1. Conduct. Our design services, computer hardware, software,
network and other services we may provide ("Our Services")
may only be used for lawful purposes. Any use of Our Services
which violates any local, state, federal, or international
law or regulation, which may apply to us, to your local jurisdiction,
or to any jurisdiction that you or your Web site may be subject
to, is strictly prohibited. Any use of Our Services which violates
any such law or regulation will result in termination of Our
Services to you and will be reported to the appropriate authorities.
2. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, hold harmless
and defend us, our agents, employees, affiliates, subsidiaries,
partners, associates, suppliers, distributors and contractors
from any and all loss, liability, penalties, damages, costs,
expenses, attorneys' fees, causes of action or claims caused
by or resulting directly or indirectly from your use of Our
Services or your violation of any of the terms of this Agreement,
which damages either you, us, or any other party or parties,
without limitation or exception. This indemnification and hold
harmless agreement extends to all issues associated with your
use of Our Services and your compliance with this Agreement,
including but not limited to domain name selection and Web
site content.
3. Refusal, Suspension or Discontinuance
of Our Services. We reserve the right to refuse, suspend or discontinue Our
Services to anyone at our sole discretion. We may deny you
access to all or part of Our Services without notice if you
engage in any conduct or activities that we, in our sole discretion,
believe violates any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement.
We may suspend or discontinue Our Services, at any time and
without notice, due to unpaid amounts you owe us and charge
you a reconnection fee subsequent to such suspension or discontinuance
of Our Services. We have no responsibility to notify any third-party
providers of services, merchandise, or information, nor any
responsibility for any consequences resulting from such refusal,
suspension, discontinuance or lack of notification.
4. No Warranties. WE MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS
OF ANY KIND FOR OUR SERVICES. OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON
AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON INFRINGEMENT, OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION GIVEN BY US OR OUR AGENTS
OR EMPLOYEES OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ANY OTHER ENTITY SHALL
CREATE A WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. WE PROVIDE NO WARRANTY THAT
OUR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY
INFORMATION, SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE ON OUR COMPUTER
HARDWARE OR ON OUR NETWORK IS FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL
COMPONENTS OR MEETS ANY USER'S PARTICULAR STANDARDS, REQUIREMENTS
OR NEEDS. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL
OR SPECIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR
LOSS OF CURRENCY, FUNDS, DATA, PROFITS OR GOOD WILL, OR DAMAGES
THAT RESULT IN ANY WAY FROM YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE,
OR FOR THIRD PARTIES' USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, OUR SERVICES
TO ACCESS YOUR WEB SPACE, OUR COMPUTER HARDWARE, NETWORK OR
OUR SERVICES, OR TO ACCESS THE INTERNET OR ANY PART THEREOF,
OR YOUR OR ANY THIRD PARTIES' RELIANCE ON OR USE OF INFORMATION,
SERVICES, OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH OUR SERVICES,
OR THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION
OF FILES, ERRORS, DEFECTS, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION,
OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, EVEN IF INNOVATIVE-COMPUTING.COM
HAD BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF SUCH DAMAGES, INJURIES
OR LOSSES. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH OUR SERVICES OR ANY
OF OUR TERMS, CONDITIONS, RULES, POLICIES, GUIDELINES, OR PRACTICES,
YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING OUR
SERVICES.
5. Data Processing Programs. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, neither any data processing program, nor any
idea, invention, technique, concept or formula relating to
data processing, whether such program, idea, invention, technique,
concept or formula is submitted by you to us for the purposes
of this Agreement or developed by us, shall be accepted or
held by us on a confidential basis. We shall be free to use
the information, knowledge and "know-how" contained
in any program, idea, invention technique, concept or formula
in any way which we may deem, at our sole discretion, to be
appropriate.
6. No Inducement to Infringe. You shall not cause us to infringe
upon any patent, license, copyright or other proprietary right
or violate any other right (including but not limited to the
right to royalties or license fees) of any other person or
entity. You also represent and warrant that (i) you are and
at all times will be free of any contractual obligation that
would prevent you from entering into this Agreement and complying
with all terms and conditions hereof, and (ii) Our offer to
provide Our Services hereunder in no way caused or induced
you to breach any contractual obligation.
7. ECPA Notice and Monitoring. We reserve the right, but are
not obligated, to monitor and/or record any and all communications
through or with our computer hardware, software and network.
You agree that we are not considered a "secure communications
medium" for the purposes of the Electronic Communications
Privacy Act ("ECPA"), and that no expectation of
privacy is afforded. You agree that we have no obligation to,
but that we do have the right to, and may, monitor and/or record
Our Services from time to time and at any time. Further, we
may disclose any information which we determine, at our sole
discretion, is necessary to satisfy any law or regulation,
or to protect us, our customers or others. We may also, but
are not obligated to, filter out and prevent the delivery of
unsolicited and bulk e-mail (commonly referred to as "SPAM" or "UCE")
and other similar electronic messages, which we determine,
in our sole discretion, to be undesirable.
8. Current Identification Information. You agree to supply
us with, and continue to keep us informed of, your current,
correct and truthful name, postal address and telephone number.
You also agree and warrant that you are an authorized user
of any credit card and/or any bank account, which you direct
us to charge and agree that we have the right, but not the
obligation, to fully investigate any possible fraudulent use
of such credit card and/or such bank account. You individually,
or as the person or the authorized representative of the entity
legally responsible for the use of Our Services, acknowledge
and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and are fully
authorized to make this Agreement.
9. Security. You agree that the security of information and
other materials which you post, publish, transmit, receive
and store on our computer hardware and on our network, is solely
your responsibility. You further agree that if you believe
your security, our computer hardware, software or network has
been compromised in any way, you will notify us immediately
by telephone and in writing. You agree that if any security
violations are believed to have occurred, we have the right
to suspend your access to Our Services pending an investigation
and resolution. You further agree that we have the right to
cooperate in any government or legal investigation or proceeding
regarding any aspect of Our Services, including products or
services sold to, or used by, you and products or services
sold or offered for sale by you. You acknowledge that you understand
that by placing information on our computer hardware and on
our network that such information becomes available to all
Internet users and that we have no way of limiting or restricting
access to such information or protecting such information from
copyright infringement. You assume total responsibility and
risk for your use of Our Services and the Internet. It is solely
your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness,
and usefulness of all opinions, advice, services and other
information, and the quality and merchantability of all merchandise
and services provided through us or through the Internet generally.
10. Backup of Data. Your use of Our Services is at your sole
risk. We are not responsible for files, data, images and other
materials which are stored on our computer hardware or on our
network. You agree that you are solely responsible for all
such materials and that you will maintain a backup copy of
all such materials.
11. Work Product. You agree that any web site, web page, script
program and other work which we create or modify, in whole
are in part, ("Work Product") is owned by us and
is protected by United States copyright laws and international
treaty provisions, notwithstanding any copyright notice or
other notice to the contrary which may be placed on such Work
Product by us or by anyone else. You agree that you will not
remove or modify our copyright notice or any other copyright
notice which is placed on the Work Product by us, or to do
anything else, whatsoever, which would subordinate our copyright
and ownership of the Work Product.
12. Marketing. You agree that we may use your name and/or
your web site's URL for marketing purposes. You also agree
that we may place a footer line and/or logo on the pages of
your web site, which identifies us, including the URL of our
home page and our e-mail address, as your hosting provider
and/or the designer or creator, in whole or part, of your web
site. You agree that you will not remove or modify such footer
line and/or logo, without our expressed written permission,
except, however, you may remove such footer line and/or logo,
which identifies us as your hosting provider, at such time
that we are no longer your hosting provider.
13. Billing and Payment. You shall promptly pay for Our Services
at our offices, in U.S. currency, and in accordance with our
price lists which are published on the Internet and otherwise
in accordance with our latest quotation for any item or service
which is not listed in our price lists. Such price lists and
quotation are incorporated herein by reference. You shall also
promptly pay all applicable sales, use or other applicable
taxes and for any supplies and expenses (including without
limitation, expenses for shipping, postage, telephone, fax,
travel and lodging) which are incurred in connection with Our
Services. You agree to pay in advance of the time period during
which Our Services are provided to you and to promptly pay
us upon your receipt of our
billing. You agree that all setup and other fees are nonrefundable.
You agree that if you are paying by pre authorized credit card,
check or bank draft, we may charge such credit card or bank
account for the amounts due us from time to time, without notice.
You agree that we have the right to charge you interest of
10% per annum on past due amounts due us, to charge you a $25.00
fee each time a check or draft is returned unpaid by your bank
or credit card provider, to suspend or discontinue/cancel Our
Services, at any time and without prior notice, due to any
unpaid amount which you owe us and to charge a reconnection
fee (i) of $50 following each such suspension; and (ii) equal
to the setup fee for the particular Service(s) plus $25, but
subject to a minimum of $100, following each such discontinuance/cancellation.
You agree that we are not obligated to release any of your
property, including without limitation, information and other
material stored on our computer hardware or on our network,
until you have paid all amounts due us hereunder. You further
agree that we, at our sole election, are granted a lien on
your property in our possession and have the unrestricted right,
but are not obligated, to sell such property to satisfy any
amounts due us hereunder and that you will continue to be obligated
to pay any balance not satisfied by such sale, if any.
14. Notification of Billing
Dispute or Error. If you dispute
our billing, or believe in good faith that we have made an
error in our billing to you, you shall notify us in writing
within thirty (30) days after said billing was issued to you.
Such notice shall set forth the basis for your dispute.
15. Attorney and Collection
Fees. If we incur any cost or
fee from an attorney, collection agency or otherwise in attempting
to collect any amounts due us hereunder, then you shall pay
us, upon demand, the amount of such cost or fee. Further, in
the event of any litigation between us in connection with this
Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover
its reasonable costs and attorneys fees.
16. Taxes. You agree to be fully responsible for the timely
payment of any and all taxes which are levied in relation to
your purchase or use of Our Services.
17. Termination. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
this Agreement may be terminated by you or by us, with or without
cause, by giving the other party thirty (30) days advance written
notice. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a
termination shall not extinguish or diminish any of the rights
and obligations which were accrued hereunder prior to the effective
date of such termination.
18. Relationship. Our relationship is that of independent
contractors. Neither this Agreement nor any of the activities
contemplated hereby shall be deemed to create any partnership,
joint venture, agency or employer-employee relationship between
you and us.
19. Default. If you shall fail to pay us any amount due hereunder
within five (5) days after receipt of notice that the same
is past due, or if you are in default under any other agreement
in effect between you and us, or if either of us fails to comply
with any provision of this Agreement and such failure continues
for a period of thirty (30) days after receipt of notice thereof,
then you or us, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be in
default and the other party shall have the right (i) to terminate
this Agreement, and (ii) in addition, but subject to any limitations
contained in this Agreement, to pursue any and all rights which
may be available to it. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, so long as you are in default under this Agreement
or any other agreement in effect between you and us, we shall
have no obligation to provide Our Services or to perform any
other duties under this Agreement or any other agreement until
such time that you have cured such default.
20. No Waiver of Remedies. The failure by either of us to
exercise any option or right upon a default or breach of any
of the terms of this Agreement shall not be construed as waiving
such right or option at a later date. Further, all of such
rights or options shall be cumulative and the exercise of any
one such right or option shall not preclude the exercise of
any other right or option. No exercise of, or delay or omission
to exercise, the rights and powers herein granted shall be
held to exhaust the same or be construed as a waiver thereof,
and every such right and power may be exercised at any time
and from time to time.
21. Force Majeure. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, we shall not be considered in default hereunder or
have any liability to you for any failure to perform if such
failure arises out of causes beyond our control. Such causes
include, without limitation, acts of God or a public enemy,
acts of the government acting in any capacity, fires, floods,
epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, war, civil disturbance,
riots, rebellion, freight embargoes, degradation of telephone
or other communication service, electrical outage and weather
conditions.
22. Notices. Any notice which either of us desires to give
in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and shall
be deemed to have been duly given or sent if delivered personally
or if mailed, certified mail return receipt requested in a
postage-paid envelope, which is addressed, as the case may
be, to you at your last address on record with us or to us
at our address as published on the Internet. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, we may transmit billings and
past due notices via e-mail or other electronic means and such
billings and past due notices shall be deemed to have been
duly given or sent when transmitted by us.
23. No Assignment. You shall not assign this Agreement without
our prior written consent.
24. Captions. All captions and headings to the sections and
subsections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience
of reference only and shall not be construed as a part hereof.
25. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT IS BEING MADE AND ENTERED
INTO IN THE COUNTY OF LAWRENCE, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,
AND IT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
26. Severability. If any clause or provision of this Agreement
is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void,
invalid, illegal or otherwise unenforceable under any present
or future law effective during the term hereof, then the remainder
of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby, and in lieu
of such clause or provision, there shall be added as a part
of this Agreement a clause or provision as similar in terms
to such void, illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable clause
or provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.
27. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including any and all
documents incorporated herein by reference, constitutes the
entire agreement between you and us with respect to the subject
matter hereof, and it supersedes all prior and contemporaneous
agreements, contracts, understandings, proposals and negotiations
with respect to such subject matter. The terms and conditions
of this Agreement shall prevail and be exclusive notwithstanding
any additional or different terms or conditions of any purchase
order which may be issued by you in connection with the furnishing
of Our Services hereunder.
28. Acknowledgment. The terms and conditions of this Agreement,
including without limitation our prices and price lists and
all documents incorporated herein by reference, may be amended
by us from time to time and at anytime, without prior notice,
provided such amended information is published by us on the
Internet. You agree to frequently refer to this document, and
all documents incorporated herein by reference, on the Internet.
You agree that your use and/or continued use of any of Our
Services, including without limitation the placement or storage
of information or other material on our computer hardware or
on our network, whether placed there directly by you, at your
direction or otherwise, constitutes your acknowledgment and
continuing acknowledgment that you have read and understood
this Agreement, including all documents incorporated herein
by reference, and that you agree and continue to agree to be
bound by its terms and conditions.