Excerpt from the MA... fwiw..

From the termination of the Commercialization Agreement until one year from the date thereof, Patriot shall not contact or enter into discussions or negotiations with, or enter into license agreements, settlement agreements, or other similar agreements with respect to the MSD Patents, or pursue any litigation or other dispute resolution involving claims related to the MSD Patents with regard to any potential licensee with whom TPL is engaged in active negotiations at the time of the termination of the Commercialization Agreement

6.2 Retention of Rights; No Action With Respect to the MSD Patents. Patriot and TPL shall retain all of their respective rights with respect to the MSD Patents, except those rights to the MSD Patents transferred by Patriot and TPL to P-Newco pursuant to the Newco Licenses and the Merger Agreement. From the date hereof until the termination of the Commercialization Agreement, neither Patriot nor any of its Representatives shall take any action with respect to those matters concerning which TPL is authorized to act on behalf of the parties pursuant to the Commercialization Agreement and the Grant referred to therein, including, but not limited to, contacting, pursuing litigation against, or entering into discussions or negotiations with potential infringers, entering into license agreements, settlement agreements, or other similar agreements with respect to the MSD Patents, or selling or otherwise transferring any interest in the MSD Patents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 7.7, Patriot shall be entitled to take all actions contemplated by Section 7.1 of this Agreement. From the termination of the Commercialization Agreement until one year from the date thereof, Patriot shall not contact or enter into discussions or negotiations with, or enter into license agreements, settlement agreements, or other similar agreements with respect to the MSD Patents, or pursue any litigation or other dispute resolution involving claims related to the MSD Patents with regard to any potential licensee with whom TPL is engaged in active negotiations at the time of the termination of the Commercialization Agreement and identified in writing by TPL within five (5) days after such termination ("Active Potential Licensees").

http://www.otcmarkets.com/edgar/GetFilingHtml?FilingID=3740542

corrections welcomed

The next question is, can the CA be terminated in some way inorder to prevent this BS covenant form being activated..?