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BuildCentral, Inc. Standard Terms and Conditions
1. Agreement. “Agreement" shall mean any contract Rider executed by
"Customer" and accepted by BuildCentral ("BuildCentral"), and these standard
terms and conditions which are incorporated by reference in such rider.
Services (“Services”) shall include the online and published products of
BuildCentral, Inc., as well as any other marketing or information services
performed for clients.
2. Customer Warranties. Customer represents and warrants to BuildCentral
that there exists, at the commencement of this Agreement and for all periods
hereunder: no legal reason that BuildCentral should deny Services to
Customer; that Customer is of legal majority age (i.e., 18 years of age or
older in most jurisdictions); and that Customer's use of Services is not for
any illegal or injurious purpose or purposes. Customer represents and
warrants to BuildCentral that Customer will not use the Services to publish,
post, distribute, receive or disseminate defamatory, infringing, obscene, or
other unlawful material or to threaten, harass, stalk, abuse, or otherwise
violate the legal rights (including without limitation rights of privacy and
publicity) of others. Customer represents and warrants that Customer will
not intercept or attempt to intercept the communications of others using the
Services or to delete materials of BuildCentral or of others using the
Services or to corrupt or interfere with the Services in any respect or to
falsify the origin of Customer's communications. Further, Customer
represents and warrants to BuildCentral Customer's strict compliance with
copyright laws applicable to the information obtained via the Services.
3. Indemnity. Customer agrees to indemnify and hold BuildCentral, its
officers, employees and its suppliers harmless from and against any loss,
claim, demand, expense (including attorney's fees), or liability of whatever
nature or kind of Customer or of third parties arising out of the use of
Service or materials provided hereunder; provided however, that such
obligations shall not apply where the loss, claim, demand, expense, or
liability arises from BuildCentral’s infringement of the intellectual rights
of third parties. BuildCentral agrees to indemnify and hold Customer, its
officers, and employees harmless from and against any loss, claim, demand,
expense (including attorney’s fees) or liability arising out of BuildCentral’s infringement of the intellectual property rights of third parties.
4. Data and Service. THE DATA AND SERVICES FURNISHED HEREUNDER ARE FURNISHED
"AS IS." BUILDCENTRAL AND ITS INFORMATION PROVIDERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS
OR WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR MERCHANTABILITY, NOR
ARE ANY SUCH WARRANTIES TO BE IMPLIED WITH RESPECT TO THE DATA OR SERVICES
FURNISHED. BUILDCENTRAL AND ITS INFORMATION PROVIDERS ASSUME NO
RESPONSIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO CUSTOMER OR ITS EMPLOYEES, CLIENTS, OR
CUSTOMERS USE THEREOF. BUILDCENTRAL AND ITS SUPPLIERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
THEREOF, NOR SHALL THEY BE LIABLE FOR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR "LOST PROFITS."
IN NO EVENT SHALL BUILDCENTRAL OR ITS SUPPLIERS LIABILITY TO CUSTOMER FOR
DAMAGES, REGARDLESS OF CAUSE OR FORM OF ACTION, EXCEED THE VALUE OF THE
ORDER FOR ONE (1) YEAR PRECEDING THE INCIDENT GIVING RISE TO SUCH DAMAGES.
SUCH LIMITATION, HOWEVER, SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO CLAIMS INVOLVING
INFRINGEMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES.
5. License and Use. Customer may not use any data or documentation received
from the Service except as expressly provided in this Agreement. Customer
agrees, for itself and for any party acting by or through Customer: (i) To
allow its password(s) and any documentation, or data received from the
Service, to be used only by Customer's authorized users (ii) Not to
transfer, by any means whatsoever, any data or documentation received from
the Service (or copies thereof), to any person, organization or institution
outside the Approved User-Base and to prohibit any member of the Approved
User-Base from doing so; (iii) Not to sell, exchange, barter, or transfer,
rent, lease, loan, resell for profit, distribute or in any other manner
commercially exploit any data or documentation received from the Service; or
obscure copyright notices contained on data or documentation received from
the Service. Exceptions to these conditions, where requested in writing by
Customer, may be granted by BuildCentral’s sole discretion.
6. Invoicing/Payment. Customer will be invoiced prices set forth in the
applicable BuildCentral Rider(s). BuildCentral's prices are exclusive of
sales, use, excise, value added, or other similar taxes; Customer will be
invoiced for any applicable taxes on the sale of services and/or products.
Invoicing will be as set forth in the Rider with payment due upon receipt of
invoice. Undisputed accounts not paid within thirty (30) days of date of
invoice shall be deemed delinquent and are subject to interest charges of
eighteen percent (18%) per annum on the unpaid balance (or the maximum rate
allowed by law, if such rate is less than 18%). BuildCentral reserves the
right to suspend Service to a delinquent account without prior notice.
Should Customer be delinquent in the payment of any invoices, Customer shall
be liable for all costs of collection incurred by BuildCentral, including
without limitation collection agency fees and reasonable attorney's fees, as
well as court costs.
7. Use of Purchase Order. In case of any conflict with the terms of this
agreement and the customer’s purchase order, terms of this agreement shall
control and prevail.
8. Termination of Agreement. This Agreement remains in effect until
terminated by either party. Customer will provide 30 days written notice
before the end of a month to BuildCentral in accordance with the terms set
forth in the Rider(s) in order to terminate this agreement.
9. Law. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted solely in
accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, United States of America,
without application of its conflict of laws provisions. Should any term and
condition be declared illegal or otherwise unenforceable, it shall be
severed from the remainder of this Agreement without affecting the legality
or enforceability of the remaining portions. BuildCentral's remedies set
forth herein are not exclusive and are in addition to any and all other
remedies available at law or in equity, none of which shall be deemed as
waived by virtue of BuildCentral's exercise of any other remedy.
10. Force Majeure. BuildCentral and its information providers shall not be
liable or deemed to be in default for any delays or failure in performance
or interruption of Service resulting directly or indirectly from any cause
or circumstance beyond their reasonable control.
11. Assignment. This Agreement is not assignable or transferable by Customer
and any attempted assignment or transfer shall be null and void and of no
force or effect. BuildCentral may assign this Agreement and/or payments due
without requirement for Customer's permission or approval.
12. Final Agreement. This Agreement (including any revisions) constitutes
the entire agreement between the parties. This Agreement may only be
modified in writing by BuildCentral.
Revised May 06
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