This
Agreement ("Agreement") is between Oddbite, LLC.,
a New Jersey Limited Liability Company ("Oddbite")
with an office at 97 Marne St., Newark, NJ 07105 and the party
specified in the online order form annexed hereto and incorporated
herein by reference ("Order"). Such party shall
be referred to herein as the "Customer" and shall
enter into this Agreement by ordering hosting services.
For good and valuable consideration,
the parties agree as follows:
1. SERVICES
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Oddbite
will provide to Customer the Web hosting and/or related
services described in the plan selected by Customer from
Oddbite's then published list of services as offered from
time to time ("Services"). The specific plan of
Services to be provided initially to Customer shall be as
selected in the Order and thereafter as established through
correspondence between Customer and Oddbite.
2. TERM
The initial term of this Agreement shall be as stated in
the Order ("Initial Term"). The Initial Term shall
begin upon commencement of Service to Customer, provided,
however, no Service shall commence unless and until Oddbite
receives and accepts a completed Order from Customer, plus
payment in full for Services to be rendered during the Initial
Term and any setup charges. Oddbite reserves the right to
reject any submitted Order for any or no reason prior to
written acceptance thereof by Oddbite. After the Initial
Term, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, this Agreement
shall automatically renew for successive terms of equal
length as the Initial Term unless terminated or canceled
by either party only as provided in Paragraph 9 below. The
Initial Term plus all successive renewal periods during
which Service is provided shall be collectively referred
to as the "Term."
3. FEES AND PAYMENT
All fees for Services rendered or provided to Customer shall
be in accordance with Oddbite's fee schedule then in effect,
the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Oddbite may, with 30 days notice to Customer, amend the
Services and/or the rates and fees it charges for the Services.
Fees for renewal periods after the Initial Term shall be
due and owing immediately upon the first day of such renewal
period. Customer will receive an invoice for the charges
for the basic Services rendered or provided by Oddbite for
such renewal period, plus any additional Services rendered
or provided by Oddbite to Customer for the preceding month
of the Term, and any other charges or fees then due hereunder.
Payment in full of such invoiced amount is due upon receipt
of the invoice. Should payment in full of any invoice not
be received by Oddbite within thirty (30) days after date
of invoice, Oddbite may impose a debt service charge equal
to one and one-half percent (10%) of the overdue balance
(or such lesser amount as may be required by law) for each
month or fraction thereof the overdue amount remains unpaid.
In addition, in the event that any amount due Oddbite remains
unpaid thirty (30) days after presentation of an invoice
to Customer, Oddbite, in its sole discretion, may immediately
terminate this Agreement, and/or withhold or suspend Services.
All taxes, fees and governmental charges relating to the
Services provided hereunder (other than income taxes of
Oddbite) shall be paid by Customer.
4. CONTENT AND CUSTOMER'S RESPONSIBILITY
Customer agrees that neither Oddbite nor its suppliers shall,
under any circumstances, be held responsible or liable for
situations where the data stored or communicated through
the Service are accessed by third parties through illegal
or illicit means, including situations where such data is
accessed through the exploitation of security gaps, weaknesses
or flaws (whether known or unknown to Oddbite at the time)
which may exist in the Service. Oddbite stores and facilitates
the transmission of private electronic communications pursuant
to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986. Electronic
communications on this system are private, and only under
situations where explicitly required or allowed by law will
such communications be accessed, intercepted, disclosed,
or used without the consent of at least one of the parties
to the communication. Although Oddbite will not systematically
monitor the content which is submitted to, stored on or
distributed via disseminated via the Service, Oddbite reserves
the right, in its sole discretion, to edit or delete any
information or other content, regardless of whether it violates
the standards for content laid out in the Oddbite, LLC.
Usage Policy found at http://hosting.oddbite.com/aup ("Usage
Policy").
5. NO WARRANTY
Customer agrees to use all Oddbite's Services and facilities,
and any information obtained through or from Oddbite, at
Customer's own risk. Customer acknowledges and understands
that neither Oddbite, nor any of its employees, representatives,
agents or the like, warrant that the Services offered or
provided hereunder will be uninterrupted or error free,
nor do they make any warranty or representation as to the
results that may be obtained from the use of the Service
or as to the accuracy, reliability or content of any information
service or merchandise contained in or provided through
the Service, unless otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement.
Oddbite specifically disclaims all warranties of any kind,
including, without limitation, the warranties of title,
merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose, whether
expressed or implied, for the Service it is offering or
providing hereunder.
6. PROHIBITED USES
Customer warrants that all information submitted to, stored
or distributed via the Service does not infringe copyright
or any other intellectual property right. Customer grants
Oddbite the right to reproduce, copy use and distribute
any materials submitted to, stored on or distributed via
the Service to the extent needed to operate the Service.
Customer agrees that its use of the Service and the software
used to provide the Service will be in a manner consistent
with this Agreement. Customer shall not use, nor permit
the use by any person of, the Service or any part thereof,
including any hyperlinks, in violation of the Usage Policy.
7. LIMITED LIABILITY
Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall Oddbite,
its officers, agents or anyone else involved in creating,
producing or distributing the Service hereunder be liable
to Customer for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential,
or punitive damages. Oddbite, its officers, agents or anyone
else involved in creating, producing or distributing the
Service hereunder shall not be liable to Customer for any
loss or damages that result or have alleged to have resulted
from the use of or inability to use the Service; or that
results from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion
of files, loss of data, errors, defects, delays in operations,
or transmission or any failure of performance, whether or
not limited to acts of God, communications failure, theft,
destruction or unauthorized access to Oddbite's records,
programs or services. Furthermore, Oddbite shall have no
responsibility whatsoever to Customer for the accuracy or
quality of information obtained through or in connection
with its Services provided hereunder. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, Customer's exclusive
remedies for all damages, losses, costs or causes of actions
from any and all claims, whether in contract, quasi-contract,
statutory, tort including negligence, or otherwise, shall
not exceed the aggregate dollar amount which Customer paid
during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the
claim or the term of this Agreement, whichever is less.
8. INDEMNIFICATION
CUSTOMER AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS ODDBITE AND
ITS SUPPLIERS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS
AND RESULTING LIABILITIES, LOSSES, DAMAGES, COSTS AND EXPENSES,
(INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS FEES) OF WHATEVER NATURE
OR KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH: (1) THE USE
OF THE SERVICE BY THE CUSTOMER OR ANY USER OR (2) ANY ACTS
OR OMISSIONS OF THE CUSTOMER OR AUTHORIZED USERS. THIS INDEMNIFICATION
INCLUDES ANY CAUSE OF ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST ODDBITE WHICH
IS BASED IN WHOLE OR IN PART ON A CLAIM THAT ODDBITE IS
NEGLIGENT IN RELATION TO PROVISION OF THE SERVICE TO THE
CUSTOMER OR USER(S). CUSTOMER'S OBLIGATION TO INDEMNIFY
ODDBITE AND ITS SUPPLIERS WILL SURVIVE THE EXPIRATION OR
TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT BY EITHER PARTY FOR ANY REASON.
CUSTOMER SHALL PAY FOR THE DEFENSE OF ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY
ACTION ARISING AS DESCRIBED HEREIN UNLESS ODDBITE AND CUSTOMER
MUTUALLY AGREE THAT ODDBITE WILL PAY FOR THE DEFENSE.
9. TERMINATION
This Agreement may be terminated: (i) by either party, without
cause, by giving the other party 30 days prior written notice;
(ii) by Oddbite, at any time, upon 20 days' prior notice
if in the sole judgment of Oddbite, Customer breaches any
material provision of this Agreement and has not cured same
by the end of the 20 days; (iii) by Oddbite in the event
of nonpayment by Customer as provided in Paragraph 3 above;
and (iv) by Oddbite, at any time, without notice, if, in
Oddbite's sole judgment, Customer is in violation of any
terms or conditions of the Usage Policy.
10. ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Customer hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed the Usage
Policy and that the terms of the Usage Policy are incorporated
herein by reference. Oddbite reserves the right to amend
the Usage Policy from time to time and Customer shall be
bound by any such amendments. Customer shall have the obligation
to periodically visit Oddbite's Web site to review its Usage
Policy and to make certain Customer is in full compliance
therewith. In the event of any inconsistencies between this
Agreement and the Usage Policy, the terms of the Usage Policy
shall govern.
11. GUARANTEE
Each of Oddbite' hosting plans hereunder carries a 30 day
unconditional money back guarantee. If Customer is not completely
satisfied with Oddbite' services provided hereunder within
the first 30 days of the Initial Term, Customer will be
given a full refund of any amounts paid to Oddbite hereunder
excluding setup fees (unless canceled prior to activation),
domain registration fees and overages. No refund is available
after the 30th day of the Initial Term.
12. NOTICE
All notices must be sent either in writing or by e-mail,
except as otherwise expressly provided herein that a notice
must be in writing. All notices to Oddbite shall be delivered
to Oddbite, LLC., General Counsel, 97 Marne St., Newark,
NJ 07105. All notices to the Customer shall be delivered
to its mailing address or its e-mail address as provided
on the Order. The parties may change their respective address
by notice delivered to the other party. All notices delivered
in writing must be sent either by overnight courier or certified
mail, return receipt requested. Evidence of successful transmission
of all notices delivered by e-mail must be retained by the
delivering party.
13. MISCELLANEOUS
This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between Oddbite
and Customer with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all previous representations, understandings
or agreements and shall prevail notwithstanding any variance
with terms and conditions of any other prior writing between
the parties. If any provision of this Agreement is held
to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, then
the remaining provisions shall nevertheless continue in
full force and effect. Customer may not transfer or assign
this Agreement without Oddbite's prior written consent.
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State
of New Jersey and all claims concerning this Agreement shall
be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located
in the County of Essex. The parties hereby consent to submit
to the jurisdiction of such courts and waive any personal
jurisdiction or venue defenses concerning said forum. If
not for personal use, Customer hereby represents and warrants
to Oddbite that the he or she is duly authorized to execute
and deliver this Agreement on behalf of the legal entity
to whom the benefit of the service is being conferred, and
that such entity will comply with and be bound by the terms
and conditions of this Agreement.