EXHIBIT 10.2
ENCAD, INC.
SETTLEMENT AND PATENT CROSS-LICENSE AGREEMENT
This Agreement is effective as of 24th April 2000 ("Effective Date")
between Hewlett-Packard Company ("HP"), incorporated under the laws of the
State of Delaware, with a place of business at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, U.S.A., and ENCAD, Inc. ("ENCAD"), incorporated under
the laws of the State of Delaware, with a place of business at ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇. HP and ENCAD may each be
referred to herein individually as a "Party" and collectively as the
"Parties".
WHEREAS, HP and ENCAD each own or control, and have the right to
license, certain patents and patent applications;
WHEREAS, HP has filed suit against ENCAD asserting certain HP
patents against certain ENCAD products;
WHEREAS, ENCAD has brought certain ENCAD patents to HP's attention
in connection with certain HP products;
WHEREAS, HP and ENCAD each desire to obtain a license under certain
patents and patent applications of the other Party;
WHEREAS, HP and ENCAD each desire to obtain greater design freedom
for their own respective products and to avoid infringement of the other
Party's patents;
WHEREAS, ENCAD has filed suit against HP regarding certain HP
marketing and sales programs;
WHEREAS, both Parties wish to cease all current and avoid future
litigation between the Parties;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and
covenants contained herein, the sufficiency and adequacy of which are
expressly agreed to, the Parties agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 "Subsidiary" means any corporation or other business entity in which
either Party now or hereafter owns or controls * of the outstanding voting
stock, equity securities or
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other voting rights entitled to elect directors or other managing authority,
but such corporation or entity shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary only so
long as such ownership or control exists.
1.2 "Capture Period" means the time period * .
1.3 "Patent(s)" means (i) patents and patent applications, including
utility models (but not including design patents, industrial designs or
design registrations) whether foreign or domestic, all patents arising from
such applications, and all patents and patent applications based on, or
claiming the priority dates, of any of the foregoing and (ii) any renewals,
reissues, extensions (or other governmental actions that provide exclusive
rights to the owner thereof in the patented subject matter beyond the
original patent date), substitutions, confirmations, registrations,
revalidations, reexaminations, additions, continuations, continued
prosecutions, continuations-in-part or divisions of or to any of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, supplementary protection
certificates or the equivalent thereof.
1.4 "Captured Patents" means any and all Patents having an issue date or
publication date (including the publication date of an application published
prior to grant or issue) during the Capture Period under which Patents either
Party (as a Licensor) or any of its Subsidiaries has or hereafter during the
Capture Period obtains the right to grant the rights, covenants or licenses
contemplated hereunder to the other Party (as a Licensee) of or within the
scope granted herein without such grant or the exercise of rights thereunder
resulting in the payment of royalties or other consideration (other than de
minimus royalties or other consideration) by a Licensor or its Subsidiaries
to third parties.
1.5 "Previously Notified Patents" of HP means only U.S. Patent No.
5,488,397, U.S. Patent No. 5,376,958 and U.S. Patent No. 4,967,207 and all
foreign equivalent patents or applications claiming a right of priority from
these patents and all divisions, reissues, reexaminations, term extensions,
continuations and continuations-in-part of these patents.
1.6 "Previously Notified Patents" of ENCAD means only U.S. Patent No.
5,610,635 and U.S. Patent No. 5,686,947 and all foreign equivalent patents or
applications claiming a right of priority from these patents and all
divisions, reissues, reexaminations, term extensions, continuations and
continuations-in-part of these patents.
1.7 "Elected Patents" means one or more un-expired Captured Patents
under which one of the Parties has elected to take a license pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, or under which it is determined that one of the
Parties requires a license * .
1.8 "Current Products" means all products ever sold and shipped in
commercial quantities by a Party as of the Effective Date of this Agreement.
For the purposes of this Agreement alteration of any Current Product sold on
or after the Effective Date, where such activities have been undertaken, even
if after the Effective Date, solely to permit
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operation within a particular jurisdiction or locale, shall not cause an
article of manufacture to cease being a Current Product.
1.9 "Valid Claim" means a claim that has not expired or been held
invalid or unenforceable by a court or administrative agency of competent
jurisdiction.
1.10 "Licensed Products" in relation to ENCAD means * .
1.11 "Licensed Products" in relation to HP means * .
1.12 "Elected Product" means any Licensed Product as to which a Party elects
to take a license under any or all Valid Claims of an Elected Patent.
1.13 "Net Selling Price" means the invoiced price from a Party to a
non-affiliated third party (e.g., to a dealer, OEM customer, or end user),
after deduction of regular trade and quantity discounts but before deduction
of any other items, including but not limited to freight allowances, cash
discounts, and agents' commissions. For products transferred other than by
sale, the "Net Selling Price" means the selling price at which products of
similar kind, sold in similar quantities, are currently being offered for
sale by each Party. For Licensed Products transferred by each Party to its
Subsidiaries or other internal entities, the Net Selling Price shall mean the
average Net Selling Price for each such Licensed Product as if it were sold
to a non-affiliated third party.
1.14 "Total Net Revenue" means * .
1.15 "Current Litigation" means the litigation identified in Appendix A.
1.16 "Change of Control" shall be deemed to occur in respect of a Party if
any of the following events take place in respect of that Party:
(a) The Party becomes insolvent, or voluntarily or otherwise
enters into liquidation, or has a receiver or trustee appointed to
administer its property or affairs; or
(b) * of the assets or outstanding shares or securities
(representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other
managing authority) of the Party hereafter becomes owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by a third party.
If the Party does not have outstanding shares or securities, such Change of
Control shall be deemed to occur if * of its assets are, or an ownership
interest representing the right to make decisions for it is, acquired by or
merged into a third party.
1.17 "Acquiring Entity" means a third party who has acquired control,
amounting to a Change of Control, of one of the Parties to this Agreement.
2. RELEASES AND COVENANTS
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2.1 Each Party (as a Releasing Party) forever releases and discharges
the other Party (as a Released Party), its Subsidiaries and all purchasers
and users of the Released Party's Licensed Products sold by the Released
Party or any of its Subsidiaries before the Effective Date of this Agreement
from all claims and liabilities for any infringement of the Captured Patents
prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement with respect to those products.
2.2 Each Party (as a Covenantor) hereby covenants not to ▇▇▇ the other
Party (as a Covenantee), its Subsidiaries and all purchasers and users of the
Covenantee's Current Products, for patent infringement relating to the
manufacture, use and sale of the Covenantee's Current Products, which are
Licensed Products, with respect to the Captured Patents for the full term of
the Captured Patents. This covenant not to ▇▇▇ shall also extend to any
elements of a Licensed Product developed, manufactured and sold by the
Covenantee as a successor to a Current Product, provided that the elements
and their implementation are functionally identical with respect to the
corresponding elements and their implementation used in the Current Product.
2.3 Each Party on behalf of itself and on behalf of each of its
respective parent corporations and entities, divisions, subsidiaries,
affiliates, predecessors, successors and assigns, hereby releases and forever
discharges the other Party and each of its respective parent corporations and
entities, divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, successors,
assigns, officers, directors, attorneys, employees and agents, from any and
all actions, causes of action, claims, counterclaims, cross claims, third
party claims, debts, demands, liabilities, lawsuits, accounts, covenants,
contracts, promises, agreements, doings, omissions, obligations, costs,
attorneys' fees, expenses, damages, and claims of every name and nature,
known and unknown, in law and in equity, arising, which may have existed,
and/or which could have been asserted from the beginning of the world to the
Effective Date, relating, arising out of or in any way pertaining to the
factual and legal allegations of the Current Litigation.
2.4 The Parties also hereby waive any rights that they may have under
Section 1542 of the California Civil Code (and/or any similar statute or law
of any other jurisdiction), which provides:
Section 1542. A general release does not extend to claims which the
creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of
executing the release, which if known by him must have materially
affected his settlement with the debtor.
The Parties knowingly and voluntarily waive any right under any other
comparable provisions or principles of the state or federal law, or the
common law, and acknowledge and agree that this waiver is an essential
material term of this Agreement and the release provisions contained herein,
and that without such waiver this Agreement would not have been entered into.
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2.5 Each Party covenants never to ▇▇▇, commence, assist in any way,
prosecute or cause, permit, or advise to be commenced or prosecuted against
the other Party any action or proceeding based on any claims, demands,
transactions, representations, causes of action, obligations, damages, or
liabilities of any nature whatsoever, whether or not now known, suspected, or
claimed which arise out of or relate to the Current Litigation.
2.6 The Parties agree that within three (3) business days after the
execution of this Agreement, the necessary papers will be filed to effect
dismissal of the Current Litigation with prejudice. Each Party shall bear its
own attorney's fees and costs in connection with the Current Litigation.
3. LICENSE GRANTS
3.1 Each Party (as a Licensor) grants to the other Party (as a Licensee)
and its subsidiaries a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free and irrevocable
license (without the right to sublicense) under the Previously Notified
Patents, to make, have made (but only to the extent set forth in paragraph
3.3 below), use, import, offer for sale, sell, lease or otherwise transfer
Licensed Products.
3.2 Each Party (as a Licensor) grants to the other Party (as a Licensee)
the option to elect, at any time within the Capture Period, a worldwide,
non-exclusive, royalty-bearing license (without the right to sublicense)
under * , to make, have made (but only to the extent set forth in paragraph
3.3 below), use, import, offer for sale, sell, lease or otherwise transfer
Licensed Products. Such licenses under Elected Patents shall be for the full
term of the Elected Patents, unless such license is otherwise terminated
under this Agreement.
3.3 Any license granted under any of the above provisions to have
Licensed Products made by a third-party manufacturer for the use,
importation, offer for sale, sale, lease or other transfer by a party or any
of its Subsidiaries requesting such making ("the Requesting Party") shall be
restricted to all of the following conditions:
(a) The designs, specifications and working drawings for the
manufacture of such products must be owned by, furnished by, and
originate with the Requesting Party;
(b) The designs, specifications and working drawings must be in
sufficient detail that substantially no additional designing by the
third-party manufacturer is required other than minor adaptation to the
production processes and standards normally used by the third-party
manufacturer, which adaptation changes the characteristics of such
products only to a negligible extent; and
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(c) Any products made pursuant to this have-made right by a third
party manufacturer shall be purchased by the Requesting Party.
4. ELECTION OF PATENTS
4.1 Each Party shall exercise the option to take a license under an
Elected Patent by giving written notice to the other Party, identifying the
Elected Patent, the Licensed Product in respect of which the election is made
(Elected Product) and the date of first sale of the Elected Product. Should
further Licensed Products require a license under a previously Elected
Patent, written notice shall be given identifying the further Elected
Product(s) and the date of first sale of each such further Elected Product.
4.2 The number of Captured Patents under which a license, in accordance
with paragraph 3.2 above, may be elected by a first Party shall be * .
5. ROYALITIES UNDER ELECTED PATENTS
5.1 The royalty payable by a first Party to the second Party under
licenses to Elected Patents shall be * .
5.2 Where the total number of Elected Patents ever elected by a first
Party * .
5.3 Notwithstanding paragraph 5.2 above, the maximum royalty payable by one
Party to the other Party shall * .
5.4 Notwithstanding paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3 above, the maximum total
royalty payable by one Party to the other in any one Payment Period (as
defined in paragraph 5.6) shall * .
5.5 If at a certain time the total number of Elected Patents ever
elected by a first Party is * .
5.6 Payment Periods will be each calendar quarter during the term of
this Agreement. Payments for royalties accrued during a Payment Period shall
be due and payable forty-five (45) days after the first day of each January,
April, July and October during the term of this Agreement. Each Party shall
be liable for interest on any overdue payment at the prime rate effective on
January 1 of that year as quoted in the Wall Street Journal plus 4%. Royalty
payments shall be forwarded to the following address for each Party, or as
otherwise specified in writing by each Party:
TO HP:
Director, Intellectual Property
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Legal Department
Hewlett-Packard Company
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TO ENCAD:
General Counsel
ENCAD
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5.7 Each Party (as a Licensee) shall keep adequate records to accurately
determine the payments due under this Agreement. Once each calendar year and
upon reasonable advance written notice to the Licensee, each Party (as a
Licensor) may have an independent auditor audit the applicable records of the
Licensee during normal business hours, at the Licensor's expense, to verify
the accuracy of the royalty calculations. All such records shall be treated
as confidential information by said independent auditor and shall not be
disclosed to the Licensor except insofar as necessary to verify to the
Licensor the accuracy of the Licensee's payments. Should any payment be
underpaid by at least 10%, then the Licensee shall pay the reasonable expense
of such audit. Any underpayment or overpayment shall be included or credited
with the next payment under this Agreement.
6. PATENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS
6.1 NOTIFICATION. In the event that one Party (Notifying Party) believes
the other Party (Accused Party) requires a license under a Captured Patent
for any Licensed Product, the Notifying Party shall provide written notice
(Notification) to the Accused Party, including identification of the
Patent(s) asserted by the Notifying Party (Notified Patent(s)), the accused
product(s) or allegedly infringing activity, and a claim chart for each and
every claim asserted by the Notifying Party which identifies specific
components of the accused product(s) or infringing activity which are
believed to correspond to specific elements of the patent claims asserted by
the Notifying Party.
6.2 STANDSTILL PERIOD. During a period of sixty (60) days from the date
of Notification, as set forth in paragraph 6.1 above, neither Party shall
file any court action based on or relating to any Patent identified in said
Notification. During this Standstill Period, the Parties agree to use
reasonable business efforts to negotiate in good faith to attempt to resolve
issues raised in said Notification without resort to litigation * . The
Accused Party shall not file any claim for declaratory judgement under the
Notified Patent(s) for a further period of ten (10) days after the expiration
of the sixty (60) day Standstill Period. Any action filed in violation of the
Notification and Standstill Period provisions of this
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Section shall be
dismissible without prejudice at the option of the non-filing Party, and the
non-filing Party shall be entitled to all costs and attorneys fees incurred
in seeking dismissal under this paragraph 6.2.
6.3 *
7. WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER
7.1 EACH PARTY WARRANTS THAT IT HAS THE RIGHT TO GRANT THE LICENSES,
COVENANTS AND RELEASES SET FORTH HEREIN. WITH RESPECT TO SUCH LICENSES,
COVENANTS AND RELEASES , NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NOR DOES EITHER PARTY ASSUME ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING: ANY LIABILITY WITH REPSECT TO ANY INFRINGEMENT OF PATENTS OR OTHER
RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES DUE TO THE OTHER PARTY'S OPERATION UNDER THE LICENSES
GRANTED HEREIN; ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ITS PATENTS AGAINST
THIRD PARTIES; OR ANY LIABILITY FOR SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT A PARTY HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
8. NO EFFECT ON PRIOR AGREEMENTS
The Parties expressly agree that this Agreement shall not expand, reduce, or
affect in any way the respective rights and obligations of the Parties under
preexisting agreements relating to HP's US Patents Nos. 4,384,298 to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
et al and 5,276,970 to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al.
9. FUTURE DISPUTES
With regard to disputes between the Parties, other than those subject to
Section 6 of this Agreement, the Parties hereto shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to settle such disputes without resorting to litigation.
If any dispute remains unsettled, a Party hereto may deliver a written notice
of such a dispute to the other Party and the Chief Operating Officer of ENCAD
and the General Manager of HP's Large Format Printer Division shall attempt
to meet in person or by telephone within five (5) business days after the
date of such notice to attempt to negotiate in good faith a timely resolution
of the dispute. Should the Parties fail to reach agreement with respect to
the dispute or fail to meet within five days, either Party shall be free to
seek all available legal and equitable remedies.
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10. CONFIDENTIALITY
10.1 The Parties agree that although the existence of this Agreement is
not confidential, the terms of this Agreement are confidential and each Party
shall use the same degree of care to prevent disclosure of the terms of this
Agreement to third parties as it uses to protect its own confidential
information of a similar nature. In no event will this obligation of
confidentiality preclude any disclosure required by law or by a regulatory
authority, provided that prior to making any such disclosure of the terms of
this Agreement a Party shall promptly consult in advance with the other Party
and shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain written assurance
that confidential treatment will be accorded to such information.
10.2 Furthermore, the Parties agree that neither Party, nor their
attorneys, experts and consultants shall directly or indirectly issue any
oral or written statement to the press or public relating to the existence or
terms of this Agreement, or to any aspect of the Current Litigation, except
in the exact form as may hereafter be mutually agreed upon in writing by the
Parties. Both Parties shall notify their attorneys, experts and consultants
of the agreement with respect to confidentiality under this Section 11 and
shall obtain a written undertaking from their attorneys, experts and
consultants to also abide by the confidentiality obligations of this
Agreement.
11. TERM AND TERMINATION
11.1 The term of this Agreement shall be from the Effective Date hereof
until the expiration of the last to expire of the Captured Patents.
11.2 CHANGE OF CONTROL
11.2.1 In the event of the Change of Control of a first Party, the
first Party shall promptly give notice of such Change of Control to the
second Party. The second Party shall have the option to terminate all
licenses, covenants and other rights granted to the first Party under
this Agreement.
11.2.2 Notwithstanding any termination under paragraph 11.2.1, the
first Party's covenant not to ▇▇▇ in paragraph 2.2 above will be
binding on the Acquiring Entity in relation to the first Party's
Patents . Any license to Elected Patents taken by the second Party
prior to the Change of Control shall continue for the full term of the
Elected Patents, provided any necessary royalties continue to be paid.
11.2.3 Notwithstanding any termination under paragraph 11.2.1, the
second Party's covenant not to ▇▇▇ with respect to the first Party's
Current Products and any license to Elected Patents taken by the first
Party prior to the Change of Control shall pass to the Acquiring Entity
for * from the date of the Change of
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Control, provided that any necessary royalties continue to be paid .
The covenant not to ▇▇▇ and the license under Elected Patents with
respect to the Acquiring Entity shall strictly apply only to the
identical Licensed Products being sold and shipped in commercial
quantities by the first Party prior to the date of the Change of
Control and will not apply in any manner to other products (for
example, products introduced to the market after that date, having a
different model number or name, or originating from the Acquiring
Entity).
11.2.4 All covenants and licenses from the second Party to the
Acquiring Entity will be in respect of Licensed Products as defined for
the first Party and subject to any and all other restrictions of this
Agreement.
11.3 Any termination of licenses shall not relieve the Party whose
licenses are terminated of any obligation or liability accrued hereunder.
Such termination shall not diminish in any manner any licenses or other
rights granted to the other Party under this Agreement.
12. MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 This Agreement (including any attached exhibits) constitutes the
entire agreement between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof,
and supersedes all prior proposals, agreements, representations and other
communications between the Parties with respect to the same.
12.2 No change in the provisions of this Agreement shall be valid unless
in writing and signed by both Parties.
12.3 Each Party shall be responsible for and guarantee the performance by
its Subsidiaries of any and all of its obligations hereunder and shall cause
such Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions of this Agreement.
12.4 Neither Party may assign, sublicense, or otherwise transfer its
rights and obligations under this Agreement to any party at any time under
any circumstances, without the prior written consent of the other Party,
including, without limitation, in the event of a Change of Control or by
operation of law. If any such assignment is consented to, any such successors
or assigns of either Party shall be bound by the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
12.5 Neither Party shall assign or convey any of its Captured Patents
unless such assignment or conveyance is made subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
12.6 The failure or delay of either Party in exercising any of its rights
hereunder, including any rights with respect to a breach or default by the other
Party, shall in no way
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operate as a waiver of such rights or prevent the assertion of such rights
with respect to any later breach or default by the other Party.
12.7 Any exhibits referred to herein shall be construed with and as an
integral part of this Agreement to the same extent as if they were set forth
verbatim herein.
12.8 The headings used in this Agreement are for reference and
convenience only and shall not be used in interpreting the provisions of this
Agreement.
12.9 Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to grant, either
directly or by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any licenses under
patents or other intellectual property rights other than as specifically
provided in this Agreement. In particular, nothing in this Agreement shall be
read to license the copyrights, mask works, trademarks, trade names, trade
dress or trade secrets (or other confidential information) of either Party to
the other Party.
12.10 If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal
or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other
conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full
force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the
transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially
adverse to either Party. Upon such determination that any term or other
provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties
hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect
the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable
manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to
the fullest extent possible.
12.11 Any notice or acceptance provided for in this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been given on the date such communication
is deposited in certified or registered first class mail, in an appropriately
stamped envelope, addressed as follows (or to such other address as a Party
shall designate by written notice given to the other Party):
TO HP:
Director, Intellectual Property
Legal Department
Hewlett-Packard Company
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▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
TO ENCAD:
General Counsel
ENCAD
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12.12 The Parties agree that this Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to choice
of law provisions.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their duly authorized representatives:
ENCAD HP
By: /s/ Michael J.t. Steep By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Fonts ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Typed Name: Michael J.T. Steep Typed Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Fonts ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Executive VP and COO Title: GM Inkjet Comercial Division
Date: * Date: *
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APPENDIX A -- CURRENT LITIGATION
1. Hewlett-Packard Company v. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇., ▇▇▇. ▇▇. ▇▇-▇▇▇▇-▇-▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ District Court for the District of Idaho;
2. Hewlett-Packard Company v. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇., ▇▇▇. ▇▇. ▇▇-▇▇▇▇-▇-▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ District Court for the District of Idaho; and
3. ENCAD, Inc. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Company, and DOES 1 through 10,
inclusive, Civ. ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Superior Court.
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APPENDIX B -- *
(To be mutually agreed upon.)
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APPENDIX C -- *
(To be mutually agreed upon.)
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