Website Terms of Use & End User Terms
Version 2.0
Last updated: May 16, 2021
SECTION 10 OF THESE TERMS CONTAINS AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND A CLASS ACTION WAIVER, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU AND ABSTRACTOPS AGREE TO SUBMIT ANY DISPUTE TO BINDING ARBITRATION RATHER THAN PROCEEDING IN COURT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CERTAIN SPECIFIED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLAIMS AND SMALL CLAIMS NOTED BELOW. UNLESS YOU OPT OUT OF THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, YOU WILL BE PERMITTED TO PURSUE CLAIMS OR SEEK RELIEF AGAINST ABSTRACTOPS ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
The website located at www.AbstractOps.com (the “Site”) is a copyrighted work belonging to The Abstract Operations Company (“AbstractOps”, “us”, “our”, and “we”). These Terms of Use (“Terms”) set forth the legally binding terms and conditions that govern your use of the Site and of your access to the services AbstractOps offers to business entities (“Services”). By accessing or using the Site or Services, you are accepting these Terms (on behalf of yourself or the entity that you represent), and you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into these Terms (on behalf of yourself or the entity that you represent). you may not access or use the Site or Services or accept the Terms if you are not at least 18 years old. If you do not agree with all of the provisions of these Terms, do not access or use the Site or Services.
Certain features of the Site or Services may be subject to additional guidelines, terms, or rules, which will be posted on the Site or Services in connection with such features. All such additional terms, guidelines, and rules are incorporated by reference into these Terms.
Important Notice: Disputes about these Terms and the service and websites provided by us are subject to binding arbitration and a waiver of class action rights, as detailed below in Section 10.2.
1. End Users
AbstractOps has customers (“Customers”) that may authorize users to log into their instance of the Services or may invite other parties to access certain of such Customer’s documentation (e.g., Customer’s counterparties or service providers) (“End Users”) . Customer has separately agreed to our Service Agreement or entered into a written agreement with us (in either case, the “Contract”) that permitted Customer to have an instance of the Services or documentation within the Services that you and others can access (each invitee granted access to the Services in order access Customer’s instance or certain of Customer’s documentation, including you, is an “Authorized User”).
2. Accounts
2.1 Account Creation.
In order to use certain features of the Services, you must register for an account (“Account”) or have one created for you and provide certain information about yourself as prompted by the account registration form. When registering for an account or creating accounts for others, you represent and warrant that: (a) all required registration information you submit is truthful and accurate, and (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information. Registration information and certain other information about you is subject to our Privacy Policy which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. These Terms remain in effect until, if applicable, Customer’s Contract for your usage of the Services expires or terminates, or your access to the Services has been terminated by Customer or us. AbstractOps may suspend or terminate your Account in accordance with Section 8.
1.2 Account Responsibilities. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account login information and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your Account. You agree to immediately notify AbstractOps of any unauthorized use or suspected unauthorized use of your Account or any other breach of security. AbstractOps cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above requirements.
2. Access to the Site or Services
2.1 License. Subject to these Terms, AbstractOps grants you a non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable, limited license to use and access the Site or Services solely for your own personal, noncommercial use or, if applicable, as authorized by the Customer for its instance of the Services.
2.2 Certain Restrictions. The rights granted to you in these Terms are subject to the following restrictions: (a) you shall not license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the Site or Services, whether in whole or in part, or any content displayed on the Site or Services; (b) you shall not modify, make derivative works of, disassemble, reverse compile or reverse engineer any part of the Site or Services; (c) you shall not access the Site or Services in order to build a similar or competitive website, product, or service; and (d) except as expressly stated herein, no part of the Site or Services may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means. Unless otherwise indicated, any future release, update, or other addition to functionality of the Site or Services shall be subject to these Terms. All copyright and other proprietary notices on the Site or Services (or on any content displayed on the Site or Services) must be retained on all copies thereof.
2.3 Modification. AbstractOps reserves the right, at any time, to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Site or Services (in whole or in part) with or without notice to you. You agree that AbstractOps will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of the Site or Services or any part thereof.
2.4 No Support or Maintenance. You acknowledge and agree that AbstractOps will have no obligation to provide you with any support or maintenance in connection with the Site or Services.
2.5 Ownership. Excluding any User Content that you may provide (defined below), you acknowledge that all the intellectual property rights, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets in the Site or Services and its content are owned by AbstractOps or AbstractOps’s suppliers. Neither these Terms nor your access to the Site or Services transfers to you or any third party any rights, title or interest in or to such intellectual property rights, except for the limited access rights expressly set forth in Section 2.1. AbstractOps and its suppliers reserve all rights not granted in these Terms. There are no implied licenses granted under these Terms.
2.6 No Reliance. You understand and agree that AbstractOps does not provide tax, legal, investment or accounting advice or services. AbstractOps should not be relied upon for tax, legal, investment or accounting advice or services, including for compliance with obligations in your specific jurisdiction. You are solely responsible for all legal obligations, including regulatory filings. Information (such as blogs) provided on the Site is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon tax, legal, investment, accounting or other business purposes.
3. User Content
3.1 User Content. “User Content” means any and all information and content that a user submits to, or uses with, the Site or Services (e.g., content in the user’s profile or postings). This includes content submitted by you or on your behalf to the Site or Services. You own and control your User Content that you submit to the Site. When you submit User Content or information to the Services, such as messages or files, by or on behalf of Customer, such User Content is “Customer Data”, and you acknowledge and agree that the Customer Data is owned by Customer and the Contract provides Customer with many choices and control over that Customer Data. When you submit User Content on behalf of yourself or your entity (e.g., as counterparty to Customer), such User Content is yours or your entity’s, as applicable . You are solely responsible for your User Content. You assume all risks associated with use of your User Content, including any reliance on its accuracy, completeness, or usefulness by others, or any disclosure of your User Content that personally identifies you or any third party. You hereby represent and warrant that your User Content does not violate our Acceptable Use Policy (defined in Section 3.3). You may not represent or imply to others that your User Content is in any way provided, sponsored, or endorsed by AbstractOps. Because you alone are responsible for your User Content, you may expose yourself to liability if, for example, your User Content violates the Acceptable Use Policy. AbstractOps is not obligated to backup any User Content, and your User Content may be deleted at any time without prior notice. You are solely responsible for creating and maintaining your own backup copies of your User Content if you desire. Information submitted by Customers so that we can provide our Services is separately governed by the Services Agreement between us and the Customer.
3.2 License. You hereby grant (and represent and warrant that you have the right to grant) to AbstractOps an irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free and fully paid, worldwide license to reproduce, distribute, publicly display and perform, prepare derivative works of, incorporate into other works, and otherwise use and exploit your User Content, and to grant sublicenses of the foregoing rights, solely for the purposes of including your User Content in the Site or Services. You hereby irrevocably waive (and agree to cause to be waived) any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to your User Content.
3.3 Acceptable Use Policy. The following terms constitute our “Acceptable Use Policy”:
(a) You agree not to use the Site or Services to collect, upload, transmit, display, or distribute any User Content (i) that violates any third-party right, including any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, privacy right, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right; (ii) that is unlawful, harassing, abusive, tortious, threatening, harmful, invasive of another’s privacy, vulgar, defamatory, false, intentionally misleading, trade libelous, pornographic, obscene, patently offensive, promotes racism, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual or is otherwise objectionable; (iii) that is harmful to minors in any way; or (iv) that is in violation of any law, regulation, or obligations or restrictions imposed by any third party.
(b) In addition, you agree not to: (i) upload, transmit, or distribute to or through the Site or Services any computer viruses, worms, or any software intended to damage or alter a computer system or data; (ii) send through the Site or Services unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of duplicative or unsolicited messages, whether commercial or otherwise; (iii) use the Site or Services to harvest, collect, gather or assemble information or data regarding other users, including e-mail addresses, without their consent; (iv) interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on servers or networks connected to the Site or Services, or violate the regulations, policies or procedures of such networks; (v) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site or Services (or to other computer systems or networks connected to or used together with the Site or Services), whether through password mining or any other means; (vi) harass or interfere with any other user’s use and enjoyment of the Site or Services; or (vi) use software or automated agents or scripts to produce multiple accounts on the Site or Services, or to generate automated searches, requests, or queries to (or to strip, scrape, or mine data from) the Site or Services (provided, however, that we conditionally grant to the operators of public search engines revocable permission to use spiders to copy materials from the Site or Services for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials, subject to the parameters set forth in our robots.txt file).
3.4 Enforcement. We reserve the right (but have no obligation) to review any User Content, and to investigate and/or take appropriate action against you in our sole discretion if you violate the Acceptable Use Policy or any other provision of these Terms or otherwise create liability for us or any other person. Such action may include removing or modifying your User Content, terminating your Account in accordance with Section 8, flagging your Account for Customer, and/or reporting you to law enforcement authorities.
3.5 Feedback. If you provide AbstractOps with any feedback or suggestions regarding the Site or Services (“Feedback”), you hereby assign to AbstractOps all rights in such Feedback and agree that AbstractOps shall have the right to use and fully exploit such Feedback and related information in any manner it deems appropriate. AbstractOps will treat any Feedback you provide to AbstractOps as non-confidential and non-proprietary. You agree that you will not submit to AbstractOps any information or ideas that you consider to be confidential or proprietary.
4. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold AbstractOps (and its officers, employees, and agents) harmless, including costs and attorneys’ fees, from any claim or demand made by any third party due to or arising out of (a) your use of the Site or Services, (b) your violation of these Terms, (c) your violation of applicable laws or regulations or (d) your User Content. AbstractOps reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims. You agree not to settle any matter without the prior written consent of AbstractOps. AbstractOps will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.
5. Third-Party Links & Ads; Other Users
5.1 Third-Party Links. The Site or Services may contain links to third-party websites and services (collectively, “Third-Party Links”). Such Third-Party Links are not under the control of AbstractOps, and AbstractOps is not responsible for any Third-Party Links. AbstractOps provides access to these Third-Party Links only as a convenience to you, and does not review, approve, monitor, endorse, warrant, or make any representations with respect to Third-Party Links. You use all Third-Party Links at your own risk. When you click on any of the Third-Party Links, the applicable third party’s terms and policies apply, including the third party’s privacy and data gathering practices.
5.2 Other Users. Each user is solely responsible for any and all of its own User Content. Because we do not control User Content, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for any User Content, whether provided by you or by others. We make no guarantees regarding the accuracy, currency, suitability, or quality of any User Content. Your interactions with other Site or Services users are solely between you and such users. You agree that AbstractOps will not be responsible for any loss or damage incurred as the result of any such interactions. If there is a dispute between you and any Site or Services user, we are under no obligation to become involved.
5.3 Release. You hereby release and forever discharge the AbstractOps (and our officers, employees, agents, successors, and assigns) from, and hereby waive and relinquish, each and every past, present and future dispute, claim, controversy, demand, right, obligation, liability, action and cause of action of every kind and nature (including personal injuries, death, and property damage), that has arisen or arises directly or indirectly out of, or that relates directly or indirectly to, the Site or Services (including any interactions with, or act or omission of, other Site or Services users or any Third-Party Links & Ads). IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, YOU HEREBY WAIVE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542 IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING, WHICH STATES: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”
6. Disclaimers
THE SITE AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS-IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, AND ABSTRACTOPS (AND OUR SUPPLIERS) EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE (AND OUR SUPPLIERS) MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE OR SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS, OR WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE, COMPLETE, LEGAL, OR SAFE. IF APPLICABLE LAW REQUIRES ANY WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE OR SERVICES, ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO NINETY (90) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF FIRST USE.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
7. Limitation on Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL ABSTRACTOPS (OR OUR SUPPLIERS) BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS, OR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE OR SERVICES, EVEN IF ABSTRACTOPS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ACCESS TO, AND USE OF, THE SITE OR SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR DEVICE OR COMPUTER SYSTEM, OR LOSS OF DATA RESULTING THEREFROM.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT (FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION), WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF FIFTY US DOLLARS (U.S. $50). THE EXISTENCE OF MORE THAN ONE CLAIM WILL NOT ENLARGE THIS LIMIT. YOU AGREE THAT OUR SUPPLIERS WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
8. Term and Termination
Subject to this Section, these Terms will remain in full force and effect while you use the Site or Services. We may suspend or terminate your rights to use the Site or Services and Customer, if your access is on Customer’s behalf, may suspend or terminate your rights to use the Services (including your Account) at any time for any reason at our sole discretion, including for any use of the Site or Services in violation of these Terms. Upon termination of your rights under these Terms, your Account and right to access and use the Site or Services will terminate immediately. You understand that any termination of your Account may involve deletion of your User Content associated with your Account from our databases. AbstractOps will not have any liability whatsoever to you for any termination of your rights under these Terms, including for termination of your Account or deletion of your User Content. Even after your rights under these Terms are terminated, the following provisions of these Terms will remain in effect: Sections 2.2 through 2.5, Section 3 and Sections 4 through 10.
9. Copyright Policy
AbstractOps respects the intellectual property of others and asks that users of our Site or Services do the same. In connection with our Site or Services, we have adopted and implemented a policy respecting copyright law that provides for the removal of any infringing materials and for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of users of our online Site or Services who are repeat infringers of intellectual property rights, including copyrights. If you believe that one of our users is, through the use of our Site or Services, unlawfully infringing the copyright(s) in a work, and wish to have the allegedly infringing material removed, the following information in the form of a written notification (pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)) must be provided to our designated Copyright Agent:
1. your physical or electronic signature;
2. identification of the copyrighted work(s) that you claim to have been infringed;
3. identification of the material on our services that you claim is infringing and that you request us to remove;
4. sufficient information to permit us to locate such material;
5. your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
6. a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the objectionable material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or under the law; and
7. a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are either the owner of the copyright that has allegedly been infringed or that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
Please note that, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any misrepresentation of material fact (falsities) in a written notification automatically subjects the complaining party to liability for any damages, costs and attorney’s fees incurred by us in connection with the written notification and allegation of copyright infringement.
The designated Copyright Agent for AbstractOps is: Hari Raghavan
Designated Agent: Hari Raghavan
Address of Agent: 548 Market St PMB 60414, San Francisco, CA 94104-5401
Telephone: 415.906.6990
Email: contact@AbstractOps.com
10. General
10.1 Changes. These Terms are subject to occasional revision, and if we make any material changes, we may notify you by sending you an e-mail to the last e-mail address you provided to us (if any), and/or by prominently posting notice of the changes on our Site or Services. You are responsible for providing us with your most current e-mail address. In the event that the last e-mail address that you have provided us is not valid, or for any reason is not capable of delivering to you the notice described above, our dispatch of the e-mail containing such notice will nonetheless constitute effective notice of the changes described in the notice. Any changes to these Terms will be effective upon the earlier of your acceptance or thirty (30) calendar days following our dispatch of an e-mail notice to you (if applicable) or thirty (30) calendar days following our posting of notice of the changes on our Site or Services. These changes will be effective immediately for new users of our Site or Services. Continued use of our Site or Services following notice of such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.
10.2 Dispute Resolution. Please read this Arbitration Agreement carefully. It is part of your contract with AbstractOps and affects your rights. It contains procedures for MANDATORY BINDING ARBITRATION AND A CLASS ACTION WAIVER.
(a) Applicability of Arbitration Agreement. All claims and disputes (excluding claims for injunctive or other equitable relief as set forth below) in connection with the Terms or the use of any product or service provided by the AbstractOps that cannot be resolved informally or in small claims court shall be resolved by binding arbitration on an individual basis under the terms of this Arbitration Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to, all arbitration proceedings shall be held in English. This Arbitration Agreement applies to you and the AbstractOps, and to any subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees, predecessors in interest, successors, and assigns, as well as all authorized or unauthorized users or beneficiaries of services or goods provided under the Terms.
(b) Notice Requirement and Informal Dispute Resolution. Before either party may seek arbitration, the party must first send to the other party a written Notice of Dispute (“Notice”) describing the nature and basis of the claim or dispute, and the requested relief. A Notice to the AbstractOps should be sent to: 548 Market St PMB 60414, San Francisco, CA 94104-5401. After the Notice is received, you and the AbstractOps may attempt to resolve the claim or dispute informally. If you and the AbstractOps do not resolve the claim or dispute within thirty (30) days after the Notice is received, either party may begin an arbitration proceeding. The amount of any settlement offer made by any party may not be disclosed to the arbitrator until after the arbitrator has determined the amount of the award, if any, to which either party is entitled.
(c) Arbitration Rules. Arbitration shall be initiated through the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), an established alternative dispute resolution provider (“ADR Provider”) that offers arbitration as set forth in this section. If AAA is not available to arbitrate, the parties shall agree to select an alternative ADR Provider. The rules of the ADR Provider shall govern all aspects of the arbitration, including but not limited to the method of initiating and/or demanding arbitration, except to the extent such rules are in conflict with the Terms. The AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules (“Arbitration Rules”) governing the arbitration are available online at www.adr.org or by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879. The arbitration shall be conducted by a single, neutral arbitrator. Any claims or disputes where the total amount of the award sought is less than Ten Thousand U.S. Dollars (US $10,000.00) may be resolved through binding non-appearance-based arbitration, at the option of the party seeking relief. For claims or disputes where the total amount of the award sought is Ten Thousand U.S. Dollars (US $10,000.00) or more, the right to a hearing will be determined by the Arbitration Rules. Any hearing will be held in a location within 100 miles of your residence, unless you reside outside of the United States, and unless the parties agree otherwise. If you reside outside of the U.S., the arbitrator shall give the parties reasonable notice of the date, time and place of any oral hearings. Any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. If the arbitrator grants you an award that is greater than the last settlement offer that the AbstractOps made to you prior to the initiation of arbitration, the AbstractOps will pay you the greater of the award or $2,500.00. Each party shall bear its own costs (including attorney’s fees) and disbursements arising out of the arbitration and shall pay an equal share of the fees and costs of the ADR Provider.
(d) Additional Rules for Non-Appearance Based Arbitration. If non-appearance based arbitration is elected, the arbitration shall be conducted by telephone, online and/or based solely on written submissions; the specific manner shall be chosen by the party initiating the arbitration. The arbitration shall not involve any personal appearance by the parties or witnesses unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
(e) Time Limits. If you or the AbstractOps pursue arbitration, the arbitration action must be initiated and/or demanded within the statute of limitations (i.e., the legal deadline for filing a claim) and within any deadline imposed under the AAA Rules for the pertinent claim.
(f) Authority of Arbitrator. If arbitration is initiated, the arbitrator will decide the rights and liabilities, if any, of you and the AbstractOps, and the dispute will not be consolidated with any other matters or joined with any other cases or parties. The arbitrator shall have the authority to grant motions dispositive of all or part of any claim. The arbitrator shall have the authority to award monetary damages, and to grant any non-monetary remedy or relief available to an individual under applicable law, the AAA Rules, and the Terms. The arbitrator shall issue a written award and statement of decision describing the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based, including the calculation of any damages awarded. The arbitrator has the same authority to award relief on an individual basis that a judge in a court of law would have. The award of the arbitrator is final and binding upon you and the AbstractOps.
(g) Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY RIGHTS TO GO TO COURT AND HAVE A TRIAL IN FRONT OF A JUDGE OR A JURY, instead electing that all claims and disputes shall be resolved by arbitration under this Arbitration Agreement. Arbitration procedures are typically more limited, more efficient and less costly than rules applicable in a court and are subject to very limited review by a court. In the event any litigation should arise between you and the AbstractOps in any state or federal court in a suit to vacate or enforce an arbitration award or otherwise, YOU AND THE ABSTRACTOPS WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL, instead electing that the dispute be resolved by a judge.
(h) Waiver of Class or Consolidated Actions. ALL CLAIMS AND DISPUTES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT MUST BE ARBITRATED OR LITIGATED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT ON A CLASS BASIS, AND CLAIMS OF MORE THAN ONE CUSTOMER OR USER CANNOT BE ARBITRATED OR LITIGATED JOINTLY OR CONSOLIDATED WITH THOSE OF ANY OTHER CUSTOMER OR USER.
(i) Confidentiality. All aspects of the arbitration proceeding, including but not limited to the award of the arbitrator and compliance therewith, shall be strictly confidential. The parties agree to maintain confidentiality unless otherwise required by law. This paragraph shall not prevent a party from submitting to a court of law any information necessary to enforce this Agreement, to enforce an arbitration award, or to seek injunctive or equitable relief.
(j) Severability. If any part or parts of this Arbitration Agreement are found under the law to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such specific part or parts shall be of no force and effect and shall be severed and the remainder of the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
(k) Right to Waive. Any or all of the rights and limitations set forth in this Arbitration Agreement may be waived by the party against whom the claim is asserted. Such waiver shall not waive or affect any other portion of this Arbitration Agreement.
(l) Survival of Agreement. This Arbitration Agreement will survive the termination of your relationship with AbstractOps.
(m) Small Claims Court. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either you or the AbstractOps may bring an individual action in small claims court. The small claims court and not any arbitrator or AAA, shall have the exclusive authority to resolve disputes regarding whether a dispute is properly within the jurisdiction of a small claims court.
(n) Emergency Equitable Relief. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may seek emergency equitable relief before a state or federal court in order to maintain the status quo pending arbitration. A request for interim measures shall not be deemed a waiver of any other rights or obligations under this Arbitration Agreement.
(o) Claims Not Subject to Arbitration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, claims of defamation, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and infringement or misappropriation of the other party’s patent, copyright, trademark or trade secrets shall not be subject to this Arbitration Agreement.
(p) Courts. In any circumstances where the foregoing Arbitration Agreement permits the parties to litigate in court, the parties hereby agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within San Francisco County, California, for such purpose.
(r) Opt out. You have the right to opt out and not be bound by the arbitration and class action waiver provisions set forth above. You can opt out of the arbitration and class action waiver provisions set forth above by sending an email from your registered email address to us at contact@AbstractOps.com with the subject line, "ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER OPT-OUT." To opt-out, You must send the email to AbstractOps with the required language within thirty (30) days of the later of the following: (i) of your creation of an Account; or (ii) the date of notice from AbstractOps of a material change to this Section via email to you. To be clear, if you opt out of the arbitration and class action waiver provision, you will be able to pursue any potential claims in a court of law and can participate in a class action or other class proceeding if you so desire. If you do not opt out properly, you agree to arbitrate. If you opt out of the arbitration and class action waiver provisions, we will not be subject to them either with respect to any disputes with You, meaning Spin can also litigate in a court of law and be subject to class action litigation.
10.3 Export. The Site or Services may be subject to U.S. export control laws and may be subject to export or import regulations in other countries. You agree not to export, reexport, or transfer, directly or indirectly, any U.S. technical data acquired from AbstractOps, or any products utilizing such data, in violation of the United States export laws or regulations.
10.4 Disclosures. AbstractOps is located at the address in Section 10.8. If you are a California resident, you may report complaints to the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Product of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by contacting them in writing at 400 R Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.
10.5 Electronic Communications. The communications between you and AbstractOps use electronic means, whether you use the Site or Services or send us emails, or whether AbstractOps posts notices on the Site or Services or communicates with you via email. For contractual purposes, you (a) consent to receive communications from AbstractOps in an electronic form; and (b) agree that all terms and conditions, agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that AbstractOps provides to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications would satisfy if it were be in a hardcopy writing. The foregoing does not affect your non-waivable rights.
10.6 Entire Terms. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the use of the Site or Services. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. The word “including” means “including without limitation”. If any provision of these Terms is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unenforceable, the other provisions of these Terms will be unimpaired and the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed modified so that it is valid and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law. Your relationship to AbstractOps is that of an independent contractor, and neither party is an agent or partner of the other. These Terms, and your rights and obligations herein, may not be assigned, subcontracted, delegated, or otherwise transferred by you without AbstractOps’s prior written consent, and any attempted assignment, subcontract, delegation, or transfer in violation of the foregoing will be null and void. AbstractOps may freely assign these Terms. The terms and conditions set forth in these Terms shall be binding upon assignees.
10.7 Copyright/Trademark Information. Copyright © 2020 The Abstract Operations Company. All rights reserved. All trademarks, logos and service marks (“Marks”) displayed on the Site or Services are our property or the property of other third parties. You are not permitted to use these Marks without our prior written consent or the consent of such third party which may own the Marks.
10.8 Contact Information:
Hari Raghavan
Address:
548 Market St PMB 60414
San Francisco, CA 94104-5401
Telephone: 415.906.6990
Email: contact@AbstractOps.com