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REVIEWANALYST ONLINE CLIENT AGREEMENT
This ReviewAnalyst Service Agreement (“Subscription Terms’) is entered into
by you and Standing Dog Interactive (Provider) regarding the ReviewAnalyst Report
Subscription Service(the ‘Services’) as further described
(collectively, the ‘Agreement’). ‘You’ or ‘your’
means the individual or entity listed on the account you create (Client) and you
represent you have the authority to agree to this Agreement for that party. You
represent and warrant you are authorized to act on behalf of, and bind to this
Agreement, any third party for which you utilize the Service. By registering
for the Service, you are consenting to become a party to this Agreement and
agreeing to be bound by the Terms herein. If you do not accept and agree to
all the Terms, please discontinue the registration process.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Provider is in the business of providing online marketing services to
its customers through subscription services; and
WHEREAS, Client, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, desires Provider
to provide such services.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements set forth herein, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
I. The Service
Provider will furnish Client with online subscription services to Provider’s
product known as ReviewAnalyst™ to allow Client to monitor consumer generated
hotel reviews, images and video on the Internet, all as more fully set forth on
Exhibit A hereto (the “Services”), which is incorporated herein
for all purposes. The Services shall include monitoring select web sites for those
hotel properties of Client set forth on Exhibit A (and derivatives of the
names of such properties) using established search engines and Provider’s
proprietary filtering technologies. Provider shall deliver the Services to up to
five (5) persons designated by Client who are employees of or consultants to
Client (collectively, the “Subscribers”) (the tangible
form in which the Services will be delivered to Client are hereinafter called the
“ReviewAnalyst Reports”). Provider shall enable
Client to maintain the information provided in the ReviewAnalyst Reports through
an online dashboard, as more fully described in Exhibit A.
II. Term and Termination
The delivery of Services to Client by Provider will commence on the Effective
Date, and shall continue for a period of one (1) year thereafter (the
“Initial Term”). Subsequent to the Initial Term,
this Agreement shall extend for a period of one (1) year until such time as
terminated by either Provider or Client upon thirty (30) days prior written notice
to the other. Ten (10) days after termination of this Agreement, Provider shall
purge any contents of Client’s online dashboard, and shall, if requested,
certify same in writing to Provider. Notwithstanding any provision in this
Agreement to the contrary, Provider reserves the right to suspend or terminate
the Services at any time for any reason.
III. Fees and Billing
In consideration of Provider providing the Services and delivering to Client
the ReviewAnalyst Reports, Client agrees to pay Provider, by valid credit card,
through electronic funds transfer (“EFT”) debit,
or through monthly invoicing payable by credit card or check, the monthly
subscription charges set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a
part hereof for all purposes. At any time and from time to time after the Initial
Term, Provider reserves the right to modify its fees, including instituting new
fees or Services, upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to Client, and such
revised fees shall be deemed to automatically amend Exhibit A for all
purposes hereunder. In the event Provider is unable to successfully charge
Client’s credit card via EFT, or an invoice is not paid within thirty
(30) days after the date of delivery of such invoice, Provider reserves the
right to terminate or suspend Client’s access to the Services. Payment
is due for the first month of Services at the time of execution of this
Agreement, and payment for Services thereafter shall be due and payable on
the first day of each ensuing month during the Initial Term and any extensions
of this Agreement thereafter. Fees paid for Services are non-refundable.
IV. Service Deliverables
Provider shall provide Services to Client with the following specifications:
a. Provider will deliver the Services, including ReviewAnalyst Reports, to
Subscribers via a password protected dashboard for the exclusive use of
Subscribers. Client may revise its designation of Subscribers upon prior
written notice to Provider.
b. Provider shall use good faith efforts to provide comprehensive and accurate
Services, subject to the disclaimers set forth in Section VI of this
Agreement; provided, however, Provider cannot assure that all
relevant hotel reviews, videos, images, blog entries, article postings, references
and other information will be found or delivered, or that irrelevant hotel
reviews, videos, images, blog entries, article postings, references and other
information will not be delivered. From time to time delivery of the Services
may be delayed due to scheduled or unscheduled maintenance or factors beyond
Provider’s control, and Provider’s failure to deliver the Services
in such event or events shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement.
V. Client’s Acknowledgments and Agreements
a. Client shall provide Provider with the following prior to the commencement of
Services: (i) applicable hotel name(s), (ii) hotel website(s), (iii) the name of
three of Client’s competitors, and (iv) e-mail addresses of all Subscribers.
b. Client acknowledges that Provider aggregates and distributes, but does not
generate, the content underlying the Services, and that ReviewAnalyst Reports
furnished by Provider represent the opinions of others and may contain inaccuracies,
libelous material, profanity, and pornography.Provider may block certain comments
using specific keywords, and Client will have the ability to control the blocking
of key words.
c. Client understands and acknowledges that the ReviewAnalyst Reports are for
internal review, analysis, and research only, and Client agrees, represents, and
warrants to not redistribute ReviewAnalyst Reports, in whole or in part, to others,
or publish, broadcast, or sell any material received hereunder, or in any manner
infringe on any copyrights or proprietary interests of any third party from which
data or other information contained in any ReviewAnalyst Report was generated.
d. Client agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Provider, its owners,
employees, governing persons, affiliates, agents, successors, assigns, and
attorneys from and against any and all claims, suits, demands, actions, proceedings,
costs, damages, expenses (including, but not limited to, legal fees and
out-of-pocket expenses) and losses incurred by any of such parties arising out of
or related to or occurring in connection with Client’s breach or alleged breach
of any of its obligations arising out of or in connection with this Agreement,
including Client’s publication, transmission, delivery, or other use of any
information or material contained in any ReviewAnalyst Report furnished to Client
pursuant to this Agreement. Upon written request from Provider, Client shall promptly
defend or settle such claim, suit, demand, action, or proceeding at Client’s
sole expense through counsel reasonably acceptable to Provider; provided,
however, Client may not settle or compromise any claim without the prior
written consent of Provider, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. In
the event Client elects, for any reason or for no reason, not to defend any claim
hereunder, Provider may settle, compromise, or defend such claim, and shall be
entitled to recover from Client the amount of any final settlement or judgment, as
well as all costs and fees incurred by Provider in connection with such settlement
or defense, including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses. The foregoing
notwithstanding, nothing herein shall prevent Provider, in its sole discretion,
from defending or settling any such claim, suit, demand, action, or proceeding at
its own expense and through its own counsel. The indemnification obligations set
forth in this Section V(d) shall survive the termination or expiration
of this Agreement.
e. Client shall pay all amounts due upon receipt of any invoice from Provider
for Services rendered hereunder, or, in the event Client authorizes Provider to
debit via EFT Client’s credit card on the first day of each month, to provide
Provider with a valid credit card with sufficient credit to effect each such
EFT transfer.
f. Any Client invoices more than thirty (30) days past due are subject to a finance
charge of 1.5% per month for each month or part thereof that payment hereunder is
past due, or the highest rate allowed by law.
VI. Disclaimers and Limited Warranties
a. Provider shall make no effort, and shall not be required hereunder, to
substantiate the truthfulness of any ReviewAnalyst Report, and Provider does not
endorse, warrant, attest to, or make any judgment about the content of any
ReviewAnalyst Report.
b. PROVIDER MAKES NO WARRANTY HEREUNDER OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
TO CLIENT WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES AND/OR THE CONTENTS OF ANY REVIEWANALYST
REPORT. PROVIDER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. PROVIDER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY,
TIMELINESS, OR ADEQUACY OF THE SERVICES OR THE INFORMATION FURNISHED HEREUNDER
PURSUANT TO ANY REVIEWANALYST REPORT. CLIENT AGREES THAT IN NO EVENT SHALL
PROVIDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES
OR RELIANCE ON THE CONTENT OF ANY REVIEWANALYST REPORT.
VII. Limitation of Liability
BECAUSE CLIENT IS ACQUIRING THE SERVICES FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY, AND BECAUSE
PROVIDER IS ACTING SOLELY AS AN AGGREGATOR OF CONTENT EXISTING ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB,
IN NO EVENT WILL PROVIDER BE LIABLE TO CLIENT FOR ANY DAMAGES INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGES, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT, OF ANY
KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF OR DAMAGE
TO DATA, SOFTWARE, OR HARDWARE, LOSS OF USE OF PRODUCTS, DOWNTIME, PROPERTY DAMAGE,
OR LIABILITY OF ANY KIND RELATING TO INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS, IN EACH CASE ARISING FROM THE PROVIDING OF SERVICES HEREUNDER,
EVEN IF PROVIDER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT
SHALL PROVIDER BE LIABLE TO CLIENT, UNDER ANY THEORY OF LAW, WHETHER IN CONTRACT
OR TORT, IN AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF THE FEES PAID TO
PROVIDER HEREUNDER.
VIII. Intellectual Property Rights
Nothing contained in the Agreement is intended to convey, or shall be construed to
convey, to Client any right, title or interest in or to the Services, the ReviewAnalyst
Reports, or any of the software underlying the gathering of information in connection
with the Services or the generation of any ReviewAnalyst Report. For all purposes of
this Agreement, all right, title and interest in and to the Services and any ReviewAnalyst
Report is owned exclusively by Provider.
IX. Confidential Information
a. “Confidential Information” for purposes of this
Agreement includes information that (a) has been or is developed or is otherwise owned
by either party hereto or any of their respective affiliates, whether developed by such
party or an affiliate of such party or by any other person for or on behalf of such
party or affiliate of such party, (b) is not readily available to the public and
not generally ascertainable by proper means by the public, (c) if disclosed to the
public, would be harmful to the interests of a party or an affiliate of a party, or
(d) is treated or designated by a party hereto or an affiliate of a party hereto as
being confidential.
b. Each party hereto agrees that such party will not, directly or indirectly, at any
time disclose to any person, or take or use for any purpose, other than for purposes
in accordance with the intent of this Agreement, any Confidential Information. The
obligations of the parties in this Section IX apply to, and are intended to
prevent, the direct or indirect disclosure of any Confidential Information to any
person where such disclosure of the Confidential Information would reasonably be
considered to be useful to the competitors of a party or a party’s affiliates
or to any other person to become a competitor based, in whole or in part, on such
Confidential Information.
c. The agreement of the parties contained in this Section IX shall survive
the termination or expiration of this Agreement.
X. Miscellaneous Provisions
a. This Agreement may be assigned in whole or in part by Provider at any time.
Client may not assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of Provider.
A sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Client or a sale of all or a
controlling interest in Client shall for all purposes hereunder be deemed an
assignment of this Agreement.
b. Provider is, and for all purposes hereunder shall be deemed, an independent
contractor, and not an agent, partner or joint venturer of Client. Neither party shall
make any warranties or representations of any kind, express or implied, to third
parties in the name of the other party, nor shall any party hereunder assume or
create, or attempt to assume or create, any obligation of any kind on behalf of
the other party.
c. Accessing or using the Services signifies the acceptance of this Agreement by Client.
d. No delay or omission by either party in exercising any right under this Agreement
will operate as a waiver of that or any other right. A waiver or consent given by a
party on any one occasion is effective only on that occasion, and shall not be
construed as a waiver of that right or consent as to any other occasion or any other
breach. No course of dealing between the parties will give rise to any implied amendment
or waiver.
e. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable or invalid, such
provision shall be modified to the least extent necessary to make it enforceable or
valid, and the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force
and effect.
f. Neither party shall be in default by reason of failure in performance of this
Agreement if such failure arises, directly or indirectly, out of causes beyond the
reasonable or foreseeable control of either party, including but not limited to,
default by suppliers, acts of God, acts of terrorism or the public enemy, U.S. or
foreign governmental acts in either a sovereign or contractual capacity,
transportation contingencies, fire, flood, epidemic, restrictions and strikes.
g. This Agreement shall be exclusively governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to the conflicts of laws rules or
principles thereof that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.
h. ANY PARTY BRINGING A LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST ANOTHER PARTY
FOR THE RESOLUTIONOF ANY DISPUTE ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE INTERPRETATION,
CONSTRUCTION, OR ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BRING SUCH LEGAL ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN ANY COURT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS SITTING IN DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS OR
ANY FEDERAL COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OVER DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS. EACH PARTY
HERETO AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE
STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS HAVING JURISDICTION OVER DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, FOR THE
RESOLUTION OF ALL DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE INTERPRETATION,
CONSTRUCTION, AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND HEREBY WAIVES THE CLAIM OR
DEFENSE THEREIN THAT SUCH COURTS CONSTITUTE AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. EACH PARTY WAIVES,
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR LATER
HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURTS.
i. If litigation, or any form alternative dispute resolution, is necessary to
enforce the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to
recover its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, court costs, and costs of
any alternative dispute resolution.
j. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, including without limitation
by facsimile or electronic signature, each of which shall be deemed an original,
and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.
k. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by a
duly authorized representative of each party hereto.
l. Any and all notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications required
or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to
have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by facsimile, by
nationally recognized overnight courier, or by express, registered or certified mail
to the respective party at the address or facsimile number first set forth above (or
at such other address as a party shall specify in a written notice given in
accordance with this paragraph).
m. This Agreement, together with any attachments referred to herein, constitutes
the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the delivery of Services,
including the delivery hereunder of any ReviewAnalyst Report, and supersedes all
prior or contemporaneous agreements, proposals, negotiations, representations or
communications, whether written or oral, relating to such subject matter. The
parties acknowledge and agree that they have not been induced to enter into this
Agreement by any representations or promises not specifically stated herein.
EXHIBIT A
Description of Services
Review Analyst program by Standing Dog Interactive will serve as a centralized
dashboard from which to monitor and/or manage User Generated Content (UGC) pulled
from various public Internet sites.
Monthly Charge for Services
Client shall pay a flat rate of $99.00 per hotel per month
for delivery of the Services and access to the ReviewAnalyst Reports.