
Phad.net Legal Details & AUP
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USER AGREEMENT
This User Agreement ("Agreement") is an agreement
between Phad.net, INC., an hosting corporation ("Company")
and the party set forth in the related order form (“Customer”
or “You”) incorporated herein by reference (together
with any subsequent order forms submitted by Customer, the
"Order Form"), and applies to the purchase of
all services ordered by Customer on the Order Form (collectively,
the "Services").
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY.
BY SIGNING UP FOR THE SERVICES CREATES A CONTRACT BETWEEN
CUSTOMER AND COMPANY, CONSISTING OF THE ORDER, THE APPLICABLE
SERVICE DESCRIPTION AND THIS USER AGREEMENT AND YOU ARE
AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND
ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS
AGREEMENT, INCLUDING COMPANY'S USAGE POLICY, NO REFUND POLICY
AND ALL RELATING TERMS. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES CONSTITUTES
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. ALL USERS OF PHAD.NET SERVICES
ARE IN AN AGREEMENT AND CONTRACT TO USE THESE TERMS AT ALL
TIMES DURING SERVICES.
Acceptable Use Policy. Under this Agreement, Customer shall
comply with Company's then current Acceptable Use Policy
(“AUP & OR TERMS”), as amended, modified
or updated from time to time by Phad.net Company, which
currently can be viewed under the Legal Details section
of this web site, and which is incorporated in this Agreement
by reference. Customer hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed
the AUP and that the terms of the AUP are incorporated herein
by reference. In the event of any inconsistencies between
this Agreement and the AUP, the terms of the AUP shall govern.
Company does not intend to systematically monitor the content
that is submitted to, stored on or distributed or disseminated
by Customer via the Service (the "Customer Content").
Customer Content includes content of Customer's customers
and/or users of Customer's website. Accordingly, under this
Agreement, You will be responsible for Your customers content
and activities on Your website. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Company may
immediately take corrective action, including removal of
all or a portion of the Customer Content, disconnection
or discontinuance of any and all Services, or termination
of this Agreement in the event of notice of possible violation
by Customer of the AUP. In the event Company takes corrective
action due to a violation of the AUP, Company shall not
refund to Customer any fees paid in advance of such corrective
action. Customer hereby agrees that Company shall have no
liability to Customer or any of Customer's customers due
to any corrective action that Company may take (including,
without limitation, disconnection of Services).
Term; Termination; Cancellation Policy.
The initial term of this Agreement shall be as set forth
in the Order Form (the "Initial Term"). The Initial
Term shall begin upon commencement of the Services to Customer.
After the Initial Term, this Agreement shall automatically
renew and or customer may be contacted to renew or pay annually
in addition to the automatic renewal of all terms herein.
ADDITIONALLY AFTER THE INITIAL TERM, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, AGREE
AND AUTHORIZE COMPANY TO AUTOMATICALLY BILL AND/OR CHARGE
ON YOUR CREDIT CARD FOR SUCCESSIVE TERMS OF EQUAL LENGTH
AS THE INITIAL TERM, UNLESS TERMINATED OR CANCELLED BY EITHER
PARTY AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION. EARLY TERMINATION , FAILURE
TO USE CONTRACT & TERMS GUIDELINES FOR MOVING, USAGE
OR PAYMENT OF ALL HOSTING WEBSITES IS A TERMS VIOLATION
and SUBJECT TO FEES. The Initial Term and all successive
renewal periods shall be referred to, collectively, as the
"Term". All terms are annually and YOU THE CUSTOMER
AGREE that CLOSURE OF ACCOUNTS WITHOUT NOTICE, MOVING TO
ANOTHER HOSTING PROVIDER WITHOUT 30 DAYS WRITTEN OR EMAIL
NOTICE CONSTITUTES A BROKEN CONTRACT ON THE CUSTOMER (YOU)
BEHALF AND HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO THE CUSTOMER AND CUSTOMER
(YOU) ACKNOWLEDGE, AGREE AND AUTHORIZE COMPANY TO AUTOMATICALLY
BILL AND/OR CHARGE ON YOUR CREDIT CARD FOR ACCOUNT VIOLATION,
TERMS VIOLATION and ACCOUNT VIOLATION. IN ANY EVENT PHAD.NET
HAS SOLE DISCRETION RELATING TO CLOSED ACCOUNT, TERM VIOLATION
AND USER (YOU) ACCOUNT VIOLATIONS AND THE REMEDIES TO COMPANY
(PHAD.NET).
This Agreement may be terminated
by either party by giving the other party thirty (30) days
prior written notice or an email stating same subject to
a minimum $300.00 charge as an early cancellation fee payable
by Customer,
by Company in the event of nonpayment by Customer,
by Company, at any time, without notice, if, in Company's
sole and absolute discretion and/or judgment, Customer is
in violation of any term or condition of the this Agreement
and related agreements, AUP, or Customer's use of the Services
disrupts or, in Company's sole and absolute discretion and/or
judgment, could disrupt, Company's business operations and/or
by Company as provided herein.
If You cancel this Agreement, upon proper notice to Company,
prior to the end of the Initial Term or any Term thereafter,
You shall be obligated to pay all fees and charges accrued
prior to the effectiveness of such cancellation;
Company does not refund to You ANY pre-paid fees for ANY
hosting services OR ANY SERVICES OF PHAD.NET. Regardless
if You are not in breach of any terms and conditions of
this AUP, User Agreement, Spamming Policy or Domain Policy;
and/or
You shall be obligated to pay one hundred percent (100%)
of all charges for all services without refund at ALL TIMES.
Company may terminate this Agreement, without penalty,at
any time
if the Services are prohibited by applicable law, or become
impractical or unfeasible for any technical, legal or regulatory
reason, by giving Customer as much prior notice as reasonably
practicable; or
immediately, if Company determines that Customer’s
use of the Services, the Web site or the Customer Content
violates any Company term or condition, including this AUP,
User Agreement, Spamming Policy, or Domain Policy. If Company
cancels this Agreement prior to the end of the Term for
Your breach of this Agreement and related agreements, including
the AUP, User Agreement, Spamming Policy, or Domain Policy
or Customer's use of the Services disrupts our network,
Company shall not refund to You any fees paid in advance
of such cancellation and You shall be obligated to pay all
fees and charges accrued prior to the effectiveness of such
cancellation; further, You shall be obligated to pay 100%
of all charges for all Services for each month remaining
in the Term and Company shall have the right to charge You
an administrative fee of a minimum of up to $300.00.
Upon termination of this Agreement for any cause or reason
whatsoever, neither party shall have any further rights
or obligations under this Agreement, except as expressly
set forth herein. The provisions of Sections 2(e), 3, 4,
10, 11, 13, 15 and 16 of this Agreement shall survive the
expiration or termination of this Agreement for any cause
or reason whatsoever, and, notwithstanding the expiration
or termination of this Agreement, the parties shall each
remain liable to the other for any indebtedness or other
liability theretofore arising under this Agreement. Termination
of this Agreement and retention of pre-paid fees and charges
shall be in addition to, and not be in lieu of, any other
legal or equitable rights or remedies to which Company may
be entitled.
Customer's Responsibilities.
Customer is solely responsible for the quality, performance
and all other aspects of the Customer Content and the goods
or services provided through the Customer Web site.
Customer will cooperate fully with Company in connection
with Company’s performance of the Services. Customer
must provide any equipment or software that may be necessary
for Customer to use the Services. Delays in Customer’s
performance of its obligations under this Agreement will
extend the time for Company’s performance of its obligations
that depend on Customer’s performance on a day for
day basis. Customer will notify Company of any change in
Customer’s mailing address, telephone, electronic
mail or other contact information.
Customer assumes full responsibility for providing end users
with any required disclosure or explanation of the various
features of the Customer Web site and any goods or services
described therein, as well as any rules, terms or conditions
of use.
Because the Services permit Customer to electronically transmit
or upload content directly to the Customer Web site, Customer
shall be fully responsible for uploading all content to
the Customer Web site and supplementing, modifying and updating
the Customer Web site, including all back-ups. Customer
is also responsible for ensuring that the Customer Content
and all aspects of the Customer Web site are compatible
with the hardware and software used by Company to provide
the Services, as the same may be changed by Company from
time to time. Specifications for the hardware and software
used by Company to provide the Services will be available
on Company’s Web site. Customer shall periodically
access Company’s Web site to determine if Company
has made any changes thereto. Company shall not be responsible
for any damages to the Customer Content, the Customer Web
site or other damages or any malfunctions or service interruptions
caused by any failure of the Customer Content or any aspect
of the Customer Web site to be compatible with the hardware
and software used by Company to provide the Services.
Customer's Representations and Warranties.
Customer is solely responsible for making back-up copies
of the Customer Web site and Customer Content. We have no
warranty or ANY Service warranties in place regarding any
services we offer. At ANY TIME YOU AGREE WE MAY CLOSE, SHUTDOWN
, REBOOT, REMOVE, MOVE or NOT PROVIDE HOSTING AND OR ANY
& ALL SERVICES WITHOUT NOTICE DUE TO SOFTWARE, HARDWARE
or CONDITIONS BEYOND OUR CONTROL. YOUR FILES ARE your RESPONSIBILITY
AT ALL TIMES Company is hereby relieved of all service downtime
warranties.
Customer hereby represents and warrants to Company, and
agrees that during the Initial Term and any Term thereafter
Customer will ensure that:
Customer is the owner or valid licensee of the Customer
Content and each element thereof, and Customer has secured
all necessary licenses, consents, permissions, waivers and
releases for the use of the Customer Content and each element
thereof, including without limitation, all trademarks, logos,
names and likenesses contained therein, without any obligation
by Company to pay any fees, residuals, guild payments or
other compensation of any kind to any Person;
Customer’s use, publication and display of the Customer
Content will not infringe any copyright, patent, trademark,
trade secret or other proprietary or intellectual property
right of any person, or constitute a defamation, invasion
of privacy or violation of any right of publicity or any
other right of any person, including, without limitation,
any contractual, statutory or common law right or any “moral
right” or similar right however denominated;
Customer will comply with all applicable laws, rules and
regulations regarding the Customer Content and the Customer
Web site and will use the Customer Web site only for lawful
purposes; and
Customer has used its best efforts to ensure that the Customer
Content is and will at all times remain free of all computer
viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other malicious code.
Customer shall be solely responsible for the development,
operation and maintenance of Customer's web site, online
store and electronic commerce activities, for all products
and services offered by Customer or appearing online and
for all contents and materials appearing online or on Customer's
products, including, without limitation
the accuracy and appropriateness of the Customer Content
and content and material appearing in its store or on its
products,
ensuring that the Customer Content and content and materials
appearing in its store or on its products do not violate
or infringe upon the rights of any person, and
ensuring that the Customer Content and the content and materials
appearing in its store or on its products are not defamatory
or otherwise illegal. Customer shall be solely responsible
for accepting, processing and filling customer orders and
for handling customer inquiries or complaints. Customer
shall be solely responsible for the payment or satisfaction
of any and all taxes associated with its web site and online
store.
Customer grants Company the right to reproduce, copy, use
and distribute all and any portion of the Customer Content
to the extent needed to provide and operate the Services.
In addition to transactions entered into by Customer on
Your behalf, Customer also agrees to be bound by the terms
of this Agreement for transactions entered into on Customer’s
behalf by anyone acting as Customer’s agent, and transactions
entered into by anyone who uses Customer’s account,
whether or not the transactions were on Customer’s
behalf.
License to Company . Customer hereby grants to Company a
non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide right and license
during the Initial Term and any Term thereafter to do the
following to the extent necessary in the performance of
Services under the Order:
digitize, convert, install, upload, select, order, arrange,
compile, combine, synchronize, use, reproduce, store, process,
retrieve, transmit, distribute, publish, publicly display,
publicly perform and hyperlink the Customer Content; and
make archival or back-up copies of the Customer Content
and the Customer Web site.
Except for the rights expressly granted above, Company is
not acquiring any right, title or interest in or to the
Customer Content, all of which shall remain solely with
Customer.
Company, in its sole discretion, reserves the right (i)
to deny, cancel, suspend, transfer or alter, modify, correct,
amend, change, program, or take any other corrective action
to protect the integrity and stability of the Services (including
altering, modifying, correcting, amending, changing, programming,
or taking any other corrective action regarding any malicious
code, software or related abusive activity, Customer Content
and/or web site(s)), and/or (ii) to comply with any applicable
laws, government rules, or requirements, requests of law
enforcement, or to avoid any liability, civil or criminal.
Customer further agrees that Company shall not be liable
to Customer for any loss or damages that may result from
such conduct.
Billing and Payment.
Customer will pay to Company the service fees for the Services
in the manner set forth as yearly payments , during payment
schedule user is IN AGREEMENT WITH ALL TERMS HEREIN.
Company may increase the Service Fees (i) in the manner
permitted in the service description and (ii) at any time
on or after expiration of the Initial Term without written
notice thereof to Customer.
The Service Fees do not include any applicable sales, use,
revenue, excise or other taxes imposed by any taxing authority
with respect to the Services or any software provided hereunder
(excluding any tax on Company’s net income). All such
taxes will be added to Company’s invoices for the
fees as separate charges to be paid by Customer. All fees
are fully earned when due and non-refundable when paid.
Unless otherwise specified, all fees and related charges
shall be due and payable within thirty (30) days after the
date of the invoice. If any invoice is not paid within seven
(7) days after the date of the invoice, Company may charge
Customer a late fee of up to $150.00 for; in addition any
amounts payable to Company not paid when due will bear interest
at the rate of one and one half percent (1.5%) per month
or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, whichever
is less.
If Company collects any payment due at law or through an
attorney at law or under advice therefrom or through a collection
agency, or if Company prevails in any action to which the
Customer and Company are parties, Customer will pay all
costs of collection, arbitration and litigation, including,
without limitation, all court costs and Company’s
reasonable attorneys’ fees.
If any check is returned for insufficient funds Company
may impose a minimum processing charge of $25.00.
In the event that any amount due to Company remains unpaid
seven (7) days after such payment is due, Company, in its
sole discretion, may immediately terminate this Agreement,
and/or withhold or suspend Services.
There may be up to a $500.00 charge to reinstate accounts
that have been suspended or terminated.
Wire transfers will be assessed a minimum $35.00 charge.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, AGREE AND AUTHORIZE COMPANY TO AUTOMATICALLY
BILL AND/OR CHARGE ON YOUR CREDIT CARD FOR any credit card
chargebacks (at any date, for any service of Phad.net.)
There may be a minimum $300.00 charge for all credit card
chargebacks. In the event the card is unbillable client
will be sent an invoice which unpaid for 30 days will result
in collections notice, as AGREED in AUP AND HOSTING TERMS.
Customer acknowledges and agrees that Company may pre-charge
Customer's fees for the Services to its credit card supplied
by Customer during registration for the Initial Term.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, AGREE AND AUTHORIZE COMPANY TO AUTOMATICALLY
BILL AND/OR CHARGE ON YOUR CREDIT CARD FOR SUCCESSIVE TERMS
OF EQUAL LENGTH AS THE INITIAL TERM, UNLESS TERMINATED OR
CANCELLED BY EITHER PARTY AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 2.
Company as Reseller or Licensor. Company is acting only
as a reseller or licensor of the hardware, software and
equipment used in connection with the products and/or Services
that were or are manufactured or provided by a third party
("Non-Company Product"). Company shall not be
responsible for any changes in the Services that cause the
Non-Company Product to become obsolete, require modification
or alteration, or otherwise affect the performance of the
Services. Any malfunction or manufacturer's defects of Non-Company
Product either sold, licensed or provided by Company to
Customer or purchased directly by Customer used in connection
with the Services will not be deemed a breach of Company's
obligations under this Agreement. Any rights or remedies
Customer may have regarding the ownership, licensing, performance
or compliance of Non-Company Product are limited to those
rights extended to Customer by the manufacturer of such
Non-Company Product. Customer is entitled to use any Non-Company
Product supplied by Company only in connection with Customer's
permitted use of the Services. Customer shall use its best
efforts to protect and keep confidential all intellectual
property provided by Company to Customer through any Non-Company
Product and shall make no attempt to copy, alter, reverse
engineer, or tamper with such intellectual property or to
use it other than in connection with the Services. Customer
shall not resell, transfer, export or re-export any Non-Company
Product, or any technical data derived therefrom, in violation
of any applicable United States or foreign law.
Internet Protocol (IP) Address Ownership. If Company assigns
Customer an Internet Protocol (“IP”) address
for Customer's use, the right to use that IP address shall
belong only to Company, and Customer shall have no right
to use that IP address except as permitted by Company in
its sole and absolute discretion in connection with the
Services, during the term of this Agreement. Company shall
maintain and control ownership of all Internet Protocol
numbers and addresses that may be assigned to Customer by
Company, and Company reserves the right to change or remove
any and all such Internet Protocol numbers and addresses,
in its sole and absolute discretion.
Caching. Customer expressly
grants to Company a license to cache the entirety of the
Customer Content and Customer's web site, including content
supplied by third parties, hosted by Company under this
Agreement and
agrees that such caching is not an infringement of any of
Customer's intellectual property rights or any third party's
intellectual property rights.
CPU Usage. Customer agrees that Customer shall not use excessive
amounts of CPU processing on any of Company's servers. Any
violation of this policy may result in corrective action
by Company, including assessment of additional charges,
disconnection or discontinuance of any and all Services,
or termination of this Agreement, which actions may be taken
in Company's sole and absolute discretion. If Company takes
any corrective action under this section, Customer shall
not be entitled to a refund of any fees paid in advance
prior to such action.
Bandwidth and Disk Usage. Company shall provide Customer
with a large volume of bandwidth, disk space and other resources,
such as email and/or file-transfer-protocol ("FTP")
accounts. The Services are intended for normal use only.
Any activity that results in excessive usage inconsistent
with normal usage patterns is strictly prohibited. Customer
agrees that such bandwidth and disk usage shall not exceed
the amounts set by Company for the Services (the "Agreed
Usage"). These allotments are optimized and dedicated
towards serving the Content and Customer's electronic mail
services related solely to Customer's web hosting account(s)
with Company. Customer shall not use any bandwidth and/or
disk usage for materials other than the Customer’s
Web site, Customer Content and/or Customer's electronic
mail services. For example, Customer may not use bandwidth
or disk usage as offsite storage area for electronic files
or as a provisioning service for third party electronic
mail or FTP hosts. Company will monitor Customer's bandwidth
and disk usage. Company, in its sole discretion, shall have
the right to take any corrective action if Customer's bandwidth
or disk usage exceeds the Agreed Usage or other improper
storage or usage. Such corrective action may include the
assessment of additional charges, disconnection or discontinuance
of any and all Services, removal or deletion of Customer’s
Web site, Customer Content, Customer's electronic mail services
and/or other materials or termination of this Agreement,
which actions may be taken in Company's sole and absolute
discretion. If Company takes any such corrective action
under this section, Customer shall not be entitled to a
refund or credit of any fees paid prior to such action.
Customer will comply with all applicable laws, rules and
regulations regarding Customer’s Web site, Customer
Content and/or Customer's electronic mail services and will
each, including bandwidth, disk space and other resources
only for lawful purposes. Customer may not utilize: the
Services to copy material from third parties (including
text, graphics, music, videos or other copyrightable material)
without proper authorization; the Services to misappropriate
or infringe the patents, copyrights, trademarks or other
intellectual property rights of any third party; the Services
to traffic in illegal drugs, illegal gambling, obscene materials
or other any products or services that are prohibited under
applicable law; the Services to export encryption software
to points outside the United States in violation of applicable
export control laws; the Services to forge or misrepresent
message headers, whether in whole or in part, to mask the
originator of the message. If Company learns or discovers
that Customer is violating any law related to Customer’s
Web site, Customer Content and/or Customer's electronic
mail services, use of bandwidth, disk usage or Agreed Usage,
Company maybe obligated to inform the necessary law enforcement
and/or any related agency(ies) of such conduct and may provide
such agency(ies) with information related to Customer, Customer’s
Web site, Customer Content and/or Customer's electronic
mail. Fees may be implimented for over usage at Phad.net
discretion.
Parked Domain Services. In addition to the applicable terms
and conditions contained herein:
If Customer signs up to register and park a domain name
with Company, Customer agrees to pay Company the annual
fee a set forth on our web site (the “Parked Page
Services”). Customer’s annual billing date will
be determined based on the month Customer establishes the
Parked Page Services with Company. Payments are non-refundable.
If for any reason Company is unable to charge Customer’s
payment method for the full amount owed Company for the
service provided, or if Company is charged a penalty for
any fee it previously charged to Your payment method, Customer
agrees that Company may pursue all available remedies in
order to obtain payment. Customer agrees that among the
remedies Company may pursue in order to effect payment,
shall include but will not be limited to, immediate cancellation
without notice to Customer of Customer’s service.
Company reserves the right to charge a reasonable service
fee for administrative tasks outside the scope of its regular
services. These include, but are not limited to, customer
service issues that cannot be handled over email but require
personal service, and disputes that require legal services.
These charges will be billed to the payment method we have
on file for Customer.
Customer agrees to be responsible for notifying Company
should Customer desire to terminate use of any of the Parked
Page Services, including, but not limited to, those purchased.
Notification of Customer’s intent to terminate must
be provided to Company no earlier than thirty (30) days
prior to Customer’s billing date but no later than
ten (10) days prior to the billing date. In the absence
of notification from Customer, Company will automatically
continue the Parked Page Services indefinitely and will
charge Customer’s payment method that is on file with
Company, at Company's then current rates. It is Customer’s
responsibility to keep their payment method information
current, which includes the expiration date if using a credit
card. In the event Customer terminates the Parked Page Services,
moving their web site off of the Company hosting servers
is Customer’s responsibility. Company will not transfer
or FTP such web site to another provider. Any change by
Customer of their name-server is not deemed cancellation
of the Parked Page Services.
Company will provide Customer with the Parked Page Services
as long as Customer abides by the terms and conditions set
forth herein and in each of Company's policies and procedures.
By using any of the Parked Pages Services, Customer agrees
that Company may point the domain name or DNS to one of
Company's or Company's affiliates web pages, and that they
may place advertising on Customer’s web page and that
Company specifically reserves this right. Customer shall
have no right to any compensation and shall not be entitled
and shall have no right to receive any funds related to
the monetization of Customer’s Parked Pages.
Customer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Company for
any complications arising out of use of the Parked Page
Services, including, but not limited to, actions Company
chooses to take to remedy Customer’s improper or illegal
use of a web site hosted by Company. Customer agrees it
is not be entitled to a refund of any fees paid to Company
if, for any reason, Company takes corrective action with
respect to any improper or illegal use of the Parked Page
Services.
If a dispute arises as a result of one or more of Customer’s
Parked Pages, Customer will indemnify, defend and hold Company
harmless for damages arising out of such dispute. Customer
also agrees that if Company is notified that a complaint
has been filed with a governmental, administrative or judicial
body, regarding a web site hosted by Company, that Company,
in its sole discretion, may take whatever action Company
deems necessary regarding further modification, assignment
of and/or control of the web site to comply with the actions
or requirements of the governmental, administrative or judicial
body until such time as the dispute is settled.
Property Rights.
Company hereby grants to Customer a limited, non-exclusive,
non-transferable, royalty-free license, exercisable solely
during the term of this Agreement, to use Company technology,
products and services solely for the purpose of accessing
and using the Services. Customer may not use Company’s
technology for any purpose other than accessing and using
the Services. Except for the rights expressly granted above,
this Agreement does not transfer from Company to Customer
any Company technology, and all rights, titles and interests
in and to any Company technology shall remain solely with
Company. Customer shall not, directly or indirectly, reverse
engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to
derive source code or other trade secrets from any of the
Company.
Company owns all right, title and interest in and to the
Services and Company's trade names, trademarks, service
marks, inventions, copyrights, trade secrets, patents, know-how
and other intellectual property rights relating to the design,
function, marketing, promotion, sale and provision of the
Services and the related hardware, software and systems
("Marks"). Noting in this Agreement constitutes
a license to Customer to use or resell the Marks.
Disclaimer of Warranty. Customer agrees to use all Services
and any information obtained through or from Company, at
Customer's own risk. Customer acknowledges and agrees that
Company exercises no control over, and accepts no responsibility
for, the content of the information passing through Company's
host computers, network hubs and points of presence or the
Internet. THE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE
PROVIDED ON AN AS IS, AS AVAILABLE BASIS. NONE OF COMPANY,
ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS, OR ANY
OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS,
AFFILIATES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, SUPPLIERS, THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION
PROVIDERS, MERCHANTS, LICENSORS OR THE LIKE (EACH, AN "COMPANY
PERSON") MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT,
FOR THE SERVICES OR ANY EQUIPMENT COMPANY PROVIDES. NO COMPANY
PERSON MAKES ANY WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES WILL NOT BE
INTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO ANY OF THEM MAKE ANY WARRANTIES
AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE
SERVICES OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF
ANY INFORMATION, SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE CONTAINED IN OR
PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES. COMPANY IS NOT LIABLE, AND
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY, FOR THE CONTENT OF ANY
DATA TRANSFERRED EITHER TO OR FROM CUSTOMER OR STORED BY
CUSTOMER OR ANY OF CUSTOMER'S CUSTOMERS VIA THE SERVICES
PROVIDED BY COMPANY. NO ORAL ADVICE OR WRITTEN INFORMATION
GIVEN BY ANY COMPANY PERSON, WILL CREATE A WARRANTY; NOR
MAY YOU RELY ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE. IN ANY EVENT
COMPANY IS NOT LIABLE FOR SERVICES IN ANY FORM, ALL SERVICES
ARE "AS IS". The terms of this section shall survive
any termination of this Agreement.
Limited Warranty.
COMPANY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY
KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES OR
ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY
RIGHTS, AND COMPANY HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS THE SAME.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, ANY THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE
PROVIDED TO CUSTOMER HEREUNDER IS PROVIDED “AS IS”
WITHOUT ANY CONDITION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER. COMPANY DOES
NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE
OR COMPLETELY SECURE.
Limitation of Liability.
IN NO EVENT WILL COMPANY’S LIABILITY IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SERVICES, ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER OR ANY
ORDER, WHETHER CAUSED BY FAILURE TO DELIVER, NON-PERFORMANCE,
DEFECTS, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE AGGREGATE
SERVICE FEES PAID TO COMPANY BY CUSTOMER DURING THE 12-MONTH
PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO SUCH
LIABILITY.
COMPANY CANNOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS SERVICE, SERVICE AT
ANY PARTICULAR TIME, INTEGRITY OF DATA, INFORMATION OR CONTENT
STORED OR TRANSMITTED VIA THE INTERNET. COMPANY WILL NOT
BE LIABLE FOR ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR ANY CORRUPTION,
ERASURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION, ALTERATION OR INADVERTENT DISCLOSURE
OF, DATA, INFORMATION OR CONTENT TRANSMITTED, RECEIVED OR
STORED ON ITS SYSTEM.
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED BELOW, NEITHER PARTY SHALL
BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY TO THE OTHER PARTY OR ANY OTHER PERSON
FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA
OR COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS, LICENSES OR
SERVICES OR SIMILAR ECONOMIC LOSS, OR FOR ANY PUNITIVE,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SIMILAR
DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT, UNDER
ANY WARRANTY OR OTHER RIGHT HEREUNDER, ARISING OUT OF OR
IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF
ANY ORDER, OR FOR ANY CLAIM AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY BY A
THIRD PARTY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH CLAIM OR DAMAGES.
The limitations contained in this Section apply to all causes
of action in the aggregate, whether based in contract, tort
or any other legal theory (including strict liability),
other than claims based on fraud or willful misconduct.
The limitations contained in Section 15(c) shall not apply
to Customer’s indemnification obligations.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
Company's maximum liability under this Agreement for all
damages, losses, costs and causes of actions from any and
all claims (whether in contract, tort, including negligence,
quasi-contract, statutory or otherwise) shall not exceed
the actual dollar amount paid by Customer for the Services
which gave rise to such damages, losses and causes of actions
during the 12-month period prior to the date the damage
or loss occurred or the cause of action arose.
Customer understands, acknowledges and agrees that if Company
takes any corrective action under this Agreement because
of an action of Customer or one if its customers or a reseller,
that corrective action may adversely affect other customers
of Customer or other reseller customers, and Customer agrees
that Company shall have no liability to Customer, any of
its customers or any Reseller Customer due to such corrective
action by Company.
This limitation of liability reflects an informed, voluntary
allocation between the parties of the risks (known and unknown)
that may exist in connection with this Agreement. The terms
of this section shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
Indemnification. Customer agrees to indemnify, defend and
hold harmless Company and its parent, subsidiary and affiliated
companies Phad.net, and each of their respective officers,
directors, employees, shareholders, attorneys and agents
(each an "indemnified party" and, collectively,
"indemnified parties") from and against any and
all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, suits, actions,
demands, proceedings (whether legal or administrative),
and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorney's fees) threatened, asserted, or filed by a third
party against any of the indemnified parties arising out
of or relating to Customer's use of the Services, (ii) any
violation by Customer of the AUP, (iii) any breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant of Customer contained
in this Agreement or (iv) any acts or omissions of Customer.
The terms of this section shall survive any termination
of this Agreement.
Miscellaneous.
Independent Contractor. Company and Customer are independent
contractors and nothing contained in this Agreement places
Company and Customer in the relationship of principal and
agent, master and servant, partners or joint venturers.
Neither party has, expressly or by implication, or may represent
itself as having, any authority to make contracts or enter
into any agreements in the name of the other party, or to
obligate or bind the other party in any manner whatsoever.
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this
Agreement, the formation of this Agreement or the breach
of this Agreement, including any claim based upon arising
from an alleged tort, shall be governed by the substantive
laws of the State of Arizona. The United Nations Convention
on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not
apply to this Agreement. ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING
CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT MUST BE BROUGHT IN A STATE OR
FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN South Carolina, AND EACH OF THE
PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
OF SUCH COURTS (AND OF THE APPROPRIATE APPELLATE COURTS
THEREFROM) IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE
LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING
IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING
WHICH IS BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM.
Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only and
are not part of this Agreement.
Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement, including
documents incorporated herein by reference, supersedes all
prior discussions, negotiations and agreements between the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and this
Agreement constitutes the sole and entire agreement between
the parties with respect to the matters covered hereby.
In case of a conflict between this Agreement and any purchase
order, service order, work order, confirmation, correspondence
or other communication of Customer or Company, the terms
and conditions of this Agreement shall control. No additional
terms or conditions relating to the subject matter of this
Agreement shall be effective unless approved in writing
by any authorized representative of Customer and Company.
This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by
another agreement in writing executed by the parties hereto;
provided, however, that these Terms of Service may be modified
from time to time by Company in its sole discretion, which
modifications will be effective upon posting to Company's
web site without notice.
Severability. All rights and restrictions contained in this
Agreement may be exercised and shall be applicable and binding
only to the extent that they do not violate any applicable
laws and are intended to be limited to the extent necessary
so that they will not render this Agreement illegal, invalid
or unenforceable. If any provision or portion of any provision
of this Agreement shall be held to be illegal, invalid or
unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is
the intention of the parties that the remaining provisions
or portions thereof shall constitute their agreement with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and all such remaining
provisions or portions thereof shall remain in full force
and effect.
Notices. All notices and demands required or contemplated
hereunder by one party to the other shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly made and given upon
date of delivery if delivered in person or by an overnight
delivery or postal service, upon receipt if delivered by
facsimile the receipt of which is confirmed by the recipient,
or upon the expiration of five days after the date of posting
if mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, to the addresses
or facsimile numbers set forth below the parties’
signatures. Either party may change its address or facsimile
number for purposes of this Agreement by notice in writing
to the other party as provided herein. Company may give
written notice to Customer via electronic mail to the Customer’s
electronic mail address as maintained in Company’s
billing records.
Waiver. No failure or delay by any party hereto to exercise
any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
right or remedy by any party preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.
No express waiver or assent by any party hereto to any breach
of or default in any term or condition of this Agreement
shall constitute a waiver of or an assent to any succeeding
breach of or default in the same or any other term or condition
hereof.
Assignment; Successors. Customer may not assign or transfer
this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations hereunder,
without the prior written consent of Company. Any attempted
assignment in violation of the foregoing provision shall
be null and void and of no force or effect whatsoever. Company
may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement,
and may engage subcontractors or agents in performing its
duties and exercising its rights hereunder, without the
consent of Customer. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Limitation of Actions. No action, regardless of form, arising
by reason of or in connection with this Agreement may be
brought by either party more than 60 days after the cause
of action has arisen. In the event a suit is places against
Phad.net you agree all sites hosted with Phad.net will be
closed and removed immediatly. YOU AGREE Phad.net IS NOT
LIABLE FOR DOWNTIME OR LOSS OF SITE AVAILABILITY AT ANY
TIME, MOVING YOUR WEBSITE WITHOUT NOTIFYING PHAD.NET 30
DAYS IN ADVANCE, RELOCATING YOUR SERVICES AT ALL OR NOT
ALLOWING ACCESS TO YOUR SITE DURING SERVER UPDATES CONSTITES
YOUR ABANDONMENT AND CHOICE TO LEAVE YOUR ACCOUNT AND VIOLATE
OUR AUP AND TERMS. ANY CHARGEBACKS RELATING TO THIS CLOSURE
FOR SERVICES STILL UNDER CONTRACT , WHICH CLIENT AGREES
TO UPHOLD BY USING SAID SERVICES , WILL RESULT IN A MINIMUM
$300 FEE.
Counterparts. If this Agreement is signed manually, it may
be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument. If this Agreement
is signed electronically, Company’s records of such
execution shall be presumed accurate unless proven otherwise.
If this is not manually signed user agrees to all terms
regardless as usage states full knowledge of site and AUP
terms.
Force Majeure. Neither party is liable for any default or
delay in the performance of any of its obligations under
this Agreement (other than failure to make payments when
due) if such default or delay is caused, directly or indirectly,
by forces beyond such party’s reasonable control,
including, without limitation, fire, flood, acts of God,
labor disputes, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, interruptions
of transportation or communications, supply shortages or
the failure of any third party to perform any commitment
relative to the production or delivery of any equipment
or material required for such party to perform its obligations
hereunder.
No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement is
intended, nor shall anything herein be construed to confer
any rights, legal or equitable, in any Person other than
the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Customer acknowledges
and agrees that Microsoft, and any supplier of third-party
supplier that is identified as a third-party beneficiary
in the Service Description, is an intended third-party beneficiary
of the provisions set forth in this Agreement as they relate
specifically to its products or services and shall have
the right to enforce directly the terms and conditions of
this Agreement with respect to its products or services
against Customer as if it were a party to this Agreement.
Government Regulations. Customer may not export, re-export,
transfer or make available, whether directly or indirectly,
any regulated item or information to anyone outside the
United States in connection with this Agreement without
first complying with all export control laws and regulations
which may be imposed by the United States government and
any country or organization of nations within whose jurisdiction
Customer operates or does business.
Marketing. Customer agrees that during the term of this
Agreement Company may publicly refer to Customer, orally
and in writing, as a customer of Company. Any other public
reference to Customer by Company requires the written consent
of Customer.
Revised: January 2007
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SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION AND REPORTING AGREEMENT
This Search Engine Optimization and Reporting Agreement
("Agreement") is hereby entered into between Phad.net,
INC. (hereinafter referred to as "Company") and
the party set forth in the related order form ("Customer"
or "you") incorporated herein by this reference
(together with any subsequent order forms submitted by Customer,
the "Order Form") and applies to the purchase
of all Search Engine Optimization and Reporting Services
(hereinafter collectively referred to as "SEO Services")
ordered by Customer.
TERM AND TERMINATION. This Agreement shall be effective
as of the time frame set forth on the Order Form. This Agreement
may be terminated by either party upon written notice to
the other, if the other party breaches any material obligation
provided hereunder and the breaching party fails to cure
such breach within thirty (30) days of receipt of the notice.
This Agreement may be terminated by Company (i) immediately
if Customer fails to pay any fees hereunder; or (ii) if
Customer fails to cooperate with Company or hinders Company’s
ability to perform the SEO Services hereunder.
SEO SERVICES. Company agrees to provide Customer with SEO
Services as described in the Order Form and this Agreement.
Company is authorized to use the specific keywords and/or
phases set forth in the Order Form for development, improving
the ranking of, and/or positioning the contents of the Customer’s
URL(s) (as set forth in the Order Form) in search engines
and/or directories. SEO Services are intended to provide
the Customer with preferential positioning in selected search
engines and report results on an ongoing and timely basis.
SEO Services include:
Research keywords and phrases to select appropriate, relevant
search terms. The number of keywords is set forth in the
Order Form. Additional keyword purchases will require a
separate Order Form.
Submit Customer’s pages to search engines and directories
as set forth in the Order Form or this Agreement.
Create positioning reports showing rankings in the major
search engines and under which keywords.
FEES. Customer agrees to pay Company the fee(s) as stated
in Order Form. The fee(s) must be received prior to the
start of any SEO Services.
CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITIES. For the purposes of providing
these services, Customer agrees:
To provide Company with FTP access to its web sites for
uploading new pages, and making changes for the purpose
of SEO Services optimization or approval to go through a
third party.
To authorize Company use of all Customer’s logos,
trademarks, Web site images, etc., for use in creating informational
pages and any other uses as deemed necessary by Company
for search engine positioning and optimization.
That if Customer’s web site(s) is light in textual
content, Customer will provide additional relevant text
content in electronic format for the purpose of creating
additional web pages. Customer agrees to provide content,
for example 200 to 500 word “articles” about
each of their keyword phrases.
SEARCH ENGINES. Selected search engine submissions include:
AOL
Alta Vista
About
Google
All The Web
Excite
Hot Bot
Looksmart
MSN
Lycos
Yahoo [web pages only]
Netscape
* Top Major SE and SE names may change without notice
CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Customer understands, acknowledges
and agrees that:
Company has no control over the policies of search engines
or directories with respect to the type of sites and/or
content that they accept now or in the future. Customer’s
web site(s) may be excluded from any search engine or directory
at any time at the sole discretion of the search engine
or directory entity. Company will resubmit those pages that
have been dropped from the index.
Some search engines and directories may take as long as
two (2) to four (4) months, and in some cases longer, after
submission to list Customer’s web site(s).
Occasionally, search engines and directories will stop accepting
submissions for an indefinite period of time.
Occasionally, search engines and directories will drop listings
for no apparent or predictable reason. Often listing will
“reappear” without any additional submissions.
Should the listing not reappear, Company will re-submit
the web site(s) based on the current policies of the search
engine or directory in question.
Some search engines and directories offer expedited listing
services for a fee. Company encourages Customer to take
advantage of these expedited services. Customer is responsible
for all expedited service fees unless otherwise noted in
the Order Form.
WEB SITE CHANGES. Company is not responsible for changes
made to Customer’s web site(s) by other parties that
adversely affect the search engine or directory rankings
of Customer’s web site(s).
ADDITIONAL SERVICES. Additional services not listed herein
or in Order Form will be provided for up to $100.00 per
hour. Company is not responsible for Customer’s overwriting
SEO Services work to Customer’s web site(s). Customer
will be charged an additional fee for re-constructing meta-tags,
keywords, content, etc based on the hourly rate of up to
$100.00 per hour.
INDEMNIFICATION. Customer shall indemnify and hold harmless
Company (and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents,
co-branders or other partners, and employees) from any and
all claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including,
but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees and all related
costs and expenses) incurred by Company as a result of any
claim, judgment, or adjudication against Company related
to or arising from (a) any photographs, illustrations, graphics,
audio clips, video clips, text, data or any other information,
content, display, or material (whether written, graphic,
sound, or otherwise) provided by Customer to Company (the
"Customer Content"), or (b) a claim that Company's
use of the Customer Content infringes the intellectual property
rights of a third party. To qualify for such defense and
payment, Company must: (i) give Customer prompt written
notice of a claim; and (ii) allow Customer to control, and
fully cooperate with Customer in, the defense and all related
negotiations.
DISCLAIMER OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES. COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT
THAT THE SEO SERVICES WILL MEET THE CUSTOMER’S EXPECTATIONS
OR REQUIREMENTS. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE
IS WITH CUSTOMER. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THIS
AGREEMENT, COMPANY PROVIDES ITS SERVICES "AS IS"
AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT
(A) THE LIMITED WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION ARE
THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE WARRANTIES PROVIDED BY EACH PARTY,
AND (B) EACH PARTY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, PERFORMANCE OR INABILITY TO
PERFORM UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THE CONTENT, AND EACH PARTY’S
COMPUTING AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. IF ANY PROVISION OF THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL, VOID, OR FOR ANY REASON UNENFORCEABLE,
THEN THAT PROVISION SHALL BE DEEMED SEVERABLE FROM THIS
AGREEMENT AND SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY
OF ANY REMAINING PROVISIONS.
LIMITED LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY BE LIABLE
TO CUSTOMER FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES
ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE,
LOST PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT FORESEEABLE OR ALLEGED TO BE
BASED ON BREACH OF WARRANTY, CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT
LIABILITY, ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, LOSS OF DATA, OR
ANY PERFORMANCE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY
HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY
LIMITED REMEDY PROVIDED HEREIN. THERE SHALL BE NO REFUNDS.
COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, WITH REGARD TO ANY THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS, THIRD
PARTY CONTENT OR ANY SOFTWARE, EQUIPMENT, OR HARDWARE OBTAINED
FROM THIRD PARTIES.
CUSTOMER REPRESENTATIONS. Customer makes the following
representations and warranties for the benefit of Company:
Customer represents to Company and unconditionally guarantees
that any elements of text, graphics, photos, designs, trademarks,
or other artwork furnished to Company are owned by Customer,
or that Customer has permission from the rightful owner
to use each of these elements, and will hold harmless, protect,
and defend Company and its subcontractors from any claim
or suit arising from the use of such elements furnished
by Customer.
Customer guarantees any elements of text, graphics, photos,
designs, trademarks, or other artwork provided to Company
for inclusion on the website above are owned by Customer,
or that Customer has received permission from the rightful
owner(s) to use each of the elements, and will hold harmless,
protect, and defend Company and its subcontractors from
any liability or suit arising from the use of such elements.
From time to time governments enact laws and levy taxes
and tariffs affecting Internet electronic commerce. Customer
agrees that the client is solely responsible for complying
with such laws, taxes, and tariffs, and will hold harmless,
protect, and defend Company and its subcontractors from
any claim, suit, penalty, tax, or tariff arising from Customer’s
exercise of Internet electronic commerce.
CONFIDENTIALITY. The parties agree to hold each other's
Proprietary or Confidential Information in strict confidence.
"Proprietary or Confidential Information" shall
include, but is not limited to, written or oral contracts,
trade secrets, know-how, business methods, business policies,
memoranda, reports, records, computer retained information,
notes, or financial information. Proprietary or Confidential
Information shall not include any information which: (i)
is or becomes generally known to the public by any means
other than a breach of the obligations of the receiving
party; (ii) was previously known to the receiving party
or rightly received by the receiving party from a third
party; (iii) is independently developed by the receiving
party; or (iv) is subject to disclosure under court order
or other lawful process. The parties agree not to make each
other's Proprietary or Confidential Information available
in any form to any third party or to use each other's Proprietary
or Confidential Information for any purpose other than as
specified in this Agreement. Each party's proprietary or
confidential information shall remain the sole and exclusive
property of that party. The parties agree that in the event
of use or disclosure by the other party other than as specifically
provided for in this Agreement, the non-disclosing party
may be entitled to equitable relief. Notwithstanding termination
or expiration of this Agreement, Company and Customer acknowledge
and agree that their obligations of confidentiality with
respect to Proprietary or Confidential Information shall
continue in effect for a total period of three (3) years
from the effective date.
FORCE MAJEURE. Neither party will be liable for, or will
be considered to be in breach of or default under this Agreement
on account of, any delay or failure to perform as required
by this Agreement as a result of any causes or conditions
that are beyond such Party’s reasonable control and
that such Party is unable to overcome through the exercise
of commercially reasonable diligence. If any force majeure
event occurs, the affected Party will give prompt written
notice to the other Party and will use commercially reasonable
efforts to minimize the impact of the event.
RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES. Company, in rendering performance
under this Agreement, shall be deemed an independent contractor
and nothing contained herein shall constitute this arrangement
to be employment, a joint venture, or a partnership. Customer
does not undertake by this Agreement, the Order Form or
otherwise to perform any obligation of Company, whether
by regulation or contract. In no way is Company to be construed
as the agent or to be acting as the agent of Customer in
any respect, any other provisions of this Agreement notwithstanding.
NOTICE AND PAYMENT. Any notice required to be given under
this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered personally
to the other designated party at the addresses listed in
the Order Form mailed by certified, registered or Express
mail, return receipt requested or by Federal Express. Either
party may change its address to which notice or payment
is to be sent by written notice to the other under any provision
of this paragraph.
JURISDICTION/DISPUTES. This Agreement shall be governed
in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona. All
disputes under this Agreement shall be resolved by litigation
in the courts of the State of Arizona including the federal
courts therein and the Parties all consent to the jurisdiction
of such courts, agree to accept service of process by mail,
and hereby waive any jurisdictional or venue defenses otherwise
available to it.
AGREEMENT BINDING ON SUCCESSORS. The provisions of the
Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit
of the Parties hereto, their heirs, administrators, successors
and assigns.
ASSIGNABILITY. Customer may not assign this Agreement or
the rights and obligations thereunder to any third party
without the prior express written approval of Company. Company
reserves the right to assign subcontractors as needed to
this project to ensure on-time completion.
WAIVER. No waiver by either party of any default shall
be deemed as a waiver of prior or subsequent default of
the same of other provisions of this Agreement.
SEVERABILITY. If any term, clause or provision hereof is
held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity shall not affect the validity or operation
of any other term, clause or provision and such invalid
term, clause or provision shall be deemed to be severed
from the Agreement.
INTEGRATION. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding
of the Parties, and revokes and supersedes all prior agreements
between the Parties and is intended as a final expression
of their Agreement. It shall not be modified or amended
except in writing signed by the Parties hereto and specifically
referring to this Agreement. This Agreement shall take precedence
over any other documents which may conflict with this Agreement.
NO INFERENCE AGAINST AUTHOR. No provision of this Agreement
shall be interpreted against any Party because such Party
or its legal representative drafted such provision.
DISPUTES. Customer and Company agree to make a good-faith
effort to resolve any disagreement arising out of, or in
connection with, this Agreement through negotiation. Should
the parties fail to resolve any such disagreement within
ten (10) days, any controversy or claim arising out of or
relating to this Agreement, including, without limitation,
the interpretation or breach thereof, shall be submitted
by either party to arbitration in Maricopa County, Arizona
and in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules
of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration
shall be conducted by one arbitrator, who shall be (a) selected
in the sole discretion of the American Arbitration Association
administrator and (b) a licensed attorney with at least
ten (10) years experience in the practice of law and at
least five (5) years experience in the negotiation of technology
contracts or litigation of technology disputes. The arbitrator
shall have the power to enter any award that could be entered
by a judge of the state courts of Arizona sitting without
a jury, and only such power, except that the arbitrator
shall not have the power to award punitive damages, treble
damages, or any other damages which are not compensatory,
even if permitted under the laws of the State of Arizona
or any other applicable law. The arbitrator must issue his
or her resolution of any dispute within thirty (30) days
of the date the dispute is submitted for arbitration. The
written decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding
and enforceable in any court having jurisdiction over the
parties and the subject matter of the arbitration. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section shall not preclude either party
from seeking temporary, provisional, or injunctive relief
from any court.
READ AND UNDERSTOOD. Each Party acknowledges that it has
read and understands this Agreement and agrees to be bound
by its terms and conditions.
DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE. Each Party warrants that
their representative whose signature appears below is duly
authorized by all necessary and appropriate corporate actions
to execute this Agreement.
Revised: February 2007