Gemwow Online Standard Terms and Conditions

PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THE FAQ BEFORE REGISTERING FOR THE GEMWOW ADSENSE ONLINE PROGRAM. PARTICIPATION IN THE GEMWOW ADSENSE ONLINE PROGRAM INDICATES THAT YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER FOR OR PARTICIPATE IN THE GEMWOW ADSENSE ONLINE PROGRAM.

Introduction. This agreement ("Agreement") between You and Gemwow Inc. ("Gemwow") consists of these Gemwow AdSense Online Program (the "Program") Standard Terms and Conditions ("Terms and Conditions"). A description of the Program, as generally offered by Gemwow, is available at the Program Frequently Asked Questions ("FAQ") URL, located at http://www.gemwow.com/help/faq.html, or such other URL as Gemwow may provide from time to time. "You" or "Publisher" means any entity identified in an enrollment form submitted by the same or affiliated persons, and/or any agency or network acting on its (or their) behalf, which shall also be bound by the terms of this Agreement.

  1. Program Participation. Participation in the Program is subject to Gemwow prior approval and Your continued compliance with the Program Policies ("Program Policies"), located at http://www.gemwow.com/help/privacypolicy.html, or such other URL as Gemwow may provide from time to time. Gemwow reserves the right to refuse participation to any applicant or participant at any time in its sole discretion. By enrolling in the Program, You represent that You are at least 18 years of age and agree that Gemwow may serve third party and/or Gemwow provided advertisements (such Gemwow-served advertisements, collectively, "Ads"), related Gemwow queries and/or Ad search box(es) (collectively, “Links”), Gemwow Web and/or Site search results (collectively, "Search Results"), and/or Gemwow referral Ads (“Referral Buttons”) in connection with the Web site(s) that You designate and the Atom, RSS, or other feeds distributed through such Web site(s) (each such Web site or feed, a "Site"). For the avoidance of doubt, any reference in this Agreement or the Program Policies to an individual “Web page”, “Web site”, “Web site page” or the like that is part of the Site will also mean feeds distributed through such Web site. Multiple accounts held by the same individual or entity are subject to immediate termination unless expressly authorized in writing by Gemwow (including by electronic mail).

  2. Implementation and Operation of Ads, Search Results, and Referrals. You agree to comply with the specifications provided by Gemwow from time to time to enable proper delivery, display, tracking, and reporting of Ads, Links, Search Results, Referral Buttons, and Gemwow Brand Features (as defined in Section 12 below) in connection with Your Site(s), including without limitation by not modifying the JavaScript or other programming provided to You by Gemwow in any way, unless expressly authorized in writing by Gemwow (including by electronic mail).

    • AdSense for Search. If You have elected to receive Search Results, You will display on Your Site(s) a Gemwow search box (a "Search Box") in accordance with the specifications provided by Gemwow. Each Web page(s) that contains a Search Box must also contain other content related to Your Site. Except for related Gemwow queries, all search queries (including queries entered into an Ad search box) must originate from individual human end users inputting data directly into a Search Box (or Ad search box, as applicable) on Your Site(s). You will send any and all queries (without editing, modifying, or filtering such queries individually or in the aggregate) to Gemwow and Gemwow will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide You with corresponding Search Results and/or Ads, as applicable and as available. Search Results and any accompanying Ads will be displayed on Web pages hosted by Gemwow (each, a "Search Results Page"), the format, look and feel of which may be modified by Gemwow from time to time.

    • AdSense for Content. All content and Site-based Ads (and Ads served in response to end user clicks on and queries entered into Links, if any) shall be grouped by Gemwow and displayed with Links (where applicable) to end users of the Site(s) as ad units (such groups of Ads and/or Links collectively referred to as "Ad Units") in standard formats as offered generally by Gemwow from time to time, as may be described in the FAQ. You may select a format approved by Gemwow for the display of Ad Units in connection with the Site(s), but You acknowledge and agree that Ads and/or Links: (i) shall only be displayed in connection with the Site(s), each of which is subject to review and approval by Gemwow in its discretion at any time; and (ii) shall be subject to the placement guidelines set forth herein. In addition, You agree that while You may display more than one (1) Ad Unit on each Site Web page, You shall not display any Ad Unit on a page that contains Ads associated with another Gemwow AdSense customer (e.g., Your Web hosting company), unless authorized to do so by Gemwow.

    • Referrals. If You have elected to use the Gemwow AdSense Referrals feature, You will implement any Referral Buttons on Your Site(s) in accordance with the specifications provided by Gemwow. Each Web page(s) that contains a Referral Button must also contain other content related to Your Site. End users who click on a Referral Button will be directed to a Web page hosted by Gemwow (“Referral Page”), the format, look and feel of which may be modified by Gemwow from time to time. A “Referral Event” will be initiated when an end user clicks on a Referral Button from the Site and will be completed when the referral requirements for the relevant Gemwow product are satisfied in accordance with this Agreement. Such referral requirements, along with the payment amount applicable to the Referral Event. You agree to comply with the specifications provided by Gemwow from time to time to enable proper tracking and reporting of Referral Events in connection with Your Site. You shall not promote or facilitate a Referral Event by any means other than displaying a Referral Button on the Site, unless expressly authorized in writing by Gemwow (including by electronic mail).

    • General. You agree not to display on the same Web page in connection with which any Ad Unit, Ad, Link, Search Box, or Referral Button is displayed (a "Serviced Page") any advertisement(s) that an end user of Your Site(s) would reasonably confuse with a Gemwow advertisement or otherwise associate with Gemwow. If You have elected to receive content or Site-based Ads, You further agree not to display on any Serviced Page any non-Gemwow content-targeted advertisement(s). If You have elected to receive Search Results on any Site(s), You agree that Gemwow will be the exclusive provider of Internet search services on such Site(s). Certain Gemwow services available as part of the Program may contain filtering capability, such as SafeSearch or AdSafe, that You may access through Your account. However, if You elect to enable any such filters, You acknowledge and agree that: (i) it is Your responsibility to enable such features in accordance with the specifications provided by Gemwow, and (ii) Gemwow does not and cannot commit that all results (including Ads, Links and Search Results) will be limited to results elected by enabling such filter(s). Gemwow may also include in certain services features which are unsupported under Gemwow's then current technical documentation. Such features are provided "as is" and Your use of them shall be undertaken solely at Your own risk.

  3. Communications Solely With Gemwow. You agree to direct to Gemwow, and not to any advertiser, any communication regarding any Ad(s) or Link(s) displayed in connection with Your Site(s).

  4. Parties' Responsibilities. You are solely responsible for the Site(s), including all content and materials, maintenance and operation thereof, the proper implementation of Gemwow's specifications, and adherence to the terms of this Agreement, including compliance with the Program Policies. Gemwow reserves the right to investigate, at its own discretion, any activity that may violate this Agreement, including but not limited to any use of a software application to access Ads, Links, Search Results, or Referral Buttons or to complete any Referral Event, or any engagement in any activity prohibited by this Agreement. Gemwow is not responsible for anything related to Your Site(s), including without limitation the receipt of queries from end users of Your Site(s) or the transmission of data between Your Site(s) and Gemwow. In addition, Gemwow shall not be obligated to provide notice to You in the event that any Ad, Link, Search Result, or Referral Button is not being displayed properly to, or Referral Event is not being completed properly by, end users of the Site(s).

  5. Prohibited Uses. You shall not, and shall not authorize or encourage any third party to: (i) directly or indirectly generate queries, Referral Events, or impressions of or clicks on any Ad, Link, Search Result, or Referral Button through any automated, deceptive, fraudulent or other invalid means, including but not limited to through repeated manual clicks, the use of robots or other automated query tools and/or computer generated search requests, and/or the unauthorized use of other search engine optimization services and/or software; (ii) edit, modify, filter or change the order of the information contained in any Ad, Link, Ad Unit, Search Result, or Referral Button, or remove, obscure or minimize any Ad, Link, Ad Unit, Search Result, or Referral Button in any way; (iii) frame, minimize, remove or otherwise inhibit the full and complete display of any Web page accessed by an end user after clicking on any part of an Ad ("Advertiser Page"), any Search Results Page, or any Referral Page; (iv) redirect an end user away from any Advertiser Page, Search Results Page, or Referral Page; provide a version of the Advertiser Page, Search Results Page, or Referral Page that is different from the page an end user would access by going directly to the Advertiser Page, Search Results Page, or Referral Page; intersperse any content between the Ad and the Advertiser Page, between the page containing the Search Box and the Search Results Page, or between the Referral Button and the Referral Page; or otherwise provide anything other than a direct link from an Ad to an Advertiser Page, from the page containing the Search Box to the Search Results Page, or from the Referral Button to the Referral Page; (v) display any Ad(s), Link(s), or Referral Button(s) on any error page, on any registration or "thank you" page (e.g., a page that thanks a user after he/she has registered with the applicable Web site), on any chat page, in any email, or on any Web page or any Web site that contains any pornographic, hate-related, violent, or illegal content; (vi) directly or indirectly access, launch, and/or activate Ads, Links, Search Results, or Referral Buttons through or from, or otherwise incorporate the Ads, Links, Search Results, or Referral Buttons in, any software application, Web site, or other means other than Your Site(s), and then only to the extent expressly permitted by this Agreement (e.g., while Search Results may be indirectly accessed from Your Site(s), they may only be displayed on the appropriate Gemwow-hosted Web page); (vii) "crawl", "spider", index or in any non-transitory manner store or cache information obtained from any Ads, Links, Search Results, or Referral Events, or any part, copy, or derivative thereto; (viii) act in any way that violates any Program Policies posted on the Gemwow Web Site, as may be revised from time to time, or any other agreement between You and Gemwow (including without limitation the Gemwow AdWords program terms), or engage in any action or practice that reflects poorly on Gemwow or otherwise disparages or devalues Gemwow’s reputation or goodwill. You acknowledge that any attempted participation or violation of any of the foregoing is a material breach of this Agreement and that we may pursue any and all applicable legal and equitable remedies against You, including an immediate suspension of Your account or termination of this Agreement, and the pursuit of all available civil or criminal remedies.

  6. Termination; Cancellation. Subject to any third party agreements You may have with other Gemwow customers (e.g., Your Web hosting company), You may stop displaying Ads, Links, Search Boxes, or Referral Buttons on any Site in the Program with or without cause at any time by removing the Gemwow JavaScript or similar programming from Your Sites. You may terminate this Agreement with or without cause at any time by sending written notice of your desire to cancel Your participation in the Program to adsense-support@Gemwow.com. This Agreement will be deemed terminated within ten (10) business days of Gemwow's receipt of Your notice. Gemwow may investigate any activity that may violate this Agreement. Gemwow may at any time, in its sole discretion, terminate all or part of the Program, terminate this Agreement, or suspend or terminate the participation of any Site in all or part of the Program for any reason. In addition, Gemwow reserves the right to terminate without notice any account that has not generated a sufficient number of valid clicks on Ads or Referral Buttons or valid impressions of Ads (in each case as measured by Gemwow) for a period of two (2) months or more. Upon termination of participation of any Site in the Program or termination of this Agreement for any reason, Sections 3, 6 through 10, and 14 through 17 shall survive termination.

  7. Confidentiality. You agree not to disclose Gemwow Confidential Information without Gemwow's prior written consent. "Gemwow Confidential Information" includes without limitation: (a) all Gemwow software, technology, programming, specifications, materials, guidelines and documentation relating to the Program; (b) click-through rates or other statistics relating to Site performance in the Program provided to You by Gemwow; and (c) any other information designated in writing by Gemwow as "Confidential" or an equivalent designation. However, You may accurately disclose the amount of Gemwow’s gross payments to You pursuant to the Program. Gemwow Confidential Information does not include information that has become publicly known through no breach by You or Gemwow, or information that has been (i) independently developed without access to Gemwow Confidential Information, as evidenced in writing; (ii) rightfully received by You from a third party; or (iii) required to be disclosed by law or by a governmental authority.

  8. No Guarantee. Gemwow makes no guarantee regarding the level of impressions of Ads or clicks on any Ad or Referral Button, the timing of delivery of such impressions and/or clicks, the completion of Referral Events, or the amount of any payment to be made to You under this Agreement.

  9. No Warranty. Gemwow MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WITH RESPECT TO ADVERTISING, LINKS, SEARCH, REFERRALS, AND OTHER SERVICES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS THE WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TO THE EXTENT ADS, LINKS, AND SEARCH RESULTS ARE BASED ON NON-GEMWOW CONTENT, GEMWOW SHALL NOT HAVE ANY LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISPLAY OF SUCH ADS, LINKS, AND SEARCH RESULTS.

  10. Limitations of Liability; Force Majeure. EXCEPT FOR ANY INDEMNIFICATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR YOUR BREACH OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND/OR PROPRIETARY INTERESTS RELATING TO THE PROGRAM, (i) IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY AND (ii) GEMWOW'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO PUBLISHER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY CLAIM IS LIMITED TO THE NET AMOUNT PAID BY GEMWOW TO PUBLISHER DURING THE THREE MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE CLAIM. Each party acknowledges that the other party has entered into this Agreement relying on the limitations of liability stated herein and that those limitations are an essential basis of the bargain between the parties. Without limiting the foregoing and except for payment obligations, neither party shall have any liability for any failure or delay resulting from any condition beyond the reasonable control of such party, including but not limited to governmental action or acts of terrorism, earthquake or other acts of God, labor conditions, and power failures.

  11. Payment. You shall receive a payment related to the number of valid clicks on Ads, valid impressions of Ads, and/or valid completions of Referral Events initiated through Referral Buttons displayed in connection with Your Site(s), in each case as determined by Gemwow for its participants in the Program. If You have elected to receive Search Results, this payment will be offset by fees applicable to Search Results. Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties in writing (including by electronic mail), payments to You shall be sent by Gemwow within approximately thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar month that Ads or Referral Buttons are running on Your Site or that Ads are running on Search Results Pages if Your earned balance is $100 or more. In the event the Agreement is terminated, Gemwow shall pay Your earned balance to You within approximately ninety (90) days after the end of the calendar month in which the Agreement is terminated by You (following Gemwow's receipt of Your written request, including by email, to terminate the Agreement) or by Gemwow. In no event, however, shall Gemwow make payments for any earned balance less than $10. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Gemwow shall not be liable for any payment based on: (a) any amounts which result from invalid queries, invalid Referral Events, or invalid clicks or impressions on Ads generated by any person, bot, automated program or similar device, as reasonably determined by Gemwow, including without limitation through any clicks or impressions (i) originating from Your IP addresses or computers under Your control, (ii) solicited by payment of money, false representation, or request for end users to click on Ads, or (iii) solicited by payment of money, false representation, or any illegal or otherwise invalid request for end users to complete Referral Events; (b) Ads or Referral Buttons delivered to end users whose browsers have JavaScript disabled; (c) Ads benefiting charitable organizations and other placeholder or transparent Ads that Gemwow may deliver; (d) Gemwow advertisements for its own products and/or services (excluding payments based on completed Referral Events); or (e) clicks co-mingled with a significant number of invalid clicks described in (a) above, or as a result of any breach of this Agreement by You for any applicable pay period. Gemwow reserves the right to withhold payment or charge back Your account due to any of the foregoing or any breach of this Agreement by You, pending Gemwow's reasonable investigation of any of the foregoing or any breach of this Agreement by You, or in the event that an advertiser whose Ads are displayed in connection with Your Site(s) defaults on payment for such Ads to Gemwow. In addition, if You are past due on any payment to Gemwow in connection with any Gemwow program (including without limitation the Gemwow AdWords program), Gemwow reserves the right to withhold payment until all outstanding payments have been made or to offset amounts owed to You in connection with the Program by amounts owed by You to Gemwow. To ensure proper payment, You are solely responsible for providing and maintaining accurate contact and payment information associated with Your account. For U.S. taxpayers, this information includes without limitation a valid U.S. tax identification number and a fully-completed Form W-9. For non-U.S. taxpayers, this information includes without limitation either a signed certification that the taxpayer does not have U.S. Activities or a fully-completed Form W-8 or other form, which may require a valid U.S. tax identification number, as required by the U.S. tax authorities. Any bank fees related to returned or cancelled checks due to a contact or payment information error or omission may be deducted from the newly issued payment. You agree to pay all applicable taxes or charges imposed by any government entity in connection with Your participation in the Program. Gemwow may change its pricing and/or payment structure at any time. If You dispute any payment made under the Program, You must notify Gemwow in writing within thirty (30) days of any such payment; failure to so notify Gemwow shall result in the waiver by You of any claim relating to any such disputed payment. Payment shall be calculated solely based on records maintained by Gemwow. No other measurements or statistics of any kind shall be accepted by Gemwow or have any effect under this Agreement. The payments made under this Agreement are for use by You only and may not be transferred or in any manner passed on to any third party (i.e., distributed to Sites managed by You that require separate payments) unless expressly authorized in writing by Gemwow (including by electronic mail).

  12. Publicity. You agree that Gemwow may use Your name and logo in presentations, marketing materials, customer lists, financial reports, Web site listings of customers, Search Results Pages, and Referral Pages. If You wish to use Gemwow's trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features ("Brand Features"), You may do so, so long as such use is in compliance with this Agreement and in compliance with Gemwow's then current Brand Feature use guidelines, and any content contained or referenced therein.

  13. Representations and Warranties. You represent and warrant that (a) all of the information provided by You to Gemwow to enroll in the Program is correct and current; (b) You are the owner of each Site or that You are legally authorized to act on behalf of the owner of such Site(s) for the purposes of this Agreement and the Program; (c) You have all necessary right, power, and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the acts required of You hereunder; and (d) You have complied and will continue to comply with all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations (including without limitation the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and any relevant data protection or privacy laws) in Your performance of any acts hereunder. You further represent and warrant that each Site and any material displayed therein: (i) comply with all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations; (ii) do not breach and have not breached any duty toward or rights of any person or entity including, without limitation, rights of intellectual property, publicity or privacy, or rights or duties under consumer protection, product liability, tort, or contract theories; and (iii) are not pornographic, hate-related or otherwise violent in content.

  14. Your Obligation to Indemnify. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Gemwow, its agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees, and applicable third parties (e.g. relevant advertisers, syndication partners, licensors, licensees, consultants and contractors) (collectively "Indemnified Person(s)") harmless from and against any and all third party claims, liability, loss, and expense (including damage awards, settlement amounts, and reasonable legal fees), brought against any Indemnified Person(s), arising out of, related to or which may arise from Your use of the Program, the Site(s), and/or Your breach of any term of this Agreement.

  15. Gemwow Rights. You acknowledge that Gemwow owns all right, title and interest, including without limitation all Intellectual Property Rights (as defined below), in and to the Program (including Gemwow's ad serving technology, search technology, referral technology, and Brand Features, and excluding items licensed by Gemwow from third parties), and that You will not acquire any right, title, or interest in or to the Program except as expressly set forth in this Agreement. You will not modify, adapt, translate, prepare derivative works from, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive source code from any Gemwow services, software, or documentation, or create or attempt to create a substitute or similar service or product through use of or access to the Program or proprietary information related thereto. You will not remove, obscure, or alter Gemwow's copyright notice, Brand Features, or other proprietary rights notices affixed to or contained within any Gemwow services, software, or documentation (including without limitation the display of Gemwow’s Brand Features with Ads, Links, Search Boxes, Search Results, and/or Search Buttons, as applicable). "Intellectual Property Rights" means any and all rights existing from time to time under patent law, copyright law, semiconductor chip protection law, moral rights law, trade secret law, trademark law, unfair competition law, publicity rights law, privacy rights law, and any and all other proprietary rights, as well as, any and all applications, renewals, extensions, restorations and re-instatements thereof, now or hereafter in force and effect worldwide.

  16. Information Rights. Gemwow may retain and use, subject to the terms of the Gemwow Privacy Policy (located at http://www.gemwow.com/help/privacypolicy.html, or such other URL as Gemwow may provide from time to time), all information You provide, including but not limited to Site demographics and contact and billing information. You agree that Gemwow may transfer and disclose to third parties personally identifiable information about You for the purpose of approving and enabling Your participation in the Program, including to third parties that reside in jurisdictions with less restrictive data laws than Your own. Gemwow may also provide information in response to valid legal process, such as subpoenas, search warrants and court orders, or to establish or exercise its legal rights or defend against legal claims. Gemwow disclaims all responsibility, and will not be liable to You, however, for any disclosure of that information by any such third party. Gemwow may share non-personally-identifiable information about You, including Site URLs, Site-specific statistics and similar information collected by Gemwow, with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties. In addition, You grant Gemwow the right to access, index and cache the Site(s), or any portion thereof, including by automated means including Web spiders or crawlers.

  17. Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of California , except for its conflicts of laws principles. Any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be adjudicated in Santa Clara County , California . The parties specifically exclude from application to the Agreement the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. Any modifications to this Agreement must be made in a writing executed by both parties, by Your online acceptance of updated terms, or after Your continued participation in the Program after such terms have been updated by Gemwow. The failure to require performance of any provision shall not affect a party's right to require performance at any time thereafter, nor shall a waiver of any breach or default of this Agreement constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach or default or a waiver of the provision itself. If any provision herein is held unenforceable, then such provision will be modified to reflect the parties' intention, and the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect. You may not resell, assign, or transfer any of Your rights hereunder. Any such attempt may result in termination of this Agreement, without liability to Gemwow. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Gemwow may assign this Agreement to any affiliate at any time without notice. The relationship between Gemwow and You is not one of a legal partnership relationship, but is one of independent contractors.

October 20, 2006