Terms of Use Agreement
Welcome to actionpower.com. By using actionpower.com, you
are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following
terms of use. Please review the following terms carefully.
If you do not agree to these terms, you should not use this
site. The term “actionpower.com”, “us”
or “our” refers to Action Power, the legal name
of the owner of actionpower.com. The term “you”
refers to the user or viewer of actionpower.com.
1. Acceptance of Agreement.
You agree to the terms and conditions outlined in this Terms
of Use Agreement ("Agreement") with respect to our
site (“actionpower.com”). This Agreement constitutes
the entire and only agreement between us and you, and supersedes
all prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations,
warranties and understandings with respect to actionpower.com,
the content, products or services provided by or through actionpower.com,
and the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement may
be amended at any time by us from time to time without specific
notice to you. The latest Agreement will be posted on actionpower.com,
and you should review this Agreement prior to using actionpower.com.
2. Copyright.
The content, organization, graphics, design, compilation,
magnetic translation, digital conversion and other matters
related to actionpower.com are protected under applicable
copyrights, trademarks and other proprietary (including but
not limited to intellectual property) rights. The copying,
redistribution, use or publication by you of any such matters
or any part of actionpower.com, except as allowed by Section
4 below, is strictly prohibited. You do not acquire ownership
rights to any content, document or other materials viewed
through actionpower.com. The posting of information or materials
on actionpower.com does not constitute a waiver of any right
in such information and materials. Some of the content on
actionpower.com is the copyrighted work of third parties.
3. Service Marks.
"actionpower.com" and others are our service marks
or registered service marks or trademarks. Other product and
company names mentioned on actionpower.com may be trademarks
of their respective owners.
4. Limited License; Permitted
Uses.
You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable
license (a) to access and use actionpower.com strictly in
accordance with this Agreement; (b) to use actionpower.com
solely for internal, personal, non-commercial purposes; and
(c) to print out discrete information from actionpower.com
solely for internal, personal, non-commercial purposes and
provided that you maintain all copyright and other policies
contained therein. No print out or electronic version of any
part of actionpower.com or its contents may be used by you
in any litigation or arbitration matter whatsoever under any
circumstances.
5. Restrictions and Prohibitions
on Use.
Your license for access and use of actionpower.com and any
information, materials or documents (collectively defined
as “Content and Materials”) therein are subject
to the following restrictions and prohibitions on use: You
may not (a) copy, print (except for the express limited purpose
permitted by Section 4 above), republish, display, distribute,
transmit, sell, rent, lease, loan or otherwise make available
in any form or by any means all or any portion of actionpower.com
or any Content and Materials retrieved from it; (b) use actionpower.com
or any materials obtained from actionpower.com to develop,
of as a component of, any information, storage and retrieval
system, database, information base, or similar resource (in
any media now existing or hereafter developed), that is offered
for commercial distribution of any kind, including through
sale, license, lease, rental, subscription, or any other commercial
distribution mechanism; (c) create compilations or derivative
works of any Content and Materials from actionpower.com; (d)
use any Content and Materials from actionpower.com in any
manner that may infringe any copyright, intellectual property
right, proprietary right, or property right of us or any third
parties; (e) remove, change or obscure any copyright notice
or other proprietary notice or terms of use contained in actionpower.com;
(f) make any portion of actionpower.com available through
any timesharing system, service bureau, the Internet or any
other technology now existing or developed in the future;
(g) remove, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any
Site software or use any network monitoring or discovery software
to determine actionpower.com architecture; (h) use any automatic
or manual process to harvest information from actionpower.com;
(i) use actionpower.com for the purpose of gathering information
for or transmitting (1) unsolicited commercial email; (2)
email that makes use of headers, invalid or nonexistent domain
names, or other means of deceptive addressing; and (3) unsolicited
telephone calls or facsimile transmissions; (j) use actionpower.com
in a manner that violates any state or federal law regulating
email, facsimile transmissions or telephone solicitations;
and (k) export or re-export actionpower.com or any portion
thereof, or any software available on or through actionpower.com,
in violation of the export control laws or regulations of
the United States.
6. Forms, Agreements & Documents
We may make available through actionpower.com or through
other Web sites sample and actual forms, checklists, business
documents and legal documents (collectively, “Documents”).
All Documents are provided on a non-exclusive license basis
only for your personal one-time use for non-commercial purposes,
without any right to re-license, sublicense, distribute, assign
or transfer such license. Documents are provided for a charge
and without any representations or warranties, express or
implied, as to their suitability, legal effect, completeness,
current ness, accuracy, and/or appropriateness. THE DOCUMENTS
ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, “AS AVAILABLE”,
AND WITH “ALL FAULTS”, AND WE AND ANY PROVIDER
OF THE DOCUMENTS DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The Documents may be inappropriate for
your particular circumstances. Furthermore, state laws may
require different or additional provisions to ensure the desired
result. You should consult with legal counsel to determine
the appropriate legal or business documents necessary for
your particular transactions, as the Documents are only samples
and may not be applicable to a particular situation. Some
Documents are public domain forms or available from public
records.
7. No Legal Advice or Attorney-Client
Relationship.
Information contained on or made available through actionpower.com
is not intended to and does not constitute legal advice, recommendations,
mediation or counseling under any circumstance and no attorney-client
relationship is formed. We do not warrant or guarantee the
accurateness, completeness, adequacy or currency of the information
contained in or linked to actionpower.com. Your use of information
on actionpower.com or materials linked to actionpower.com
is entirely at your own risk. We are not a law firm and actionpower.com
is not a lawyer referral service.
8. Linking to actionpower.com.
You may provide links to actionpower.com, provided (a) that
you do not remove or obscure, by framing or otherwise, advertisements,
the copyright notice, or other notices on actionpower.com,
(b) your site does not engage in illegal or pornographic activities,
and (c) you discontinue providing links to actionpower.com
immediately upon request by us.
9. Advertisers.
Actionpower.com may contain advertising and sponsorships.
Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that
material submitted for inclusion on actionpower.com is accurate
and complies with applicable laws. We are not responsible
for the illegality or any error, inaccuracy or problem in
the advertiser’s or sponsor’s materials.
10. Registration.
Certain sections of, or offerings from, actionpower.com may
require you to register. If registration is requested, you
agree to provide us with accurate, complete registration information.
Your registration must be done using your real name and accurate
information. Each registration is for your personal use only.
We do not permit (a) any other person using the registered
sections under your name; or (b) access through a single name
being made available to multiple users on a network. You are
responsible for preventing such unauthorized use.
11. Errors, Corrections and Changes.
We do not represent or warrant that actionpower.com will
be error-free, free of viruses or other harmful components,
or that defects will be corrected. We do not represent or
warrant that the information available on or through actionpower.com
will be correct, accurate, timely or otherwise reliable. We
may make changes to the features, functionality or content
of actionpower.com at any time. We reserve the right in our
sole discretion to edit or delete any documents, information
or other content appearing on actionpower.com.
12. Third Party Content.
Third party content may appear on actionpower.com or may
be accessible via links from actionpower.com. We are not responsible
for and assume no liability for any mistakes, misstatements
of law, defamation, omissions, falsehood, obscenity, pornography
or profanity in the statements, opinions, representations
or any other form of content on actionpower.com. You understand
that the information and opinions in the third party content
represent solely the thoughts of the author and is neither
endorsed by nor does it necessarily reflect our belief.
13. Unlawful Activity.
We reserve the right to investigate complaints or reported
violations of this Agreement and to take any action we deem
appropriate, including but not limited to reporting any suspected
unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators,
or other third parties and disclosing any information necessary
or appropriate to such persons or entities relating to your
profile, email addresses, usage history, posted materials,
IP addresses and traffic information.
14. Indemnification.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us and our partners,
agents, officers, directors, employees, subcontractors, successors,
assigns, third party suppliers of information and documents,
advertisers, product and service providers, and affiliates
(collectively, "Affiliated Parties") harmless from
any liability, loss, claim and expense related to your violation
of this Agreement or use of actionpower.com.
15. Nontransferable.
Your right to use actionpower.com is not transferable or
assignable. Any password or right given to you to obtain information
or documents is not transferable or assignable.
16. Disclaimer.
THE INFORMATION, CONTENT AND DOCUMENTS FROM OR THROUGH ACTIONPOWER.COM
ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS," "AS AVAILABLE,"
WITH “ALL FAULTS”, AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, ARE DISCLAIMED (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
DISCLAIMER OF ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE). THE INFORMATION AND SERVICES
MAY CONTAIN BUGS, ERRORS, PROBLEMS OR OTHER LIMITATIONS. WE
AND OUR AFFILIATED PARTIES HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR
YOUR USE OF ANY INFORMATION OR SERVICE, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED
IN SECTION 17(b). IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT AS A LIMITATION THEREOF,
WE AND OUR AFFILIATED PARTIES ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES
FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF PROFITS, LITIGATION, OR THE
LIKE), WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY,
TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE,
EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE NEGATION
AND LIMITATION OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL
ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN US AND YOU. THIS
SITE AND THE PRODUCTS, SERVICES, DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION
PRESENTED WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT SUCH LIMITATIONS.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED
BY YOU FROM US THROUGH ACTIONPOWER.COM OR OTHERWISE SHALL
CREATE ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEE NOT EXPRESSLY
STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT. ALL RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY
FOR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY VIRUSES CONTAINED WITHIN THE ELECTRONIC
FILE CONTAINING A FORM OR DOCUMENT IS DISCLAIMED.
17. Limitation of Liability
(a) We and any Affiliated Party shall not be liable for any
loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage of any kind resulting
in any way from (a) any errors in or omissions from actionpower.com
or any services or products obtainable there from, (b) the
unavailability or interruption of actionpower.com or any features
thereof, (c) your use of actionpower.com, (d) the content
contained on actionpower.com, or (e) any delay or failure
in performance beyond the control of a Covered Party.
(b)THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF US AND THE AFFILIATED PARTIES
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
ACTIONPOWER.COM AND/OR THE PRODUCTS, INFORMATION, DOCUMENTS
AND SERVICES PROVIDED HEREIN OR HEREBY SHALL NOT EXCEED $100
AND THAT AMOUNT SHALL BE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER REMEDIES WHICH
YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST US AND ANY AFFILIATED PARTY.
18. Use of Information.
We reserve the right, and you authorize us, to the use and
assignment of all information regarding Site uses by you and
all information provided by you in any manner consistent with
our Privacy Policy. All remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics,
or other information communicated by you to us (collectively,
a "Submission") will forever be our property. We
will not be required to treat any Submission as confidential,
and will not be liable for any ideas (including without limitation,
product, service or advertising ideas) and will not incur
any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear
in our future products, services or operations. Without limitation,
we will have exclusive ownership of all present and future
existing rights to the Submission of every kind and nature
everywhere. We will be entitled to use the Submission for
any commercial or other purpose whatsoever, without compensation
to you or any other person sending the Submission. You acknowledge
that you are responsible for whatever material you submit,
and you, not us, have full responsibility for the message,
including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality,
and copyright.
19. Third-Party Services.
We may allow access to or advertise certain third-party product
or service providers ("Merchants") from which you
may purchase certain goods or services. You understand that
we do not operate or control the products or services offered
by Merchants. Merchants are responsible for all aspects of
order processing, fulfillment, billing and customer service.
We are not a party to the transactions entered into between
you and Merchants. You agree that use of or purchase from
such Merchants is AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND IS WITHOUT WARRANTIES
OF ANY KIND BY US, EXPRESSED, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCLUDING
WARRANTIES OF TITLE, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY
OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE WE LIABLE
FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN YOU
AND MERCHANTS OR FOR ANY INFORMATION APPEARING ON MERCHANT
SITES OR ANY OTHER SITE LINKED TO OUR SITE.
20. Third-Party Merchant Policies.
All rules, policies (including privacy policies) and operating
procedures of Merchants will apply to you while on any Merchant
sites. We are not responsible for information provided by
you to Merchants. We and the Merchants are independent contractors
and neither party has authority to make any representations
or commitments on behalf of the other.
21. Privacy Policy.
Our Privacy Policy, as it may change from time to time, is
a part of this Agreement. You must review this Privacy Policy
by clicking on this link.
22. Payments.
You represent and warrant that if you are purchasing something
from us or from Merchants that (i) any credit information
you supply is true and complete, (ii) charges incurred by
you will be honored by your credit card company, and (iii)
you will pay the charges incurred by you at the posted prices,
including any applicable taxes.
23. Securities Laws.
Actionpower.com may include statements concerning our operations,
prospects, strategies, financial condition, future economic
performance and demand for our products or services, as well
as our intentions, plans and objectives (particularly with
respect to product and service offerings), that are forward-looking
statements. These statements are based upon a number of assumptions
and estimates which are subject to significant uncertainties,
many of which are beyond our control. When used on our Site,
words like "anticipates," "expects," "believes,"
"estimates," "seeks," "plans,"
"intends," "will" and similar expressions
are intended to identify forward-looking statements designed
to fall within securities law safe harbors for forward-looking
statements. Actionpower.com and the information contained
herein do not constitute an offer or a solicitation of an
offer for sale of any securities. None of the information
contained herein is intended to be, and shall not be deemed
to be, incorporated into any of our securities-related filings
or documents.
24. Links to other Web Sites.
Actionpower.com contains links to other Web sites. We are
not responsible for the content, accuracy or opinions express
in such Web sites, and such Web sites are not investigated,
monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by us. Inclusion
of any linked Web site on our Site does not imply approval
or endorsement of the linked Web site by us. If you decide
to leave our Site and access these third-party sites, you
do so at your own risk.
25. Copyrights and Copyright Agents.
We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask
you to do the same. If you believe that your work has been
copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please
provide our Copyright Agent the following information:
a. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized
to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
b. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim
has been infringed;
c. A description of where the material that you claim is
infringing is located on actionpower.com;
d. Your address, telephone number, and email address;
e. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief
that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner,
its agent, or the law; and
f. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that
the above information in your Notice is accurate and that
you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright
owner's behalf.
Our Copyright Agent for Notice of claims of copyright infringement
on actionpower.com can be reached by directing an e-mail to
the Copyright Agent at admin@actionpower.com
26. Information and Press Releases.
Actionpower.com contains information and press releases about
us. We disclaim any duty or obligation to update this information
or any press releases. Information about companies other than
ours contained in the press release or otherwise, should not
be relied upon as being provided or endorsed by us.
27. Legal Compliance.
You agree to comply with all applicable domestic and international
laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your
use of actionpower.com and the Content and Materials provided
therein.
28. Refund and Return Policy.
To the extent that you purchase any goods or services directly
from us, IF A CLARICAL ERROR ON OUR PART, we will refund you
your purchase price within 30 days of you notifying us in
writing of your desire for the refund, together with the reason
for the request, with the product or service returned to us
in substantially the same condition as when purchased. However,
you are responsible for shipping costs. ALL SALES FINAL ON
NEW or USED EQUIPMENT PURCHASES!! Please note, however, that
certain products and services mentioned on our site are sold
by third parties or are linked to third party Web sites, and
we have no responsibility or liability for those products
or services. NO REFUNDS ON BATTERIES, SPECIAL ORDERS, SWITCHES,
ELECTRONICS AND ANY ELECTRICAL DEVICES. You may request a
refund by contacting us by email at billing@actionpower.com.
You may obtain any additional information concerning our refund
and return policy, including our mailing address, by contacting
us at billing@actionpower.com.
29. Miscellaneous.
This Agreement shall be treated as though it were executed
and performed in Olympia, Washington, and shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of Washington (without regard to conflict of law principles).
Any cause of action by you with respect to actionpower.com
(and/or any information, Documents, products or services related
thereto) must be instituted within one (1) year after the
cause of action arose or be forever waived and barred. All
actions shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section
16 and Section 17. The language in this Agreement shall be
interpreted as to its fair meaning and not strictly for or
against any party. Any rule of construction to the effect
that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party
shall not apply in interpreting this Agreement. This Agreement
and all incorporated agreements and your information may be
automatically assigned by us in our sole discretion to a third
party in the event of an acquisition, sale or merger. If any
provision of this agreement is held illegal, invalid or unenforceable
for any reason, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum
extent permissible, and the other provisions of this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect. If any provision of
this Agreement is held illegal, invalid or unenforceable,
it shall be replaced, to the extent possible, with a legal,
valid, and unenforceable provision that is similar in tenor
to the illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision as is
legally possible. To the extent that anything in or associated
with actionpower.com is in conflict or inconsistent with this
Agreement, this Agreement shall take precedence. Our failure
to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed
a waiver of such provision nor of the right to enforce such
provision. Our rights under this Agreement shall survive any
termination of this Agreement. The title, headings and captions
of this Agreement are provided for convenience only and shall
have no effect on the construction of the terms of this agreement.
29. Arbitration.
Any legal controversy or legal claim arising out of or relating
to this Agreement or our services, excluding legal action
taken by us relating to Site operations and/or intellectual
property, shall be settled solely by confidential binding
arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration
rules of JAMS. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated
on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any
arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party.
The arbitration shall be conducted in Olympia, Washington.
Each party shall bear its own attorneys' fees. Each party
shall bear one-half of the arbitration fees and costs incurred
through JAMS.
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