Terms and Conditions
Terms & Conditions
Welcome to Resort Backyard! Resort Backyard provides landscape design services that
allow its customers to see inspirational designs and layouts within the context of their
own properties. Resort Backyard helps homeowners, remodelers and renters in creating
personalized designs online.
We would love to hear from You. All feedback, comments, requests for technical
support, and other communications should be directed to: hello@resortbackyard.com.
With that, we need to share with You some details from our lawyers.
The Customer Agreement, these Terms of Service, and the Privacy Policy together form
the agreement between You and Resort Backyard (collectively, the “Agreement”). The
Agreement constitutes an agreement between You and Resort Backyard governing
Your use of the Service.
By using the Services, You agree to all the terms of the Agreement. You are advised to
check the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service from time to time for any updates or
changes that may impact You. Your continued use of the Services, following changes to
the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service, constitutes your agreement to any such
changes.
Violation of any of the terms of the Agreement may result in the suspension or
termination of Your Account or License to use the Service.
1. DEFINITIONS.
1.1 “Account” means Customer’s account with Resort Backyard for use of the Services
by Customer.
1.2 “Additional Fees” means the monies due from Customer to Resort Backyard for (i)
Customer’s use of the Services outside of the scope of the Agreement or (ii) any
Additional Services requested by Customer beyond the scope set forth in the
Agreement.
1.3 “Additional Service(s)” means any services which are not included in the Customer
Agreement, which are subject to Additional Fees.
1.4. “Customer” means the party authorized under the Agreement to use the Services
1.5 “Customer Agreement” means the document entitled product pages.
1.6 “Customer Data” means any and all information, data, materials, works,
photographs, expressions, or other content, including any that are (a) uploaded,
submitted, posted, stored, transferred, transmitted, or otherwise provided or made
available by or on behalf of Customer for processing by or through the Services, or (b)
collected, downloaded, or otherwise received by Resort Backyard from Customer
pursuant to this Agreement or at the written request or instruction of Customer.
1.7 “Documentation” means all materials, including drawings, diagrams, specifications,
product descriptions, manuals and instructions that Resort Backyard provides (either in
digital or hard copy form) to assist and define Customer’s use of the Services.
1.8 “Fees” means the monies due from Customer to Resort Backyard as consideration
for the Services and Licenses in the Agreement in connection with the Services and
also means Additional Fees.
1.9 “Initial Term” commences on the date that You set up an Account on the Website
until this Agreement is terminated pursuant to its terms..
1.10 “Intellectual Property Rights” means patents, patentable rights, copyright, design
rights, utility models, trademarks (including Marks), trade names, rights in domain
names, rights in inventions, rights in data, database rights, rights in know-how and
confidential information as described herein, and all other intellectual property and all
pending applications for any of the foregoing and including all renewals, extensions,
revivals and all accrued rights of action.
1.11 “Insolvency Event” means, in relation to either party, any of the following events: (a)
the company commences a voluntary case under title 11 of the United States Code or
the corresponding provisions of any successor laws; (b) anyone commences an
involuntary case against the company under title 11 of the United States Code or the
corresponding provisions of any successor laws and either (i) the case is not dismissed
by midnight at the end of the 60th day after commencement or (ii) the court before
which the case is pending issues an order for relief or similar order approving the case;
(c) a court of competent jurisdiction appoints, or the company makes an assignment of
all or substantially all of its assets to, a custodian (as that term is defined in title 11 of
the United States Code or the corresponding provisions of any successor laws) for the
company or all or substantially all of its assets; or (d) the company fails generally to pay
its debts as they become due (unless those debts are subject to a good-faith dispute as
to liability or amount) or acknowledges in writing that it is unable to do so.
1.12 “License” means the licenses expressly granted herein by Resort Backyard to
Customer to use the Services.
1.13 “Marks” means any word, symbol or device, or any combination thereof, used or
intended to be used by a party to identify and distinguish the party’s or its third-party
licensor’s products or services from the products or services of others, including without
limitation trade names, trademarks, service marks and logos.
1.14 “Representatives” collectively means the affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders,
members, employees, subcontractors, permitted assigns and agents of a party.
1.15 “Security Obligation” means responsibility for maintaining the security of account
login information (username and password).
1.16 “Service” or “Services” means the services to be provided by Resort Backyard,
including without limitation, the Website, any Work Product, software, code, or
functionality. Services shall also include updates and upgrades subsequently provided
to the Resort Backyard or the Technology. Services shall also include any Additional
Services, which are subject to Additional Fees.
1.17 “Resort Backyard” means Resort Backyard LLC or any successor or assignee or
subcontractor of Resort Backyard.
1.18 “Technology” means, collectively, the Website, Documentation, functionality, URLs
and integrations that enable Customer access to the Services, the Work Product, any
Additional Services, analytics, transaction information, and any and all other
information, data, documents, materials, works and other content, devices, methods,
processes, hardware, software and other technologies and inventions, including any
deliverables, technical or functional descriptions, requirements, plans or reports that are
provided or used by Resort Backyard in connection with the Services and any software
or technology incorporated in or made available by Resort Backyard through the Resort
Backyard Services.
1.20 “Term” means the Initial Term.
1.21 “Us” means Resort Backyard.
1.22 “User” or “Users” means the Customer.
1.23 “You” or “Your” refers to the Customer.
1.24 “We” or “Our” refers to Resort Backyard.
1.25 “Website” or “Site” means www.resortbackyard.com or such other website, portal,
domain, or subdomain or mobile access point from which Resort Backyard may make
the Service available.
1.26 “Work Product” means the landscape design, models, and plant schedules,
installation instructions and other elements of the customer experience and design
deliverables that Resort Backyard creates for You with or without use of Customer Data.
2. LICENSE / RESTRICTIONS / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / DATA.
2.1. License. Resort Backyard grants the Customer a limited, non-transferrable,
non-exclusive license to use and access the Service and the Work Product subject to
the terms, obligations, restrictions and limitations set forth in the Agreement for Your
own personal, non-commercial purposes. All rights not expressly granted to You in the
Agreement are reserved and retained by Resort Backyard.
You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display,
publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit the Work Product except You
may privately share and publicly display Work Product, provided the same (i) is in the
form provided to you by Resort Backyard, without alteration by you or any third parties,
and (ii) continues to bear Resort Backyard’s Marks
2.2 License Limitations and Restrictions.
(a) Prohibited Actions. Customer shall not:
except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, copy, reproduce, distribute, publish,
display post or transmit, the Service, or the Technology, in whole or in part;
license, sub-license, sell, resell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute or otherwise
exploit the terms of this License or make the Service available for access or use by any
person(s) other than the Users;
use the Service to process any data unlawfully, in violation of the Agreement, or for any
third party;
allow any unauthorized access to, or use of, the Service;
copy, translate, transmit, post, create a derivative work of, modify, adapt, download, sell,
publish, decipher, decompile, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, disassemble,
decompile, or otherwise attempt to determine any programming or the source code
associated with the Service or the Technology;
use data mining, robots, crawlers, or spiders, or similar data gathering and extraction
tools:
frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any Resort Backyard Marks or other
Intellectual Property (including images, text, page layout, or form) of Resort Backyard;
use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing Resort Backyard’s name or Marks;
use the Service in an unlawful manner including, but not limited to, the infringement of
any third party or Resort Backyard Intellectual Property or use the Service in breach of
any third party’s privacy rights;
use the Service for spamming or sending any unsolicited emails or information to any
person or entity;
use the Service in a manner that interferes with or disrupts the provision of the Service
by Resort Backyard to third parties;
access or use the Service to circumvent or exceed the Services account limitations or
requirements, or access or use the Service by any means other than through the
interfaces that are provided by Resort Backyard;
use the Service to upload, store or transmit any malicious code or other similar harmful
software such as viruses, malware or trojan horses;
use the Service to make any transmission, display or publication of any material which
is of a defamatory, offensive, abusive or menacing character to any other person;
engage in or permit any unauthorized distribution of any software or programming
associated with the Service including, without limitation, placing Resort Backyard’s
software or programming on any physical or virtual servers or mediums;
use the Service for any transmission, display or publication of any material in breach of
any law dealing with privacy or data protection in any jurisdiction;
remove or obscure any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or similar proprietary
notice affixed to any Technology, or the Service;
use the Service or Technology for the purpose of developing a product or service, or
helping another develop a product or service, which would obviate the need for the
Service by You or others, or which would be similar to the Service or Technology;
use the Service or Technology for the purpose of bringing an Intellectual Property claim
against Resort Backyard;
cause the breach of, or interfere with, Resort Backyard’s agreements with third parties;
or
use or allow others to use the Technology or the Service for any purpose not expressly
authorized in the Agreement
(b) Notification of Unauthorized or Breaching Use. You must notify Us immediately in the
event that You become aware of any actual or attempted unauthorized access to or use
of the Service or Technology in breach of this Agreement.
(c) Technology; Source Code. Except as expressly stated in the Agreement, no licenses
or rights are granted by Resort Backyard and nothing in the Agreement implies any
license to Customer in the Technology, including, without limitation, the source code.
The source code will not be accessible to any Customer. Customer agrees that the
underlying structure, sequence, organization and source code of the Technology are
valuable trade secrets of Resort Backyard, are confidential information, and shall
remain strictly confidential.
2.3. Intellectual Property Ownership.
(a) Customer’s Rights. Customer owns all right, title and interest in the Customer Data.
Customer acknowledges and agrees that, in connection with the provision of the
Services, Resort Backyard may store, use, modify, distribute, publish, display, and
maintain Customer Data consistent with Resort Backyard’s standard business
processes for the Services. Customer grants Resort Backyard a limited, revocable,
non-exclusive, non-transferable (except in connection with an assignment of this
Agreement), sublicensable license to use, modify, distribute, publish, display, maintain,
access, store and process the Customer Data to the extent necessary to provide the
Services and otherwise fulfill its rights and obligations under this Agreement and for
Resort Backyard’s own marketing and promotional purposes. Customer grants Resort
Backyard a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, right to use, modify,
distribute, publish, display, and incorporate into the Services any suggestions or
feedback provided by Customer or any Users related to the operation or functionality of
the Service. Following expiration or termination of this Agreement or Customer’s
account, Resort Backyard may deactivate the applicable Customer’s account and may
(but is not obligated to) delete any data, including Customer Data, associated therewith.
Upon such deactivation, Customer will no longer have rights to access or use the
Services;
(b) Resort Backyard’s Rights. All rights, title and interest in and to the Technology,
Service, Resort Backyard Marks, (including without limitation all Intellectual Property
rights in the Technology, Service, Resort Backyard Marks, and all modifications,
extensions, customizations, scripts or other derivative works thereof provided or
developed by Resort Backyard) are owned exclusively by Resort Backyard. Except as
provided in this Agreement, the rights granted to Customer do not convey any rights,
express or implied, or ownership to the Technology, Service, Resort Backyard Marks, or
any Intellectual Property rights thereto.
2.4 Documentation Licenses. Resort Backyard grants Customer the non-exclusive right
to use the Documentation solely in conjunction with Customer’s use of the Service and
Technology during the Term. Resort Backyard and any applicable third parties reserve
all rights in their respective Documentation.
3. TERMS OF SERVICE
3.1. Access, Monitoring, Removal. Resort Backyard may access, monitor, remove
content within, or disable Customer access to the Technology, and/or Services if: (a)
Resort Backyard, in its reasonable discretion, believes it may incur liability because of
Customer Data, (b) Resort Backyard is required to do so by law, government order or
other legal process, (c) Resort Backyard determines in its sole discretion that it is
necessary to enforce the terms of the Agreement, (d) Resort Backyard, in its reasonable
discretion, believes it is necessary to do so to support, manage, improve and protect the
integrity of the Service, (e) Resort Backyard, in its reasonable discretion, believes it is
necessary to prevent illegal activity, uploading of virus infected files or questionable
material, or (f) Customer breaches the Agreement. Resort Backyard shall have no
liability to Customer nor to any third party for any disabling of Customer’s access or
removal of Customer Data, and Customer shall remain liable for Fees and Additional
Fees even during such disabling. Customer acknowledges that Resort Backyard’s right
to access or monitor shall in no way be construed as an obligation by Resort Backyard
to monitor any Customer Data or to pre-screen Customer Data.
3.2 Changes to Service. Resort Backyard may discontinue any part of the Service, or
Technology, in whole or in part, or modify any design, layout, features, functionality,
tools or content of the Service, and/or Technology, at any time, for any reason or no
reason, with or without notice to You (although Resort Backyard has no obligation to
provide any updates or to continue to provide or enable any particular features,
functionality, tools or content, and will not be liable with respect to any such
modifications, discontinuance or deletions). Any new features provided by Resort
Backyard which augment or enhance the current Service, and/or Technology, including
the release of new tools or resources, updates and upgrades by Resort Backyard, may
result in Additional Fees.
3.3 Maintenance. Resort Backyard may temporarily suspend the Technology, or any
Services, for maintenance from time to time.
3.4 Individual Account Holders. In order for a Customer to subscribe to the Service,
each account must be assigned to an individual person. Resort Backyard cannot and
will not accept any subscriptions where accounts are registered or run through
automated methods, unless explicitly authorized in advance by Resort Backyard.
3.5. Signup. Customers must provide their full legal name, address, and a valid email
address in order to complete the signup process.
3.6. Service Control. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, Resort
Backyard has and will retain sole control over the operation, provision, maintenance,
and management of the Technology, and the Service.
3.7 Transmission. Customer acknowledges that, by virtue of Customer’s location or third
parties acting on behalf of others aside from Resort Backyard, Customer’s information
and Customer’s Data (personal or otherwise) may be transmitted to, from, and/or
outside the United States.
4. CUSTOMER OBLIGATIONS.
4.1. Customer Data. Customer is responsible for providing all Customer Data in local
languages and for providing buyer support in those local languages, unless expressly
stated in a writing signed by the parties.
4.2 Security Obligations. Customer is responsible for maintaining its Security Obligation.
Customer must notify Resort Backyard immediately in the event of loss of Customer’s
username or password. Customer must report any security breaches promptly to Resort
Backyard.
4.3. Customer Usage. Customer shall use reasonable efforts to perform all acts and to
make, execute and deliver all documents, data, and access credentials that Customer
needs to perform or provide in order for Resort Backyard to provide the Services.
5. FEES
5.1 Fee Payment. Fees and Additional Fees are due and payable per the terms of the
Customer Agreement. If an automatic payment processing fails, Resort Backyard may
demand payment of the Fees, Additional Fees which are due, and any failed/returned
payment fees, and temporarily disable the Customer’s access to the Technology and/or
Service until full payment is made.
5.2 Fee Changes. In its sole discretion, Resort Backyard reserves the right to modify its
Fees in any manner prior to Customer’s payment.
6. TERM AND TERMINATION
6.1 Term. The Initial Term is the term of this Agreement.
6.2 Termination.
(a) Termination by Customer. You have the right to terminate Your Account at any time
by contacting Us at hello@resortbackyard.com
(b) Termination by Resort Backyard. Resort Backyard may terminate this Agreement
other than at the end of a Term (a) upon Customer’s failure to pay Fees or Additional
Fees when due, (b) upon Customer’s breach of Sections 2.2, 4, 7.2, 11.1, or 12 of these
Terms of Service, or (c) upon Customer’s material breach of any other provision of this
Agreement.
6.3. Effect of Expiration or Termination. Upon expiration or termination of the
Agreement, the License granted to Customer under this Agreement shall terminate
immediately. The following sections of the Terms of Service survive its expiration or
termination: 1.0, 2.3, 5 (solely to the extent that Fees are owed), 7 through 12 and any
other provision or partial provision which by its nature would reasonably survive the
termination of the Agreement.
7. PARTIES’ REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
7.1 Resort Backyard’s Warranty and Limitations. Resort Backyard represents and
warrants that: it has the right to provide the Service as contemplated under this
Agreement and that the provision of the Service in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, does not and will not infringe any Intellectual Property rights of third parties
in locations where the Services are provided. Upon Resort Backyard’s determination, in
its sole discretion, that the use of the Service infringes upon the rights of any third party,
Resort Backyard may, at its sole discretion and own cost and expense and without
further liability or obligation to Customer, either: (i) procure the right for Customer to
continue to license the Service, (ii) modify the Service in such a way that the use thereof
does not infringe on the rights of third parties, or (iii) terminate the Agreement by notice
to Customer and refund any Fees paid in advance for the license to use the Service
during the remaining (on a pro rata basis) unused portion of the Term after the
termination date, if any. Resort Backyard shall have no liability or obligation with respect
to any infringement claim if the infringement is caused by: (i) a modification made by
Customer to an item, software, or Service supplied by Resort Backyard or a
modification made by Resort Backyard at Customer’s request, (ii) use of the Service, in
an application or environment, or other than as intended under the Agreement, (iii)
Customer’s unauthorized use of the Services, (iv) Resort Backyard acting in accordance
with Customer’s specifications or guidelines, or (v) the combination, operation or use of
the Service, with other third party product(s) not supplied by Resort Backyard.
7.1.2 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES BY RESORT BACKYARD. EXCEPT AS
EXPLICITLY PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT, THE SERVICE (INCLUDING ANY
SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION AND ANY ADDITIONAL SERVICES), AND THE
TECHNOLOGY ARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE.”
RESORT BACKYARD MAKES NO WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED
OR STATUTORY, WITH RESPECT TO THE TECHNOLOGY, SERVICE, ADDITIONAL
SERVICES OR RESORT BACKYARD MARKS. EXCEPT AS EXPLICITLY PROVIDED
IN THE AGREEMENT, RESORT BACKYARD DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL
WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE TECHNOLOGY, SERVICE, ADDITIONAL
SERVICES OR RESORT BACKYARD MARKS INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND WARRANTIES THAT THE TECHNOLOGY, SERVICE,
OR ADDITIONAL SERVICES, WILL OPERATE SECURELY, TIMELY,
UNINTERRUPTED, DEFECT-FREE OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE
TECHNOLOGY, SERVICE, OR ADDITIONAL SERVICES WILL MEET CUSTOMER’S
REQUIREMENTS OR THAT ALL ERRORS IN THE TECHNOLOGY, SERVICE,
DOCUMENTATION AND/OR ADDITIONAL SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED OR
THAT CUSTOMER’S USE OF THE TECHNOLOGY, SERVICE, OR ADDITIONAL
SERVICES WILL SATISFY ANY STATUTORY OR REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS, OR
WILL ASSIST WITH, GUARANTEE OR OTHERWISE ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH
ANY APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS, FOREIGN LAW, TREATIES,
AND CONVENTIONS. CUSTOMER ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR
DETERMINING WHETHER THE TECHNOLOGY, SERVICE, OR ADDITIONAL
SERVICES ARE SUFFICIENT FOR CUSTOMER’S PURPOSES. RESORT
BACKYARD MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THE
TECHNOLOGY’S, OR SERVICE’S,’S LOCALIZATION TO A PARTICULAR MARKET
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOCAL LANGUAGE, LOCAL SUPPORT OF
TAXES, PAYMENT OR SHIPPING CARRIERS. RESORT BACKYARD MAKES NO
WARRANTY REGARDING THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, TRUTHFULNESS,
COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY CONTENT OBTAINED THROUGH ANY
MODULE OR FROM ANY NETWORK SITE, FLEX FEED DESTINATION, OR
THIRD-PARTY INTERFACE. WORK PRODUCT AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY
RESORT BACKYARD DO NOT CONSTITUTE CONSTRUCTION, BIDDING, OR
PERMITTING MATERIALS. STATE AND LOCAL LAWS MAY VARY WITH REGARD
TO PREPARATION OF CONSTRUCTION OR CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND
SERVICES BY A LOCALLY LICENSED PROFESSIONAL OR OTHER THIRD PARTY
MAY BE NECESSARY AND IS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE SERVICES.
7.2 Customer represents and warrants that:
(a) the Customer Data (i) is owned (or validly licensed for all uses required under the
Agreement) by Customer or is in the public domain, (ii) does not constitute defamation,
libel, or obscenity, (iii) does not result in any consumer fraud, product liability, or breach
of contract, or cause injury to any third party and (iv) does not contain, and will not
introduce into the Technology, and/or Service, any viruses, Trojan horses, worms,
spyware, time bombs or other forms of malware, malicious code or computer
programming routines which may interfere with or disrupt the Services; (v) does not
menace or harass any person or cause damage or injury to any person or property; (vi)
does not involve the publication of any material that is false, (vii) does not violate
privacy rights or promote bigotry, racism, hatred or harm; does not constitute unsolicited
bulk e-mail, “junk mail”, “spam” or chain letters; (viii) does not constitute an infringement
of intellectual property or other proprietary rights; and (ix) does not otherwise violate
applicable laws, ordinances or regulations;
(b) it will comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, foreign law, treaties, and
conventions as updated from time to time related to Customer’s performance of its
obligations under the Agreement and activities that Customer undertakes in connection
with its use of the Technology and/or Services; and
(c) it will not engage in the activities prohibited in this Agreement.
8. CUSTOMER LIABILITY, ASSUMED RISKS, AND RESORT BACKYARD LIABILITY
8.1 Except as otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement, Customer agrees to use
the Service (including Additional Services), and the Technology at Customer’s own risk.
Resort Backyard shall not be liable for any actions, causes of action, suits, debts, dues,
sums of money, accounts, reckonings, bonds, bills, specialties, covenants, contracts,
controversies, agreements, promises, variances, trespasses, damages, judgments,
extents, executions, claims and demands whatsoever, in law, admiralty or equity, unless
expressly stated otherwise in the Agreement. Work Product and Services provided by
Resort Backyard do not constitute construction, bidding, or permitting materials. State
and local laws may vary with regard to preparation of construction or contract
documents and services by a locally licensed professional or other third party may be
necessary and are outside the scope of the Services. All Work Product and Services is
conceptual, not done pursuant to a survey, is not necessarily to scale, and not for
construction or contract documents.
8.2 Resort Backyard is not responsible for acts, services or content posted or provided
by persons or entities other than Resort Backyard, for Customer’s exposure to such
content, or for actions Customer takes in reliance on that content. Resort Backyard has
no liability to Customer for failures based on services not provided by Resort Backyard.
8.3 Customer is solely responsible for all selection of parties with whom Customer does
business, and for terms of service of Customer’s agreements with those parties and
with network sites and flex feed destinations.
8.4 Where the Resort Backyard provides links to other sites and resources provided by
third parties, these links are provided for information only and such links should not be
interpreted as approval by Us of those linked websites, and Resort Backyard shall have
no responsibility for any use of such links.
8.5 Resort Backyard shall not, under any circumstances, be liable for any loss, delay, or
interception of Customer Data which is caused by third parties or Customer, whether
that be through general use, hacking or server failure, or any loss, corruption, hacking
or failure of the daily backups, disabling or removal of Customer Data or otherwise.
Customer acknowledges that: (a) the technical processing and transmission of
Customer Data is fundamentally necessary to use of the Service; (b) Customer Data will
be subject to transmission over the Internet, and over various networks, only part of
which may be owned and/or operated by Resort Backyard; and (c) Customer
acknowledges that Customer Data may be accessed by unauthorized parties when
communicated across the Internet, network communications facilities, telephone or
other electronic means.
8.6 Resort Backyard shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused by Customer’s
failure to comply with the Security Obligation.
8.7 Customer is responsible for any breaches of its Security Obligations or of security
that occur through Customer’s access or login credentials including as a result of
Customer’s sharing such access or login credentials, or failure by Customer to
adequately safeguard the same.
8.8 Resort Backyard shall not be liable for the functionality, availability, security or use,
and/or any losses in connection with the use of third-party applications, websites and
services, whether in connection with the Integration or otherwise. Customer uses such
third-party applications, websites, and/or services at their own risk.
8.9 In addition to any other rights afforded to us under this Agreement, Resort Backyard
shall not be liable for any breach of this Agreement by Customer.
9. LIABILITY LIMITATIONS
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL RESORT BACKYARD BE LIABLE FOR: LOSS
OF REVENUE; LOSS OF DATA; LOSS OF ACTUAL OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS;
LOSS OF CONTRACTS; LOSS OF THE USE OF MONEY; LOSS OF ANTICIPATED
SAVINGS; LOSS OF BUSINESS; LOSS OF OPPORTUNITY; LOSS OF GOODWILL;
LOSS OF REPUTATION; LOSS OF, OR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT LOSS OR
SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, FOR THE
AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, WHERE SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE IS ALSO OF A
CATEGORY OF LOSS OR DAMAGE ALREADY LISTED), WHETHER FORESEEABLE
OR UNFORESEEABLE, BASED ON CLAIMS BY CUSTOMER OR ANY THIRD PARTY
ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OR FAILURE OF EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTY CONDITIONS OR OTHER TERM, BREACH OF CONTRACT,
MISREPRESENTATION, NEGLIGENCE, OTHER LIABILITY IN TORT, FAILURE OF
ANY REMEDY TO ACHIEVE ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE, OR OTHERWISE.
10. LIABILITY CAP
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FORM OR NATURE (E.G., CONTRACT, TORT,
STATUTORY, COMMON LAW, DIRECT LIABILITY OR INDEMNIFICATION,
INFRINGEMENT, OR OTHERWISE) IN WHICH ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE ACTION
MAY BE BROUGHT BY CUSTOMER, IN NO EVENT WILL RESORT BACKYARD BE
LIABLE FOR DAMAGES, EXPENSES, COSTS, LIABILITIES, SUITS, CLAIMS,
RESTITUTION OR LOSSES TO CUSTOMER, THAT EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE,
THE FEES PAID BY CUSTOMER TO RESORT BACKYARD IN THE PAST 12
MONTHS (“LIABILITY CAP”). Such Liability Cap is a maximum and shall not be used,
control or be considered if: (i) Resort Backyard’s liability or obligations are in amounts
which would be or are below the Liability Cap either pursuant to this Agreement or
otherwise or (ii) if Resort Backyard has no liability either otherwise or pursuant to
disclaimers in this Agreement including, but not limited to, sections 7.1.2, 8 and 9.
11. INDEMNIFICATION.
11.1. Customer’s Indemnification. Customer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Resort Backyard and its Representatives from and against all obligations, actions, suits,
claims, demands, settlements, judgments, damages, losses, liabilities, costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees), of whatever type or nature incurred by
Resort Backyard by reason of a third party claim or assertion brought against Resort
Backyard or its Representatives arising out of or related to: (a) Customer’s failure to
comply with or breach of the Agreement, (b) Customer Data, including without limitation
Intellectual Property infringement claims and product liability claims, and/or (c) any
negligence or willful misconduct of Customer or its Representatives.
12 GENERAL PROVISIONS.
12.1 Assignment. Customer may not assign the Agreement without Resort Backyard’s
prior written consent.
12.2 Relationship of the Parties. The parties are independent contractors. This
Agreement does not create any joint venture, partnership, agency or employment
relationship between the parties.
12.3 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior or
collateral negotiations, proposals, agreements and understandings, whether oral or
written, relating to the subject matter of the Agreement. Any representation, warranty,
course of dealing or trade usage not expressly stated in the Agreement shall not be
binding. Except as otherwise stated in the Agreement, any amendments to the
Agreement must be in writing and executed by the parties. To the extent the terms of a
subsequent writing signed by the parties’ conflict with the terms of the Agreement, the
terms of the subsequent writing control.
12.4 Severance. If any provision of the Agreement is held or made invalid or
unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity will not affect the remainder of the
Agreement and the severed provision shall be interpreted to be consistent with the
Agreement.
12.5 No Waiver. The failure of either party at any time to enforce or require performance
of any provision shall not waive or affect such party’s right to enforce any such provision
at a later time.
12.6 Exhibits. All Exhibits, Schedules and other addenda referenced in the Agreement
are incorporated into the Agreement by reference.
12.7 No Reliance. Each party represents and warrants to the other party that it is NOT
relying on any promises, guarantees and/or assurances of the other party that are NOT
otherwise expressly contained in the Agreement.
12.8 Notice. Except as otherwise explicitly provided in the Agreement, any notice
required or permitted by the Agreement shall be in writing and deemed delivered if
delivered (a) by personal delivery when delivered, (b) by overnight courier upon written
verification of receipt, (c) by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, upon
verification of receipt, or (d) upon transmission via email to a properly addressed email
address as provided in the Customer Agreement. Notices must be sent to the contacts
and address in the Agreement, or any new address provided by the permitted notice
methods.
12.9. Governing Law, Jury Trial Waiver and Dispute Resolution. The laws of the State of
New York, without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions, govern the Agreement. Each
party irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the applicable courts located in Rockland County for purposes of any action, suit or
proceeding arising out of or relating to the Agreement THE CUSTOMER HEREBY
WAIVES, AND COVENANTS THAT THE CUSTOMER WILL NOT ASSERT
(WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE), ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL
BY JURY IN ANY FORUM IN RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE, CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION
OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT,
THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATING HERETO, IN
EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING OR WHETHER
IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT OR OTHERWISE. THE CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT IT HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL
REGARDING ALL THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THIS SECTION,
THAT IT FULLY UNDERSTANDS THE TERMS HEREOF, THE CONTENT AND
EFFECT, AND THAT IT VOLUNTARILY AND KNOWINGLY AGREES TO THE TERMS
HEREOF, AND THAT IN THE EVENT OF ANY AMBIGUITY IN THIS AGREEMENT,
ANY PRESUMPTION THAT SUCH AMBIGUITY SHALL BE CONSTRUED AGAINST
THE DRAFTER OF THE AGREEMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.
12.10. Force Majeure. Neither party shall be liable for failure to perform, or the delay in
performance of, any of its obligations under the Agreement other than payment if, and
to the extent that, the failure or delay is caused by events beyond its reasonable control
including without limitation acts of the public enemy or governmental body in its
sovereign or contractual capacity, war, fire, floods, strikes, epidemics, pandemics,
quarantine restrictions, unavailability of the Internet, civil unrest or riots, acts of
terrorism, transportation delays, freight embargoes or unusually severe weather. The
affected party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid or remove the causes
of non-performance or delay, and shall continue performance whenever the causes are
removed.
12.11 Captions. Section headings are for reference purposes only and in no way affect
the meaning or interpretation of the Agreement.