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The Game Monsters Website Terms of Service
(Version 2.0 - Revised July 04,
2007)
IMPORTANT! THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(THESE "TERMS AND CONDITIONS") GOVERN THE USE OF THE
THE GAME MONSTERS WEBSITE (THE "WEB SITE") BY YOU AND
YOUR EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS
"YOU"). BY USING THE WEB SITE, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE
PROVISIONS CONTAINED OR REFERRED TO IN THESE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS. THE GAME MONSTERS (THE "COMPANY")
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AT
ANY TIME IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION. YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE
AFTER SUCH CHANGES ARE POSTED TO THE WEB SITE CONSTITUTES
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGES. PLEASE CONSULT THESE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS REGULARLY
- Scope.
These Terms and Conditions govern Your use of the Web
site. These Terms and Conditions, however, do not apply
to the Companys products or services, which are the
subject of separate agreements.
- Permitted Use. You
have a nonexclusive, nontransferable, limited, revocable
right to use the Web site solely for Your informational
use in evaluating the Company and its products and
services. You may not use the Web site for any other
purpose without the Company’s express prior written
consent, including, without limitation, any commercial
purpose. For example, You may not and may not authorize
any other person or entity (“Person”) to (i)
frame the Web site or any portion thereof (whereby the
Web site or a portion thereof will appear on a user’s
screen with a portion of another web site, or with
content or advertising of any Person without the
Company’s consent), or (ii) Co-brand the Web site or any
portion thereof. "Co-branding" means the display
of a name, logo, trademark, or other means of
attribution or identification of any Person in such a
manner reasonably likely to give a user of the Web site
the impression that such the Person is associated or
affiliated with the Company, or has the right to
display, publish, transmit or distribute the Website or
content accessible within the Web site. In addition, You
may not and may not authorize any Person to link to any
part of the Web site without the Company’s prior written
consent. You agree to cooperate with the Company in
causing any unauthorized framing, Co-branding, linking
or similar activity to immediately cease. You may not
take any action that violates our
Acceptable Use
Policy.
- Proprietary Information. You
acknowledge and agree that as between the Company and
You, the Company is the owner of all right, title and
interest in the Web site and all content accessible
within the Web site (the "Content"), including,
without limitation, all trademarks, service marks, trade
names, patent rights, copyrights, and other intellectual
property or proprietary rights with respect thereto. You
will not reproduce, transmit, publish or distribute
sublicense or otherwise transfer or make available to
others, or edit, modify or create any derivative works
of all or any part of the Web site or the Content,
without the express written consent of the Company,
other than limited printed copies of materials that you
may need for Your own use and that contains all of the
Company’s copyright and other notices. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, You will not use any
systematic retrieval process including without
limitation, scrapers, robots, or bots, to collect,
create, or compile Content or other data from the
Company Web site.
- Disclaimer. You will have
access to a variety of third party sources of content
through the use of the Web site and the Internet. The
Company has made no effort to verify the accuracy or
suitability of any information contained in any such
sources, including, without limitation, any other
website that you can link to from the Web site.
Accordingly, the Company has no liability or
responsibility whatsoever for any content provided by
any other Person contained on or obtained through the
Web site. You acknowledge and agree that any access, use
or reliance on any such third party content is at Your
own risk. You understand that, except for information,
products or services clearly identified as being
supplied by the Company, the Company does not operate,
control or endorse any information, products or services
of any other Person on the Web site or the Internet in
any way. You also understand and agree that the Company
does not guarantee or warrant that files available for
downloading from the Web site or through the Internet
will be free of infection or viruses, worms, Trojan
horses or other malicious code that may adversely effect
You, Your computer or computer systems or Your data or
files. In addition, You are responsible for implementing
sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy Your
particular requirements for accuracy of data input and
output, and for maintaining a means external to the
Website for the reconstruction of any lost data.
ACCESS TO AND YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE AND ANY
INFORMATION OR SERVICES CONTAINED THEREIN ARE PROVIDED
“AS IS.” THE COMPANY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, NATURE OR DESCRIPTION EXPRESS,
IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WITH RESPECT TO YOUR USE OF THE WEB
SITE OR THE CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR
NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ARISING THROUGH COURSE OF DEALING,
USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICES, AND THE COMPANY HEREBY
DISCLAIMS THE SAME.
- Privacy Policy. The
Company collects, stores and uses data collected from
You in accordance with the Company’s
Privacy Policy.
- Limitation on Liability. THE
COMPANY, ITS LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, CONTENT
PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS,
WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUE OR
INCOME, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS OR
SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IF SUCH PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL THE
COLLECTIVE LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND ITS LICENSORS,
SERVICE PROVIDERS, CONTENT PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON
(REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY) EXCEED THE
AMOUNT, IF ANY, YOU HAVE PAID TO THE COMPANY TO USE THE
WEB SITE AS PROVIDED IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
THE APPLICABLE CONTENT OR SERVICE OUT OF WHICH LIABILITY
AROSE.
- Indemnity. You will indemnify
and hold the Company, its licensors, content providers,
service providers, employees, agents, officers,
directors and contractors (the "Indemnified
Parties") harmless from Your breach of any of
these Terms And Conditions or any other terms,
conditions, policies or procedures contained on the Web
site, including, without limitation, any use of Content
other than as expressly authorized in these Terms and
Conditions. You agree that the Indemnified Parties will
have no liability in connection with any such breach or
unauthorized use, and You agree to indemnify and hold
harmless the Indemnified Parties from any and all
resulting loss, damages, judgments, awards, costs,
expenses, and attorneys’ fees in connection therewith.
You will also indemnify and hold the Indemnified Parties
harmless from and against any claims brought by third
parties arising out of Your use of the information
accessed from the Web site.
- Trademarks. The Game
Monsters® is a registered trademark, and the The Game
Monsters logo and other The Game Monsters marks
appearing on the Web Site are either registered or
unregistered trademarks of the Company. Other
trademarks, service marks and logos appearing in this
Web site are the property of either the Company, its
content providers or other third parties. The Company,
its content providers and such third parties retain all
rights with respect to any of their respective
trademarks, service marks or logos.
- Miscellaneous.
- Headings. The headings of
sections of these Terms and Conditions are for ease
of reference only and shall not be admissible in any
action to alter, modify or interpret the contents of
any section hereof.
- Governing Law and Jurisdiction.
The validity and effect of these Terms and
Conditions shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of
Illinois, without regard to its conflicts of laws
principles. The parties expressly disclaim
application of the United Nations Convention on
Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. ANY
SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING CONCERNING THE WEB SITE,
ITS USE, THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, OR CONCERNING
ANY OTHER POLICY OR PROCEDURE OF THE COMPANY
REGARDING USE OF THE WEBSITE, MUST BE BROUGHT IN A
STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN COOK COUNTY,
ILLINOIS, AND YOU HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO THE
JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS (AND OF THE APPROPRIATE
APPELLATE COURTS THEREFROM) IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION
OR PROCEEDING; AND YOU IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY
OBJECTION WHICH YOU MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE
LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT ANY SUCH SUIT,
ACTION OR PROCEEDING WHICH IS BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH
COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
- Entire Agreement; Amendments.
These Terms and Conditions, together with the
Acceptable Use Policy and the Privacy Policy,
supersede any prior discussions, negotiations and
agreements between the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof, and these Terms and
Conditions, together with the Acceptable Use Policy
and the Privacy Policy, constitute the sole and
entire agreement between the parties with respect to
the matters covered hereby.
- Severability. The
provisions of these Terms and Conditions may be
exercised and are applicable and binding only to the
extent that they do not violate any applicable laws
and are intended to be limited to the extent
necessary so that they will not render these Terms
and Conditions illegal, invalid or unenforceable. If
any provision or portion of any provision of these
Terms and Conditions are held to be illegal, invalid
or unenforceable by a court of competent
jurisdiction, the remaining provisions or portions
thereof shall apply with respect to the subject
matter hereof, and all such remaining provisions or
portions thereof shall remain in full force and
effect.
- Waiver. No failure or
delay on the part of the Company to exercise any
right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any right or remedy by the Company preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right or remedy. No express waiver or
assent by the Company to any breach of or default in
any of these Terms and Conditions shall constitute a
waiver of or an assent to any succeeding breach of
or default in the same or any other term or
condition hereof.
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