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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
UPDATED 22 NOVEMBER 2006
INTRODUCTION.
This site ("Site") is owned by Eat Your Lunch LLC ("Eat
Your Lunch", "us", "we" or "our").
ACCESS TO THE SITE.
By accessing, browsing and/or using the Site, you, the user ("you," "your," "Site
User"), acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree
to be bound by these terms and conditions of use, including the
Privacy Policy (collectively, the "Terms") and to comply
with all applicable U.S. laws and regulations. We reserve the
right, in our sole discretion, to update, revise, supplement
and to otherwise modify these Terms, and to impose new or additional
terms and conditions on your use of the Site. Such updates, revisions,
supplements, modifications and additional rules, polices, terms
and conditions (collectively referred to in these Terms as "Additional
Terms") will be effective and incorporated into these Terms
upon notice thereof, which may be given by any reasonable means
including by posting to the Site. Your continued viewing or use
of the Site following such notice will be deemed to conclusively
indicate your acceptance of any and all such Additional Terms.
If you are under 18 years of age, your parent or legal guardian
("Guardian") must read, understand and agree to be
bound by the following:
As Guardian, I represent and warrant that I am the parent or
legal guardian of the Site User, and that has read, understood
and agreed to be bound by these Terms and that I am able to contract
in my own name. I guarantee his/her compliance with and performance
of all obligations contained in the Terms. I acknowledge that
I have read or have had read to me and understand the contents
of the Terms and expressly grant Site User permission to access,
browse, and/or use the site.
If you and/or your Guardian (if applicable) do not or cannot
agree to the Terms including the Additional Terms, if any, please
do not use the Site or any of the services offered through the
Site.
To use the Site, you must obtain access to the World Wide Web
directly or through devices that access Web-based content and
pay any and all fees associated with such access.
INDIVIDUAL USE.
You agree that you are only authorized to visit, view and retain
a single copy of pages of the Site for your own internal use
and not on behalf of any other person or entities, and that
you will not duplicate, download, publish, modify or otherwise
distribute any material on the Site for any purpose other than
for your own internal and/or personal use unless otherwise
specifically authorized by us in writing. We post legal notices
and various credits on pages of the Site, which may not be
removed even from your permitted copies. Please do not remove
these notices or credits, or any additional information contained
along with the notices and credits.
FRAMING.
You agree not to create any frames at any other Web sites pertaining
to or using any of the Content for any purpose, unless specifically
authorized by us in writing to do so.
SECURITY, CRACKING AND HACKING.
You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the
security of the Site. Accordingly, you agree not to: (i) access
data or materials not intended for you; (ii) log into a server
or account that you are not authorized to access; (iii) attempt
to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network
or to breach security or authentication measures without proper
written authorization; or (iv) attempt to interfere with service
to any user, host or network, including, without limitation,
by means of submitting a virus to the Site, overloading, "flooding", "mailbombing" or "crashing" the
Site. Violations of system or network security may result in
civil or criminal liability. We reserve the right to investigate
occurrences which may involve such violations and may involve,
and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting
users who have participated in such violations. You understand
that data and communications, including e-mail and other electronic
communications, might be accessed by unauthorized third parties
when communicated over the Internet.
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS
You represent and warrant that any information you post or provide
to us by means of the Site, including, without limitation,
as part of any registration or subscription or to gain access
to or use any services offered on the Site, is lawful, truthful,
accurate, not misleading and offered in good faith. Any information
disclosed to you via the Site including, without limitation,
any Content, product or service information or recommendations,
are not offered with any warranty or representation as to accuracy,
performance or suitability for your intended purpose or compliance
with applicable law. We expect that you will exercise caution
in using information supplied through the Site. You agree NOT
to use the Site for or in connection with any of the following
activities: (i) transmitting or relaying spam, spoofing or
otherwise impersonating any person or entity, or falsely stating
or otherwise misrepresenting your identity or affiliation in
any way; (ii) using the Site for any tortious, fraudulent or
illegal purpose; (iii) e-mailing, uploading, or otherwise transmitting
or using the Site in furtherance of the use, distribution or
transmission of any unlawful, harassing, defamatory, tortious,
libelous, sexually explicit, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically
or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including
any materials that promote violence or assist in causing or
carrying out such violence or materials that holds Eat Your
Lunch or its employees, officers, directors, shareholders,
affiliates or the Site up to public scorn or ridicule; and
(iv) transmitting material intended to damage, destroy, disrupt
or otherwise impair a computer's functionality or the operation
of the Site, including, without limitation, viruses, Trojan
horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or computer programming
routines or engines.
THIRD PARTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
Without limiting the foregoing, you may not, and by using the
Site you agree not to, use the Site to: (i) transmit or post
material that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright
owner or have obtained the permission of the copyright owner
to transmit it; (ii) transmit or post material that reveals
trade secrets, unless you own them or have the permission of
the owner to so transmit them; or (iii) transmit or post material
that infringes on any Intellectual Property Rights (as defined
below) of others or violates the privacy or rights of publicity
of others. For purposes of these Terms, the term "Intellectual
Property Rights" means collectively, rights under patent,
trademark, copyright and trade secret laws, and any other intellectual
property or proprietary rights recognized in any country or
jurisdiction worldwide, including, without limitation, moral
rights and similar rights.
OWNERSHIP.
We will place content ("Content") on the Site for you
to examine from time to time. Examples of possible Content includes:
text, graphics, photographs, pictures, drawings, animation, audio,
video, literature and any other material distributed by us on,
through or in connection with the Site. Moreover, we attempt
to display the Content in a way that will be easily accessible
and useful for you, the user. All Content and materials on the
Site including, without limitation, text, graphics, logos, button
icons, images, audio clips and software included in the Site
and any services offered on the Site, are the property of Eat
Your Lunch, its sponsors or business affiliates, and/or their
respective licensors, and are subject to U.S. and international
copyright, trademarks and other proprietary rights and Intellectual
Property Rights laws. The compilation of all Content on the Site
is the exclusive property of Eat Your Lunch and is protected
by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used or
made available for downloading on the Site is the property of
Eat Your Lunch or its licensors and is subject to U.S. and international
copyright laws. The use of any software made available for downloading
on the Site, if any, is governed by the terms of the software
license agreement or designated "Legal Notice" accompanying
such software, which you agree to be bound to if you choose to
download such software. Except to the minimum extent otherwise
expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying or exploitation
of material from the Site is permitted except expressly in accordance
with these Terms or with the express written permission of Eat
Your Lunch and any other applicable copyright owner. You acknowledge
that you do not acquire any ownership rights by virtue of downloading
copyrighted material from the Site. All rights not expressly
granted hereunder are expressly reserved by Eat Your Lunch and/or
its licensors.
SUBMISSIONS.
Eat Your Lunch is pleased to hear from its fans and welcomes
your comments regarding our products and services. However,
Eat Your Lunch does not accept or consider creative ideas,
suggestions or materials other than those it has specifically
requested. The intent of this policy is to avoid the possibility
of future misunderstandings when projects developed by Eat
Your Lunch's professional staff might seem to others to be
similar to their own creative work. We ask that you do not
send us any original creative materials such as stories or
character ideas, screenplays, or original artwork. Again, we
ask that you do not submit any creative ideas, suggestions
or materials.
If, despite our request that you not send us any creative materials,
you send us creative suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts
or other information (collectively, the "Submission"),
the Submission shall be deemed, and shall remain, the property
of Eat Your Lunch. None of the Submission shall be subject to
any obligation of confidence on the part of Eat Your Lunch and
Eat Your Lunch shall not be liable for any use or disclosure
of any Submission. Without limitation of the foregoing, Eat Your
Lunch shall exclusively own all rights to the Submission of every
kind and nature throughout the universe in perpetuity and shall
be entitled to unrestricted use of the Submission for any purpose
whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to
the provider of the Submission.
EXPORT CONTROL.
The United States controls the export of products and information.
You agree to comply with such restrictions and not to export
or re-export any content or software on this Site to countries
or persons prohibited under the export control laws. By downloading
such content or software, you are agreeing that you are not
in a country where such export is prohibited or are a person
or entity to which such export is prohibited. You are responsible
for compliance with the laws of your local jurisdiction, including
the import, export, or re-export of materials to the extent
permitted under these Terms.
LINKS.
At certain places on this Site, live "links" to other
Internet addresses can be accessed. Such external Internet addresses
contain information created, published, maintained, or otherwise
posted by organizations independent of Eat Your Lunch. Eat Your
Lunch does not endorse, approve, certify, maintain, or control
these external Internet addresses and does not guarantee the
accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness, or correct sequencing
of information located at such addresses. Eat Your Lunch provides
the links only as a convenience. Use of any information obtained
from such addresses is voluntary, and reliance on it should only
be undertaken after an independent review of its accuracy, completeness,
efficacy, and timeliness. Neither the inclusion of the link in
this Site nor reference therein to any specific commercial product,
process, or service by trade name, trademarks, service mark,
manufacturer, or otherwise constitutes or implies endorsement,
recommendation, or favoring by Eat Your Lunch.
There may be circumstances where access to this Site is provided
by a hypertext link located at another site. Eat Your Lunch has
no responsibility for the content of such other sites, Eat Your
Lunch does not make any representations or give any warranties
or conditions with respect to any information contained in or
at these other sites and Eat Your Lunch shall not be liable for
any damages or injury arising from the content of or access to
these other sites. Eat Your Lunch does not endorse the individuals,
companies or other similar entities, or any products or materials
associated with such individuals, companies or other similar
entities, which provide a link to this Site.
WARRANTY DISCLAIMER.
THE CONTENT, SERVICES, INFORMATION AND ACCESS TO THE SITE ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
EITHER STATUTORY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT ANY PART OF THE
SITE WILL OPERATE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS
WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES
IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS
OR THAT TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SITE AND ACCESS TO THE
SITE WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTED, DISCONTINUED OR ERROR-FREE. WE
DO NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE
OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SITE IN TERMS OF ITS QUALITY,
CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.
WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, CONTENT,
AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE
FOUND ON THIRD-PARTY SITES THAT LINK TO OR FROM THE SITE. WE
CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MATERIAL CONTAINED ON THIRD
PARTY SITES AND/OR RELATED SERVICES NOR DO WE MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS
OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE SECURITY OF ANY INFORMATION YOU MIGHT
BE REQUESTED TO GIVE TO THIRD-PARTY SITES.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OR CONDITIONS, THEREFORE THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH
JURISDICTIONS, ALL SUCH WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS ARE EXCLUDED
AND DISCLAIMED TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAW.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL,
INDIRECT, DIRECT, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, REGARDLESS
OF WHETHER THE CLAIM GIVING RISE TO SUCH DAMAGES IS BASED UPON
BREACH OF WARRANTY, BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, OR UPON
ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN THE EVENT THE TERMS OF THIS
SECTION, OR ANY PART OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE HELD INVALID
OR UNENFORCEABLE BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, IN NO
EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU, OR ANYONE CLAIMING
BY OR THROUGH YOU, FOR ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES, CLAIMS AND/OR CAUSES
OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE
EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100). NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING
CONTAINED HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO YOUR INDEMNIFICATION
OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE FOLLOWING SECTION.
INDEMNIFICATION. YOU SHALL INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS
EAT YOUR LUNCH AND ITS SPONSORS, BUSINESS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES,
AFFILIATES, MEMBERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES,
REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS FROM
AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, JUDGMENTS,
CAUSES OF ACTIONS, COSTS AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS'
FEES) BROUGHT BY ANY THIRD PARTY ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE
SITE IN VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS OR THE INFRINGEMENT BY YOU OF
ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF ANY PERSON OR ENTITY.
GOVERNING LAW AND ARBITRATION.
The laws of the State of Illinois (excluding any principles of
conflicts of laws) govern your use of the Site, the services
provided on this Site and these Terms. You agree that the parties
shall settle any claim or dispute relating to these Terms by
binding arbitration in Chicago, Illinois under the Commercial
Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration
under these Terms shall be joined to an arbitration involving
any other party subject to these Terms, whether through class
arbitration proceedings or otherwise. NOTWITHSTANDING THE DISPUTE
RESOLUTION REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH ABOVE, FOR ANY INJUNCTIVE
RELIEF RELATING TO YOUR ACCESS TO, OR USE OF, THE SITE INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, RELATED SERVICES, YOU AGREE AND HEREBY
SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE APPROPRIATE
STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, U.S.A.
WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY.
No delay or omission by us to exercise any right or any noncompliance
on your part with respect to the Terms shall impair any such
right or be construed to be a waiver by us. If any provision
of the Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, such provision
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent
of such invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner
affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other
jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction;
provided, however, if such invalid or unenforceable provision
may be modified so as to be valid and enforceable as a matter
of law, such provision will be deemed to have been modified
so as to be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted
by law.
CONTRACT ELECTRONICALLY.
You agree that the Terms, combined with your act of using the
Site and/or the services offered on or through the Site have
the same legal force and effect as a written contract with
your written signature and satisfy any laws that require a
writing or signature, including any applicable Statute of Frauds.
You further agree that you shall not challenge the validity,
enforceability or admissibility of the Terms on the grounds
that it was electronically transmitted or authorized. In addition,
you acknowledge that you have had the opportunity to print
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