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IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1. DEFINITIONS
In this Agreement, the following expressions have the following meanings:
"Authorised Users" means any current employee of the licensee who is authorised by the Licensee to
access the Licensee's
Online information services
"Commercial Use" means use for the purposes of monetary reward (whether by or for the Licensee, or
any other person or entity) by means of sale, resale, loan, transfer, hire, or other form of exploitation of
the Licensed Material;
"Licensee" means the company or other legal entity named in the online subscription order form;
"Licensed Material" means the online edition of the Virus Bulletin magazine;
"Passwords" means the user name and password selected by the Licensee to enable the Licensee to
access the Licensed Material;
"Server" means either Virus Bulletin's server or a third party server designated by Virus Bulletin on which
the Licensed Material are mounted and through which the Licensee may gain access to the Licensed
Material by means of the World Wide Web;
"Site" means the site for which the licensee has bought a subscription
"Subscription Period" means in respect of the Licensed Material, the period commencing on the date on
which the Agreement is created as stated above and continuing for so long as the Licensee has a current
subscription for that Licensed Material, subject to the provisions for earlier termination set out below.
"Revenue" means the Licensee's reported revenue contained in its last reported financial statement.
"Virus Bulletin" means Virus Bulletin Limited (company number 2388295) whose registered address is at
The Pentagon, Abingdon Science Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3YP;
"Virus Bulletin Trade Marks" means VIRUS BULLETIN and any other trademarks, registered or
unregistered, of Virus Bulletin included in the Licensed Material.
2. GRANT OF LICENCE, RIGHTS OF AND LIMITATIONS ON USE
2.1 Virus Bulletin grants the Licensee the non-exclusive and non-transferable right to access and use the
Licensed Material throughout the Subscription Period for the purposes of research, teaching, and private
study.
2.2 During the Subscription Period, the Licensee may:
2.2.1 access the Server in order to search, view, retrieve, and display the Licensed Material and/or parts
of it;
2.2.2 electronically save parts of the Licensed Material; and
2.2.3 print out single copies of parts of or all of the Licensed Material.
2.3 The Licensee may not:
2.3.1 remove or alter Virus Bulletin's copyright notices or other means of identification or disclaimers as
they appear in the Licensed Material;
2.3.2 systematically make printed or electronic copies of multiple extracts of the Licensed Material for any
purpose;
2.3.3 display or distribute any part of the Licensed Material on any external electronic network, including
without limitation the Internet and the World Wide Web;
2.3.4 permit anyone to access or use the Licensed Materials for any Commercial Use.
2.4 For the avoidance of doubt, the restriction contained in clause 2.2.3 does not apply to the Licensee's
internal Intranet or comparable internal information storage library.
2.5 The Licensee shall permit Virus Bulletin or an independent accountant appointed by Virus Bulletin
access on written notice to the Licensee's premises and the licensees books of accounts and records at
any time during normal business hours for the purpose of inspecting, verifying or monitoring the
Licensee's performance of its obligations under this Agreement. If an inspection reveals that Revenue
exceeds the Revenue stated in the subscription application, then the Licensee shall be invoiced and shall
pay to Virus Bulletin within 30 days of the date of invoice an amount equal to the shortfall of the fees due
and those paid by the Licensee. If the amount of underpayment exceeds 5% of the fees due or the
inspection reveals a violation of any subscription restriction pursuant to this Agreement then, without
prejudice to Virus Bulletin's other rights and remedies, the Licensee shall also pay Virus Bulletin's
reasonable costs of conducting the inspection.
3. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LICENSEE
3.1 The Licensee will obtain at its cost all telecommunications and other equipment and software
(including an Internet browser and portable document file reader) together with all relevant software
licenses necessary to access the Licensed Material online.
3.2 The Licensee will create their user name and password by following Virus Bulletin's instructions
during the process of registration.
3.3 The Licensee will be responsible for the confidentiality and all use of its Password(s)
3.4 The Licensee will notify Virus Bulletin as soon as practicable if it becomes aware of either of the
following: (a) any loss or theft of the Licensee's password(s); or (b) any unauthorised use of any of the
Licensee's Password(s).
4. RESPONSIBILITIES OF VIRUS BULLETIN
4.1 Virus Bulletin shall use all reasonable efforts to:
4.1.1 make the Licensed Material available by means of the Internet to the Licensee throughout the
Subscription Period;
4.1.2 ensure that the Server has sufficient capacity and rate of connectivity to provide the Licensee with a
quality of service comparable to current Internet standards; and
4.1.3 restore access to the Licensed Material as soon as possible in the event of an interruption or
suspension of the service.
5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
5.1 The Licensee acknowledges that all copyrights, patent rights, Virus Bulletin Trade Marks, services
marks, database rights, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights relating to the Licensed
Material ("Virus Bulletin Intellectual Property"), are the sole and exclusive property of Virus Bulletin and
that this Agreement does not convey to the Licensee any right, title, or interest therein except for the right
to use the Licensed Material in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
5.2 The Licensee shall notify Virus Bulletin promptly (i) of the facts and circumstances surrounding any
unauthorised possession or use of the Licensed Material, or Virus Bulletin Intellectual Property, or any
portion thereof; and (ii) on becoming aware of any claim by any third party that the Licensed Material
infringe an intellectual property or proprietary right of any third party.
6. WARRANTIES
6.1 Virus Bulletin owns the Virus Bulletin Intellectual Property and it has the right to grant the licence by
this Agreement.
6.2 Save as provided above, Virus Bulletin gives no warranty, express or implied, and makes no
representation that (i) the Licensed Material will be of satisfactory quality, suitable for any particular
purpose or for any particular use under specified conditions, notwithstanding that such purpose, use, or
conditions may be known to Virus Bulletin; or (ii) that the Licensed Material will operate error free or
without interruption or that any errors will be corrected; or (iii) that the material published in the Licensed
Material is either complete or accurate.
6.3 In no circumstances will Virus Bulletin be liable to the Licensee or any third party for any loss resulting
from a cause over which Virus Bulletin does not have direct control, including but not limited to failure of
electronic or mechanical equipment or communication lines, telephone or other interconnect problems,
unauthorised access, theft, or operator errors.
6.4 In no circumstances will Virus Bulletin be liable to the Licensee or any third party for any
consequential, incidental, special or indirect damages including, without limitation, damages for loss of data
or corruption of data, loss of programs, loss of business or goodwill, or other damages or losses of
any nature arising out of the use of, or inability to use the Licensed Material.
6.5 Without prejudice to the indemnity in clause 7.1,the Licensee agrees that the entire liability of Virus
Bulletin to the Licensee or Authorised Users arising out of any kind of legal claim (whether in contract,
tort, by statute or otherwise) in any way connected with the use or inability to use the Licensed Material
shall be the refund of any Charges paid hereunder.
7. INDEMNITIES AND FORCE MAJEURE
7.1 Notwithstanding the limitation of liability in clause 6.5, Virus Bulletin shall defend, indemnify, and hold
the Licensee harmless against all claims, suits, proceedings, losses, liabilities, and damages (including
costs, expenses, and reasonable legal fees) asserted by third parties against the Licensee which arise
out of any act or omission by Virus Bulletin that constitutes a breach of Virus Bulletin's warranties
hereunder.
7.2 The Licensee shall defend, indemnify, and hold Virus Bulletin harmless against all claims, suits,
proceedings, losses, liabilities, and damages (including costs, expenses, and reasonable legal fees)
arising from (i) any unauthorised use or dissemination of the Licensed Material by the Licensee and (ii)
any violation of this Agreement or of any third-party's rights by the Licensee, including but not limited to
infringement of any copyright, violation of any proprietary right and invasion of any privacy rights.
7.3 The obligations in clauses 7.1 and 7.2 will survive the termination of this Agreement.
7.4 The Licensee and Virus Bulletin shall be neither liable nor deemed to be in breach of this Agreement
for any failure in performance of this Agreement which results from circumstances beyond the reasonable
control of that party, including without limitation to any acts of God, government authority, disaster or
other emergencies.
8. TERMINATION
8.1 Either party may terminate this Agreement forthwith by serving written notice on the other in the event
that the other party commits a material breach of this Agreement and in the case of a breach capable of
remedy fails to remedy the same within 30 days receipt of a request to remedy. Without limitation, a
breach by the Licensee of the provisions of clause 2.3 or 3.3 above would constitute a material breach of
this Licence.
8.2 Virus Bulletin reserves the right at any time on 30 days notice to the Licensee to terminate this
Agreement in whole or in part due to ceasing publication of all or part of the Licensed Material. In the
event of a termination in accordance with this clause 8.2 Virus Bulletin will refund the pro rata portion of
any charges which may have been paid by the Licensee for the balance of the Subscription Period
outstanding at the date of such termination.
9. GENERAL
9.1 This Agreement is personal to and binding on the parties and neither this Agreement nor any of the
rights under it may be assigned or sublicensed.
9.2 All notices required to be given under this Agreement shall be given in writing in English and left at or
sent by first class registered or recorded delivery to such address as the party concerned shall from time
to time designate by notice pursuant to this clause. Such notices shall be deemed to be delivered (i) when
left at the addressee's address; or (ii) if posted 10 (ten) days after posting. All notices to Virus Bulletin
shall be marked for the attention of the Editor. All notices to the Licensee shall be marked for the attention
of the person whose contact details are given in the Schedule.
9.3 This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties about its subject matter, supersedes
all prior communications, understandings and agreements (whether written or oral) relating to its subject
matter and may not be amended or modified except by agreement in writing signed by both parties.
9.4 No provision in this Agreement is intended to be enforceable by a person who is not a party to this
Agreement.
9.5 The rights of the parties arising under this Agreement shall not be waived except in writing. Any
waiver of any of a party's rights under this Agreement or of any breach of this Agreement by the other
party shall not be construed as a waiver of any other rights or of any other further breach.
9.6 Headings used in this Agreement are for convenience only and are deemed not to be part of the
Agreement.
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