1SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
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3Unless you and InvenSense Corporation ("InvenSense") execute a separate written
4software license agreement governing use of the accompanying software, this
5software is licensed to you under the terms of this Software License
6Agreement ("Agreement").
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8ANY USE, REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOFTWARE CONSTITUTES YOUR
9ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
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111.  DEFINITIONS.
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131.1.    "InvenSense Product" means any of the proprietary integrated circuit
14product(s) sold by InvenSense with which the Software was designed to be used,
15or their successors.
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171.2.    "Licensee" means you or if you are accepting on behalf of an entity
18then the entity and its affiliates exercising rights under, and complying
19with all of the terms of this Agreement.
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211.3.    "Software" shall mean that software made available by InvenSense to
22Licensee in binary code form with this Agreement.
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242.  LICENSE GRANT; OWNERSHIP
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262.1.    License Grants.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
27InvenSense hereby grants to Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
28royalty-free license (i) to use and integrate the Software in conjunction
29with any other software; and (ii) to reproduce and distribute the Software
30complete, unmodified and only for use with a InvenSense Product.
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322.2.    Restriction on Modification.  If and to the extent that the Software is
33designed to be compliant with any published communications standard
34(including, without limitation, DOCSIS, HomePNA, IEEE, and ITU standards),
35Licensee may not make any modifications to the Software that would cause the
36Software or the accompanying InvenSense Products to be incompatible with such
37standard.
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392.3.    Restriction on Distribution.  Licensee shall only distribute the
40Software (a) under the terms of this Agreement and a copy of this Agreement
41accompanies such distribution, and (b) agrees to defend and indemnify
42InvenSense and its licensors from and against any damages, costs, liabilities,
43settlement amounts and/or expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in
44connection with any claim, lawsuit or action by any third party that arises
45or results from the use or distribution of any and all Software by the
46Licensee except as contemplated herein.
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482.4.    Proprietary Notices.  Licensee shall not remove, efface or obscure any
49copyright or trademark notices from the Software.  Licensee shall include
50reproductions of the InvenSense copyright notice with each copy of the
51Software, except where such Software is embedded in a manner not readily
52accessible to the end user.  Licensee acknowledges that any symbols,
53trademarks, tradenames, and service marks adopted by InvenSense to identify the
54Software belong to InvenSense and that Licensee shall have no rights therein.
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562.5.    Ownership.  InvenSense shall retain all right, title and interest,
57including all intellectual property rights, in and to the Software.  Licensee
58hereby covenants that it will not assert any claim that the Software created
59by or for InvenSense infringe any intellectual property right owned or
60controlled by Licensee.
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622.6.    No Other Rights Granted; Restrictions.  Apart from the license rights
63expressly set forth in this Agreement, InvenSense does not grant and Licensee
64does not receive any ownership right, title or interest nor any security
65interest or other interest in any intellectual property rights relating to
66the Software, nor in any copy of any part of the foregoing.  No license is
67granted to Licensee in any human readable code of the Software (source code).
68Licensee shall not (i) use, license, sell or otherwise distribute the
69Software except as provided in this Agreement, (ii) attempt to reverse
70engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Software; or (iii) use
71the Software or other material in violation of any applicable law or
72regulation, including but not limited to any regulatory agency, such as FCC,
73rules.
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753.  NO WARRANTY OR SUPPORT
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773.1.    No Warranty. THE SOFTWARE IS OFFERED "AS IS," AND INVENSENSE GRANTS AND
78LICENSEE RECEIVES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY STATUTE,
79COMMUNICATION OR CONDUCT WITH LICENSEE, OR OTHERWISE.  INVENSENSE SPECIFICALLY
80DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A SPECIFIC
81PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT CONCERNING THE SOFTWARE OR ANY UPGRADES TO OR
82DOCUMENTATION FOR THE SOFTWARE.  WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE ABOVE, INVENSENSE
83GRANTS NO WARRANTY THAT THE SOFTWARE IS ERROR-FREE OR WILL OPERATE WITHOUT
84INTERRUPTION, AND GRANTS NO WARRANTY REGARDING ITS USE OR THE RESULTS
85THEREFROM INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ITS CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY OR
86RELIABILITY.
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883.2.    No Support.  Nothing in this agreement shall obligate InvenSense to
89provide any support for the Software. InvenSense may, but shall be under no
90obligation to, correct any defects in the Software and/or provide updates to
91licensees of the Software.  Licensee shall make reasonable efforts to
92promptly report to InvenSense any defects it finds in the Software, as an aid
93to creating improved revisions of the Software.
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953.3.    Dangerous Applications.  The Software is not designed, intended, or
96certified for use in components of systems intended for the operation of
97weapons, weapons systems, nuclear installations, means of mass
98transportation, aviation, life-support computers or equipment (including
99resuscitation equipment and surgical implants), pollution control, hazardous
100substances management, or for any other dangerous application in which the
101failure of the Software could create a situation where personal injury or
102death may occur.  Licensee understands that use of the Software in such
103applications is fully at the risk of Licensee.
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1054.  TERM AND TERMINATION
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1074.1.    Termination.  This Agreement will automatically terminate if Licensee
108fails to comply with any of the terms and conditions hereof. In such event,
109Licensee must destroy all copies of the Software and all of its component
110parts.
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1124.2.    Effect Of Termination.  Upon any termination of this Agreement, the
113rights and licenses granted to Licensee under this Agreement shall
114immediately terminate.
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1164.3.    Survival.  The rights and obligations under this Agreement which by
117their nature should survive termination will remain in effect after
118expiration or termination of this Agreement.
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1205.  CONFIDENTIALITY
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1225.1.    Obligations.  Licensee acknowledges and agrees that any documentation
123relating to the Software, and any other information (if such other
124information is identified as confidential or should be recognized as
125confidential under the circumstances) provided to Licensee by InvenSense
126hereunder (collectively, "Confidential Information") constitute the
127confidential and proprietary information of InvenSense, and that Licensee's
128protection thereof is an essential condition to Licensee's use and possession
129of the Software.  Licensee shall retain all Confidential Information in
130strict confidence and not disclose it to any third party or use it in any way
131except under a written agreement with terms and conditions at least as
132protective as the terms of this Section.  Licensee will exercise at least the
133same amount of diligence in preserving the secrecy of the Confidential
134Information as it uses in preserving the secrecy of its own most valuable
135confidential information, but in no event less than reasonable diligence.
136Information shall not be considered Confidential Information if and to the
137extent that it: (i) was in the public domain at the time it was disclosed or
138has entered the public domain through no fault of Licensee; (ii) was known to
139Licensee, without restriction, at the time of disclosure as proven by the
140files of Licensee in existence at the time of disclosure; or (iii) becomes
141known to Licensee, without restriction, from a source other than InvenSense
142without breach of this Agreement by Licensee and otherwise not in violation
143of InvenSense's rights.
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1455.2.    Return of Confidential Information.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, all
146documents and other tangible objects containing or representing InvenSense
147Confidential Information and all copies thereof which are in the possession
148of Licensee shall be and remain the property of InvenSense, and shall be
149promptly returned to InvenSense upon written request by InvenSense or upon
150termination of this Agreement.
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1526.  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
153TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL INVENSENSE OR ANY OF
154INVENSENSE'S LICENSORS HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
155SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
156LIABILITY, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR
157OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS
158OF PROFITS, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
159DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL INVENSENSE'S LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT
160(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY LICENSEE FOR
161SOFTWARE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.  THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING
162ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY.
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1647.  MISCELLANEOUS
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1667.1.    Export Regulations. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SOFTWARE IS
167SUBJECT TO UNITED STATES AND OTHER APPLICABLE EXPORT-RELATED LAWS AND
168REGULATIONS AND THAT YOU MAY NOT EXPORT, RE-EXPORT OR TRANSFER THE SOFTWARE
169OR ANY DIRECT PRODUCT OF THE SOFTWARE EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THOSE LAWS.
170WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EXPORT, RE-EXPORT OR TRANSFER OF THE SOFTWARE
171TO CUBA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA, SUDAN AND SYRIA IS PROHIBITED.
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1737.2 Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
174benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, provided,
175however that Licensee may not assign this Agreement or any rights or
176obligation hereunder, directly or indirectly, by operation of law or
177otherwise, without the prior written consent of InvenSense, and any such
178attempted assignment shall be void.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensee
179may assign this Agreement to a successor to all or substantially all of its
180business or assets to which this Agreement relates that is not a competitor
181of InvenSense.
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1837.3.    Governing Law; Venue.  This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of
184California without regard to any conflict-of-laws rules, and the United
185Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is hereby
186excluded.  The sole jurisdiction and venue for actions related to the subject
187matter hereof shall be the state and federal courts located in the County of
188Orange, California, and both parties hereby consent to such jurisdiction and
189venue.
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1917.4.    Severability.  All terms and provisions of this Agreement shall, if
192possible, be construed in a manner which makes them valid, but in the event
193any term or provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent
194jurisdiction to be illegal or unenforceable, the validity or enforceability
195of the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected if the illegal or
196unenforceable provision does not materially affect the intent of this
197Agreement.  If the illegal or unenforceable provision materially affects the
198intent of the parties to this Agreement, this Agreement shall become
199terminated.
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2017.5.    Equitable Relief.  Licensee hereby acknowledges that its breach of this
202Agreement would cause irreparable harm and significant injury to InvenSense
203that may be difficult to ascertain and that a remedy at law would be
204inadequate.  Accordingly, Licensee agrees that InvenSense shall have the right
205to seek and obtain immediate injunctive relief to enforce obligations under
206the Agreement in addition to any other rights and remedies it may have.
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2087.6.    Waiver.  The waiver of, or failure to enforce, any breach or default
209hereunder shall not constitute the waiver of any other or subsequent breach
210or default.
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2127.7.    Entire Agreement.  This Agreement sets forth the entire Agreement
213between the parties and supersedes any and all prior proposals, agreements
214and representations between them, whether written or oral concerning the
215Software.  This Agreement may be changed only by mutual agreement of the
216parties in writing.
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