Terms of Use
Arkadium, Inc., a New York Corporation (the “Company”), offers the Use (as
defined below) of its games and websites located at http://www.arkadium.com/; http://www.greatdaygames.com
and on third party websites, including but not limited to http://www.facebook.com,
respectively (collectively the “Company Applications”), subject to the following
Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”). The viewer or user (collectively, the “User”) should
read these Terms of Use carefully before using the Company Applications. By continuing
to view and use the Company Applications, the User agrees to these Terms of Use.
If the User does not agree to the Terms of Use set forth herein or otherwise on
the Company Applications, the User must not use it. The Company retains the right
to change the content of the Company Applications or these Terms of Use at any time.
Any changes made to these Terms of Use shall be effective immediately upon posting.
The User's continued Use of the Company Applications constitutes acceptance of those
changes. The User shall also be subject to any applicable terms of use required
by any a third party where the Company Applications are displayed.
The situating of the Company Applications on the World Wide Web and/or Internet
constitutes a continuing offer by the Company to the User to Use, as such term is
defined below, the Company Applications according to the Terms of Use. By utilizing
the Company Applications in any manner, including, without limitation, by viewing
the same (collectively, a “Use”), the User accepts that offer and creates a binding
contract between the two parties to adhere to the same. The parties stipulate that
sufficient consideration exists to create that contract, and that it is therefore
binding upon them. Further, by his/her Use of the Company Applications, the User
makes the material representation upon which he/she wishes the Company to reasonably
rely that he/she will adhere to the Terms of Use in connection with the User's Use
of the Company Applications. If the User is dissatisfied with any of the Terms of
Use, the User's sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Company Applications.
Finally, by his/her Use of the Company Applications, the User also stipulates that
a violation of any of the Terms of Use will result in irreparable harm to the Company
not compensable in money damages, such that, without limitation, injunctive relief
shall be a necessary and appropriate remedy.
The Company Applications contains images and contents, including but not limited
to images, photographs, text, software, pictures, graphics, video clips, audio clips,
digital downloads, data, messages or any and all other information controlled by
the Company Applications (collectively, “Materials”).
General Disclaimer
This Company Applications contains general information
about the Company for clients, potential clients and other Internet users. Nothing
contained on the Company Applications shall constitute legal advice nor be construed
as a representation to be reasonably relied upon. In no event shall anything on
the Company Applications be construed either to create a duty of care or to constitute
a representation by the Company of any sort to be relied upon by the User in any
manner whatsoever. An attorney-client relationship is not created unless and until
a formal retainer agreement is signed between the User and the Company. An attorney-client
relationship is not created as a result of the Use of the Web site, including but
not limited to contacting the Company by e-mail, phone, facsimile or otherwise.
The Company takes no responsibility for information sent to it intercepted by third-parties.
User understands that while the Company endeavors to maintain the confidentiality
of these communications, communication via Internet, cell phone and other modalities
are vulnerable to interception and may not be fully secure. By sending such communication,
User assumes the risk of the same. User should not rely on the information contained
on the Company Applications and should always formally engage legal counsel to obtain
legal advice for User's specific situation. As further set forth herein, the Company
takes no responsibility for the information contained on any Web site or Company
Applications to which this Company Applications may be linked, as the same is completely
independent of this Company Applications. Moreover, the statements and opinions
expressed by the authors of this Company Applications are those of the authors and
do not necessarily reflect those of the Company.
Access to Company Applications—Limited License
The Company Applications and the content provided therein, including without limitation,
the Materials and other text, graphics, button icons, audio clips, video clips,
digital downloads, photographs, biographical information, data compilations and
software, may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted
or distributed without the written permission of the Company. Moreover, the User
shall not to download (other than page caching) or modify any portion of the Company
Applications without the Company's prior written approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Company grants the User a limited nonexclusive license to make personal, noncommercial
use of the Company Applications. The User is also granted a limited license to print
copies of any Materials posted on the Company Applications, but only for the User's
personal, noncommercial use. Except as expressly provided, all rights are reserved.
The Company may terminate this license at any time by amendment of these Terms of
Use.
Moreover, and notwithstanding the foregoing, if User exercises his/her rights under
the above-referenced license, he/she must retain all copyright and trademark notices,
including any other proprietary notices, contained in the Materials. User shall
not, under any circumstances, alter, obscure or obliterate any of such notices.
The use of such Materials or any portion of the Company Applications on any other
Web site or in any environment of networked computers is strictly prohibited without
the Company's advance written consent, which may be withheld in Company's sole discretion.
User Conduct
By utilizing the Company Applications, the User makes the material representation upon which the User wishes the Company to reasonably rely, that he/she will comply with the code of conduct set forth below:
- (a) The User, when utilizing the Company Applications, will not do so in an unauthorized manner, or in a manner which violates any legal or regulatory proscription or duty, including, without limitation, violating the Company's intellectual property or that of another;
- (b) The User will not utilize the Company Applications in a manner that is harmful to the Company or any other person or entity;
- (c) The User will not utilize any information that the User gained as a result of using the Company Applications to illegally or improperly violate another person's or entity's privacy rights.
- (d) The User shall not utilize any of the Company's trademarks as metatags on other Web sites or otherwise use the Company's trademarks for User's own advertising or pecuniary gain, including without limitation utilization as Google® AdWords;
- (e) The User shall not utilize the Company Applications in regard to any commercial activities, advertising or sales without the prior written consent of the Company, which may be unreasonably withheld;
- (f) The User shall not use any robot, spider or other intelligent agent software or device to access or monitor the Company Applications in any manner;
- (g) The User will not transmit any content or information that is unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, indecent, obscene, pornographic or otherwise objectionable;
- (h) The User shall not access the Company Applications more than ten (10) times a day;
- (i) The User will not restrict any other user from properly using the Company Applications, including without limitation, by way of “computer hacking” or otherwise altering the software or functionality of the Company Applications and its underlying programs;
- (j) The User will not imply that any of his/her statements are endorsed by the Company, or that User is otherwise associated with the Company in any manner;
- (k) The User will not use the Company Applications if the User is not able to form legally binding contracts or has been temporarily or indefinitely suspended from the Company Applications;
- (l) The User will not transmit any material, nonpublic information about any person or entity without the proper authorization to do so;
- (m) The User will not transmit any advertisements, solicitations or any unsolicited communication without the Company's express permission to do so;
- (n) The User will not cover or obscure any advertisements located within or Company Applications;
- (o) The User will not revise, modify, reverse engineer or in any way alter any portion of the Company Applications or its contents or underlying technology;
- (p) The User will not “frame” or “mirror” any part of the Company Applications;
- (q) The User will not utilize any device to enable him to circumvent the structure of the Company Applications and/or spam or flood the site;
- (r) The User will not collect any information about visitors to the Company Applications without the Company's express permission to do so;
- (s) The User shall not deliver, or provide links to any postings without the prior written permission of the Company, including, without limitation, to any materials which are deemed, in the Company's sole discretion to be harmful, lewd, obscene, violent, insulting, threatening, hateful or otherwise objectionable;
- (t) The User shall not impersonate any other person and/or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent that he/she has an affiliation with any other person or entity, or otherwise mislead, deceive or defraud the Company or any other party; and
- (u) The User will not create a database utilizing any information found within the Company Applications.
- (v) The User shall not download or attempt to download any of the Company Applications or attempt to decompile any Company Applications for any purpose, including but not limited to, any modification of such Company Applications for the purpose of posts to other third party websites or platforms.
Moreover, the User hereby makes the material representation upon which he/she wishes the Company to reasonably rely that: (i) he/she is at least 13 years of age; (ii) he/she is a resident of the United States; and (iii) he/she is authorized to provide information to the Company through the Company Applications and/or subscribe to the Company Applications.
Subject to applicable Federal and State laws regulations, the Company shall not be required to provide any returns, benefits or other compensation to any discontinued Company Application.
Copyrights; Restrictions On Use
The Materials on the Company Applications are copyrighted by the Company, its affiliates
or its licensors under United States and international copyright laws, are subject
to other intellectual property and proprietary rights and laws, and are owned by
the Company, its affiliates or its licensors. The Materials may not be copied, modified,
reproduced, republished, posted, transmitted, sold, offered for sale or redistributed
in any way without the prior written permission of the Company and its applicable
licensors, with the sole exception that User may print copies of the Materials for
User's personal, noncommercial use. User must abide by all copyright notices, information
or restrictions contained in or attached to any Material. User agrees not to reproduce,
duplicate, copy, sell, resell, modify or exploit for any commercial purposes any
portion of the Company Applications, including, without limitation, any of the Materials
or access to the Company Applications.
Copyright Infringement
It is the policy of the Company to respond expeditiously to claims of copyright
infringement. The Company will promptly process and investigate notices of alleged
infringement and will take appropriate action under the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act and other applicable intellectual property laws. The Company may elect to terminate
access for any User who it believes in its sole discretion to be an infringer, regardless
of whether proven or not. User covenants and agrees to provide the Company with
any information that User has regarding potential copyright infringement of any
of the Materials. The sole and exclusive protocol for notifying Company that such
copyrighted work has been infringed upon is to provide written notice to Company
in accordance with the Notices provision hereunder. That notice must include (i)
the signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright
interest (“Copyright Owner”); (ii) a description of the copyrighted work that is
believed to have been infringed upon; (iii) a description of where the alleged infringing
work is located on the Company Applications; (iv) the Copyright Owner's mailing
address, telephone number and e-mail address; (v) a statement by the Copyright Owner
that it has a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the Copyright
Owner, its agent, or the law, or is not otherwise being conducted by another authorized
owner or licensee of the work; and (vi) a statement by the Copyright Owner, made
under penalty of perjury, that the information set forth in the submitted written
notice is accurate and that it is the Copyright Owner or is authorized to act on
the Copyright Owner's behalf. Such information should be immediately delivered to
the Company by certified mail return receipt requested or by commercial carrier
at the addresses set forth below in the “Notices” provision and directed to the
attention of the “Copyright Agent.”
Trademarks
“Arkadium” and “Great Day Games and variations thereof, as well as certain other
of the names, logos and materials displayed on the Company Applications constitute
trademarks, tradenames, service marks or logos (“Marks”) of the Company or other
related entities including any Marks of the Company’s clients that utalize the Company
Applications on third party websites and platforms. User is not authorized to use
any such Marks or any variations thereof. Ownership of all such Marks and the goodwill
associated therewith remains with the Company or other related entities.
Communications
Any communications, including, without limitation, e-mails, pictures, audio clips,
videos, graphics and/or other material sent directly, or by carbon copy or otherwise
to the Company or any of its officers, employees or agents and any postings to the
Company Applications shall become the Company's property upon the transmission of
the same. User grants the perpetual and irrevocable right to both publicly or nonpublicly
utilize the same, including the identifying information contained therein, in any
manner whatsoever, at no charge.
Notices
All notices or other communications to the Company, if any, that are to be given
under these Terms of Use must be in writing, which shall be given by delivery to
the address set forth below by way of either personal delivery, certified mail,
return receipt requested, two-day mail or overnight mail by a commercial carrier.
Notices to the Company shall be deemed given only upon receipt. Notices to the Company
may also be given by electronic mail, provided that it is followed by an exact copy
by either regular mail, personal delivery, certified mail, return receipt requested
or two-day mail or overnight mail by a commercial carrier to the same addresses
set forth above. Such notice shall be deemed effective twenty four (24) hours after
the message was sent, if no “system error” message or other notice of nondelivery
is generated. Notices to the Company shall be addressed as set forth below unless
it changes the address in writing by updating these Terms of Use. The address for
giving notice to the Company is as follows:
Arkadium, Inc.
40 W 25th St, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10010
Notices to User shall be provided by the Company via e-mail or any other address
which the Company reasonably believes to be associated with the User, if known.
Notice shall be deemed effective upon delivery of the same by the Company.
Indemnification
The User agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Company, its affiliates,
and any members, directors, officers, employees or agents (collectively, “Company
Parties”) of any of the foregoing with respect to any claim, demand, cause of action,
debt, liability, damages, costs or expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees
and expenses of Company's selected attorneys, arising from any third-party claim
relating to (i) User's infringement of any intellectual property of any person or
entity, including without limitation, patents, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks,
service marks, trade names or similar proprietary rights; (ii) any failure by the
User to comply with these Terms of Use, specifically including the “User Conduct”
as set forth above; (iii) the User's Use of the Company Applications; and/or (iv)
any act or omission or willful misconduct on the part of the User that results in
a claim for breach of any representations, warranties or covenants made herein against
any of the Company Parties.
Attorney's Fees
If Company or any of the Company Parties undertake any action to enforce these Terms
of Use, such party will be entitled to recover from the User, and User hereby agrees
to pay, any and all attorney's fees and any cost of litigation, in addition to any
other relief at law or in equity to which such party may be entitled. In such event,
the Company shall be entitled to recover all costs including both actual pre-judgment
and post-judgment attorney's fees and costs, involved directly or indirectly in
its enforcement efforts, whether or not it does so through institution of formal
legal proceedings.
Privacy
Please refer to the Company's Privacy Policy. The User is bound to the terms contained
therein and any periodic updates or amendments therein. The User may also be bound
by the applicable privacy policies of any third party websites, including but not
limited to social networking websites like Facebook™©.
By creating an account with the Company or accessing or using the Company Application
you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and consent to the collection,
use and storage of your information as outlined in the Company’s Privacy Policy.
When creating or updating an account or registering to use a Company Application,
you are required to provide the Company with certain personal information, which
may include your name, birth date, e-mail address, [and, in some cases, payment
information]. This information will be held and used in accordance with the Company’s
Privacy Policy. You agree that you will supply accurate and complete information
to the Company, and that you will update that information promptly after it changes.
Sweepstakes and Contest
From time to time the Company may offer Users the ability to enter sweepstakes and
contest. This may be done in connection with the Company Applications or in connection
with various third party independent sponsors. Users understand and agree that these
promotions are governed by an additional set of official rules.
RETURN POLICY
All Virtual Item purchases are non-refundable and non-returnable except, in Arkadium's sole and absolute discretion or where required by law.
Cookies
The Company specifically acknowledges and hereby notifies User that it may utilize
“cookies” in connection with the operation of the Company Applications. The User
agrees that such cookies may be placed on his/her or her computer, in connection
with his/her access to, and use of, the Company Applications.
A cookie is a piece of information that our webserver sends to your computer (actually
to your browser file) when you access a website. Then when you come back our site
will detect whether you have one of our cookies on your computer. Our cookies help
provide additional functionality to the site and help us analyze site usage more
accurately. For instance, our site may set a cookie on your browser that keeps you
from needing to remember and then enter a password more than once during a visit
to the site.
Nevertheless, the User should note that he/she can likely make adjustments to his/her
web browser which may enable it to control the use of cookies. Such action, however,
could affect the User's Use of the Company Applications.
DISCLAIMER
User explicitly agrees that Use of the Company Applications or any of the Materials
contained herein is at his/her own and sole risk. The Company Applications and all
Materials contained therein are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either
express or implied, including but not limited to, any implied warranties of merchantability,
fitness for a particular purpose, title or noninfringement. Neither the Company
Applications nor the Company makes any representations or warranties that the Company
Applications or any Materials contained therein will be uninterrupted, timely, secure
or error free; nor does the Company Applications make any representations or warranties
as to the quality, fitness, truth, accuracy, currency, reliability or wholeness
of the Company Applications or any of the Materials contained herein. The User also
understands and agrees that any material and/or data downloaded or otherwise obtained
through the Use of the Company Applications or any of the Materials contained herein
is done at his/her own discretion and risk and that the User will be solely responsible
for any damage to his/her computer system or loss of data that results from the
download of such material and/or data. The User understands that the Company cannot
and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the
Internet will be free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that may manifest
contaminating or destructive properties. The Company makes no warranty regarding
any use of confidential or private information that User may provide. The Company
may change any of the Terms of Use and/or information found on the Company Applications
at any time without notice. The Company makes no commitment to update the information
found on the Company Applications. The Company makes no commitment to update the
Materials. The warranties and representations set forth in these Terms of Use are
the only warranties and representations with respect to these Terms of Use, and
are in lieu of any and all other warranties, written or oral, express or implied,
that may arise either by agreement between the parties or by operation of law, including
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. None of these
warranties and representations will extend to any third person. Some jurisdictions
do not allow the elimination of certain warranties, so some of the above exclusions
may not apply to the User.
Further, Company is not responsible for the conduct of other Users, whether online
or offline. Under no circumstances shall the Company be responsible for any loss
or damage, including, without limitation personal injury or death, resulting from
the use of the Company Applications or the conduct of any other Users, whether online
or offline. The Use of the Company Applications is “AS-IS” and the Company, as set
forth above, expressly disclaims any and all warranties.
Limitation of Liability
COMPANY ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR, ANY DAMAGES TO,
OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT USER'S COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT
OF ITS ACCESS TO, USE OF OR BROWSING IN THE COMPANY APPLICATIONS OR HIS/HER DOWNLOADING
OF ANY MATERIALS, DATA, TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO OR AUDIO FROM THE COMPANY APPLICATIONS.
EXCEPT WHERE SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR
ANY INJURY, LOSS, CLAIM, DAMAGE OR ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS
OR LOST SAVINGS), WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE,
WHICH ARISE OUT OF OR ARE IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH (I) ANY USE OF THIS COMPANY
APPLICATIONS OR CONTENT FOUND HEREIN, (II) ANY FAILURE, DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE
ANY COMPONENT OF THIS COMPANY APPLICATIONS, OR (III) THE PERFORMANCE OR NONPERFORMANCE
BY COMPANY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NONPERFORMANCE RESULTING FROM BANKRUPTCY,
REORGANIZATION, INSOLVENCY, DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES TO SUCH PARTIES OR ANY OTHER PARTY.
If, notwithstanding the foregoing, Company should be found liable for any loss or
damage which arises out of or is in any way connected with any of the above described
functions or uses of the Company Applications, or any Materials, Company's liability
shall in no event exceed, in the aggregate, US$100.00. In its sole discretion, in
addition to any other rights or remedies available to Company and without any liability
whatsoever, Company at any time and without notice may terminate or restrict Users'
access to any component of the Company Applications. Some states do not allow limitation
of liability, so the foregoing limitation may not apply to the User.
User acknowledges and agrees that the representations and obligations of the User
hereunder shall survive and continue in perpetuity.
Release
BY UTILIZING THE COMPANY APPLICATIONS, USER HEREBY RELEASES, REMISES AND FOREVER
DISCHARGES AND GIVES UP ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND RIGHTS WHICH IT MAY HAVE AGAINST
THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS
AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES,
AND ALL OTHER RELATED PERSONS OR ENTITIES BASED ON ANY ACT, EVENT OR OMISSION, AND
FROM ANY AND ALL MANNER OF RIGHTS, CLAIMS, COMPLAINTS, DEMANDS, CAUSES OF ACTION,
PROCEEDINGS, LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, LEGAL FEES, COSTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF ANY
NATURE WHATSOEVER, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER ARISE FROM,
RELATE TO OR ARE CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE COMPANY APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES
RELATED THERETO. USER FURTHER WAIVES, RELEASES AND GIVES UP ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND
DEFENSES ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO ANY ACT, EVENT OR OMISSION. THIS INCLUDES,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY CLAIM WHICH COULD BE ASSERTED NOW OR IN THE FUTURE UNDER
(I) THE COMMON LAW; (II) ANY OF THE PARTIES POLICIES, PRACTICES OR PROCEDURES; AND/OR
(III) ANY FEDERAL AND/OR STATE STATUTES OR REGULATIONS.
Successors and Assigns
Whenever the term “the Company” is used in connection with these Terms of Use, and
in accordance with the other modes and methods set forth in the other web pages
of the Company Applications regarding its use in regard to a right, protection or
benefit, it shall be construed to encompass the Company, its related entities, successors,
assigns, directors, officers, employees and agents. Further, the term “User” used
in connection with these Terms of Use shall include his/her/her/its heirs, related
entities, successors, assigns, directors, officers, employees and agents.
Authorized Permission for Use
The User shall be considered an entity if the individual accessing the Company Applications
is doing so on behalf of an entity or is utilizing that entity's computer system
in connection with a task (either paid or unpaid) for that entity. If the User is
an entity, the person using the Company Applications on its behalf hereby makes
the material representation upon which he/she wishes the Company to rely that he/she
is authorized to bind that entity to the Terms of Use set forth above, as well as
any other obligations imposed or undertaken through Use of the Company Applications.
The Company reserves the right to terminate the User's access to, and use of, whether
as an individual or entity, the Company Applications and any of its contents, including,
without limitation, the Materials, or use of any of the Company's services at its
sole discretion and without any advance notice to the User.
Dispute Resolution
A party to these Terms of Use may not institute a suit at law or equity regarding
any dispute, whether directly or indirectly related or collateral to these Terms
of Use. All such claims or disputes, whether between or among the parties, shall
be submitted to arbitration administered by a mutually acceptable arbitrator affiliated
with the American Arbitration Association and its rules and guidelines shall apply,
or its International Centre for Dispute Resolution, if applicable. Without limitation,
any dispute over the arbitrability of a matter shall be specifically reserved for
the arbitrator to exclusively hear, and shall not be submitted to the court. Should
the parties be unable to agree upon an arbitrator, the arbitrator shall be chosen
by a determination of a court of competent jurisdiction. The arbitration proceedings
shall be in English. The arbitrator shall have the authority to award any remedy
or relief that a court of the State of New York could order or grant. Each party
will perform all acts, including the execution and delivery of further documents,
as the arbitrator deems necessary or desirable to confirm and carry out the terms
of the award rendered. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be
entered in any court having competent jurisdiction thereof. The award rendered by
the arbitrator in any arbitration is final and binding on the parties. The arbitration
award may be appealed to a court of competent jurisdiction solely on the basis that
the award was arbitrary or capricious.
However, notwithstanding the foregoing, either prior to, during or after the arbitration
process, any Party to these Terms of Use may institute a suit in equity for a temporary
injunction (a) to preserve the status quo; (b) to enjoin a breach or threatened
breach of this Release; (c) to obtain specific performance; (d) to compel the arbitration
or further its purposes and/or to enforce a settlement or award of such arbitration;
and/or (e) for any other equitable relief.
Jurisdiction
The User utilizing the Company Applications agrees that the laws of the State of
New York shall govern these Terms of Use and any dispute, controversy or claim directly
or indirectly related to such Use. Further, the User consents to the jurisdiction
of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, county of New York or, if federal
jurisdiction exists, at the option of either party, to the jurisdiction of the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York, to seek injunctive
relief, compel an arbitration and/or enforce an arbitrator's award. Any arbitration
shall be conducted in New York County. Service of the written notice to initiate
the aforementioned arbitration shall be deemed complete when sent either as required
by Court procedure or by (i) electronic mail to any of the User's current or future
electronic mail addresses; (ii) ordinary mail or ordinary or two-day mail by a commercial
carrier, in the event a regular mailing address has been provided by the party upon
which service is being effected or is otherwise determined by the serving party;
or (iii) otherwise in accordance with the laws and procedures of the State of New
York. The User agrees that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any
claim or cause of action by User arising out of or related to use of the Company
Applications or services related thereto must be filed within One year after such
claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred and therefore the statute of
limitations is limited to One year.
Further Assurances
The User covenants and agrees to perform further all acts and execute all supplementary
instruments or documents which may be requested by the Company to carry out the
provisions and effectuate the intent of these Terms of Use.
Assignment
Company may freely assign its rights and obligations in and to these Terms of Use.
The User acknowledges that it may not assign, transfer or sell its rights under
these Terms of Use without Company's express written consent, which may be unreasonably
withheld. Any purported assignment without Company's consent shall be deemed null
and void.
Severability
If any portion of these Terms of Use is ruled invalid or otherwise unenforceable,
it shall be deemed amended in order to achieve as closely as possible the same effect
as originally drafted. Any invalid or unenforceable portion shall be construed as
narrowly as possible in order to give effect to as much of the Terms of Use as possible.
Links to Other Sites
The User acknowledges and agrees that the Company has no responsibility for the
accuracy or availability of information provided by Web sites to which a User may
link from the Company Applications (“Linked Sites”). Links to Linked Sites are provided
as a convenience to the User, and do not constitute an endorsement by or association
with the Company of such sites or the content, products, advertising or other materials
presented on such sites. The Company does not author, edit or monitor these Linked
Sites. User acknowledges and agrees that the Company is not responsible or liable,
directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by
or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services
available on such Linked Sites. If User accesses a Linked Site, he/she does so at
his/her own risk.
No Third Party Beneficiaries
These Terms of Use are not intended to be for the benefit of, and shall not be enforceable
by any unaffiliated third party, except as may be specifically provided herein.
Nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer on any third
party any rights (including third-party beneficiary rights), remedies, obligations
or liabilities under or by reason of these Terms of Use or otherwise set forth in
the Company Applications, except as may be specifically provided herein. These Terms
of Use shall not provide third parties with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement,
cause of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to
the terms herein. No third party shall have any right, independent of any right
that exists irrespective of these Terms of Use, to bring any suit at law or equity
for any matter governed by or subject to the provisions herein.
Prohibited by Law
In the event that any aspect of the Company Applications or these Terms of Use is
prohibited by law in User's jurisdiction, User agrees not to Use the Company Applications.
It is solely User's responsibility to determine whether it is allowed by law to
participate in the Company Applications. Without limitation, the User releases Company
from all liability that could arise from User's prohibited participation in the
Company Applications or acceptance of these Terms of Use. Moreover, and without
limiting the indemnification otherwise provided herein, User shall indemnify, defend
and hold Company and all Company Parties harmless for any and all damages relating
to a violation of this paragraph.
International Use
In light of the international scope of the Internet, User agrees to comply with
all local laws, rules and regulations, including but not limited to those applicable
to online conduct and acceptable Internet content. Without limitation, User acknowledges
and agrees that it shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations regarding
the transmission of technical data from the United States or the country in which
the User may reside.
Miscellaneous
The Company's failure to enforce any term, provision or condition of these Terms
of Use, including the breach or default thereof, by conduct, course of dealing or
otherwise, in one or more instances shall not be deemed a waiver. To the extent
that a provision of these Terms of Use is deemed unenforceable, the balance of it
shall remain in full force and effect. The Parties may not change, modify nor amend
this Agreement unless such change, modification or amendment is made in writing
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which is not specifically included herein. The User specifically stipulates that
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these Terms of Use shall apply equally to either gender. The headings in these Terms
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agreement of the Parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof, and any prior
agreements, understandings, representatives and commitments concerning such subject
matter, whether oral or written, are hereby superseded and terminated in their entirety
and are of no further force or effect. User acknowledges and agrees that it has
not agreed to these Terms of Use in reliance upon any representation or promise
other than those specified herein.
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had the opportunity to review these Terms of Use with counsel of the User's choosing,
if the User wished to do so. The User further acknowledges that he/she has thoroughly
read these Terms of Use; understands that he/she is giving up certain legal rights
that may otherwise exist; has asked any questions he/she desires to clarify its
meaning; and believes it is in his/her interest to nevertheless proceed with to
utilize the Company Applications.
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