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eMedia Policies
eMedia Technologies, Inc.
StoreSense / ProStores Hosting Merchant User Agreement
This Merchant User Agreement ("Agreement") is between you, the user,
together with any company or other business entity you are representing, if
any (collectively, "You"), and eMedia Technologies, Inc. , an Indiana
corporation, the StoreSense / ProStores Hosting (“StoreSense / ProStores
Hosting”) service provider (“Reseller”).
Reseller provides StoreSense / ProStores software programs ("Software")
that enable merchants to build online stores through which they can sell their
products and services online (“Store”). Reseller also provides
merchants services, including hosting of the online store, site design, email
services, marketing services, domain name registration, and other related services
as may be offered from time to time (collectively, "Services").
This Agreement is effective upon Your acceptance in registration for StoreSense
/ ProStores Hosting services with Reseller. By accepting this Agreement and
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including those terms
and conditions that are set forth on the Resellers website located at www.eMediaWebTools.com
that are incorporated herein by reference and may be accessed through URL’s
in this Agreement, Reseller will provide You with a limited license to use
the Software and receive the Services.
By accepting this Agreement, You further agree to be bound by any amendments
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or to such terms and conditions
as are incorporated herein by reference. Except as stated below, all amended
terms shall automatically be effective thirty (30) days after they are initially
posted on the Resellers Site.
You authorize Reseller to process any and all of Your StoreSense / ProStores
Hosting account transactions initiated through the use of the password and/or
passphrase that You establish through registration and You are solely responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality of such password and/or passphrase.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing, this Agreement will not
bind Reseller unless You meet the eligibility criteria for entering into this
Agreement as set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement.
1. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
The Software license and Services are available only to, and may only be used
by individuals who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law.
Without limiting the foregoing, the Software and Services are not available
to children (persons under the age of 18). If You are registering as a business
entity, You represent that You have the authority to bind the entity to this
Agreement. Reseller uses many techniques to verify the accuracy of the information
You provide when You register . If for any reason, Reseller, in its sole
discretion, believes such information to be incorrect, it reserves the right,
without provision of any notice to You, to revoke any and all licenses under
this Agreement or to refuse to provide the Software license and Services
under this Agreement to You.
2. STORESENSE / PROSTORES SOFTWARE AND TRADEMARK OWNERSHIP AND LICENSES.
2.1 SOFTWARE OWNERSHIP.
StoreSense / ProStores Software provided by Reseller, and all worldwide intellectual
property rights therein, are the exclusive property of StoreSense / ProStores.
All rights in and to the Software not expressly granted to You in this Agreement
are reserved by StoreSense / ProStores.
2.2 SOFTWARE LICENSE.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Reseller grants to You
a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, limited license to remotely
access via a web browser and use the Software on servers operated by or for
Reseller ("Resellers Servers") solely for the purpose of building
and maintaining an interactive store hosted by the Resellers Servers on which
You offer Your or a third party's products or services ("Your Store").
2.3 SOFTWARE LICENSE RESTRICTIONS.
You acknowledge that the Software and its structure, organization, and source
code constitute valuable trade secrets of StoreSense / ProStores, Inc. Accordingly,
except as expressly allowed under Section 2.2, You will not, either directly
or through a third party, (a) modify, adapt, alter, translate, or create
derivative works from the Software; (b) distribute, sublicense, lease, rent,
loan, or otherwise transfer the Software to any third party; (c) reverse
engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source
code for the Software (d) access the StoreSense / ProStores Hosting database
other than by means of the Software and included XTE or API provided by Reseller
or (e) transfer your interest in and to Your Store to any third party.
2.4 STORESENSE / PROSTORES AND RESELLER TRADEMARK OWNERSHIP, LICENSE AND RESTRICTIONS.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and upon Your election
to use and pay applicable fees (if any) for certain features of the Software,
Reseller grants to You a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, royalty-free
license (without the right to grant sublicenses) to use and reproduce Reseller
and or StoreSense / ProStores trademarks provided to you by Reseller under
this Agreement (“Reseller Marks”), ("StoreSense / ProStores
Marks"), solely for use in the display on those locations on Your Store's
web pages as designated by Reseller in its sole discretion, and solely in
accordance with Resellers Trademarks Use Policy, that is incorporated herein
by reference and that Reseller may periodically change from time to time.
Reseller grants no rights in the Reseller Marks or StoreSense / ProStores
Marks other than those expressly granted in this Section 2.4. You acknowledge
StoreSense / ProStores' exclusive ownership of the StoreSense / ProStores
Marks and Reseller’s exclusive ownership of Reseller Marks. You agree
not to take any action inconsistent with such ownership and You agree not
to adopt, use, or attempt to register any trademarks or trade names that
are confusingly similar to the Reseller Marks or StoreSense / ProStores Marks
or in such a way as to create combination marks with the Reseller Marks or
StoreSense / ProStores Marks. At Reseller’s request (in its sole discretion),
You will immediately discontinue any use and display of the Reseller Marks
or StoreSense / ProStores Marks. You acknowledge and agree that, except with
respect to the trademark license granted herein in and to the Reseller Marks
or StoreSense / ProStores Marks, no licenses are granted by Reseller to any
other trademarks, service marks, or trade names owned by Reseller, its parent,
suppliers or affiliates.
2.5 ADDITIONAL FEATURES.
Certain additional features that Reseller may make available to You via the
Software may require access to and/or installation of additional software
(including third party software) that is subject to supplemental or independent
terms and conditions ("Additional Software"). Similarly, Reseller
may make available via the Software additional services (including third
party services) that are subject to supplemental or independent terms and
conditions ("Additional Services"). You agree that You will not
use such Additional Software or Additional Services unless You have agreed
to the applicable terms and conditions, including but not limited to Your
payment of additional fees as required.
Depending on the Services you elect to receive, You may be responsible for
establishing and maintaining a commercial relationship with a financial institution
or money transmitter such as a credit card processor, bank or PayPal. The terms
of any such relationship shall be between You and that entity and such terms
may be more restrictive or place limits on the operation of Your Store - you
should contact those entities for more information regarding such terms.
3. SERVICES.
3.1 SERVICES.
Upon activation of Your account and subject to the payment of applicable fees,
Reseller will provide certain hosting, support and other miscellaneous Services
for the Software licensed by You under this Agreement and Your Store during
the term of this Agreement as published on the Reseller Site. Your Store shall
be hosted on a Reseller Server on which several merchants may share the resources
and network capacity of that Reseller Server.
3.2 DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION.
At Your request and subject to Your agreement to applicable terms and conditions
and the payment of applicable fees, Resellers Additional Services may include
acquisition and registration of a second-level domain name ("Domain
Name") for Your Store on Your behalf. You hereby appoint Reseller and
third parties who provide domain name registration services to Reseller as
Your agent in the acquisition, registration and ongoing administration of
Domain Names on Your behalf and You authorize Reseller and third parties
who provide domain name registration services to Reseller to select and issue
binding instructions to domain name registrars and registries used to acquire,
register and administer Domain Names on Your behalf. Reseller provides this
Service as a convenience to You only and You hereby waive any and all claims
that You may have, or which may later arise, against Reseller for any and
all damages, losses, claims or expenses arising out of or related to the
acquisition, registration and/or use of such Domain Name. In addition, Reseller
reserves the right, in Reseller’’s sole discretion, to refuse
to acquire or register any domain name requested by You, and to discontinue
the use of any domain name requested by you.
3.3 STORE DESIGN AND CUSTOMIZATION.
At Your request, and subject to Reseller’s acceptance of your request
and Your payment of applicable fees, Reseller will provide design and customization
Services for Your Store as provided in this Section
3.3 and in accordance with Reseller’s then current customization terms
and conditions. You shall provide all text, music, sound, photographs, video,
graphics, logo data, software, design, information and all other content for
Your Store to Reseller within a time period designated by Reseller. Reseller
shall transfer all Your content into electronic form and a user-accessible
format.
3.4 CHANGES IN SERVICES.
Reseller reserves the right to change, amend and/or otherwise alter the Services
provided with equivalent or otherwise equal Services without prior notice
to You. You agree to receive administrative communications from Reseller
in regards to the Software, Services, Your account, policy changes and system
updates.
4. YOUR STORE & CONTENT CONTROL
4.1 CONTROL OF YOUR STORE.
You will be solely responsible for the development, operation and maintenance
of Your Store, including the operation of Your Store, accepting, processing
and filing customer orders generated through Your Store, and handling any customer
inquiries, complaints, or disputes arising from orders or sales generated through
Your Store. You agree that Reseller has no obligation to back-up any data related
to Your Store's operations and you should independently take appropriate steps
to maintain such data in accordance with Your needs and requirements.
4.2 CONTROL OF YOUR STORE'S CONTENT.
You will be solely responsible for creating, managing, editing, reviewing,
deleting and otherwise controlling the content on Your Store, regardless
of whether Reseller provides any design or customization Services to You
under this Agreement, including all descriptions of the products and services
You offer to customers of Your Store and user-generated content on and related
to Your Store. As a conduit, Reseller will give You complete discretion over
Your content provided it is compatible and interoperable with the Software
and Services provided by Reseller under this Agreement. You retain all rights,
title and interest in and to all intellectual property rights embodied in
Your content, exclusive of any content or custom code provided by Reseller.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing, if You breach any of
the covenants in Section 5.1 of this Agreement, Reseller is entitled to suspend
or terminate Your Store and/or any access to information or data related
to Your account and the Software in accordance with Section 12 of this Agreement.
4.3 PASSIVE CONDUIT.
You acknowledge that, by only providing You with the ability to publish and
distribute Your own or third party products, services or content, Reseller
and the Software are acting only as passive conduits for the distribution
and/ or publishing of such products, services or content on the Store. Reseller
has no obligation to You or any third party, and undertakes no responsibility,
to review Your Store, the products or services listed therein or any other
content, including but not limited to user-generated content, published and/or
distributed on Your Store to determine whether any such product, service
or content may incur liability to third parties. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein, if Reseller believes in its sole discretion (as applicable)
that Your Store or any products, services, content or other materials in
the Store or on Reseller Servers may create liability for Reseller, You agree
that Reseller may take any actions with respect to the content or materials
or Your Store that Reseller believes are prudent or necessary to minimize
or eliminate Reseller’s potential liability. Reseller shall, as applicable,
be the sole judge of what content or materials may create liability for Reseller.
4.4 CONTENT LICENSE.
During the period that Reseller provides Services to You pursuant to Section
3 of this Agreement, You hereby grant to Reseller and its subcontractors
a non-exclusive, irrevocable, non-sublicenseable, royalty-free, worldwide
license to reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, transmit, publicly
perform, publicly display and digitally perform Your content solely for the
purposes provided in this Agreement.
5. COVENANTS
5.1 COVENANTS BY YOU.
You covenant that any products, services, or content published and distributed
on Your Store and Your related activities shall not violate either the Resellers
Acceptable Use Policy that are incorporated herein by reference and as it may
be amended from time to time, nor shall they :
(i) be false, inaccurate or misleading;
(ii) be fraudulent or involve the sale of counterfeit or stolen items;
(iii) infringe or misappropriates any third party's copyright, patent, trademark,
trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
(iv) violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not
limited to, those governing privacy, publicity, export control, consumer protection,
unfair competition, antidiscrimination or false advertising);
(v) be defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully threatening or harassing, or
advocating, promoting or providing assistance involving violence, significant
risk of death or injury, or other unlawful activities;
(vi) be obscene or contain child pornography;
(vii) contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, easter
eggs or other computer programming routines that may damage, detrimentally
interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or
personal information;
(viii) involve the transmission of any unsolicited commercial or bulk email
(known as "spamming") and You shall not use Your account or Your
Store as a return address for unsolicited commercial mail originating elsewhere
or participate in any activities related to so-called pyramid or ponzi schemes;
(ix) involve the collection or attempt to collect personally identifiable
information of any person or entity, except with the express written consent
of that person or entity and of which consent You shall maintain a written
record for a period of three (3) years after any termination of this Agreement;
(x) be harmful or potentially harmful to the Reseller Server structure as
determined in Reseller’s sole discretion, including without limitation
overloading the Reseller’s technical infrastructure;
(xi) involve subleasing Your account or offering "free space" on
or other access to Your account or Your Store to third parties;
(xii) create liability for Reseller, its supplier and subcontractors or expose
them to undue risk or otherwise engage in activities that Reseller, in its
sole discretion, determines to be harmful to Reseller’s suppliers, affiliates,
operations, reputation, or goodwill ; and
(xiii) link directly or indirectly to or include descriptions of goods or
services that violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation,
or that violate Reseller's Prohibited and Restricted Items that is incorporated
herein by reference and may be amended from time to time.
Furthermore, You agree to display and adhere to a terms of use or other user-type
agreement, as well as a privacy policy, governing Your operation of Your Store
and Your conduct with Your Store's customers.
5.2 BREACH OF COVENANT.
Your failure to comply with the covenants set forth in Section 5.1 of this
Agreement will amount to a breach of this Agreement and is cause for immediate
suspension and/or termination under Section 12 of this Agreement.
6. FEES; TAXES; & AUDIT RIGHTS
6.1 FEES.
You shall pay the fees set forth for the Software license and Services purchased
by You in accordance with Reseller’s Billing Policy that is incorporated
into this Agreement by reference. Reseller may change its Billing Policy and
the fees for its Services from time to time. Reseller’s changes to the
policy are effective after Reseller provides You with at least fourteen (14)
days' notice of the changes by posting the changes on the Reseller Site. Unless
otherwise stated, all fees are quoted in U.S. Dollars.
6.2 PAYMENT TERMS.
Reseller will invoice You and You agree to pay for a non-refundable monthly
subscription and other annual or one-time fees, in advance, including fees
for the license of Software and Services to be rendered to You by or on behalf
of Reseller in the following month as set forth in the Billing Policy . Reseller
will debit all fees payable by You to StoreSense / ProStores directly from
the credit card or PayPal account designated by You when You register for
Your account to receive a license to the Software and receipt of Services
from Reseller and thereafter in accordance with the Billing Policy. Without
limiting Reseller’s other remedies, any amount that is not retrievable
from Your designated account when due will accrue a late fee at one and one
half percent (1 1⁄2 %) per month or the maximum rate permitted by applicable
law, whichever is less, from the due date until paid.
6.3 TAXES.
All fees under this Agreement exclude all applicable sales, use, and other
taxes and government charges, whether federal, state or foreign, and You
will be responsible for payment of all such taxes , fees, duties, and charges,
and any related penalties and interest, arising from the payment of any and
all fees under this Agreement including the access to or license of the Software
and performance of the Services hereunder.
7. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES.
RESELLER, ITS SUPPLIERS, AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE,
ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE, AND SERVICES, ON AN "AS IS" BASIS AND EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING
THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET
ENJOYMENT, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND WARRANTIES ARISING FROM A COURSE
OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE ARE EXCLUDED. RESELLER, ITS SUPPLIERS,
AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE, ADDITIONAL
SOFTWARE, OR SERVICES WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED AND MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS
REGARDING UPTIME, USE, DATA SECURITY, ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF THEIR SERVICES.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THIS SECTION 7 IS REASONABLE AND AN ESSENTIAL
ELEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT IN ITS ABSENCE, THE ECONOMIC TERMS OF
THIS AGREEMENT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT.
8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL RESELLER, ITS SUPPLIERS, AFFILIATES, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS,
OR THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS OR AGENTS BE LIABLE
FOR LOST PROFITS OR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE, THE ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE, THE SERVICES
OR THIS AGREEMENT (HOWEVER ARISING, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE). RESELLER’S,
ITS SUPPLIERS’, AFFILIATES’, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS', CUMULATIVE
LIABILITY, AND THE LIABILITY OF THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS
AND AGENTS TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS LIMITED TO
[THE GREATER OF (A)] THE AMOUNT OF FEES YOU PAY TO RESELLER FOR (I) THE SOFTWARE
LICENSE AND (II) THE SERVICES IN THE ONE (1) MONTH IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING
THE MONTH IN WHICH THE ACTION GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY FIRST AROSE, AND
(B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (U.S. $100). Some States do not allow the exclusion
or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation
or exclusion may not apply to You.
9. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold Reseller, its suppliers, affiliates, and service
providers, and their officers, directors, agents, and employees, harmless
from any and all losses, costs, liabilities or expenses (including without
limitation reasonable attorneys' and expert witnesses' fees) incurred or
arising from: (a) any breach of the covenants in Section 5.1 of this Agreement,
(b) any content provided by You or generated by users of Your Store, (c)
any claims arising from the sale or license of goods or services in Your
Store, or (d) any breach of this Agreement or the documents it incorporates
by reference. Reseller’s, its suppliers', affiliates’ and service
providers' indemnity rights shall not be limited or offset by any contributory
negligence by Reseller.
10. CUSTOMER DATA, YOUR DATA & PRIVACY POLICY
As between Reseller and You, You shall own all data disclosed by or collected
about (a) an individual or entity that accesses Your Store to browse or shop
("Customer Data"), and (b) You ("Your Data"). Reseller
does not sell or rent Your Data to third parties for marketing purposes without
Your explicit consent and Reseller only uses and disclose Your Data as described
in the Resellers Privacy Policy, that is incorporated herein by reference
and as it may be amended from time to time.
Reseller shall collect, store and process Customer Data and Your Data on computers
located in the United States that are protected by physical as well as technological
security devices. If You object to Customer Data or Your Data being collected,
stored or processed in this way, please do not use the Software or Services.
You shall maintain all Customer Data that is collected by or disclosed to
You in trust and confidence and use and disclose such information solely in
accordance with Your privacy policy. You must post, maintain and adhere to
Your privacy policy that informs Your Store customers what Customer Data is
collected, how it is used, the effective date of Your privacy policy and how
customers of Your Stores can learn of changes to Your privacy policy. You shall
include a hyperlink to Your privacy policy on the home page of Your Store and
on all pages where You collect Customer Data. In addition, You must prominently
include within Your posted privacy policy a statement notifying Your customers
that Your Store is hosted by Reseller and that Reseller and StoreSense / ProStores,
Inc. has access to aggregated information about customers of Your Store in
order for Reseller and StoreSense / ProStores to analyze performance and make
improvements to the StoreSense / ProStores Software, Products and Services
offered by Reseller.
11. BREACH
Without limiting other remedies, Reseller may limit Your activity, issue a
warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate Your account
or Your Store, in whole or in part, and refuse to provide some or all of the
Software functionality or Services to You if: (a) You fail to pay any fees
in accordance with Section 6 of this Agreement and the Price Policy; (b) You
breach the covenants in Section 5.1 of this Agreement; (c) You breach this
Agreement or the documents it incorporates by reference in any other manner;
(d) Reseller is unable to verify or authenticate any information You provide
to Reseller; or (e)
Reseller believes that Your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability
for You, Your Store customers or Reseller, its suppliers, affiliates, and service
providers.
12. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION
12.1 SUSPENSION.
At the discretion of Reseller and for any reason set forth in Section 12 of
this Agreement, Reseller may suspend Your account by deactivating any access
by You or by Your customers to any information contained on the Reseller Servers
related to Your account while maintaining the information and data related
to Your account upon the Reseller Servers. Suspension shall specifically include
the disabling of Your Store, Services and/or any access to information or data
related to Your account. In the event of any such suspension You will be notified
and given an opportunity to correct such breach. In the event that such breach
is not corrected within ten (10) days of the receipt of such notice the account
may be terminated under Section 12.2 of this Agreement. Fees under this Agreement
will continue to accrue on suspended accounts as if they were not suspended.
You will remain responsible for the payment of any such fees during any such
period of suspension.
12.2 TERMINATION.
This Agreement and all of its terms shall remain in full force and effect until
it is terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. This Agreement
may be terminated either by Reseller (a) immediately as provided in this
Agreement, (b) after a period of suspension as set forth in Section 12.1
of this Agreement, or (c) upon thirty (30) days written notice for any reason.
YOU may terminate this Agreement for any reason upon thirty (30) days written
notice, delivered to the Reseller per Notices Section 14.6 below.
12.3 RIGHTS UPON TERMINATION.
In the event of expiration or termination for any reason, the licenses granted
under Section 2 of this Agreement shall automatically and immediately cease
and You shall destroy all copies of the Software in Your possession, if any.
Upon termination, there will be no refund provided to You except as set forth
in the Billing Policy and all outstanding fees owed by You shall become immediately
due and payable. Termination shall not affect the rights of Reseller to recover
from You losses, damages, indemnity, defense costs, expert costs, collection
costs and/or attorneys fees or expert witnesses' cost or other costs of any
kind under this Agreement.
13. USE OF PAYPAL
You will have the option of using PayPal as a Payment Solution or a Payment
Mark or You may choose not to use PayPal. Using PayPal as a "Payment
Mark" means that You are providing PayPal as a payment option to customers
of Your Store alone or in conjunction with a third party online payment processing
solution. In order to use PayPal with Your Store, You are required to sign
up for a Business or Premier PayPal account and comply with the PayPal User
Agreement and PayPal Privacy Policy.
14. GENERAL
14.1 GOVERNING LAW.
This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of
Indiana without giving effect to any conflicts of law principles that would
require the application of the laws of a different jurisdiction.
14.2 LEGAL COMPLIANCE.
You shall comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes,
ordinances and regulations regarding Your use of the Software, the Services,
and Your listing and sale of products and services on Your Store.
14.3 NO AGENCY.
You and Reseller are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint
venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended
or created by this Agreement.
14.4 FORCE MAJEURE.
Except for the payment of any fees due and payable under this Agreement, neither
party's delay in the performance of any duties or obligations under this
Agreement will be considered a breach of this Agreement if such delay is
caused by a labor dispute, shortage of materials, fire, earthquake, flood,
failures in electric power or telecommunications services, or any other event
beyond the control of the party.
14.5 DISPUTES.
In the event a dispute arises between You and Reseller, Reseller’s goal
is to provide You with a neutral and cost effective means of resolving the
dispute quickly. Accordingly, You and Reseller agree that any claim or controversy
at law or equity that arises out of this Agreement, the Software, or Services
("Claims") shall be resolved in accordance with one of the subsections
below or as otherwise mutually agreed upon in writing by the parties. Before
resorting to these alternatives, Reseller strongly encourages You to first
contact Reseller directly as provided in Section 14.6 to seek a resolution
and Reseller will consider reasonable requests to resolve the dispute through
alternative dispute resolution procedures, such as mediation, as an alternative
to litigation.
a) Binding Arbitration. For any Claim (excluding Claims for injunctive or
other equitable relief) where the total amount of the award sought is less
than $10,000, You and Reseller may elect to resolve the dispute through binding
arbitration conducted by telephone, on-line and/or based solely upon written
submissions where no in-person appearance is required. In such cases, the arbitration
shall be administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA")
or the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service ("JAMS") in accordance
with their applicable rules, or any other established Alternative Dispute Resolution
provider mutually agreed upon by the parties. Any judgment on the award rendered
by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
b) Court. Alternatively, any Claim may be adjudicated by a court of competent
jurisdiction located in the county of Allen, Indiana or where the defendant
is located (in StoreSense / ProStores' case San Jose, California, and in Your
case Your home address or principal place of business). You and Reseller agree
to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within the county
of Allen , Indiana.
c) Alternative Dispute Resolution. Alternatively, Reseller will consider use
of other alternative forms of dispute resolution, such as binding arbitration
to be held in the county of Allen, Indiana or another location mutually agreed
upon by the parties. All Claims (excluding requests for injunctive or equitable
relief) between the parties must be resolved using the dispute resolution mechanism
that is selected in accordance with this Section 14.5 by the first party to
file a Claim. Should either party file an action contrary to this Section,
the other party may recover attorneys' fees and costs up to $1000, provided
that the party seeking the award has notified the other party in writing of
the improperly filed Claim, and the other party has failed to withdraw the
Claim.
14.6 NOTICES.
Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices to Reseller shall be given
by postal mail to eMedia Technologies, Inc. , Attn: Legal Department, 1410
Production Road , Fort Wayne, IN 46808 (in Reseller’s case ) or to
the email address You provide to Reseller during the registration process
(in Your case). Notice shall be deemed given twenty four (24) hours after
email is sent, unless Reseller is notified that the email address is invalid.
Alternatively, Reseller may give You notice by certified mail, postage prepaid
and return receipt requested, to the address provided to Reseller during
the registration process. In such case, notice shall be deemed given three
(3) days after the date of mailing.
14.7 ASSIGNMENT.
You shall not assign, transfer or delegate this Agreement or any rights or
obligations hereunder. Any assignment, transfer or delegation in contravention
of the foregoing provision shall be null and void. You agree that this Agreement
may be assigned by Reseller, in Reseller’s sole discretion.
14.8 NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY.
You acknowledge and agree that nothing herein, express or implied, is intended
to nor shall be construed to confer upon or give to any person, other than
the parties, any interests, rights, remedies or other benefits with respect
to or in connection with any agreement or provision contained herein or contemplated
hereby.
14.9 SEVERABILITY; WAIVER.
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable,
such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced.
Resellers failure to act with respect to a breach by You or others does not
waive Reseller’s right to act with respect to subsequent or similar
breaches.
14.10 CONSTRUCTION.
Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe
or describe the scope or extent of such section. When used in this Agreement,
the term "including" means "including without limitation," unless
expressly stated to the contrary.
14.11 SURVIVAL.
Sections 2.4 (Ownership), 6.1 (Fees) with respect to any outstanding fees owed
for the Services, 7 (Disclaimer of Warranties), 8 (Limitation of Liability),
9 (Indemnity), 10 (Customer Data, Your Data, & Privacy Policy), 12.3
(Rights Upon Termination), and 15 (General) shall survive any termination
or expiration of this Agreement.
14.12 DISCLOSURES.
The services hereunder are offered by eMedia Technologies, Inc., 1410 Production
Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46808.
14.13 ADDITIONAL TERMS
The following policies are incorporated into this Agreement by reference and
provide additional terms and conditions related to the Services offered by
StoreSense / ProStores:
(a) Reseller’s Acceptable Use Policy
(b) Reseller’s Privacy Policy
(c) Reseller’s StoreSense / ProStores Hosting Merchant User Agreement
Each of these policies may be amended from time to time and the amended policies
shall be automatically effective thirty (30) days after they are initially
posted on the Reseller Site and or StoreSense / ProStores Site. In addition,
when using particular services on the Reseller Site and or StoreSense / ProStores
Site, You agree that You are subject to any posted policies or rules applicable
to services You use through the Reseller Site and or StoreSense / ProStores
Site, which may be posted from time to time. All such posted policies or rules
are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement.
14.14 ENTIRE AGREEMENT.
This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between You,
Reseller and StoreSense / ProStores with respect to the subject matter hereof
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