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Website in 123 Terms of Service
THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF SERVICE (TOS) APPLY TO ALL
SERVICES PROVIDED BY Website in 123 DESIGNS TO YOU. BY
PURCHASING SERVICES FROM Website in 123 YOU AGREE TO
THESE TERMS OF SERVICE.
APPLICATION OF TERMS
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1.1.
This TOS applies to all Services to be provided by
Website in 123 to you during the Term. The TOS
incorporates the following documents and policies by
reference: our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and our
Privacy Policy. Collectively, they are referred to
in this document as the "TOS." Certain provisions of
this TOS may not apply to you based on your Order.
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1.2.
This TOS, together with your Order, represents the
entire agreement relating to the Services and
supersedes any agreements previously agreed between
you and Website in 123, except those covering
confidentiality and non-disclosure. Any other
contract provisions imposed by you by your own order
forms or otherwise are expressly excluded.
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1.3.
Website in 123 may alter this TOS at any time
without notification to you. However, the current
TOS is always available on our website. Your sole
remedy in the event that you do not agree to any
amendments shall be to provide us with written
notice of termination within [10] business days of
being notified of the amendment. Only an officer of
Website in 123 may alter this TOS. No agent of, or
person employed by or under contract with, Website
in 123 has any authority to alter or vary this TOS
in any way. No oral explanation or oral information
given by any party shall alter this TOS.
ORDERS
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2.1.
Each Order for Services by you shall be an offer by
you to buy the Services from Website in 123
according to the terms of this TOS. No Order shall
be deemed to be accepted by Website in 123 until we
begin to design your Site. The date on which we
provide notice to you that we have begun to design
your Site is the Effective Date. The initial Term of
the Services is set out on your Order and begins on
the Effective Date.
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2.2.
You must be over the age of 18 at the time you place
your Order.
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2.3.
All Orders will be reviewed by us to determine if
they meet our financial, security and other
reasonable criteria (Fraud Screen). You may not
receive notice that your Order has been rejected
because it fails to pass our Fraud Screen. We are
unable to provide additional information about the
reasons a particular Order fails to pass the Fraud
Screen.
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2.4.
Website in 123 shall have no obligation to deliver
any Services beyond those identified in the Order.
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2.5.
You shall provide to us, at your cost, any
information, resources or facilities reasonably
requested by us for the delivery of the Services
and, where necessary, ensure that your employees,
contractors and other suppliers cooperate fully and
promptly with us.
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2.6.
Any instructions supplied by you to Website in 123
in relation to the Services must be complete,
accurate and clearly legible. Website in 123
reserves the right to charge for any costs and any
additional work incurred by Website in 123 from a
failure by you to comply with this provision; we
shall not be liable for any errors caused by such a
failure.
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2.7.
We will provide web hosting services for the Site
described in the Order (Site). Our web hosting
services are provided to you pursuant to the Terms
of Service and Acceptable Use Policy set out [on our
website]. If you would prefer to host the Site with
another entity you may do so. The Site for which you
purchase our services cannot be hosted with another
entity.
OWNERSHIP OF YOUR ACCOUNT
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3.1.
Your contact information is set out in the "My
Details" section in the customer area of your
control panel.
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3.2.
If you, on behalf of another person or entity,
create an account, you warrant that you will
administer the account in good faith and indemnify
us against all losses and liabilities sustained by
us should you administer the account in ways that
are adverse to End User or result in any claim
against us.
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3.3.
For avoidance of doubt, the individual or entity set
out in the Account Owner Information "My Details"
section is considered by us to be the owner of the
account. The individual or entity paying for the
Services is not considered by us to be the owner. It
is your obligation to ensure that you correctly
indicate ownership of your account. If there is a
dispute about ownership, the account will be locked
until the parties to the dispute agree on a
resolution, or until the matter is resolved
judicially.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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4.1.
You will conform to the standards and acceptable use
policies of Website in 123 as set out in our AUP.
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4.2.
Website in 123 may disclose your name and address to
a complaining individual if, in our reasonable
discretion, it is necessary or appropriate to do so.
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4.3.
The Services are provided to you as set out in the
Order. You bear ultimate responsibility to ensure
that the Services are designed to meet your
operational, privacy and security needs. Your
hardware, software and any other items you deem
necessary to use the Services, must be compatible
with the Services. You may not terminate an Order
based on your inability to use the Services because
such a use is incompatible with them.
PAYMENT
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5.1.
You are responsible for the Fees set out on the
Order. Fees are due on the date set out on your
invoice (Due Date).
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5.2.
You are responsible for all taxes and fees levied on
the Service - other than those based on our net
income.
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5.3.
Invoices are payable by the Due Date without set-off
or deduction. Unpaid invoices shall accrue interest
at a rate of [1.5%]. We reserve the right to suspend
the Service until we receive payment.
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5.4.
Our obligation to provide the Service to you is
contingent on your payment of the Fees by the Due
Date. You must pay the Fees without set off or
deduction. The Services are licensed to you during
the time you pay the Fee. Your right to use the
Services, and all items incorporated into the
Services, other than Customer Content, terminates
upon your failure to pay the Fee and/or termination
of this TOS.
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5.5.
If you believe there is an error on your invoice,
you must contact us in writing. We each agree to
work together in good faith to resolve any billing
disputes. Your dispute must include sufficient facts
for us to investigate your claims and be received by
us at least five days prior to the Due Date (Dispute
Deadline). You waive your right to dispute any
charges or Fees if you fail to meet the Dispute
Deadline. If we find that your claim is valid, we
agree to credit the account that is the subject of
the dispute on your next invoice. If you contact
your credit card company, prior to notifying us of
the dispute, and initiate a "chargeback" based on
this dispute, and your chargeback claim is past the
Dispute Deadline, you will be charged a $50
investigation fee and a $50 reactivation fee. This
fee compensates us for the investigation your credit
card issuer requires us to conduct in order to
demonstrate our right to payment.
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5.6.
We are pleased to provide you with a statement of
account on your written request. This statement is
based on our records. To ensure accounting
consistency, we cannot alter the information in our
records.
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5.7.
We often offer special promotions, such as discounts
or items provided at no charge (Special Promotions).
These Special Promotions have specific terms, and
generally do not apply to current customers. They do
not apply to Renewal Terms. If you terminate the
Services to which a Special Promotion applied, the
discount, or other benefit provided by the Special
Promotion, will be removed, and your account will be
rebilled as if it had been set up without the
Special Promotion. If this results in additional
Fees, you will be charged for those Fees.
TERMINATION & CANCELLATION
Either party may terminate this Agreement upon written
notice to the other if a party materially breaches any
of these terms and the breaching party fails to correct
the breach within ten days following the party's written
notice, or immediately if the breach is incapable of
cure.
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6.1.
Termination by Website in 123
Web
Design
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6.1.1.
Website in 123 may terminate this Agreement (i) if
you fail to pay any sums due to Website in 123 as
they fall due; (ii) if, in Website in 123’s
reasonable opinion, you do not have sufficient
technical expertise to use the Service without
excessive ongoing technical support; or (iii) you
violate this TOS or any agreement incorporated into
it by reference.
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6.1.2.
We may terminate a particular Order, or aspect of
the Services, if a Third Party ceases to make
components of them available to us, or if providing
them to you becomes cost prohibitive.
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6.2.
Termination by you
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6.3.
You must terminate the Services through your Control
Panel (Termination Request). This is the only way to
effectively terminate the Services. We will send you
an email verification of the Termination Request
(Termination Verification). You must acknowledge the
Termination Verification to Terminate the Services.
If you do not acknowledge the Termination
Verification, or, you fail to use a Termination
Request to terminate the Services, the Services will
not be terminated, and Fees will still be charged.
You must follow this procedure in order to terminate
each Service.
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6.4.
Once you provide us with the Termination
Verification, it will take us five calendar days to
process the Termination. You are responsible for any
Fees that accrue during this five-day period.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Our technical support is provided via the help desk set
out on our website. Your initial request for technical
support must originate there. Technical support is
provided at our discretion, and during the hours set out
on the help desk page. If your request for technical
support exceeds that of similarly situated customers, or
is based on your lack of sophistication, we may charge
you our standard hourly rate for support. We will inform
you, and receive your consent, prior to charging you for
technical support. If you request technical support, you
agree that we may have full access to your equipment,
account and any and all items accessible to us based on
your request. Because the technology underlying and
supporting websites is complex, and in some cases
unreliable, we do not guarantee that even with
maintenance and technical support, the Site will always
be functional. Maintenance and technical support is
provided by us on a reasonable efforts basis.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND OTHER CONSENTS
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8.1.
During the Term, and as long as you have paid the
Fees, we grant you a non-exclusive, limited right to
use the software, templates, animations, video,
audio or other items incorporated into the Site by
the Services (Licensed Material) in accordance with
the terms and conditions of this TOS. You may not
sublicense, resell or otherwise market the Licensed
Material other than as a website. You may not use
the Licensed Materials to compete with us.
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8.2.
Other than the license to use set out in paragraph
8.1., you may not alter, merge or adapt the Licensed
Material in any way. You may not: (i) remove, modify
or obscure any copyright, trademark or other notices
of proprietary rights; and/or (ii) reverse engineer,
decompile or disassemble the Licensed Material.
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8.3.
The Services shall not be "works made for hire"
and/or you shall not own any interest in them. We
retain rights in the underlying source code,
standard functionality (including, but not limited
to, content management system, web site structure,
shopping cart, check out pages, coding, and
scripts), and/or the Licensed Material, and have a
lien on the Customer Content for unpaid Fees. We
retain ownership, including the right to use,
license, sell and otherwise commercialize the
Licensed Material and/or the concepts developed by
us in performing our work hereunder for other
purposes, including, but not limited to, creating
other websites which incorporate functional elements
of the Services.
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8.4.
If we have not provided a license for you to use
software as part of the Services, you agree to
procure appropriate licenses to use the software
(Required Licenses). "Required Licenses" means any
licenses, consents or approvals required to use,
software, hardware and other items installed on the
Site, or whose use is facilitated by the Service.
You agree to provide us with copies of the Required
Licenses promptly following our written request.
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8.5.
You are solely responsible for obtaining all
intellectual property rights in the intellectual
property of others, including but not limited to
clearances and/or other consents and authorizations
necessary to use the names, marks or other materials
which are used by you in, or transmitted via, the
Site (Objects). On becoming aware of any dispute
between you and any other individual or organization
regarding the Objects, Website in 123 reserves the
right, at its sole discretion and without notice or
liability to you, to cease any further use of such
Objects. This suspension includes, but is not
limited to, deleting or suspending the Objects from
its computer systems and/or to make appropriate
representations or provide information to any
relevant authority or interested party.
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8.6.
From time to time you may provide us with
information that may be used by us to improve the
products and services we provide to you and other
customers (Feedback Information). We shall own all
intellectual property, and other rights in the
Feedback Information. However, we shall have no
ownership of Customer Content or your confidential
information.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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9.1.
Our Warranty. We represent and warrant: (i) that we
will use commercially reasonable efforts to perform
the Services in a professional and workmanlike
manner; and (ii) that we have the right to provide
all components of the Services to you. If components
of the Services are licensed to us by third parties,
this second warranty is limited by those licenses.
Your sole and exclusive remedy for our breach of
warranty is for us to reperform the Services, select
components of equivalent functionality, or, at our
option, refund the Fees you have already paid to us
for the Services that could not be performed.
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9.2.
You represent and warrant that (i) you have the
experience and knowledge necessary to use the
Service; (ii) you and your End Users understand and
appreciate the risks inherent to you and your
business that come from accessing the Internet;
(iii) you have sufficient knowledge about
administering, designing and operating the functions
contained in and facilitated by the Service
necessary to take advantage of the Service; (iv)
that you will not violate any applicable laws and/or
regulations in your use of the Service; and (v) that
you own all intellectual property rights in, or have
a license to use, any information you provide to us
necessary for us to perform the Service, or to any
information transmitted by us through the Service.
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9.3.
OTHER THAN AS SET OUT IN THIS TOS, WE MAKE NO
WARRANTIES, AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMED. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED AS-IS. YOUR USE
OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE DO NOT MAKE,
AND HEREBY DISCLAIM, ANY AND ALL OTHER EXPRESS,
AND/OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT, TITLE,
AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING,
USAGE, OR TRADE PRACTICE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE
GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT
THE SERVICE WILL MEET ANY OR ALL OF YOUR
EXPECTATIONS; WILL OPERATE IN ALL OF THE
COMBINATIONS WHICH MAY BE SELECTED FOR USE BY YOU;
OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR COMPLETELY SECURE. NO
EMPLOYEE OR AGENT IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY WARRANTY
ON OUR BEHALF.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU
AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, YOU WILL NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
HOLD US OR OUR LICENSORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS
AND/OR THIRD PARTY VENDORS, LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR
LOST PROFITS, COST SAVINGS, REVENUE, BUSINESS, DATA OR
USE, OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS BY YOU OR ANY OTHER
THIRD PARTY. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS
APPLY WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR ANY
OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND APPLY EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT
WILL WE BE LIABLE TO YOU IN THE AGGREGATE WITH RESPECT
TO ANY AND ALL BREACHES, DEFAULTS, OR
INDEMNITY
Each party shall indemnify and hold the other harmless
from, and at its own expense agrees to defend, or at its
option to settle, any claim, suit or proceeding brought
or threatened against the other party so far as it is
based on a claim that the Customer Content on the one
hand, or the Service (fully owned by us) supplied
hereunder on the other, infringes any U.S. patent,
copyright, or trademark, or that a Required Consent has
not been procured. This paragraph will be conditioned on
the party seeking indemnification notifying the other
party promptly in writing of the claim and giving the
party providing indemnification full authority,
information, and assistance for the defense and
settlement thereof. The party seeking indemnification
shall have the right to participate in the defense of
the claim at their expense. If, in our case, such a
claim has occurred, or is likely to occur, you agree to
permit us, at our option and expense, either to: (i)
procure for you the right to continue using the Service;
(ii) replace with a product or service, regardless of
manufacturer, performing the same or similar function as
the infringing Service, or modify the same so that it
becomes non-infringing; or (iii) if neither of the
foregoing alternatives is reasonably available,
immediately terminate our obligations (and your rights)
under this Agreement with regard to such Service. This
shall be your sole and exclusive remedy for a U.S.
patent, copyright, or trademark infringement claim based
on this Agreement.
NOTICES
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12.1.
You are required to provide notices to us about the
Services through the Control Panel. We will provide
notices to you using the information you provide to
us in the "My Details" section of the Control Panel.
We have no responsibility for misdirected notices
based on your failure to provide correct
information.
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12.2.
Termination notices must be provided to us as set
out in paragraph 6.2.
RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES & CHOICE OF LAW
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13.1.
Any dispute, controversy or claim (individually and
collectively a "Dispute) arising under this
Agreement shall be resolved in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Section.
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13.2.
In the event of a dispute between the parties
relating to this Agreement, each of the parties
shall appoint a designated representative who has
authority to settle the dispute and who is at the
"C" level or above. This appointment will take place
no later than five business days after the initial
request for dispute resolution. The designated
representatives shall meet as often as they
reasonably deem necessary in order to discuss the
dispute and negotiate in good faith in an effort to
resolve the dispute. The specific format for such
discussions will be left to the discretion of the
designated representatives; however, all reasonable
requests for relevant information made by one party
to the other shall be honored. If the parties are
unable to resolve issues related to a dispute within
thirty days after a party's request is made, the
dispute shall be submitted for arbitration. The
arbitration shall take place in Houston, Texas
pursuant to the commercial arbitration rules of the
American Arbitration Association. The dispute shall
be heard by a single arbitrator who has experience
in the field of web design. The arbitrator shall not
be entitled to award punitive damages, or attorney's
fees.
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13.3.
If the procedures set out in the previous paragraph
fail, the parties agree that all disputes shall be
brought before the U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia. (District Court). If the
District Court may not consider the dispute, all
disputes shall be brought before the Superior Court
located in Washington, D.C. The parties agree that
after the procedures in paragraph 13.2. Above have
been followed, these courts shall have exclusive
jurisdiction over all disputes and other matters
relating to the interpretation and enforcement of
this Agreement or any other document entered into by
the parties. Further, the parties agree that venue
shall be proper in the appropriate court set out
above, and agree that they shall not contest notice
from that court. State law issues concerning
construction, interpretation and performance of this
Agreement shall be governed by the substantive law
of the District of Columbia, excluding its choice of
law rules. The United Nations Convention on
Contracts for International Sale of Goods shall not
apply.
DEFINITIONS
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"Website in 123 WebDesign. and/or any affiliate
which shall supply Services to you.
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"End User" is the individual or entity who uses, or
to whom you provide your services;
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"Fees" means the charges to be paid by you for the
provision of the Services as set out in any Order
or, if not set out on the Order, those set out on
our website;
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"Objects" means any names, marks or materials and
any other information, documents or software which
you supply to Website in 123
under this
Agreement;
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"Order" means the order form or purchase order,
including electronic and online forms, or letter
signed or submitted by you or on your behalf
requesting Services;
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"Server" means the computer server equipment
operated by Website in 123
in
connection with the provision of the Services or
operated by a Third Party or to which the Services
are provisioned;
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"Service" or "Services" means any and all services
provided by Website in 123
under this
TOS including, without limitation, domain name
registration services; domain name portfolio
management services; domain name searching,
monitoring and recovery services, space hosting,
web, email and Usenet searching and monitoring
services and professional services and any other
services requested by you which may be provided from
time to time as set out on the portion of our
website describing the individual Service (Product
Pages);
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"Site" means the HTML, other code, pictures, and
Customer Material, the details of which are set out
on the Order, and which is the ultimate goal of the
Service;
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"Space" means the area on the Server allocated by
Website in 123 to
you for use by you as a site on the Internet;
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"Term" means the period during which this Agreement
binds the parties;
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"TOS" means these terms and conditions, including
all documents incorporated by reference;
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"You" and "your" mean the person, firm or company
who purchases Services from Website in 123 ; and
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"We," "us" or "our" means Website in 123 Webhosting.
MISCELLANEOUS
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15.1.
If any provision of this Agreement or part thereof
shall be void for whatever reason, the offending
words shall be deemed deleted and the remaining
provisions shall continue in full force and effect.
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15.2.
Your rights and obligations under this Agreement are
personal to you, and you shall not assign, lease,
charge, sub-license, or otherwise transfer such
rights and obligations in whole or in part.
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15.3.
Website in 123 reserves the right to sub-contract
any of the work required to fulfill the Services and
to assign this Agreement.
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15.4.
Except for the obligation to pay the Fees, neither
party shall be liable for any delay or failure in
performance due to events outside the defaulting
party's reasonable control, including without
limitation acts of God, earthquake, labor disputes,
shortages of supplies, riots, war, fire, epidemics,
failures of telecommunication carriers, delays of
common carriers, or other circumstances beyond its
reasonable control. The obligations and rights of
the excused party shall be extended on a day to day
basis for the time period equal to the period of the
excusable delay. The party affected by such an
occurrence shall notify the other party as soon as
possible, but in no event less than ten days from
the beginning of the event.
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15.5.
Any delay or forbearance by either party in
enforcing any provisions of this Agreement or any of
its rights hereunder shall not be construed as a
waiver of such provision or right thereafter to
enforce the same.
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15.6.
Paragraph headings have been included in this
Agreement for convenience only and shall not be
considered part of, or be used in interpreting, this
Agreement.
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15.7.
This Agreement does not create any agency,
partnership, joint venture, or franchise
relationship. Other than as set out herein, neither
party has the right or authority to, and shall not,
assume nor create any obligation of any nature
whatsoever on behalf of the other party or bind the
other party in any respect whatsoever.
Copyright and Trademark Notice
Websitein123.com
website and its contents, including, but not limited to
all included text, photographs, graphics, illustrations,
video, sound, and other material (all these collectively
referred to as "Content") are protected under United
States and international copyright laws and are the
property of
Websitein123.com
or its third-party licensors. All rights reserved. All
logos, splash screens, page headers, custom graphics,
and button icons displayed on the Website in 123
WebDesign website are service marks and/or trademarks of
Websitein123.com
or its third-party licensors. Copying, distributing,
transmitting, displaying, modifying, selling, or
participating in the sale of, or otherwise exploiting or
using any Content or any marks in any form or by any
means without the express written permission of the
Company is strictly prohibited and shall violate the
international copyright or trademark laws, those of the
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