BIKABOW BOOKS LLC WEBSITE TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT

Please read this Terms of Use Agreement with care as it contains important information about your legal rights, remedies, and obligations. It limits Bikabow Books LLC’s liability and your remedies.

Contract

This is a contract between you and Bikabow Books LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company with offices located at 52 Booth Lane, Haverford, PA 19041. “We,” “our,” and the “Company” means Bikabow Books LLC and its predecessors, assignors, successors and assigns. This contract covers your use of the Company Services (defined below). By checking the box next to “I agree to the Terms of Use Agreement’ and clicking “SUBMIT” or by using the Company Services, you agree to be bound by this Terms of Use Agreement. If you do NOT agree to this Terms of Use Agreement, check the box next to “I do not agree to the Terms of Use Agreement” and click “SUBMIT” and DO NOT use the Company Services. Your registration will be discontinued, and you will not be permitted to access or use the Company’s Services, and you shall cease all access or use of the Company’s Services. If you later elect to use the Company’s Services from any URL or other location, by such use, you will be deemed to have agreed to this Terms of Use Agreement as a result of such use. You may not use or access the Company’s Services if you are under age 13.

This contract limits the liability of the Company.

This contract also limits your remedies. The Company does not provide any warranties for the Company Services. Please read Sections 5 and 6 with care. They contain these limitations.

1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

The Company is a Pennsylvania limited liability company that publishes books for children and adults. The Company Services are hosted in the United States.

2. DEFINITIONS

We: Bikabow Books LLC and its predecessors, assignors, successors and assigns. “We” also refers to the Company (“We” or “Company” or “Bikabow Books”).
The Company Services: The services offered by the Company include the Company’s website (interchangeably, “Company’s Website” or “Bikabow Books Website”) and any other features, content, or applications offered from time to time by the Company in connection with the Company Website (collectively, “Company Services”).
Registered User: A person, business, or entity that registers a profile to use certain aspects of the Company Services.
Visitor: A person, business, or entity that visits the Company’s Website without registering as a Registered User.
User: A Registered User or Visitor.
Additional Terms and Conditions: This Terms of Use Agreement incorporates Bikabow Books Privacy Policy. To access or use some of the Company Services, you may be notified that you are required to agree to additional terms and conditions. If you participate in or use those Company Services, you agree to be bound by those additional terms and conditions.

3. USER REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

You represent, warrant and covenant that:

If you are an individual, you are 13 years of age or older;
If you are a business or entity, you are a lawfully organized business or entity;
You will use the Company Services only for lawful, non-commercial, non-deceptive purposes authorized by this Terms of Use Agreement;
All information you submit in your registration and afterwards is truthful and accurate;
If acting on behalf of a business or entity, you are the legal owner or authorized agent of the business or entity and that you have the authority to bind the business or entity to this Terms of Use Agreement and to anticipate in or use the Company Services;
You will update your registration information when needed to keep it accurate and current;
Your use of the Company’s Services will not violate any applicable law, regulation, or ordinance;
You will not take any action or use the Company Services in any way which might interfere with the security the Company Services, interfere with the accessibly of the Company Services or any of its contents, or cause damage to the Company Services or any of its contents, including by using any robot, spider, or other automatic device to access or use the Company Services; and
You will not modify or attempt to modify any of the contents of the Company Services.

4. BIKABOW BOOKS MAKES NO WARRANTY

We provide the Company Services “as is,” “with all faults,” and “as available.” We give no express warranties or guarantees. To the extent permitted by law, we exclude and disclaim all implied warranties, including the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for particular purpose, workmanlike efforts, and non-infringement. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of warranties or exclusion of damages, so some or all of these limitations may not apply to you.

Liability: We are not responsible, under any circumstances, for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from participation in or use of the Company Services, attendance at a Company event, from any content posted on or through the Company Services or from the conduct of any Users of the Company Services, whether online or offline.
Content: We are not responsible for the accuracy reliability completeness or legality of any information on this website, and we assume no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the contents of this website. We are not providing you with any professional advice on this website including but not limited to financial or legal advice. You should consult with an appropriate professional, such as a financial professional or lawyer if you desire or require any such advice.
Links to Other Sites: The Company Website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy or opinions expressed, and we do not investigate, monitor, or check for accuracy or completeness. Inclusion of any linked website on the Company Services does not imply that we approve or endorse it. When you access these third-party sites, you do so at your own risk.
Users: We are not responsible for the conduct whether online or offline, of any User of the Company Services.
User Communications: We are not responsible for any error, omission, interruptions, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft destruction, or unauthorized access to or alteration of any User communications.
Technical or Computer Issues: we cannot guarantee continuous or secure access to the Company Services. Operations of the Company Website or the Company Services may be disrupted or interfered with by numerous factors both within and outside of our control. The data stored on our servers may be corrupted, lost, or otherwise impaired. We are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or other system due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or on any of the Company Services or combination thereof, including any injury or damage to Users or to any person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading materials in connection with or otherwise using the Company Services.
Use by Minors: Thile this Terms of Use Agreement prohibits use by minors under age 13, we do not have the means to prevent minors from using or accessing the Company Services without authorization. We rely on our representations, warranties, and covenants.

5. ACCESSING COMPANY SERVICES; ACCOUNT

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Company Services, in whole or in part, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Company Services are unavailable at any tie or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some or all of the Company Services to Users, including Registered Users.

You are responsible for both:

Making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Company Services.
Ensuring that all persons who access the Company Services through your internet connection are aware of this Terms of Use Agreement and comply with it.

To access the Company Services or some of the resources we offer, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Company Services that all the information you provide on Company Services is correct, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with the Company Services or otherwise, including, but not limited to, through the use of any interactive features on the Company Services, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.

If you choose, or are provided with, a username, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is person to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to the Company Services or portions of it using your username, password, or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to secure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information. You also acknowledge that we are not required to provide you with a username or password or other identifier or with the option to select your own to access the Company Services.

We have the right to disable any username, password, or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time if in our opinion you have violated any provision of this Terms of Use Agreement.

6. LIABILITY LIMITATION; YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY

If the Company should be found liable despite the terms of this Terms of Use Agreement, your exclusive remedy is to terminate this Terms of Use Agreement and to recover damages actually and directly incurred up to $100. You can only recover from the Company up to $100 and nothing more. You agree that you will not need to recover any other damages. Consequential, special, indirect, or incidental damages, including lost profits or business opportunities are hereby disclaimed by you, whether or not you or we have been advised of the possibility of such damages and whether or not any limitation on any remedy included herein is deemed to fail of its essential purposes. This limitation applies to all causes of action in the aggregate, including, without limitation, to:

Claims for breach of contract, breach of warranty or guarantee, consumer protection, consumer fraud, unfair competition, strict liability, negligence, fraud, or other tort to the extent permitted by applicable law;
Any matter related to the Company Services;
Any matter related to content or intellectual property (including code);
Any matter related to viruses or other disabling features that affect your access to or use of the Foundation Services;
Any matter related to incompatibility between the Company Services and other services, software, and hardware; and
Any matter related to delays or failures you may have in initiating, conducting, or completing any transmissions or transactions in connection with the Company Services in an accurate or timely manner.

It also applies even if this remedy does not fully compensate you for any losses or fails of its essential purpose; or we knew or should have known about the possibility of damages.

Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental, consequential or other damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you.

7. INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold the Company (and its officers, directors, managers, agents, affiliates, joint venturers, employees, members, predecessors, and assignors) harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of this Terms of Use Agreement, or your violation of any law or regulation or the rights of a third party. This obligation will survive and continue after termination of this Terms of Use Agreement.

8. TERMINATION

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate you as a Registered User (if we have Registered Users) or to restrict, suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of the Company Services at any time, for any or not reason, without notice, and without liability and without waiving any of our other rights or remedies.

We may limit, suspend, or terminate any Company Services at any time without notice and without liability, in whole or in part and from time to time or in their entirety.

If you have a Registered User status, you may initiate the termination of it by sending an email to sharon@bikabowbooks.com, and may terminate your status as a Visitor by ceasing all access to and use of the Company Services.

9. INFORMATION THAT WE COLLET ABOUT YOU

Click here to see the full text of the Privacy Policy for the Bikabow Books Website. You agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy, which are made a part of this Agreement.

10. NOTIFYING THE COMPANY

You may contact us by email in connection with any of the Company Services, but this will not be legal notice. We do not accept legal notice by email. Legal notices should be sent to our mailing address: Bikabow Books LLC, 52 Booth Lane, Haverford, PA 19041.

11. NOTICES FROM COMPANY

We will send you certain notices in connection the Company Services. There may be other information regarding the Company Services that the law requires us to send you. We may send you this information in electronic form via email or online posting. You have the right to withdraw your consent to electronic notice, but if you do, we will terminate your Usership. We may provide required information to you:

By email at the email address specified when you become a Registered User;
By access to a Company Website that will be designated in an email notice sent to you at the time the information is available; or
By access to a Company Website that will be generally designated in advance for this purpose.

Notices provided to you via email will be deemed given and received on the transmission date of the email. If you do not consent to receive any notices electronically, you must stop using the Company Services.

12. CHOICE OF LAW AND LOCATION FOR RESONLVING DISPUTES

You agree that claims for the enforcement or breach of this Terms of Use Agreement will be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, USA without reference to conflict of laws principles. All other claims, including claims regarding consumer protection laws, unfair competition laws, and in tort, will be governed by the laws of your state or province of resident in the United States and Canada, or, if you reside outside of the United States or Canada, by the awls of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without reference to conflict of laws principles.

You consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal courts located in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (in Philadelphia) and to state and local courts located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania for all disputes related to this Terms of Use Agreement or the Company Services. You may only sue us in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania or in the federal court located in Philadelphia in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. You cannot revoke this consent.

13. CLAIMS MUST BE FILED WITHIN ON YEAR

Any claims related to this Terms of Use Agreement, or the Company Services must be brought within one year. This one-year period begins on the date when the claim first accrued. If not filed within one year, that claim is permanently barred. This applies to you and your heirs, successors and assigns.

14. SEVERABILITY

This Terms of Use Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissibly by law. If any provision of this Terms of Use Agreement is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from this Terms of Use Agreement and does not affect the validity or enforceability of any remaining provisions.

15. ENTIRETY OF AGREEMENT

This Terms of Use Agreement and the Privacy Policy it incorporates, as modified, or supplemented by Bikabow Books from time to time, constitutes the entire agreement you and use regarding the use of the Company Services

Failure by Bikabow Books to enforce any rights under this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of such rights nor shall a waiver by the Company in one or more instances be construed as constituting a continuing waive or as a waiver in other instances

If you do not agree to the terms of this Terms of Use Agreement, you should leave the Bikabow Books Website and discontinue of the Company Services immediately.

16. CHANGES TO THIS TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT

It is your responsibility to check this Web page regularly to determine if there have been changes to this Terms of Use Agreement. If you do not agree to the changes, then you must cancel your Registered Usership (should you have one) and in any case stop using the Company Services before the changes become effective, if you continue using the Company Services, then such use constitutes agreement to the Terms of Use Agreement as modified.

17. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

This website and its contents are copyright and may be used only with our written permission. The trademarks, trade names, logos, and services marks (collectively the “Trademarks”) displayed on this website are Trademarks of the Company and others. You are prohibited from using any Trademark displayed on this website without the written permission of the owner of such Trademark. All content including images, text documents, audio, video, and interactive media published on or in the website or as part of the Company Services is for the noncommercial, educational, journalistic, and/or personal use only and subject to all applicable federal and state laws regarding such use. Any commercial use or republication is strictly prohibited. Copying, redistribution or exploitation for personal or corporate gain is not permitted. Bikabow Books retains all of its intellectual property rights in this website and the contents of this website and no right, title, or interest in any content of this website is transferred to you. Bikabow Books does not represent or warrant that your use of this website or any contents of this website will not infringe rights of third parties.

18. CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

If we receive a copyright infringement notice, we will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law. If you believe any materials accessible on or from the Company Services infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access to them) from the Company Services by submitting written notification to our copyright agent designated below. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17. U.S.C. Section 512) (the “DMCA”) the written notice (“DMCA Notice) must include substantially the following:

Your physical or electronic signature;
Identification of the copyrighted work you believe to have been infringed or, if the claim involves multiple works on the Company Services, a representative list of such works;
Identification of the material you believe to be infringing in a sufficiently precise manner to allow us to locate that material;
Adequate information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number, and, if available, email address);
A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
A statement that the information in the written notice is accurate; and
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Our designed copyright agent to receive DMCA Notices:

Bikabow Books
52 Booth Lane
Haverford, PA 19041
610-996-6123
sharon@bikabowbooks.com

If you fail to comply with all the requirements of Sections 512(c)(3) of the DMCA, your DMCA Notice may not be effective.

Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Company Services is infringing your copyright, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

If you believe that material you posted on the Company Services was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter notification with us (“Counter Notice”) by submitting written notification to our copyright agent designated above, Pursuant to the DMCA, the Counter Notice must include substantially the following:

Your physical or electronic signature;
An identification of the material that has been removed or to which has been disable and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access disabled;
Adequate information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number, and, if available, email address):
A statement under penalty of perjury by you that you have a good faith belief that material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and
A statement that you will consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or if you reside outside the United States of any judicial district in which the Company Services may be found) and that you will accept service of process from the person (or an agent of hat person) who provided the Company Services with the complaint at issue.

The DMCA allows us to restore the removed content if the party filing the original DMCA Notice does not file a court action against you within ten business days of receiving the copy of your Counter Notice.

Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Company Services is infringing your copyright or if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Company Services was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

19. HEADINGS

The headings of sections in this Agreement are provided for convenience only and will not affect its construction or interpretation.