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Terms of Service
- Order, Acceptance and Service.
- When Accepted by The company, the Order submitted by Customer creates
a contract between Customer and Adv-Inet, consisting of the Order, the
applicable Service Description and these Terms of Service. An Order is "Accepted" when (i) with respect to Orders submitted online, Services are
provided in response to the Order or bills Customer for payment.
- The Company will provide, and Customer will purchase and pay for, the
Services specified in the Order for the service fees specified in the
Order and the applicable Service Description (the "Service Fees" ).
- In connection with any Hosting Services, Customer will not use storage
space in excess of the storage limits established for the Services in
the Service Descriptions, plus any storage space purchased by Customer.
If Customer uses storage space in excess of such amounts, we may,
without limiting its other rights or remedies, assess Customer with additional
fees.
- In connection with any Hosting Services, if Customer's actual bandwidth
usage in any month exceeds the limit in the Service Description, Customer
will pay additional fees as may be specified in the Service
Description.
- Fees, Taxes and Payment. Customer will pay
the Service Fees in the manner set forth in the Order. An 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 by providing
ten (10) days prior 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 net income). All fees are fully earned when due and
non-refundable when paid. Unless otherwise specified, invoices for the
Service Fees and related charges shall be due and payable within 30 days
after the date of the invoice. If any invoice is not paid within 45 days
after the date of the invoice, a late fee
of $15 for such invoice may charged. Delinquent accounts may be suspended.
In the event of a suspension of the Services, upon a reactivation request
by Customer, Customer shall pay a reactivation fee in addition
to full payment of the outstanding balance due. Reactivation of services
will only be performed during normal business hours ( excluding holidays.)
If any Customer payment is returned for insufficient funds
a processing charge may be imposed to cover any losses. If two or more Customer
payments are returned for insufficient funds in any 6 month period, alternative payment methods for all
future Customer payments may be established including, without limitation, credit card, money
order, or cashier's check.
- Term and Termination.
- Hosting Services will commence on the Effective Date indicated in the
Order and continue for the duration of the Initial Term. Thereafter,
the Order will automatically renew for successive one month periods unless
the Order is earlier terminated in accordance with its terms or either
party gives written notice to the other party of non-renewal at least
30 days prior to expiration of the then-current term.
- Either party may terminate this Agreement immediately upon the occurrence
of any one or more of the following events: (i) the other party fails
to pay when due any amounts required to be paid under this Agreement;
(ii) the other party breaches any material term or provision of this
Agreement (other than a breach described in subsection (i) above), and
if capable of cure, such breach remains uncured 30 days after the non-breaching
party gives written notice thereof to the breaching party; or (iii) the
other party becomes insolvent, makes an assignment for the benefit of
its creditors, institutes or becomes subject to any proceeding under
any bankruptcy or similar laws for the relief of debtors, or seeks the
appointment of, or becomes subject to the appoint of, any trustee or
receiver for all or any portion of such party's assets
- The Company may terminate this Agreement (i) 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 (ii) immediately by giving written notice to
Customer, if Adv-Inet determines in good faith that Customer's use of
the Customer Web site or the Customer Content violates the Acceptable
Use Policy.
- 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
3(d), 4, 8, 10, 11, 13 and 15 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 Adv-Inet may be entitled.
- With respect to Non-Prepaid Plans, within 30 days after the termination
of this Agreement, Customer will pay the Termination Charge to Adv-Inet
unless (i) Adv-Inet terminated the Order under Section 3(c) or
(ii) Customer terminated the Order under Section 3(b) .
With respect to Prepaid Plans, Customer will pay the Termination Charge
as provided in the Service Description. The parties agree that the Termination
Charge constitutes consideration for Adv-Inet's time, effort and expense
in preparing and reserving the capacity to perform its obligations hereunder,
as actual damages are difficult to ascertain. If Customer terminates
the Order in accordance with Section 3(b) , or if Adv-Inet
terminates the Order under Sections 3(c)(i) or 12(c) ,
Adv-Inet shall return to Customer, and Customer shall accept, as Customer's
sole and exclusive remedy for Adv-Inet's breach of the Order, any Service
Fees paid in advance by Customer hereunder attributable to Services not
yet rendered as of the date of termination.
- Customer's Representations and Warranties. Customer
hereby represents and warrants to Adv-Inet, and agrees that during the
term, Customer will ensure that: (a) 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 Adv-Inet to pay any fees, residuals, guild payments
or other compensation of any kind to any Person; (b) 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; (c) 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; (d) 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.
- License to Adv-Inet. Customer hereby grants to Adv-Inet & its third parties
a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide right and license during the Term
to do the following to the extent necessary in the performance of Services
under the Order: (a) 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 (b) make archival or back-up copies
of the Customer Content and the Customer Web site. Except for the rights
expressly granted above, Adv-Inet & its third parties are not acquiring any right, title or
interest in or to the Customer Content, all of which shall remain solely
with Customer.
- Acceptable Use Policy. Customer will abide
by, and utilize the Services and the Customer Web site only in accordance
with, the Acceptable Use Policy (the "Acceptable Use Policy" )
that Adv-Inet posts on its Web site, as such Acceptable Use Policy may
be changed from time to time. The Acceptable Use Policy is
hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof by this reference. Customer
shall impose the Acceptable Use Policy on its customers and End Users to
the extent necessary to ensure their compliance. Customer shall familiarize
itself with the Acceptable Use Policy and periodically access Adv-Inet's
Web site to determine if the Company has made any changes thereto.
- 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 in connection with Adv-Inet'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 Adv-Inet's performance of its obligations that depend on Customer's
performance on a day for day basis. Customer will notify Adv-Inet of
any change in Customer's mailing address, telephone, e-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.
- Customer will provide a registered domain name for the
Customer Web site, or, upon Customer's request Adv-Inet may provide such registered doman name which may be subject to it's own Terms and Conditions not contained herein.
- Because the Hosting 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. 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 to provide the Hosting Services, as the same may be
changed by Host from time to time. Specifications for the hardware
and software used by Host to provide the Hosting Services will be
available on Adv-Inet's Web site. Customer shall periodically access Web site to determine any changes thereto.
Adv-Inet 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 Adv-Inet to provide the Hosting Services.
- Unless the applicable Service Description provides otherwise, Customer
is solely responsible for making back-up copies of the Customer Web site
and Customer Content.
- Intellectual Property.
- Host hereby grants to Customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
royalty-free license, exercisable solely during the term of this Agreement,
to use applicable Adv-Inet Technology solely for the purpose of accessing
and using the Services. Customer may not use the Adv-Inet Technology
for any purpose other than accessing and using the Services. Except for
the rights expressly granted above, this Agreement does not transfer
from Adv-Inet to Customer any Adv-Inet Technology, and all rights,
titles and interests in and to the Adv-Inet Technology shall remain
solely with Adv-Inet. 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 Adv-Inet Technology.
- Adv-Inet's trademarks, tradenames, service marks, logos, other names
and marks, and related product and service names, design marks and slogans
are the sole and exclusive property of Adv-Inet. Customer may not use
any of the foregoing in any advertising, publicity or in any other commercial
manner without the prior written consent of Adv-Inet. Adv-Inet shall
maintain and control ownership of all Internet protocol numbers and addresses
that may be assigned by Adv-Inet to Customer. Adv-Inet may, in its
sole discretion, change or remove any and all such Internet protocol
numbers and addresses.
- Any feedback, data, answers, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas
or the like which Customer sends to Adv-Inet relating to the Services
will be treated as being non-confidential and non-proprietary. Adv-Inet
may use, disclose or publish any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques
contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever.
- Limited Warranty.
- Adv-Inet represents and warrants to Customer that the Services will
be performed (i) in a manner consistent with industry standards reasonably
applicable to the performance thereof; (ii) at least at the same level
of service as provided by Adv-Inet generally to its other customers
for the same services; and (iii) in compliance in all material respects
with the applicable Service Descriptions. Customer will be deemed to
have accepted such Services unless Customer notifies Adv-Inet within
30 days after performance of any Services of any breach of the foregoing
warranties. Customer's sole and exclusive remedy, and Adv-Inet's sole
obligation, for breach of the foregoing warranties shall be for Adv-Inet,
at its option, to re-perform the defective Services at no cost to Customer,
or, in the event of interruptions to the Services caused by a breach
of the foregoing warranties, issue Customer a credit in an amount equal
to the current monthly Service Fees pro rated by the number of hours
in which the Services have been interrupted. Adv-Inet may provision
the Services from any of its data centers and may from time to time re-provision
the Services from different data centers.
- The foregoing warranties shall not apply to performance issues or defects
in the Services (i) caused by factors outside of Adv-Inet's reasonable
control; (ii) that resulted from any actions or inactions of Customer
or any third parties; or (iii) that resulted from Customer's equipment
or any third-party equipment not within the sole control of Adv-Inet.
- EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 9, Adv-Inet 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 Adv-Inet 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.
Adv-Inet DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED,
ERROR-FREE OR COMPLETELY SECURE.
- Limitation of Liability.
- IN NO EVENT WILL Adv-Inet'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 Adv-Inet BY
CUSTOMER DURING THE 12-MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT
GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY.
- Adv-Inet CANNOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS SERVICE, SERVICE AT ANY
PARTICULAR TIME, INTEGRITY OF DATA, INFORMATION OR CONTENT STORED OR
TRANSMITTED VIA THE INTERNET. Adv-Inet 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 (EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 11 AND 12) 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 10 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 10(c) shall not apply to liability arising
on account of a party's breach of Section 13 or to
Customer's indemnification obligations under Section 11 .
- Indemnification of Adv-Inet. Customer shall defend,
indemnify and hold harmless Adv-Inet, its affiliates and their respective
present, former and future officers, directors, employees and agents, and
their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns (collectively
the "Adv-Inet Indemnitees" ), from and against any and
all losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including, without
limitation, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable attorneys' fees)
which any of the Adv-Inet Indemnitees may suffer, incur or sustain resulting
from or arising out of (i) Customer's breach of any representation, warranty,
or covenant contained in the Agreement, (ii) the Customer Content, the
Customer Web site or any End User's use of the Customer Content or the
Customer Web site, (iii) violation by Customer or any of its officers,
directors, employees or agents of the Acceptable Use Policy or any applicable
law, (iv) claims or actions of third parties alleging misappropriation
of trade secrets or infringement of patents, copyrights, trademarks or
other intellectual property rights arising from the use, display or publication
of Customer's domain names, the Customer Web site, the Customer Content,
or the use of the Services in combination with hardware, software or content
not provided by Adv-Inet, (v) claims or actions by third parties relating
to or arising out of Customer's use of the Services, and (vi) any failure
of the Customer Content or any aspect of the Customer Web site to be compatible
with the hardware or software used by Adv-Inet to provide the Services,
including any damage to Adv-Inet's servers or other hardware caused thereby.
- Indemnification of Customer.
- Subject to Section 10 , Adv-Inet shall, at its own
expense, indemnify, defend and hold Customer harmless from any claim
or suit alleging that the Services infringe any United States patent,
copyright or trademark existing on the Effective Date, or that Adv-Inet
has knowingly misappropriated any trade secret or other intellectual
property right of any other Person, including any losses, damages or
expenses arising from any such claim or suit. Customer agrees to cooperate
with and assist Adv-Inet in the defense or settlement of any such claim
or suit. Customer shall be reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in providing any cooperation or assistance requested
by Adv-Inet, but Adv-Inet will not be liable for any costs or expenses
incurred without its prior written authorization.
- Promptly after receipt by Customer of a threat of any claim or suit,
or a notice of the commencement or filing of any claim or suit, against
which Customer may be indemnified hereunder, Customer shall give written
notice thereof to Adv-Inet, provided that failure to give or delay in
giving such notice to Adv-Inet shall not relieve Adv-Inet of any liability
it may have to Customer hereunder, except to the extent that the defense
of such claim or suit is prejudiced thereby. Adv-Inet shall have sole
control of the defense, and of all negotiations for settlement, of such
claim or suit. Subject to the foregoing, Customer may participate in
the defense of any such claim or suit at Customer's own expense.
- If an injunction, decree or judgment is, or Adv-Inet believes in its
sole discretion is likely to be, entered providing that Customer may
not use the Services as contemplated in this Agreement without violating
the intellectual property rights of a third party, Adv-Inet may, at
its sole option and expense, either (i) procure for Customer the right
to use the Services or affected part thereof as provided in this Agreement;
(ii) replace the Services or affected part thereof with other non-infringing
services or modify the Services or affected part thereof so as to be
non-infringing; or (iii) terminate this Agreement upon written notice
to Customer.
- Notwithstanding Section 12(a) , Adv-Inet assumes
no liability for infringement claims arising from (i) use of the Services
with third-party products or services where the third-party products
or services cause the infringement, (ii) any modification of the Services
not authorized by Adv-Inet in writing, (iii) the Customer Content, the
Customer Web site or any content, data or information provided or supplied
by an End User, or (iv) Customer's use of any third-party software provided
hereunder. THE FOREGOING DEFENSE AND INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS
STATE THE ENTIRE LIABILITY AND OBLIGATION OF Adv-Inet, AND THE EXCLUSIVE
REMEDY OF CUSTOMER, WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTUAL OR ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT
OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT BY THE SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER.
- Confidentiality; Non-Solicitation.
- Each party will not, without the prior written consent of the other
party, use or disclose to any Person any Proprietary Information of the
other party disclosed or made available to it, except for use of such
Proprietary Information as required in connection with the performance
of its obligations or use of the Services hereunder. Subject to Section
13(b) , each party will (i) treat the Proprietary Information
of the other party as secret and confidential, (ii) limit access to the
Proprietary Information of the party to those of its employees who require
it in order to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement, and (iii) not
disclose the Proprietary Information of the other party to any other
Person without the prior written consent of the other party.
- Notwithstanding Section 13(a) , the following shall
not be considered Proprietary Information: (i) any information that the
receiving party can demonstrate by written documentation was within its
legitimate possession prior to the time of disclosure by the disclosing
party; (ii) any information that was in the public domain prior to disclosure
by the disclosing party as evidenced by documents that were published
prior to such disclosure; (iii) any information that, after disclosure
by the disclosing party, comes into the public domain through no fault
of the receiving party, (iv) any information that is disclosed to the
receiving party without restriction by a third party who has legitimate
possession thereof and the legal right to make such disclosure; or (v)
any information that, two years after expiration or termination of this
Agreement, does not constitute a trade secret under applicable law.
- Each party acknowledges that disclosure of any aspect of the Proprietary
Information of the other party shall immediately give rise to continuing
irreparable injury to the other party inadequately compensable in damages
at law, and, without prejudice to any other remedy available to the other
party, shall entitle the other party to injunctive or other equitable
relief. Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason,
each party shall promptly return to the other party all Proprietary Information
of the other party (including all copies thereof) in its possession or
control.
- During the term of this Agreement and for two years following expiration
or termination of this Agreement, Customer will not, directly or indirectly,
solicit or recruit the services of any employee of Adv-Inet performing
services under this Agreement, while such employee is employed by Adv-Inet
and for a period of six months after such employee has left the employment
of Adv-Inet.
- Optional Services. In connection with any Optional
Services:
- Customer must provide Adv-Inet with any information, login identifications,
passwords or other information or access to facilities that Adv-Inet
may reasonably require to provide the Optional Services Adv-Inet will
have no responsibility for any delays or increased costs or expenses
associated with Customer's failure to provide any of such information.
If Customer does not provide any such information or access requested
by Adv-Inet within fifteen (15) days of Adv-Inet's request therefor,
Adv-Inet may terminate the Order and retain any Service Fees paid.
- If Customer requested that Adv-Inet perform the Optional Services
by a particular deadline or that Adv-Inet achieve some particular result
or outcome, Adv-Inet will use commercially reasonable best efforts to
perform the Services by any such deadline and achieve the result requested
by Customer; provided, however, that (i) Adv-Inet's ability to perform
the Services is subject to Customer's provision of information and access
as provided above and (ii) Adv-Inet has no liability or obligation to
complete the Services by any deadline or achieve any particular outcome
or result
- If Customer wishes to convey documents or files to Adv-Inet, Customer
should deliver to Adv-Inet a copy or duplicate of such documents or
files and not the original copy. Adv-Inet will not return to Customer
any documents or files conveyed to Adv-Inet.
- Adv-Inet will have no liability or responsibility for any
damage, loss of data, loss of use or other loss occurring in connection
with Adv-Inet's provision of Optional Services requested by Customer.
- Miscellaneous.
- Independent Contractor. Adv-Inet and Customer are independent contractors
and nothing contained in this Agreement places Adv-Inet 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.
- Governing Law; Jurisdiction. 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 Georgia, except that all arbitration and related proceedings conducted
pursuant to Section 15(c) below, including without limitation confirmation
proceedings, shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1,
et. seq. . 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 THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO MANDATORY ARBITRATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(C) BELOW MUST BE BROUGHT IN A GEORGIA STATE OR
FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, 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.
- Mandatory Arbitration. Notwithstanding Section 15(b) above, each party
agrees that any dispute between the parties arising out of this Agreement
or in any manner relating to the Services must be submitted by the parties
to arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of
the American Arbitration Association, as administered by Resolutions
Resources Corp. of Atlanta, Georgia (or such other recognized provider
of arbitration services agreed upon by both parties) before a single
arbitrator, appointed in accordance with such rules. Any such arbitrator
must render a reasoned opinion in writing only where the amount in dispute
exceeds $100,000. Judgment upon the award may be entered in any court
having jurisdiction thereof. Any such arbitration will be held in Atlanta,
Georgia. Any action filed by either party in any court in violation of
this Section should be dismissed pursuant to this Section.
- 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 Adv-Inet, 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 Adv-Inet. 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 Adv-Inet in its sole discretion, which modifications
will be effective upon posting to Adv-Inet's web site.
- 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. Adv-Inet may give written notice
to Customer via e-mail to the Customer's e-mail address as maintained
in Adv-Inet'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 Adv-Inet. Any attempted assignment in violation of the foregoing
provision shall be null and void and of no force or effect whatsoever.
Adv-Inet 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 two years after the cause of action has arisen.
- 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, Adv-Inet's records of such
execution shall be presumed accurate unless proven otherwise.
- 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 Adv-Inet
may publicly refer to Customer, orally and in writing, as a customer
of Adv-Inet. Any other public reference to Customer by Adv-Inet requires
the written consent of Customer.
- Telephone Monitoring. To ensure Adv-Inet's customers receive quality
service, Adv-Inet randomly selects phone calls for monitoring. These
calls, between Adv-Inet's customers and employees, are evaluated by
supervisors. This is to guarantee that prompt, consistent assistance
and accurate information is delivered in a professional manner. Adv-Inet
has been properly licensed by the Georgia Public Service Commission to
use such service observing equipment.
- Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following
terms have the meanings specified below:
- "Agreement" means each contract created between Adv-Inet
and Customer for the provision of Services consisting of an Order, the
applicable Service Description and these Terms of Service.
- "Customer Content" means all data, graphics, text,
names, marks, logos, hypertext links to other Web sites and other information
incorporated in, transmitted through or published or displayed on the
Customer Web site.
- "Customer Web site" means Customer's site on the
World Wide Web portion of the Internet that Adv-Inet hosts under this
Agreement.
- "End User" means any Person who accesses or uses
the Customer Web site via the Internet.
- "Adv-Inet Technology" means Adv-Inet's proprietary
technology, including, without limitation, Adv-Inet services, software
tools, hardware designs, algorithms, software (in source code and object
code forms), user interface designs, architecture, class libraries, objects
and documentation (both printed and electronic), network designs, know-how,
trade secrets and any related intellectual property rights throughout
the world (whether owned by Adv-Inet or licensed to Adv-Inet from a
third party), and also including any derivatives, improvements, enhancements,
updates, modifications or extensions of Adv-Inet Technology conceived,
reduced to practice or developed during the term of this Agreement by
either party.
- "Person" means any individual, partnership, joint
venture, corporation, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated
association or organization, or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
- "Proprietary Information" means all technical, business
and other information of a party (i) that is not generally known to the
public, (ii) that derives value, economic or otherwise, from not being
generally known to the public or to other Persons who can obtain value
from its disclosure or use, and (iii) which information is subject to
efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain the secrecy
thereof.
- "Order" means the Order submitted by the Customer
to Adv-Inet for Services, whether such Order is submitted online through
Adv-Inet's Web site or on a written Order form.
- "Prepaid Plan" means Hosting Service provided by
Adv-Inet to Customer where the Order provides that the Customer must
pay for the Hosting Service in advance for the Initial Term. "Non-Prepaid
Plan" means any Hosting Service provided by Adv-Inet to Customer that
is not a Prepaid Plan.
- "Termination Charge" means, with respect to Non-Prepaid
Customers only, as of any date of calculation, an amount equal to one
hundred percent (100%) of the fees that would become due over the balance
of the then-current Term.
- "Terms of Service" means these Terms of Service,
as the same may be modified, altered or amended from time to time by
Adv-Inet.
- "Service" means either Hosting Service or Optional
Service. "Hosting Service" means the Service provided by Adv-Inet in
response to an Order whereby Adv-Inet provides the Customer with specified
connectivity, storage space and bandwith for the hosting of a Customer
Web site as more particularly described in the applicable Service Description. "Optional
Service" means any additional Service (other than Hosting Service)
Adv-Inet may provide in response to an Order, as more particularly described
in the applicable Service Description.
- "Service Description" means the applicable documents
made available by Adv-Inet to Customer to describe the applicable Services
at the time the Order is accepted by Adv-Inet.
- "Term" means the duration of any Agreement between
Adv-Inet and Customer. With respect to Hosting Services, the "Initial
Term" is the initial term specified in the Order and the Term
continues beyond the Initial Term for any renewal period as specified
in Section 3. . With respect to Optional Services, the "Term" begins
when Adv-Inet accepts the Order and ends on the first to occur of (i)
Adv-Inet's completion of performance, or (ii) the earlier termination
of the Order in any manner permitted by these Terms of Service.
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