Wavelength Terms and Conditions Version Dated May 2015
THESE
WAVELENGTH TERMS AND CONDITIONS GOVERN YOUR USE OF THE WAVELENGTH SOFTWARE
APPLICATION AND USER GUIDE (COLLECTIVELY, THE “WAVELENGTH PLATFORM”) THAT YOU
ORDER THROUGH WWW.AKIRAWAVELENGTH.COM
/ WWW.WAVELENGTH.GLOBAL, SCYTL OR UNDER A AKIRA SYSTEMS ORDER FORM.
BY CLICKING THE
BOX INDICATING YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE WAVELENGTH / POLLWORKER MANAGEMENT TERMS AND CONDITION (THE “AGREEMENT”)
OR BY EXECUTING AN ORDER FORM THAT REFERENCES THIS AGREEMENT, YOU AGREE TO BE
BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT. YOU ARE ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON
BEHALF OF A COMPANY OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY AND YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO BIND SUCH ENTITY TO THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SUCH
AUTHORITY, IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED
IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE EXECUTED THE SIGNED ORDER FORM INDICATING YOUR
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE NULL AND VOID AND MAY NOT USE THE
WAVELENGTH PLATFORM. IF YOU CLICK THE BOX OR EXECUTE THE ORDER FORM INDICATING
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT AND SUBSEQUENTLY INSTALL, COPY OR USE THE
WAVELENGTH PLATFORM, YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT.
1. Wavelength Platform Definitions
Unless
otherwise defined in this Agreement, all capitalized words shall have the
following meanings:
"Akira Systems" the
incorporated organization that holds the trademark and IP for the Wavelength
and or Pollworker Management Platform. Akira Systems or Wavelength is company
that is wholly owned by SCYTL.
"Affiliate" means any entity which
directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control
with the subject entity. "Control," for purposes of this definition,
means direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 50% of the voting
interests of the subject entity.
Wavelength
Platform “Order Form" means any ordering documents for Your subscription to the Wavelength
Platform, including addenda thereto, that are entered into between You and Us.
Order Forms include any pages on http://www.akirawavelength.com or www.wavelength.global
through which You registered for the Wavelength Platform. Order Forms shall be
deemed incorporated herein by reference.
“Pollworker Management Platform” mean the
Wavelength Platform that is re-branded for SCYTL clients in the elections
vertical. All indicated Wavelength Platform terms apply to Pollworker
Management Platform and use of the application. Akira Systems is an
incorporated organization that holds the trademark and IP for the Wavelength
and or Pollworker Management Platform. Akira Systems or Wavelength is company
that is wholly owned by SCYTL.
"Third-Party
Application"
means a web application that is provided by a third party and interoperates
with the Wavelength Platform, such as the Payroll Manager Module, E-learning for the Wavelength Platform.
"User
Guide"
means the online user guide or Wavelength in product guides” Did you know” for
the Wavelength Platform, accessible via Akira Systems Support as updated from
time to time.
"Users" means individuals who
are authorized by You to use the Wavelength Platform, for whom subscriptions to
the Wavelength Platform have been acquired pursuant to this Agreement, and who
have accounts that have been set up by you on the system and have received
Usernames and passwords (or by Us at Your request)[ Users may include but are
not limited to Your employees, consultants, contractors and agents.
"We,"
"Us" or “Our" means Akira Systems Inc. an Ontario corporation
with a principal place of business at 202-205 Horton St., London, Ontario, Canada N6B 1K7.
"You" or "Your" means the
company or other legal entity for which you are accepting this Agreement.
“Your
Application”
means a software application that You (or a third party acting on Your behalf)
create and that interoperates with the Wavelength Platform.
"Your
Data"
means all electronic data or other information submitted by You to the Wavelength
Platform.
2. Provision and
use of the Wavelength Platform
1. Provision of the Wavelength Platform. We shall make a certain number of subscriptions of
the Wavelength Platform available to You pursuant to this Agreement and
relevant Order Forms. User subscriptions are for designated Users and
cannot be shared or used by more than one User. Any new accounts can be
added to the Wavelength Platform at any time.
2.
Administration User. Your Wavelength Platform subscription includes one
administration User subscription unless otherwise agreed to by Us. The
administration User subscription may be used solely to administer the Wavelength
Platform and is considered one of the users of the service for purposes
of total user count. You have the option to add or create more
Administrator accounts users as your organization sees fit.
3.
Other Usage Limitations. The Wavelength Platform may be subject to other
limitations, such as, for example, limits on disk storage space (if
hosted by Akira Systems subject to the storage space listed on the order
form) ), and on the number of calls You are permitted to make against Our
application programming interface. Any such limitations are at the sole
discretion of Us.
4. Support Services.
We
shall provide support during the term of this Agreement Monday to Friday
during business hours between 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time, excluding holidays. In case
of an issue, You should send an email describing the issue to Our
customer support service department at support@akirasystems.com or via
the feedback form on the application. Any supplemental software code
provided to You in connection with the support services shall be deemed
to be part of the Wavelength Platform for the purposes of this Agreement.
5. Hosting Services. If specified in the Order Form, We
shall host the Wavelength Platform in our shared server environment,
including Your Data, and provide access to the Wavelength Platform 7 days
per week, 24 hours per day except for scheduled maintenance during the
hours of 10PM to 6 AM or pre-notified of an updated release at the times
specified from our support team.
6. Your Responsibilities. You shall (i) be responsible for Users’ compliance
with this Agreement, (ii) be solely responsible for the accuracy,
quality, integrity and legality of, and for the means by which You
acquired, Your Data and Your Applications, (iii) use commercially
reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to or use of the Wavelength
Platform, and notify Us promptly of any such unauthorized access or use,
and (iv) use the Wavelength Platform only in accordance with the User
Guide and applicable laws and government regulations. You shall not (a)
make the Wavelength Platform available to anyone other than Users, (b)
sell, resell, rent or lease the Wavelength Platform, (c) use the Wavelength
Platform to store or transmit infringing, libelous, or otherwise unlawful
or tortuous material, or to store or transmit material in violation of
third-party privacy rights, (d) use the Wavelength Platform to store or
transmit malicious code or malware, or to engage in phishing or other
fraudulent activity, (e) interfere with or disrupt the integrity or
performance of the Wavelength Platform or third-party data contained
therein, or (f) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Wavelength
Platform or Our systems or networks. In addition, if you subscribe to our
electronic payment services, you agree to submit funds to us no later
than 4 business days [following the end of each month during the term of
this Agreement].
3. Third-Party
Providers
1.
Acquisition of Third-Party Products and Services. We may offer Third-Party Applications for sale under
Order Forms. The agreement terms with those Third-Party Applications
apply to Your use of them. Any acquisition by You of third-party products
or services, including but not limited to Third-Party Applications and
implementation, customization and other consulting services, and any
exchange of data between You and any third-party provider, is solely
between You and the applicable third-party provider. We do not warrant or
support third-party products or services including the Third-Party
Applications, whether or not they are designated by Us as “certified” or
otherwise, except as specified in an Order Form. No purchase of
third-party products or services including the Third-Party Applications
is required to use the Wavelength Platform.
2. Third-Party Applications and Your Data. If You install or enable a Third-Party Application
for use with the Wavelength Platform, You acknowledge that We may allow
the provider of that Third-Party Application to access Your Data as
required for the interoperation of such Third-Party Application with the Wavelength
Platform. We shall not be responsible for any disclosure, modification or
deletion of Your Data resulting from any such access by a Third-Party
Application provider.
4. Fees and
payment for purchased services
1. User fees.
You shall pay all fees plus applicable taxes as specified in all Order
Forms hereunder. Except as otherwise specified herein or in an Order
Form, (i) fees are quoted and payable in the currency identified on the
Order Form (ii) fees are based on the
number of Users based on the specified Term and not actual usage, (iii)
payment obligations are non-cancelable for the Term and fees paid are
non-refundable, and (iv) the obligation is based on the term of the
contract if the contract is canceled by You, Akira Systems will invoice
based on what is specified in the Order from Monthly or Annually and time left on the
contract. Monthly Users as defined in the Wavelength Platform as Pre,
Active, Onleave or Pre, Active, subscription fees are based on monthly
periods that begin on the subscription start date and each monthly
anniversary thereof; therefore, fees for User subscriptions added in the
middle of a monthly period will be charged for that full monthly period
and the monthly periods remaining in the subscription term. Annually as
specified in the Order form are prepaid on a yearly level based on the
specified users in the order form. After the first year a review of the user counts will be made and any over usage will be charged based on the per user amount on the order form for that year. User and cost adjustments will be added to the followingyears and invoice will be generated based on the new user counts over and above what
was stated in the Order form.
2. Invoicing and payment. You will provide Us with valid and updated credit
card information or with a valid purchase order or alternative document
reasonably acceptable to Us. If You provide credit card information to
Us, You authorize Us to charge such credit for all fees listed in the
Order Form for the initial subscription term and based on the any renewal
subscription term(s) as set forth in Section 11.2 (Term of Purchased User
Subscriptions). Such charges shall be made based on the previous monthly
user counts, either annually or in accordance with any different billing
frequency stated in the applicable Order Form. There is a 60 day startup period in which YOU can implement the
specified users quoted in the Order Form into the system. Monthly Invoicing will commence once
there are any Pre, Active or On Leave users in the system. After the 60
day period elapses Akira will invoice based on the greater of actual Pre,
Active or On Leave users in the system or the specified users quoted in
the Order Form. Yearly will be invoiced and paid on or
before the 60 days. If the Order Form specifies that payment will be by a
method other than a credit card, We will invoice You based on the
previous monthly user counts and otherwise in accordance with the
relevant Order Form. Unless otherwise stated in the Order Form, invoiced
charges are due net 15 days from the invoice date. You are responsible
for ensuring that We have Your complete and accurate billing and contact
information
3. Overdue charges.
If any charges are not received from You by the due date (except charges
then under reasonable and good faith dispute), then at Our discretion,
(a) such charges may accrue late interest at the rate of 2.5% per month,
30% per annum of the outstanding balance from the date such payment was
due until the date paid, and/or (b) We may condition future subscription
renewals and Order Forms on payment terms shorter than those specified in
Section 4.2(Invoicing and Payment).
4. Charges 30 or More Days Overdue. If any charge owing by You under an Order Form is 30
or more days overdue (except charges then under reasonable and good faith
dispute), We may, without limiting Our other rights and remedies,
accelerate Your unpaid fee obligations under such Order Forms so that all
such obligations become immediately due and payable, and suspend or
discontinue Your use of the Wavelength Platform until such amounts are
paid in full.
5. Taxes.
You are responsible for paying all taxes associated with Your purchases
hereunder. If We have the legal obligation to pay or collect taxes for
which You are responsible under this paragraph, the appropriate amount
shall be invoiced to and paid by You, unless You provide Us with a valid
tax exemption certificate authorized by the appropriate taxing authority.
For clarity, We are solely responsible for taxes assessable against Us
based on Our income, property and employees.
5. Licenses
1.
Our License to You.
1. We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license
during the term specified in the Order Form to use the Wavelength
Platform for Your internal business purposes and to make one copy of the
database thereof for back-up purposes. You shall not (i) permit any
third party to access the Wavelength Platform except as permitted herein
or in an Order Form, (ii) create derivate works based on the Wavelength
Platform, (iii) copy, frame or mirror any part or content of the
Wavelength Platform, (iv) reverse engineer or decompile the Wavelength
Platform, (v) access the Wavelength Platform in order to build a
competitive product or service or to copy any features, functions or
graphics of the Wavelength Platform, or (vi) remove or alter any
copyright notice in the Wavelength Platform.
2. Your License to Us.
1. You grant us a worldwide license to use, reproduce,
transmit, display and host Your Data, where applicable, solely as
necessary for Us to provide the support services and hosting services,
if any, in accordance with this Agreement and otherwise, to permit you
to use the Wavelength Platform.
2. You grant us a royalty-free, worldwide, transferable,
sublicenseable, irrevocable, perpetual license to use or incorporate
into the Wavelength Platform any suggestions, enhancement requests,
recommendations or other feedback provided by You, including Users,
relating to the operation of the Wavelength Platform.
3. You grant us the right to utilize Your organization
and organizational logos as part of our marketing including but not
limited to print and web material. You have the option to request the
removal of such information via a request through
support@akirasystems.com
6. Proprietary
Rights
1. Our Proprietary Rights. Subject to the limited rights expressly granted, We
reserve all rights, title and interest in and to the Wavelength Platform,
including all related intellectual property rights subsisting therein. We
grant no rights to You other than
as expressly set forth herein.
7. Confidentiality
1. Definition of Confidential Information. As used herein, "Confidential Information"
means all confidential information disclosed by a party ("Disclosing
Party") to the other party ("Receiving Party"), whether
orally or in writing, that is designated as confidential or that
reasonably should be understood to be confidential given the nature of
the information and the circumstances of disclosure. Your Confidential
Information shall include Your Data; Our Confidential Information shall
include the Wavelength Platform; and Confidential Information of each
party shall include the terms and conditions of this Agreement and all
Order Forms, as well as business and marketing plans, technology and
technical information, product plans and designs, and business processes
disclosed by such party. However, Confidential Information (other than
Your Data) shall not include any information that (i) is or becomes
generally known to the public without breach of any obligation owed to
the Disclosing Party, (ii) was known to the Receiving Party prior to its
disclosure by the Disclosing Party without breach of any obligation owed
to the Disclosing Party, (iii) is received from a third party without
breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party, or (iv) was
independently developed by the Receiving Party.
2. Protection of Confidential Information. Except as otherwise permitted in writing by the
Disclosing Party, (i) the Receiving Party shall use the same degree of
care that it uses to protect the confidentiality of its own confidential
information of like kind (but in no event less than reasonable care) not
to disclose or use any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party
for any purpose outside the scope of this Agreement, and (ii) the
Receiving Party shall limit access to Confidential Information of the
Disclosing Party to those of its employees, contractors and agents who
need such access for purposes consistent with this Agreement and who have
signed confidentiality agreements with the Receiving Party containing
protections no less stringent than those herein.
3. Protection of Your Data. Without limiting the above, in the event that We host
the Wavelength Platform and Your Data, We shall maintain appropriate
administrative, physical, and technical safeguards for protection of the
security, confidentiality and integrity of Your Data. We shall not (a)
modify Your Data, except at Your request in connection with customer
support matters, (b) disclose Your Data except as compelled by law in
accordance with Section 7.4 (Compelled Disclosure) or as expressly
permitted in writing by You, or (c) access Your Data except to prevent or
address service or technical problems, or at Your request in connection
with customer support matters.
4. Compelled Disclosure. The Receiving Party may disclose Confidential
Information of the Disclosing Party if it is compelled by law to do so,
provided the Receiving Party gives the Disclosing Party prior notice of
such compelled disclosure (to the extent legally permitted) and reasonable
assistance, at the Disclosing Party's cost, if the Disclosing Party
wishes to contest the disclosure. If the Receiving Party is compelled by
law to disclose the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information as part
of a civil proceeding to which the Disclosing Party is a party, and the
Disclosing Party is not contesting the disclosure, the Disclosing Party
will reimburse the Receiving Party for its reasonable cost of compiling
and providing secure access to such Confidential Information.
8. Exclusion of
Warranties
WE
MAKE NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR
OTHERWISE IN RESPECT OF THE WAVELENGTH PLATFORM AND THE HOSTING SERVICES, IF
ANY, AND WE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE,[WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, WE DO NOT WARRANT
THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION, TEXT, GRAPHICS, LINKS OR OTHER
ITEMS CONTAINED IN THE WAVELENGTH PLATFORM.
IN ADDITION, WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE WAVELENGTH
PLATFORM WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT YOUR USE OF THE WAVELENGTH
PLATFORM AND THE HOSTING SERVICES, IF ANY, WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY,
SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR.
9. Indemnification
You
shall defend Us against any claim, demand, suit, or proceeding
("Claim") made or brought against Us by a third party alleging that
Your Data, Your Applications or other materials developed by You (or by a third
party on Your behalf) using the Wavelength Platform infringe or misappropriate the intellectual
property rights of a third party or violate applicable law (to the extent such
infringement, misappropriation or violation does not arise from the Wavelength
Platform), and shall indemnify Us for all costs and damages, and for reasonable
attorney’s fees, incurred by Us in connection with any such Claim; provided,
that We (a) promptly give You written notice of the Claim; (b) give You sole
control of the defense and settlement of the Claim (provided that You may not
settle any Claim unless the settlement unconditionally release Us of all
liability); and (c) provide to You all reasonable assistance, at Our expense.
10. Limitation of
Liability
1. Exclusion of Indirect
Damages. IN
NO EVENT SHALL WE HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, COVER OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER
IN CONTRACT, TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE
HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE
FOREGOING, WE SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE OR YOUR DATA
OR FOR INTERRUPTIONS INTHE WAVELENGTH PLATFORM OR THE HOSTING SERVICES.
2. Limit on Direct Damages. In
respect of any claim, demand or action by YOU against US or any of OUR
employees, directors, officers, CONTRACTORS or agents whether based in contract, tort (including
negligence), or otherwise, including a breach by US of any of OUR obligations under this Agreement
(whether or not a fundamental breach), YOUR exclusive remedy shall be to
receive from US payment for actual and direct damages to a maximum aggregate amount
equal to the amount paid by YOU IN THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS UNDER
THE ORDER FORM TO WHICH THE DAMAGE RELATES.
11. Term and Termination
1. Term.
This Agreement commences on the date You accept it and continues until
terminated in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
2. Term of Purchased User Subscriptions. User subscriptions purchased by You commence on the
start date specified in the applicable Order Form and continue for the
subscription term specified therein. Except as otherwise specified in the
applicable Order Form, all User subscriptions shall automatically renew
for additional periods equal to the expiring subscription term or one
year (whichever is shorter), unless either party gives the other notice
of non-renewal at least 30 days before the end of the relevant
subscription term. The per-User pricing during any such renewal term shall
be the same as that during the prior term unless We have given You
written notice of a pricing increase at least 5 days before the end of
such prior term, in which case the pricing increase shall be effective
upon renewal and thereafter.
3. Termination by Reseller or Akira System, We may terminate
this Agreement (a) at any time without cause upon 60 days’ written notice
to You, or (b) upon 7 days’ written notice to You of a material breach of
this Agreement if such breach remains uncured at the expiration of such
period.
4.
Return of Your Data. In the event that we host the Wavelength Platform
containing Your Data, upon request by You made within 30 days after the
effective date of termination of this Agreement, We will make available
to You for download a file of Your Data in comma separated value (.csv)
format or in a SQL database format along with attachments in their native
format. After such 30-day period, We shall have no obligation to maintain
or provide any of Your Data and shall thereafter, unless legally
prohibited, delete all of Your Data in Our systems or otherwise in Our
possession or under Our control.
4. Surviving Provisions. Sections 6 (Proprietary Rights), 7 (Confidentiality),
8 (Exclusion of Warranties), 9 (Indemnification), 10 (Limitation of Liability),
11.4(Return of Your Data), 11.6 (Surviving Provisions), 12 (Notices,
Governing Law, Venue and Waiver of Jury Trial) and 14 (General
Provisions) shall survive any termination or expiration of this
Agreement.
12. Notices,
Governing law, Venue, and Waiver of Jury Trial
1. Notices.
Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, all notices, permissions
and approvals hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been given upon: (a) personal delivery, (b) the second business day after
mailing, (c) the second business day after sending by confirmed
facsimile, or (d) the first business day after sending by email (provided
email shall not be sufficient for notices of material breach or an
indemnifiable claim). Notices to Us shall be addressed to the attention
of Akira Systems Inc., 202-205 Horton St, London, Ontario, Canada N6B 1K7, Attention: OPERATIONS. Notices to You shall be
addressed to the system administrator designated by You for Your Wavelength
Platform account, and in the case of billing-related notices, to the
relevant billing contact designated by You.
2. Governing law.
This Agreement, and any disputes arising out of or related hereto, shall
be governed exclusively by the internal laws of the Province of Ontario
and federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to their
conflicts of laws rules. The parties expressly exclude the application of
the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods.
3. Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial. The provincial and federal courts located in London,
Ontario shall have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute
arising out of or relating to this Agreement via Arbitration. Each party
hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts. Each party
hereby waives any right to a jury trial in connection with any action or
litigation in any way arising out of or related to this Agreement.
13. Changes to
terms
We
may make changes to this Agreement from time to time. When these changes are
made, We will make a new copy of this Agreement available on this web page. Prior
to the renewal of the term of any Order Form, You are responsible for checking
the version date of this Agreement specified on the first page. If the
Agreement version date has changed, You understand and agree that if you use
the Wavelength Platform after the renewal term has commenced, You will be
deemed to have accepted the updated terms and conditions of this Agreement
which will govern your use of the Wavelength Platform during such renewal term.
14. General
provisions
1. Export compliance.
Each party shall comply with the export laws and regulations of Canada
and other applicable jurisdictions in providing and using the Wavelength
Platform. Without limiting the foregoing, (a) each party represents that
it is not named on any Canadian government list of persons or entities
prohibited from receiving exports, and (b) it shall not permit Users to
access or use the Wavelength Platform in violation of any Canadian export
embargo, prohibition or restriction.
2. Relationship of the parties. The parties are independent contractors. This
Agreement does not create a partnership, franchise, joint venture,
agency, fiduciary or employment relationship between the parties.
3. No Third-Party Beneficiaries. There are no third-party beneficiaries to this
Agreement.
4. Waiver and Cumulative Remedies. No failure or delay by either party in exercising any
right under this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of that right. Other
than as expressly stated herein, the remedies provided herein are in
addition to, and not exclusive of, any other remedies of a party at law
or in equity.
5. Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be contrary to law, the provision shall be modified by
the court and interpreted so as best to accomplish the objectives of the
original provision to the fullest extent permitted by law, failing which
such provision shall be struck, and the remaining provisions of this
Agreement shall remain in effect.
6. Assignment.
You may not assign any of Your
rights or obligations hereunder, whether by operation of law or
otherwise, without Our prior written consent of (not to be unreasonably
withheld). Notwithstanding the foregoing, You may assign this Agreement
in its entirety (including all Order Forms), without Our consent to an Affiliate
or in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or
sale of all or substantially all of Your assets not involving a direct
competitor of Us. Any assignment made contrary to the foregoing terms
shall be void and, at Our option, We may terminate this Agreement upon
written notice to You. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding
upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties, their respective
successors and permitted assigns.
7. Entire Agreement.
This Agreement, including all Order Forms, constitutes the entire
agreement between the parties and supersedes all prior and
contemporaneous agreements, proposals or representations, written or
oral, concerning its subject matter. No modification, amendment, or
waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless in
writing and either signed or accepted electronically by the party against
whom the modification, amendment or waiver is to be asserted.
Notwithstanding any language to the contrary therein, no terms or
conditions stated in Your purchase order or other order documentation
(excluding Order Forms) shall be incorporated into or form any part of
this Agreement, and all such terms or conditions shall be null and void.
8. Force Majeure. Dates and times by which We are required to render performance
under this Agreement shall be postponed automatically to the extent and
for the period of time that We are prevented from meeting them by reason
of any cause beyond Our reasonable control. However, We will notify You of the
commencement and nature of such cause and the probable consequences
thereof and use Our reasonable efforts to render performance in a timely
manner.
9.
Contract Terms in English. The parties acknowledge that they require
that this Agreement be
drawn up in the English language
only. Les parties reconnaissent qu’elles ont exigé que la présente convention soit
rédigée en langue anglaise seulement.