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6. TAXES AND DUTIES: In addition to any pric e specified herein, Buyer s hall pay
the gross amount of all present or future taxes, duties, fees, or other charges of any
nature (including, but not limited to, ad valorem, consumption, exc ise, franc hise, gross
receipts, import, license, property, sales, stamp, storage, transfer, turnover, use, or
value-added taxes, and any and all items of withholding, defic iency, penalty, addition
to tax, interest, or assess ment related thereto), applicable to the price or imposed by
any governmental authority of any country on Seller or its employees or
subcontractors due to the exec ution of any contract, sale or delivery of any products,
or the performance of any services furnished hereunder, or Buyer shall furnish Seller
with evidence of exemption acceptable to the taxing or customs authorities.
7. INDEMNITY: Notwithstanding any other provision of the Contract, in no event,
whether as a result of breach of contract, indemnity, warranty, tort (including
negligence), strict liability or otherwise, shall Seller have any liability to Buyer or its
insurers for any loss , damage, fines, penalties , or injury aris ing out of, connected with,
or resulting from the Contract, or from its performance or breach, or from the use or
consumption of the products or services by Buyer or any subsequent user of the
products or services. Buyer expressly agrees that as a condition of its purchase of
the products or services , Buyer shall indemnify and hold Seller harmless of, and from
any and all liability which may be ass erted against or incurred or suffered by Seller by
virtue of any suit or claim of any k ind arising out of, connected with, or resulting from
the Contract, or from its performance or breach, or from the use or c ons umption of the
products or services by Buyer or any subsequent user of the products or services,
including claims or suits for breach of contract, indemnity, warranty, tort (including
negligence), strict liability, or otherwise. Buyer shall pay any and all judgments
rendered against Seller as a result of the foregoing and shall pay all costs and
expenses incurred by Seller in defending any action brought against Seller as a result
thereof, including Seller’s reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses, expert witness
fees and expenses and court costs. If requested by Seller, Buyer shall, at its own cost
and expense, defend any and all such actions on Seller’s behalf, and agrees not to
take a position contrary to Seller’s interests.
8. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS: Buyer agrees to take suc h measures as may be
necessary to ensure that the disclosure of technical data complies with all export
control laws and regulations which may gov ern the disclosure. Buyer represents and
warrants that no technical data it receives from Seller which is subject to the export
control laws of the United States shall be exported from the United States or re-
exported to any other country without first complying with all U.S. export control laws
and regulations, including the requirement for obtaining an export license, if
applicable. Buyer shall be responsible for obtaining the appropriate U.S. export
license to ex port or re-export any s uch technic al data. Buyer s hall indemnify and hold
Seller harmless for all claims, demands, damages, costs, fines, penalties, attorney’s
fees, and all other expenses arising from Buy er’s failure to comply with this Section 8
and applicable export control laws and regulations.
Buyer certifies that the products, materials, services, technical data, software or
other information or assistance furnished by Seller under the Contract will not be (a)
used by any individual or entity listed as a prohibited party on any list of the U.S.
Government of prohibited or denied parties, (b) sent to any party in a country listed as
a prohibited country by the U.S. Government, or (c) used in the design, dev elopment,
production, stockpiling or use of chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons either by
Buyer or by any entity acting on Buyer’s behalf. In the event that Buyer uses any
product for a haz ardous application, or permits others to use any product for any suc h
application, Buyer accepts all responsibility, Seller shall have no liability for any
damages or injuries, and Buyer shall indemnify , defend and hold Seller harmless from
all claims, losses, damages and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
arising from any such use or hazardous application of any product. A hazardous
application is one in which any use, failure, malfunction or inaccuracy of a product
carries a risk of death or serious bodily injury.
9. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION: All information, suggestions or ideas
transmitted by Buy er to Seller in c onnection with performance hereunder are not to be
regarded as secret or submitted in confidence except as may be otherwise provided in
a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) signed by both parties.
10. PATENTS: Seller makes no warranty that Buyer will hold the products free of
claims of third parties, including claims of alleged patent, trademark, copyright, trade
secret or other intellectual property infringement. Seller specifically disclaims any
patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property indemnity or
warranty that may be expres sed or implied by any statute of any country, including the
Uniform Commercial Code.
11. SOFTWARE: Unless otherwise agreed in writing by Seller, there are no rights to
software granted to Buyer under this Contract. In the event that Buyer desires to
license any software used by Seller, Buy er must contact the owner of s uch software to
negotiate a software license agreement with such owner in order to use such s oftware.
Seller makes no representation that it is the owner or licensee of any software, or that
it has any right to sell, or grant any license to Buyer to use, any software.
12. MISCELLANEOUS: The delegation or assignment by Buyer of any or all of its
duties or rights hereunder without Seller's prior written consent shall be void. Any
representation, promise, warranty, course of dealing or trade usage not contained or
referenced herein will not be binding on Seller. These Terms and Conditions , inc luding
Seller’s quotation, collectively referred to herein as the “Contract”, contain the entire
and only agreement between Buyer and Seller respecting the terms and conditions
and supersedes and cancels all previous negotiations, agreements, commitments,
representations and writings in respect thereto. No modification, amendment,
rescission, waiver or other change shall be binding on Seller unless assented to in
writing by Seller. The validity, performance, and all matters relating to the
interpretation and effect of this Contract and any amendment hereof shall be
exclusively governed by the law of the State of New York, USA, without giv ing effect to
any conflicts of laws or choice of law rules that would apply the law of another
jurisdiction. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of
Goods shall not apply. The invalidity, in whole or part, of any of the articles or
paragraphs in these Terms and Conditions will not affect the remainder of such article
or paragraph or any other article or paragraph. Nothing in this Contract shall be
construed to impose any overall “system responsibility” on Seller or responsibility for
any goods in which Seller’s product is only a part or component.
Buyer shall not modify, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer (or in any
other manner attempt to decipher or analyze) or develop any goods or component
using or involv ing the product or using Seller’s information (inc luding but not limited to
such information imbedded within a produc t or component of a product sold by Seller),
except pursuant to a written agreement with Seller to do so. Buyer shall not use any
products or components of Seller to produce, mark et, or support its own goods, except
after purchasing such products or components from Seller or pursuant to a written
agreement with Seller to do so.
Any and all information related to, or arising out of, Seller’s Intellectual Property
or Improvements is deemed to be the information of Seller. “Intellectual Property”
means any patent, patent application, indus trial design, invention, des ign, trade secret,
idea, work, technology, innovation, c reation, concept, development drawing, research,
analysis, know-how, ex periment, c opy right, data, formula, method, proc edure, proc es s ,
system or technique and any right to apply for any of the foregoing. “Improvement”
means any modification, amendment, alteration, improvement, change, update,
upgrade, enhancement, deletion to, or derivative work of, the Intellectual Property of
Seller. Buyer agrees that it will not use any information of Seller or any Improvement
made by either party as a basis for the design or creation of any item, application or
software. All right, title and interest in and to the Intellectual Property of Seller and all
Improvements shall remain with, and vest exclusively in Seller. If any such right, title
or interest becomes vested in Buyer by operation of law or otherwise, Buyer will do
everything necessary, to vest all such right, title and interest in Seller. Buyer will
execute such further and other documents and do such further and other things as
may be necessary to carry out and give effect to the obligations contained in this
paragraph, provided however, neither party is obligated to enter into a further business
relationship with the other party.
Changes to the schedule or scope of work can only be made by mutual written
agreement of the parties. Seller is not obligated to proceed with any change or
additional work until an equitable adjustment of the contract price and schedule are
agreed to in writing.
The Contract cannot be canceled or terminated by Buyer in whole or in part
except with Seller's cons ent in writing and then only upon terms and conditions then to
be agreed upon which shall include reasonable termination charges. “Reasonable
termination charges” means the pro-rata share of the Contract price for the scope of
work performed, plus expenses resulting from cancellation or termination.
As used in the Contract and invoice, "including" means "including but not limited
to" the specifically enumerated things, states, or actions that follow the term; "or"
means "one or the other or all" of the specifically enumerated things, states, or ac tions
that follow the term; and "shall" or "will" means the listed duties or actions are
mandatory.
Articles 4 through 12, and any remaining payment obligations of Buyer, shall
survive termination of the Contract.