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Definitions. The following terms, when used in these Subscription Terms, will have the following meanings:
- “Agreement” means these Subscription Terms together with all Order Forms between Customer and Kumo and all terms referencing these Subscription Terms.
- “Authorized Users” means those users to which the Customer permits access and use of the Kumo Materials, for example, and not exclusion, as an End User meaning Customer’s employees, agents and contractors for their internal business purposes.
- “Customer Data” means data submitted by Customer to the Hosted Service and the Output.
- “Confidential Information” means any information of a confidential or non-public nature disclosed by one Party as a disclosing Party to the other Party as a receiving Party that is either designated as confidential or proprietary at the time of disclosure or should be reasonably understood to be confidential in light of the nature of the information or the circumstances surrounding disclosure.
- “Defect(s)” means reproducible errors so that the Hosted Service does not perform materially in accordance with the Documentation and this Agreement when used in accordance with this Agreement and the Documentation.
- “Documentation” means any digital instructions, on-line help files, technical documentation, user manuals or other materials made available by Kumo to Customer describing the specifications, features and functionality of the Hosted Service.
- “End User” means Customer’s use of the Kumo Materials for Customer’s internal business purposes and not for distribution or resale.
- “Feedback” means suggestions or comments for enhancements or improvements, new features or functionality or other feedback with respect to the Kumo Materials.
- “Hosted Service” means Kumo’s hosted software-as-a-service artificial intelligence platform identified on an Order Form, including all fixes, updates, upgrades and derivatives to the same made available to Customer.
- “Intellectual Property Rights” mean all intellectual property rights protected by law throughout the world, including all copyrights, trademark rights, patent rights (including the right to apply for), patent applications (including the right to claim priority under applicable international conventions), inventions (whether or not patentable), moral rights, know-how and trade secrets, as may exist now and hereafter come into existence.
- “Kumo Materials” means the Hosted Service, Documentation, Marks, software in object or source code form comprising the Hosted Service and any other materials or information (including Kumo’s Confidential Information) delivered or made available by Kumo under the Agreement, Feedback and Kumo Confidential Information, all alterations, modifications and derivatives thereof and all Intellectual Property Rights appurtenant thereto.
- “Marks” mean a Party’s trademarks, tradenames, logos and service marks and domain names.
- “Order Form” means a mutually executed order form which is governed by and incorporated into this Agreement or, if Customer purchases a subscription to use the Kumo Materials through a Kumo authorized channel partner or marketplace (collectively, “Channel Partner(s)”), the order form used by the Channel Partner which includes prices, payment, subscription term and other applicable terms will be agreed between Customer and the Channel Partner.
- “Order Term” means the term length specified in an applicable Order Form.
- “Output” means the output resulting from the processing of Customer Data on the Hosted Service, including but not limited to status and error messages, graphs or other visualizations, automatically generated hyperparameters of optimal machine learning mode architectures, evaluation metrics, data statistics and monitoring statistics excluding algorithms, artifacts, models, objects, or software that are part of the Hosted Service, used to generate any output from the Hosted Service or otherwise delivered as part of the Hosted Service.
- “Personal Data” is defined in and, as applicable, governed by Kumo’s Data Processing Addendum.
- “Taxes” mean any sales, use, withholding, VAT and other taxes or duties, however designated.
- “Use Limitations” means any use limitations or restrictions with respect to use of the Hosted Service as set forth in this Agreement or the applicable Order Form.
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Licenses; Access and Use; Services
- Kumo Materials. In consideration of the payment of all Fees, during the Order Term and subject to compliance with this Agreement and the Documentation, Kumo hereby grants to Customer a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, revocable, non-transferable right to: (a) access, use and permit its Authorized Users to access and use the Kumo Material for Customer’s internal business purposes and in accordance with the Documentation and any Use Limitations and, (b) to reproduce, without modification, and internally use a reasonable number of copies of the Documentation solely in connection with Customer’s authorized use of the Hosted Service. Customer will include on any copies it makes of the Documentation the copyright notices or proprietary legends contained within the same.
- Marks. Each Party grants the other Party the non-exclusive, limited, non-sublicensable, revocable non-transferable right to use its Marks in accordance with the applicable guidelines and prior written approval. A Party will not seek to register or otherwise use a mark similar to the other Party’s Mark or create confusion or diminish the value of the other Party’s Marks.
- Accounts. Kumo will set up an account and, as applicable, sub-accounts (collectively, “Accounts”) through which Authorized Users may access and use the Hosted Service. Customer will comply with all applicable terms and conditions and will protect all unique identifiers and passwords. Customer will notify Kumo immediately of any suspected or known unauthorized access or us of its Accounts in addition to the Channel Partner as required.
- Customer Limitations. The rights granted herein are subject to the following restrictions. Customer and its Authorized Users will not directly or indirectly:
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- Customer Responsibilities. Customer: (a) will prevent unauthorized access to or use of the Kumo Materials and notify Kumo promptly of any such unauthorized access or use thereof; (b) is responsible for obtaining and maintaining any equipment, software and ancillary services needed to connect to, access or otherwise use the Hosted Service, including as set forth in the Documentation, and Customer will be solely responsible for its failure to maintain such equipment, software and services, and Kumo will have no liability for such failure; and, (c) is responsible for any action or inaction with respect to the access to and use of Kumo Materials by any Authorized User and will be liable for all damages relating to, arising from or due to misuse or unauthorized use of the Accounts and Kumo Materials and for any such action or inaction to the same extent as if such action or inaction had been taken by Customer. Customer will assist Kumo, at Customer’s sole cost and expense, in the investigation, remediation and required notice or reporting of all such incidents.
- Fees and Payment. Customer will pay Kumo the Fees plus Taxes, in United States Dollars, within 30 days of the date of Kumo’s invoice (without set-off or deduction and are non-cancellable and non-refundable except as expressly stated in this Agreement) or as agreed with the Channel Partner. Customer will not withhold any Taxes from any amounts due to Kumo. Fees not paid timely accrue late charges at the maximum permitted by law or 1.5% compounded monthly. Kumo may suspend access to and use and support of the Kumo Materials if Customer fails to pay any amounts when due and payable in addition to all legal or equitable rights and remedies. Kumo reserves the right to increase the Fees effective at the start of the next renewal term, by providing written notice of such increase to Customer at least sixty (60) days prior to the end of the then-current term.
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Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality
- Proprietary Rights. As between the Parties, Kumo exclusively owns all right, title and interest in and to the Kumo Materials, all alterations, modifications and derivatives thereof and all Intellectual Property Rights appurtenant thereto; all of which are licensed and not sold or transferred. Customer exclusively owns all right, title and interest in and to Customer’s Confidential Information, Customer Data and Output. Except as expressly granted in this Agreement, Kumo does not grant to Customer or Customer any license or rights (by implication, estoppel, or otherwise) in the Kumo Materials, and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Kumo does not grant any licenses or rights to use any source code comprising, included in, or made available on the Kumo Materials. All rights not expressly granted herein are expressly reserved by Kumo. Customer acknowledges that Kumo may but is under no obligation to monitor Customer’s use of the Hosted Service.
- Confidentiality. Each Party agrees that it will use the Confidential Information of the other Party solely to perform its obligations and exercise its rights under the Agreement and it will not disclose, or permit to be disclosed, the same directly or indirectly, to any third party without the other Party’s prior written consent, except as otherwise permitted hereunder. However, either Party may disclose Confidential Information: (a) to its employees, officers, directors, attorneys, auditors, financial advisors and other representatives (collectively, “Representatives”) who have a need to know and are legally bound to keep such information confidential by confidentiality obligations with respect to the Confidential Information of the other Party consistent with those of this Agreement (provided that the Party disclosing the Confidential Information to its Representatives shall be responsible for any actions of its Representatives that would breach this Section if such Representatives were party to this Agreement and bound by the same); and (b) as required by law (in which case the receiving Party will provide the disclosing Party with prior written notification thereof except to the extent prohibited or restricted, will provide the disclosing Party with the opportunity to contest such disclosure). Neither Party will disclose the terms of the Agreement, to any third party, except that either Party may confidentially disclose such terms to actual or potential lenders, investors or acquirers. The obligations of confidentiality in this Section shall not apply to information that: (i) is or becomes generally known or publicly available through no fault of the receiving Party; (ii) was properly known by the receiving Party, without restriction, prior to disclosure by the disclosing Party; (iii) was properly disclosed to the receiving Party, without restriction, by another person with the legal authority to do so; or (iv) is independently developed by the receiving Party without use of or reference to the disclosing Party’s Confidential Information. Each Party agrees to exercise due care in protecting the Confidential Information of the other Party from unauthorized use and disclosure. In the event of actual or threatened breach of the provisions of this Section or the licenses contained herein, the non-breaching Party will be entitled to seek immediate injunctive and other equitable relief, without waiving any other rights or remedies available to it. Each Party will promptly notify the other in writing if it becomes aware of any violations of the confidentiality obligations set forth in this Agreement and will assist in the investigation, remediation and required reporting or notification.
- Acceptance; Support; Software Performance; Changes; Monitoring
- Disclaimers. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, THE KUMO MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, KUMO SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR SATISFACTORY QUALITY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IMPOSED BY CONTRACT, STATUTE, COURSE OF DEALING, CUSTOM OR USAGE, OR OTHERWISE. KUMO DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT THE KUMO MATERIALS OR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE HOSTED SERVICE, OR ANY OF THE DATA (INCLUDING CUSTOMER DATA), WILL BE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, OR ERROR-FREE. This warranty does not apply if the Kumo Materials: (a) are installed, accessed, used, repaired or maintained other than in accordance with this Agreement and the Documentation; (b) have been altered other than by Kumo; (d) to the extent use with software, hardware, networks and other services not provided by Kumo caused the Defect. Kumo is not liable for any warranties or other terms provided by Customer by Channel Partners which differ from or are in excess of the warranties provided by Kumo.
- Indemnification
- Limitation of Liability. UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, WILL KUMO BE LIABLE TO THE CUSTOMER UNDER THE AGREEMENT FOR: (A) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, COVER, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER, INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOST PROFITS, LOST SALES OR BUSINESS, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, LOST CONTENT OR DATA, EVEN IF KUMO HAS BEEN ADVISED, KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; OR (B) ANY DAMAGES, COSTS, OR LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNTS PAID BY CUSTOMER UNDER THE APPLICABLE ORDER FORM DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE INCIDENT OR CLAIM.
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