APPLICATION SERVICE AGREEMENT
actiTIME Online - Time Tracking System
This Application Service Agreement (further referred as "Agreement") is made and effective this February 4, 2012, by and between <your company name> ("Buyer"), located at <your company address> and Actimind, Inc. located at 21 Draper Blvd, Thornhill, Ontario, L4J 5Y8 Canada.
WHEREAS, Actimind is the sole and exclusive owner of actiTIME Online, which is a web-based time-tracking software system ('Software'); and
WHEREAS, Buyer desires to license and obtain a remote free trial access to the Software.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, the parties agree as follows:
1. License Grants and Ownership Rights
A. Subject to Buyer's compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Actimind grants Buyer a non-exclusive and non-transferable right to remotely access and use the Software ONLY by Buyer's personnel and ONLY for the internal needs within Buyer's organization. Right is granted for the period of 30 calendar days starting from the date of execution of this Agreement.
B. Buyer may not: (i) attempt to modify the Software or derive its source code; (ii) create any programming code, scripts or application that will attempt to access Software interfaces and stored data; (iii) redistribute, encumber, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, or otherwise transfer the Software or rights thereto; (iv) publish, or otherwise make available to any third party, any benchmark information or testing results; (v) share the Software or any parts of the Software with any commercial or non-commercial organization as a part of other products or as a component of Buyer's services.
C. Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights for the Software shall remain in Actimind. Buyer acknowledges such ownership and intellectual property rights and will not take any action to jeopardize, limit or interfere in any manner with Actimind ownership and rights with respect to the Software. Buyer agrees that nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to restrict any of Actimind rights of use of the same technologies, algorithms, methods, programming languages, interfaces and software architectural solutions for further work. Further Buyer agrees that this Agreement doesn't apply any restriction for Actimind work with other companies in the same industry and target markets as Buyer's.
2. Services
A. Actimind agrees to provide Buyer with electronic access to the Software hosted and maintained by or on behalf of Actimind.
B. Actimind shall make the Software available on Internet and use its best efforts to provide access to the Software on a twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week basis. However as far as both parties acknowledge that the Internet is neither owned nor controlled by any one entity, Actimind can not warranty that Buyer will be able to access the Software at any given time. Therefore Actimind will not be liable for inaccessible or inoperable Software should it happen for any reason, including, without limitation: (i) equipment malfunctions; (ii) periodic maintenance procedures or repairs, which Actimind or Internet Service Providers may undertake from time to time; or (iii) causes beyond the control of Actimind including, without limitation, interruption or failure of telecommunication or digital transmission links, delays or failures due to Internet Service Provider, hostile network attacks, network congestion or other failures.
3. Fees and Payment Terms
30-day trial access is a one-time service that provided free of charge.
4. Independence of operations
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to imply a joint venture, partnership or principal-agent relationship between the parties. And neither party by virtue of this Agreement shall have any right, power or authority to act or create any obligation, express or implied, on behalf of the other party.
5. Development Monitoring
Buyer shall have the right to reasonably observe and monitor the performance of Actimind obligations hereunder and Actimind shall use reasonable efforts to facilitate such observation and monitoring.
6. Confidentiality
Each party acknowledges that it may have access or receive "Confidential Information" from the other party in connection with its performance under this Agreement, either in writing or verbally. Each party hereby agrees to maintain the confidentiality of all such information and not disclose such information to third parties except to employees authorized to receive such information or make any use of such information, except in carrying out its obligations under this Agreement. Information considered confidential by either party includes without limitation (a) matter of a technical nature such as trade secret processes or devices, know-how, data formulas, inventions, (whether or not patentable or copyrighted), training materials, specifications and characteristics of products planned or being developed, and research subjects, methods and results, (b) matters of a business nature such as information about costs, profits, pricing policies, markets, sales suppliers, customers, employees, product plans, and marketing plans or strategies, (c) other information of a similar nature not generally disclosed by the either party to the public.
The obligations under this section shall not apply to information which (i) is or becomes generally known to the public through no fault of the receiving party; (ii) was known to the receiving party prior to the date it was disclosed by the other party; or (iii) is disclosed to the receiving party by a third party having no obligation of confidentiality to the other party with respect to such information. The terms of this section shall survive termination of this Agreement for a period five (5) years from receipt of such applicable information by either party.
7. Disclaimer of warranty for the Software
The Software is provided with all faults on an "as is" basis. Actimind disclaims all warranties, whether express or implied, including the warranties that the Software is free of defects and able to operate on an uninterrupted basis, that the functionality of the Software will meet Buyer's requirements, or that errors in the software will be corrected. Further, Actimind does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the Software in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. No oral or written information or advice given by Actimind representative shall create a warranty or in any way increase the scope of any warranty that cannot be disclaimed under applicable law. Actimind has no liability with respect to Buyer's use of the software. Buyer bears the entire risk as to their quality and performance and assumes the entire cost of any service and repair.
8. Limitation of Liability
With the exception of sections 1-C (ownership) and 6 (confidentiality) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will either party, or its respective parents, affiliates, directors, employees, distributors, suppliers, agents or resellers be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or exemplary damages arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement, including, but not limited to lost profits, lost data, loss of goodwill, work cancellation, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all other commercial damages or losses, even if such party has been advised of the possibility thereof, and regardless of the legal or equitable theory (contract, tort or otherwise) upon which the claim is based.
With the exception of sections 2 (Copyright and Ownership) and 7 (Confidentiality) in no event shall either party's aggregate liability for losses or damages relating to or arising out of this Agreement exceeding the amount of the service fees actually paid by Buyer to Actimind.
9. Term and Termination
A. This Agreement shall commence upon the effective date and shall continue thereafter for 30 calendar days.
B. Section 1-C (ownership) and Section 6 (confidentiality) shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
10. Force Majeure
A. Neither party shall be liable in damages or have the right to terminate this Agreement for any delay or default in performing hereunder if such delay or default is caused by conditions beyond its control including, but not limited to Acts of God, Government restrictions (including the denial or cancellation of any export or other necessary license), wars, insurrections and/or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the party whose performance is affected.
B. Neither party shall be liable for any failure or delay in performance under this Agreement (other than for delay in the payment of money due and payable hereunder) to the extent said failures or delays are proximately caused by causes beyond that party's reasonable control and occurring without its fault or negligence, including, without limitation, failure of suppliers, subcontractors, and carriers, or party to substantially meet its performance obligations under this Agreement, provided that, as a condition to the claim of non-liability, the party experiencing the difficulty shall give the other prompt written notice, with full details following the occurrence of the cause relied upon. Dates by which performance obligations are scheduled to be met will be extended for a period of time equal to the time lost due to any delay so caused.
11. Governing Law
This agreement is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law.
12. Headings
The headings used in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not to be used in construction or interpretation.