TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. Services. Easy Estimator shall, during the Term, provide to Subscriber
the Services.
2. Payment. Subscriber will pay the fees provided for in this Agreement.
3. Termination for Breach. Either Party may terminate this Agreement
at any time if the other Party materially defaults under any term or
condition of this Agreement and fails to cure such default within 30
days after notice from the aggrieved Party.
4. Submission of Information and Services Usage. Subscriber is solely
responsible for any and all information submitted to or through the Services,
whether to Easy Estimator or any other user of the Services. This responsibility
extends to all transactions, entries, deletions, and other activities
accomplished using the Services. Easy Estimator will have no responsibility
or liability for the content, accuracy, or completeness of any such information
submitted by Subscriber or any vendor, customer, or other person associated
with Subscriber. Without limiting the foregoing, Subscriber shall use
its best efforts to assure that all information submitted or provided
to the Services by Subscriber is (i) accurate, complete and correct;
(ii) does not violate any applicable federal, state, local or international
statute, law, or regulation to which any transaction shall be applicable;
(iii) does not infringe upon or violate the proprietary or intellectual
property rights including trade name, trademark, copyright, or patent
interests of any third party, and (iv) does not contain obscene, unlawful,
harassing, defamatory, or libelous content. Subscriber further represents
and warrants that it possesses all rights, title and interest, including
applicable intellectual property rights, to submit its information to
the Services.
5. Restrictions. Except as otherwise expressly permitted in this Agreement,
Subscriber may not:
(a) Modify, or create any derivative works of, the Services or related
documentation, including, but not limited to, translation or localization;
(b) Decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to
derive the source code for, the Services;
(c) Redistribute, encumber, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, use the Services
in a timesharing or service bureau arrangement, use for the benefit of
any third party, or otherwise transfer rights to, or benefits of, the
Services;
(d) Copy the Services or documentation, except for reasonably printing
or otherwise reasonably retaining for reference the output of the Services
(such as estimates and quotes);
(e) Remove or alter any trademark, logo, copyright or other proprietary
notices, legends, symbols or labels in the Services;
(f) Modify any header files or class libraries in the Services; or
(g) Benchmark or test the Services’ capacity.
6. Internet Connectivity. Easy Estimator will make available the Services
at the outermost point on Easy Estimator’s Internet firewall. Subscriber
will provide its own access to the Internet. Easy Estimator will have
no liability whatsoever in connection with any failure of the Internet
generally or any failure of Subscriber to reach the Services using the
Internet.
7. Indemnification. Easy Estimator shall have no liability for, and Subscriber,
at its own expense, shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Easy Estimator,
its agents, affiliates, successors, assigns, and other Subscribers with
respect to, any claims, actions, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses,
including reasonable legal and accounting fees, brought or asserted against
Easy Estimator, its agents, affiliates, successors, and assigns by any
person that arises out of or is related to (i) any violation of any federal,
state, or local law to the extent associated in any way with Subscriber’s
use of the Services; (ii) attributable to the content, structure, format,
or quality of any data or information delivered to the Services by Subscriber
or any other person using the system through Subscriber, and/or (iii)
any act or omission of Subscriber, its agents, contractors, customers,
servants, or employees.
8. Ownership of Data and Technology. Except for the limited use rights
expressly granted under this Agreement, Subscriber shall retain all title
and other proprietary rights in and to any Subscriber data delivered
to, or generated using, the Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Easy Estimator may use, retain, and reproduce in any form reasonably
related to its business operations all data delivered to, or generated
using, the Services (i) that pertains to the technical and operational
functionality of the Services (ii) that is necessary or useful in assisting
Easy Estimator in the diagnosis or correction of services performed,
preparation of billing statements, the evaluation of its software or
services, or any improvements, upgrades or enhancements thereto, or the
compilation of statistical or performance information, or that (iii)
is accumulated by Easy Estimator in a desensitized and aggregated basis.
As between Easy Estimator and Subscriber, all right, title, and interest
in and to the Services, and all software, applications, technology, and
procedures developed or provided by Easy Estimator and media and documentation
thereto, including, without limitation, report designs, formats, and
graphics relating to the Services shall be the sole and exclusive property
of Easy Estimator including, without limitation, all intellectual property
rights and all related patents, copyrights, and trade secrets.
9. Warranty and Limitation of Liability.
(a) Generally. Easy Estimator represents and warrants that, during the
Term, the Services will substantially comply in all material respects
with Easy Estimator’s then-current Documentation associated with
the Services.
(b) Limited Remedy. If the Services fails to perform according to the
above warranty, Easy Estimator will, at Easy Estimator’s option:
(i) promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to repair the Services
to make it compliant with the above warranty, or (ii) replace the noncompliant
portion of the Services with compliant functionality, or (iii) terminate
this Agreement in whole or in part and/or refund to Subscriber such amounts
that Subscriber has already paid to Easy Estimator that are attributable
to periods during which the Services failed to comply with such warranty.
This is Subscriber’s sole remedy, and Easy Estimator’s sole
liability, in connection with a breach of any warranty contained in this
Agreement or any other failure of the Services to perform.
(c) Disclaimer. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 9(a), ALL GOODS, SERVICES,
AND/OR SOFTWARE ARE DELIVERED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, AND EASY ESTIMATOR EXPRESSLY EXCLUDES ANY WARRANTY OF TITLE,
MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
IN NO EVENT WILL EASY ESTIMATOR BE LIABLE TO SUBSCRIBER FOR ANY AMOUNT
IN EXCESS OF THE FEES ACTUALLY PAID BY SUBSCRIBER TO EASY ESTIMATOR FOR
SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT . EASY ESTIMATOR SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE,
OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOST
PROFITS, LOST GOODWILL, LOST USE, LOST DATA, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES,
WHETHER DERIVED FROM THIRD PARTY CLAIMS OR LOSSES OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER
OR OTHERWISE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER EASY ESTIMATOR WAS ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OR LIKELIHOOD OF SUCH DAMAGES OR COSTS OCCURRING, AND REGARDLESS
OF WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY WAS OR IS BASED UPON TORT, WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE,
STRICT LIABILITY, CONTRACT, PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER CLAIM AT
LAW OR IN EQUITY. THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE APPLICABLE TO, AND SHALL INURE TO, THE BENEFIT OF EASY ESTIMATOR
AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, AFFILIATES,
AND PARTNERS. THESE LIMITATIONS APPLY EVEN IF THEIR EFFECT WOULD BE TO
CAUSE ANY REMEDY OR OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT TO FAIL OF ITS
ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. The foregoing limitations include and apply to, without
limitation, any liability arising out of the performance or failure to
perform of any hardware, software, or Internet connection or data transfers
or transmission, from any errors, omissions, interruptions in or failure
to provide Internet service; from interruptions in Internet availability;
from the consequences of computer viruses transferred over the Internet
or otherwise; or from communication line failure, breach of security
due to use of the Internet, or any loss of information or confidentiality
due therefrom.
10. Function of Services; No Guaranty of Compliance. Without limiting
any other disclaimer of representation, warranty, covenant, or liability,
Easy Estimator makes no representation or warranty that the Services,
or the use thereof, will cause any person, including, but not limited
to, Subscriber, to become compliant with any rule of law or any other
requirement of any association, body, educational institution, or otherwise.
To the extent that the Services is useful at all for any of the above
purposes, it is strictly as one of many tools and means that might be
part of a coordinated entry, storage, and analysis program for such records.
11. Confidentiality. The Services and its functionality are (except to
the extent already disclosed by Easy Estimator to the public) the confidential
information of Easy Estimator and Subscriber will not, and will not permit
its employees, agents, or affiliates to, disclose to any third party
such information.
12. General Provisions.
(a) Amendments. No amendment, change, waiver, or discharge of this Agreement
shall be valid unless in a record signed by the Party against whom enforcement
is sought.
(b) Force Majeure. If the performance of any part of this Agreement (other
than payment of amounts due from Subscriber) by either Party is prevented,
hindered, delayed or otherwise made impracticable by reason of any flood,
unusually severe weather, riot, fire, judicial or governmental action,
labor dispute, act of God, act of terrorism, or any other cause beyond
the control of either Party, that Party shall be excused from performance
to the extent that it is prevented, hindered or delayed by such causes.
(c) Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by
the laws of the State of Michigan without regard to its conflict of laws
provisions, and the sole venue and jurisdiction for disputes arising
out of, or related to, this Agreement shall be the Michigan state courts
sitting in Macomb County, Michigan or the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Michigan - Southern Division, and each Party
hereby submits to the jurisdiction of, and consents to venue in, such
courts.
(d) Assignment.
(i) Generally. Neither Party may assign, without the prior written consent
of the other Party, any of its rights, duties, or obligations under this
Agreement to any person, whether by assignment, merger, transfer of assets,
sale of stock, operation of law or otherwise.
(ii) Exceptions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Easy Estimator may assign
and/or delegate its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any
affiliate of Easy Estimator or in connection with the sale or other transfer
of its business and Easy Estimator may assign its right to receive payment.
(e) Notice. Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Agreement
must be in writing and will be deemed effective (a) if given by personal
delivery, upon such persona delivery or (b) if given by nationally-recognized
courier or mail service (in either case that has realtime or near-realtime
tracking), at the time that the notice is delivered to the receiver’s
premises according to the tracking records of the courier or mail service.
The addresses for notice for each Party are those in the preamble to
this Agreement. Either Party may change its address for notice by notice
to the other Party.
(f) Waiver. The waiver of, or failure of either Party to exercise, any
right in any respect provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver
of any further right under this Agreement or a waiver of the ability
to exercise the same right on a different occasion.
(g) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid under
any applicable statute or rule of law, it is to that extent to be deemed
omitted, and the balance of the Agreement shall remain enforceable.
(h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts.
(i) Drafting Party. No rule of law that requires that any part of the
Agreement be construed against the Party drafting the language will be
used in interpreting this Agreement.
(j) Remedies. All remedies of Easy Estimator are cumulative and pursuit
or exercise of any remedy by Easy Estimator will be deemed an election
by Easy Estimator of any particular remedy.
(k) Survival. The provisions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9(b), 9(c),
10, 11, and 12 will survive indefinitely the termination of this Agreement.
(l) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with any terms, conditions,
and/or privacy policies presented as part of the Services, constitutes
the entire agreement between Subscriber and Easy Estimator with respect
to the subject matter hereof and there are no representations, understandings
or agreements about the subject matter hereof that are not fully expressed
in this Agreement and such terms, conditions, and privacy policies.
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