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After reading and accepting the affiliation agreement below - email
marketing@vets4veterans.com
stating your agreement to the terms of affiliation and the following information
your name, email address, and website - once reviewed we will contact you of
your acceptance - and terms -
This Affiliate Service Agreement (the "Agreement") is made by and between
Vets4Veterans.com, Inc., an Illinois, USA Corporation (“Vets4Veterans.com,
Inc”), and you, as an Affiliate utilizing the Vets4Veterans.comservice ("You",
"Your", "Affiliate").
You must agree to abide by the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement
in order to participate. Please read this Agreement carefully before registering
and using the Service as an Affiliate. By signing up for Vets4Veterans.com, you
indicate Your acceptance of this Agreement and its terms and conditions. If You
do not accept this Agreement, do not use the Vets4Veterans.comService as an
Affiliate.
The following agreement is summarized as follows:
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You
place our merchants banners anywhere on your site as you see fit, or within
non-spam emails.
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We may
email you concerning new merchant programs
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We
might change the service here and then
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Adult,
Hate, or other related sites are not allowed
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You
will be paid your commissions, at such time as your account balance is $100 or
more.
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All
statistics are collected and calculated by Vets4veterans.com, and will be the
only valid stats used for determining commissions.
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Any
page that contains Vets4Veterans.com links, banners, or code must be written
in English.
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As an
affiliate, you can only have 1 account. You can list multiple domains in one
account, but only one account is allowed. Self-referrals for affiliate or
merchant accounts are strictly prohibited.
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Your
physical address listed for receiving checks MUST be your actual address. Mail
forwarding services, for the purpose of avoiding network demographics, is NOT
allowed. For example, if you choose USA as your country, you must be in the
USA. If you choose Russia as a country, you must be in Russia.
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You
won't hold us liable for anything, a link to a non-Vets4Veterans.comWeb site
does not mean that Vets4Veterans.comendorses or accepts any responsibility for
the content or the use of such Web site.
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You
cannot SPAM. You cannot SPAM. You cannot SPAM. We will terminate your account
on the first offense of SPAMMING. Do not send email to lists or groups
that you do not have permission to send to. We cannot stress this enough, we
WILL terminate your account on the first offense.
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You may
place banners or links within your newsletters, in content of your website, or
within other web related content.
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Affiliate accounts that are left inactive will be removed from our system if
their balance is equal to or less than $25. If an abandoned affiliate account
has a balance between $25 and $50, a $25 fee will be assessed once per
calendar month, until the balance is equal to zero dollars - and is closed. At
no time will an affiliate ever owe monies to Vets4Veterans.com, Inc. based on
fees - the account will simply be closed. An abandoned affiliate account is
defined as any account that has not been logged in to for a period of 6
months, nor have any transactions been posted to that account. If one or the
other of those conditions are true - the account will remain in an active
state.
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NOT
ALLOWED:
All other uses of banners or links, such as newsgroups, chat rooms, ICQ,
message boards, banner networks, hit farms, counters, or guest books etc. are
NOT allowed.
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NOT
ALLOWED:
Any placement of creative in a "Desktop" advertising scheme. This includes any
and all 3rd party advertising platforms that use a desktop application to
display ads in any form.
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NOT
ALLOWED:
Any display of a merchant window that isn't the result of a direct click by
the end-user.
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Failure
to abide by these rules could mean termination from a given merchant program,
or from Vets4Veterans.comcompletely with a complete forfeit of commissions.
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Fraud
is a serious offense, and will be treated as such. Fraud is defined as any
action that intentionally attempts to create sales, leads, or click-through
using robots, frames, iframes, scripts, or manually "refreshing" of pages, for
the sole purpose of creating commissions. ANY ATTEMPTED FRAUD OR FRAUD WILL
RESULT IN MEMBERSHIP TERMINATION AND VOIDED COMMISSIONS.
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If you
run or utilize an incentive website, you MAY participate in Vets4Veterans.com
pay-per-performance programs ONLY IF you receive specific written (fax or
email are ok as well) permission from the merchant. You must also copy this
specific permission to us, and that permission must detail exactly what kind
of incentive your users have to click the links. Without this permission, your
commissions may be voided. You are allowed to participate in any pay-per-sale
programs without any special permission.
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At
Vets4Veterans.com, there are two levels of membership: Full and Limited. All
affiliates begin at the Limited level, and can participate only in
pay-per-lead and pay-per-sale programs. Your status will be changed to "Full"
at the time of your first payment sent to you. You must also be participating
as a top-level domain name, i.e., no generic free website services allowed.
Only Full members can participate in pay-per-click programs.
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You
cannot refer yourself as a Merchant with Vets4Veterans.comand receive
commission. Sorry.
PRIVACY POLICY Vets4Veterans.comrespects the privacy of its users and will not
disclose personal information to third parties without the express permission of
You and Your company. If You have any questions please contact
marketing@Vets4Veterans.com.
DEFINITIONS "Performance Marketing" occurs when individual web sites that
generate their own traffic ("Affiliates") partner with online Merchants ("Merchant")’s
and the Merchant pays a commission or other reward for those Visitors resulting
in a measurable action such as a closed sale, lead, hit, or other action.
"Affiliate" means an individual or business generating their own traffic and
thus rewarded for legitimate sales, leads, clicks, or other measurable action.
Affiliates use Vets4Veterans.com to facilitate relationships with Merchants as
well as gain tracking, reporting, and receipt of commission payment.
"Merchant" means an e-commerce entity paying a commission or bounty for
legitimate sales, leads, clicks, or other measurable action by a Visitor.
Merchants use Vets4Veterans.comfacilitate relationships as well as gain
tracking, reporting, and issuance of commission payment.
"Visitor" means any person, or user that clicks on a Link to a Merchant’s Web
site placed on an Affiliate's Web site.
"sale commission" means the Payout the Merchant sets and agrees to pay for
Visitors referred to the Merchant's Web site that results in a sale of a product
or service. The sale could occur at the time of the visit or at a later time not
to exceed 30 days. If a sale occurs after 30 days and the Visitor has not
returned through an authorized Affiliate's site, then no Payout shall occur.
"lead commission" means the Payout the Merchant sets and agrees to pay for
Visitors referred to the Merchant's Web site that results in the Visitor
performing an action defined by the Merchant. Such an action could include
filling out a form, joining a mailing list, or other mechanism to identify
potential customers. The action could occur at the time of the visit or at a
later time not to exceed 30 days. If an action occurs after 30 days and the
Visitor has not returned through an authorized Affiliate's site, then no Payout
shall occur.
"click commission" means the Payout the Merchant sets and agrees to pay for a
valid click from an Affiliate Partner's site to the Merchant's site that results
in the Merchant's Web site being viewable to the Visitor. A click is deemed
valid when it meets certain criteria as defined on the Web site or in this
agreement, which criteria may change from time to time.
"Payout" means the amount of sale commission, lead commission, or click
commission a Merchant agrees to pay for an individual measurable action. The
Payout is defined as either a percentage of a total sale amount, or as a set
bounty (flat rate) per action.
"Commission" means the amount sale commission, lead commission, or click
commission a Merchant agrees to pay for an individual measurable action. The
Payout is defined as either a percentage of a total sale amount, or as a set
bounty (flat rate) per action.
"Link" means a hyperlink placed on an Affiliate's site that, when clicked on,
sends a Visitor through to a Merchant website via redirection at
Vets4Veterans.com. Links take many forms including text, a product image,
buttons, banners, videos or any other format acceptable to the Merchant.
"VOID" means a reversal of a Payout previously earned for a sale, lead, or click
that is later rescinded or corrected by the Merchant. Merchant's may VOID
transactions that are fraudulent, or in the case of returned merchandise,
duplicate transactions, or other valid reasons.
"Your Account" means a specific account within the Service, where Commissions
are credited.
THE SERVICE Vets4Veterans.comhas developed and operates a service (the
"Service") which allows Affiliates to participate in Performance Marketing
programs. As an Affiliate of Vets4Veterans.comyou will be establishing
arrangements with third party organizations, called Merchants. All Affiliate
relationships established between You, the Affiliate, and
Vets4Veterans.comMerchants, will be conducted and managed through the Service.
LINK PLACEMENT As an Affiliate of the Service, you may place and remove Merchant
Links on Your site and in acceptable locations.
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You
place our merchants banners anywhere on your site as you see fit, or within
non-spam emails.
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Adult,
Hate, or other related sites are not allowed
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Any
page that contains Vets4Veterans.comlinks, banners, or code must be written in
English.
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You
cannot SPAM. You cannot SPAM. You cannot SPAM. We will terminate your account
on the first offense of SPAMMING. Do not send email to lists or groups
that you do not have permission to send to. We cannot stress this enough, we
WILL terminate your account on the first offense.
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Affiliate accounts that are left inactive will be removed from our system if
their balance is equal to or less than $25. If an abandoned affiliate account
has a balance between $25 and $50, a $25 fee will be assesed once per calendar
month, until the balance is equal to zero dollars - and is closed. At no time
will an affiliate ever owe monies to Vets4Veterans.com, Inc. based on fees -
the account will simply be closed. An abandoned affiliate account is defined
as any account that has not been logged in to for a period of 6 months, nor
have any transactions been posted to that account. If one or the other of
those conditions are true - the account will remain in an active state.
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NOT
ALLOWED:
All other uses of banners or links, such as newsgroups, chat rooms, ICQ,
message boards, banner networks, hit farms, counters, or guestbooks etc. are
NOT allowed.
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NOT
ALLOWED:
Any placement of creative in a "Desktop" advertising scheme. This includes any
and all 3rd party advertising platforms that use a desktop application to
display ads in any form.
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NOT
ALLOWED:
Any display of a merchant window that isn't the result of a direct click by
the end-user.
AFFILIATE PAYMENT You will receive a Commission for sending a Merchant
authorized sales, leads, and/or clicks via Your Links. In order to place Links,
You must first be approved by a Merchant to become an Affiliate of that
Merchant’s program. You understand that the Payout amount may be changed at any
time. This information is also available to You at the Vets4Veterans.comMember’s
Area. You are responsible for determining if the Payout for a Link You have
placed on Your site has changed or been discontinued. You receive the Commission
from Vets4Veterans.com. Payments are made automatically on the twentieth (20th)
day of each month when Your account balance reaches $50 or more for the previous
months' transactions. Money credited to Your Account does not accrue interest.
In the event of a VOID by a Merchant, Vets4Veterans.commay recover from You the
corresponding Commission previously credited to Your Account. The VOID
Commission will be immediately deducted from Your Account balance. In the event
that Your Account balance is less than the VOID Commission, the VOID Commission
will be deducted against Your future earnings. You will NEVER be asked to send
money to Vets4Veterans.com
SERVICE AND SUPPORT Vets4Veterans.com will provide support for the Service as
indicated on the Vets4Veterans.comWeb site.
EMAIL CONTACT Vets4Veterans.com reserves the right to send e-mail to You for the
purposes of informing you of applicable changes or additions to the Service or
any Vets4Veterans.comrelated products and services.
CHANGES TO THE SERVICE Vets4Veterans.comreserves the right to change, modify,
add or remove portions of this Agreement at any time and may add to, change,
suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Service at any time. In the event of
any material change, Vets4Veterans.comwill notify You via e-mail, newsletter or
the Vets4Veterans.comWeb site at least 7 days prior to any such changes taking
effect, at which time You may either agree to such changes or withdraw from the
Service.
REGISTRATION To sign up as an Affiliate of Vets4Veterans.comand to use the
Service as an Affiliate Partner you must be at least 18 (eighteen) years of age,
and supply a valid tax-id, which may be your social security number for
individuals, or a federal tax-id for corporations or entities.
THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF SITES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN
Vets4Veterans.com: ADULT SITES, SITES THAT DISPLAY ADULT BANNERS, SITES THAT
PROMOTE VIOLENCE, BIGOTRY, OR HATRED. SITES THAT PROMOTE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY,
including but not limited to WAREZ, CRACKING, and HACKING SITES. As part of the
registration process, You will select a username and password combination that
You use to access Your Affiliate area within the Service. You shall provide
Vets4Veterans.comwith accurate, complete and updated registration information.
You may not select the name of another person with the intent to impersonate
that person or deceive members or other users as to Your true identity. You
agree that Vets4Veterans.commay rely on any data, notice, instruction or request
furnished to Vets4Veterans.comby You which is reasonably believed by
Vets4Veterans.comto be genuine and to have been sent or presented by a person
reasonably believed by Vets4Veterans.comto be authorized to act on Your behalf.
You shall notify Vets4Veterans.comby e-mail at shareasale@Vets4Veterans.comof
any known or suspected unauthorized uses of Your Account, or any known or
suspected breach of security, including loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure
of Your username and password. You shall be responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of Your username and password and You are responsible for all
usage and activity on Your Account, including use of the account by a third
party authorized by You to use Your Account. Any fraudulent, abusive or
otherwise illegal activity may be grounds for termination by
Vets4Veterans.comand referral to the appropriate law enforcement agencies.
ACCEPTED USE You represent to Vets4Veterans.comthat all content You provide to
the Service is solely owned by You or provided by You with the express authority
of the company You represent, does not infringe upon any other individual's or
organization's rights (including, without limitation, intellectual property
rights) and is not defamatory, libelous, unlawful or otherwise objectionable.
You shall not provide, promote, distribute, place or otherwise publish as an
Affiliate of the Service any content, or Web site that includes content, which
is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, fraudulent or violates
any law. As Vets4Veterans.commay not review all information provided by You, You
shall remain solely responsible for Your content and Web site. As an Affiliate,
You may not artificially inflate traffic counts to Merchant site(s) using any
device, program, robot or other means, including but not limited to JavaScript
pop-up windows and redirects. You may not click on Your own banners and/or links
or submit multiple leads to Your Merchant partners.
Links may not be placed in newsgroups, unsolicited e-mail, ICQ, banner
networks, counters, chat rooms or guest books. Any Link placed must be done in
such a way that it is not misleading to any Visitor and done with the intention
of delivering valid sales, leads, or clicks to the related Merchant for that
Link.
Points or reward programs for click or lead programs are NOT allowed.
Vets4Veterans.com RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DEEM ANY SITE INAPPROPRIATE AND
TERMINATE THE SITE AS A MEMBER OF Vets4Veterans.com. If You are terminated from
the Service, Vets4Veterans.comhas the right to withhold money You earned within
the Service or money that You owe within the Service and You will not be allowed
to re-join Vets4Veterans.com.
LIMITED WARRANTY The Service, its operation, its use and the results of such use
shall be performed in a workmanlike manner. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE
PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, Vets4Veterans.comDISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, IN RELATION TO THE SERVICE, ITS USE AND
THE RESULTS OF SUCH USE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING,
Vets4Veterans.comSPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY (A) THAT THE SERVICE WILL
BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, (B) THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, (C) THAT
THERE ARE NO VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, (D) THAT THE SECURITY METHODS
EMPLOYED WILL BE SUFFICIENT, OR (E) REGARDING CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, OR
RELIABILITY. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO
THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. The Merchant will make reasonable
commercial efforts to keep its transaction service operational during normal
business hours. However, certain technical difficulties may, from time to time,
result in temporary service interruptions. Affiliate understands and
acknowledges that it is normal to have a certain amount of system downtime and
further agrees not to hold the Merchant liable for any of the consequences of
such interruptions. MERCHANT SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO,
OR ALTERATION, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF ANY WEB SITE OF AFFILIATE OR AFFILIATE
CUSTOMER DATA FILES OR SYSTEMS OR PROGRAMS THROUGH ACCIDENT, FRAUDULENT MEANS OR
DEVICES. MERCHANT SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO MERCHANT OBLIGATIONS
HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR
PUNITIVE DAMAGES EVEN IF MERCHANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF SUCH DAMAGES. ANY
LIABILITY OF MERCHANT HEREUNDER SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE REVENUE EARNED BY
MERCHANT AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS AGREEMENT.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY Vets4Veterans.com OR ITS SUPPLIERS OR RESELLERS OR
MERCHANTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR (I) ANY INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER ARISING OUT OF THE
USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE Vets4Veterans.com SERVICE OR ANY INFORMATION
PROVIDED ON THE Vets4Veterans.com WEB SITE OR ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED WEB SITE,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, ANY LOST PROFITS,
BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA, EVEN IF
Vets4Veterans.comOR A Vets4Veterans.com AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR (II) ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE TO
ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE WEB SITE OR ANY HYPERLINKED WEB
SITE. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, Vets4Veterans.comLIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE SMALLEST
AMOUNT PERMITTED BY LAW. THIS PARAGRAPH WILL SURVIVE THE FAILURE OF ANY
EXCLUSIVE OR LIMITED REMEDY.
You agree that Vets4Veterans.com, although the provider of the Service, has no
responsibility or liability as a result of Your placement of authorized Links
from Your Web site, and You, and the Merchant, jointly and severally agree to
indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Vets4Veterans.comand its affiliates,
officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all
liability, claims, losses, damages, injuries or expenses (including reasonable
attorneys' fees) directly or indirectly arising from or relating to any offer or
any other matter related to this Agreement or the subject matter hereof and any
dispute relating thereto.
Vets4Veterans.comagrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Affiliate and
its affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any
and all liability, claims, losses, damages, injuries or expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees) directly or indirectly arising from or relating to
Vets4Veterans.comnegligence or willful misconduct in performance of the Services
or its breach of this Agreement.
NON-DISCLOSURE Vets4Veterans.comacknowledges that in the course of this
Agreement it shall have access to confidential and proprietary information
("Confidential Information") of Your company. Vets4Veterans.com agrees not to
disclose or disseminate the Confidential Information without Your prior express
written consent. The term "Confidential Information" shall not include
information that is or becomes part of the public domain through no action or
omission of Vets4Veterans.com, that becomes available to Vets4Veterans.comfrom
third parties without knowledge by Vets4Veterans.comof any breach of fiduciary
duty, or that Vets4Veterans.comhad in its possession prior to the date of this
Agreement. Vets4Veterans.com does not collect information about a
Merchant’s customer transactions, other than what is passed to us through the
installed tracking code and displayed on Your own transaction reports. Any
information we receive is used solely for tracking and Commission payment
purposes. Vets4Veterans.comreserves the right to be able to utilize this data in
aggregate to analyze Service trends, monitor Service efficiencies, and perform
such other analysis as Vets4Veterans.com deems appropriate.
OWNERSHIP AND LICENSES You, the Affiliate, are granted a non-exclusive, limited,
revocable right to use Merchant provided trademarks and banners. All images,
technology and content provided for Your use is and shall remain the sole
property of the Merchant, and no part thereof shall be deemed assigned or
licensed to You except as explicitly provided for herein. All intellectual
property rights, including trademarks, copyrights, patent rights or
applications, trade names and service marks related to the foregoing shall
remain the Merchant’s sole property, including rights in and to any derivatives
thereof. You may not modify the trademarks, banners, the content or any of the
images provided to You in any way.
A Merchant may immediately terminate Your license to use the marks if the
Merchant reasonably believes that such use dilutes, tarnishes or blurs the value
of their marks. You acknowledge that Your use of the marks will not create in
You, nor will You represent that You have, any right, title or interest in or to
the marks other than the license granted by the Merchant above. You will not
challenge the validity of or attempt to register any of the marks or Your
interest therein as a licensee, nor will You adopt any derivative or confusingly
similar names, brands or marks or create any combination marks with the marks.
You acknowledge the Merchant’s ownership and exclusive right to use the marks
and agree that all goodwill arising as a result of the use of the marks shall
inure to the benefit of the Merchant.
REPRESENTATIONS Vets4Veterans.commakes no representations whatsoever about any
other Web site which You may access through the Service. In addition, a link to
a non-Vets4Veterans.comWeb site does not mean that Vets4Veterans.comendorses or
accepts any responsibility for the content or the use of such Web site.
NONASSIGNABILITY Affiliate or Vets4Veterans.commay assign this Agreement to any
successor or affiliate upon notice to the other party and mutual agreement
between both parties.
FORCE MAJEURE Neither party shall be liable hereunder by reason of any failure
or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder on account of strikes,
shortages, riots, insurrection, fires, flood, storm, explosions, acts of God,
war, governmental action, labor conditions, earthquakes or any other cause which
is beyond the reasonable control of such party.
JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES This Agreement shall be governed by Illinois, USA law
(except for conflict of law provisions). The exclusive forum for any actions
brought in connection with this Agreement shall be in the state and federal
courts in and for the State of Illinois, USA and You consent to such
jurisdiction. The application of the United Nations Convention on the
International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded.
MISCELLANEOUS This Agreement represents the complete agreement concerning this
license and may be amended only by a writing executed by both parties. THE
ACCEPTANCE OF ANY PURCHASE ORDER PLACED BY YOU IS EXPRESSLY MADE CONDITIONAL ON
YOUR ASSENT TO THE TERMS SET FORTH HEREIN, AND NOT THOSE IN YOUR PURCHASE ORDER.
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, such provision
shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable.
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