SAAS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
This SAAS End User License Agreement (the “Agreement”) is effective [DATE],
BETWEEN: [YOUR COMPANY NAME] (the "Company"), a company organized and existing under the laws of the [State/Province] of [STATE/PROVINCE] with its head office located at:
[YOUR COMPANY’S COMPLETE ADDRESS]
AND: [SECOND PARTY NAME] (the "Customer"), a company organized and existing under the laws of the [State/Province] of [STATE/PROVINCE], with its head office located at:
[COMPLETE ADDRESS]
The Software includes all the cloud-based software in the Company Products (defined below), including updates or modified cloud-based software provided to the Customer by the Company over the internet, but not Excluded Software, as defined below.
DEFINITIONS
Authorized Partner
: A
ny of
the
Company
’s
d
istributors,
r
esell
ers or other business partners.
Consequential Damages
: I
ndirect, special, incidental, punitive, exemplary, consequential or extra-contractual damages of any kind. including third-party claims, loss of profits, loss of goodwill, loss of personnel salaries, computer or system failure or malfunction, costs of obtaining substitute cloud services, work stoppage, denial of access or downtime, system or service disruption or interruption, or any lost, damaged, or stolen data, information or systems
,
as well as the costs of restoring any lost, damaged, or stolen data, information or systems.
DAT
: D
etection
D
efinition
F
iles (also referred to as signature files) that contain the codes anti-malware software uses to detect and repair viruses, Trojan horses, and potentially unwanted programs
.
Derivative Work
: A
work that is based on one or more preexisting works (such as a revision, translation, dramatization, motion picture version, abridgment, condensation, enhancement, modification, or any other form in which preexisting work may be recast, transformed or adapted)
,
which, if created without the authorization of the copyright owner of the preexisting work, would constitute copyright infringement.
H
igh Risk System
: A
device or system that requires extra safety functionalities such as fail-safe or fault-tolerant performance features
to maintain a safe state where it is reasonably foreseeable that failure of the device or system could lead directly to death, personal injury or catastrophic property damage. A device or system with a fail-safe feature in the event of failure may revert to a safe condition rather than break down, may include a secondary system that comes into operation to prevent a malfunction, or may operate as a backup in the event of a malfunction. A device or system with a fault-tolerant feature in the event of failure may continue its intended operation, possibly at a reduced level, rather than failing completely. Without limitation, High Risk
Systems may be required in critical infrastructure, industrial plants, manufacturing facilities, direct life support devices, aircraft, train, boat or vehicle navigation or communication systems, air traffic control, weapons systems, nuclear facilities, power plants, medical systems and facilities, and transportation facilities.
Intellectual Property Rights
:
All
intellectual property or other proprietary rights throughout the world, whether existing under statute, at common law or in equity, now existing or created in the future, including:
c
opyright, trademark and patent rights, trade secrets, moral rights, right of publicity, authors’ rights;
any application or right to apply for any of the rights re
ferred to in paragraph (
1
); and
all renewals, extensions, continuations, divisions, restorations or reissues of the rights, or applications referred to in paragraphs (
1
) and (
2
).
Personal Data or Personal Information
: Any
information relating to an identified or identifiable individual or is otherwise defined as
“
Personal Data
”
under the General Data Protection Regulation or other applicable data protection laws to the extent that the definition of
“
Personal Data
”
under the applicable data protection laws is broader than the preceding definitions.
Support or Technical Support
: The
S
ervices that
the
Company
(
or an Authorized Partner) provides for the
S
upport and maintenance of the
Company
Products, as specified in the Technical Support and Maintenance Terms and Conditions.
Updates
: A
ny updates to the content of the Software
made
after the date of purchase of the
SaaS
as a part of purchased
Support
. Updates are not separately priced or marketed by
the
Company
.
Upgrade
: Any
and all improvements in the Software that are generally made available to End Users as a part of Support. Upgrades are not separately priced or marketed by
the
Company
.
SOFTWARE LICENSE
The Software (including, but not limited to, any images, photographs, animation, video, audio, music, text and “applets” incorporated into the Software) is owned by
the
Company
and
t
hird
-
p
arty
l
icensors, and its structure, organization and code are valuable trade secrets of
the
Company
and the
t
hird
-
p
arty
l
icensors. The Software is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and international treaties. Except as expressly set forth in this EULA, this EULA does not grant
the Customer
any intellectual property rights in the Software and
the Customer
cannot use the Software except as specified herein. The Software is licensed, not sold.
The
Company
grants
the Customer
a limited license to use the Software on the limited devices for which the License is purchased.
Subject to
the Customer’s
Order Form to
the Company
, this Agreement is for the license of the Software on one of the following bas
e
s:
(i) Perpetual License, or
(ii) Subscription License.
EXCLUDED SOFTWARE
Notwithstanding the foregoing limited license grant,
the
Customer
acknowledge
s
that the Product includes software subject to other terms and conditions governing the use of such software other
than this EULA (“Excluded Software”). Certain Excluded Software may be covered by open source software licenses (“Open Source Components”), which means any software licenses approved as open source licenses by the Open Source Initiative or any substantially similar licenses, including but not limited to any license
,
that, as a condition of distribution of the software licensed under such license, requires that the distributor make the software available in source code format. Please visit a list of applicable Excluded Software included in this Product from time to time, and the applicable terms and conditions governing its use. Such terms and conditions may be changed by the applicable third party at any time without liability to
the Customer
. To the extent required by the licenses covering Open Source Components, the terms of such licenses will apply in lieu of the terms of this EULA. To the extent the terms of the licenses applicable to Open Source Components prohibit any of the restrictions in this EULA with respect to such Open Source Components
,
such restrictions will not apply to such Open Source Component
s
. To the extent the terms of the licenses applicable to
Open
Source
Components require
the
Company
to make an offer to provide source code in connection with the Software, such offer is hereby made.
STIPULATION OF THE NUMBER OF LICENSES
The right to use the Software shall be bound by the number of End Users. One End User shall be taken to refer to the following: (i) accessing the Software with a web browser.
LICENSE
RESTRICTIONS
Except as expressly set out in this EULA or as permitted by any local law,
the
Customer
agree
s
:
not to copy the Software or Documents except where such copying is incidental
to normal use of the Software, or where it is necessary for the purpose of back-up or operational
security;
not to rent, lease, sub-license, loan, translate, merge, adapt, vary or modify
the Software or
Documents;
not to make alterations to, or modifications of, the whole or any part of the Software or Documents, or permit the Software or Documents or any part of it to be combined with, or become incorporated in
to
, any other
programs;
not to reverse-engineer or create derivative works based on the whole or any part of the Software or attempt to do any such thing except to the extent that such actions cannot be prohibited under local law, if applicable, provided that the information obtained by you during such
activities
is not unnecessarily disclosed or communicated without
Company’s
prior
written consent to any
t
hird
p
arty
,
and
is not used to create any software that is substantially similar to the
Software;
to keep all
versions
of the Software and Documents secure and to maintain accurate
and up-to-date records of the number and locations of all copies of the Software or Documents;
not to provide or otherwise make available the Software in whole or in part (including object and source code), in any form to any person without prior written consent from
the Company
;
not to
remove any proprietary notices from the Software, Documents or Services
(e.g., copyright and trademark notices);
and
to comply with all technology control or export laws and regulations that apply to
the technology used or supported by the Software, Documents or any of the Services
(“Technology”).
ACCEPTABLE USE
RESTRICTIONS
Except for the limited privileges granted herein, or otherwise permitted by applicable law, no part of the Software, Services or Documents may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted or distributed in any way to any other computer, server, website or other medium for publication or distribution or for any commercial enterprise, without express prior written consent by
the Company
.
The Customer must:
not
use the Software
, Documents or any Service in any unlawful manner, for any unlawful purpose, or in any manner inconsistent with this EULA, or act fraudulently or maliciously, for example, by hacking into or inserting malicious code, including viruses, or harmful data, into the Software, any Service or any operating
system;
not infringe
the
Company’s
intellectual property rights or those of any
t
hird
p
arty in relation to
the
Customer’s
use of the Software, Documents or any Service (to
the extent that such use is not licensed by this
EULA);
not transmit any material that is defamatory, offensive or otherwise objectionable in relation to
the
Customer’s
use of the Software, Documents or any Service;
not use the Software, Documents or any Service in a way that could interfere with other users or damage, disable, overburden, impair or compromise
the Company’s
systems or security or those of any
t
hird
p
arty in relation
to
the
Software, Documents or Service; and not attempt to decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running the Software, or any
Service.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS
The
Customer
acknowledge
s
that all intellectual property rights in the Software, the Documents
and the Technology anywhere in the world belong to
the
Company
or
its
l
icensors, that rights in the Technology are licensed (not sold) to
the Customer
, and that
the Customer shall
have no rights in, or to, the Software
, t
he Documents, the Services or the Technology other than the right to use each of them in accordance with the terms of this EULA.
The Customer
acknowledge
s
that
the Customer has
no right to have access to the Software in source-code
form.
Any data, comments or materials
the Customer has
sent through the Software
or Services
,
or sent to
the Company
via the
S
upport contact details as set out in Section 6, including feedback data, such as questions, comments, suggestions, or the like (“Feedback”), shall be deemed to be non-confidential and non-proprietary.
The Company
shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such Feedback and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, exhibit, display, transform, create derivative works and distribute the Feedback to others without limitation, except for
P
ersonal
D
ata which might be included in the Feedback and which will only be used to contact
the Customer
on any questions
the Customer
might have or to resolve any issues
the Customer
might ex
perience in using the Software,
or Services. Furthermore,
the Company
shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such Feedback for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing
P
roducts incorporating such Feedback.
The Customer
is
prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from the Software, or Services any Feedback:
that contain
s
viruses and/or corrupted files that
may damage the operation of the website or any
computers;
that m
ak
es
false statements and/or notifications, including registration of email
addresses belonging to other
parties;
that is threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy or which may cause annoyance or
inconvenience;
for which
the Customer
ha
s
not obtained all necessary licenses and/or approvals; or which constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of or infringe the rights of any
t
hird
p
arty, in any country in the
world
.
LIMITED WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER
Limited
W
arranty:
The
Company
warrants that, for a period of
[NUMBER OF DAYS]
days from the purchase date (
“
Warranty Period
”
), the Software licensed under this Agreement will perform substantially in accordance with the Documentation (
“
Limited Warranty
”
).
The
Customer’s exclusive remedy and
the
Company
’s entire obligation and liability for any breach of the Limited Warranty is to repair or replace the Software or refund to
the
Customer the price
the
Customer paid for the Software if a repair or replacement of the Software would, in
the
Company
’s opinion, be unreasonable. The Limited Warranty is conditioned upon
the
Customer providing
the
Company
prompt written notice of the Software’s failure to perform substantially in accordance with the Documentation.
Exclusion of warranty:
The Limited Warranty will not apply if:
the Software is not used in accordance with this Agreement or the Documentation;
the Software or any part of the Software has been modified by any entity other than
Company
; or
a malfunction in the Software has been caused by any equipment or software not supplied by
the
Company
;
issues
are
due to
a
third
-
party add-on/plugin used in
the
S
oftware
.
Disclaimer of warranties:
Except for the
L
imited
W
arranty, the
S
oftware is provided “
a
s is
.
” To the extent permitted by law,
the
Company makes no other representations or warranties of any kind regarding the
S
oftware and
S
upport, and
the
Company disclaims all other obligations and liabilities, or express or implied warranties regarding the
S
oftware, including implied warranties of merchantability, quality, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, or systems integration.
The
Company makes no warranty, representation or guarantee as to the
S
oftware’s use or performance, or that the operation of the
S
oftware will be fail-safe, uninterrupted or free from errors or defects; or that the
S
oftware will protect against all possible threats
.
High Risk Systems terms:
The
S
oftware may fail and is not designed, developed, tested, or intended to be reliable in the context of
H
igh
R
isk
S
ystems.
The
Company has no responsibility for, and
the
Customer will indemnify and hold harmless
the
Company from, all claims, suits, demands and proceedings alleging, claiming, seeking, or asserting any liability, loss, obligation, risk, cost, damage, award, penalty, settlement, judgment, fine or expenses (including attorney
’s
fees) arising from or in connection with
the
Customer’s use of the
S
oftware on or in a
H
igh
R
isk
S
ystem, including those that could have been prevented by deployment of fail-safe or fault
-
tolerant features to the
H
igh
R
isk
S
ystem, or are based on a claim, allegation, or assertion that the functioning of
a
H
igh
R
isk
S
ystem depends or depended on the functioning of the
S
oftware, or that the failure of the
S
oftware caused a
H
igh
R
isk
S
ystem to fail.
T
hird parties:
The
Company
Products may contain independent third-party products and rely on them to perform certain functionality, including malware definitions or URL filters and algorithms.
The
Company
makes no warranty as to the operation of any third-party products or the accuracy of any third-party information.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Each party's entire aggregate liability to the other party for claims under or related to the subject-matter of this agreement will not exceed the total payments paid or payable by
the Customer
to
the Company
under this agreement in the six (6) months prior to the claim. Neither party will be liable for any consequential damages in connection with this agreement, even if the damages were foreseeable or a party has been advised of the possibility of those damages. This limitation of liability applies whether such claims arise under contract, tort (including negligence), equity, statute or otherwise. Nothing in this agreement limits or excludes any liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law.
INDEMNIFICATION
Customer indemnification obligations:
The
Customer will unconditionally indemnify and defend
the
Company
, its
a
ffiliates, and their officers, directors, employees, contractors and agents (each a
Company
Indemnified Party) against any claims, liabilities and expenses (including court costs and reasonable attorney
’s
fees) that a
Company
Indemnified Party incurs as a result of or in connection with
any third-party claims arising from:
the
Customer‘s failure to obtain any consent, authorization or license required for
the
Company
’s use of data, software, materials, systems, networks or other technology provided by
the
Customer under this Agreement;
the
Customer's use of the Software in a manner not expressly permitted by this Agreement;
the
Company
’s compliance with any technology, designs, instructions or requirements provided by
the
Customer or a third party on
the
Customer’s behalf;
any claims, costs, damages and liabilities whatsoever asserted by any Customer Representative; or
any violation by
the
Customer of applicable laws; and
any reasonable costs and attorney
’
s fees required for
the
Company
to respond to a court order or other official government inquiry regarding
the
Customer’s use of the Software.
Company
indemnification obligations
:
The
Company
will indemnify
the
Customer
,
and, at
the
Company
’s election, defend
the
Customer against a third-party claim asserted against
the
Customer in a suit or action if the claim is for direct patent infringement, for direct copyright infringement, or for
the
Company
’s trade secret misappropriation, and the claim is asserted against the Software alone and not in combination with anything else, or solely a combination of
Company
Products.
Exclusions: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
the
Company
will not indemnify or defend
the
Customer for claims asserted, in whole or in part, against:
technology, designs or requirements that
the
Customer gave to
the
Company
;
modifications or programming
for
the
Software that were made by anyone other than
the
Company
; or
the Software’s alleged implementation of some or all of a Standard.
Remedies:
The
Company
may, in its sole discretion and at its own expense, with respect to any Software that is subject to a claim:
P
rocure
for the
Customer the right to continue using the Software;
replace the Software with a non-infringing Software;
modify the Software so that it becomes non-infringing; or
upon
the
Customer’s return of the Software to
the
Company
and
removal of the Software from
the
Customer’s systems, refund the residual value of the purchase price
the
Customer paid for the infringing Software, depreciated using a straight-line method of depreciation over a three (3) year period from the date of delivery of the Software to
the
Customer.
Indemnificati
on procedure
The Indemnified Party (Indemnitee) will:
provide prompt written notice to the
I
ndemnifying
P
arty (Indemnitor) of the claim (provided that the failure to provide timely notice that prejudices the Indemnitor will relieve the Indemnitor of its obligations under this section to the extent the Indemnitor has been prejudiced and the failure to provide timely notice will relieve the Indemnitor of any obligation to reimburse the Indemnitee for its attorney’s fees incurred prior to notification);
reasonably cooperate in connection with the defense or settlement of the claim; and
give the Indemnitor sole control over the defense and settlement of the claim, provided that any settlement of a claim will not include a specific performance obligation or admission of liability by the Indemnitee.
Personal and exclusive indemnity: The foregoing indemnities are personal to the parties and may not be transferred
to
anyone. This section states the parties’ entire indemnification obligations, and
the
Customer’s exclusive remedy claims involving
i
ntellectual
p
roperty
r
ights
.
PRIVACY AND COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA OR SYSTEM INFORMATION
The Software or Support may employ applications and tools to collect Personal Data, sensitive data or other information about
the
Customer and End Users (including End Users’ name, address, e-mail address and
credit card or
payment details), IP address, location,
device and browser information.
The collection of the Data may be necessary to provide
the
Customer and End Users with the relevant
Software or Support functionalitie
s. This Data may also be used to [SPECIFY].
LICENSE FEE
The Customer
acknowledges that the rights granted to
the Customer
under this EULA are conditional on
the Customer’s
timely payment of the license fee
(
“License Fee")
payable to
the
Company
in connection with the Agreement
.
The License Fee is
[LICENSE FEE]
per license and the Customer will have to raise the
Order Form
and list the number of licenses it wishes to purchase
,
and
,
based upon the specifications, the Customer shall pay
[PERCENTAGE]
% of the total fees at the time of formal negotiations
,
and the remaining fees shall be paid on the basis of the milestones decided between the parties.
The License
F
ee shall be paid
through the following method: [PAYMENT METHOD]
.
EXPORT RESTRICTIONS
The Customer
acknowledge
s
that
the
S
oftware is subject to
United States of America
export jurisdiction.
The Customer
agree
s
to comply with all applicable international and national laws that apply to the
S
oftware.
, TRAINING AND MAINTENANCE
The Company shall provide
S
upport to the Customer in regard to any issue arriving
from
the
S
oftware during the
Purchase Period
. The
S
upport shall be as follows:
The p
rimary mode of
S
upport shall be over email
. The
C
ustomer
shall contact the Company at the following email address:
[EMAIL ADDRESS].
The s
econd escalation goes to the
T
echnical
S
upport phone numbers.
The s
econd escalation happens if the email
is not reverted
in
[SPECIFY TIME FRAME] hours.
TRAINING
If necessary, t
he Customer shall be provided with
a walk-through of the software through calls with trained customer service representatives,
to
explain and demonstrate the working of the
S
oftware.
RELATIONSHIP
17.1 The parties are independent contractors under this Agreement and expressly disclaim any partnership, franchise, joint venture, agency, employer/employee, fiduciary or other special relationship. Neither party intends this Agreement to benefit, or create any right or cause of action in or on behalf of, any person or entity other than the parties and listed affiliates. This Agreement is not intended to create a third-party beneficiary of any kind. The Customer must not represent to any third party that it has any right to bind the Company in any manner and the Customer will not make any representations or warranties on behalf of the Company.
SEVERABILITY
If a court holds that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the court will modify the provision to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable
,
or, if it cannot be made valid and enforceable, the court will sever and delete the provision from this Agreement. The change will affect neither the validity of the amended provision nor the validity of any other provision of this Agreement, which will continue in full force and effect.
NO WAIVER
A party’s failure or delay in enforcing any provision of this Agreement will not operate as a waiver of the right to enforce that provision or any other provision of this Agreement at any time. A waiver of any provision of this Agreement must be in writing, specify the provision to be waived and
be
signed by the party agreeing to the waiver.
FORCE MAJEURE; OTHER EXCUSABLE FAILURES OR DELAYS IN PERFORMANCE
Neither party is liable for delays or failures to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement
,
to the extent caused by a Force Majeure Event.
The
Company
’s failures or delays in its performance are excused to the extent they result from: (i)
The
Customer’s acts or omissions, or those of its employees, agents, users, affiliates or contractors; (ii),
The
Customer’s failure or delay in the performance of a specific task, obligation or responsibility under this Agreement or a Schedule, which task, obligation, or responsibility is a condition or requirement for a
Company
task, obligation, or responsibility; (iii) reliance on instructions, authorizations, approvals or other information from
the
Customer; or (iv) acts or omissions of third parties (unless directed by
the
Company
).
GOVERNING LAW
21.1 This SAAS End User License Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the [State/Province] of [STATE/PROVINCE], which law shall prevail in the event of any conflict of the parties.
ASSIGNMENT
The
Customer may not sublicense, assign or transfer its rights under this Agreement without
the
Company
’s prior written consent. Any attempt by
the
Customer to sublicense, assign or transfer any of its rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement, whether directly, or indirectly by merger, acquisition or change of control, will be null and void.
This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the [State/Province] of [State/PROVINCE].
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
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