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TERMS OF SERVICE
FOR THE REGISTERED USER (MEMBER) OF
THE
NEMEON, INC. WEBSITE
IMPORTANT! READ THIS ENTIRE AGREEMENT
CAREFULLY.
THESE ARE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS GOVERNING
YOUR USE OF
OUR WEBSITE AND OUR SERVICES.
WELCOME to the NEMEON, Inc.
("NEMEON") website available at
and under the domain name nemeon.com
and other such other or successor domain names
as NEMEON may make available operate, acquire
or use from time to time (this
"Site"). By complying with this
User Terms of Service Agreement (this
"Agreement"), we hope your
online experience with us will be safe and
rewarding. This Agreement sets forth the terms
and conditions governing your use of this Site
and your access to and use of the information,
content and services offered on this Site
(which, collectively with this Site,
constitute the "Servic es"). By
accessing or using this Site or any of the
Services, you accept and agree to be legally
bound by this Agreement, as it may be amended
or supplemented from time to time (as further
described below), and agree to all operating
rules and/or policies of NEMEON and the
Services that may be published by NEMEON on
this Site. All these rules and policies are
incorporated into this Agreement by this
reference. NEMEON also has a
privacy policy
relating to this Site and the Services
generally.
IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MAY
NOT ACCESS THE SITE OR USE ANY OF THE
SERVICES.
The Services are intended for use only by
individuals and legal entities (such as small
businesses, cooperatives, associations and
membership organizations), based in the United
States, that can form legally binding
contracts under applicable law. If you do not
satisfy the foregoing, you may not use any of
the Services. By using any of the Services,
you expressly represent that you have the
capacity under applicable law to enter into a
legally binding contract (if you are an
individual), or that you have been duly
authorized by your corporation, partnership,
or other legal entity, to enter into
agreements on behalf of that entity (if you
represent a legal entity). You and NEMEON are
independent contractors, and no agency,
partnership, joint venture, or
employee-employer/franchiser-franchisee
relationship is intended or created by this
Agreement.
1.NEMEON Reserves the Right to Revise
this Agreement. NEMEON reserves the
right, at any time and from time to time, to
update, revise, supplement and to otherwise
modify this Agreement and to impose new or
additional rules, policies, terms or
conditions on your use of the Services. Such
updates, revisions, supplements, modifications
and additional rules, polices, terms and
conditions (collectively referred to in this
Agreement as "Additional
Terms") shall be effective
immediately and incorporated into this
Agreement upon notice thereof, which may be
given by any reasonable means including by
posting to this Site or the websites of
NEMEON's related or affiliated entities. Your
continued use of this Site following such
notice shall be deemed to conclusively i
ndicate your acceptance of any and all such
Additional Terms. All Additional Terms are
hereby incorporated into this Agreement by
this reference.
2. NEMEON May Revise or Terminate Any
Part of the Servicesat Any Time.
NEMEON reserves the right, at any time and
from time to time, to modify or discontinue,
temporarily or permanently, any or all of the
Services, with or without notice and in its
sole discretion. This includes the right to
modify, discontinue or remove any content,
postings, links, pages, services, or other
materials at any time and for any reason. You
agree that neither NEMEON, its partners or
affiliates shall be liable to you for any
modification, general suspension or
discontinuance of any Services. NEMEON may, in
its sole discretion, refuse or restrict anyone
from access to any or all of the Services at
any time.
3.Acceptable Use of the
Services. In order to use the
Services, you must obtain access to the World
Wide Web directly or through devices that
access web-based content and pay any and all
service fees associated with such access.
(a) Individual Use. You agree
that you are only authorized to visit, view
and to retain a single copy of pages of this
Site solely for your own individual use, and
that you shall not duplicate, download,
publish, modify or otherwise distribute any
material on this Site for any purpose other
than for your own individual use unless
otherwise specifically authorized by NEMEON.
We post legal notices and various credits on
pages of this Site, which may not be removed
even in your permitted copy. You shall not
remove these notices or credits, or any
additional information contained along with
the notices and credits.
(b) Deep Links. You shall not
"deep-link" to this Site, meaning that you
will not create, post, display, publish or
distribute any link to any page other than the
front (home) page of this Site for any
purpose, unless specifically authorized by
NEMEON to do so.
(c) Framing and Inlining. You
shall not frame or inline (framing without a
border around the framed content) this Site,
meaning that you will not display of the
contents of this Site on another web page
without our express permission
(d) Security, Cracking and
Hacking. You shall not violate or
attempt to violate the security of the
Services. Accordingly, you shall not: (i)
access data or materials not intended for you;
(ii) log into a server or account which you
are not authorized to access; or (iii) attempt
to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a
system or network or to breach security or
authentication measures without proper
authorization. Violations of system or network
security may result in civil or criminal
liability. NEMEON reserves the right to
investigate occurrences which may involve such
violations and may involve, and cooperate
with, law enforcement authorities in
prosecuting users who have participated in
such violations. You agree that it is your
responsibility to install anti-virus software
and related protections against viruses,
Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots
or other computer programm ing routines or
engines that are intended to damage, destroy,
disrupt or otherwise impair a computer's
functionality or operation which may be
transferred to your computer via the
Services.
(e) Accurate Information. You
must register in order to access and use some
areas of our Site. You agree to: (i) provide
certain current, complete, not misleading,
true and accurate information as required to
complete the registration form and at other
points as may be required in the course of
your using the Services; and (ii) maintain and
update this information as required to keep it
current, complete, and accurate (collectively
the "Registration Data") to
become a registered user of the Services
("Registered User"). You agree
not to use a false or misleading name or a
name that you are not authorized to use. If
NEMEON has reasonable grounds to suspect that
such information is untrue, inaccurate, not
current or incomp lete, NEMEON has the right
to suspend or terminate your account, refuse
any and all current or future use of the
Services, and pursue any appropriate legal
remedies. Furthermore, you grant NEMEON the
right to use your Registration Data and other
data and information for the purposes
described in this Agreement and in furtherance
of your use of the Services.
(f) Account Passwords. If
applicable, you will be able to access certain
portions of this Site as a Registered User of
the Services. As a Registered User, you will
receive or establish one or more passwords and
accounts. Maintaining the confidentiality and
security of your password and account is
solely your responsibility. Do not divulge
your password to anyone else, and do not use
anyone else's password or account. You are
entirely responsible for all activities that
occur on or through your account(s), and you
agree to notify us immediately about any
unauthorized use of accounts or any breach of
security. You agree that NEMEON will not be
responsible for any losses incurred in
connection with any misuse of passwords, and
you further agree that we will have no
responsibility whatsoever for your failure to
comply with this Section 3(f). If NEMEON has
reasonable grounds to suspect that the sec
urity of your password has been compromised,
NEMEON has the right to suspend or terminate
your account, refuse any and all current or
future use of the Services, and pursue any
appropriate legal remedies.
(g) You Are Responsible For All of Your
Activities and All of The Content You
Post. You are responsible for your
communication content and transmissions. You
represent and warrant that any information you
post or provide to NEMEON by means of the
Services, including, without limitation, as
part of any registration or application or to
gain access to any Services, is true,
accurate, not misleading and offered in good
faith. Any information disclosed to you via
the Services including, without limitation,
any content in any personalized areas of this
Site, may be used only for its intended
purpose. NEMEON expects that you will exercise
caution, good sense and proper judgment in
using the Services. You agree NOT to use the
Services for, or in connection with, any of
the following activities:
Spoofing or otherwise impersonating any
person or entity, including, without
limitation, any other users or any of NEMEON's
personnel, or falsely stating or otherwise
misrepresenting your identity or affiliation
in any way, or forging any TCP/IP packet
header or any part of the header information
in any e-mail or other posting;
Any fraudulent or illegal purpose, or any use
which violates the accepted norms of the
Internet community, whether or not expressly
mentioned in this Policy, as well as any
activity that could damage NEMEON's commercial
reputation and goodwill or the commercial
reputation and good will of its vendors and
customers;
E-mailing, uploading, or otherwise
transmitting or using the Services in
furtherance of the use or distribution of any
unlawful, harmful, harassing, defamatory,
tortious, libelous, abusive, threatening,
vulgar, sexually explicit, obscene, hateful,
racially, ethnically or otherwise
objectionable material of any kind, or any
material that is invasive of another's privacy
or exploits children, or transmitting any
sexually explicit materials, including images
and other content; and
Transmitting material that contains viruses,
Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots
or other computer programming routines or
engines, including without limitation, via
means of submitting a virus to the Services,
that are intended to damage, destroy, disrupt.
overload, flood, mailbomb or crash or
otherwise impair a computer's functionality or
the operation of NEMEON's (or anyone else's)
Services, detrimentally interfere with,
surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any
system, data or information, or transmit any
materials that otherwise violate NEMEON's
rules or policies.
(h) Do Not Violate Third Party
Intellectual Property Rights. Without
limiting the foregoing, you may not, and by
using any or all of the Services you agree not
to, use the Services to: (i) transmit material
that is copyrighted, unless you are the
copyright owner or have obtained the
permission of the copyright owner to transmit
it; (ii) transmit material that reveals trade
secrets, unless you own them or have the
permission of the owner to so transmit them;
or (iii) transmit material that infringes on
any Intellectual Property Rights (as defined
below) of others or violates the privacy or
rights of publicity of others. For purposes of
this Agreement, the term "Intellectual
Property Rights" means collectively,
rights under patent, trademark, copyright and
trade secret laws, any applications or
registrations relating to such rights, and any
other intellectual property or proprietary
rights recognized in any country or
jurisdiction worldwide, including, without
limitation, the waiver of moral rights and
similar rights.
(i)Ownership. All content,
materials and software posted to or used in
conjunction with the Services including,
without limitation, text, graphics, logos,
button icons, images, audio clips, and
software included in the Services, are the
property of NEMEON, its partners, affiliates
or licensors and are protected by U.S. and
international copyright, trademarks and other
proprietary rights and Intellectual Property
Rights laws. The compilation of all content on
this Site is the exclusive property of NEMEON,
its partners or affiliates and is protected by
U.S. and international copyright laws. Except
to the minimum extent otherwise expressly
permitted under copyright law, no copying or
exploitation of material from the Services is
permitted without the express written
permission of NEMEON and any other applicable
copyright owner. You also may not resell the
Services (or any part thereof). You ackno
wledge that you do not acquire any ownership
rights by virtue of downloading copyrighted
material from the Services. All rights not
expressly granted hereunder are expressly
reserved to NEMEON. We reserve the right to
remove or disable access to any content or
other materials that violate or allegedly
infringe on a party's copyright or other
intellectual property rights. If you believe
your rights under applicable copyright laws
are being infringed, you may notify the
Webmaster at (800) 940-6027 or
webmaster@co-opbuilders.com.
(j)Spidering. The use of any
tools, programs, robotic algorithms or
products to automatically download or "spider"
the site or any of the pages of the site is
expressly prohibited and infringes on
NEMEON's, its partners' or affiliates'
copyrights. Do not use any such tools or
products on or in connection with the
Services!
.
(k)Trademarks. NEMEON, Inc.,
and "nemeon.com"are registered
trademarks of NEMEON, Inc. The "look and feel"
of this Site is also NEMEON's trademark and
proprietary trade dress. This includes
NEMEON's color combinations, button shapes,
layout, and all other graphical and
navigational elements. This Site contain other
registered and common law trademarks of NEMEON
in addition to those listed.
(l)Termination. NEMEON may and
will terminate your service immediately, if,
in its sole discretion, NEMEON believes that
your conduct fails to conform with this
Section 3 (Acceptable Use of the Services) or
this Agreement. Without limiting the
foregoing, if you use, or attempt to use any
or all of the Services for any purposes other
than its intended purposes (including without
limitation by tampering, hacking, modifying or
otherwise corrupting the security or
functionality of the Services), you may also
be subject to civil and criminal
liability.
4.Compliance with Laws. You may
use the Services only for lawful purposes. The
Services are subject to, and you agree that
you shall at all times comply with, all
applicable local, state, national, and
international laws, statutes, rules,
regulations, ordinances and the like
applicable to the use of the Services. This
obligation includes your agreement to comply
with all applicable laws, including without
limitation, industry-specific regulations and
rules relating to the export of technical and
other data from the United States (and from
your country if you are not located in the
United States) and your agreement not to
export or re-export any such data or any other
content or materials in violation of such
laws, rules or regulations without first
obtaining all necessary licenses, consents and
approvals thereof, as well as authorization
thereof from NEMEON.
5.Your Access to Certain
Services. You understand that certain
Services on this Site may include materials
and information from third parties, and you
acknowledge and agree that NEMEON has minimal
control over such information. Accordingly,
NEMEON cannot and does not guarantee,
represent or warrant that the content
contained in this Site is accurate,
appropriate to you, and/or inoffensive.
6. Chat Rooms and Message
Boards. NEMEON has no obligation or
responsibility (and assumes no obligation or
responsibility) to screen communications or
information in advance and is not responsible
for screening or monitoring material
transmitted by Users. Any content, opinions,
advice, statements, or services displayed on
or through the Services are those of the
respective author and/or applicable
distributor, and not of NEMEON, its partners
or affiliates. NEMEON does not endorse any
opinions expressed by any party. Submissions
by any party to areas or features of the Site,
including without limitation, chat rooms and
message boards are subject to third party
Intellectual Property Rights provisions in
this Agreement.
7. Electronic Signatures. As a
convenience and courtesy to you, NEMEON
provides access to certain Services on this
Site which may include the ability to enter
into certain agreements electronically. You
acknowledge that your electronic submissions
constitute your agreement and intent to be
bound by the agreements into which you thereby
enter.
Pursuant to any applicable statutes,
regulations, rules, ordinances or other laws,
including without limitation the Electronic
Signatures in Global and National Commerce
Act, P.L. 106-229 (the "E-Sign
Act") or other similar
statutes, YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, APPLICATIONS
AND OTHER RECORDS AND ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF
NOTICES, POLICIES AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS
INITIATED OR COMPLETED THROUGH THIS SITE.
Further, you hereby waive any rights or
requirements under any statutes, regulations,
rules, ordinances or other laws in any
jurisdiction which require an original
signature or delivery or retention of
nonelectronic records, or to payments or the
granting of credits by other than electronic
means.
8. NEMEON Provides a Venue
Only. You understand and agree that
NEMEON is merely providing a venue and a
conduit for your convenience to facilitate
your interactions with other users and service
providers via the Service and that NEMEON is
not a buyer, seller, agent, or otherwise
involved in the distribution chain or involved
in the actual transactions for products or
services or any other interactions between
parties using the Services. Nothing contained
in or available via the Services shall
constitute an affiliation, sponsorship, or
endorsement by NEMEON of any of the third
parties using the Services, or of the services
or products they may offer to sell, sell or
otherwise provide. You agree that neither
NEMEON, its partners or affiliates shall be
responsible or liable for any loss or damage
of any sort incurred as the result of any
dealings between you and any third party.
Further, your use of the website are features
provided by NEMEON solely as a convenience to
you, and you agree that neither NEMEON, its
partners or affiliates shall be liable or
responsible for any loss or damages incurred
by you for any use of or reliance by you on
such tools or features.
(a) NEMEON is Not Responsible for Your
Choice to Do Business with Any Third
Party. Although NEMEON may
specifically endorse third parties to provide
certain business services to you,you shall
have sole responsibility for evaluating and
determining which third parties with which you
shall transact business and otherwise
interact, and which third parties are
authorized to do business with you. You
further agree that the specific terms and
conditions of your transactions with third
parties that are initiated by or through the
Services shall be as determined by you and
such third parties. NEMEON may endorse these
third parties but it does not control the
quality, accuracy, timeliness, completeness,
pricing, delivery terms, regulatory
compliance, contract terms or legality of the
services offered by any such third part ies or
any emails or other communications transmitted
using any of the Services. NEMEON encourages
Users electing to purchase or use third party
services or products to review the terms of
the agreements with those third parties. If
you are not satisfied with the services or
products provided by third parties, you should
contact the third parties directly. Neither
NEMEON, its partners or affiliates are liable
for any of the contents, advertising,
products, or other materials or services on or
available from such third parties, or any
sites or resources. THERE ARE RISKS OF DEALING
ACROSS STATE OR NATIONAL BORDERS AND WITH
PERSONS ACTING UNDER FALSE PRETENSES. YOU
AGREE THAT NEITHER NEMEON, ITS PARTNERS OR
AFFILIATES SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR
ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY SORT INCURRED AS THE
RESULT OF ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN YOU AND ANY
THIRD PARTY.
(b)Services Relating to Financial
Matters. You may choose to create or
join any service, or receive or request any
news, messages, alerts or other information
via the Services concerning companies, stock
quotes, investments or securities. Any such
Services provided are for informational
purposes only, and no content included in the
Services is intended for trading or investing
purposes. NEMEON shall not be responsible or
liable for the accuracy, timeliness,
usefulness or availability of any information
transmitted via the Services, and shall not be
responsible or liable for any trading or
investment decisions based on such
information.
(c) Payments to third parties.
Payments will be made directly to the third
party providing services or products in
accordance with your separate agreement with
the third party.
9.General Information; No Legal,
Financial or Professional Advice. The
information contained in this Agreement is
provided solely for general informational
purposes and is not intended to be a contract,
a solicitation or an offer to sell in
connection with any product or service, nor is
the information a complete description of all
terms, conditions and exclusions applicable to
the products and services described. The
product and service descriptions on the site
are included for the sole purpose of providing
a general reference tool concerning the nature
and type of products and services available
from NEMEON. The information contained on this
site is intended to provide only a general
overview of the materials discussed. It is not
intended to establish any professional
standards nor is it intended to serve as
legal, financial or other professional advice
regarding any particular situation. Co mpetent
professional counsel should be consulted for
any legal or financial planning and advice.
Products and services referenced herein may
not be available in all jurisdictions.
10.Submissions. NEMEON has
established the Services for its benefit and
the benefit of the general user, its
registered customers and other Registered
Users. This Site is provided solely for the
convenience of NEMEON. Neither NEMEON, its
partners or affiliates shall have liability
whatsoever for the results of your submissions
to this site or by means of the Services.
11.Forms. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
and unless specifically and expressly stated
otherwise on any form, agreement or document
provided on the Services, no form, agreement
and document provided on the Services is
intended to be legally binding or a substitute
for professional analysis. Each form,
agreement and document is provided with the
understanding and agreement that NEMEON is not
engaged in rendering legal, financial or other
professional services. If legal, financial or
other expert assistance is required, the
services of a competent professional should be
sought. Users of the Services assume all
responsibilities and obligations with respect
to any decisions or advice made or given as a
result of the use of any form, agreement or
other document and for the selection of a
form, agreement or other document to achieve
the user's intended results.
12. Disclaimer of Warranties.
YOU ACCESS AND USE THE SERVICES AT YOUR SOLE
RISK. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS"
AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES
OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR
NON-MISAPPROPRIATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS OF A THIRD PARTY, TITLE, CUSTOM, TRADE,
QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY OF INFORMATIONAL
CONTENT, OR SYSTEM INTEGRATION. NEMEON
DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE AND ANY
SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE OR OPERATE IN AN
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE MANNER OR THAT
ERRORS OR DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. IN
ADDITION, NEMEON DOES NOT WARRANT THAT
INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE
ARE APPROPRIATE, ACCURATE OR AVAILABLE FOR USE
IN ANY PARTICULAR JURISDICT ION, AND ACCESSING
THEM FROM JURISDICTIONS WHERE THEIR CONTENTS
ARE ILLEGAL IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED. Some
jurisdictions do not allow exclusion of
implied warranties, so the above exclusions
may not apply to you.
13.Limitation of Liability. YOU
EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT NEMEON
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL
OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY
WAY RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE USE OF
ANY OR ALL OF THE SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS,
GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES
(EVEN IF NEMEON HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES). TO THE EXTENT
THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS, IN
WHOLE OR IN PART, HELD TO BE INAPPLICABLE OR
UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE
AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF NEMEON FOR ANY REASON
AND UPON ANY CAUSE OF ACTION (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT
LIABILITY AND OTHER ACTIONS IN CONTRACT OR
TORT) ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO
THE SITE, THE SERVICES OR THIS AGREEMENT SHALL
BE LIMITED TO YOUR DIRECT DAMAGES NOT TO
EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT OF FEES
YOU PAY TO US IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF THE
SERVICES DURING THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE
FIRST UNDERLYING ACT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY,
OR (B) $500.
THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY HEREIN APPLIES TO
ALL LIABILITIES IN THE AGGREGATE, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM YOUR
USE OR YOUR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR ANY
OTHER PART OF THE SERVICES, OR ANY OTHER
MATTER ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SITE.
BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT
ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE
ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.if
YOU ARE a COMPANY DOING BUSINESS IN
CALIFORNIA, YOU HEREBY 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."
14. Indemnity of NEMEON. You
agree to indemnify and hold NEMEON (including
without limitation our agents, employees,
officers, directors, subsidiaries, parent and
affiliated companies) harmless, and, at
NEMEON's request, to defend NEMEON from and
against any claim, demand, cause of action,
debt, loss or liability, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, to the extent that such
action is based upon, arises out of, or
relates to: (i) your use of (or inability to
use) any and all of the Services; (ii) your
violation of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement; (iii) the infringement by you, or
any other person using your password and
account, of any right of any person or entity;
or (iv) any other of your activities relating
to your use of this Site and the Services.
This indemnity shall be in addition to and not
limited by any other indemnity.
15.Order of Precedence. This
Agreement governs your use of this Site and
access to the Services. This Agreement does
not modify, alter or amend any other agreement
you have entered or will enter into with
NEMEON or any of its related or affiliated
entities. To the extent that any provision of
this Agreement, or any supplemental agreement
offered as any part of any registration for
additional Services on this Site, conflicts
with any provision of your other agreements
with NEMEON or any of its related or
affiliated entities, the terms of such other
agreement, shall, as to the subject matter of
that other agreement, take precedence over the
conflicting term(s) of this Agreement.
16.Dispute Resolution. If a
dispute arises out of or relates to the
Services or this Agreement or its breach (with
the exception of rights to injunctive relief
with respect to Intellectual Property Rights
and obligations with respect to
confidentiality), and the parties have not
been successful in resolving the dispute
through direct negotiation, then the dispute
will be resolved in binding arbitration as
follows: (i) the arbitration will be
administered by the American Arbitration
Association under its Commercial Arbitration
Rules; (ii) any judgment on the award rendered
by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any
court of competent jurisdiction; (iii) the
location of the arbitration will be Phoenix,
Arizona or such other location as the parties
may mutually agree; and (iv) the parties will
have the right to take discovery of the other
party by any method allowed by the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure. The arbitrator(s)
will each be a natural per son who has never
been employed (either as an employee or as an
independent consultant) by either of the
parties, or any parent, subsidiary or
affiliate thereof, and will be familiar with
the business of the parties. The arbitrator(s)
may upon request exclude from use in the
arbitration proceeding any evidence not made
available to the other party pursuant to a
proper discovery request. The arbitrator(s)
will issue a reasoned award. The cost of the
arbitration will be borne equally by the
parties pending the award. Upon the decision
of the arbitrator(s), the prevailing party
will be entitled to receive from the other
party its reasonable attorneys' fees and
costs. You agree that NEMEON may seek interim
or preliminary relief from a court of
competent jurisdiction necessary to protect
the rights or property of NEMEON pending the
completion of arbitration. The parties, their
representatives, other participants, the
arbitrator(s) and the administrator(s) of the
arbitration will hold in confidence the
existence, c ontent and outcome of the
arbitration.
17. Choice of Law and Forum.
The Services are controlled by NEMEON from
Phoenix, Arizona, although it may be accessed
throughout the world. Subject to Section 15
herein, by accessing or using any or all of
the Services, you and NEMEON each agree that
the substantive laws of the State of Arizona
will govern with respect to all matters
relating to or arising from this Agreement, or
the use (or inability to use) any or all of
the Services, and that such laws will apply
without regard to principles of conflict of
laws. Subject to the dispute resolution
procedures set forth above, you and NEMEON
agree and hereby submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction and venue of the appropriate
State and Federal courts located in Arizona
with respect to such matters. Regardless of
any statute or law to the contrary, any claim
or cause of action arising out of or related
to the Services must be filed or otherwise com
menced within one (1) year after such claim or
cause of action arose or be forever
barred.
18. Fees. You are responsible
for the timely payment of all fees and charges
you may incur in connection with your use of
the Services. If applicable, for any payments
due to NEMEON, NEMEON may charge a late fee
equal to the lesser of one and one-half
percent (1.5%) per month or the maximum amount
permitted by law on unpaid balances if your
account becomes past due. You may also be
responsible for collection costs incurred by
NEMEON to obtain payment from you including
reasonable attorneys' fees. Payments due to
third parties shall be subject to the
applicable terms and conditions between you
and the third parties.
19. Miscellaneous Terms.
Subject to the terms of Section 15 herein and
NEMEON's other operating rules and
policies for this
Site, this Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement between you and NEMEON with respect
to the subject matter addressed herein, and
governs your use of any or all of the
Services, superseding any prior agreements
between you and NEMEON relating to such
subject matter, but this Agreement may be
supplemented by any other agreement you enter
into with NEMEON pursuant to a registration to
access certain features of this Site. The
failure of NEMEON to exercise or enforce any
right or provision of this Agreement shall not
constitute a waiver of such right or
provision. If any provision of this Agreement
is found by a court of competent jurisdiction
to b e invalid, the parties nevertheless agree
that the court should endeavor to give effect
to the parties' intentions as reflected in the
provision, and that the other provisions of
this Agreement remain in full force and
effect. The section headings used in this
Agreement are for convenience only and have no
legal or contractual effect.
Without limiting the foregoing, the Services
are not intended for use by or availability to
minors. IF YOU ARE NOT LEGALLY AN ADULT UNDER
THE LAW WHERE YOU LIVE OR IF YOU ARE UNDER 13
YEARS OF AGE, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS THE SITE OR
USE ANY OF THE SERVICES. IF SO, PLEASE
IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE USE OF THE SERVICES
AND DO NOT ACCESS THE SITE.
BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICES AFTER
PRE-REGISTRATION OR BY CLICKING ON THE
"SUBMIT" OR
"ACCEPT" BUTTON AS PART OF THE
INITIAL SIGN-ON PROCESS, AND SUBSEQUENTLY
ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICES, YOU INDICATE
AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND
AND AGREE TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THIS
AGREEMENT AND ALL OF THE FOREGOING TERMS AND
CONDITIONS.
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