Services Agreement
This Services Agreement
(“Agreement”) is made and entered into between Mailnet Services, Inc. dba Conclusive Marketing (“Conclusive”) and user of
Conclusive’s online services (“Customer”). The Agreement contains the terms and
conditions that apply to Customer’s use of the online services. Please read
these terms and conditions carefully.
By
clicking on the I ACCEPT button, you acknowledge that you have agreed to all of
the terms of this Agreement, that you have agreed to become a party to, and
legally bound by, this Agreement and that you are duly authorized to execute
this Agreement. If you do not agree to all of the terms of this Agreement,
click the I DECLINE button. You will not be able to
use the Service if you click the I DECLINE button.
This
Agreement governs the web-based marketing applications and services to be
provided by Conclusive to Customer under this Agreement, which services may
change from time to time in the sole discretion of Conclusive (the “Service”).
1.
TERM AND
TERMINATION. This
Agreement shall commence as of the Effective date and shall continue thereafter
unless terminated by either Party on thirty (30) days prior written notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may terminate this Service
Agreement immediately in the event of a breach or a threatened breach of this
Service Agreement by the other Party and Conclusive shall have the right to
immediately terminate this Service Agreement in the event that Conclusive
determines, in its sole discretion, to suspend offering the Service to
Customer.
2.
CUSTOMER
RESPONSIBILITIES.
2.1. Upon receipt, Customer shall
inspect Conclusive’s work for compliance with the Service ordered. If
verifiable errors are reported to Conclusive within 30 days, Customer shall
elect its remedy as set forth in Section 8 of this Agreement. Customer’s
failure to notify Conclusive of errors shall constitute acceptance of the order
“As Is”.
2.2. Customer will maintain current,
accurate and complete books and records relating to its use of any rented lists
for a period of at least twelve (12) months after each marketing communication
including sample mail pieces, telemarketing scripts, ad copy or other
communications that Customer has used, and a list of each state to which the
marketing communication has been made using the Lists. At their own expense, Conclusive,
or any representative designated, will have the right to examine and copy or
make extracts from all such books and records and any source documents used in
preparation thereof, related to the rented lists, at any time during normal
business hours, provided Conclusive gives Customer written notice at least
three (3) business days prior to any such examination.
3.
PRICING.
Customer agrees
to pay Conclusive all fees and charges (including applied sales taxes) in
connection with the Services as set forth within the website upon order
completion, which fees and charges may be changed from time to time in
Conclusive’s sole discretion through posting of such changes on its website.
All past due invoices shall incur interest at a rate of 1% per month or the
maximum lawful rate, whichever is less. Ownership title for the Services
purchased on the website will transfer at the point of origin. In the case of
direct mailing campaigns this would be the location that the mailing is
presented and given to the USPS for distribution to the mailing campaign
recipients.
4.
CONFIDENTIALITY
/ PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. The Customer Data disclosed pursuant to this Agreement will be
deemed to include certain personally identifiable information which may include
information that is publicly available combined with information that is not
publicly available. Conclusive agrees to not use, disclose, or commingle with
information held by Conclusive the Customer data for marketing purposes or for
any other purposes except (a) as permitted or required by this Agreement or as
required by law, or (b) with prior written approval from Customer. Conclusive
agrees and acknowledges that the Customer data shall at all times be owned by Customer
or Customer’s subsidiaries or affiliates. Conclusive and Customer acknowledge
that the information disclosed hereunder may constitute proprietary information
and trade secrets of the disclosing party and agrees that it shall maintain such
confidential information in strict confidence and shall not disclose to any
person or entity, or otherwise utilize or license, either during the term of
this Agreement or at any time thereafter, any confidential information, data,
trade secret or any other proprietary or confidential matter of which it
becomes aware and which in any way relates to the business, financial or
property affairs of the disclosing party or its subsidiaries or affiliates,
without the disclosing party’s prior written consent. The recipient agrees
to use appropriate safeguards to prevent use and/or disclosure of the
confidential information of the disclosing party in a manner other than as
provided for by this Agreement, including, but not limited to, protecting
written documents and electronic files. The recipient shall restrict access to
the disclosing party’s confidential information to those employees, officers,
subcontractors and other third parties whose access is necessary for the
performance of the Services. If Conclusive or any of its representatives are
requested pursuant to, or become compelled by law, regulatory request, legal
process, subpoena or court order to disclose Customer data, Conclusive will
provide Customer with prompt advance written notice of such intended disclosure
so that Customer may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy.
Conclusive will furnish only that portion of the Customer data which is legally
required and Conclusive shall reasonably cooperate with Customer’s efforts, at Customer’s
expense, to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be
accorded the Customer Data.
5.
MATERIALS
/ DATA PROTECTION WARRANTIES.
5.1. Customer acknowledges that in
providing the Services, Conclusive will rely on various materials and data provided
or obtained from Customer and Clients (“Materials”). Customer agrees that
Conclusive does not perform any independent analysis or verification of these
Materials and cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy or such Materials.
Conclusive assumes no responsibility or liability for errors resulting from the
Materials.
5.2. The parties agree to comply with
all privacy and data protection laws, rules and regulations. Customer warrants
that any Materials sent to Conclusive by Customer or Clients has been legally
obtained, that Customer’s or Client’s subsequent use of such Materials will be
legal, and that, to the best of its knowledge, none of the activities for which
it has engaged the Services of Conclusive will involve the commission by
Conclusive of any illegal act. Conclusive warrants that all information that
it provides Customer has been legally obtained and that to the best of
Conclusive’s knowledge it has complied with all applicable laws and
regulations.
5.3. Conclusive may suspend the Services
if in its reasonable judgment the performance of the Services would be
illegal. Such a suspension of Services shall not constitute a default under
this Agreement. In such event, the parties agree to use their best efforts to
implement an alternative method of performing the Services. In the event that
no such alternative method can be reasonably implemented, Conclusive agrees to
return all of Customer’s proprietary information that relates to the suspended
Services promptly upon Customer’s payment to Conclusive of any then current
invoices relating to such Services. Conclusive will promptly refund to Customer
any portion of its pre-paid fee that has not been used for services at the time
of service suspension.
6.
OWNERSHIP
6.1. The Services provided under this
Agreement include pre-existing works (individually and collectively, the
“Conclusive Materials”). The Conclusive Materials and all rights therein
including any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or any other
intellectual property right associated with the Conclusive Materials and any
source code related to the Conclusive Materials shall be owned exclusively by
Conclusive. Customer shall have no claim of ownership in any of the patent,
copyright, trademark, trade secret, or any other intellectual property right in
the Conclusive Materials. Client has the right to use Conclusive Materials
as defined in the Schedule.
6.2. Conclusive reserves the right to
modify or update the Conclusive Materials from time to time. Conclusive will
give Customer reasonable notice in the event that these modifications will
materially change the functions or features of the Services.
7.
Limited License. Conclusive grants Customer a nonexclusive,
revocable right to use Conclusive Marketing icons and logos provided by
Conclusive, and such other images for which Conclusive grants express
permission, for the purpose of identifying Customer and Conclusive as business
partners and to assist in generating additional product sales for Conclusive. Customer
may not modify any such materials in any way. Conclusive reserves all of its
rights in the icons, logos, and other such images and materials, trade names
and trademarks, and all other intellectual property rights therein. Customer
agrees to allow Conclusive to review final ad copy and images prior to such
licensed logos and icons being displayed publicly on any written or electronic
media. Conclusive agrees to not unreasonably withhold approval of use of ad
copy and images. Conclusive may revoke Customer’s trademark and images license
at any time by giving 30 day written notice to Customer.
8.
GENERAL
WARRANTIES.
8.1. Conclusive warrants that it has the
necessary equipment, computer capacity, software, programs and trained
personnel to properly perform the Services described herein consistent with
standard industry practices, that it will perform the Services described herein
in a professional and workmanlike manner, that it is a duly formed corporation
in good standing under the laws of the state of Delaware, that it is qualified
to transact business in all states where the ownership of its properties or
nature of its operations requires such qualification, that it has full power
and authority to enter into and perform the Agreement, that the execution and
delivery of the Agreement have been duly authorized, and that the Agreement
does not violate any law, statute or regulation and does not breach any other
agreement or covenant to which Conclusive is a party or is bound.
8.2. Customer warrants that it is a duly
formed company in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation,
that it is qualified to transact business in all states where the ownership of
its properties or nature of its operations requires such qualification, that it
has full power and authority to enter into and perform the Agreement, that the
execution and delivery of the Agreement have been duly authorized, and that the
Agreement does not violate any law, statute or regulation and does not breach
any other agreement or covenant to which Customer is a party or is bound.
8.3. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE STATED IN THIS
AGREEMENT, THERE ARE NO OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED HEREUNDER,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN THE EVENT THAT ANY DATA IS TO BE SUPPLIED
HEREUNDER, CONCLUSIVE MAKES NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WITH RESPECT
THERETO, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR CURRENTNESS.
9.
REMEDIES. Conclusive’s sole obligation and Customer’s
exclusive remedy for any claim of defective Services shall be to re-perform the
Services in question without charge or, at Customer’s option, to refund the
price paid by Customer for any defective Services. Conclusive’s aggregate
liability to Customer whether for negligence, breach of warranty, or any other
cause of action shall be limited to the price paid for the Services to which
the incident relates.
10.
MUTUAL
NON-INFRINGEMENT INDEMNIFICATION. Conclusive and Customer (Parties) will
defend and indemnify each other against a claim that their services, data, or
any other product furnished by the Parties and used within the scope of this
Agreement infringes a copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other
third-party proprietary right provided that: (a) each Party notifies the other
in writing within thirty (30) days after receiving written notice from a third
party specifying such claim; (b) each Party has sole control of the defense and
all related settlement negotiations on its own behalf and is responsible for
all costs and expenses associated therewith; and (c) each Party provides the
other with such assistance as may be necessary to perform their obligations
under this Paragraph 10. THE FOREGOING STATES EACH PARTIES’ ENTIRE LIABILITY
FOR INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS.
11.
LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY. In no event shall either party, OR
THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS
BE LIABLE for any special, indirect,
incidental or consequential damages, including, but not limited to, lost income
or lost revenue whether based in contract, tort or any other theory.
Any cause of action arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be
asserted within one (1) year of the date upon which such cause of action
accrued, or the date upon which the complaining party should have reasonably
discovered the existence of such cause of action, whichever is later.
12.
Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the Laws of the
State of Tennessee.
13.
ENTIRE
AGREEMENT. This
Agreement, together with the Schedule attached hereto, sets forth the entire
understanding and supersedes and merges all prior and contemporaneous
agreements between the parties relating to the subject matter contained herein,
and neither party shall be bound by any provision, amendment or modification
other than as expressly stated in or contemplated by this Agreement or as
subsequently shall be set forth in writing and executed by a duly authorized
representative of the party to be bound thereby. All waivers hereunder must be
made in writing, and failure at any time to require the other party's
performance of any obligation under this Agreement shall not affect the right
subsequently to require performance of that obligation. Any waiver of any
breach of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any continuing
or succeeding breach.
14.
Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement
shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law; but if any provision of this Agreement should be prohibited or
invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent
of such prohibition or invalidity, and the balance of this Agreement shall be
interpreted as if such provision were so excluded.
15.
Subject Headings. The subject headings of the
sections of this Agreement are included for the purposes of convenience only,
and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of any of its
provisions.
16.
Successors and Assigns. Customer shall not assign or
transfer its rights, or delegate its rights or responsibilities under this
Agreement, without the prior written consent of Conclusive. Any purported
assignment or delegation in violation of this Section shall be null and void
and of no force or effect. Conclusive may assign this Agreement and/or
payments due hereunder without requirement for Customer permission or
approval. This Agreement shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit
of, the authorized successors and assigns of Conclusive and Customer.
17.
FORCE
MAJEURE. Neither
party is responsible for delays due to causes or occurrences beyond its control
including, but not limited to, civil disobedience, acts of God, casualty or
accident, war, labor disputes, government actions, or the like.
18.
NOTICES. Notices required or contemplated
by this Agreement by either party shall be delivered either by (i) personal
delivery, (ii) postage prepaid, return receipt requested, registered or
certified mail, (iii) nationally recognized overnight courier, such as Federal
Express or UPS, or (iv) facsimile with a confirmation copy sent simultaneously
by postage prepaid, return receipt requested, registered or certified mail.
Notice shall be effective on the date it is received.