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Work-At-Home-Search.com
Affiliate
Agreement
1.
AGREEMENT By completing and sending in the accompanying
registration form you are agreeing to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, and entering into a legal agreement with The Fusion Network, LLC.. ("Work-At-Home-Search.com"), which
contains all of the terms and conditions below and governs your
participation in the Work-At-Home-Search.com Web Search (as defined
below) Affiliate program.
2. DEFINITIONS For purposes of this Agreement, the following
terms will have the indicated meanings:
1.Affiliate: The name of the company or individual or other
corporate entity provided in the registration form.
2.Affiliate's
Web Site:
The web pages of Affiliate, as indicated in Affiliate's registration
form "URL of Site."
3.Click-Through:
When a user of Affiliate's Web Site enters text into the window of
the Search Box and then clicks the button on the Search Box to
submit a search request to the Search Engine and a valid search
request is received at the Search Engine.
4.
Work-At-Home-Search.com Services:
Includes Web Search only.
5.
Licensed Materials:
The Search Links and the software code, functionality and/or URL's
that enable a user of Search Links to access the Work-At-Home-Search.com
Services.
6.Search
Box: The
Work-At-Home-Search.com graphical element containing one or more of
the Work-At-Home-Search.com trademarks, service marks and/or trade
names, where users enter search queries in order to receive Search
Results from the Search Engine.
7.Search
Engine:
Work-At-Home-Search.com’s proprietary technology for searching for
Web sites ("Web Search") on the World Wide Web for
organizing information available through the World Wide Web, and for
providing search results to users who request such information.
8.
Search Links:
Refers collectively to Content Related Links and Search Boxes.
9.
Search Box Fill In:
The space in or on the Work-At-Home-Search.com Search Box
that holds the search term.
3.GRANT
OF LICENSE
1.License:
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Work-At-Home-Search.com
grants to Affiliate a limited, non-exclusive, non-assignable,
non-transferable, non-sub-licensable royalty-free license during the
term of this Agreement to display the Licensed Materials on
Affiliate's Web Site, solely in connection with the exercise of
Affiliate's rights under this Agreement.
2.Use:
Affiliate
shall apply, use, display and reproduce the Licensed Materials, in
the size, place, and manner Work-At-Home-Search.com may indicate
from time to time, on Affiliate's Web Site and related materials.
Affiliate shall display such Licensed Materials only in a manner
that complies in all material respects with Work-At-Home-Search.com’s
Usage Guidelines attached hereto as Exhibit B, and as modified from
time to time by Work-At-Home-Search.com in its sole discretion.
3.Ownership:
Affiliate acknowledges that all right, title and interest in the
Licensed Materials are exclusively owned by Work-At-Home-Search.com
and/or its licensors, and that no right other than the limited
license granted herein is provided to Affiliate. Affiliate shall not
assert copyright, trademark or other intellectual property ownership
or other proprietary rights in the Licensed Materials or in any
element, derivation, adaptation, variation or name thereof. Without
limiting the foregoing, Affiliate hereby assigns to Work-At-Home-Search.com
all worldwide right, title and interest in the Licensed Materials
and in any material objects consisting of the Licensed Materials
and/or any Work-At-Home-Search.com trademark, trade name or service
mark.
4.Ownership
of Goodwill:
Affiliate agrees that its use of the Licensed Materials, including
all Work-At-Home-Search.com trademarks, service marks and/or trade
names incorporated therein, inures to the benefit of Work-At-Home-Search.com.
All goodwill or reputation in the Licensed Materials shall
automatically vest in Work-At-Home-Search.com when the Licensed
Materials are used by Affiliate pursuant to this Agreement.
Affiliate shall not contest the validity of any of the Work-At-Home-Search.com
trademarks, service marks or trade names or Work-At-Home-Search.com’s
exclusive ownership of them. During the term of this Agreement,
Affiliate shall not adopt, use, or register, or apply for
registration of, whether as a corporate name, trademark, service
mark or other indication of origin, any of the Work-At-Home-Search.com
trademarks, service marks or trade names, or any word or mark
confusingly similar to them in any jurisdiction.
5.
Search Box Fill In:
Affiliate agrees to obtain prior written permission from
Work-At-Home-Search.com before adding or using a pre-filled search
box.
4.WORK-AT-HOME-SEARCH.COM'S
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1.Search
Box, Content Related Link:
Work-At-Home-Search.com will provide to Affiliate a Search Box or a
Content Related Link that will (i) in the case of a Search Box,
enable a user of Affiliate's Web Site to type in a search query that
will enable users of Affiliate's Web Site to access the Search
Engine.
2.Work-At-Home-Search.com
Placement at Affiliate's Site:
The Search Box(es) will be displayed on Affiliate's Web Site, in a
form, manner and presentation in accordance with the Usage
Guidelines attached hereto as Exhibit B and instructions posted by
Work-At-Home-Search.com, as modified by Work-At-Home-Search.com from
time to time.
5.
AFFILIATE'S RESPONSIBILITIES
1.Affiliate's
Implementation Responsibilities:
Affiliate shall enable users of Affiliate's Web Site to enter search
queries at a Search Link and access Web Search.
2.Changes:
Affiliate shall not change the Licensed Materials or any other
material that may be licensed to Affiliate.
3.Affiliate's
Site:
Affiliate agrees that it is solely responsible for the development,
maintenance and operation of Affiliate's Web Site and for all
materials and content that appear on Affiliate's Web Site.
4.Publicity:
Affiliate may not create, publish, or distribute any item that
references Work-At-Home-Search.com without first submitting those
items to Work-At-Home-Search.com and receiving Work-At-Home-Search.com's
written consent. Affiliate
may not issue any press release or other public statements regarding
this Agreement without Work-At-Home-Search.com's prior written
approval. The failure
to obtain the prior written approval of Work-At-Home-Search.com
shall be deemed a material breach of this Agreement.
6.
CONSIDERATION
1.Consideration:
Work-At-Home-Search.com will pay Affiliate a commission of $.25 per
unique search utilizing the search box Affiliate's embedded
identifying code. This commission shall be paid via a instant credit
to Affiliates advertising account with Work-At-Home-Search.com
The amount and manner of payment will be a the sole
discretion of Work-At-Home-Search.com.
Work-At-Home-Search.com has no obligation to pay Affiliate
for commissions for any search queries from the Search Box that were
not generated by means of a valid search request or do not otherwise
fit the definition of a Click-Through.
2.
Payments:
Made to affiliates located outside the United States of America via
credit to their Work-At-home-Search.com advertising account.
3.Reporting:
Work-At-Home-Search.com
will provide Affiliate with the ability to obtain a password that
will enable Affiliate to enter a password-protected site or an area
of a site communicated to Affiliate by Work-At-Home-Search.com.
Affiliate may use the password to log in to that site solely to
access information about the number of times the Search Box on
Affiliate's Web Site has generated a unique search. Affiliate
understands and agrees that Work-At-Home-Search.com pays commissions
based only on unique searches and that the number of search requests
generated may not be the same as the number of searches qualifying
for a commission.
7.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
1.Work-At-Home-Search.com
Warranties:
Work-At-Home-Search.com represents and warrants that it has full
power and authority to enter into this Agreement. Work-At-Home-Search.com
does not warrant that the Search Engine or the Licensed Materials
will meet all of Affiliate's requirements or that performance of the
Search Engine or Licensed Materials will be uninterrupted or
error-free. WORK-AT-HOME-SEARCH.COM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
CONTENT PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES (INCLUDING ADVERTISERS), OR FOR
ANY THIRD PARTY SITES THAT CAN BE LINKED TO FROM THE SEARCH RESULTS.
WORK-AT-HOME-SEARCH.COM AND ITS LICENSORS MAKE NO OTHER WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR USE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
2.Affiliate
Warranties:
Affiliate represents and warrants that: (i) it has full power and
authority to enter into this Agreement, (ii) the content on
Affiliate's Web Site, and/or the technology used by Affiliate in
connection with Affiliate's Web Site and/or the means by which users
access Affiliate's Web Site (a) are owned, validly licensed for use
by Affiliate or in the public domain; (b) do not constitute
defamation, libel, obscenity; (c) do not violate applicable law or
regulations; (d) do not
infringe or violate any copyright, patent, trademark or other
similar intellectual property right, or otherwise violate or breach
any duty toward, or rights of any person or entity, including
without limitation, rights of privacy and publicity; and (e) do not
result in any consumer fraud, product liability, breach of contract
to which Affiliate is a party or cause injury to any third party.
8.
CONFIDENTIALITY
1.During
the term of this Agreement, Affiliate may have access to certain
non-public information of Work-At-Home-Search.com, which information
a reasonable person would consider confidential or which is marked
as "confidential" or "proprietary" by
Work-At-Home-Search.com ("Confidential Information").
Confidential Information does not include information that is
generally known and available, or in the public domain through no
fault of Affiliate's. Affiliate agrees (i) not to disclose any
Confidential Information to any third parties, (ii) not to use any
Confidential Information for any purposes except to carry out its
rights and responsibilities under this Agreement and (iii) to keep
the Confidential Information confidential using the same degree of
care Affiliate uses to protect its own confidential information, as
long as it uses at least reasonable care. Each party acknowledges
and agrees that due to the unique nature of the Confidential
Information, there can be no adequate remedy at law for any breach
of its obligations hereunder, that any such breach may allow one
party or third parties to unfairly compete with the other party
resulting in irreparable harm to non-breaching party and, therefore,
that upon any such breach or threat thereof, the non-breaching party
shall be entitled to injunctions and other appropriate equitable
relief in addition to whatever remedies it may have at law. In
addition, if the non-breaching party prevails in any legal dispute
hereunder, it shall be entitled to collect its reasonable attorneys'
fees and expenses. The sole jurisdiction and venue for actions
related to the subject matter hereof shall be the North Carolina
state and U.S. federal courts having within their jurisdiction the
location of Work-At-Home-Search.com's principal place of business.
Each party consents to the jurisdiction of such courts. All
obligations under this Section 8 survive for 3 years after
termination of the Agreement.
9.
INDEMNIFICATION
1.
Work at Home Search.com Indemnification:
Work-At-Home-Search.com shall defend and/or settle, and pay damages
awarded pursuant to, any third party claim brought against
Affiliate, which alleges facts that would constitute a breach of any
warranty or representation made by Work-At-Home-Search.com under
this Agreement; provided that Affiliate promptly notifies
Work-At-Home-Search.com in writing of any such claim, promptly
tenders the control of the defense and settlement of any such claim
to Work-At-Home-Search.com (at Work-At-Home-Search.com's expense and
with Work-At-Home-Search.com's choice of counsel), and cooperates
fully with Work-At-Home-Search.com (at Work-At-Home-Search.com's
request and expense) in defending or settling such claim, including
but not limited to providing any information or materials necessary
for Work-At-Home-Search.com to perform the foregoing.
2.Affiliate
Indemnification:
Affiliate shall defend and/or settle, and pay damages awarded
pursuant to, any third party claim brought against Work-At-Home-Search.com,
which would constitute a breach of any warranty, representation or
covenant made by Affiliate under this Agreement; provided that
Work-At-Home-Search.com promptly notifies Affiliate in writing of
any such claim and promptly tenders the control of the defense and
settlement of any such claim to Affiliate at Affiliate's expense and
with Affiliate's choice of counsel. Work-At-Home-Search.com shall
cooperate with Affiliate, at Affiliate's expense, in defending or
settling such claim. Affiliate will not enter into any settlement or
compromise of any such claim without Work-At-Home-Search.com's prior
consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
3.Limitation
of Liability:
EXCEPT FOR LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO BREACH OF THE
CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISIONS HEREIN OR OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 9,
NEITHER PARTY OR ANY OF WORK-AT-HOME-SEARCH.COM'S LICENSORS WILL BE
LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE
GOODS OR SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOST DATA, HOWEVER
CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO CONTRACT, PRODUCTS LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY AND NEGLIGENCE,
AND WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY WAS OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OR
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. IN NO EVENT WILL
WORK-AT-HOME-SEARCH.COM'S LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT
EXCEED THE NET AMOUNT PAYABLE TO AFFILIATE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT
DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE THE CAUSE OF ACTION
AROSE.
10.
TERM
1.Term:
The term of this Agreement (the "Term") shall commence on
the date Affiliate agrees to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement (by initiating a new account) and shall continue in force
thereafter, unless earlier terminated as provided herein.
2.Termination
for Breach: If
Affiliate breaches any covenant, representation and/or warranty of
this Agreement, or if Affiliate engages in any action that, in
Work-At-Home-Search.com's sole discretion, reflects poorly on
Work-At-Home-Search.com or otherwise disparages or devalues
Work-At-Home-Search.com's trademarks, service marks, tradename,
reputation or goodwill, Work-At-Home-Search.com may terminate the
Agreement immediately without notice to Affiliate.
3.Termination
for Convenience:
Either party may terminate this Agreement wthout notice to the other
party for any reason.
4.Termination
Due to Insolvency:
Either party may suspend performance and/or terminate this Agreement
if the other party makes any assignment for the benefit of creditors
or has any petition under bankruptcy law filed against it, which
petition is not dismissed within 60 days of such filing, or has a
trustee or receiver appointed for its business or assets or any
party thereof.
5.Effect
of Termination:
Upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason (i) all
license rights granted herein shall terminate immediately, and
Affiliate shall immediately cease use of the Licensed Materials and
of all Work-At-Home-Search.com trademarks, service marks and
tradenames incorporated in the Licensed Materials.
11.MISCELLANEOUS
1.Survival.
In the event of any termination or expiration of this Agreement for
any reason, Sections 3.3, 3.4, 7, 8, 9, 10.5 and 11 shall survive
termination.
2.
Notice. Any
notice required for or permitted by this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed delivered if delivered as indicated: (i)
by personal delivery when delivered personally, (ii) by overnight
courier upon written verification of receipt, (iii) by telecopy or
facsimile transmission when confirmed by telecopier or facsimile
transmission report, (iv) by certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested, upon verification of receipt; or (v) by the same
day, when delivered by email. All notices must be sent to the
addresses first described above, or to such other address that the
receiving party may have provided for the purpose of notice in
accordance with this Section.
3.
Assignment. Neither
party may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this
Agreement without the other party's prior written consent, except to
the surviving entity in a merger or consolidation in which it
participates or to a purchaser of all or substantially all of its
assets, so long as such surviving entity or purchaser shall
expressly assume in writing the performance of all of the terms of
this Agreement.
4.
No Third Party Beneficiaries. All
rights and obligations of the parties hereunder are personal to
them. This Agreement is
not intended to benefit, nor shall it be deemed to give rise to, any
rights in any third party.
5.
Governing Law. This
Agreement will be governed and construed, to the extent applicable,
in accordance with United States law, and otherwise, in accordance
with North Carolina law, without regard to conflict of law
principles. Except for
requests for injunctive relief, any dispute or claim arising out of
or in connection with this Agreement shall be finally settled by
binding arbitration in Hoke County, North Carolina under the
Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association by one
arbitrator appointed in accordance with said rules.
Judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be
entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
6.
Independent Contractors.
The parties are independent contractors. This Agreement shall not be
construed to create a joint venture or partnership between the
parties. Neither party
shall be deemed to be an employee, agent, partner or legal
representative of the other for any purpose and neither shall have
any right, power or authority to create any obligation or
responsibility on behalf of the other.
7.
Force Majeure. Neither
party shall be liable hereunder by reason of any failure or delay in
the performance of its obligations (except for the payment of money)
on account of strikes, shortages, riots, insurrection, fires, flood,
storm, explosions, earthquakes, Internet outages, acts of God, war,
governmental action, or any other cause that is beyond the
reasonable control of such party.
8.
Compliance with Law. Each
party shall be responsible for compliance with all applicable laws,
rules and regulations, if any, related to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement.
9.
Entire Agreement. This
Agreement (including the Agreement, these Terms and Conditions and
all exhibits, riders and mock ups attached thereto) constitutes the
entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof. This
Agreement supersedes, and the terms of this Agreement govern, any
other prior or collateral agreements (including without limitation,
any warranties) with respect to the subject matter hereof.
Any amendments to this Agreement must be in writing and
executed by an officer of the parties.
10.
Severability. If
any provision of this Agreement is held or made invalid or
unenforceable for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the
remainder of this Agreement, and the invalid or unenforceable
provisions shall be replaced by a mutually acceptable provision,
which being valid, legal and enforceable comes closest to the
original intentions of the parties hereto and has like economic
effect.
11.
Waiver. The
terms or covenants of this Agreement may be waived only by a written
instrument executed by the party waiving compliance.
The failure of either party at any time or times to require
performance of any provision hereof shall in no manner affect the
right at a later time to enforce the same.
No waiver by either party of the breach of any term or
covenant contained in this Agreement, whether by conduct or
otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or
construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such breach or a
waiver of the breach of any other term or covenant contained in this
Agreement.
12.
Section Headings.
The section headings contained herein are for reference purposes
only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation
of this Agreement.
WORK-AT-HOME-SEARCH.COM
USAGE GUIDELINES
1.You
may use the Licensed Materials solely for the purpose authorized
herein by Work-At-Home-Search.com and only in compliance with the
specifications, directions, information and standards supplied by
Work-At-Home-Search.com and modified by Work-At-Home-Search.com from
time to time.
2.You
agree to comply with any requirements established by Work-At-Home-Search.com
concerning the style, design, display and use of the Licensed
Materials; to correctly use the trademark symbol ™ or registration
symbol ® with every use of the trademarks, service marks and/or
tradenames as part of the Licensed Materials as instructed by
Work-At-Home-Search.com; to use the registration symbol ® upon
receiving notice from Work-At-Home-Search.com of registration of any
trademarks, service marks and/or tradenames that are part of the
Licensed Materials.
3.You
may not alter the Licensed Materials in any manner, or use the
Licensed Materials in any manner that may dilute, diminish, or
otherwise damage Work-At-Home-Search.com's rights and goodwill in
any Work-At-Home-Search.com trademark, tradename and/or service mark
that are part of the Licensed Materials.
4.You
may not use the Licensed Materials in any manner that implies
sponsorship or endorsement by Work-At-Home-Search.com of services
and products other than those provided by Work-At-Home-Search.com.
5.
It is understood that Work-At-Home-Search.com a wholly owned
Subsidiary of:
The Fusion Network, LLC..
Telephone:
910-904-7067
Fax
number: 910-904-7067
Mailing
address:
209
Overton rd.
Raeford,
NC 28376
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