This agreement contains
the terms and conditions on which GOLFERSWIRED.com (“GOLFERSWIRED”)
agrees to develop and host a website (“Game Scoring, Tracking
and Analyzing Website”) for you which permits users (“Users”)
to post rounds of golf over the Internet, and your agreement to
provide a link to the Game Scoring, Tracking and Analyzing Website
from your website. You are referred to in this agreement as
“AFFILIATE” and your website is referred to as .
“AFFILIATE Site”.
1. WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT.
GOLFERSWIRED shall, at its own expense, develop the Game Scoring,
Tracking and Analyzing Website. The Game Scoring, Tracking and
Analyzing Website shall allow golfers to post and analyze rounds of
golf using GOLFERSWIRED’s centralized engine (“GOLFERSWIRED
System”). GOLFERSWIRED shall be entitled, without the consent
of AFFILIATE, to modify the Game Scoring, Tracking and Analyzing
Website from time to time (i) to ensure that its appearance continues
to be consistent with the AFFILIATE Site if and when available, (ii)
to the extent necessary to maintain the functionality of the Game
Scoring, Tracking and Analyzing Website and provide Users with
additional features of the GOLFERSWIRED System offered to online
users generally, and (iii) to add links to other websites using the
Game Scoring, Tracking and Analyzing Website and GOLFERSWIRED
System.
2. WEBSITE HOSTING. GOLFERSWIRED
shall, at its own expense, maintain the Game Scoring, Tracking and
Analyzing Website on its server during the Term, such that the Game
Scoring, Tracking and Analyzing Website and the GOLFERSWIRED System
are accessible over the Internet.
3. LINKING.
AFFILIATE agrees modify the AFFILIATE Website to include a link or
button (the “Link”) that enables Users by means of a
hidden universal resource locater to connect automatically from the
AFFILIATE Site to such page of the Game Scoring, Tracking and
Analyzing Website designated by GOLFERSWIRED. GOLFERSWIRED grants
AFFILIATE a non-exclusive, non-transferable, right to link the
AFFILIATE Site to the Game Scoring, Tracking and Analyzing Website.
The Link shall be accessible from the main or home page of the
AFFILIATE Site using GOLFERSWIRED’s logo set out above, or such
other name, logo and/or trademark designated and provided to
AFFILIATE by GOLFERSWIRED in electronic format. During the Term,
AFFILIATE shall ensure that the AFFILIATE Site continues to be
accessible and operable over the Internet and that the Link is
maintained and operable in accordance with this section, and agrees
that neither the AFFILIATE Site, nor any other website owned or
operated by it or in which its trademarks are used, shall advertise
or provide links to any other game scoring, tracking and analyzing
system.
4. REFERRAL FEE. GOLFERSWIRED shall
pay AFFILIATE a referral fee equal to eighteen percent (30%) of the
Net Fees earned by GOLFERSWIRED in respect of Affiliate Memberships.
“Affiliate Memberships” means the action of paying for a
1 year membership at the prevailing net price, using the Game
Scoring, Tracking and Analyzing Website and the GOLFERSWIRED System
during the Term; in accordance with the terms and conditions
applicable thereto. “Net Fees” means the net fees
received by GOLFERSWIRED in respect of membership, after deducting
any refunds to Users and any fees, commissions, inducements or other
amounts payable by GOLFERSWIRED to third parties in respect of such
membership. The referral fees shall be paid by GOLFERSWIRED to
AFFILIATE within 30 days after any month in which such fees exceed
$50.00 US Funds, but at least once in respect of every 3-month period
during the Term.
5. LICENSE. GOLFERSWIRED and
AFFILIATE grant each other a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide,
non-transferable license (without the right to sub license, except to
Users as set out below) for the Term to use the trademarks, designs,
logos, pictures, artwork and any text (the “Intellectual
Property”) appearing on the AFFILIATE Site or the Game Scoring,
Tracking and Analyzing Website, including the right to produce,
reproduce and display on the AFFILIATE Site or the Game Scoring,
Tracking and Analyzing Site, store and retrieve on computer
equipment, distribute via the Internet, and authorize Users to
receive, display, store, retrieve and copy the Intellectual Property
for their own use, solely for the purposes and subject to the terms
of this agreement. AFFILIATE may also use any of the Intellectual
Property licensed to it by GOLFERSWIRED in any publication or
promotional material advertising access to the GOLFERSWIRED System
through the AFFILIATE Site; provided that any description of the
GOLFERSWIRED System is accurate, and a copy of the page(s) containing
such Intellectual Property is provided to GOLFERSWIRED and
GOLFERSWIRED has consented to the proposed use. Neither party shall
modify the other’s Intellectual Property without the other’s
consent, except as required by GOLFERSWIRED to prepare prototypes of
the Game Scoring, Tracking and Analyzing Website for AFFILIATE’s
approval. Each party shall, in respect of the Intellectual Property
of the other party used by it, include in the AFFILIATE Website or
Game Scoring, Tracking and Analyzing Website, as applicable, any
trade-mark or copyright notices reasonably requested by the other
party for the purposes of indicated the owner and/or licensee of such
Intellectual Property.
6. INDEMNITY. In the
event that any claim, action, suit, application or other legal
proceeding (any of which is referred to as a “Claim”) is
brought by a third party against a party hereto or its directors,
officers, employees or agent (“Indemnified Persons”) as a
result of or arising from the use by any of the Indemnified Persons
of the other party’s Intellectual Property pursuant to this
agreement, the other party (“Indemnifying Party”) shall
indemnify and save harmless the Indemnified Persons in respect of any
liability, damages, accounting of profits, judgments, costs,
interest, and legal fees awarded or incurred as a result of or
arising from such use of the Indemnifying Party’s Intellectual
Property. Upon receipt by a party of written notice of any such legal
proceeding, a copy such notice and any documents delivered in
connection therewith shall, within 7 days, be delivered to the other
party. The Indemnifying Party shall be entitled, upon 14 days’
notice to the Indemnified Persons named in the Claim, to take control
of the defense of such legal proceeding on behalf of and in the name
of the Indemnified Persons, for so long as such defense is conducted
diligently and in a competent manner; provided that no settlement of
such legal proceeding shall be binding upon any Indemnified Persons
without their consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed.
7. OWNERSHIP OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. Except as expressly granted in this
agreement, neither party shall have any rights in respect of the
Intellectual Property of the other. AFFILIATE acknowledges and agrees
that GOLFERSWIRED owns all right, title and interest in the
GOLFERSWIRED System, and any copyright, trademark, patent, trade
secrets, confidential information, know-how and other intellectual
property used or embodied in it, including without limitation any
information or data on Users, Bookings, and golf courses compiled
using the Game Scoring, Tracking and Analyzing Website; and nothing
in this agreement shall be construed as granting AFFILIATE any rights
in the GOLFERSWIRED System and the related intellectual
property.
8. TERM. This agreement shall be
effective for a period (the “Term”) commencing on the
date GOLFERSWIRED notifies AFFILIATE of its acceptance (as provided
in section 13) and continue for 1 years. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, this agreement may be terminated immediately by one party
(“Terminating Party”), upon written notice to the other
party, after any of the following:
The other party has used the Terminating Party’s Intellectual Property contrary to the terms of this agreement in a manner which has, or may reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the rights therein of the owners or licensees thereof, or on the goodwill, business or operations of such owners or licensees.
The other party breaches this agreement and, 30 days after receipt of written notice from the Terminating Party setting out the nature of the breach, has not ceased the conduct or activity constituting the breach and remedied the breach (to the extent reasonably capable of being remedied).
The other party ceases to carry on its business in the ordinary course, including, without limitation, the maintenance of the AFFILIATE Site, if AFFILIATE, and the Game Scoring, Tracking and Analyzing Website, if GOLFERSWIRED, such that it continues to be accessible and operable over the Internet.
A receiver, trustee or similar legal representative is appointed for all or a substantial portion of the other party’s assets, the other party makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, the other party is declared bankrupt or insolvent for the purposes of any legislation affecting the rights of creditors, or the other party takes the benefit of any legislation for bankrupt or insolvent debtors.
If GOLFERSWIRED determines, in its sole discretion, that AFFILIATE Site ceases to be suitable for the purposes of the website linking arrangement described in this agreement; which may be due to (but is not limited to) the inclusion of sexually explicit material, violence or any other content which may harm the business or goodwill of GOLFERSWIRED in the AFFILIATE Site, its promotion of discrimination or illegal activities, its infringement of intellectual property rights or failure to comply with applicable laws,
Upon termination of
this agreement, AFFILIATE shall remove any of GOLFERSWIRED’s
Intellectual Property from the AFFILIATE Site and any links to the
Game Scoring, Tracking and Analyzing Website, and each party shall
otherwise cease to use the other’s Intellectual Property and
have no further obligations; except that sections 6, 7 and 11 shall
survive the termination of this agreement and continue to be binding
upon the parties.
9. CONTRACT CO-ORDINATORS. Any
notice or communication regarding this contract shall be sent to
AFFILIATE at the address provided to GOLFERSWIRED and to GOLFERSWIRED
at its address set out below, unless another address been provided by
a party by sending a notice to the other.
10.
APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of
North Carolina and the laws of United States applicable therein,
without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law rules that
would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other
than North Carolina. The parties each attorns and submits to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of North Carolina with
respect to any matter arising hereunder or related hereto.
11.
LIMITATION ON LIABILITY. GOLFERSWIRED HAS NO CONTROL OVER
TRANSMISSIONS OVER THE INTERNET, AND CANNOT GUARANTEE, AND SHALL HAVE
NO OBLIGATION TO AFFILIATE TO ENSURE, THAT ACCESS TO THE GAME
SCORING, TRACKING AND ANALYZING WEBSITE OR THE GOLFERSWIRED SYSTEM
OVER THE INTERNET WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. GOLFERSWIRED
MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND RELATING TO THE
GAME SCORING, TRACKING AND ANALYZINGSITE OR THE GOLFERSWIRED SYSTEM,
WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF FITNESS OF THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES
PROVIDED FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY,
MERCHANTABLE QUALITY, INFRINGEMENT, AND THOSE ARISING BY STATUTE OR
OTHERWISE IN LAW OR FROM A COURSE OF DEALING OR USE OF TRADE. USE OF
THE GAME SCORING, TRACKING AND ANALYZING WEBSITE AND THE GOLFERSWIRED
SYSTEM SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT IN
CONTRACTS BETWEEN GOLFERSWIRED AND USERS AND GOLF COURSE
OWNERS/OPERATORS, INCLUDING ANY DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF
LIABILITY THEREIN. IN NO EVENT SHALL GOLFERSWIRED BE LIABLE FOR LOSS
OF PROFITS, BUSINESS OR GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, INTERRUPTION OF
BUSINESS, OR ANY OTHER INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY,
PUNITIVE, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. THESE LIMITATIONS APPLY TO ALL CAUSES
OF ACTION, INCLUDING BREACH OF CONTRACT AND TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE).
12. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This
agreement shall ensure to the benefit of and are binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Neither party shall be entitled to transfer, assign or sublicense
(except as expressly provided herein) any right or obligations under
this agreement other than to a corporation or other entity that it
controls, that controls it, or that is controlled by the same
person(s) as it (in each case, whether control is direct or indirect
through one or more corporations or other entities); provided that
the obligations of such corporation or other entity hereunder are
guaranteed by the party from whom they were transferred, assigned or
sublicensed.
13. ACCEPTANCE BY GOLFERSWIRED. This
agreement is subject to acceptance by GOLFERSWIRED after receipt of
AFFILIATE’S enrolment confirmation (by using affiliate link)
and any information regarding AFFILIATE requested by GOLFERSWIRED,
and shall not be binding upon GOLFERSWIRED until it provides
AFFILIATE with notification of its acceptance. GOLFERSWIRED reserves
the right, at its sole discretion, not to accept AFFILIATE if it
determines that AFFILIATE Site is not suitable for the purposes of
the website linking arrangement set out above. Examples of unsuitable
sites include but are not limited to those that contain sexually
explicit material or violence, promote discrimination or illegal
activities, or infringe intellectual property rights or otherwise are
not in compliance with applicable laws.