PLEASE READ THIS MARKETING AFFILIATE PROGRAM AGREEMENT CAREFULLY.
This is a contract between you (the “Affiliate”) and Namtarn Imports, LLC (“Namtarn”). It describes how we will work together and other aspects of our business relationship. It is a legal document so some of the language is necessarily “legalese” but we have tried to make it as readable as possible.
The Marketing Affiliate Program Agreement applies to your participation in our Marketing Affiliate Program (the “Affiliate Program”). These terms are so important that we cannot have you participate in our Affiliate Program unless you agree to them.
We periodically update these terms. We might also choose to replace these terms in their entirety if, for example, the Affiliate Program changes, ends, or becomes part of an existing program. If we update or replace the terms we or the Affiliate Tool will let you know via electronic means, which may include an in-app notification or by email. If you don’t agree to the update or replacement, you can choose to terminate as we describe below.
CONTINUING TO PROMOTE NAMTARN PRODUCTS AND RECEIVING COMMISSIONS FROM NAMTRAN AUTOMATICALLY CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO OPT OUT OF THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM.
1 Definitions
“Marketing Affiliate Program” means our marketing affiliate program as described in this Agreement.
“Affiliate Ancestor” means an active Namtarn Affiliate that is in the chain of Namtarn Affiliates of your Affiliate Parent, your Affiliate Parent’s Parent, and so on.
“Affiliate Candidate” means a person or an entity that has been referred to Namtarn by a valid Namtarn Affiliate to become a member of the Affiliate Program.
“Affiliate Child” means an active Namtarn Affiliate of whom you are the Affiliate Parent.
“Affiliate Descendent” means an active Namtarn Affiliate that is your Affiliate Child, or is the Child of your Affiliate Child, and so on.
“Affiliate Family” means other valid Namtarn Affiliates that are related to you as your Affiliate Parent, Affiliate Child, Affiliate Ancestors or Affiliate Descendants. .
“Affiliate Lead” means a customer prospect who clicks on the Affiliate Link that we have made available to you via the Affiliate Tool.
“Affiliate Link” and “Referral Link” means the unique tracking link you place on your site or promote through other channels.
“Affiliate Network” means the entire group of valid Namtarn Affiliates that are participating in the Affiliate Program.
“Affiliate Parent” means the Namtarn Affiliate that referred you to the Affiliate Program and is linked as such in the Affiliate Tool.
“Affiliate Policies” means the policies applicable to affiliates which we may make available to you from time to time.
“Affiliate Tool” means the tool that we make available to you upon your acceptance into the Affiliate Program and for you to use in order to participate in the Affiliate Program.
“Agreement” means this Marketing Affiliate Program Agreement and all materials referred or linked to in here.
“Commission” means an amount described in the Affiliate Tool for each Customer Transaction.
“Cookie Duration” means the amount of days the Affiliate Lead is assigned to the Namtarn Affiliate.
“Customer” means the authorized actual user of the Namtarn Products who has purchased or signed up for the Namtarn products after being an Affiliate Lead.
“Customer Transactions” means those transactions by Affiliate Leads that are eligible for Commission pursuant to the ‘Customer Transactions’ section of this Agreement. Customer Transactions may include customer purchases or customer signups, as further described in the Affiliate Tool.
“Customer Data” means all information that Customer submits or collects via the Namtarn Products and all materials that Customer provides or posts, uploads, inputs or submits for public display through the Namtarn Products.
“Namtarn Content” means all information, data, text, messages, software, sound, music, video, photographs, graphics, images, and tags that we incorporate into our services.
“Namtarn Products” means both the Subscription Service and Other Products.
“Other Products” means those products and services that we offer, which are not included in the Subscription Service (as detailed below); and, for the purposes of this Agreement, Other Products include all of our marketing software, legacy sales and marketing products, and any implementation, customization, training, consulting, additional support or other professional services, or fees for third-party products or services.
“We”, “us”, “our”, and “Namtarn” means Namtarn Imports, LLC.
“You”, “Marketing Affiliate”, and “Affiliate” means the party, other than Namtarn, entering into this Agreement and participating in the Marketing Affiliate Program.
2 Non-Exclusivity
This Agreement does not create an exclusive agreement between you and us. Both you and we will have the right to recommend similar products and services of third parties and to work with other parties in connection with the design, sale, installation, implementation and use of similar services and products of third parties.
3 Affiliate Acceptance
3.1 Affiliate Referral
To be eligible to be a Namtarn Affiliate you must meet the following criteria:
(i) A Namtarn employee or active and valid Namtarn Affiliate must submit your name to become an Affiliate Candidate, and
(ii) You must complete the Namtarn Affiliate application in its entirety, and
Iiii) You must agree to these terms.
Once you complete an application to become an Affiliate, we will review your application and notify you whether you have been accepted to participate in the Affiliate Program, or not. Before we accept an application, we may want to review your application with you, so we may reach out to you for more information. We may require that you complete certain requirements or certification(s) before we accept your application. If we do not notify you that you are accepted to participate in the Affiliate Program within thirty (30) days from your application, your application is considered to be rejected.
If you are accepted to participate in the Affiliate Program, then upon notification of acceptance, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall apply in full force and effect, until terminated, pursuant to the terms set forth below. Further, you will need to complete any enrollment criteria set out in the Program Policies Page, if applicable. Failure to complete any enrollment criteria within thirty (30) days of your acceptance will result in the immediate termination of this Agreement and you will no longer be able to participate in the Affiliate Program.
3.2 Affiliate Parent
The Namtarn Affiliate that referred you to the Affiliate Program will become your Affiliate Parent. Affiliate Parents also earn Commissions on your Referral Links per the Commission Schedule. In the event your Affiliate Parent is no longer eligible to participate in the Affiliate Program, Namtarn at their sole discretion will either assign you to a new Affiliate Parent or determine that you no longer require an Affiliate Parent. Regardless of if you have an Affiliate Parent or not, you will still be eligible to earn Commissions under this Agreement.
You will comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement at all times.
3.3 Affiliate Children
Once you are approved as a Namtarn Affiliate and after your Affiliate Links have contributed to the completion of Customer Transactions totaling one-thousand dollars (USD 1000) or more, excluding taxes and shipping, you are eligible to refer Affiliate Candidates to the Affiliate Program. This requirement may be waived by Namtarn at the sole discretion of Namtarn.
Once Affiliate Candidates that you recommended are approved under this agreement and become valid Namtarn Affiliates they will be entered into the system as your Affiliate Children. You will earn Commissions from the Affiliate Links of your Affiliate Children and Affiliate Descendents per the Commission Schedule.
Should you terminate your relationship as a Namtarn Affiliate, you will no longer receive Commissions for Commissions generated by your Affiliate Children and Affiliate Descendents.
Should two or more Namtarn Affiliates refer the same Affiliate Candidate, the Namtarn Affiliate that submitted the Affiliate Candidate first shall be designated as the Affiliate Parent.
Customer Transactions
3.4 Affiliate Program Limits
Each accepted Affiliate Lead will expire according to the information provided in the Affiliate Tool from the date the Affiliate Lead clicked on the Affiliate Link that was made available by you (“Cookie Duration”). We will pay you Commission as described in the Affiliate Tool for each new Customer who completes an applicable Customer Transaction after clicking on an Affiliate Lead made available by you, provided that you remain eligible to receive Commission pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
3.4.1 Eligibility
To be eligible for Commission
(i) an Affiliate Lead must be accepted and valid in accordance with the ‘Acceptance and Validity’ section,
(ii) a Customer Transaction must have occurred,
(iii) a Customer must not return the products within 30 days of the purchase.
You are not eligible to receive Commission or any other compensation from us based on transactions for Other Products or if:
(i) such compensation is disallowed or limited by federal, state or local law or regulation in the United States or the laws or regulations of your jurisdiction;
(ii) the applicable Customer objects to or prohibits such compensation or excludes such compensation from its payments to us or Namtarn Affiliates;
(iii) the Customer has paid or will pay such commissions, referral fees, or other compensation directly to you,
(iv) the Commission payment has been obtained by fraudulent means, misuse of the Affiliate Link, in violation of any Affiliate Program Policies that we make available to you, misuse of the Affiliate Tool or by any other means that we deem to breach the spirit of the Marketing Affiliate Program, or
(v). If at any point you are eligible to receive a revenue share payment or commission under another Program at Namtarn, that payment amount will not change based on your participation in the Affiliate Program. We may discontinue Commission payments should any of the eligibility criteria set forth in this subsection fail to be met at any time.
3.4.2 Acceptance and Validity
You will only be eligible for a Commission payment for any Customer Transactions that derived from Affiliate Leads generated by the Affiliate Link that we make available to you or your Affiliate Family and are accepted by Namtarn. An Affiliate Lead will be considered valid and accepted if, in our reasonable determination:
(i) it is a new or returning potential customer of ours, and
(ii) is not, at the time of submission or sixty (30) days prior one of our pre-existing customers, a lead generated by another Namtarn Affiliate through an Affiliate Link with the Cookie Duration, or involved in our active sales process.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may choose not to accept an Affiliate Lead in our reasonable discretion. If an Affiliate Lead does not purchase the Namtarn Product within the time period described on the Affiliate Tool of their first click on the Affiliate Link, you will not be eligible for a Commission payment, even if the Affiliate Lead decides to purchase after the time period has expired. An Affiliate Lead is not considered valid if it’s first click on the Affiliate Link is after this Agreement has expired or terminated.
3.5 Engagement with Prospects
Once we have received the Affiliate Lead information, we may elect to engage with the prospect directly, regardless of whether or not the Affiliate Lead is valid. If an Affiliate Lead is not valid then we may choose to maintain it in our database and we may choose to engage with such Affiliate Lead. Any engagement between Namtarn and an Affiliate Lead will be at Namtarn’s sole discretion.
3.6 Commission and Payment
In order to receive payment under this Agreement, you must have:
(i) agreed to the terms of this Agreement (generally completed through the Affiliate Tool);
(ii) completed all steps necessary to create your account in the Affiliate Tool in accordance with our directions,
(iii) have a valid and up-to-date payment method in the Affiliate Tool with such an account. This is accomplished by providing a valid PayPal email address in the Settings section of the Affiliate Tool.
(iv) completed any and all required tax documentation in order for the Affiliate Tool to process any payments that may be owed to you.
3.6.1 Requirements for Payment; Forfeiture
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if any of the requirements set forth in Commission and Payment section remain outstanding for three (3) months immediately following Commission Payment attempt, then your right to receive Commission arising from any and all Customer Transactions with the associated Customer will be forever forfeited (each, a “Forfeited Transaction”). We will have no obligation to pay you the Commission associated with a Forfeited Transaction. Once you comply with all of the requirements in section 5(a)(i-iv), then you will be eligible to receive Commission on Customer Transactions that take place after the Affiliate Account is restored..
3.6.2 Commission Payment
We or the Affiliate Tool will determine the currency in which we pay the Commission, as well as the applicable conversion rate. We will not pay more than one Commission payment or other similar referral fee on any given Customer Transaction (unless we choose to in our discretion).
Commission Payments are made in the month following the determination that the Eligibility requirements have been met (see Section 3.4.1). This allows Namtarn to ensure that there are no returns or disputes on the transaction. For clarity:
Example 1: If a Transaction took place on June 17, the thirty-day requirement would be satisfied on July 17. The Marketing Affiliate will receive the Commission payment in August.
Example 2: If a Transaction took place on January 31 in a non-leap-year year, the thirty-day requirement would be satisfied on march 2nd. The Marketing Affiliate will receive the Commission Payment in April.
Example 3: If a Transaction took place and the customer returns the product within the 30-day return window, no Commission payment will be sent to the Marketing Affiliate for that transaction.
3.6.3 Taxes
You are responsible for payment of all taxes and fees (including bank fees) applicable to the Commission. All amounts payable by us to you are subject to offset by us against any amounts owed by you to us. Commission Amounts. We reserve the right to alter or change the Commission amount as per the Affiliate Tool.
3.7 Training and Support
We may make available to you, without charge, various webinars and other resources made available as part of our Affiliate Program. If we make such resources available to you, you will encourage your sales representatives and/or other relevant personnel to participate in training and/or other certifications as we recommend and may make available to you from time-to-time. We may change or discontinue any or all parts of the Affiliate Program benefits or offerings at any time without notice.
3.8 Trademarks
You grant to us a nonexclusive, nontransferable, royalty-free right to use and display your trademarks, service marks and logos (“Affiliate Marks”) in connection with the Affiliate Program and this Agreement.
During the term of this Agreement, in the event that we make our trademark available to you within the Affiliate Tool, you may use our trademark as long as you follow the usage requirements in this section. You must: (i) only use the images of our trademark that we make available to you, without altering them in any way; (ii) only use our trademarks in connection with the Affiliate Program and this Agreement; (iii) comply with our vendor kit and Trademark Usage Guidelines; and (iv) immediately comply if we request that you discontinue use. You must not: (i) use our trademark in a misleading or disparaging way; (ii) use our trademark in a way that implies we endorse, sponsor or approve of your services or products; or (iii) use our trademark in violation of applicable law or in connection with an obscene, indecent, or unlawful topic or material.
4 Proprietary Rights
4.1 Namtarn’s Proprietary Rights
No license to any software is granted by this Agreement. The Namtarn Products and those we resell are protected by intellectual property laws. The Namtarn Products belong to and are the property of us or our licensors (if any). We retain all ownership rights in the Namtarn Products. You agree not to copy, rent, lease, sell, distribute, or create derivative works based on the Namtarn Content, or the Namtarn Products, or Namtarn partner products in whole or in part, by any means, except as expressly authorized in writing by us. Namtarn, the Namtarn logos, and other marks that we use from time to time are our trademarks and you may not use them without our prior written permission, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement.
We encourage all customers, affiliates and partners to comment on the Namtarn Products, provide suggestions for improving them, and vote on suggestions they like. You agree that all such comments and suggestions will be non-confidential and that we own all rights to use and incorporate them into the Namtarn Products, without payment to you.
4.2 Customer’s Proprietary Rights
As between you and Customer, Customer retains the right to access and use the Customer portal associated with the Namtarn Products. For the avoidance of doubt, Customer will own and retain all rights to the Customer Data.
4.3 Confidentiality
As used herein, “Confidential Information” means all confidential information disclosed by a party (“Disclosing Party”) to the other party (“Receiving Party”), (i) whether orally or in writing, that is designated as confidential, and (ii) Namtarn customer and prospect information, whether or not otherwise designated as confidential. Confidential Information does not include any information that (i) is or becomes generally known to the public without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party or (ii) was known to the Receiving Party prior to its disclosure by the Disclosing Party without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party. The Receiving Party shall: (i) protect the confidentiality of the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party using the same degree of care that it uses with its own confidential information, but in no event less than reasonable care, (ii) not use any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party for any purpose outside the scope of this Agreement, (iii) not disclose Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to any third party, and (iv) limit access to Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to its employees, contractors and agents. The Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party if required to do so under any federal, state, or local law, statute, rule or regulation, subpoena or legal process.
4.4 Opt Out and Unsubscribing
You will comply promptly with all opt out, unsubscribe, “do not call” and “do not send” requests. For the duration of this Agreement, you will establish and maintain systems and procedures appropriate to effectuate all opt out, unsubscribe, “do not call” and “do not send” requests.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION MAY RESULT IN IMMEDIATE TERMINATION FOR CAUSE.
5 Term and Termination
5.1 Term
This Agreement will apply for as long as you participate in the Affiliate Program, until terminated.
5.2 Termination Without Cause
Both you and we may terminate this Agreement on fifteen (15) days written notice to the other party.
Termination for Agreement Changes
If we update or replace the terms of this Agreement, you may terminate this Agreement on five (5) days written notice to us, provided that you send us written notice within ten (10) days after we send you notice of the change.
5.3 Termination for Cause
We may terminate this Agreement:
(i) upon thirty (30) days’ notice to you of a material breach if such breach remains uncured at the expiration of such period,
(ii) upon fifteen (15) days notice to you of non-payment of any amount due to us if such amount remains unpaid at the expiration of such period,
(iii) immediately, if you become the subject of a petition in bankruptcy or any other proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership, liquidation or assignment for the benefit of creditors,
(iv) immediately, if you breach the terms applicable to your subscription with us (if you have one), including if you default on your payment obligations to us or our affiliate, or
(v) immediately, if we determine that you are acting, or have acted, in a way that has or may negatively reflect on or affect us, our prospects, or our customers.
5.4 Effects of Expiration/Termination
Expiration of this Agreement, and termination of this Agreement:
(i) without cause by us,
(ii) by you with cause,
(iii) by you according to the ‘Termination for Agreement Changes’ section, shall not affect our obligation to pay you a Commission, so long as the related payment by the Customer Transaction is recognized by us within thirty (30) days after the date of such termination or expiration.
We will not pay you fees on Customer Transactions recognized by us after thirty (30) days after the date of such termination or expiration set out above. Provided however, in the event of termination without cause by you, or for cause by us, our obligation to pay and your right to receive any Commission will terminate upon the date of such termination, regardless of whether you would have otherwise been eligible to receive Commission prior to the date of termination.
Except as expressly set forth in this section, you are not eligible to receive a Commission payment after expiration or termination of this Agreement. Upon termination or expiration, you will discontinue all use of and delete the Affiliate Tool that we make available to you for your participation in the Affiliate Program. Upon termination or expiration, an Affiliate Lead is not considered valid, and we may choose to maintain it in our database and engage with such a prospect.
Upon termination or expiration, you will immediately discontinue all use of our trademark and references to this Affiliate Program from your website(s) and other collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, termination or expiration of this Agreement shall not cause a Customer’s subscription agreement to be terminated.
6 Affiliate Representations and Warranties
You represent and warrant that:
(i) you have all sufficient rights and permissions to participate in the Affiliate Program and to provision Namtarn with Affiliate Lead’s for our use in sales and marketing efforts or as otherwise set forth in this Agreement,
(ii) your participation in this Affiliate Program will not conflict with any of your existing agreements or arrangements; and
(iii) you own or have sufficient rights to use and to grant to us our right to use the Affiliate Marks.
You further represent and warrant that:
(i) you will ensure that you are compliant with any trade or regulatory requirements that may apply to your participation in the Affiliate Program (for example, by clearly stating you are a Namtarn Affiliate on any website(s) you own where you make an Affiliate Link available);
(ii) you will accurately provide in the Affiliate Tool all websites and domains you own where you intend to use Affiliate Links to generate Affiliate Leads;
(iii) you will not purchase ads that direct to your site(s) or through an Affiliate Link that could be considered as competing with Namtarn’s own advertising, including, but not limited to, our branded keywords;
(iv) you will not participate in cookie stuffing or pop-ups, false or misleading links are strictly prohibited;
(v) you will not attempt to mask the referring URL information;
(vi) you will not use your own Affiliate Link to purchase Namtarn products for yourself; and
(vii) you will not use any mechanisms to deliver leads other than through an intended consumer. This includes sourcing leads through compilations of personal data such as phonebooks, using fake redirects or other tools or automation devices to generate leads (including but not limited to robots, lframes, or hidden frames), or offering incentives to encourage purchases or signups.
7 Indemnification
You will indemnify, defend and hold us harmless, at your expense, against any third-party claim, suit, action, or proceeding (each, an “Action”) brought against us (and our officers, directors, employees, agents, service providers, licensors, and affiliates) by a third party not affiliated with us to the extent that such Action is based upon or arises out of (a) your participation in the Affiliate Program, (b) our use of the prospect data you provided us, (c) your noncompliance with or breach of this Agreement, (d) your use of the Affiliate Tool, or (e) our use of the Affiliate Marks. We will: notify you in writing within thirty (30) days of our becoming aware of any such claim; give you sole control of the defense or settlement of such a claim; and provide you (at your expense) with any and all information and assistance reasonably requested by you to handle the defense or settlement of the claim. You shall not accept any settlement that (i) imposes an obligation on us; (ii) requires us to make an admission; or (iii) imposes liability not covered by these indemnifications or places restrictions on us without our prior written consent.
8 Disclaimers; Limitations of Liability
8.1 Disclaimer of Warranties
WE AND OUR AFFILIATED COMPANIES AND AGENTS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, SECURITY OR ACCURACY OF THE Namtarn PRODUCTS, Namtarn CONTENT, THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM OR THE AFFILIATE TOOL FOR ANY PURPOSE. APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (APIs) AND THE AFFILIATE TOOL MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE Namtarn PRODUCTS AND AFFILIATE TOOL ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THE Namtarn PRODUCTS AND THE AFFILIATE TOOL INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
8.2 No Indirect Damages
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
8.3 Limitation of Liability
IF, NOTWITHSTANDING THE OTHER TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, WE ARE DETERMINED TO HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY, THE PARTIES AGREE THAT OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE TOTAL COMMISSION AMOUNTS YOU HAVE ACTUALLY EARNED FOR THE RELATED CUSTOMER TRANSACTIONS IN THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO A CLAIM.
8.4 Affiliate Tool
WE DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE AFFILIATE TOOL THAT YOU USE. WE DO NOT PROMISE TO MAKE THE AFFILIATE TOOL AVAILABLE TO YOU, AND WE MAY CHOOSE TO DO SO, OR NOT TO DO SO, IN OUR DISCRETION.
8.5 Cookie Duration
COOKIES USED AS PART OF THE AFFILIATE TOOL HAVE A SET DURATION. IF A POTENTIAL CUSTOMER CLEARS THEIR COOKIES DURING THIS PERIOD, Namtarn SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY COMMISSIONS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN OWED TO YOU.
9 General
9.1 Amendment; No Waiver
We may update and change any part or all of this Agreement, including by replacing it in its entirety. If we update or change this Agreement, the updated Agreement will be made available to you via the Affiliate Tool and/or by email. The updated Agreement will become effective and binding on the next business day after we or the Affiliate Tool have notified you. When we change this Agreement, the “Last Modified” date above will be updated to reflect the date of the most recent version at https://legal.Namtarn.com/marketing-affiliate-program-agreement. We encourage you to review this Agreement periodically. If you don’t agree to the update, change or replacement, you can choose to terminate as we describe above. No delay in exercising any right or remedy or failure to object will be a waiver of such right or remedy or any other right or remedy. A waiver on one occasion will not be a waiver of any right or remedy on any future occasion.
9.2 Applicable Law
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. In the event either of us initiates an action in connection with this Agreement or any other dispute between the parties, the exclusive venue and jurisdiction of such action shall be in the state and federal courts in Las Vegas, Nevada.
9.3 Force Majeure
Neither party will be responsible for failure or delay of performance if caused by: an act of war, hostility, or sabotage; act of God; electrical, internet, or telecommunication outage that is not caused by the obligated party; government restrictions; or other event outside the reasonable control of the obligated party. Each party will use reasonable efforts to mitigate the effect of a force majeure event.
9.4 Actions Permitted
Except for actions for nonpayment or breach of a party’s proprietary rights, no action, regardless of form, arising out of or relating to this Agreement may be brought by either party more than one (1) year after the cause of action has accrued.
9.5 Relationship of the Parties
Both you and we agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and us as a result of this Agreement.
9.6 Compliance with Applicable Laws
You shall comply, and shall ensure that any third parties performing sales or referral activities on your behalf comply, with all applicable foreign and domestic laws (including without limitation export laws and laws applicable to sending of unsolicited email), governmental regulations, ordinances, and judicial administrative orders. You shall not engage in any deceptive, misleading, illegal or unethical marketing activities, or activities that otherwise may be detrimental to us, our customers, or to the public. Export laws and regulations of the United States and any other relevant local export laws and regulations may apply to the Namtarn Products. You will comply with the sanctions programs administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury. You will not directly or indirectly export, re-export, or transfer the Namtarn Products to prohibited countries or individuals or permit use of the Namtarn Products by prohibited countries or individuals.
9.7 Severability
If any part of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable by applicable law, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of this Agreement will continue in effect.
9.8 Notices
Notice will be sent to the contact address set forth herein (as such may be changed by notice given to the other party), and will be deemed delivered as of the date of actual receipt.
To Namtarn, Inc.: Namtarn, Inc., 25 First Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02141, U.S.A. Attention: General Counsel
To you: your address as provided in our affiliate account information for you.
We may give electronic notices specific to you by email to your e-mail address(es) on record in our account information for you. We may give notice to you by telephone calls to the telephone numbers on record in our account information for you.
10 Entire Agreement
This Agreement is the entire agreement between us for the Affiliate Program and supersedes all other proposals and agreements, whether electronic, oral or written, between us. We object to and reject any additional or different terms proposed by you, including those contained in your purchase order, acceptance or website. Our obligations are not contingent on the delivery of any future functionality or features of the Namtarn Products or dependent on any oral or written public comments made by us regarding future functionality or features of the Namtarn Products. It is the express wish of both you and us that this Agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English. We might make versions of this Agreement available in languages other than English. If we do, the English version of this Agreement will govern our relationship and the translated version is provided for convenience only and will not be interpreted to modify the English version of this Agreement.
11 Assignment
You will not assign or transfer this Agreement, including any assignment or transfer by reason of merger, reorganization, sale of all or substantially all of its assets, change of control or operation of law, without our prior written consent. We may assign this Agreement to any affiliate or in the event of merger, reorganization, sale of all or substantially all of our assets, change of control or operation of law.
12 No Third Party Beneficiaries
Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any person or entity (other than the parties hereto) any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
13 Program Policies Page
We may change the Program Policies from time to time. Your participation in the Affiliate Program is subject to the Program Policies, which are incorporated herein by reference
No Licenses. We grant to you only the rights and licenses expressly stated in this Agreement, and you receive no other rights or licenses with respect to us, the Namtarn Products, our trademarks, or any other property or right of ours.
14 Sales by Namtarn
This Agreement shall in no way limit our right to sell the Namtarn Products, directly or indirectly, to any current or prospective customers.
15 Authority
Each party represents and warrants to the other that it has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and that it is binding upon such party and enforceable in accordance with its terms.
Survival. The following sections shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement: ‘Commission and Payment’, ‘Proprietary Rights’, ‘Confidentiality’, ‘Effects of Termination/Expiration’, ‘Indemnification’, ‘Disclaimers; Limitation of Liability’, ‘Non-Solicitation’ and ‘General’.
16 Data Processing and Protection
The parties acknowledge that in connection with the Marketing Affiliate Program, each party may provide or make available to the other party Personal Data. To the extent that any Personal Data is processed in connection with the Project the terms set forth in the Namtarn Business Partner Data Processing Agreement (posted at: https://legal.Namtarn.com/business-partner-dpa), which are hereby incorporated by reference, shall apply. Each party shall process the copy of the Personal Data in its possession or control: (i) in accordance with the Namtarn Business Partner DPA (ii) as an independent controller (not as a joint controller with the other party) (iii) for the purposes described in this Agreement; and/or (iv) as may otherwise be permitted under Applicable Data Protection Law. For the avoidance of doubt and without prejudice to the foregoing, Namtarn shall be an independent controller of any Personal Data that it receives or shares with Affiliate.