Novarc End User License Agreement
This Novarc End-User License Agreement (“Agreement”) is a legal agreement between you and Novarc governing the use of
Novarc software associated with Novarc’s Spool Welding Robot (SWR),
including but not limited to Novarc’s Programmable Logic Control
software, NovEyeTM, NovSyncTM
and NovDataTM, which may include associated software components, media, printed
materials, and "online" or electronic documentation (collectively, the
"Software"). As used in this Agreement, the words “Novarc”, “we”, “us” and
“our” means Novarc Technologies Inc. The words "you" and "your" means
each person who uses the Software.
BY USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS
AGREEMENT. This Agreement represents the entire agreement concerning
the licensing of the Software between you and us, and it supersedes
any prior proposal, representation, agreement, negotiation, offer,
counteroffer, acceptance, understanding, or any contrary terms between
you and us. If you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, you
are not authorized to download, operate, or otherwise use the
Software.
1. Grant of License
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, and conditional upon your
compliance therewith, we hereby grant you a limited, revocable,
non-exclusive license and right to use the Software solely for your
business purposes.
2. Data Collection
You acknowledge and agree that in order to provide updates to the
Software or to improve our products and services, we may receive,
collect and store images, video, diagnostics, input parameters, weld
and motion parameters and other information regarding your use of the
Spool Welding Robot.
3. Rights and Limitations
a) Distribution
The license granted to you may not be sold, assigned, transferred,
sublicensed, rented or lent to anyone else. Any such sale, assignment,
transfer, sublicense, rental or loan is void and of no legal effect.
b) Prohibition on Modification, Reverse Engineering, Decompilation,
and Disassembly.
You will not, and will not permit any other person to, copy the
Software, in whole or in part, modify, reverse engineer, decompile,
disassemble, decode or adapt the Software or otherwise attempt to
derive or gain access to the source code of the Software, in whole or
in part.
c) Updates and upgrades
We may, but are not required to add additional features or functions
or provide programming fixes, updates and upgrades, to the Software.
You acknowledge and agree that we have no obligation to make available
to you any subsequent versions of the Software. You also agree that we
may require you to enter into a revised version of this Agreement as a
condition of downloading, installing or using a new version of the
Software
d) Support Services
We may in our sole discretion provide you with support services
related to the Software (“Support Services”). However, we are not
required to provide Support Services and will not be in default if we
fail to provide or discontinue any Support Services. Any supplemental
software code we provide to you in connection with any Support
Services is deemed to be part of the Software, is our sole property,
and will be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Novarc support may be reached by email at
[email protected].
e) Compliance with Applicable Laws
You will comply fully with all applicable laws regarding use of the
Software.
4. Term, Termination and Modification of Agreement
The term of this Agreement will begin when you first use the Software
and will continue for so long as you have in your possession or
control any copies of the Software. Without prejudice to any of our
rights, we may unilaterally terminate or modify this Agreement, at any
time and for any reason or for no reason, with no notice to you. For
example, but without limitation, we may terminate this Agreement and
your rights to use the Software if we, in our sole determination, stop
supporting or maintaining the Software, cease to provide updates, no
longer offers the Software for license, or believe you have failed to
comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
5. Intellectual Property
The Software is licensed, not sold. As between you and Novarc, all
right, title and interest, including but not limited to copyrights, in
and to the Software and any copies of the Software are Novarc’s sole
and exclusive property. As between you and Novarc, all title and
intellectual property rights in and to the content which may be
accessed through use of the Software is Novarc’s property and may be
protected by applicable copyright or other intellectual property laws
and treaties. This Agreement grants you no rights to use such content
except as expressly and unambiguously set forth in this Agreement. You
will not take any action to jeopardize, limit or interfere with our
rights under this Agreement. You acknowledge and agree that any
unauthorized use of the Software is a violation of this Agreement and
applicable intellectual property laws. You agree that all title and
rights in and to any third party content is the property of the
respective content owners and may be protected by applicable patent,
copyright, or other intellectual property laws and treaties. We
reserve all rights not expressly granted by this Agreement. You must
not remove or alter any copyright notices or other notices pertaining
to intellectual property rights on any copies of the Software.
6. No Warranties
NOVARC EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY IN, TO, OR FOR THE SOFTWARE.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "WHERE IS" WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. YOU EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT,
OR CONTINUOUS OPERATION. NOVARC MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SOFTWARE
WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, THAT USE OF THE SOFTWARE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, TIMELY OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS IN
THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY DATA OR
INFORMATION DOWNLOADED, TRANSMITTED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED OR ACQUIRED
THROUGH THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND DISCRETION.
NOVARC WILL NOT BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOU OR YOUR
PROPERTY. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATION OF THE
SOFTWARE.
NOVARC DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR
COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION, TEXT, GRAPHICS, LINKS OR OTHER ITEMS
CONTAINED WITHIN THE SOFTWARE. NOVARC EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY
WARRANTIES RESPECTING ANY HARM THAT MAY BE CAUSED BY THE TRANSMISSION
OF A COMPUTER VIRUS, WORM, TIME BOMB, LOGIC BOMB, OR OTHER SUCH
COMPUTER PROGRAM. NOVARC FURTHER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY OR
REPRESENTATION TO ANY THIRD PARTY WHO MAY OPERATE OR OTHERWISE UTILIZE
THE SOFTWARE.
7. Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL NOVARC BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR LOST INFORMATION)
ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SOFTWARE, OR THE
USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE BY ANY THIRD PARTY THAT MAY HAVE
ACCESS TO THE SOFTWARE BY OR THROUGH YOU, EVEN IF NOVARC HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND WITHOUT REGARD TO
WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES, OR CLAIMS OF DAMAGES ARISE BASED IN CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE. NOVARC WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE
ALL OR ANY PART OF THE CONTENT OF THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, ERRORS OR OMISSIONS, INFRINGEMENTS OF RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY,
PRIVACY, TRADEMARK RIGHTS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, PERSONAL INJURY,
LOSS OF PRIVACY, MORAL RIGHTS OR THE DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION. NOVARC'S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY AND ALL DAMAGES,
REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL BE LIMITED AND CAPPED IN
THEIR ENTIRETY TO THE GREATER OF ONE DOLLAR (CAD $1.00) OR THE TOTAL
AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU FOR THE SOFTWARE. THIS LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY MAY NOT BE ENFORCEABLE IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS, OR UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS A MATTER OF LOCAL LAW, AND IS NOT INTENDED
TO REPLACE OR SUPERCEDE LOCAL LAW.
8. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Novarc, its
affiliates, directors, officers, employees, shareholders, and agents
from and against all liabilities, losses, costs, expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees), and damages resulting from (i) any
negligent acts, omissions or willful misconduct by you, (ii) your use
of the Software, (iii) any breach of this Agreement by you, and/or
(iv) your violation of any law or of any rights of any third party.
The provisions of this section are for the benefit of Novarc and its
officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers, and any
third-party information providers. Each of these individuals or
entities expressly retains the right to assert and enforce those
provisions directly against you on its own behalf. You acknowledge
that if any third party claims that your possession and use of the
Software infringes upon that third party's intellectual property
rights, Novarc, and not any third-party, will be solely responsible
for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such
intellectual property infringement claim.
9. Your representation to Novarc
As a material inducement to Novarc entering into this Agreement with
you, you represent to Novarc that you have the full and unrestricted
capacity and legal right to enter into agreements. You also
acknowledge that the Software may be subject to other Canadian, U.S.
and foreign laws and regulations governing the export of software by
physical or electronic means. You agree to comply with all applicable
Canadian, U.S. and foreign laws as well as end-user, enduse, and
destination restrictions imposed by Canadian, U.S. and foreign
governments.
10. Miscellaneous
If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, the
remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. The failure
of Novarc to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this
Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
Subject to any restrictions on transfer and assignment described
above, this Agreement will be binding on and inure to the benefit of
the parties, their successors, permitted assigns and legal
representatives. The provisions of this Agreement relating to
copyrights, intellectual property ownership, restrictions on use,
disclaimers of warranties, limitations of liability and
indemnification will survive any termination of this Agreement for any
reason. This Agreement which cannot be changed except by a written
agreement executed between you and Novarc. This Agreement will be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province
of British Columbia in the country and Canada. You submit to the
jurisdiction of the courts in the Province of British Columbia