AFFILIATE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
This Affiliate Participation Agreement
contains the terms and conditions that apply to your participation as a member
of the affiliate program (the "Affiliate Program") for www.TeamStore.com
(the "Merchant Website"), which is a website operated by GSI
Commerce Solutions, Inc. ("we" "us" or "Merchant")
through an agreement with GSI Commerce Solutions, Inc. (the “Merchant
Partner”). This Affiliate Program is administered through LinkShare
Corporation ("LinkShare"), operators of the “LinkShare
Network”. In this Agreement you are sometimes referred to as "you",
"your" or "Affiliate".
This is a legally
binding agreement. By joining this affiliate program and receiving and using
links to the merchant website, you are confirming that you have read this
agreement and that you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions contained
in this agreement. If you do not agree with any of the terms or conditions set
forth herein, do not join this affiliate program.
Merchant
Partner Is A Third Party Beneficiary. You acknowledge that the Merchant Partner is an
intended third-party beneficiary of this Agreement and has the rights to
enforce the this Agreement.
1. Enrollment; Eligibility. In order to participate in this Affiliate Program you
must complete a participant application that is accessible through this
Merchant Website or through the LinkShare Network. You will be notified if your
application has been accepted or rejected. We reserve the right to reject any
application in our sole discretion. If we reject your application, you may
reapply at anytime. Only websites with general or United States based domain
name extensions (e.g. .com, .net, .org, .us, etc.) and primarily serve a United States based audience are eligible for participation in this Affiliate Program. You
must be at least 18 years of age to join this Affiliate Program. By submitting
an application to participate in this Affiliate Program, you represent,
warrant, covenant and agree that (i) all information that you provide to us or
LinkShare in connection with your participant application and/or in connection
with your participation in this Affiliate Program is true, complete and
accurate, (ii) you have all necessary rights and authority to enter into this
Agreement and perform your obligations hereunder, (iii) this Agreement will
constitute a legal, binding and enforceable agreement against you in accordance
with the terms and conditions herein, and (iv) your execution and performance
hereunder will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any
other agreement, arrangement or understanding to which you are bound.
2. Suitability of Affiliate
Websites. (a) Your websites are
not suitable and you may not participate in the Affiliate Program if the
websites operated by you violate any of the following website suitability
restrictions. Further, you represent, warrant, covenant and agree that none of
your participating websites or any content or technology contained thereon
will, at anytime during the period that you are an affiliate in this Affiliate
Program, violate any of the following website suitability restrictions. In the
event that we believe that you have violated any of the following website
suitability restrictions we may, in addition to all other rights and remedies
that we may have, terminate this Agreement and your participation in this
Affiliate Program without notice. Your participating websites may not:
(i) infringe on our or any other person's
or entity's intellectual property, publicity, privacy or other rights,
(ii) fail to state a clear online privacy
policy to your visitors,
(iii) require a username or password to
access your websites, without our prior written consent (including via email),
(iv) violate any law, rule or regulation,
(v) contain any content that is
threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, harmful to minors, or contains
nudity, pornography or sexually explicit materials,
(vi) contain any viruses, Trojan horses,
worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or other computer programming routines that are
intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or
expropriate any system, data, or personal information,
(vii) contain material that is materially
false, inaccurate, fraudulent or misleading or that promotes pyramid or similar
schemes;
(viii) promote violence or any illegal or
immoral activity,
(ix) promote discrimination based upon
gender, race, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age,
(x) use or promote the use of bulk email
or spam,
(xi) contain software or use technology that
attempts to intercept, divert or redirect Internet traffic to or from any other
website, or that potentially enables the diversion of affiliate commissions
from another website,
(xii) use any software that gathers
information through the customer's Internet connection without his or her
knowledge,
(xiii) install spyware on another person's
computer, or cause spyware to be installed on another person's computer, or
utilize any "opt-out downloads". An "opt-out download" is
any software, program, script, tool or element that would automatically
download to a user's computer or that would become operative when the user
accesses the Internet unless the user takes affirmative action to prevent the
download.
(xiv) use a context based triggering
mechanism to display an advertisement that partially or wholly covers or
obscures paid advertising or other content on an Internet website in a way that
interferes with a user's ability to view the Internet website, or use browser-embedded
contextual targeting applications or other applications which serve advertisements
(pop-up ads and pop-unders, in-browser ads and highlighting of website content
and redirecting to websites with similar content, regardless of whether any such
advertisements are served directly by you or is provided or purchased from a
third-party) on Merchant’s or Merchant’s competitors websites or on any other website
other than your websites.
(b) You may not (i) engineer you
websites in a manner designed to direct or pull Internet traffic away from our
Merchant website, (ii) attempt to modify or alter our Merchant website in any
way; (iii) make any representations, either express or implied, or create an
appearance that a visitor to your website is visiting our website, e.g.,
"framing" the Merchant website, without our prior written approval;
or (iv) "scrape" or "spider" any Merchant website or any
other website for Merchant Content (as defined below).
(c) You may not purchase products during
sessions initiated through Qualified Links on your websites for, resale, or
commercial use of any kind. Such purchases may result, in our sole discretion,
in the withholding of the Revenue Share or the termination of this Agreement.
(c) We have the right in our sole and
absolute discretion to monitor your websites at any time and from time to time
to determine if you are in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, and you
agree to provide us with unrestricted access to your websites for such purpose.
3. Right to Use Merchant Content. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions herein, we
hereby grant to you, during the term hereof, a limited, non-exclusive,
non-transferable, revocable, non-sublicenseable, non-assignable right to (i)
access the Merchant Website through Qualified Links (defined below) provided by
us from time to time, and (ii) use and display the Merchant Content (as defined
below) that we may make available to you from time to time solely as provided
to you through the LinkShare Network and solely for the purpose of generating
the sale of Merchant’s products from your website that we have approved and
solely in connection with your participation in this Affiliate Program. Any
attempt to sublicense, assign or transfer this right is void. We may terminate
your rights to use the Merchant Content for any reason at any time in our sole
and absolute discretion.
(b) A "Qualifying Link"
means a link from your website to our website using one of the URLs or graphic
links provided by us (or through the LinkShare Network) for use in the
Affiliate Program that allows LinkShare to track the use of such links by your
visitors. All Qualifying Links that you will use in the Affiliate Program will
be provided to you from the LinkShare Network or by other means selected by us,
and only valid Qualifying Links generated by the LinkShare Network or by us will
be tracked for purposes of determining Revenue Share that you may be eligible
to receive on sales of products generated through your website. Except for the
right to use the Merchant Content provided to you by us hereunder, we are not
granting you any rights in, and you represent, warrant, covenant and agree that
you will not use, in any manner, any trademarks, service marks, trade names,
logos, banners, buttons, graphics, digital images, text, or other content or
materials owned or controlled by us or our Merchant Partner.
(c) Upon termination of this Agreement,
for any reason, you shall immediately cease using, displaying or otherwise
maintaining any interest in the Merchant Content. For purposes of this
Agreement "Merchant Content" means any and all trademarks,
service marks, trade names, logos, banners, buttons, digital images, graphics,
text and other content and material which we may, in our sole discretion, make
available to you in connection with this Affiliate Program from time to time.
Such Merchant Content may be, directly or indirectly, owned by us or licensed
to us by our Merchant Partner.
4. Special Offers.
(a) From time to time, we may post on the
LinkShare Network special offers ("Special Offers") to pay
certain members of the Affiliate Program, chosen at our sole discretion, a
specified referral fee on sales of certain products. The terms of a Special
Offer, as posted on the LinkShare Network or otherwise communicated to such
members, shall be governed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
However, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the Special
Offer and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Special Offer shall
govern.
(b) Advance notice of promotions, sales
and special events is Confidential Information of ours and the Merchant Partner
until such events are publicized by us or the Merchant Partner. From time to
time you may be given prior notice of such events so that you may prepare
content on your Website. The existence of such event and any Merchant Content
provided to you is Confidential Information and may not be disclosed by
you prior to the date specified by us. You also agree upon notice to promptly
remove any Confidential information from your site upon our request.
5. Merchant Content Usage
Restrictions. If you fail to comply with any of the
restrictions in this Section 5, at our sole discretion you forfeit any
commissions or other payments otherwise earned by you during such time that you
are not in compliance.
(a) Obtaining and Using Merchant
Content. You agree that you will not, except as specifically provided for
in this Agreement (i) copy or obtain any images or other content relating to the
Merchant from the Merchant Website or elsewhere, except through the LinkShare
Network, (ii) copy or display any Merchant Content, (iii) modify, adapt,
translate or create derivative works based on the Merchant Content, (iv)
remove, erase, or tamper with any copyright or other proprietary notices in any
copy of any of the Merchant Content, (v) sell, market, license, sublicense,
distribute, disclose or otherwise grant to any person or entity any right or
interest in the Merchant Content, (vi) take any action which may cause
deception, confusion or otherwise dilutes the quality of the Merchant Content
or the goodwill associated therewith, or (vii) use the Merchant Content in any
manner which disparages or portrays us or the Merchant Partner in a false,
competitively adverse or poor light.
(b) No Keyword Purchasing. You
agree that you will not purchase or bid for the placement of our or our
Merchant Partner’s name or trademarks or any variation or misspelling thereof
within any third party search engine or portal, including but not limited to
AOL.com, Yahoo.com, MSN.com and Google.com., ask.com and miva.com.
(c) Search Engine and Advertising
Restrictions. You also agree to the following additional search engine
advertising rules: (i) all advertisements by you must be directed to your site
or a page within your site, (ii) none of your advertisements may link directly
to the Merchant Website or any page within the Merchant Website, (iii) you will
not show the Merchant Website URL as the URL in your ads, (iv) you will not use
the words "official site" or words to similar effect in connection
with any use of our or our Merchant Partner’s trademarks, or otherwise suggest
or imply that your site is an official Merchant site or partner, and (v) you
will stop bidding on any keyword term at our request.
(b) Trademark and Look and Feel
Restrictions. Additionally, you
agree that (i) you will not include any name, trademark, trade name,
service name, logo or similar business identifier, or any variation or
misspelling thereof, which is owned or controlled by us or the Merchant Partner
in any domain name, URL, or similar identifier used by you, (ii) you will not
alter or attempt to alter the look, feel, content, features or functionality of
the Merchant Website, (iii) you will immediately substitute or remove any
Merchant Content from your websites at our request, (iv) your websites will not
in any way copy or resemble the look, feel or content of the Merchant Website
or create any impression that your websites are part of the Merchant Website,
(v) you will not purchase or contract with any other person or entity to
exploit any name, trademark, trade name, service name, logo or similar business
identifier, or any variation or misspelling thereof, which is owned or controlled
by us or the Merchant Partner for any purpose, (vi) you will not use any
Merchant Content in a manner which links or otherwise directs potential
customers to any website other than the Merchant Website, and (vii) you will
not attempt to intercept or redirect potential customers from or on the
Merchant Website or any other website participating in this Affiliate Program.
(c) Promotion Codes & Coupons.
You may not, without our prior written consent, utilize any promotion,
promotion code, coupon, or other promotional opportunity that is not
specifically authorized for Merchant's Affiliate Program and explicitly
authorized for your use.
(d) Communications with Consumers.
You may not, without our prior written consent, (i) generate or send any email
messages or other "electronic messages" (as defined in the LinkShare
Affiliate Membership Agreement, as amended) using or containing and Merchant’s name
or logo, or any variation thereof, or any of Merchant’s trademarks or products,
or any of the Qualifying Links or URLs provided to you as part of the Affiliate
Program, (ii) send any email or other "electronic messages" that in
any way suggests or implies or misleads or is likely to mislead (including
without limitation, via the return address, subject heading, header information
or message contents) a recipient into believing that we or our Merchant Partner
or any related entity was the sender or sponsor of such email or procured or
induced you to send such email, (iii) forward, redistribute, or otherwise repurpose
any email communications or newsletters or other "electronic
messages" that we or our Merchant Partner sends to its customers or
members of the LinkShare Network, and (iv) generate or send any unsolicited
email (spam) under this Agreement or any email in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act
of 2003 or any other applicable laws or regulations.
6. Property Ownership Rights. You acknowledge and agree that we or the Merchant
Partner retain all rights, title and interest in and to all property rights
embodied in or associated with the Merchant Content. You represent, warrant,
covenant and agree that you will not, and will not assist any third party to,
now or in the future, (i) take any action challenging or otherwise inconsistent
with our and/or the Merchant Partner’s ownership of, or other right in, the
Merchant Content, or (ii) register or attempt to register any trademark,
service mark, logo, trade name, domain name, or similar business identifier,
that contains any name, trademark, service mark, logo, trade name or other
content or material owned or controlled by us or our Merchant Partner or any
derivation, including misspellings, thereof. All goodwill and benefits
accruing from the use of the Merchant Content will automatically vest in us or
the Merchant Partner. You agree to cooperate with us and to take any additional
actions reasonably requested by us or the Merchant Partner to effect, perfect
or confirm our or the Merchant Partner’s rights, title and interest in the
Merchant Content.
7. Operation and Maintenance of the
Merchant Website. (a) You
acknowledge and agree that we will accept or reject, in our sole and absolute
discretion, all orders by customers for merchandise placed on or through the
Merchant Website. You further acknowledge and agree that (i) you do not have
any authority to make or accept any offer or commitment on behalf of us or the
Merchant Partner, (ii) neither we nor our Merchant Partner can, or do,
guarantee the availability of any merchandise or other services offered for sale
on the Merchant Website, and (iii) we, or the Merchant Partner, are solely
responsible for all pricing, merchandising, order processing, order
fulfillment, shipping, returns and all other aspects of the Merchant Website
and the sale of merchandise thereunder. Customers who access the Merchant
Website will be deemed customers of us and the Merchant Partner. Accordingly,
all of our and the Merchant Partner’s then applicable rules, policies and
procedures concerning orders, returns, refunds, customer service, privacy and
other terms of use and sale will apply to such customers. As between the
parties, all information obtained through the use of the Merchant Website shall
be our and the Merchant Partner’s exclusive property.
(b) We may change our policies and
operating procedures at any time in our sole discretion. For example, we will
determine the prices to be charged for products sold under the Affiliate Program
in accordance with our own pricing policies. Product prices and availability
may vary from time to time. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to
present accurate information, but we cannot guarantee the availability or price
of any particular product or the error-free or uninterrupted operation of our website.
8. Revenue Share Payments. (a) During the term of this Agreement, we agree to
pay you a revenue share (the "Revenue Share") equal to the
applicable percentage of Net Revenue determined pursuant to the schedule set
forth in the Affiliate Program overview/description materials posted on the
LinkShare Network or otherwise provide by us. We reserve the right, at our
sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Revenue
Share schedule at any time without notice. For purposes of this Agreement,
"Net Revenue" means all cash consideration (not including any
portion of payment made through the redemption of coupons or credits) from
merchandise sold in a transaction resulting directly from a Qualifying Link
tracked by LinkShare from your website to the Merchant Website in accordance
with this Agreement, where the customer purchases such merchandise, less all
taxes, shipping and handling charges, gift wrapping and other value-added
service charges, returns and chargebacks. You acknowledge and agree that we
will not be obligated to pay any revenue share unless we actually ship the
applicable order and receive full payment for such order. Additionally, unless
we otherwise agree, we will not be obligated to pay any revenue share on any
purchase from a customer linking to our Merchant Website from your websites,
unless such purchase is made during the same on-line session or within fourteen (14)
days after the customer has initially entered our website ("Revenue
Share Time") and the customer reenters our website directly during
that time (and not through another affiliate link). After the Revenue Share
Time, we will not pay referral fees on any products that are added to a
customer's shopping cart after the customer has re-entered our website (other
than through a Qualifying Link from your website), even if the customer
previously followed a link from your website to our website. We do not pay a
revenue share on the purchase of gift certificates or gift cards. All
determinations of Qualifying Links and whether a referral fee is payable will
by made by us and LinkShare and will be final and binding on you.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, we will pay you the above-described Revenue Share on a
monthly basis. We will send, or cause to be sent, to you a check for the
Revenue Share earned, less any taxes or other amounts that we may be required
by law to withhold. No interest will be paid on any such amount held by us.
If a Revenue Share payment is made hereunder and relates to merchandise that is
later returned by the customer, the applicable Revenue Share will be deducted
from the next applicable payment hereunder. If any portion of such Revenue
Share cannot be recovered through a deduction, we will invoice you for such
amount and you agree to pay this amount within 30 days after receipt of such
invoice. Upon termination of this Agreement, we will send, or cause to be
sent, to you, a check for the total amount of Revenue Share then owed to you as
of the termination date. The final Revenue Share payment may be withheld by us
for a reasonable period of time to ensure that the correct amount is to be paid
after making any adjustments that may be required, including, but not limited
to, adjustments for returns.
9. LinkShare Tracking. (a) We will track sales made to customers who
purchase products using Qualified Links, that you will generate using
LinkShare's technology, from your website to our website, and reports
summarizing this sales activity will be available to you also through the LinkShare
Network. The form, content, and frequency of the reports are limited to those
reports and capabilities available through the LinkShare Network and may vary
from time to time in our and LinkShare's reasonable discretion. We are not responsible
for any changes that LinkShare may make in their reporting format, timing, or
types of reports available to the members of our Affiliate Program. To permit
accurate tracking, reporting and fee accrual, you must ensure that the links
between your website and our website are properly formatted. We are not
responsible for improperly formatted links regardless of whether you have made
amendments to the code or not. In addition, we are unable to track or provide you
credit for sales from customers that are referred to us with browsers that do
not have their cookies setting enabled. You hereby agree not to disclose the such
information contained in LinkShare reports regarding us or our Merchant Partner
to any third party without our prior written consent and that such information
is the property and Confidential Information of us and our Merchant Partner.
(b) You represent, warrant, covenant, and
agree that (i) you are a member of LinkShare’s network affiliate program, and (ii)
you will not bypass, modify, circumvent, impair, disable or otherwise interfere
with any links, web beacons, cookies or other technology provided by us or
LinkShare.
10. Responsibility for Your
Websites and Your Participation.
(a) You will be solely responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance
of all websites that are linked to the Merchant Website hereunder and for all
content, technology and other materials that appear on such websites. You
acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for complying with all of the
terms and conditions hereof and all applicable laws, rules and regulations.
You represent, warrant, covenant, and agree that:
(i) you will not state or imply that we or
the Merchant Partner sponsor, endorse, sanction or otherwise approve your
website or any of your products or service,
(ii) you will not state or imply that you
are an affiliate, associate, partner or agent of us or the Merchant Partner or
otherwise take any action that could reasonably cause customers confusion as to
our or the Merchant Partner’s relationship with you,
(iii) you will not take any action that
could reasonably cause customers confusion as to the website on which any data
collection, purchase transaction or other functions are occurring,
(iv) you will make no representations
regarding the association of LinkShare with us or you,
(v) at all times during and after the term
of this Agreement, you will protect all of our, our Merchant Partner’s and
LinkShare's Confidential Information (as defined below) that you obtain or
otherwise have access to with the same degree of care that you use to protect
your own confidential and proprietary information but in no event less than a
reasonable standard of care,
(vi) you will only use our, the Merchant
Partner’s and LinkShare's Confidential Information to the extent necessary to
perform your obligations hereunder, and
(vii) you will not use or display any
trademark, service mark, logo or other content of LinkShare or infringe any of
LinkShare's technology rights,
(viii) you will promptly notify us and
LinkShare of any malfunctioning of the Qualifying Links or other problems with
your participation in the Program.
(b) We disclaim all liability for all such
matters. Further, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from all
claims, damages, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees)
relating to the development, operation, maintenance or content of your website.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential
Information" means all non-public information provided or obtained by
you about us or our Merchant Partner, including, without limitation, all
customer information, and all business and sales information related to
transactions through this Affiliate Program.
11. Violation of Terms and Affiliate
Indemnification.
(a) Violation of any of the terms,
conditions or prohibitions contained in this Agreement may result in, among
other things, the immediate termination of this Agreement and the commencement
of an action by us against you seeking, without limitation, injunctive relief,
and the recovery of actual, statutory and punitive damages.
(b) You, at your own cost and expense,
will indemnify, defend and hold harmless, us, the Merchant Partner, our and
their respective parents, subsidiaries and company affiliates, and each of their
respective directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns
against any claim, suit, action, judgment, liability, loss, cost, expenses and
other damages (even if such claims are groundless, fraudulent or false),
including reasonable attorney's fees, based upon or in connection with (i) any
breach or alleged breach of your representations, warranties, covenants
agreements, or obligations hereunder, (ii) your websites or related business, or
any content, technology or other materials displayed or contained thereon,
including but not limited to with respect to claims of misappropriation or
infringement, (iii) your failure or alleged failure to comply with any
applicable law, rule or regulation, (vi) claims for unsolicited email, spamming
or violation of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, (vii) your misuse, unauthorized
modification or unauthorized use of the services or materials provided by us or
LinkShare hereunder, or (viii) any actual or alleged wrongful or negligent act
or omission by you.
12. Term and Termination. (a) This Agreement shall automatically terminate
on the date on which we no longer maintain or you are no longer a member of the
Affiliate Program contemplated hereunder. Additionally, either party may
terminate this Agreement at any time and for any reason by providing notice
(including via e-mail) to the other party. We may also terminate this
Agreement immediately, without notice, if we determine, in our sole discretion,
that you have breached this Agreement or that your website(s) is unsuitable to
participate in this Affiliate Program. If you do not generate at least fifty
(50) click-throughs or at least one sale per month through Qualifying Links,
you will be removed from the Affiliate Program. Either party may terminate a
Special Offer at any time by deleting its acceptance through the LinkShare
Network, and such termination of a Special Offer shall not be deemed a termination
of this Agreement or any other Special Offers. Sections 3(c), 8(b), 10-20 and
23 (together with all other provisions that may reasonably be interpreted as
surviving termination or expiration of this Agreement) will survive any
termination or expiration of this Agreement.
(b) Upon termination of this Agreement,
you will immediately cease use of, and remove from your website, all links to
our website and all Merchant Content.
(c) You are only eligible to earn a
Revenue Share on sales of products occurring during the term of this Agreement,
and referral fees earned through the date of termination will remain payable
only if the related orders are not canceled or returned by a customer. In
addition, we may invoice you for Revenue Share that was paid to you prior to
termination if those referral fees relate to products that are subsequently
canceled or returned by a customer. In the event an overpayment is made by us,
you agree to promptly remit such overpayment to us upon notification by us. We
may withhold your final payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the
correct amount is paid.
13. Modification of Agreement. We reserve the right to modify this Agreement, at
any time in our sole discretion, by posting a change of notice or a new
agreement on the LinkShare Network, and, if applicable, on the Merchant
Website. If any modification is
unacceptable to you, you agree that your sole recourse is to terminate this
agreement. Your continued use of the merchant content and participation in
this affiliate program following any modification of this agreement shall
constitute conclusive and binding acceptance to any modification or new
agreement.
14. Warranty Disclaimer. Neither we
nor the merchant partner makes any warranties, representations, or guarantees,
with regard to the products or services sold through the merchant website, the
operation and maintenance of the merchant website or the linkshare network,
whether express or implied, arising by law or otherwise, including without
limitation any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular
purpose, or non-infringement or any implied warranty arising from course of
performance, course of dealing, or usage of trade. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, we make no representation that the operation of
the merchant website will be uninterrupted or error-free.
15. Limitation of Damages. Neither we
nor the merchant partner will have any liability (whether in contract,
warranty, tort (including, but not limited to, negligence), product liability
or other theory) for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or
consequential damages or any loss of revenue, data or profits arising under or
with respect to this agreement or the affiliate program, even if we were
advised of the possibility of such damages. Further, our aggregate liability
arising under or with respect to this agreement or the affiliate program will
in no event exceed the total revenue share paid or payable by us to you under
this agreement during the preceding twelve (12) month period prior to the date
such liability arose. All claims made hereunder by you against us shall be
made within 120 days of the act or omission that forms the basis of such
claims.
16. Independent Contractors. We, you, LinkShare and the Merchant Partner are each
independent contractors and nothing in this Agreement or in any LinkShare affiliate
program documents is intended to or will create any form of partnership, joint
venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship.
17. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, excluding its conflict of laws principles. Any lawsuit relating to this
Agreement must be brought in the federal or state courts located in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania.
18. Press Release; Publicity. You agree that you will not issue any press release
or make any other similar public announcement that in any way makes any
reference to us or the Merchant Partner without our prior written consent,
which consent may be withheld in our sole discretion.
19. Force Majeure. Our performance under this Agreement shall be
excused to the extent that such performance is hindered, delayed or made
commercially impractical by causes beyond our reasonable control.
20. Headings. The titles and headings of the various sections and
paragraphs in this Agreement are intended solely for convenience of reference
and are not intended for any other purpose whatsoever, or to explain, modify,
or place any construction upon or on any of the provisions of this Agreement.
21. Assignment. You may not assign this Agreement or any of your
rights or delegate any of your obligations under this Agreement, by operation
of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent, and any such attempted
assignment shall be void. Subject to such restriction, this Agreement will be
binding on, inure to the benefit of, and enforceable against the parties and
their respective successors and assigns.
22. Waiver. Our failure to enforce strict performance of any
provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of its right to
subsequently enforce such provision or any other provision of this Agreement.
23. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Revenue Share schedule represents
the complete agreement and understanding between us and you and supersedes any
other oral or written communications or understandings between us and you
regarding the subject matter hereof. No amendment or modification to this
Agreement will be binding upon us unless agreed to by an authorized
representative of us.
-- End Of Agreement --
|