

Netopia Service Terms

1. Netopia Service

A list of available service plans for the E-Store/Web site Service is available at http://www.netopia.com.
Netopia agrees to provide the E-Store/Web site Service in accordance with the plan (the "Service Plan")
selected by Customer during the registration process.
2. Payment and Invoicing

2.1 During the term of this Agreement, Customer shall pay Netopia the then applicable
charges for the E-Store/Web site Service Plan into which Customer has enrolled. Currently applicable
charges for the E-Store/Web site Service Plans are available at http://www.netopia.com. Payment shall be due in
advance of each month for which the E-Store/Web site Service is desired by Customer. Customer shall also
be responsible for paying any and all additional fees and charges resulting from Customers
use of the E-Store/Web site Service. These fees may include but are not limited to fees incurred under
Paragraphs 3.2, 4.3 and 4.7 of this Agreement, fees payable to Netopia or a third party for
registering and obtaining domain names, and any telecommunications charges required to
obtain and maintain a connection to the E-Store/Web site Service. Any such fees payable to Netopia shall
be due to Netopia 30 days after they are incurred by Customer. Netopia reserves the right
to change the Plans offered or applicable charges and to institute new charges at any time,
upon 30 days prior notice to Customer.
2.2 Payments may be made by authorized credit card and shall be due upon the first of
each month. If Netopia does not receive the full amount of Customer's account balance within
thirty (30) days of the due date, an additional one and one-half percent (1.5%) or highest
amount allowed by law per month late charge will be added to Customer's bill and shall be due
and payable. Customer shall also be liable for all attorney and collection fees arising
from E-Store/Web Site's efforts to collect any unpaid balance of Customer's account(s).
3. Netopia's Responsibilities and Rights
3.1 Provision and Control of Service. Netopia has the exclusive right to control and direct the means, manner, and method by which the E-Store/Web site Service is provided. Netopia shall provide the E-Store/Web site Service in a commercially reasonable manner.
3.2 Support. Netopia may provide technical support to Customer at an additional fee to be separately agreed upon.
3.3 Monitoring of Content. Customer recognizes that he or she is solely responsible for
the content of any information Customer makes available through the E-Store/Web site Service and that
Netopia will not monitor the Service to examine the content passing through it. Netopia, at
its sole discretion, may elect to electronically monitor Customer's Web site on the E-Store/Web site
Service and may disclose any content or records concerning Customer's account as necessary to
satisfy any law, regulation, or other governmental request or to properly operate the E-Store/Web site
Service and protect any of its Customers. Netopia reserves the right to block access to any
site hosted by the E-Store/Web site Service that contains any content that Netopia deems in its sole
discretion to be unacceptable or undesirable. Customer expressly agrees that Netopia shall
not be liable to Customer for any action Netopia takes to remove or restrict access to such
content, nor for any action taken to restrict access to material posted in violation of any
law, regulation or rights of a third party, including but not limited to, rights under the
copyright law and prohibitions on libel, slander and invasion of privacy. Customer
understands that portions of the Internet contain materials that are unedited, sexually
explicit and may be offensive to customer and that customer's access to such materials is
at customer's own risk. Netopia has no responsibility for or control over such materials.
4. Customer's Responsibilities and Rights
4.1 Customer Information. Customer shall, upon registration, provide Netopia with
accurate, complete, and updated information including Customer's legal name, address,
telephone number(s), and applicable payment data (e.g., credit card number and expiration
date) for purposes of identification, billing and marketing. Customer agrees to notify
Netopia within thirty (30) days of any changes in this information. Failure to comply fully
with this provision may result in immediate suspension or termination of Customer's right
to use the E-Store/Web site Service.
4.2 Authorized Users. Customer warrants that he or she is not a minor. Customer is
responsible for ensuring the confidentiality of any and all passwords obtained from Netopia
in connection with the E-Store/Web site Service. Customer shall also be responsible for ensuring
compliance with this Agreement by third parties authorized by Customer to use the E-Store/Web site Service. In the event of a breach of password security, Customer will remain liable for any unauthorized use of the E-Store/Web site Service until Customer notifies Netopia and Netopia receives such notice.
4.3 Fees and Expenses. Customer shall be responsible for payment of all costs, fees and
expenses assessed by third parties arising out of or relating to Customer's use of the E-Store/Web site
Service. Such costs may include but are not limited to the fees required to register and
maintain domain names, which fees are governed by a separate agreement between Customer and
InterNIC.
4.4 Use of Domain Names. Customer is solely responsible for ensuring that any Internet
domain name it uses in connection with the E-Store/Web site Service complies with applicable trademark
laws and with the InterNIC's policies concerning domain name usage. In the event any such
domain name is placed on "hold" by InterNIC or is otherwise unavailable to Customer for a
period of time, Customer shall have no right to any refund or compensation from Netopia, and
Customer shall hold harmless Netopia from any resulting losses to Customer or third parties.
4.5 Third-Party Software. Third-party software available through the E-Store/Web site Service may be
governed by separate end user licenses. By using the E-Store/Web site Service and the third-party
software, you agree to be bound by the terms of such end user licenses regarding the
applicable third-party software.
4.6 Content On Service. Customer shall be solely responsible for all content Customer
makes available on or through the E-Store/Web site Service. Customer warrants that any such content:
(i) will not infringe and will not contain any content that infringes on or violates any
copyright, U.S. patent or any other third-party right; and (ii) will not contain any content
which violates any applicable law, rule or regulation. Customer acknowledges that prohibited
content includes, but is not limited to, content that is abusive, profane, libelous,
slanderous, threatening or otherwise harassing, and that Netopia may remove such prohibited
content at any time without notice.
4.7 Exceeding Contractual Limits. Customer's resource utilization, including but not
limited to storage space and bandwidth on the E-Store/Web site Service shall remain within the allocations
associated with Customer's Service Plan. A list of available service plans for the E-Store/Web site
Service is available at http://www.netopia.com. Customer agrees that Netopia may enforce the
allocations associated with Customer's account and acknowledges that enforcement may
include, but is not limited to, a refusal to store incoming mail and/or permit further
download traffic on Customer's Web site. Additional resource utilization may be available
at an additional charge through a E-Store/Web site Web page provided for this purpose. Customer agrees
to download or remove within seven calendar days any file sent to Customer 15 megabytes and
greater in size. After seven calendar days Netopia reserves the right to delete any such
file without liability to customer or any third party.
4.8 Impermissible E-mail Practices. Customer acknowledges that he/she is expressly
prohibited from utilizing any Netopia dial-up access, Netopia's equipment, any Netopia
electronic mail address, any Netopia hosted Web site address, or the E-Store/Web site Service in
connection with the sending of the same or substantially similar unsolicited electronic mail
messages (i.e. "spamming"), whether commercial or not, to a large number of recipients.
Customer specifically agrees that he/she will not utilize any Netopia dial-up access,
Netopia's equipment, any Netopia electronic mail address, any Netopia hosted Web site
address, or the E-Store/Web site Service in connection with the transmission of the same or substantially
similar unsolicited message to 50 or more recipients or 15 or more newsgroups in a single
day. For each day upon which this provision is violated, Customer agrees to pay Netopia
damages to compensate for the lost goodwill such a violation causes. Customer agrees to
pay E-Store/Web site $10 per day for an unintentional violation of this provision, but where warranted,
such as in the case of an accidental transmission, Netopia may waive all or part of the
applicable charge. In cases of willful violations of this provision, Customer agrees to pay
Netopia $200 per day. Netopia at its sole discretion shall determine whether a violation
was unintentional or willful. Payment by Customer under this provision shall not prevent
Netopia from terminating customer's E-Store/Web site Service immediately or from seeking to obtain other
legal remedies against Customer, including other damages or an injunction.
4.9 Code of Conduct. Customer agrees not to use the E-Store/Web site Service, any Netopia dial-up
access, or any Netopia equipment in a manner that is prohibited by any law or regulation or
to facilitate the violation of any law or regulation. Customer further agrees not to use the
Service in a manner that will disrupt third parties' use or enjoyment of any communications
service or outlet. Customer acknowledges that prohibited conduct includes, but is not
limited to, use of the E-Store/Web site Service to invade the privacy of third parties, impersonation of
Netopia personnel or other Netopia customers, transmitting via e-mail, USENET or chat service
abusive, profane, libelous, slanderous, threatening or otherwise harassing material and
posting material in any newsgroup that is off-topic according to the charter or other public
statement of the newsgroup. Customer also agrees not to use the E-Store/Web site Service to solicit
Netopia customers to patronize competing services, and not to violate or tamper with the
security of any Netopia computer equipment or program.
4.10 Use of Dial-up Accounts. Customer acknowledges that any Netopia dial-up access
account(s) obtained in connection with the E-Store/Web site Service are intended for periodic, active use
only. Automated electronic or mechanical processes employed to maintain a constant connection
such as use of an auto-dialer, persistent checking of e-mail or "pinging" the host are
expressly prohibited. A single dial-up access account may only be accessed by a single user,
using a single modem. Netopia will allocate system resources to provide the best possible
service to all Customers. Netopia reserves the right to limit, restrict or prioritize access
to system resources, including CPU time, memory and disk space.
5. Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights
5.1 Confidentiality. Customer and Netopia acknowledge that: (1) the other party may be
the owner of valuable trade secrets, and other confidential information, (2) in the
performance of the E-Store/Web site Service, both parties may receive or become aware of such information
as well as other confidential information concerning the other party's finances, methods of
operation and other data (collectively referred to as "Confidential Information"), and (3)
unauthorized disclosure of any of this information (collectively referred to as "Confidential
Information") could irreparably damage the owner of such Confidential Information.
5.2 Non-Disclosure. Prior to disclosure of any Confidential Information by one party to
another, the supplying party shall identify the information supplied as "Confidential
Information." In no event shall Confidential Information include that which (1) is already
lawfully known to or independently developed by the receiving party; (2) is in the public
domain through no fault of the receiving party; (3) is lawfully obtained from a third party
without restrictions; or (4) is required to be disclosed by law, regulation or governmental
order. Both parties agree that, except as directed by the other party, required by law, or
provided in this paragraph, neither party will at any time during or after the term of this
Agreement and for a period of three (3) years after any such termination disclose any
Confidential Information to any person or entity, or permit any person or entity to examine
and/or make copies of any reports or any documents prepared by the other party or that come
into the party's possession or under the party's control that relate to Confidential
Information, and that upon termination of this Agreement, both parties will destroy or return
to the other all materials that contain or relate to the other party's Confidential
Information.
5.3 Injunctive Relief. Both parties acknowledge that unauthorized disclosure of any
Confidential Information by the other party may give rise to irreparable injury to the owner
of such information, inadequately compensable in damages. Accordingly, either party may seek
to enjoin against the breach or threatened breach of such disclosures, in addition to any
other legal remedies which may be available.
6. Representations and Limitations
6.1 Representations/Warranties. Customer understands that except for information, goods
or services clearly identified as being supplied by Netopia, neither Netopia nor any of its
affiliates operates or controls any information, goods or services on the Internet in any way
and that, except for such Netopia identified information, services or goods, all merchandise,
information, and services offered or made available or accessible on the Internet generally
are offered or made available or accessible by third parties who are not affiliated with
Netopia or its affiliates. Netopia makes no warranties or representations whatsoever with
regard to such third parties or the services and goods available through them. Customer may
sell merchandise or services to other Netopia customers and Internet users through the E-Store/Web site
Service. Customer acknowledges that all transactions between Customer and any third parties
including but not limited to purchase terms, payment terms, warranties, guaranties,
maintenance and delivery, are solely between Customer and relevant third parties. Netopia
makes no warranties or representations whatsoever with regard to any goods or services
provided by Customer. Netopia shall not be a party to any transaction between Customer and
any third party, or be liable for any cost or damage a rising either directly or indirectly
from any action or inaction of Customer or third party.
6.2 No Warranties Except As Expressed In Agreement. THE E-STORE/Web SITE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN
"AS IS" BASIS. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, E-STORE/WEB SITE DOES NOT MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE E-STORE/WEB SITE SERVICE, INCLUDING ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES
ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. NO ORAL ADVICE OR WRITTEN
INFORMATION GIVEN BY NETOPIA, ITS EMPLOYEES, LICENSORS OR THE LIKE SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY;
NOR SHALL CUSTOMER RELY ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE.
6.3 Limitation on Liability. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, SHALL NETOPIA
OR ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED IN ADMINISTERING OR DISTRIBUTING THE E-STORE/WEB SITE SERVICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM
THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE E-STORE/WEB SITE SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF REVENUE
OR LOST PROFITS, OR LOSSES THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF
FILES OR EMAIL, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY FAILURE
OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT LIMITED TO ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT,
DESTRUCTION, OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO NETOPIA'S RECORDS, PROGRAMS, OR SERVICES, BECAUSE
SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR
INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES, NETOPIA'S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW. IN NO EVENT SHALL NETOPIA BE LIABLE TO CUSTOMER FOR MORE THAN THE
AGGREGATE AMOUNTS PAID TO NETOPIA UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL EITHER
PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR
EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES)
ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF REVENUE OR LOST PROFITS.
6.4 Indemnity. Upon written or electronic request of Netopia, Customer agrees to defend,
indemnify and hold harmless Netopia, its officers, directors, employees, agents and
licensees, from any claims and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees, arising out of
or relating to Customer's use of the E-Store/Web site Service.
7. Term and Termination
7.1 Term. This Agreement will become effective on the date of customer registration, and
will remain in effect until terminated by either party with 30 days advance notification to
the other party.
7.2 Termination. In the event of any material breach of this Agreement by Netopia,
Customer may terminate this Agreement by giving ten (10) days prior written notice thereof;
provided, however, that this Agreement shall not terminate at the end of said ten (10) days
notice period if Netopia has cured the breach of which it has been notified prior to the
expiration of said ten (10) days. Netopia may immediately terminate this Agreement without
notice if Customer violates any of the provisions in paragraphs 2 or 4 of this Agreement.
7.3 Either Customer or Netopia may terminate this Agreement at any time for any reason or
for no reason upon thirty (30) days written notice to the other party; Customer's only right
with respect to any dissatisfaction with any terms, rules, policies, guidelines, or practices
of Netopia in operating the E-Store/Web site Service, any change in the terms of the E-Store/Web site Service, or any
change in the amount or type of fees charged in connection with the E-Store/Web site Service, is to
terminate this Agreement by delivering notice to Netopia, effective the day Netopia receives
notification of termination or any future date specified which is acceptable to Netopia. If
Netopia denies Customer access to the E-Store/Web site Service, Customer shall have no right (i) to obtain
any credit(s) otherwise due and such credit(s) will be forfeited, (ii) to access through
Netopia any material stored on the Internet or (iii) to access any third-party providers of
services, merchandise, or information on the Internet through Netopia, and Netopia shall have
no responsibility to notify such third-party providers nor shall Netopia have any
responsibility for any damages that result from the lack of such notification.
7.4 Surviving Sections. Sections 5 ("Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights"), 6
("Representations and Limitations"), 7 ("Term and Termination") and 8 ("General") shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.
8. General
8.1 Resale and Assignment. Customer is expressly prohibited from reselling the E-Store/Web site
Service. Neither party may assign this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party, and any such attempted
assignment shall be void. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties' respective
successors and permitted assigns.
8.2 Notices. Any notices or communication under this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be deemed delivered to the party receiving such communication at the address specified
below (1) on the delivery date if delivered personally to the party; (2) two business days
after deposit with a commercial overnight carrier, with written verification of receipt; (3)
five business days after the mailing date, whether or not received, if sent by US mail,
return receipt requested; (4) on the delivery date if transmitted by confirmed facsimile or
(5) on the delivery date if transmitted by confirmed email.
If to E-Store/Web site:
Netopia, Inc.
6001 Shellmound Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
If to Customer:
Address supplied by Customer during sign-up process.
8.3 Governing Law and Forum Selection; Attorney's Fees. Interpretation and enforcement
of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California (excluding its
choice of law rules). Customer consents to personal jurisdiction in the federal and state
courts sitting in Alameda County, California for any action arising out of or relating to
Customer's use of the E-Store/Web site Service or otherwise arising out of or relating to this agreement.
The federal and state courts sitting in Alameda County, California shall have exclusive
jurisdiction and venue over all such actions. Customer expressly and knowingly waives any
defense that jurisdiction and/or venue are not proper in such courts. In any such action the
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover all legal expenses incurred in connection with
the action, including but not limited to its costs, both taxable and non-taxable, and
reasonable attorneys' fees.
8.4 Waiver. A failure of either party to exercise any right provided for herein shall
not be deemed to be a waiver of any right hereunder.
8.5 Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement or of
any attachment is invalid or otherwise unenforceable, the enforceability of remaining
provisions shall be unimpaired.
8.6 Force Majeure. Neither party shall be liable in any amount for failure to perform
any obligation under this Agreement if such failure is caused by the occurrence of any
unforeseen contingency beyond the reasonable control of such party including without
limitation fire, flood, war or act of God.
8.7 Party Status. Neither party to this Agreement is an agent, representative, or
partner of the other party. Neither party shall have any right, power or authority to enter
into any agreement for or on behalf of, or incur any obligation or liability of, or to
otherwise bind, the other party.
8.8 Entire Agreement & Modifications. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement of
the parties and supersedes any and all prior agreements with respect to the subject matter
hereof. Netopia may modify the provisions of the Service Plans or this Agreement upon 30
days written or electronic notice to Customer.
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