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- System Enhancement Associates vs. PKware, Inc
-
- CONFIDENTIAL CROSS-LICENSE AGREEMENT
-
- Document dated July 31, 1988. Agreement between SEA and
- PKware to allow PKware to distribute its file compression
- programs.
-
- The following pages have been re-keyed by me for purposes of full
- disclosure to the public. They have been run through spelling
- checker, but have not been proofread by anyone.
-
- See the file --> SEA-PK-S.arc <-- for re-keyed version of the
- latest contempt proceeding being brought against PKware by SEA in
- which SEA says PKware violated the Confidential Cross-License
- Agreement. Initial arguments to be heard September 9th in Judge
- Gordon's Federal Court -- Milwaukee County.
-
- Both documents were photocopied at the Clerk of Court's Office in the
- Milwaukee County Federal Courthouse by myself at 1:00 PM on August
- 31, 1988.
-
- Before reading this, the public should know that PKware did not and
- HAS not violated any copyright law or any other law involving SEA's
- file compression programs.
-
- The confidential cross-license agreement was settled for $62,500
- BECAUSE it would have cost Phil Katz of PKware a minimum of
- $100,000 to defend himself against any allegation brought by SEA.
- The actual case on Phil's behalf was estimated to actually run
- between 1/2 and ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
-
- By the way, as *I* am the person who wrote PKware's documentation
- for their file compression programs, the information contained herein
- came as a COMPLETE surprise to me. I first became aware of the
- Confidential Information in a Milwaukee The Business Journal article.
- Neither Phil Katz or his attorney, Nick Kees, discussed any aspect of
- the case or upcoming legal proceedings with me prior to the
- revaluations which I received at the courthouse.
-
- Karen Little, President
- Office Technology Academy, Inc.
- 230 W Wells, Suite 310
- Milwaukee, WI 53203
- 414 / 273-7310
- September 1, 1988
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- CONFIDENTIAL CROSS-LICENSE AGREEMENT
-
- This Agreement is made effective this 1st day of August, 1988, by and
- between PKware, Inc., a Wisconsin Corporation having offices in
- Glendale, Wisconsin, and Phillip W. Katz, a citizen of the State of
- Wisconsin, hereinafter collectively referred to as "PK", and System
- Enhancement Associates, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation having offices
- in Wayne, New Jersey, hereinafter referred to as "SEA."
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-
- WHEREAS, SEA filed a lawsuit against PK on or about April 25, 1988,
- in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin,
- Case No. 88-C-447, claiming copyright infringement, violations of the
- Lenham Act, trademark infringement and unfair competition; and
-
- WHEREAS, both parties desire to resolve the above identified lawsuit,
- without admitting any fault, wrongdoing or liability;
-
- IT IS THEREFORE AGREED THAT:
-
- 1. Judgment on Consent: A Judgment for Plaintiff on Consent, in
- the form to which this Agreement is attached, shall be entered in
- the above identified lawsuit referencing the following terms of
- this Agreement.
-
- 2. Magazine Advertising: PK shall forthwith withdraw all magazine
- advertising of ARC compatible programs in any publication where
- they may currently appear to the extent possible.
-
- 3. Cross License: SEA hereby grants to PK, nunc pro tunc, a
- license to use its source code for a period beginning with the
- first release of an ARC compatible program by PK, and ending on
- January 31, 1989. PK hereby grants to SEA a personal, non-
- transferable (except with the assets of SEA's business in ARC
- compatible programs), perpetual, world-wide, non-exclusive
- (including the right to grant sub-licenses of no greater scope)
- royalty-free license to use PK's source code for ARC compatible
- programs, provided that, in using any code provided by PK to
- SEA, SEA agrees not to alter materially the existing "look and
- feel" of SEA's ARC program, that is, SEA agrees not to use any
- code provided to SEA by PK for the purpose of splitting its ARC
- program into separate compression and extraction modules. PK
- agrees to provide, as expeditiously as possible after the date of
- this Agreement, fully commented source code of its ARC
- compatible programs to SEA. SEA agrees never to sell or
- license, without substantial changes, the entire source code
- provided to it by PK.
-
- 4. Termination of PK's License: After January 31, 1989, PK agrees
- not to distribute or offer for license any program that: 1.
- creates ARC compatible archive files; 2. by default adds a
- filename extension of ".ARC"; or 3. processes ARC format files.
-
- 5. No Trademark License: After the effective date of this
- Agreement, PK agrees not to distribute or offer for license any
- program that carries a trademark, tradename or filename
- including the letter combination "ARC" or any other trademark,
- tradename or filename the use of which may be confusingly
- similar to any of SEA's trademarks, or the use of which may be
- likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive with respect
- to SEA's programs. PK agrees to forthwith abandon any
- applications it has pending to register in the United States
- Patent & Trademark Office any of its trademarks containing the
- letter combination "ARC".
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- 6. New Versions: PK agrees not to release any new versions of
- ARC compatible programs. SEA does, however, hereby grant to
- PK a license to distribute, prior to January 31, 1989, bug fixes,
- and minor modifications not affecting the substantive
- functionality of the programs, for only those versions of ARC
- compatible programs released by PK prior to the date of this
- Agreement.
-
- 7. Royalties: PK agrees to account monthly and pay to SEA a
- royalty fee of 6.5% (six and one half percent) of all revenue
- received for ARC compatible programs on all orders received
- after the effective date of this Agreement, such revenue
- including any license fees or shareware registrations received
- after January 31, 1989, for ARC compatible programs. During the
- period from the effective date of this Agreement to January 31,
- 1989, the parties hereto agree to discuss and, on an ad hoc basis,
- mutually determine which party is to respond to any inquiries PK
- receives for commercial licenses to use ARC compatible programs.
- After January 31, 1989, PK agrees to refer all inquiries for ARC
- compatible programs to SEA. SEa agrees to pay to PK a
- commission in the amount of 6.5% of any license fees received by
- SEA from any licensee referred to SEA by PK, whether before or
- after January 31, 1989.
-
- 8. Customer List: PK agrees to promptly provide to SEA's
- designated attorney a listing (in hard copy and machine readable
- forms) of the names and addresses of PK's existing licensees as
- of the effective date of this Agreement. SEA agrees that it will
- not access the listing directly, and that the sole purpose for such
- listing is to allow SEA's designated attorney to determine
- whether any legal entity is licensed by PK.
-
- 9. Non-Infringing Programs: SEA acknowledges that PK continues
- to have the right to distribute non-infringing compression
- programs. This Paragraph 9 is not intended to grant any license
- to PK to use any of SEA's intellectual property.
-
- 10. Payments: PK agrees to pay to SEA the sum of $22,500 for past
- royalty payments, and the sum of $40,000 as litigation expense
- reimbursements, for a total payment of $62,500. [payment
- schedule follows]
-
- 11. Press Release: The parties agree to issue a mutually acceptable
- publicity release describing disposition of the above identified
- lawsuit and this Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto
- and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit A. [Press
- release is not being rekeyed at this time as my hands are
- breaking off -- Karen]
-
- 12. Merger and Governing Law: This Agreement and the attachments
- hereto embody the entire agreement between the parties hereto.
-
- 13. Jurisdiction. The parties agree that any dispute arising under
- this Agreement shall be resolved under the Judgment to which it
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- is attached, in the US District Court for the EAstern District of
- Wisconsin.
-
- 14. Waver: The waiver of either party hereto of any right hereunder
- or failure to perform or breach by the other party shall not be
- deemed as a waver of any other right hereunder or of any other
- breach or failure by said other party whether of a similar nature
- or otherwise.
-
- 15. Notice: Any notice required to be given pursuant to the
- provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and by certified
- mail, and mailed to the parties at the following addresses . . .
-
- [PKware, Glendale, WI and SEA, Wayne, NJ)
-
- The agreement was signed by
-
- Phillip W. Katz, PKware, Inc.
-
- and
-
- Thom L. Henderson, System Enhancement Associates, Inc.