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MASTER AGREEMENT
This Master Agreement ("Agreement") is made between
Clearlease.com ("Merchant") and [insert name of
Partner] ("Partner").
BACKGROUND
Partner and Merchant are each enrolled in The LinkShare Network.
Partner and Merchant each desire to establish the general
terms and conditions which shall govern advertising and commission
arrangements between Partner and Merchant which result from
their participation in The LinkShare Network.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
In consideration of the promises set forth below, we agree
as follows:
1. Offers and Engagements.
1.1. From time to time, Merchant may post on The LinkShare
Network offers to pay to other participants a specified
commission in return for certain advertising services leading
to a Qualifying Link (defined below). If such offers receive
an identification number from The LinkShare Network
they shall be deemed to be an "Offer" for purposes
of this Agreement. The term "Offer" shall also include
any counter-offers resulting from an Offer.
1.2. If an Offer made by one party is accepted by the other
party in accordance with the Offer's terms via The LinkShare
Network, an "Engagement" will have been formed.
Each Engagement shall have the same identification number
as the original Offer that lead to the Engagement and shall
be governed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
However, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms
of the specific Engagement and the terms of this Agreement,
the terms of the Engagement shall govern.
1.3. At any time prior to Partner providing a Qualifying
Link, Merchant may with or without notice (a) change, suspend
or discontinue any aspect of an Offer or an Engagement or
(b) remove, alter, or modify any graphic or banner ad submitted
by Merchant for an Offer or an Engagement. Partner agrees
to promptly implement any request from Merchant to remove,
alter or modify any graphic or banner ad submitted by Merchant
that is being used by Partner as part of an Engagement.
2. Partner's Responsibilities.
2.1. Partner will link its site to areas within Merchant's
site using special URLs specified in the Engagement (the "Required
URLs"). Partner may post as many links to the Required
URLs and the rest of Merchant's site as it likes on Partner's
site. The position, prominence and nature of links on the
Partner's site shall comply with any requirements specified
in the Engagement, but otherwise will be in the discretion
of Partner.
2.2. Partner agrees not to make any representations, warranties
or other statements concerning Merchant, Merchant's site,
any of Merchant's products or services, or Merchant's site
policies, except as expressly authorized by the Engagement.
2.3. Partner is responsible for notifying Merchant and The
LinkShare Network of any malfunctioning of the Required
URLs or other problems with Partner's participation in the
Engagement. Merchant will respond promptly to all concerns
upon notification by Partner.
3. Commissions.
3.1. Merchant agrees to pay Partner the commission specified
in the Engagement if Merchant sells to a visitor to Merchant's
site (a "Customer") a product or service that is
the subject of the Engagement and if that Customer has accessed
Merchant's site and purchased the product or service via a
Qualifying Link.
3.2. A "Qualifying Link" is a link from Partner's
site to Merchant's using one of the Required URLs or any other
URL provided by Merchant for use in The LinkShare Network
if it is the last link to the Merchant's site that the Customer
uses during a Session where a sale of a product or a service
to Customer occurs. A "Session" is the period of
time beginning from a Customer's initial contact with Merchant's
site via a link from the Partner's site and terminating when
the Customer either returns to the Merchant's site via a link
from a site other than Partner's site or the Engagement expires
or is terminated.
3.3. Merchant shall have the sole right and responsibility
for processing all orders made by Customers. Partner acknowledges
that all agreements relating to sales to Customers shall be
between Merchant and the Customer.
3.4. All determinations of Qualifying Links and whether a
commission is payable will be made by The LinkShare Network
and will be final and binding on both Merchant and Partner.
Prices for the products will be set solely by Merchant in
its discretion.
4. Ownership and Licenses.
4.1. Each party owns and shall retain all right, title and
interest in its names, logos, trademarks, service marks, trade
dress, copyrights and proprietary technology, including, without
limitation, those names, logos, trademarks, service marks,
trade dress, copyrights and proprietary technology currently
used or which may be developed and/or used by it in the future.
4.2. Merchant grants Partner a revocable, non-exclusive,
worldwide license to use, reproduce and transmit the name,
logos, trademarks, service marks, trade dress and proprietary
technology, as designated in the Engagement or during the
registration process in The LinkShare Network, on Partner's
site solely for the purpose of creating links from Partner's
site to Merchant's site during Engagements. Except as expressly
set forth in this Agreement or permitted by applicable law,
Partner may not copy, distribute, modify, reverse engineer,
or create derivative works from the same. Partner may not
sublicense, assign or transfer any such licenses for the use
of the same, and any attempt at such sublicense, assignment
or transfer is void.
4.3. Partner grants Merchant a non-exclusive, worldwide,
royalty-free license to use, reproduce and transmit any graphic
or banner ad submitted by Partner solely for co-branding purposes
or as a return link from Merchant's site to Partner's site.
Merchant will remove such graphic or banner ad upon Partner's
request.
5. Termination.
5.1. Either party may terminate any Engagement at any time
by deleting their acceptance of the Engagement through The
LinkShare Network. Termination of an Engagement shall
not terminate this Agreement or any other Engagement.
5.2. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time,
for any reason, provided that they provide at least five day's
prior written notice of such termination to the other party
and The LinkShare Network. Termination of this Agreement
shall also terminate any outstanding Engagements. However,
all rights to payment, causes of action and any provisions
which by their terms are intended to survive termination,
shall survive termination of this Agreement.
6. Representations.
6.1. Each party represents to the other that (a) it has the
authority to enter into this Agreement and sufficient rights
to grant any licenses granted hereby, and (b) any material
which is provided to the other party and displayed on the
other party's site will not (i) infringe on any third party's
copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary
rights or right of publicity or privacy; (ii) violate any
applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation; (iii) be
defamatory or libelous; (iv) be lewd, pornographic or obscene;
(v) violate any laws regarding unfair competition, anti-discrimination
or false advertising; (vi) promote violence or contain hate
speech; or (vii) contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time
bombs, cancel bots or other similar harmful or deleterious
programming routines.
6.2. EXCEPT FOR THE ABOVE REPRESENTATIONS NEITHER PARTY MAKES
ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES TO THE OTHER PARTY, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
7. Cross-Indemnification.
7.1. Each party hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless the other party and its affiliates, directors, officers,
employees and agents, from and against any and all liability,
claims, losses, damages, injuries or expenses (including reasonable
attorneys' fees) brought by a third party, arising out of
a breach, or alleged breach, of any of its representations
or obligations herein.
8. LinkShare Required Provisions.
8.1. Merchant and Partner jointly and severally hereby agree
to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless The LinkShare Network
and LinkShare Corporation and its affiliates, officers, directors,
employees and agents (collectively, "LinkShare")
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,
Engagement, any other matter related to this Agreement or
the subject matter hereof any dispute relating thereto.
8.2. The parties agree that LinkShare may rely on any data,
notice, instruction or request furnished to LinkShare by either
party which is reasonably believed by LinkShare to be genuine
and to have been sent or presented by a person reasonably
believed by LinkShare to be authorized to act on behalf of
one of the parties. In the event of any dispute between the
parties, the parties agree that to the extent the parties
contact and involve LinkShare, LinkShare may consult with
and use counsel of its own choice in connection with such
dispute and the reasonable fees and disbursements of LinkShare's
counsel shall be within the costs and disbursements covered
by the indemnity specified in Section 8.1 above. 8.3. The
parties acknowledge and agree that this Agreement and the
Engagements are only made possible due to LinkShare and that
the parties shall not, for the duration of this Agreement
and for twelve (12) months thereafter, enter into any advertising,
collaborations or other commercial arrangements with each
other in connection with their sites on the World Wide Web
except via The LinkShare Network.
9. Limitation of Liability.
9.1. In no event shall either party be liable to the other
party for any direct, indirect, special, exemplary, consequential
or incidental damages, even if informed of the possibility
of such damages.
9.2. The parties agree that The LinkShare Network and
LinkShare Corporation and its affiliates, officers, directors,
employees and agents shall not be liable to either party for
any direct, indirect, special, exemplary, consequential or
incidental damages, even if informed of the possibility of
such damages.
10. General.
10.1. Each party shall act as an independent contractor and
shall have no authority to obligate or bind the other in any
respect.
10.2. The parties agree that The LinkShare Network
and LinkShare Corporation are intended third party beneficiaries
under this Agreement.
10.3. This Agreement has been made in and shall be construed
and enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of Merchant's
headquarters. Any action to enforce this Agreement shall be
brought in the federal or state courts located in that state.
If you need to send official correspondence, send it via registered
mail to Merchant's headquarters to the attention of Merchant's
legal department.
10.4. This Agreement may be agreed to in more than one counterpart,
each of which together shall form one and the same instrument.
The parties agree that execution may be achieved in any format
convenient to the parties.
10.5. The provisions of this Agreement are independent of
and separable from each other, and no provision shall be affected
or rendered invalid or unenforceable by virtue of the fact
that for any reason any other or others of them may be invalid
or unenforceable in whole or in part.
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