Terms of Use
Welcome to the Terms of Use (the "Agreement") for TechSpecies
LLC's website. Your compliance with the terms set forth in this Agreement will
help ensure that TechSpecies LLC's website remains a secure and reliable place
in which to buy, sell, exchange and trade goods and services. This Agreement is
between you and TechSpecies LLC. Your use of TechSpecies LLCīs website
constitutes an acknowledgement that you have read the most recent version of the
agreement and that you agree to adhere to its terms.
TechSpecies LLC is firmly committed to maintaining the privacy of
the information that you and other users of TechSpecies LLC's website provide to
TechSpecies LLC. You can review TechSpecies LLC's current Privacy Policy by
clicking here.
This document consists of the following parts:
- Introduction
- Policies Governing Use of Website
- Termination
- Intellectual Property
- Indemnification
- Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation
of Liability
- Miscellaneous Provisions
1. Introduction
THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT BETWEEN TECHSPECIES LLC AND
YOU ("YOU" OR "THE MEMBER") GOVERN YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND THE SERVICES
PROVIDED THEREBY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS
AGREEMENT, PLEASE CEASE ALL FURTHER USE OF THE WEBSITE. IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT, PLEASE CONTACT TechSpecies LLC AT
info@techspecies.com PLEASE REVIEW THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE YOUR FIRST
USE AND EVERY SUBSEQUENT USE OF THE E-COMMERCE WEBSITE LOCATED AT
www.techspecies.com"OR AFFILIATED WEBSITES (COLLECTIVELY, THE "WEBSITE").
You agree to permit TechSpecies LLC to amend this Agreement in
its sole discretion at any time by posting the amended terms of the Agreement on
the Website, and you agree to abide by and be fully bound by such amended terms.
The amended terms shall automatically be effective immediately after they are
initially posted on the Website, and your continued use of the Website on or
after such date constitutes your acceptance of the amended terms. This Agreement
may not be otherwise amended except in writing signed by you and TechSpecies
LLC.
2. Policies Governing Use of Website
TechSpecies LLC's use of the Member Information shall be governed
at all times by TechSpecies LLC's then-current Privacy Policy (available for
review by linking from Privacy Policy. TechSpecies LLC shall be entitled to
amend the Privacy Policy at any time in accordance with the provision for
amendment of this Agreement set forth in Section 1.
No Violation of Applicable Law: You agree that you will comply at
all times with all applicable Laws. You acknowledge that you are solely
responsible for ensuring that the manner in which you transmit and receive
information and use the Website complies with all Laws. You may not post on the
Website or sell through the Website any Good or Service where such posting or
sale could cause TechSpecies LLC or any of its Affiliates to violate any
applicable Law.
Prohibited Items: In particular, and without limiting the
foregoing, TechSpecies LLC does not allow listing, buying, selling or otherwise
posting information about any Goods or Services that may be in any of the
following categories ("Prohibited Items"). This listing is subject to revision
on an ongoing basis.
3. Termination
At any time and with or without cause, TechSpecies LLC may
immediately terminate this Agreement or any or all of rights and privileges
granted to you or any of the other Members hereunder, and TechSpecies LLC
may refuse to provide you access to the Website or the services
provided thereby. You may terminate this Agreement upon 60 days' prior written
notice to TechSpecies LLC. In no event shall any termination, suspension or
refusal to provide access by either TechSpecies LLC or you act to relieve you of
any obligations which have accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of
such termination, suspension or refusal.
4. Intellectual Property
Proprietary Technology and Software. You hereby acknowledge that
the proprietary technology and software owned or licensed by TechSpecies LLC or
its licensors and used by TechSpecies LLC and its Affiliates in the operation of
the Website and the provision of services thereunder, and any derivative works,
error corrections, modifications, enhancements, upgrades, new releases and new
versions (collectively, the "Proprietary Technology"), are and shall continue to
be solely owned by TechSpecies LLC or its licensors, as applicable. This
Agreement grants you the limited right to use the Proprietary Technology for the
express purposes set forth herein, and this use will not result in the transfer
of any ownership or other right, title or interest in or to any of the
Proprietary Technology from TechSpecies LLC or its licensors to you or any other
party.
Other Intellectual Property Rights. You hereby acknowledge that
TechSpecies LLCs trade names, trademarks and service marks (including without
limitation "TechSpecies LLC.com," "TechSpecies LLC," and variations thereof),
domain name, logo, graphics, content, configurations, images, displays, screens
and other intellectual property and proprietary rights (collectively, "Other
Intellectual Property") are and shall continue to be solely owned by TechSpecies
LLC. In addition, TechSpecies LLC makes use of third party trade names,
trademarks, service marks, domain names and logos (collectively, "Third Party
Marks"), and those Third Party Trademarks are and shall continue to be solely
owned by such third parties. You are not permitted to copy, redistribute, use or
publish any of the Other Intellectual Property or Third Party Marks except as
required to enable you to use the Website pursuant to the terms set forth in
this Agreement.
5. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify TechSpecies LLC and its Affiliates for and
from any loss or damages, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from or
relating to out of: (a) your use of the Website, including any alleged or actual
violation of any Law directly or indirectly arising from such use; (b) any
breach or alleged breach by you of the terms of this Agreement or of any Sale
Agreement. (c) the misuse or misappropriation of Member Information supplied to
you; (d) the Goods or Services offered to be sold or purchased by you, whether
arising from the information concerning the Goods or Services provided by you
for posting on the Website, the purchase and sale of such Goods or Services, the
Sale Agreement, the delivery of such Goods or Services, the payment for such
Goods or Services, or otherwise; and (e) communications sent to you from
TechSpecies LLC via electronic mail which are directly or indirectly related in
any manner to this Agreement.
In particular, and without limiting the foregoing, because
TechSpecies LLC does not and cannot control the actions of its Members, in the
event that you have a dispute with one or more Members, you hereby agree to
indemnify and release TechSpecies LLC and its Affiliates from any and all
claims, demands, liabilities, losses and damages (both actual and consequential)
of every kind and nature, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected,
and disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such
dispute. If you are a California resident, you expressly waive California Civil
Code § 1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the
creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing
the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement
with the debtor."
6. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability
Disclaimer of Warranty. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR USE OF THE
WEBSITE AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED THEREBY IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
TechSpecies LLC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION THE WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, SO THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. WITHOUT LIMITING
THE FOREGOING, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT (I) TechSpecies LLC DOES NOT
WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY TechSpecies LLC SHALL BE
ERROR-FREE OR OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, AND THE WEBSITE AND SERVICE ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND; (II) TechSpecies LLC DOES NOT
AND CANNOT CONTROL THE FLOW OF DATA AND INFORMATION THROUGH THE INTERNET, AND
SUCH FLOW DEPENDS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THIRD PARTIES WHOSE ACTIONS OR INACTIONS
MAY PRODUCE SITUATIONS IN WHICH CONNECTIONS TO THE INTERNET (OR PORTIONS
THEREOF) ARE IMPAIRED OR DISRUPTED AND FOR WHICH TechSpecies LLC IS NOT LIABLE;
(III) TechSpecies LLC DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE GOODS OR
SERVICES BOUGHT OR SOLD VIA THE WEBSITE; AND (IV) TechSpecies LLC DOES NOT
WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED VIA THE WEBSITE, WHETHER CONCERNING THE
GOODS OR SERVICES OR THE MEMBER INFORMATION OR ANY OTHER SUBJECT, IS COMPLETE OR
ACCURATE, INCLUDING THE MEMBERS ABILITY TO DELIVER OR PROVIDE THE GOODS OR
SERVICES BEING SOLD AND TO PAY FOR THE GOODS OR SERVICES BEING BOUGHT.
No Consequential Damages: IN NO EVENT SHALL TechSpecies LLC OR
ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR LOST PROFITS OR FOR THE
COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, HOWEVER CAUSED, INCLUDING
THROUGH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES THEREBY, WHETHER FOR
BREACH OF WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE,
EVEN IF THE PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
IN NO EVENT SHALL TechSpecies LLC OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES BE
LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR
EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR LOST PROFITS OR FOR THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE
GOODS OR SERVICES, HOWEVER CAUSED, INCLUDING THROUGH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR
THE PROVISION OF SERVICES THEREBY, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY, CONTRACT,
TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF THE PARTY HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE
CONTRARY HEREIN, TechSpecies LLC'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT PAID
BY YOU TO TechSpecies LLC UNDER THIS AGREEMENT DURING THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE UPON WHICH THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM
AGAINST TechSpecies LLC AROSE.
7. Miscellaneous Provisions
Notices: All notices, requests, demands or other communications
required to be given by TechSpecies LLC to you pursuant to the Agreement shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (i) three (3) days after
mailing to the your address on file with TechSpecies LLC, if sent by U.S. mail,
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (ii)
one (1) day after mailing if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier, or
(iii) upon transmission if sent by facsimile or electronic mail with a
confirmation copy simultaneously sent by U.S. mail, postage prepaid, or (iv)
(iii) immediately if posted by TechSpecies LLC on the Website. All notices,
requests, demands or other communications required to be given by you to
TechSpecies LLC shall be deemed given when actually received by TechSpecies LLC.
Equitable Remedies: Both parties acknowledge and agree that money
damages and other remedies at law may not provide an adequate remedy in the
event of a breach of this Agreement. Therefore, in addition to any other
remedies that may be available, the nonbreaching party shall be entitled to seek
injunctive relief or specific performance or other equitable remedies.
Cumulative Remedies:No remedy or election hereunder shall be
deemed exclusive but shall, wherever possible, be cumulative with all other
remedies at law or in equity.
Force Majeure: Neither party shall be deemed in default of this
Agreement to the extent that performance of their obligations or attempts to
cure any breach are delayed or prevented by reason of any act of God, fire,
natural disaster, accident, act of government, shortages of materials or
supplies, or any other causes beyond the control of such party, provided that
such party gives the other written notice thereof properly and, in any event,
within fifteen (15) days of discovery thereof and uses its best efforts to cure
the delay ("Force Majeure"). In the event of such Force Majeure, the time of
performance or cure shall be extended for a period equal to the duration of the
Force Majeure but in no event shall exceed three (3) months.
Assignment Successors and Assigns: This Agreement and the rights
granted by TechSpecies LLC to you hereunder may not be assigned or transferred
by you without the prior written consent of TechSpecies LLC. TechSpecies LLC may
assign this Agreement without obtaining your consent.
Severability
Headings: The section headings contained in this Agreement are
included for convenience only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect the terms
of this Agreement.
Attorney's Fees
No Custom: It is expressly understood and agreed that, there
being no expectation of the contrary between the parties, no usage of trade or
custom and practice within the industry, and no regular practice or method of
dealing between the parties, will be used to modify, interpret, supplement or
alter in any manner the express terms of this Agreement.
Waiver: No failure or delay in exercising any right, power or
privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial
exercise thereof shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, power or privilege hereunder.
Independent Contractors: The relationship of the parties shall be
that of independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed
to create a partnership, joint venture, franchise, representative, agency or
employment relationship between said parties. Neither party to this Agreement
shall have authority, express or implied, to act for or bind or otherwise
obligate the other in any manner whatsoever. Persons retained by a party as
employees or agents shall not be deemed to be employees or agents of the other
party.
Choice of Law; Jurisdiction and Venue: This Agreement shall be
governed and interpreted in accordance with the substantive law of the State of
New Jersey without regard to its conflict of law provisions. The parties
irrevocably submit themselves to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of
the State of New Jersey and the United States District Court for the District of
New Jersey for the purpose of bringing any action that may be brought in
connection with this Agreement. The parties agree that they shall not assert any
claim that they are not subject to the jurisdiction of such courts, that the
venue is improper, that the forum is inconvenient or any similar objection,
claim or argument. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the notice provision
of this Agreement shall apply to service of process with respect to any action
brought under this Agreement. Upon the mutual agreement of both parties,
disputes may be settled via arbitration, under the rules of the American
Arbitration Association, instead of in the courts of the State of New Jersey and
the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Entire Agreement; Amendment: This Agreement and the Exhibits and
other documents incorporated by reference herein constitute the entire
understanding and agreement, and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous
representations, understandings and agreements, between the parties with respect
to the subject matter of this Agreement. Except as set forth in Section 1, this
Agreement shall not be altered, amended or supplemented without the prior
written consent of the parties.