Affiliate Agreement
This Affiliate Agreement ("Agreement") contains the terms
and conditions between KlearGear.com, Inc. ("KlearGear.com", also referred to by
the words "we", "us" and "our") and you that apply to your application to
participate and to any subsequent participation as an affiliate of KlearGear.com
("Affiliate") in KlearGear.com's Affiliate program (the "Affiliate Program"). If
you are accepted as an Affiliate, this Agreement will describe the terms that
govern the establishment of links from your Web site that you identify in your
Affiliate Application (your "Site") to KlearGear.com's Web site at
www.kleargear.com (the "KlearGear.com Site"). By clicking below and by
submitting your Affiliate Application, you are confirming that you have read
this Agreement, that it is a legally binding document, and that you agree to be
bound by the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. PLEASE BE SURE TO
PRINT A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR YOUR RECORDS.
1. How to Become an Affiliate
To begin the enrollment process for our Affiliate Program,
you will need to review the terms of this Agreement and indicate your acceptance
of these terms by completing and submitting our online Affiliate Application.
Once you complete and submit an Affiliate Application, we will evaluate it and
notify you of your acceptance or rejection. We may reject your application if we
determine, in our sole discretion, that your Site is unsuitable for our
Affiliate Program for any reason, including, but not limited to, business
criteria that we may establish, or your inclusion in your Site of content or
links to content that we believe to be sexually explicit, discriminatory,
illegal, offensive, or infringing of third party intellectual property rights.
2. The Program Generally
We will make available to you for display on your Site a
variety of graphic and textual links (collectively referred to herein as "Links"
or, individually, as a "Link"). These Links are available through our
administrative site (the "Reporting Site"). The Links will serve to identify
your site as a member of our Affiliate Program and will establish a link from
your Site to the KlearGear.com Site. When a visitor to your Site uses a Link to
visit the KlearGear.com Site, and makes a purchase meeting the criteria
described in the "Commissions" section of this Agreement, we will pay you
commissions as described in this Agreement.
3. Commission Eligibility and Calculation
We will pay you commission fees on certain product sales to
third parties. Commission fees will not be paid on any sales after the customer
has re-entered the Web site (other than through a special link from your site),
even if the customer previously followed a link from your Web site to our site.
The program is intended for commercial use only, and Affiliates may not purchase
products through the Program for their own use. Such purchases may result (in
our sole discretion) in the withholding of commission fees or the termination of
this Agreement.
You will qualify for a commission for sales by us of
certain qualifying products ("Qualifying Purchases") when all of the following
conditions are met:
1) products are shipped by us to a U.S. shipping address;
2) products are billed to a U.S. billing address; and
3) we have received full payment, including payment for
shipping, taxes, and any other charges.
Commissions will be adjusted for product orders that are
cancelled, undeliverable, returned, or where payment is otherwise refunded or
recredited (including both full and partial refunds or recredits) to the
purchaser ("Customer Credits"). We will adjust your account for Customer Credits
on an ongoing basis, but at least monthly. If we have paid you a commission, and
the Qualifying Purchase is subsequently the subject of a Customer Credit, the
commission previously paid will be deducted from your account on an on-going
basis but at least monthly. You will not receive a commission for any sales
initiated or completed offline (for example, by telephone). Our determination of
whether a commission is payable is final and is binding on you.
Commission rates will be based on the aggregate amount
actually paid to KlearGear.com for Qualifying Purchases, excluding amounts
collected by us for sales or other taxes or fees required to be collected by a
governmental authority, shipping, and similar charges, amounts due to credit
card fraud and bad debt, and Customer Credits ("Net Sales"). Commissions are
only paid for certain qualifying products, and commission rates are based on
product categories. We establish the product categories and place specific items
within those categories in our sole discretion. Our current categories and
commission rates for products in those categories are as follows:
I. The commission rate for products in all product
categories, except those listed in II., III. and IV. below is three percent
(17.5%) of Net Sales for Qualifying Purchases.
II. The commission rate for products included in the
Cameras & Imaging, Camcorders, Computers & Peripherals, and PC Software category
is one percent (1%) of Net Sales for Qualifying Purchases. This category
includes the following types of products: Digital Cameras, Cameras,
Film/Disposable Cameras, Web Cameras, Camcorders, Desktop Computers, Notebook
Computers, Pocket PCs/PDAs, Computer Monitors, Computer Printers, Keyboards &
Mice, Computer Speakers, Game Pads/Joysticks, Scanners, Recorders, Organizers,
Robotics, Foreign Language Translators, Electronic Dictionaries and Thesauruses,
Modems & Networking, Cables & Connectors, Drives & Storage, Blank Media,
Graphics & Sound Cards, Video Editing Kits, PC Software, Ink and Paper, and
other similar products.
III. The commission rate for products included in the Music
category is one percent (1%) of Net Sales for Qualifying Purchases. However, we
do not pay commissions on purchases of Music digital downloads.
IV. We do not pay commissions on purchases of KlearGear.com
Gift Cards, Wireless Phones (not including Prepaid Wireless or Wireless
Accessories), or any services. In addition, we have certain relationships with
third party sellers where visitors to the KlearGear.com Site make purchases from
such third party sellers by linking from or through the KlearGear.com Site
(“Reverse Affiliate Sales”). We do not pay commissions on Reverse Affiliate
Sales.
4. Commission Payment
When the total commissions due to you (based on the
requirements in the previous section) meet or exceed $25, we will send you a
commission check for the applicable commission amount (less any taxes required
to be withheld under applicable law). At the same time, we will send a statement
of activity to you. Commission checks and statements of activity will be sent
approximately 30 days after the end of each month in which your account balance
meets or exceeds $25. If the balance of your account is less than $25, we will
carry over the balance to the next month. If, due to Customer Credits, your
account with us is ever in a negative balance, you agree to pay us the balance
in collected funds immediately upon demand.
5. Sales Reports
You will be able to check your sales statistics through the
Reporting Site by signing on with a password you specify. The data on the
Reporting Site will be updated once daily, and will reflect data up to, but not
including the prior day; throughout the month, all Customer Credits will be
reported and deducted from Qualifying Purchases. All information available at
the Reporting Site, including sales statistics, is our confidential information
and is protected under the "Confidentiality" section of this Agreement.
6. Our Responsibilities; Pricing and Other Policies
We will be responsible for providing all information
necessary to allow you to establish Links from your Site to the KlearGear.com
Site. We may also make available our search engine for you to use on your Site.
We will be responsible for processing each order placed by a customer following
a Link from your Site to the KlearGear.com Site, for tracking the Net Sales for
Qualifying Purchases generated by your Site, and for providing information to
you regarding sales statistics. We reserve the right to reject orders that do
not comply with any requirements that we may establish from time to time. We
will be responsible for all aspects of order processing and fulfillment,
including order entry, payment processing, shipping, cancellations, returns, and
related customer service.
Customers purchasing products after linking to the
KlearGear.com Site via the Links will be deemed to be our customers. All of our
rules, policies, terms, conditions and operating procedures concerning customer
orders, customer service, privacy and product sales will apply to these
customers. We may change our policies, terms, conditions and operating
procedures, including pricing, at any time. We solely will determine the prices
to be charged for products sold in accordance with our own pricing policies. You
may not include price information on your Site unless pricing information is
made available on Links we provide through the Reporting Site. Prices and
availability of products 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.
7. Links; Your Site and the KlearGear.com Site;
KlearGear.com Keywords
You must comply with the terms of this Agreement and any
instructions on the Reporting Site in using the Links. To permit accurate
tracking and reporting, you will be responsible for ensuring that the Links are
properly formatted. In using our Links, you agree that you will cooperate fully
with us in establishing and maintaining such Links. You also agree that you will
use only those images or Links we provide to you via the Reporting Site, and
that you will substitute such images or Links with any new images or Links
provided by us from time to time in accordance with our instructions. You shall
display such graphic images or Links prominently in relevant sections of your
Site. In addition, we encourage (but do not require) you to include a Link on
the home page of your Site. Each Link connecting users of your Site to the
pertinent area of the KlearGear.com Site must in no way alter the look, feel or
functionality of the KlearGear.com Site. A Link may only be modified and/or
expanded with our prior consent. We reserve the right to disable Links at any
time without notice to you.
You will not use any other graphic or link to identify or
refer to KlearGear.com or to link to the KlearGear.com Site other than Links
provided by us via the Reporting Site. You further agree that your Site will
not, in any way, copy or resemble the look and feel of the KlearGear.com Site
and that you will not do anything to create the impression that your Site is (or
is a part of) the KlearGear.com Site. Specifically, you agree that you will not
frame the KlearGear.com Site in any manner. You also hereby agree that your Site
will not contain any content of our KlearGear.com Site or any materials which
are proprietary to us, except 1) with our prior permission or 2) the materials
that are obtained via the Reporting Site and used by you in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and any associated instructions. You further hereby
agree that your domain name does not and will not contain any of the following
words: KlearGear.com, Klear Gear, or any variation or misspelling thereof, or
any other KlearGear.com Trademark (as defined in the “ Licenses and Use of the
kleargear.com and Chenal Brands, Inc. Logos and Trademarks” section of this
Agreement) or any variation or misspelling thereof (collectively, “Prohibited
Domain Names”). If KlearGear.com determines, in its sole discretion, that you
are using (whether for purposes of the Affiliate Program or not) or own a
Prohibited Domain Name in violation of the above restrictions, you agree, that
upon demand by KlearGear.com, you will immediately transfer ownership of such
Prohibited Domain Name to KlearGear.com. In addition to seeking transfer of a
Prohibited Domain Name, KlearGear.com may also pursue any and all remedies
available to it at law or in equity, including but not limited to the remedies
set forth in the “KEYWORDS INVOLVING KLEAR GEAR TRADEMARK “KLEARGEAR.COM” AND
VARIATIONS THEREOF” subsection of this Agreement.
KEYWORDS INVOLVING KLEAR GEAR TRADEMARK " KLEARGEAR.COM"
AND VARIATIONS THEREOF. You shall not purchase search engine keywords that use
any KlearGear Trademark, including but not limited to " KlearGear.com" and/or
certain variations or misspellings thereof. You shall not purchase or register
keywords, AdWords, search terms or other identifying terms that include the word
"KLEARGEAR" or certain variations or misspellings thereof for use in any search
engine, portal, sponsored advertising service or other search or referral
service. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this policy prohibits
you from bidding on:
KlearGear’s trademark, " KlearGear.com", and any keyword
string that includes this term. For example, "KlearGear.com”, "kleargear",
"KlearGear.com televisions", "KlearGear.com coupons", etc.;
Variations or misspellings of KlearGear.com’s trademark:
for example "klear-gear", "Klear-Gear.com", www.Klear-Gear.com ", "www.KlearGear.com",
”www.kleargear.com”.
In addition to the foregoing, direct linking to the
KlearGear.com Site from a search engine listing/ad based upon a keyword, AdWord,
search term or other identifying terms not including a KlearGear.com Trademark
is prohibited. By way of example, and without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, you may not bid on a search term such as “gadgets” and have the link
from the search engine direct the visitor directly to the KlearGear.com Site
without first visibly landing on your Site. In addition, your display URL shall
not be “www.kleargear.com”.
You are further prohibited from using the term "official
site" in your ad or otherwise presenting your site as an official site.
If KlearGear.com determines, in its sole discretion, that
you have purchased or attempted to make any purchase in violation of the above
restrictions, then KlearGear.com may (without limiting any other remedies
available to it) pursue any or all of the following actions:
Withhold all compensation otherwise payable to you for the
month in which you purchased the prohibited trademarked terms;
Contact the search engine in which your ad was found to ask
that these ads be removed immediately and permanently;
Terminate this Agreement as provided in the section titled
"Term of the Agreement; Termination", and remove you from the Affiliate Program
permanently.
8. Operation of Your Site Generally
You are solely responsible for the development, operation
and maintenance of your Site, and for all materials that appear on your Site.
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to (i) the technical
operation of your Site and all related equipment; (ii) the accuracy, legality
and propriety of materials posted on your Site, and (iii) ensuring that
materials posted on your Site are not libelous or defamatory. You agree that
your Site will not contain content that is sexually explicit, discriminatory,
illegal, offensive, or infringing of third party intellectual property rights,
and acknowledge that we may terminate this Agreement in the event your Site
contains, or links to content that we believe to be sexually explicit,
discriminatory, illegal, offensive, or infringing of third party intellectual
property rights. In addition, you are responsible for ensuring that your Site
accurately and adequately discloses through a privacy policy how you collect,
use, store, and disclose data collected from visitors. You are also solely
responsible for ensuring that your Site complies with all applicable
intellectual property (including copyright) and other laws, and that it does not
infringe or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of any third
party. You must have express permission to use another party's copyrighted or
other proprietary material. We will not be responsible if you use another
party's copyrighted or other proprietary material in violation of the law.
We disclaim all liability for all the matters set forth in
the previous paragraph. Your obligations under this section are subject to
certain indemnification obligations described in the "Indemnification" section
of this Agreement.
9. Publicity; Email and Other Communications
You may not create, publish, distribute, or permit any
written material, including email that makes reference to us without first
submitting such material to us and receiving our written consent. In the event
you wish to make reference to us in an email, you must also provide evidence
satisfactory to us that such email complies in all respects with all applicable
local, state and federal laws and regulations, including but not limited to the
CAN-SPAM Act of 2003.
In addition, regardless of whether such email makes
reference to KlearGear.com, you agree that you will not use any form of mass
email communication ("spam") as a marketing tool for your Site, or for any other
purpose except as may be permitted by law, and that any email generated by you
or your Site or on your behalf will comply in all respects with all applicable
local, state and federal laws, regulations and rules including the CAN-SPAM Act
of 2003.
10. Licenses and Use of the kleargear.com and Chenal Brands, Inc. Logos and Trademarks
1) We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
revocable right to (i) access the KlearGear.com Site through the Links solely in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (ii) solely in connection with
such Links provided by us to you via the Reporting Site, to display our logos,
trade names, trademarks, and similar identifying material relating to us
(collectively, the "KlearGear.com Trademarks"), for the sole purpose of
directing visitors of your Site to the KlearGear.com Site as provided in this
Agreement. You may not modify the KlearGear.com Trademarks in any way. We may
terminate your right to use the KlearGear.com Trademarks for any reason at any
time in our sole and absolute discretion.
2) You shall not make any specific use of any KlearGear.com
Trademarks for purposes other than directing visitors to your Site to the
KlearGear.com Site as provided in this Agreement, without first submitting a
sample of such to us and obtaining our prior written consent which we may
withhold in our sole and absolute discretion. You agree not to use the
KlearGear.com Trademarks in any manner that is disparaging or that otherwise
portrays us in a negative light. You shall not sublicense any of the
KlearGear.com Trademarks. You acknowledge that we (or certain related
corporations or other entities) retain all right, title and interest in the
KlearGear.com Trademarks, and you agree that you will not at any time dispute or
contest, directly or indirectly, such exclusive right and title to the
KlearGear.com Trademarks or the validity thereof. You agree that you do not
acquire any rights in the KlearGear.com Trademarks, and acknowledge that they
are licensed AS IS without warranty of any kind. You further agree that you will
comply with all federal, state and local laws and regulations in connection with
your use of the KlearGear.com Trademarks. Your use of the KlearGear.com
Trademarks shall include the appropriate trademark, copyright or other legal
symbol or notice of our right to the KlearGear.com Trademarks and our interest
therein. We reserve all of our rights in the KlearGear.com Trademarks and of our
other proprietary rights. This license will terminate automatically upon the
termination of this Agreement, and you will immediately discontinue all uses of
the KlearGear.com Trademarks. Your obligations under this section are subject to
certain indemnification obligations described in the "Indemnification" section
of this Agreement.
3) You grant to us a non-exclusive license to utilize your
names, titles, and logos (the "Affiliate Trademarks"), to advertise, market,
promote, and publicize in any manner our rights hereunder; provided, however,
that we shall not be required to advertise, market, promote, or publicize our
rights, your Site or your Affiliate Trademarks in any way. This license shall
terminate upon the effective date of the termination of this Agreement.
11. Term of the Agreement; Termination
The term of this Agreement will begin upon our acceptance
of your Affiliate Application and will end immediately when terminated by either
party. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without
cause, by giving the other party written notice of termination. If we terminate
this Agreement or notify you of a breach by you, you shall be required to remove
all Links within one (1) hour of receipt of notice. We also reserve the right to
disable Links upon termination. You are only eligible to earn commissions on
sales occurring during the term. Commissions earned through the date of
termination will remain payable only to the extent that the related Qualifying
Purchases are not subject to Customer Credits. We may withhold your final
payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the correct amount is paid. Such
final payment will be made even if the total amount of commissions is less than
$25.
12. Modification
We reserve the right to modify any terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement at any time. You will be notified by email and a
change notice will be posted on the Reporting Site. Modifications may include,
but are not limited to, changes in products eligible for commissions, commission
rates, commission schedules, payment procedures, and Affiliate Program rules. If
any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse and sole remedy is
to terminate this Agreement. Your continued participation in the Affiliate
Program following our posting of a change notice or new agreement on the
Reporting Site will constitute your binding acceptance of the change.
13. Representations and Warranties
You hereby represent and warrant to us as follows:
I. You will use the Links only as authorized under this
Agreement.
II. This Agreement has been duly and validly accepted,
executed and delivered by you and constitutes your legal, valid, and binding
obligation, enforceable against you in accordance with its terms.
III. The acceptance, execution, delivery, and your
performance of this Agreement, and your consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not, with or without notice, lapse of time, or both,
conflict with or violate 1) any provision of law, rule, or regulation to which
you are subject, 2) any provision of your by-laws or certificate of
incorporation or other documents relating to your formation or operation as a
legal entity, or 3) any agreement or other instrument applicable to you or
binding upon your assets or properties.
IV. You are the sole and exclusive owner of the Affiliate
Trademarks and have the right and power to grant us the license to use the
Affiliate Trademarks in the manner contemplated in this Agreement, and such
grant does not and will not 1) breach, conflict with, or constitute a default
under any agreement or other instrument applicable to you or binding upon your
assets or properties, or 2) infringe upon any trademark, trade name, service
mark, copyright, or other proprietary right of any other person or entity.
V. No consent, approval, or authorization of, exemption by,
or filing with any governmental authority or third party is required in
connection with the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement or
any other action taken by you.
VI. To the best of your knowledge there is no pending or
threatened claim, action, or proceeding against you, or any entity controlling,
controlled by or under common control with you with respect to the execution,
delivery, or consummation of this Agreement, the operation of your Site or the
Affiliate Trademarks. To the best of your knowledge, there is no basis for any
such claim, action, or proceeding.
VII. If you are an individual, you are an adult of at least
18 years of age, and if you are a legal entity, you are duly formed and validly
existing in good standing in the jurisdiction of your formation.
14. Confidentiality
During the course of performance of this Agreement, we may
disclose to you certain business, technology, research, customer and other
business information, including trade secrets, which we consider to be and treat
as confidential information, ("Confidential Information"). You agree to maintain
the Confidential Information in confidence, and shall protect it with the same
degree of protection that you use to protect your own Confidential Information
(which shall not be less than reasonable care), shall not disclose it to any
third party, and shall use it for the sole purpose of performing under this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may disclose such information as
may be required by law or governmental regulations or authority, provided,
however, that prior to disclosure of any information required by law or
governmental regulations or authority, you shall give prompt notice to us to
allow us an opportunity to seek to protect such Confidential Information. We may
enforce your obligations under this section with an injunction or other similar
relief as provided in the "Injunctive Relief" section of this Agreement.
Finally, you agree that all customer information related to the Affiliate
Program belongs to us.
15. Disclaimers
NEITHER WE (NOR ANY RELATED CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY),
NOR ANY OF OUR SUPPLIERS MAKE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR
REPRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM OR ANY PRODUCTS SOLD TO
CUSTOMERS USING THE LINKS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, NONINTERFERENCE, NON-INFRINGEMENT,
ACCURACY, OR ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, DEALING OR
TRADE USEAGE, AND THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM AND PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS,"
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. IN ADDITION, NEITHER WE (NOR ANY RELATED
CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY), NOR OUR SUPPLIERS MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION THAT THE
OPERATION OF THE KLEARGEAR.COM SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, AND
NEITHER WE, (NOR ANY RELATED CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY), NOR OUR SUPPLIERS
WILL BE LIABLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY INTERRUPTIONS OR ERRORS.
WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE, AND DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ANY
FAILURE TO TRACK QUALIFYING PURCHASES AND PAY COMMISSIONS CAUSED BY ANY VIRUS,
TROJAN HORSE, WORM OR OTHER MALICIOUS CODE, OR WHICH OCCURS THROUGH THE
INTERFERENCE OF ANY THIRD PARTY.
16. Limitation of Liability
NEITHER WE (NOR ANY RELATED CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY),
NOR OUR SUPPLIERS WILL BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR
RELIANCE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF REVENUE, PROFITS, OR DATA, ARISING IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE PRODUCTS OR THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM, EVEN IF
WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. FURTHER, OUR AGGREGATE
LIABILITY ARISING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE PRODUCTS AND THE PROGRAM
WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL COMMISSIONS PAID OR PAYABLE TO YOU UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT.
17. Relationship of Parties
The parties to this Agreement are independent contractors,
and nothing in this Agreement will create any partnership, joint venture,
agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship between the
parties. Neither of us will have any authority to make or accept any offers or
representations on behalf of the other. You will not make any statement, whether
on your site or otherwise, that reasonably would contradict anything in this
section.
18. Indemnification
You hereby agree to indemnify, defend (through counsel
acceptable to us) and hold us (and any related corporation or other entity), our
suppliers, and our and their directors, officers, employees, agents,
shareholders, partners, members, and other owners, harmless against any and all
claims, actions, demands, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, settlements,
costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) (any or all of the
foregoing hereinafter referred to as "Losses") insofar as such Losses, or
actions in respect thereof, arise out of , are connected to or are based on 1)
any claim that our use of the Affiliate Trademarks infringes on any trademark,
trade name, service mark, copyright, license, intellectual property, or other
proprietary right of any third party, 2) any actual or alleged failure or breach
of any representation, warranty, covenant, or agreement made by you under this
Agreement, 3) your use or any misuse of our name or trademarks, including but
not limited to the KlearGear.com Trademarks, 4) any claim related to your Site,
including, without limitation, its development, maintenance or operation, or
content therein not attributable to us, and 5) without limiting the generality
of subsection 2 above, any actual or alleged violation by you or your Site of
any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary right of any
third party, or any actual or alleged violation of any applicable law by you or
your Site.
19. Injunctive Relief
You agree and acknowledge that, because of the unique
nature of the Confidential Information, the KlearGear.com Trademarks, the Links
and any other intellectual property or customer information shared by us or used
hereunder, we would suffer irreparable harm if you fail to comply with the terms
of this Agreement, and money damages and other remedies at law available in the
event of a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement are not, and will not
be adequate to compensate for the harm caused by the breach or the threatened
breach. Accordingly, we shall be entitled to such relief as a court of competent
jurisdiction may deem appropriate. Such injunctive relief will be in addition to
and not in lieu of any other remedy available at law or in equity.
20. Independent Investigation
You acknowledge that you have read this Agreement and agree
to all its terms and conditions. You understand that we may at any time
(directly or indirectly) solicit customer referrals on terms that may differ
from those contained in this Agreement or contract with or operate websites that
are similar to or compete with your Site. You have independently evaluated the
desirability of participating in the Affiliate Program and are not relying on
any representation, guarantee, or statement other than as set forth in this
Agreement.
21. Notices
All notices, consents, requests, instructions, approvals
and other communications made, required or permitted hereunder (each a "Notice")
shall be given in writing and delivered (i) by personal delivery, (ii) by
electronic mail, (iii) by certified or registered mail (return receipt
requested), or (iv) by a nationally recognized courier. If the Notice is to you,
it shall be addressed to the electronic or postal address you have provided in
the Affiliate Application or updated on the Reporting Site; if the Notice is to
KlearGear.com, it shall be addressed to Chenal Brands, Inc., 2885 Sanford Ave SW Suite #19886 - Grandville, MI 49418, Attention: KlearGear.com Affiliate
Program.
22. Governing Law/Miscellaneous
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United
States and the State of Delaware, without reference to rules governing choice of
laws. Any action relating to this Agreement must be brought in federal or state
courts located in Richmond, Virginia, and you irrevocably consent to the venue
and jurisdiction of such courts. You may not assign this agreement, by operation
of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent, however, we shall have
the right to assign our rights hereunder to any related corporation or other
entity. Subject to that restriction, this Agreement will be binding on, inure to
the benefit of, and enforceable against the parties and their respective
successors and assigns. Our failure to enforce your strict performance of any
provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of our right to
subsequently enforce such a provision or any other provision of this Agreement.
In the event that any portion of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, the
unenforceable provision (including any restrictions on remedies or limitations
on liability or any portions thereof that may be held to be unenforceable) shall
be construed in accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect
the original intentions of the parties and the remainder of the provisions
(including any restrictions on remedies or limitations on liability or portions
thereof) shall remain in full force and effect. The provisions contained in this
Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to
the subject matter of this Agreement, and no statement or inducement with
respect to such subject matter which is not contained in this Agreement shall be
valid or binding between the parties. Except as expressly stated otherwise, the
remedies set forth in this Agreement are not exclusive. Neither party shall be
liable to the other for failure or delays in performance hereunder due to causes
beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, acts or
omissions of civil or military authority, fires, strikes, floods, epidemics,
riots or acts of war. The provisions of any section of this Agreement which, by
their nature should survive, including but not limited to the "Licenses and Use
of the kleargear.com and Chenal Brands, Inc. Logos and Trademarks",
"Confidentiality", "Disclaimers", "Limitation of Liability" "Indemnification",
"Injunctive Relief" and "Governing Law/Miscellaneous" sections of this
Agreement, shall survive the termination of this Agreement.