Terms of Service
1.1. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, CIENCE will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide Customer the Services. As part of the set up process, Customer will identify an administrative user name and password for Customer’s account. CIENCE reserves the right to refuse registration of, or cancel passwords it deems inappropriate.
1.2. Subject to the terms hereof, CIENCE will provide Customer with ongoing support, management and quality control services in accordance with CIENCE’s standard practice.
2.1. Customer will not, directly or indirectly: hire CIENCE’s employees, or otherwise attempt to divert CIENCE’s employees to other employers.
2.2. CIENCE shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining any equipment and ancillary services needed to connect to, access or otherwise be able to provide the Services to Customer, including, without limitation, modems, hardware, servers, software, operating systems, networking, web servers and the like (collectively, “Equipment”). CIENCE shall also be responsible for maintaining the security of the Equipment, Customer account, passwords (including but not limited to administrative and user passwords) and files, and for all uses of Customer account or the Equipment.
3.1. Customer will pay CIENCE the then applicable fees described in the Order Form for the Services and Set Up Services in accordance with the terms therein (the “Fees”). CIENCE reserves the right to change the Fees or applicable charges and to institute new charges and Fees at the end of the Initial Service Term or then current renewal term, upon thirty (30) days prior notice to Customer (which may be sent by email). If Customer believes that CIENCE has billed Customer incorrectly, Customer must contact CIENCE no later than 60 days after the closing date on the first billing statement in which the error or problem appeared, in order to receive an adjustment or credit. Inquiries should be directed to CIENCE”s customer support department.
3.2. Full payment for resources provided in any given month must be received by CIENCE prior to the first day of the service period. First month service fees and set up fee is due immediately after the CIENCE PaaS Services agreement is executed. Unpaid amounts are subject to a finance charge of 1.5% per month on any outstanding balance, or the maximum permitted by law, whichever is lower, plus all expenses of collection and may result in immediate termination of Service. Customer shall be responsible for all taxes associated with Services other than U.S. taxes based on Company’s net income.
4.1. Customer will pay CIENCE the then applicable fees described in the Order Form for the Services and Set Up Services in accordance with the terms therein (the “Fees”). CIENCE reserves the right to change the Fees or applicable charges and to institute new charges and Fees at the end of the Initial Service Term or then current renewal term, upon thirty (30) days prior notice to Customer (which may be sent by email). If Customer believes that CIENCE has billed Customer incorrectly, Customer must contact CIENCE no later than 60 days after the closing date on the first billing statement in which the error or problem appeared, in order to receive an adjustment or credit. Inquiries should be directed to CIENCE”s customer support department.
4.2. Full payment for resources provided in any given month must be received by CIENCE prior to the first day of the service period. First month service fees and set up fee is due immediately after the CIENCE PaaS Services agreement is executed. Unpaid amounts are subject to a finance charge of 1.5% per month on any outstanding balance, or the maximum permitted by law, whichever is lower, plus all expenses of collection and may result in immediate termination of Service. Customer shall be responsible for all taxes associated with Services other than U.S. taxes based on Company’s net income.
5.1. Subject to earlier termination as provided below, this Agreement is for the Initial Service Term as specified in the Order Form, and shall be automatically renewed for additional periods of the same duration as the Initial Service Term (collectively, the “Term”), unless either party requests termination at least thirty (30) days before the end of the initial service term.
5.2. A party may terminate this Agreement for cause (i) upon 30 days written notice to the other party of a material breach if such breach remains uncured at the expiration of such period, or (ii) if the other party becomes the subject of a petition in bankruptcy or any other proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership, liquidation or assignment for the benefit of creditors. If CIENCE terminates this Agreement, the Customer will pay any unpaid fees covering the remainder of the term of all Order Forms. In no event will termination relieve Customer of the obligation to pay any fees payable to CIENCE.
5.3. Upon any termination, CIENCE will make all Customer Data available to Customer for electronic retrieval for a period of thirty (30) days, but thereafter CIENCE may, but is not obligated to, delete stored Customer Data. All sections of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination will survive termination, including, without limitation, accrued rights to payment, confidentiality obligations, warranty disclaimers, and limitations of liability.
CIENCE shall use reasonable efforts consistent with prevailing industry standards to maintain the Services in a manner which minimizes errors and interruptions in the Services and shall perform all Services in a professional and workmanlike manner. Services may be temporarily unavailable for unscheduled emergencies, sick days or other unforeseen issues that are beyond CIENCE’s reasonable control, but CIENCE shall use reasonable efforts to provide advance notice in writing or by e-mail of any scheduled service disruption due to holidays, vacation days or Company sponsored events. However, CIENCE does not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted or error free; nor does it make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from use of the Services. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION, THE SERVICES AND SET UP SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, except for bodily injury of a person, company and its suppliers (including but not limited to all equipment and technology suppliers), officers, affiliates, representatives, contractors and employees shall not be responsible or liable with respect to any contract, negligence, strict liability or other theory: (a) for error or interruption of use or for loss or inaccuracy or corruption of data or cost of procurement of substitute goods, services or technology or loss of business; (b) for any indirect, exemplary, incidental, special or consequential damages; (c) for any matter beyond company’s reasonable control; or (d) for any amounts that, together with amounts associated with all other claims, exceed the fees paid by customer to cience for the services under this agreement in the 12 months prior to the act that gave rise to the liability, in each case, whether or not cience has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that this Agreement will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. This Agreement is not assignable, transferable or sublicensable by Customer except with CIENCE’s prior written consent. CIENCE may transfer and assign any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement without consent. This Agreement is the complete and exclusive statement of the mutual understanding of the parties and supersedes and cancels all previous written and oral agreements, communications and other understandings relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, and that all waivers and modifications must be in a writing signed by both parties, except as otherwise provided herein. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of this Agreement and Customer does not have any authority of any kind to bind CIENCE in any respect whatsoever. In any action or proceeding to enforce rights under this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover costs and attorneys’ fees. All notices under this Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when received, if personally delivered; when receipt is electronically confirmed, if transmitted by facsimile or e-mail; the day after it is sent, if sent for next day delivery by recognized overnight delivery service; and upon receipt, if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.[The parties shall work together in good faith to issue at least one mutually agreed upon press release within 90 days of the Effective Date, and Customer otherwise agrees to reasonably cooperate with Company to serve as a reference account upon request.