means selected Products that are not available to the
Distributor on an exclusive basis in a specified Territory.
XVI. Distributor’s Revenue means the actual cash revenue received by Distributor
from its Customers exclusive of taxes from the distribution of Products.
XVII. Interpretation:
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Unless the context otherwise requires, this Agreement shall be construed as follows:
I. Words importing persons or parties shall include firms and corporations and any
organization having legal capacity.
II. Words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa where the
context so requires.
III. Words of either gender shall include those of the other gender.
IV. References to any law shall include such law as from time to time is enacted,
amended, supplemented or re-enacted.
V. References to the words "include" or "including" shall be construed without
limitation.
VI. The headings and titles in this Agreement are indicative and shall not be deemed
part thereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation or construction of
the Agreement.
2. LICENSE
(B) The foregoing license shall commence on the Effective Date and shall terminate
upon the expiration date of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
(C) The Products shall be provided by Content Provider in the English language, unless
specified by mutual agreement of the Parties.
(D) Distributor will make the Products available for distribution to its Customers through
various commercial means in a given Territory including but not limited to such
means as over the air (OTA) download in association with wireless service providers,
mobile or Internet accessible portals, or retail store distribution.
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(E) Distributor shall follow the Content Provider’s reasonable instructions in relation to
the intended use of the Products; and Content Provider shall supply to the Distributor
such information as is reasonably necessary to enable the Distributor to carry out its
obligations under this Agreement.
(F) Content Provider shall provide Distributor access to its content and all technical
support and information reasonably required for the Distributor for provisioning of the
Products for commercial use by its Customers.
Content Provider owns the Intellectual Property Right to the listed Products and any
modifications made to the same by Content Provider. Distributor owns the Intellectual
Property Rights in and to the modifications done by them in the listed Products. Neither
this Agreement nor any License granted hereunder shall be construed to convey or
transfer any ownership or proprietary interest or any Intellectual Property Rights in the
listed Products, related documentation, or the Marks to Distributor.
4. LAUNCH OF PRODUCTS
(A). Content Provider shall make the Products available Distributer for commercial use
in accordance with this Agreement after completion of acceptance. Acceptance shall be
deemed to be complete for each Product in a Territory after Distributor confirms
successful tests of the technical compatibility and seamless use of a Product on the
relevant Handsets and Distributor certifies the same in writing (by e-mail or registered
post or courier or fax) to the Content Provider .
(B). It is clarified and agreed between the Parties hereto that if Content Provider releases
a new version or sequel of a Product, or upgrades or updates the Products, or fixes bugs
or modifies the Products in any manner for error free operations (including pursuant to
Section 5 hereunder), then Content Provider shall promptly provide the same to
Distributor for commercial use. Such new version, sequel, upgrade, updates or
modifications shall be made available to Distributor only after acceptance is complete in
accordance with sub-clause (A) above provided that Distributor may, at its discretion and
without liability continue to make available the earlier version / format until completion
of acceptance.
I. Distributor shall communicate to Content Provider from time to time about any
problems caused by the Products and/or related documentation or of any
complaints received from its Customers. Content Provider shall promptly provide,
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at its sole expense, technical and other necessary support for the same to enable
the Customers to use the Products seamlessly and without any interruption.
II. Content Provider will provide during the term hereof, at no charge to Distributor,
bug fixes or software patches as and when necessary to enable the Distributor’s
Customers to use the Products seamlessly and without any interruption.
III. In the event of any problem with regard to a Product, Distributor shall be entitled
to discontinue distribution of such Product until the problem is corrected to the
satisfaction of Distributor. The foregoing is without prejudice to Distributor’s
other remedies or rights available hereunder or under law or equity.
6. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION:
All information not of public record that is exchanged pursuant to this Agreement
(whether orally or in writing and whether or not such information is expressly stated to be
confidential or marked as such) shall be treated as confidential. Parties obtaining such
confidential information through this Agreement shall use it only as necessary to carry
out the purposes of this Agreement or as necessary to comply with national law, rules or
regulations. Parties obtaining confidential information through this Agreement shall not
disclose its contents except as necessary to its duly authorized agents to carry out the
purposes of this endeavor to inform the Content Provider of all pricing in advance.
II. The obligation to maintain confidentiality of the foregoing information shall not
extend to any such information which:
c) was known to the receiving Party prior to its disclosure under this
Agreement;
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confidential treatment and also to enable such other Party to seek a protective
order or other appropriate remedy at such other Party's sole costs.
c) Distributor shall not pay any fixed fee or guarantee a minimum commitment to
Content Provider.
d) The payments to any Third Party, including without limitation fees towards any
copy right for the Products shall be payable by and the sole responsibility of
Content Provider. It shall be the responsibility of the Content Provider to make
such payments to the said authorities without any default.
f) Distributor shall provide to the Content Provider access to the Logs from the
Operators when they provided on the 8th day of every month and this should be
sent to Content Providers 3 days later for collation.
g) The report shall specify the amount of Distributor’s Revenue that is due and
payable to the Content Provider in accordance with the percentage that is
applicable for a given Territory. Content Provider shall prepare an invoice by the
25th (twenty-fifth) day of such subsequent month for that due and payable amount
based upon the report provided by Distributor.
h) Distributor shall pay the Content Provider the applicable amount of Distributor’s
Revenue after 7 working days of receiving payment from the operator and receipt
of an undisputed invoice from the Content Provider.
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Distributor’s records to validate the Distributor’s Revenue received for
distribution of Content Provider’s Products.
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has been made of any fact that is directly or indirectly connected with any of the
representations or which makes any of the representations misleading; Content
Provider acknowledge that Distributor has entered into this Agreement on the
basis of, and in full reliance on, each of the aforesaid representations and
warranties.
i. it is a company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of ______
ii. it has full corporate power and absolute authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to perform all its duties, obligation and responsibilities arising or
created under or pursuant to this Agreement;
iii. this Agreement when executed shall constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of Distributor, enforceable in accordance with its terms;
iv. the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not conflict
with, result in a breach of or default under applicable law or regulation, or
any order, writ, injunction, decree or restriction of Indian Court or
governmental authority or any agreement or arrangement or understanding,
written or oral, to which it is a party or by which it or any of its assets are
bound; and
v. to the best of its knowledge there are no suits, actions or other proceedings
pending or threatened against it which question the validity or enforceability
of this Agreement or the transaction contemplated herein or prevent it from
entering into this Agreement or perform its obligations hereunder.
9. COVENANTS:
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iv. the Products and related documentation shall be in compliance with all applicable
Indian Laws, licenses, rules, regulations, guidelines and judicial pronouncements;
v. be the sole and absolute owner of, or valid licensee of, all rights, title and
interests, including the Intellectual Property Rights, in any new Products or
sequels, upgrades, updates, modifications, patches and/or bug fixes and related
documentation thereto provided to Distributor for launch pursuant to Section 4;
vi. provide Distributor with complete and accurate instructions, security descriptions,
user instructions, technical specifications, hidden feature details and all such
information which shall be required by Distributor to carry out acceptance testing
of the Products pursuant to Section 4;
vii. promptly provide Distributor such information and/or clarifications in respect of
the Products and related documentation as may be requested by Distributor from
time to time;
viii. ensure that the Products and related documentation or any part thereof delivered
hereunder is free from any kind of viruses, worms, Trojan horses, disabling code
and malicious code whatsoever or other similar destructive characteristics
designed to cause damage or deficiencies in design, workmanship and
performance;
ix. ensure that the Products and related documentation offered hereby are free of any
vulgar, obscene, pornographic, misleading, defamatory, libelous, offensive,
derogatory, threatening, harassing, abusive or violent content, in Distributor’s
opinion;
x. not be or cause to be disadvantageous to or discriminatory against Distributor in
any manner whatsoever as compared to any terms offered by Content Provider for
similar transactions to a Third Party, in Distributor’s opinion;
xi. not vary, withdraw, discontinue, suspend, terminate, wholly or in part, any
Products once provided or agreed to be provided for use without the prior written
consent of Distributor and further agrees that any games once provided or agreed
to be provided shall be deemed to be included in the Products;
xii. it shall be solely liable in respect of any claims, demands or losses in relation to
the Products.
i. Distributor agrees and undertakes that it shall not, directly or indirectly, enter
into any agreements, arrangements or understandings, whether written or oral, or
conduct any discussions and/or negotiations with any Third Party, or do or cause
to be done any act or omission which may result in a breach by it of its
obligations or any of its representation and warranties hereunder.
ii. Grant of licenses as stated in Section 2 above shall not be used without proper
authorization and shall not do any act tantamount to Product right infringement,
iii. Shall make no representations or warranties on behalf of Content Provider which
Distributor is not expressly authorized by Content Provider to make, pursuant to
this Agreement or by some other writing.
iv. Shall not copy or reproduce the contents and applications, except as permitted by
this Agreement.
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v. Shall not translate, decode, disassemble, decompile, alter or reverse engineer or
prepare derivative works of the Product.
vi. Shall not make untrue or misleading representations with respect to Content
Provider or the contents and applications.
vii. Shall not violate the rights of any third parties, including, but not limited to, the
Intellectual Property Rights or other proprietary or property right, unfair
competition, invasion of privacy or rights of celebrity,
viii. Shall not conduct and / or encourage any act that would constitute a criminal
offence, result in civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state,
national or international law.
B. Either Party agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other Party and it
Affiliates and its/their their respective, Affiliates partners, directors, officers,
agents, employees and advisors from and against any and all losses, liabilities,
claims, damages, demands, suits, actions, proceedings, costs and expenses, taxes,
reasonable legal fees in connection therewith, in respect of its gross negligence or
willful misconduct.
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responsibility or obligations required to be performed pursuant to this Agreement
and (iii) violation of any applicable laws, statutes or regulations by Distributor.
A. This Agreement and the licenses granted hereunder shall come into force on the
Effective Date and shall continue in force for 24 months from the Effective Date
and shall thereafter stand automatically renewed for successive periods of 12
months each, unless and until terminated by not less than thirty (30) days’ notice
in writing by either Party without assigning any reason whatsoever or otherwise in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
B. Both the Parties may terminate this Agreement and the license granted hereunder
by written notice in the following events: (i) other Party is in material breach of
its obligations hereunder; or (ii) thirty (30) days after written notice to the other
Party specifying a breach of this Agreement if that breach is not, within such 30
days period, remedied by other Party.
C. Either Party may terminate this Agreement by written notice in the event (i) a
receiver, trustee, or liquidator is appointed for assets of the other Party; (ii) the
other Party makes a general assignment of a significant part of its assets for the
benefit of its creditors; or (iii) the other Party ceases doing business or is subject
to bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or winding up proceedings, voluntarily or
involuntarily.
D. The Parties rights to terminate this Agreement hereunder is without prejudice to,
and shall not affect, any other remidies or rights available to the Parties at law or
equity or under this Agreement.
E. On the termination of this Agreement for any reason:
I. Distributor shall cease to promote, market, or solicit the Products, Marks or
related documentation.
II. Subject as otherwise provided herein and to any rights or obligations which
have accrued prior to termination, neither Party shall have any further
obligation to the other under this Agreement.
III. Neither Party will represent the other Party in any of its dealings and neither
Party shall intentionally or otherwise commit any act(s) as would lead a
Third Party to believe that the other Party still has a business relationship
with the former Party.
IV. Each Party shall stop using the other Party’s name, trade mark, logo etc., in
any audio or visual form.
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Neither Party will be eligible to claim any amount of loss nor direct
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compensation for termination of Agreement provide such termination is
effected in accordance with the provisions of these presents.
VI. Within thirty days (30) after such expiration or termination, each Party will
return all Confidential Information of the other Party in its possession as on
the date of expiration or termination of the Agreement and shall not make or
retain any copies of such Confidential Information
It is expressly agreed and clarified that, except as specified agreed in this Agreement,
each Party shall retain all right, title and interest in their respective marks and logos and
that nothing contained in this Agreement, nor the use of the mark / logos on the publicity,
advertising, promotional or other material in relation to the Services shall be construed as
giving to any Party any right, title or interest of any nature whatsoever to any of the other
Party’s marks and / or logos.
13. Relationship
Parties acknowledge that each Party will accomplish the scope of the Agreement as an
independent business entity for the limited and exclusive purpose of the Agreement.
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as establishing or implying any partnership or
joint venture between the Parties hereto, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to
constitute either of the Parties hereto as the agent of the other Party. Neither Party shall have
the authority to bind the other Party without the prior written consent of the Party who is
sought to be bound. Except where the Parties agree in writing to an exclusivity provision in a
specified Territory under this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to
restrict either party from entering into any agreement, arrangement or understanding, written
or oral, with any Third Party, with regard to transactions similar to or competitive with the
transactions contemplated hereunder.
14. Notices:
Unless otherwise provided, all notices, demands or other communication given or
made under this Agreement shall, where specified to be in writing shall be delivered
personally or sent by prepaid post with recorded delivery or by e-mail to the
intended recipient at its address set forth below or to such other address or e-mail as
the concerned Party may from time to time notify by providing at least fifteen (15)
working days prior written notice to the o
(i) If to: Content Provider
Attention: Mr. Vijayaprakash Rangappa, No. 39/28 1st ‘B’ Main Road, Pipeline
Road, Vijayanagar, Bangalore – 40
E-mail: vijayprakash@mobi2fun.com
Fax: +91 80 40924918
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(ii) If to: Distributor
Attention: Ms Tran Thi Van
No B1 - 4 New urban area 54 Ha Đinh - Thanh Xuan Dist - Ha Noi
E-mail: contact@mediaservices.vn
Tel: +84 982 22 52 54
Any notice, request, consent, waiver or other communication required or permitted
hereunder shall deemed duly given (i) on the expiry of three (3) working days when
delivered by hand or courier or registered mail (ii) on the date of transmission if
transmitted without failure report by e-mail.
15. Costs and Expenses:
Each Party shall bear its own legal, accounting, professional and advisory fees,
commissions and other costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with this
Agreement unless otherwise specifically stated elsewhere in this agreement.
16. Assignment:
The Agreement shall be binding on and inure for the benefit of both the Parties and
their respective successors in business and permitted assigns. The Parties shall not be
entitled to assign any of their duties, obligations, liabilities and responsibilities under
this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld. Any such assignment, if permitted, shall (save
and except as specifically set forth in instrument(s) of assignment) not relieve either
Party of any of its/their obligations or liabilities under the Agreement.
18. Counterparts:
This Agreement shall be executed in English and shall become effective when each
Party has executed the English language version.
19. Amendments:
This Agreement may be amended, supplemented or modified by the mutual consent
of the Parties expressed in writing.
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20. Waiver
No waiver of any part of this Agreement or consent to any departure from it by any
Party shall be effective unless it is in writing. A waiver or consent shall be effective
only for the purpose for which it is given. No default or delay on the part of any Party
in exercising any rights, benefits, privileges and powers shall operate as a waiver of
any right, nor shall a single or partial exercise of a right preclude any exercise of
other rights, benefits, privileges or powers.
21. Severance:
Any provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable shall be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability, without affecting in
any way the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof.
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25. GOVERNMENT REGULATION:
a) Each Party hereto, including their personnel, employees, associates shall be solely
responsible for complying with the statutes, laws, regulations, subordinate
legislation, administrative orders and instructions issued by relevant government
authorities, regarding, but not limited to, environment, industrial relations and
taxation, during the performance of this Agreement.
b) Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, each Party shall be responsible for
compliance with the applicable tax, social security and similar regulations
applicable to its activities hereunder, at its own cost and expenses.
All rights and remedies provided for in this Agreement are cumulative and are in
addition to, and not exclusive of rights or remedies otherwise available at law.
Both Parties are agreed to this Agreement on the day and year first above
written.
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SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED
by within the name Mobi2Fun Mobile by the within name Media and Copyright
Entertainment(Bangalore) Private Limited Services JSC
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MOBILE GAME AND OTHER CONTENTS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Schedule A:
A. Effective Friday August 17th, 2010, the Parties hereby agree that Distributor is
authorized to be the sole Distributor of all Products of the Content Provider in
______________________ [mention channels], as Non- Exclusive content.
B. The amount of the Distributor’s Revenue owing to Content Provider for distribution
across above mentioned channels shall be 50% percent. Distributor should approve and
add a separate appendix to existing agreement from Content Providers for distributing
content in other than above mentioned channels.
C. All payments to Content Provider shall be subject to Tax Deduction at Source (TDS)
under the Income Tax Act of India and withholding taxes, if any, applicable from time to
time, unless Content Provider duly provides all valid, necessary certificates from the
relevant governmental entities, granting an exemption for the payment of withholding
tax. Distributor shall issue certificates showing the details of such deductions, if any, at
the periodicity permitted by the respective laws, so that Content Provider can claim credit
for such deductions.
Both Parties are agreed to this Agreement on the day and year first above
written.
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SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED
by within the name Mobi2Fun Mobile by the within named Media and Copyright
Entertainment(Bangalore) Private Limited Services JSC
By the hand of Nguyen Ba Quyen
By the hand of: Vijayaprakash Rangappa
Authorized Signatory Authorized Signatory
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