TERMS & CONDITIONS
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY.
THIS SMS USER AGREEMENT ("SMS AGREEMENT") DESCRIBES THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH IOCANN LTD, trading as WEBTEXT ("WEBTEXT"),
OFFERS YOU (THE "USER" OR "YOU" OR "YOUR")
AN ACCOUNT (THE "ACCOUNT") FOR USE OF THE WEBTEXT SMS SERVICE
(THE "SMS SERVICE")
BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH BELOW AS WELL AS THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS PUBLISHED
ON THE WEBTEXT SITE AT WWW.WEBTEXT.COM (THE "SITE"). IF YOU
DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS
OR USE THE SERVICE. WEBTEXT MAY MODIFY THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME, AND
SUCH MODIFICATIONS SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON POSTING OF THE
MODIFIED AGREEMENT AT THE SITE. YOU AGREE TO REVIEW THE AGREEMENT PERIODICALLY
TO BE AWARE OF SUCH MODIFICATIONS AND YOUR CONTINUED ACCESS OR USE OF
THE SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED YOUR CONCLUSIVE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MODIFIED
AGREEMENT.
1. The Service
WEBTEXT provides the SMS Service with the capability to send SMS to
mobile phones via the World Wide Web on the WEBTEXT system. WEBTEXT
may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue the SMS Service, including
the availability of any features of the Site, at any time. WEBTEXT may
from time to time provide additional services subject to charges according
to the sole discretion of WEBTEXT.
2. MEMBER ACCOUNT
(A) Accounts are not available to minors or any person who cannot legally
agree to the terms of this SMS Agreement. By accepting these terms,
you confirm that you are capable of entering into a binding agreement.
You must accurately complete any subscriber information requested by
WEBTEXT. The SMS Service is intended to appeal to a broad audience,
and therefore it is the responsibility of the parent or guardian to
determine whether any use of the WEBTEXT Services are appropriate for
your child.
(B) To open an account for usage of the SMS Service, the User must provide
true and accurate information as labeled by the Registration Form and
shall labelly update such information to keep it true and accurate.
The User shall choose provide a valid email address belonging to them
and choose a password will be sent to the email address or by sms text
message as indicated in his registration form. The User is entirely
responsible for the privacy, confidentiality and storage of email address
and password used to access the sytem. All website activities that can
be traced to the email address and password of the User are deemed as
having performed by User. WEBTEXT does not assume any liability for
content of messages sent and is exempt from any claim that may arise
from third parties as a result of message sent. You are fully responsible
for any charges and liabilities incurred through the use of the SMS
Service or Your Account and for any activities conducted through Your
Account. In addition, WEBTEXT may temporarily disable access to Your
Account if You report unauthorized use or if usage of the Account dramatically
exceeds normal usage patterns within a short time period. The User agrees
to notify WEBTEXT immediately of any unauthorized use of the account
at abuse at webtext.com.
3. BILLING AND PAYMENT
You agree to pay all charges that may be required for use of the SMS
Service. All charges will be exclusive of value added tax ("VAT"),
sales or other taxes, except as required by law. WEBTEXT reserves the
right to modify its prices, charges or fees, provided that any changes
shall be posted on the Site. You are therefore responsible for reviewing
regularly the Site for information regarding fees and charges as well
as changes to pricing. Continued use of or non-termination of the SMS
service shall be deemed to be acceptance of any posted changes in the
prices for your use of the SMS Service.
To the extent applicable, you agree that WEBTEXT may accumulate charges
incurred during your monthly billing cycle and submit them as one or
more aggregate charges during or at the end of each cycle and that WEBTEXT
may delay obtaining authorization from your card issuer until submission
of the accumulated charge(s). As a result, you understand that accumulated
charges may appear on your credit or debit card statement. Alternatively
WEBTEXT may provide all services on a prepaid basis with charges to
your credit card at time of purchase, alternatively WEBTEXT may require
payment by bank transfer from you.
If you are utilizing the SMS Service under any special promotion, your
debit or credit card will be immediately charged for any applicable
service fees or charges, without further authorization from you and
absent notification from you of your desire to terminate or cancel your
account or the service, upon the expiration of any free trial period,
or shall be charged any applicable additional fees upon expiration of
any promotion.
(A) Fees: User shall pay to WEBTEXT a subscription fee according to
the service chosen. The SMS account balance is non-refundable and does
not bear interest. All purchases are considered final. The account is
valid for 1 year from date of purchase, and any existing account balance
will be reset to zero without prior notice unless User reloads the account
before the expiration date. If a succeeding prepayment is made before
the 1 year expiration, any unused SMS credits are carried over to the
next period otherwise they are expired. WEBTEXT may from time to time
offer limited similar promotions during which no credits or lesser credits
shall apply. The terms and conditions shall remain in full force and
effect. WEBTEXT reserves the right to change prices or institute new
charges for access to or use of the SMS Service. Continued use of the
SMS Service or non-termination of User's Account after changes are posted
constitutes User's acceptance of the prices as modified by the posted
changes. User's Account will automatically expire in the event the Account
does not have any more credits. The Account will be re-activated upon
payment for new message credits. Any message credits purchased must
be used up within 1 year from the date on which it had been purchased.
(B) Non-WEBTEXT Fees: Your wireless service provider or pager company
may charge you (i) a fee for the ability to receive text messages, or
a per message fee for the delivery (or attempted delivery) of text messages
to your cellular phone or pager, (ii) airtime or other connection fees
in connection with your downloading of information or messages from
or uploading of information or messages to the SMS Service, and/or (iii)
roaming fees if delivery of a text message occurs outside of certain
geographical areas. You are responsible for paying all such fees, and
for any other hardware, service or other costs You incur to access Your
Account, plus any applicable taxes. Users will be charged separately
for use of the SMS Services in accordance with this Agreement and the
terms set forth on the Site.
(C) Payment: Subscription fees are prepaid and are payable through credit
cards. WEBTEXT reserves the right to suspend or terminate Your use of
the SMS Service without notice upon rejection of any credit card charges,
debit card charges or if Your card issuer (or its agent or affiliate)
seeks return of payments previously made to WEBTEXT and as to which
WEBTEXT believes such payments were proper. In addition, WEBTEXT has
the right to seek any fees, damages, expenses or the like arising from
your failure to pay WEBTEXT for use of the SMS Service, including, but
not limited to, fees charged to WEBTEXT by any credit card issuer or
its agent as a penalty for reversing any payment (i.e., a charge back
fee) as well as collection fees and expenses, court costs, and attorney's
fees.
(D) Auto-Recharge: If during the sign up process for an SMS account
User indicates acceptance of the Auto Recharge program, User's SMS Account
will automatically be recharged with additional credits in accordance
with the SMS plan User initially signed up for once the number of credits
in the account falls below 50. The User's credit card or debit card
will be charged the subscription fee applicable to such plan.
You must labelly notify WEBTEXT in the event of any changes to your
account or billing information or in the event your charge card or debit
card is cancelled for any reason.
(E) WEBTEXT reserves the right to charge
5 euro cents for inbound messages sent to your dedicated or shared virtual
mobile number in the case where the number of such messages is equal
to or greater than the total number of messages sent from the same account.
PLEASE BE ADVISED:
(a) You expressly agree that all charges for payment of the SMS Service
are final and non-refundable. You are responsible for all charges resulting
from your use of the SMS Service. Once you sign up for the SMS and provide
a form of payment, WEBTEXT will not provide you a refund for any charge
made on your credit card, debit card or any payments.
(b) If you believe that you have been improperly charged for any Service,
you must notify WEBTEXT within 5 days of any invoice or credit card
statement, provide WEBTEXT any information necessary to review the claim,
and WEBTEXT will attempt to resolve the claim in a timely manner.
WEBTEXT DOES NOT CONDONE FRAUD: In the event of any unauthorized use
of your account or unauthorized credit card charges or debit card charges,
you must notify WEBTEXT, and you will be responsible for such unauthorized
use or charges until you notify WEBTEXT. You must also adopt any steps
necessary to prevent any further unauthorized use of your account or
unauthorized charges.
Upon expiration of the subscription for the SMS Service, WEBTEXT shall
automatically renew your subscription and charge your credit or debit
card. If you do not wish to renew, you must notify WEBTEXT at cancel at webtext.com no less than 5 days prior to the expiration of your subscription otherwise
you shall be responsible for all fees and charges incurred for such
renewal.
WEBTEXT shall have the right to terminate your account immediately,
and you shall have no right to a refund of any service fees or charges,
in the event you in any manner violate these Terms and Conditions or
the Privacy Policy or any other applicable WEBTEXT policy, rule or conditions
of use. While you may choose to terminate your account voluntarily at
any time, you will not have a right to any refund of any service fees
or charges.
4. USE OF ACCOUNT
(A) You and other users of Your Account must comply with all applicable
laws and regulations in using the SMS Service. You may not use the SMS
Service for any of the following purposes or in any of the following
manners: (i) to impersonate or harass any other person; (ii) to send
any information that is or the disclosure of which would libelous, abusive,
threatening, false, fraudulent, misleading, or obscene; that misappropriates
or infringes any person's proprietary right (including posting any links
or URLs that you do not have the right to post or disclose); (iii) that
violates any person's rights of privacy or publicity, (iv) to send messages
that contain any sexual, racist or discriminatory content constituting
harassment of any individual or organization, (v) that constitutes or
that violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including applicable
export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination
or false advertising laws, and without limiting the foregoing you specifically
agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission
of the technical data exported from the United States or the country
in which you reside; (vi) to intercept any communications not intended
for you; (vii) to release, post, distribute or execute any viruses or
other harmful computer code; or (viii) to upload, post, email, or otherwise
transmit any content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret,
copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party or (ix) to engage
in "spamming," transmission of "junk mail" or "chain
letters" or unsolicited mass distribution of sms and e-mail or
any similar conduct.
(B) WEBTEXT does not control the data, information or other postings
provided by other users that are made available through the SMS Service.
You may find other users' information to be offensive, harmful, inaccurate,
or deceptive or to otherwise violate this Agreement. Please use caution
and common sense when using the SMS Service or relying on any data,
information or other postings provided through the SMS Service.
(C) At our option and without further notice, we may use anti-spam technologies,
such as automatic word and spam filters, that may terminate messages
You send without delivering them or prevent messages from reaching You.
User may not use the SMS Service in a way that imposes an unreasonable
or disproportionately large load (as determined by us in light of the
purposes for which you are using the SMS Service and the load imposed
by other users generally) on our infrastructure or that otherwise would
harm or breach our arrangements with any of our service providers.
(D) You acknowledge that WEBTEXT may establish general practices and
limits concerning use of the SMS Service, including without limitation
the maximum number of days that messages or other uploaded content will
be retained by the SMS Service, the maximum number of messages that
may be sent from or received by an account on the SMS Service, the maximum
size of any message that may be sent from or received by an account
on the SMS Service, the maximum disk space that will be allotted on
the SMS servers on Your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and
the maximum duration for which) You may access the SMS Service in a
given period of time. You agree that WEBTEXT has no responsibility or
liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other
communications or other content maintained or transmitted by the SMS
Service. You acknowledge that WEBTEXT reserves the right to log off
accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time. You further
acknowledge that WEBTEXT reserves the right to change these general
practices and limits at any time, in its sole discretion, with or without
notice.
(E) After a successful registration, you may receive advertisements,
promotions or similar messages on your mobile phone, personal computer
or other similar device from WEBTEXT.
(F) User agrees that WEBTEXT may terminate User's Account and use of
the SMS Service (and other WEBTEXT services) if WEBTEXT believes User
has in any manner (i) violated the terms and conditions of this Section
4, (ii) violated the SMS Service Terms and Conditions or the Terms and
Conditions of the Site or any other service offered by WEBTEXT, (iii)
violated this Agreement, (iv) provided WEBTEXT false, inaccurate or
incomplete not current information, or (v) violates any applicable law,
regulation or rule of any state or country.
5. PRIVACY
WEBTEXT recognizes that our users have legitimate concerns about privacy.
By accepting this Agreement, you expressly consent to uses and disclosures
of your personal information as enumerated in WEBTEXT's then-current
privacy policies, which are incorporated herein by reference. Our current
privacy policy is available at WEBTEXT Privacy Policy. User will own
any personal user information or other registration information that
User has given us as part of the registration process (your "Registration
Information"). With respect to User's Registration Information,
User agrees to grant WEBTEXT a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual,
irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right
to exercise the copyright and publicity rights you have in your Registration
Information and any information You provide to WEBTEXT or other users
within the publicly accessible areas of the SMS Service or the Site,
in any media now known or not currently known. WEBTEXT will only use
your Registration Information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
6. CONTENT
You understand that WEBTEXT has no editorial control over any third
party content and that WEBTEXT does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness
of any third party content. You agree that WEBTEXT will have no liability
to You, or anyone else who uses Your Account, with regard to any third
party content. Under no circumstances will WEBTEXT be liable in any
way for any Content, including but not limited to, any errors or omissions
in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a
result of the user of any Content posted, emailed, or otherwise transmitted
via the Service. You also understand that the third party content is
the proprietary material of WEBTEXT and/or the third party that supplies
it, is protected by copyright and other applicable laws, and may not
be reproduced, published, broadcasted, rewritten, or redistributed without
the written permission of the third party that supplied it, except to
the extent allowed under the "fair use" provisions of the
U. S. copyright laws or comparable provisions of foreign laws.
7. MODIFICATION TO THE SERVICE
(A) User acknowledges that WEBTEXT is dependent on various telecommunications
networks and institutions for the delivery of its messages and that
WEBTEXT may adjust its prices and offering, should the prices be adjusted
due to reasons that are not in WEBTEXT's control. User will be notified
of any such changes through publication on the Site or through e-mail
describing the change.
(B) You understand that WEBTEXT may, in its discretion, from time to
time change, add, or remove certain features of the SMS Service or change
the terms of this Agreement by informing you through publication on
the WEBTEXT website or through an email describing the changes. If you
are dissatisfied with any such changes to the SMS Service or this Agreement,
you may immediately cancel your Account as provided in Section 11 of
this Agreement. In addition, WEBTEXT reserves the right to discontinue
the SMS Service altogether for all users at any time in its discretion.
8. DISCLAIMERS AND WARRANTIES
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SMS SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS
IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. WEBTEXT AND ITS SUPPLIERS
MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT
USE OF THE SMS SERVICE OR THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE,
OR ERROR-FREE; NOR DO WEBTEXT OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS
TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SMS SERVICE OR THE
ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR TIMELINESS OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH
THE SMS SERVICE (INCLUDING THIRD PARTY CONTENT), OR THAT ANY DEFECTS
IN THE SMS SERVICE WILL BE CORRECTED. SIMPLY PUT, WEBTEXT MAKES NO REPRESENTATION
OF DELIVERY, RECEIPT OR TERMINATION OF AN SMS MESSAGE. USER ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT, DEPENDING ON THE RECIPIENT'S MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDER, IT MAY NOT
BE POSSIBLE TO TRANSMIT THE SMS MESSAGE TO THE RECIPIENT SUCCESSFULLY,
PARTICULARLY IF THE PROVIDER DOES NOT SUPPORT SMS DELIVERY AT ALL. WEBTEXT
AND ITS SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS,
IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, REGARDING THE SMS SERVICE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTY OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY MATERIAL OR DATA
OBTAINED THROUGH USE OF THE SMS SERVICE IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND
RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR RESULTS OBTAINED USING
ANY SUCH MATERIAL OR DATA OR ANY RESULTING DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM
OR LOSS OF DATA. SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION
OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES. THEREFORE, THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU TO THAT EXTENT, AND NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHOULD BE CONSTRUED
AS EXCLUDING OR LIMITING ANY WARRANTY BEYOND WHAT IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW.
9. LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY
(A) WEBTEXT AND ITS SUPPLIERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROFITS,
BUSINESS INTERRUPTION LOSS OF DATA, INJURY TO GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR
OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF WEBTEXT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM USE OF THE SMS SERVICE BY YOU, OR ANYONE
USING YOUR ACCOUNT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (i) THE USE OR THE
INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION
OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD
PARTY ON THE SMS SERVICE OR THE SITE; OR (iv) ANY DAMAGES OR LOSS OF
ANY NATURE ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE SMS SERVICE OR
USE OF THE SMS SERVICE THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT BY ANYONE ELSE.
(B) WEBTEXT SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE TO THE USER OR ANYONE ELSE FOR
ANY INACCURACY, ERROR OR OMISSION IN, OR LOSS, INJURY OR DAMAGE CAUSED
IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY FAILURES, DELAYS OR INTERRUPTIONS OF THE SMS
SERVICE GENERALLY, THE SITE, ANY OTHER WEBTEXT SERVICE AND ANY ASPECT
ANCILLARY THERETO;
(C) WEBTEXT SHALL IN NO EVENT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SECURITY OF THE
DATA TRANSMISSIONS BETWEEN WEBTEXT AND THE USER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO THE TRANSMISSION OF THE PAYMENT INFORMATION SUCH AS CREDIT CARD NUMBERS.
WEBTEXT EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESSED,
OR IMPLIED, FOR THE SECURITY OF THE DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN WEBTEXT
AND THE USER.
(D) WEBTEXT'S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU AND ANYONE WHO USES
THE SMS SERVICE THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT, FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS UNDER ANY
THEORY OF LAW (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), WILL NOT EXCEED THE AGGREGATE
AMOUNT YOU PAID TO WEBTEXT IN THE PRECEDING TWELVE MONTHS. SOME STATES
OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN
TYPES OF LIABILITY. THEREFORE, THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY MAY
NOT APPLY TO YOU TO THAT EXTENT, AND NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHOULD
BE CONSTRUED AS EXCLUDING OR LIMITING WEBTEXT'S LIABILITY BEYOND WHAT
IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
10. RELEASE AND INDEMNIFICATION
(A) In the event that you have a dispute with one or more users, you
release WEBTEXT (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries and
employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential)
of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected,
disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with
such disputes and you waive any rights under any state or local law
limiting the extent of such release.
(B) User agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless WEBTEXT and its
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, attorneys and
employees from and against any claim or demand, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of User's
breach of this Agreement, User violation of any law or the rights of
a third party, the content User submits, posts or transmits through
the SMS Service, or Your use of the SMS Service.
11. TERMINATION OF ACCOUNT
You may terminate Your Account, at any time and for any reason or no
reason, by contacting WEBTEXT's customer service at cancel@WEBTEXT.com.
Notifying WEBTEXT in any other way of your desire to terminate your
Account may result in delays in processing your request. WEBTEXT, in
its sole discretion, may immediately terminate or suspend Your password,
account (or any part thereof) or use of the SMS Service, for any reason,
including, without limitation, for lack of use or if WEBTEXT believes
that You have violated, acted inconsistently with this Agreement or
if the charges to Your credit card or debit card for the fees are refused
for any reason. WEBTEXT reserves the right to terminate Your Account
and this Agreement for any other reason if WEBTEXT gives You at least
ten (10) days advance notice. Upon any such termination of Your Account,
You will remain obligated to pay all outstanding fees and charges relating
to Your use of the SMS Service before termination. You agree that any
termination of Your access to the Service under any provision of this
Agreement may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and
agree that WEBTEXT may immediately deactivate or delete Your account
and all related information and files in Your account and/or bar any
further access to such files or the Service. Further, you agree that
WEBTEXT shall not be liable to You or any third-party for any termination
of Your Account.
12. NO RESALE OF SERVICE
User agrees not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit
for any commercial purposes, any portion of the SMS Service, use of
the SMS Service, or access to the SMS Service without the prior written
approval of WEBTEXT.
13. LINKS
The SMS Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to
other World Wide Web sites or resources. User agrees that WEBTEXT is
not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources,
and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content,
advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such
sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that WEBTEXT shall
not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage
or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use
of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or
through any such site or resource.
14. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
You acknowledge and agree that the SMS Service contains proprietary
and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual
property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that as a
result of use of the SMS Service, you may have access to or receive
information or content protected by copyrights, trademarks, service
marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws ("intellectual
property rights"). Except as expressly authorized, You agree not
to violate the intellectual property rights of WEBTEXT or any third
party.
15. GOVERNING LAW; ARBITRATION
The laws of Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, excluding its
conflicts-of-law rules, shall govern all matters relating to this Agreement
and use of the SMS Services. The United Nations Convention on contracts
for the international sale of goods is expressly disclaimed. Any controversy
or dispute arising out of this Agreement, the interpretation of any
provision hereof, or the action or inaction of any party hereto shall
be submitted to arbitration in Hong Kong, SAR, in accordance with the
International Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association
(the "AAA International Rules") then in effect, conducted
by one arbitrator either mutually agreed upon by the parties to this
Agreement or chosen in accordance with the AAA International Rules.
Each party shall have no longer than three (3) days to present its position.
Either party may apply to the arbitrator seeking injunctive relief until
the arbitration award is rendered or the controversy is resolved. Either
party also may, without waiving any remedy under this Agreement, seek
any interim or provisional relief that is necessary to protect the rights
or property of that party pending the establishment of the arbitral
tribunal (or pending the arbitral tribunal's determination of the merits
of the controversy) and for the purposes of seeking such interim relief
User shall consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hong
Kong, SAR. The successful party to the arbitration or any litigation
relating to this Agreement or the SMS Services shall be entitled to
an award for reasonable costs and attorney's fees, as determined by
the arbitrators. Any award or decision obtained from any such arbitration
proceeding shall be final and binding on the parties, and judgment upon
any award thus obtained may be entered in any court having jurisdiction
thereof. The parties agree that the arbitrator shall have the power
to award damages and injunctive relief.
16. MISCELLANEOUS
If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under
applicable law, such provision will be deemed modified to the extent
necessary to render such provision valid and enforceable and the other
provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect. This
document and the pages referred to herein represent the entire agreement
governing use of the SMS Service and supersede any prior or contemporaneous
written or oral statements by WEBTEXT or its representatives or resellers.
The failure of WEBTEXT to exercise or enforce any right or provision
of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have
no legal or contractual effect. This Agreement may not be amended except
as provided in Section 7.
WEBTEXT may assign this Agreement in accordance with the sale of all or substantially all of its stock or membership interest or all or substantially all of its assets to a third party.
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