PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE ("AGREEMENT”) CAREFULLY. BY CLICKING “ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO” LICENSEE AGREES TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
THIS AGREEMENT TOGETHER WITH THE ORDER EXECUTED BY LICENSEE WITH LICENSOR ("ORDER”) CONSTITUTE AN AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN WAI TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED, HAVING ITS REGISTERED ADDRESS AT 2101, SADASHIV PETH, NEAR KALAPRASAD MANGAL KARYALAYA, PUNE 411030 (“LICENSOR”) AND THE CORPORATION, LLC, PARTNERSHIP, SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP, OR ANY OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ORDER (“LICENSEE”). THIS AGREEMENT IS EFFECTIVE AS OF THE DATE LICENSOR STARTS USING THE SOLUTION AS SET OUT IN THIS AGREEMENT (THE “EFFECTIVE DATE”). LICENSEE'S USE OF AND LICENSOR'S PROVISION OF SERVICE AND SOLUTION (AS DEFINED BELOW) ARE GOVERNED BY THIS AGREEMENT.
EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT, UNDERSTANDS IT, AND AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS, AND THAT THE PERSON SIGNING ON ITS BEHALF HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO DO SO. THE PERSON EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT ON LICENSEE'S BEHALF REPRESENTS THAT HE OR SHE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO BIND LICENSOR TO THIS AGREEMENT.
- DEFINITIONS
“Affiliates” shall mean any corporation, association, or other entity that directly or indirectly owns, is owned by, or is under common ownership with either Party, respectively, either currently or during the validity of this Agreement. As used in this definition, the terms "own", "owned", or "ownership" mean the direct or indirect possession of more than 50% of the voting securities, or equity in such business entity.
“Agreement” shall mean this Agreement in addition to any and all Orders (as defined below), schedules, attachments, exhibits and amendments to this Agreement.
“Documentation” shall mean any accompanying documents, content, data, user guides, online help, release notes, training materials, manual provided by the Licensor to the Licensee along with the Solution.
“Enhancements”shall mean any modification, update, upgrade or addition to the Solution that, when made or added to the Solution or modules currently being used by Licensee, provides minor functionality enhancements but does not change overall utility, functional capability, or application, where such modifications or additions are generally made available by Licensor to all its customers under support and maintenance services.
“Error” shall mean any verifiable and reproducible failure or inability of the Solution to perform any material functions set forth in the Documentation due to any programming defect in the Solution when used by the Licensee as specified under this Agreement or the Documentation by Licensor. The term “Error” shall not include any failure or inability of the Solution that (i) results from the misuse or improper use of the Solution, (ii) does not materially affect the operation and use of the Solution, (iii) results from any modification to the Solution that is not a Licensor authorized change, (iv) results from any cause beyond reasonable control of Licensor including third party cloud environment, hardware, software, firmware, malicious code like virus, trojan or malware.
“EULA” shall mean the end user license agreement entered into between the Permitted Users and Licensor with respect to Solution as provided by the Licensor.
“Free Trial Term” means [14] days' free trial period and shall be effective from the date of your subscription to the trial version of the Services.
“Fees” shall mean the fees payable by Licensee to Licensor for availing the Subscription to use the Solution, as set forth in the applicable Order.
“Fixes” shall mean any modification or addition to the Solution that, when made or added to the solution or modules currently being used by Licensee, corrects any Errors but does not change overall utility, functional capability, or application, where such modifications or additions are generally made available by Licensor to all its customers.
“Licensable Activity” shall mean any activity encompassed by any intellectual property rights which in the absence of a license, would give rise to liability for infringement (or inducement of infringement or contributory infringement) of such intellectual property rights.
“Licensee Content” means all data and material uploaded by the Licensee or Permitted Users in the Solution for use in connection with the Services.
“Productivity Tool” shall refer to the software/tool installed on the devices of the employees of Licensee which shall track or monitor the operations and activities of the said employees and remit the information, data, material to the Platform.
“Platform” shall refer to the platform namely “In Time Pro” which together with the Productivity Tool will provide the Services to the Licensee for the Purpose.
“Order” means a written order, that the Parties may enter into or which may be entered into by Licensee with the Licensor, to place an order for the license to access the Solution and avail the Subscription, setting forth the details of the Solution to be provided by Licensor, the Subscription Term (as defined below) start date, the Subscription Term end date, any training or other services to be provided by Licensor, the applicable Fees, and such other terms as the Parties may agree related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“Permitted User(s)” shall mean an employee or client of Licensee or its Affiliates who may access the Solution and use the Subscription pursuant to the license granted herein.
“Solution” shall collectively mean the Platform and the Productivity Tool.
“Purpose” shall mean use of the Solution by Licensee for the sole purpose of its internal business use. For clarity, nothing contained in this Agreement grants Licensee a right to resell, distribute, sublicense the Subscription to any third-party.
“Professional Services” shall mean the Solution related support and maintenance services provided by Licensor to Licensee, as detailed under an applicable Statement of Work (“SOW”).
“Professional Fees” shall mean the fees, as detailed in the SOW, to be paid by Licensee to Licensor for availing the Professional Services.
“Services” shall mean the internet accessible service offered by Licensor through a Subscription under which access to the Solution is made available to Licensee, along with the Service Level Agreement (as described in Exhibit A) for the Solution.
“Subscription” means the limited license to use and access the Solution and its related Services in accordance with the Order.
“Third Party Components” shall mean any third-party operating system(s) and/or server or any third-party systems on which Platform is hosted.
- GRANT OF LICENSE AND RESTRICTIONS
- Grant of license during the Free Trial Term:
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Licensor hereby grants to the Licensee during the Free Trial Term, a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, non-sublicensable, limited license to use the Solution and the Services through the Subscription for the Licensee’s internal business use for the Purpose, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Licensee understands and acknowledges that at the end of the Free Trial Term: (i) the Licensee's access to the trial version of the Subscription shall automatically expire; and (ii) unless Licensee terminates this Agreement, the Initial Subscription Term (as defined below) shall commence automatically.
- Grant of License during the Subscription Term:
Subject to its compliance with the terms of this Agreement and in consideration of the Fees for the Subscription, during the Subscription Term, Licensor hereby grants Licensee a fixed-term, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, non-sublicensable and a limited license to use the Solution and the Services through the Subscription provided under the applicable Order of this Agreement, provided, Licensee shall cause each Permitted User to abide by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
- Restrictions:
During the Free Trial Term and the Subscription Term, Licensee shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) copy, modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, alter, decrypt, extract, reproduce or otherwise make any changes to the Solution, or create any derivative works thereof; (ii) use the Subscription in any manner to provide time-sharing, benchmarking or other computer services to third parties, except as expressly provided herein, or allow any third party to access or benefit from the functionality of the Solution; (iii) use the Subscription or portion thereof in violation of any applicable export control laws or regulations; (iv) use the Subscription for any purpose other than the Purpose; (v) allow use of the Subscription by anyone other than the Permitted Users; (vi) use the Subscription to develop any competing or similar product; (vii) engage in any Licensable Activity, (viii) use any of the Solution’s components, add-ons, files, modules, externals, contents including associated license material separately from the Solution; ix) use the Subscription with any unsupported software or hardware (as described in the applicable Documentation provided by Licensor). The Licensee shall have no rights over the Solution other than as specifically granted herein. All rights not specifically and unequivocally granted to Licensee are reserved by Licensor.
- Grant of license during the Free Trial Term:
- LICENSEE'S RESPONSIBILITIES
- Account Management:
As a condition for availing the Subscription, the Permitted Users may be required to register with Licensor and get the login credentials or create the login credentials using the unique string of characters or email id as directed at the time of installation that includes the passwords for every login. The account management will be done by the admin appointed by Licensee. Licensee shall ensure that the Permitted Users shall provide accurate, complete, and updated registration information. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of this Agreement, which may result in immediate termination of the Permitted User's account.
- Compliance with Laws:
Licensee shall comply with applicable local, state, national and foreign laws in connection with its use of the Subscription, including those laws related to data privacy, international communications, and the transmission of technical or personal data. Licensee acknowledges that Licensor exercises no control over the Licensee Content transmitted by Licensee or the Permitted Users through the Solution. Licensee shall not upload, post, reproduce or distribute any information or other material protected by copyright, privacy rights, or any other intellectual property right without first obtaining the permission of the owner of such rights.
- Unauthorized Use; False Information:
Licensee shall: (i) notify Licensor immediately of any unauthorized use of any password or user id or any other known or suspected breach of security, (ii) report to Licensor immediately and use reasonable efforts to stop any unauthorized use of the Subscription that is known or suspected by Licensee or any Permitted Users, and (iii) not provide false identity information to gain access to the Solution or use the Subscription.
The Licensee acknowledges that, for accessing and use of Subscription Licensee and its Permitted Users may be required to use one or more compatible devices, internet services and certain software and may require obtaining updates or upgrades of the Solution from time to time. Because the access and use of the Subscription involves hardware, software, and internet access, the Licensee's ability to access and use of the Subscription may be affected by the performance of these factors.
- Access:
The Licensee may grant limited access to the Solution to its Permitted User, subject to terms and conditions stated in EULA as provided by the Licensor.
The Licensee shall be solely liable for the usage of the Solution by all Permitted Users and shall indemnify and save harmless the Licensor from and against any claims in relation to usage of the Solution by such Permitted Users.
The Licensee understands that, to access the Solution, along with providing the log-in credentials, the Permitted Users will be required to adhere to the terms of the EULA. The Licensee understands that the Licensor shall have access to the Permitted Users' account and shall reserve its right to refuse or terminate any Permitted Users' account in case of any Permitted Users' breach of EULA.
- Account Management:
- Licensee Content:
Licensee is solely responsible for all Licensee Content transmitted on the Solution, and for ensuring that Licensee Content does not (i) include anything that actually or potentially infringes or misappropriates the copyright, trade secret, trademark or other intellectual property right of any third party, or (ii) contain anything that is obscene, defamatory, harassing, offensive or malicious. Licensee acknowledges and agrees that Licensor uses certain third-party tools or own tools for analytical purposes and may use Licensee Content and track Licensee's usage of the Subscription for any purpose including but not limited to research, analytics, and to improve the Services.
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Licensee may avail Professional Services during the Subscription Term, as per the rates stated in the SOW.
Licensee understands and acknowledges that Professional Services shall automatically terminate on the expiry of the Subscription Term.
- FEES
The Subscription under this Agreement is provided to the Licensee free of charge during the Free Trial Term, for the Purpose.
In consideration of the Subscription to access the Solution and Licensor's provision of the Services contemplated by this Agreement, Licensee shall pay the Fees as set forth in the applicable Order.
In consideration of Professional Services, Licensee shall pay the Professional Fees as stated in the applicable SOW.
All Fees, Professional Fees and charges under this Agreement shall be exclusive of taxes and shall be borne by Licensee.
Licensee agrees that Fees charged under an Order are non-refundable and shall be valid for a period of twelve (12) months from the Subscription start date (as defined under the applicable Order). Thereafter, the Fees shall be subject to revision on each Renewal Term (as defined below). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensor may revise the Fees during the Term of the Agreement with prior written notice of thirty (30) days.
Licensee agrees that Professional Fees charged under an SOW are non-refundable and shall be valid for a period of one (01) year from the Subscription start date. Thereafter, the Professional Fees shall be subject to revision on each Renewal Term.
The Subscription shall begin only upon the payment of the Fees and automatically terminate on the expiry of the Subscription Term.
- SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT AND REMEDIES
The Service Level Agreement (“SLA(s)”) for the Subscription to be provided by Licensor is set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.
Licensor warrants that (i) Licensor shall, during the Subscription Term, without any additional cost to the Licensee, provide Fixes for any Errors that may be reported by Licensee, in accordance with the SLAs.
In the event of a breach of aforesaid warranties, Licensee's sole remedy shall be (i) either to avail the Fixes at Licensor's option or (ii) to terminate the Subscription in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and Licensor's entire liability upon receipt of proof of Errors in the Subscription shall be, at Licensor’s sole option (i) to provide Fixes or (ii) If Licensee terminates this Agreement due to a breach of warranties by Licensee, then Licensee shall immediately repay to Licensor all pre-paid amounts for any un-availed portion of the Subscription which were to be delivered during the remainder of the Subscription Term (as defined below) after the termination date.
- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH ABOVE, LICENSEE ACCEPTS THE SOLUTION, SUBSCRIPTION, REPORTS AND DOCUMENTATION “AS IS” AND AS AVAILABLE. LICENSOR PROVIDES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM STATUTE, COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, OR USAGE OF TRADE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, LICENSOR HAS NO OBLIGATION TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND, OR HOLD HARMESS LICENSEE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION AGAINST CLAIMS RELATED TO ANY LIABILITY OR INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING: (a) LICENSOR DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SUBSCRIPTION WILL PERFORM WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ERROR. THE SOLUTION AND ITS SUBSCRIPTION MAY CONTAIN DEFECTS, BUGS OR ERRORS. LICENSOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN ANY OF THE SOLUTION AND ITS SUBSCRIPTION WILL MEET THE LICENSEE'S REQUIREMENTS, THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SUBSCRIPTION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT DEFECTS/ERRORS IN THE SOLUTION WILL BE CORRECTED. THE LICENSEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT LICENSOR DOES NOT CONTROL THE ACCURACY OF THE DOCUMENTATION, REPORTS, ANY THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PUBLISHED BY PERMITTED USERS (OR PUBLISHED BY LICENSOR ON BEHALF OF PERMITTED USERS), TRANSFER OF DATA OVER COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE INTERNET, AND THAT THE SUBSCRIPTION MAY BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS, DELAYS, AND OTHER PROBLEMS INHERENT IN THE USE OF SUCH COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES. LICENSOR ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (I) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SOLUTION AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR, TECHNICAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (II) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SOLUTION BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (III) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, COMMUNICATED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SOLUTION OR THE SUBSCRIPTION. LICENSOR AND ITS LICENSORS CANNOT GUARANTEE AND DO NOT PROMISE ANY SPECIFIC RESULTS FROM USE OF SUBCRIPTION AND THE LICENSOR DATA. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING: (i) LICENSOR DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT: (i) THE SUBSCRIPTION WILL PERFORM WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ERROR; (ii) THE SUBSCRIPTION IS SECURE FROM HACKING OR OTHER UNAUTHORIZED INTRUSION OR THAT LICENSEE DATA WILL REMAIN PRIVATE OR SECURE; (iii) THIRD PARTY COMPONENTS WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR NON-INFRINGING OR WILL FUNCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SET OUT UNDER THE ORDER.
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Any and all rights to the Subscription, Solution, Documentation, Enhancements, and branding thereof including title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights such as copyrights, trademarks, service marks and patents therein is the sole and exclusive property of Licensor. This Agreement does not grant Licensee any rights, title and interest in and to the Solution, Documentation, Enhancements, its contents and branding thereof including Licensor's intellectual property rights except where expressly and unequivocally licensed herein.
From time to time, Licensee may provide feedback, suggestions, requirements or recommendations (“Feedback”) regarding the Solution or the Subscription. Licensee hereby assigns to Licensor all right, title and interest into such Feedback and an exclusive right to create any developments based on such Feedback.
Licensee shall retain title to and all ownership rights in Licensee Content. Licensee shall grant to Licensor a worldwide, non-exclusive, and non-transferable limited-term license to host, copy, transmit, analyse, process, display, store, configure, and perform Licensee Content solely as necessary to provide the Subscription to Licensee.
Licensee acknowledges and agrees the Solution may generate certain reports (“Reports”) with the use of Licensee Content provided by Licensee while availing the Subscription. All intellectual property rights including the ownership rights in all such Reports generated during the provision of Subscription shall vest solely with Licensee.
- DATA PROTECTION, PRIVACY AND SECURITY
Licensor states that it endeavors to protect the privacy of Licensee and its integrity and security of the personal information. The personal information collected by Licensor is subject to and governed by our Privacy Policy located at https://intimepro.io/privacy-policy.
The Licensee may collect and share personal information (including sensitive personal information) of the Permitted Users of the Platform, where such collection may be facilitated by the Licensor, shall be solely governed by the privacy policy of the Licensee and shall be subject to the following terms:
The Licensee shall seek express written consent from each Permitted User prior to collection and sharing of all personal information (including sensitive personal information) submitted by the Licensee or the Permitted User or any Licensee's representative on the Platform (“hereinafter collectively referred to as “Personal Information”) for collecting, receiving, possessing, storing, dealing, disclosing, sharing, transferring, processing, handling such Personal Information directly or through a third party and for use of such Personal Information by the Licensee for purposes specified in Licensee's privacy policy.
The Licensee expressly agrees that the Licensee will not share this Personal Information with the Licensor, unless in compliance with the applicable laws.
The Licensee shall also seek express written consent from each Permitted User that the Licensee shall be entitled to engage any third party operators to process the Personal Information and to transfer such Personal Information to any third party for processing and/or storage purposes as such third party is located in India.
The Licensee and its representatives will take the utmost care to ensure the confidentiality of the Personal Information present on the Platform and underlying IT infrastructure and will not through any act of omission or commission compromise the privacy of such Personal Information.
The Licensee shall comply with applicable data protection laws. The Licensee shall ensure that the Permitted User have access to Licensee's privacy policy and the privacy policy clearly discloses sharing of Personal Information for processing and storage inside and/or outside India.
In the event any government agencies mandates under the applicable law to obtain Personal Information for the purpose of verification of identity, or for prevention, detection, investigation including cyber incidents, prosecution, and punishment of offences or any other government authority, arbitrator, court, police, law enforcement agency, investigative authority or any other statutory, judicial or quasi-judicial authority whether from India or abroad, requires or directs Licensee to provide such authority with access to the Personal Information, Licensee shall have the right to disclose the Personal Information or share access to such Personal Information with such authority, the Permitted Users hereby irrevocably grant express consent to Licensee to disclose the Personal Information or provide access as aforesaid. Licensee shall also be entitled to provide access to the Personal Information to any person to comply with the provision of applicable laws.
The Permitted User shall communicate any discrepancies or grievances with respect to processing of Personal Information to the Licensee. The Licensee shall thereafter be solely responsible to, communicate such discrepancies to the Licensor for updation.
The Licensee shall undertake all appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect the confidentiality of the personal information.
The Licensee shall not share with Licensor any Personal Information of any persons located outside India sharing of which may result in additional compliance requirements under any cross-border laws relating to privacy such as any other international laws. The Licensee shall prior to sharing such Personal Information with Licensor specifically and clearly notify Licensor about the same and identify any additional compliance requirements. Only after Licensee is satisfied that all applicable requirements for such data sharing have been complied with only then Licensor shall have an obligation to upload such Personal Information on the Platform.
If Licensee discovers that an unauthorized use, access, violation, compromise or breach of security (electronic or physical) involving or related to any Personal Information has occurred it shall immediately and within 24 hours notify the Licensor specifically identifying the nature of the unauthorized use, access, violation, compromise or breach of security.
The Licensee will take standard industry measures to backup all the Permitted User's Personal Information that is uploaded or otherwise transmitted to Licensee in relation to the Services. Notwithstanding, Licensee agrees that it will otherwise keep a separate back-up copy of all data uploaded by it onto the Platform.
Licensee agrees that Licensor may store data provided by Licensee in relation to the Platform in secure servers outside of geographic boundaries of the country, including but not limited to India.
The Licensor gives express consent to us to use sub-processors for the purpose of providing services to the Licensor. The Licensee assure the Licensor that the Licensee will only use sub-processors that comply with the same data protection obligations as set out in the Privacy Policy, in particular provides sufficient guarantees and has implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures and otherwise comply with the applicable laws.
Taking into account the nature of the processing, the Licensee is a processor of Personal Information and will assist the Licensor with provision of technical or organizational measures, insofar as possible, for the fulfilment of the Licensor's obligations in relation to:
Any requests from the Permitted Users in respect of access to or the rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, blocking or deletion of their Personal Information that Licensor processes on behalf of the Licensee. In the event, a Permitted User sends such a request directly to Licensor, we will promptly forward such request to the Licensee.
The investigation of Personal Information breaches and the notification to the appropriate authority and Permitted Users regarding such Personal Information breaches.
Where appropriate, the preparation of data protection impact assessments and, where necessary, carrying out consultations with appropriate authority.
Unless otherwise required by applicable law, Licensor will have no obligation to store the Licensee's information after termination of the agreement with the Licensee and deletion of the Licensee's account and all accounts associated with it.
At the choice of the Licensee, the Licensor will delete or return all the Personal Information to the Licensee after expiry of duration of our services relating to processing and shall delete existing copies, unless applicable law requires us to store such Personal Information.
Data Privacy/Security Indemnity: Notwithstanding any limitation under this Agreement, Licensee agrees to indemnify and, at the Licensor's option, defend, the Licensor, its affiliates, and each of their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, members, shareholders and agents and all of their respective successors and permitted assigns (collectively, the “the Licensor Parties”), against, and to hold the Licensor Parties harmless from, any and all judgments, expenses, fines, penalties, or other losses which may be suffered by, imposed on, or incurred by any of the Licensor Parties as a result of any claims arising from: (a) any breach of this clause 10 of this Agreement by Licensee or its agents, subcontractors or employees and (b) Licensee's violation of any applicable laws, and any privacy policies posted in accordance with such applicable laws.
- CONFIDENTIALITY
“Confidential Information” shall mean information disclosed by one Party to the other and which includes, without limitation Solution, Documentation, financial, business, technical and marketing information, business plans, methods, processes, inventions, techniques, designs, data, know-how, ideas, concepts, strategies, trade secrets, software product and services and such other information. Confidential Information does not include information which: (a) is in the public domain; (b) was known to the Party of such disclosure or becomes known to the Party without breach of any confidentiality agreement; (c) is independently developed by either Party without violating any confidentiality obligations stated herein; (d) is disclosed pursuant to a judicial order or requirement of a governmental agency or by operation of law.
The receiving Party shall keep Confidential Information and proprietary information and data received from the disclosing Party in strict confidence and shall not disclose it to any third parties except to a limited group of receiving Party's directors, officers, agents, authorized representatives on a need-to-know basis. Each Party will use the same degree of care and discretion (but in any event no less than a reasonable degree of care and discretion) to avoid unauthorized disclosure or use of the other Party's Confidential Information as that receiving Party uses to protect its own information of a similar nature from unauthorized disclosure or use.
Upon request by the disclosing Party, the receiving Party shall immediately return to the disclosing Party, all Confidential Information disclosed by the disclosing Party and all copies thereof. All such information shall be and shall remain the sole property of the disclosing Party.
The confidentiality obligations stated herein shall survive for a period of five (5) years from the date of termination or expiration of this Agreement.
The receiving Party agrees that any violation of the confidentiality obligations will cause irreparable injury to the disclosing Party, entitling disclosing Party to obtain injunctive relief in addition to all legal remedies.
- CLOUD HOSTING AND THIRD-PARTY COMPONENTS
Licensee acknowledges that the Licensee Data may be uploaded on the Solution and stored on Licensee's private cloud and/or any remote server as the Licensor may deem appropriate. Licensee agrees and acknowledges that Licensor shall not be responsible or liable for any performance or security issues, or vulnerabilities arising out of or related to Licensee's private cloud or any public cloud servers and/or any remote servers. The Licensee agrees that use of the Third-Party Components as part of the Subscription will be solely governed by the terms and conditions of such third parties or licensors and the Licensee agrees and undertakes to adhere to the same.
- INDEMNITY
Licensee shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend Licensor against any costs or damages arising out of or in connection with any claim relating to (i) Licensee's breach of or violation of applicable laws and regulations; or (ii) Licensee's use of the Solution, the Subscription, the Services and/or Professional Services other than as permitted under this Agreement; (iii) the acts or omissions of the Permitted Users; or (iv) a third party claim made against Licensor for infringement or misappropriation based upon following conduct of Licensee: (a) Licensee's combination or use of the Subscription with software, services, or products developed by Licensee or third parties; (b) Licensee Content infringes any patent, copyright or trademark, or misappropriates any trade secret.
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
LICENSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO THE LICENSEE OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, HOWSOEVER CAUSED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT EVEN IF THE OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- TERM AND TERMINATION
- Term:
The Subscription Term shall commence automatically, upon the expiry of the Free Trial Term, unless Licensee terminates this Agreement earlier in accordance with this clause 14. The Subscription to use and access the Solution and Services is granted to Licensee for a subscription period of one year (01) year after the expiry of the Free Trial Term ("Initial Subscription Term") and unless Licensee's Subscription is terminated in accordance with this Agreement, Licensee's Subscription shall automatically be renewed for a period of similar duration as that of the Initial Subscription Period (each "Renewal Term"). The Initial Subscription Term and /or each Renewal Term shall be collectively referred to as the ("Subscription Term").
- Termination for Convenience:
Licensor may terminate this Agreement without cause, during the Free Trial term, by giving a prior written notice of fifteen (15) days to Licensee. Licensor may also terminate this Agreement during the Subscription Term by giving a prior written notice of thirty (30) days to Licensee. However, Licensee shall not be entitled to any refund of the Fees and/or Professional Fees for the remainder of the Subscription Term, as the case may be.
- Termination for Cause:
Licensor may terminate this Agreement, the applicable Order and/or SOW in the event that the Licensee is in default of any of its material obligations hereunder and such default is not remedied within thirty (30) days of receipt of written notice thereof.
Licensor may terminate this Agreement and the applicable Order without cause by providing thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the Licensee.
Either Party may terminate this Agreement, the applicable Order and/or SOW immediately with a written notice to the other Party if the other Party is adjudicated bankrupt or becomes insolvent, makes any assignment for the benefit of creditors, proceedings are instituted by the other Party seeking relief, reorganization or rearrangement under any laws relating to insolvency, bankruptcy or similar laws of any jurisdiction, a receiver, liquidator or trustee is appointed in respect of any property or assets of the other Party or an order is made for the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the other Party.
- Consequences of Termination:
Upon the expiry or any termination of the Agreement, Licensee's right to use the Subscription shall immediately cease and at Licensor's discretion.
In case Licensee fails to renew the Agreement, Licensor shall retain the Licensee Content for a period of upto 30 calendar days. However, if the Licensee wishes the Licensor to retain the Licensee for a period of more than 30 calendar days, such retention of Licensee Content would be subject to additional cost. Licensee will return/ delete/ destroy any materials provided by Licensor to Licensee.
Licensor shall cease to render any further Services and/or Professional Services, as the case may be.
If this Agreement, any Order or SOW is terminated by Licensee on account of any of the termination events set out under clause 14(c), Licensee shall be entitled for a refund of the Fees or Professional Fees (if any) for any unutilized part of the Subscription or the Professional Services for the remainder of the Subscription Term, on a pro-rata basis, at the discretion of the Licensor.
- NON-SOLICITATION
Each Party agrees that it will not, during the term of this Agreement and for a period of one (01) year after the termination or expiration of this Agreement, directly, solicit the services of (for employment, consulting or otherwise), accept the services of, or employ or engage any person who is now employed by the other Party, provided however, that any solicitation in the form of a general advertisement or solicitation program, which is not specifically targeted at such individuals or group of individuals, shall not violate this provision.
- NON-COMPETE
Licensee understands, agrees and acknowledges that Licensee shall not use the Subscription in any manner to assist or take part in, and/or shall not on its own, undertake the development, marketing, or sale of a product potentially competitive with the Solution.
- USE OF NAME AND LOGO
Licensee hereby grants Licensor permission to use Licensee's name and logo in Licensor's marketing materials, website, case studies, etc. for promotional purposes or otherwise publicly announce or comment on this Agreement without prior written consent from Licensee.
- INTERPRETATION
This Agreement will in all events be construed as a whole, according to its fair meaning, and not strictly for or against a Party merely because that Party (or the Party's legal representative) drafted the Agreement. The headings, titles, and captions contained in this Agreement are merely for reference and do not define, limit, extend, or describe the scope of this Agreement or any provision herein. Unless the context requires otherwise, (a) the gender (or lack of gender) of all words used in this Agreement includes the masculine, feminine, and neuter, and (b) the word "including" means "including, without limitation”.
- FORCE MAJEURE
Except for Licensee's payment obligations under this Agreement, neither Party will be in default or liable for any delay or failure to comply with this Agreement (other than any payment of money) due to any act beyond the reasonable control of the affected Party, excluding labour disputes, provided such Party immediately notifies the other.
- SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, including because of the duration thereof, the area covered thereby, or the types of activities restricted thereby, by a court of competent jurisdiction (i) the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and (ii) the court of competent jurisdiction making such determination shall have the power to reduce the duration and/or area of such provisions or types of activities restricted and/or to delete specific words or phrases and in its reduced form such provision shall then be enforceable. The Parties may, by acting in good faith, adopt any and all actions required to cause such invalid, illegal and unenforceable provision to be valid and enforceable, or, alternatively, to reach an agreement in relation to said null provision whereby each of the Party receives, as far as possible, substantially the same benefits and obligations based on valid provisions, provided that the Agreement is not enforced in a form that materially affects the commercial agreement between the Parties.
- ASSIGNMENT AND DELEGATION
Licensee may not assign this Agreement. Licensor may assign this Agreement in conjunction with the sale of substantial assets, divestiture, merger or amalgamation, or to its affiliate, and may delegate or subcontract its duties under this Agreement. Any unauthorized assignment of this Agreement is void.
- WAIVER
Failure to exercise, or any delay in exercising, any right or remedy provided under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it preclude or restrict any further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy provided under this Agreement or by law shall preclude or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
- GOVERNING LAWS
This Agreement and all rights and obligations under this Agreement shall in all respects be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the India and the courts in Pune have an exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any subject matter under this Agreement.
- AUDIT
Licensor shall have the right to audit Licensee's use of the Solution in order to verify that it is being used in compliance with this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Licensor shall be entitled to introduce patches and / or other programs to monitor Licensee's usage of the Solution, in order to ensure that Licensee's usage of the Solution is in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In the event Licensee’s usage exceeds permitted usage as set out under this Agreement, the patches and / or other programs introduced by Licensor might make the Solution unusable and, in such event, Licensor shall not be liable for any damages, expenses, losses, or any other consequence caused to Licensee as a result thereof.
- SURVIVAL
Clause 8 (Disclaimer of warranties), Clause 9 (Intellectual Property Rights), Clause 10 (Privacy and Security), Clause 11 (Confidentiality), Clause 13 (Indemnity), Clause 14 (Limitation of Liability), Clause 15 (d) (Consequences of Termination), Clause 16 (Non-Solicitation), Clause 17 (Non-Compete), Clause 19 (Interpretation), Clause 20 (Force Majeure), Clause 21 (Severability), Clause 23 (Waiver), Clause 24 (Governing Laws), Clause 27 (Order of Precedence), Clause 28 (Entire Agreement) will survive the expiry or termination of this Agreement.
- ORDER OF PRECEDENCE
If there is any conflict between an Order, SOW and the terms and conditions of the main body of this Agreement, then the terms and conditions of the main body of this Agreement will govern, except to the extent that the Order and/or SOW expressly states that it modifies any specified provisions in the main body of this Agreement, in which case such modified provisions will control with respect to such Order and/or SOW, as the case may be.
- ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement and the Exhibits constitute the entire agreement between the Parties and supersedes any prior understanding or representation of any kind preceding the date of this Agreement, and may not be amended, supplemented, varied or otherwise changed except in writing through mutual agreement of the Parties. There are no other promises, conditions, understandings or other agreements, whether oral or written, relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. Each Party acknowledges that, in entering into this Agreement, it has not relied on, and shall have no right or remedy in respect of, any statement, representation, assurance or warranty other than as expressly set out in this Agreement. This Agreement may be modified in writing specifically referencing this Agreement and any such modifications must be signed by both the Parties. Standard terms and conditions of a purchase order or an invoice or any similar document whether hosted on a Party's website or otherwise shall be ineffective.