Terms of Service
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY; THIS IS A BINDING CONTRACT.
Welcome to the brandboom.com website (the "Site"),
which is owned and operated by Blackcloset, Inc. ("brandboom").
This Terms of Service agreement (this "ToS")
describes the terms and conditions applicable to your access and use
of the Site and the services offered through the Site (the "Services").
This ToS sets forth the terms and conditions under which brandboom
("brandboom," "we" or "us")
provide you access to the Site and the Services.
brandboom may amend this ToS at any time by posting the amended
ToS on the Site, and you agree that you will be bound by any changes
to this ToS by accessing or using the Site or any of the Services
after the amended ToS has been posted.
Your use of the Site and/or the Services signifies that you agree
to all of the terms and conditions in this ToS. If you are using the
Site and/or the Services on behalf of another company, such as your
employer or a client, you acknowledge and agree that you have the
authority to bind such company to these ToS.
1. Requirements
Before you can use certain aspects of the Services, you must: (a)
agree to this ToS, and (b) register for an Account (defined below).
You are responsible for any internet connection fees that you incur
when accessing the Site or the Services.
2. Accounts, Fees, and Security
2.1 Accounts. There are three types of accounts available
through the Services (each, an "Account"): (a) "Buyer's
Accounts" which provide "view only" access to
certain aspects of the Site and the Services and enable buyers to
place orders for sellers' products and do not require the payment of a
subscription fee; (b) "Seller's Accounts" which
permit access to subscription-only features of the Services, such as
the ability to upload and make Content (defined below) available
through the Services; and (c) "User Accounts" for
which a username and password is provided by brandboom to allow
multiple users to access the Services through a Seller's Account. You
may create only one (1) Account and you must complete the Account
registration process by providing current, complete and accurate
information ("Registration Information"). If any of
your submitted Registration Information changes, you agree to promptly
update the Registration Information to reflect those changes.
2.2 Seller's Accounts. You may create a Seller's Account which
will allow you to access certain aspects of the Services on a 14-day
trial basis free of charge (the "Trial Period"). To
continue your use of your Seller's Account following the Trial Period,
you must submit an order form specifying the number of User Accounts
for which you wish to purchase a subscription. Subscriptions may be
purchased on a monthly or annual basis. You will receive a fixed
number of User Accounts depending on the subscription level you
select. Only one user may be assigned to each User Account and you
agree that you will not allow more than one user to access or share a
User Account with the exception of allowing your internal technical
support personnel to access a User Account for technical support
purposes and replacing employees who have terminated employment with
your company. You may add additional User Accounts at any time after
you create your Seller's Account. These additional User Accounts shall
terminate on the expiration date for the first User Account
subscription you purchase.
2.3 Fees. The subscription fee for each Seller's Account is
based on the number of User Accounts you designate in a Seller's
Account order form. Subscriptions fees for User Accounts that you
subsequently add will be prorated for the remainder of the term in
effect. When you submit an order form, you agree to pay all fees set
forth in the order form and all applicable taxes. All payments must be
made in US Dollars. If you choose to be invoiced, payments are due
thirty (30) days after the invoice date. If you choose to pay by
credit card or debit card, the applicable fees will be charged to the
account number you provide us in the order form.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT SELLER'S ACCOUNT FEES ARE NOT
REFUNDABLE.
2.4 Delinquent Payments. Delinquent payments may accrue interest
at the rate of 1.5% of the outstanding balance per month (or the
maximum rate permitted by law, if less) from the date such payment was
due until the date payment is received. Seller's Account holders will
be responsible for any costs incurred by brandboom in collecting
delinquent amounts. brandboom may, without limiting its other rights
and remedies, accelerate the payment obligations of a delinquent
Seller's Account so that such amounts are immediately due and payable,
and brandboom may suspend access to the Seller's Account until all
amounts are paid in full.
2.5 Account Security. You are responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of all of your Account usernames and passwords. You
agree to notify brandboom immediately if you believe that an Account
has been compromised. You understand and agree that you will be liable
for any activity performed by others using your Account. brandboom is
not responsible for any loss or damages arising from your failure to
maintain the confidentiality of your password.
2.6 Cancellation by You. You may cancel any Account registered
to you at any time by following the instructions on the Site.
2.7 Effect of Account Termination or Cancellation. If you
voluntarily terminate an Account or allow that Account to lapse, you
may reactivate that Account at any time through the account interface
on the Site. Accounts terminated by brandboom for any type of abuse
including, without limitation, a violation of this ToS, may not be
reactivated. In the event you cancel a Seller's Account: (a) the
Seller's Account holder is responsible for the balance of all unpaid
fees associated with that Seller's Account, which shall become
immediately due and payable on the date of cancellation; and (b)
brandboom may, but has no obligation to, maintain the Content (defined
in Section 4.1) you have uploaded to the Services and brandboom cannot
ensure that you will be able to retrieve or recover any of your
uploaded Content from the Site or the Services.
3. Restrictions and Conditions of Use
You agree that you will not violate any applicable law or
regulation in connection with your use of the Site or any of the
Services. You may not connect to or use the Site and/or the Services
in any way not permitted by this ToS. You agree that you will not (a)
interfere with or disrupt the Site or the Services or any systems or
networks connected to or that operate with the Site or the Services;
(b) attempt to gain unauthorized access, or collect any information
through the Site or the Services, about other Accounts or Account
holders including, but not limited to, personal information and data;
(c) upload, transmit or otherwise make available any material or
software that contains any software, virus or other computer code,
programs or files designed to interrupt or destroy or limit the
functionality of any computer hardware, software or telecommunications
equipment; (d) modify or create derivative works of the Site or any of
the Services; (e) copy, frame or mirror any part of content of the
Site without the written consent of brandboom; (f) access the Services
in order to build a competing product or service; (g) attempt to
reverse engineer or disassemble any component of the Services; or (h)
sell, resell, lease, or otherwise provide the Services or equivalent
services to a third party. You may not use the Site or the Services to
develop, generate, transmit, post or store information (including, but
not limited to Content) that: (i) is unlawful, threatening, harassing,
vulgar, invasive of one's privacy, defamatory, harmful, abusive,
obscene or hateful; (ii) obstructs or otherwise interferes with the
normal performance of another user's use of the Site and/or the
Services; (iii) constitutes harassment or threatens other people or
groups of people; (iv) is harmful to children in any manner; (v)
violates any third party rights including, but not limited to,
copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents or the rights of
privacy and publicity; or (vi) constitutes phishing, or pharming or
impersonates any other person, or steals or assumes any person's
identity.
4. Seller Account Content
4.1 Content. "Content" means any and all the
material and information (including, without limitation,
communications, images, sounds) that is uploaded or transmitted
through the Site and/or the Services via a Seller's Account. In order
for us to provide the Services, if you have a Seller's Account, you
permit us, without obligation to pay any royalty or fee, to reproduce,
distribute, transmit, publicly display and publicly perform Content
that you upload or transmit through the Services via your Seller's
Account. You, not brandboom, determine what Content to upload through
the Service and who will have access to your Content. Accordingly, you
acknowledge that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this ToS,
brandboom has no obligation, whether of confidentiality or otherwise,
with respect to Content that you upload or transmit through the
Services and brandboom will not be liable for any use or disclosure of
Content by any user of the Site or the Services that you permit access
to your Content. Further, you (and not brandboom) are responsible for
(a) maintaining the confidentiality of any links, passwords or other
means you provide to users of the Site for accessing your Content; (b)
notifying all persons to whom you provide any link, password or other
means for accessing your Content of the confidential nature of such
link, password or other means of access and (c) any and all use or
misuse of your Content by any person to whom you have permitted access
to your Content.
4.2 Access to Content. We do not, and cannot, pre-screen or
monitor any Content. We do not assume any responsibility or liability
for Content that is uploaded or transmitted by users of the Site
and/or the Services. We have the right, but not the obligation, in our
sole discretion to edit, refuse to post, or remove any Content. We
also reserve the right, at all times and in our sole discretion, to
disclose any Content for any reason, including without limitation (a)
to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or
governmental request; (b) to enforce any of the terms of this ToS; (c)
to protect our legal rights and remedies; (d) where we believe
someone's health or safety may be threatened; or (e) to report a crime
or other offensive behavior. If you have a Buyer's Account and you are
provided with a link, password or other means for accessing Content
through the Services, you agree to maintain the confidentiality of
such link, password or other means of access.
5. Modification or Termination of the Services
brandboom may make changes to the Site and/or the Services at any
time. Additionally, brandboom may stop offering and/or supporting any
of the Services at any time, provided, however, that brandboom will
use commercially reasonable efforts to provide you at least thirty
(30) days' notice prior to ending the Services. You understand that
brandboom may discontinue or restrict your access to, and use of, the
Site and/or the Services without notice (a) for any reason if you have
a Buyer's Account or User's Account, or (b) if brandboom believes you
have violated any of terms of this ToS.
6. Confidentiality
You acknowledge and agree that all of the features, tools, data,
functions and other aspects of the Site and the Services (other than
Content) that are accessible through a Seller's Account are the
confidential information of brandboom and you agree not to disclose
any such information in whole or in part without brandboom's prior
written approval. This obligation shall not apply to information that
you can prove is not confidential because such information is: (a)
already known to you without an obligation to maintain its
confidentiality; (b) publicly known through no wrongful act by you; or
(c) rightfully received from a third party without breaching an
obligation to maintain its confidentiality. If you have a Seller's
Account, brandboom agrees not to use or intentionally disclose to any
third party, other than in connection with brandboom's operation of
the Site and/or the Services, any confidential data or information
clearly identified as "Confidential" that you transmit
through the Services; provided, however, that brandboom will not have
any such obligation with respect to information or data that (i) is or
becomes (not through brandboom's misconduct) publicly available, (ii)
you disclose to a third party without such restrictions, (iii) is
already known to brandboom without confidentiality obligations, or
(iv) is rightfully received from brandboom from a third party without
confidentiality obligations.
7. Ownership
As between you and brandboom, (a) brandboom retains sole ownership
of the Site and the Services and all intellectual property and
proprietary rights therein; and (b) if you have a Seller's Account,
you retain sole ownership of all Content and all intellectual property
and proprietary rights therein that you upload or transmit through the
Site or the Services via your Seller's Account.
8. Links and Third Party Services
The Site may contain services (including the transmission of
product orders to sellers) or links to websites operated by others.
brandboom provides these services and links as a convenience and your
use of them is at your own risk. brandboom is not responsible for any
of the services provided by third parties or content available on the
other websites and disclaims all liability relating to your access to
and use of these websites. Please note that the services provided by
third parties through the Site or the Services may be subject to terms
of service provided by the operators of such services and you should
review such terms of service prior to using or participating in such
services.
9. Intellectual Property
9.1 Trademarks. The "brandboom" name and logo are
trademarks/service marks of brandboom. Unauthorized use of any
brandboom trademark, service mark or logo may be a violation of
federal and state trademark laws.
9.2 Copyright. The Site and the Services are protected by U.S.
and international copyright laws. Except for your use as expressly
authorized in this ToS, you may not modify, reproduce, display or
distribute the content, design or layout of the Site, the Services, or
individual sections of the content, design or layout of the Site
without brandboom's prior written permission.
10. Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SITE AND THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. BRANDBOOM DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL
LIABILITY FOR THE ACTS, OMISSIONS AND CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTIES
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY BUYER OR SELLER) IN CONNECTION
WITH OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND/OR ANY OF THE SERVICES.
BRANDBOOM DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE
CONTENT PROVIDED THROUGH THE SITE OR THE SERVICES AND BRANDBOOM DOES
NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL BE SATISFIED WITH PRODUCTS THAT YOU
PURCHASE BASED UPON ANY CONTENT THAT YOU OBTAIN THROUGH THE SITE OR
YOUR USE OF ANY OF THE SERVICES. YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR
YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND THE SERVICES. YOUR SOLE REMEDY AGAINST
BRANDBOOM FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE, ANY OF THE SERVICES
AND/OR CONTENT OR ANY PRODUCT PURCHASED IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF
THE SITE, ANY OF THE SERVICES OR CONTENT IS TO STOP USING THE SITE,
THE SERVICES OR SUCH CONTENT. THIS DISCLAIMER APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES,
LIABILITY OR INJURIES DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF
PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN
OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE,
THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR
USE OF THE SERVICES, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE
OR ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. Some states or jurisdictions do not
allow the disclaimer of implied warranties and, as a result, the
foregoing disclaimer may not apply to you.
11. Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL BRANDBOOM OR ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR SHAREHOLDERS, BE LIABLE WITH RESPECT TO ANY
SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ToS, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT
LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, FOR ANY INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM
YOUR USE OF, INABILITY TO USE, OR RELIANCE UPON THE SITE OR SERVICES
OR FOR THE COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTE GOODS, SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGY.
TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL
BRANDBOOM'S LIABILITY FOR DIRECT DAMAGES EXCEED THE AMOUNT THAT YOU
PAID TO US DURING THE SIX (6) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE WHEN THE CAUSE
OF ACTION GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY AROSE. YOU AGREE THAT THIS
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS ToS WITHOUT WHICH
BRANDBOOM WOULD PROVIDE YOU THE SERVICES. Some states or jurisdictions
do not allow the exclusion or the limitation of liability for
consequential or incidental damages and, in such states or
jurisdictions, brandboom's liability shall be limited to the fullest
extent permitted by law.
12. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold brandboom, and its
directors, officers, employees and agents, harmless from and against
all claims, demands and lawsuits and resulting liabilities, damages,
losses, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and
costs, resulting from or arising out of your use of the Site or any of
the Services (including, without limitation, your uploading to the
Site or other distribution of any Content, or use of any trademark or
brand that infringes another's intellectual property rights), your
misuse of the Site or any of the Services, your sale of any product in
connection with your use of the Site or any of the Services or your
violation of this ToS.
13. General
You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or
agency relationship exists between you and brandboom. brandboom may
assign any of its rights or obligation under this ToS at any time to
any other person or entity without your consent. You may not assign
any of your rights or obligations under this ToS without brandboom's
prior written consent, and any unauthorized assignment by you shall be
null and void. If any part of this ToS is determined to be invalid or
unenforceable, then that portion shall be severed, and the remainder
of the ToS shall be given full force and effect. You agree that, in
the event any dispute or claim arises out of or relating to your use
of the Site or any of the Service, you and brandboom will attempt in
good faith to negotiate a written resolution. If the dispute remains
unresolved, you agree to join brandboom in mediation services in Los
Angeles, California with a mutually agreed upon mediator in an attempt
to resolve the dispute. You agree that, should you file any
arbitration claim, or any administrative or legal actions without
first having attempted to resolve the matter by mediation, then you
will not be entitled to recover attorneys' fees, even if you would
otherwise be entitled to them. In the event any litigation is brought
by either party in connection with this ToS, the prevailing party in
such litigation shall be entitled to recover from the other party all
the reasonable costs, attorneys' fees and other expenses incurred in
the litigation. Our failure to enforce any provision of this ToS shall
in no way be construed to be a present or future waiver of such
provision. The express waiver by us of any part of this ToS shall not
constitute a waiver of any future obligation to comply with that part
of the ToS. This ToS shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of California, United States of America
without regard to its conflicts of laws principles. Any legal
proceeding arising out of or relating to this ToS will be subject to
the exclusive jurisdiction of the California State and U.S. federal
courts located in Los Angeles County, California and you consent to
the personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts. You further agree
not to bring any claim on a class action basis. The United Nations
Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is
expressly disclaimed. This ToS, and all Seller's Account order forms
that you submit, along with all written addenda to this ToS between
brandboom and you, collectively constitute the entire agreement
between you and us with respect to the Site and the Services. In the
event of a conflict between the terms of this ToS and any Seller's
Account order form or any written addendum to this ToS, the terms of
the Seller's Account order form and/or the written addendum shall
control and prevail.