THIS AGREEMENT GOVERNS THE PROVISION OF MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT
SERVICES (WHICH WILL BE REFERRED TO IN THIS AGREEMENT AS THE
"SERVICE" OR "SERVICES") PROVIDED BY ISPRING TO CUSTOMERS.
ATTENTION: BY ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT, EITHER BY CONTACTING
ISPRING FOR MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES THROUGH TELEPHONE,
E-MAIL OR LIVE CHAT OR BY PURCHASING A SUPPORT PROGRAM THAT
REFERENCES THIS AGREEMENT, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS
AGREEMENT. IF YOU ARE ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF A
COMPANY OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY, YOU ASSERT THAT YOU HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO BIND STATED ENTITY AND ITS AFFILIATES TO THESE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS, IN WHICH CASE THE TERMS “YOU” OR “YOUR” SHALL
REFER TO STATED ENTITY AND ITS AFFILIATES. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SUCH
AUTHORITY, OR IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS,
YOU MUST NOT ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT AND MAY NOT RECEIVE THESE
SERVICES.
You may not receive the Services if You are a direct competitor of iSpring, except with prior
written consent on behalf of iSpring. In addition, You may not receive the Services for
purposes of evaluating or monitoring their quality or performance, or for any other
benchmarking or competitive purposes.
This Agreement is effective between You and iSpring as of the date of Your acceptance of
this Agreement.
“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to You, any person or entity which, directly or indirectly,
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, You; “control” (including, with
its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management
or policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership
interests, by contract or otherwise).
“Case” shall mean Your support request for the Services that relates to the Software, or to the
Error caused by the Software.
“Case Identification Number” shall mean the identification and tracking number generated
by iSpring and provided to You to allow registration and tracking of Your Case.
“Error(s)” shall mean one (1) or more reproducible deviations in the standard, unmodified
Software from the applicable specifications shown in the documentation.
“Error Report(s)” shall mean the document to be created by iSpring Software each time an
Error occurs in the Software.
“iSpring Software Services” shall mean the current versions of iSpring web services
software programs contained on or available through iSpring Software Services, and other
services related thereto, which You have been validly licensed to use including Maintenance
Releases and website updates (the “Updates”). Your use of iSpring Software Services is
subject to the terms of the relevant iSpring Web Services Subscription Agreement.
“Maintenance Release” shall mean a small software update that improves the functionality
of the Software and does not contain any new significant features or enhancements.
Maintenance Releases are represented by the number that goes after the second decimal point
in the version number. For example, 9.1.1, 699.1.2 and 699.1.3 are maintenance releases of
version 9.1.
“Major Upgrade” shall mean new subsequent releases of iSpring software which
significantly enhances the Software with qualitative changes in functionality and usability and
which bears a new first numeral such as 8.0 or 9.0.
“Minor Upgrade” shall mean a successor version of the Software which improves
functionality or adds new features to the Software and bears a new second numeral such as
8.5 or 8.6.
“Object Code” shall mean the binary machine readable version of the
Software.
“Optional Services” shall mean the maintenance and support services that You may elect to
receive from iSpring pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 hereof.
“Services” shall mean the maintenance and support services to be provided under this
Agreement.
“Software” shall mean a current version of iSpring products (“iSpring Converter Pro”,
“iSpring QuizMaker”, “iSpring Suite”, “iSpring Suite DX”, “iSpring Cam Pro”, “iSpring
TalkMaster”, “iSpring Flip”) which You have been validly licensed to use including,
Maintenance Releases, and Minor and Major Upgrades. Your use of the Software is subject
to the terms of the relevant software license agreement.
"Support Hours" means 24-hour, 7-day-a-week support hours.
"Support Request" means a request for Services submitted to iSpring by You in accordance
with this Agreement. Support Requests shall be submitted via email
([email protected]) or telephone (1 800 640 0868).
“You” or “Your” shall mean the individual person who purchased, installed and is using the
Software on his or her own behalf under the relevant software license agreement; or, if the
Software is being purchased, downloaded or installed on behalf of an organization, such as an
employer, “You” or “Your” shall mean the company or other legal entity for which the
Software is downloaded or installed.
“Your Data” shall mean electronic data and information which makes possible duplication
of the Error in the iSpring testing environment, submitted by or for You to the Services or
collected and processed by or for You using the Services.
2.1 iSpring represents, warrants and covenants that: the Services will be performed by iSpring
in a professional manner in accordance with applicable industry standards;
2.2 It will comply with all applicable laws in providing the Services;
2.3 The performance of Services for You under this Agreement does not and will not violate
any agreements or obligations iSpring may have to any other person or entity
3.1 iSpring shall provide You with the Services for the Software and iSpring Software
Services during the Support Hours throughout the trial period if the Software or iSpring
Software Services were provided to You on a trial or evaluation basis.
"Services" include the identification, diagnosis and correction of Errors by providing the
following services by help desk technicians sufficiently qualified and experienced to identify
and resolve Your Support Requests reporting the Errors: (a) e-mail assistance, providing
responses to You within 5 (five) business days; (b) telephone assistance responding incoming
calls without calls-back to You; (c) access to technical information provided either on
iSpring's website or delivered to You in writing by e-mail; error correction services, including
without limitation identifying defective code and to provide corrections, workarounds and/or
an object code patches to correct Errors, or a specific action plan as to how iSpring will address
the problem and an estimate of how long it will take to rectify the defect.
By rendering the Services, iSpring shall correct Errors in accordance to this Agreement, and,
particular, Exhibit A hereto.
3.2 Handling of Support Requests. All Support Requests shall be investigated and if the
request relates to the Software, or to an Error caused by the Software, (a) a Case shall be
opened, (b) a Case Identification Number shall be generated and provided to You by an
iSpring support representative(s), and (c) the Case shall be resolved in accordance with
standard iSpring procedures and processes. For Error Reports received by iSpring during
iSpring's business hours, iSpring will use business reasonable commercial efforts to
communicate with You about the Error via e-mail or online facilities available on the iSpring
web site.
3.3 Support Requests outside standard Support Hours. All emails voicemails will receive
a response via email within the next 5 (five) business days.
3.4 Limitation on the Services. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Maintenance
and Support Services Agreement, iSpring shall provide the Services only with respect to one
(1) most recent Major Upgrade of the Software.
3.4.1 iSpring shall have no obligation to provide the Services for the Software except as set
forth in this Agreement. iSpring shall not have any responsibility to develop subsequent
components for the Software or additional processes for You, except as explicitly set forth
herein.
3.4.2 Contacting iSpring for receiving Services, You agree to provide all necessary
information to iSpring which makes it possible to duplicate the Error in the iSpring testing
environment. In the case that You fail to provide necessary information to iSpring, iSpring
has no obligations to provide the Services.
3.4.3 iSpring shall have no obligation to perform the Services in connection with the Errors
resulting from hardware or software not supplied by iSpring. iSpring shall have no obligation
to perform the Services unless the Services were purchased by You.
3.4.4 Unless otherwise authorized in writing by iSpring, iSpring will not be required to correct
any Error caused by (a) incorporation or attachment of a feature, program, or device to the
Software or any part thereof; (b) any nonconformance caused by accident, transportation,
neglect, misuse, alteration, modification, or enhancement of the Software; (c) the failure to
provide an installation environment recommended for the Software; (d) use of the Software
for other than the specific purpose for which the Software is intended; (e) use of the Software
on any systems other than the specified hardware platform for such Software; (f) if applicable,
use of defective media or defective duplication of the Software; or (g) failure to incorporate
any Software revision or patch previously released by iSpring which corrects such Error.
3.5 Maintenance and Support Services do not include: (a) development of custom computer
programs, (b) repairs or service relating to any third party software or hardware.
3.6 Intellectual Property Rights. Title to all Error Corrections, Maintenance Releases and
Minor and Major Upgrades shall remain solely and exclusively with iSpring. It is hereby
acknowledged and agreed that the former shall be deemed to constitute the Software for
purposes of the application of the software license agreement.
3.7. Scheduled Maintenance of iSpring Software Services. You acknowledge that certain
scheduled maintenance activities regarding iSpring Software Services may be necessary or
appropriate from time to time, including bug fixes, software updates, feature updates, and the
addition of new applications and new modules. In most instances, iSpring infrastructure is
designed to support updates by iSpring engineering and support teams without the need to
interrupt iSpring Software Services. Where such scheduled maintenance activities are not
reasonably anticipated to materially impact Your use of iSpring Software Service, iSpring will
have no obligation to provide notice to You regarding such maintenance activities, although
iSpring generally does so, in the ordinary course, at least (24) twenty four hours in advance of
the same. If iSpring reasonably determines that scheduled maintenance activities will require an
unavailability or outage of iSpring Software Services in excess of ten (10) consecutive minutes,
iSpring will give You advance notice of the same. iSpring will use commercially reasonable
efforts to perform routine scheduled maintenance during nonbusiness hours.
3.8. iSpring undertakes, in its sole discretion, to adopt commercially reasonable measures in
order to ensure that iSpring Software Services are available over the Internet around the clock,
seven (7) days a week. iSpring shall be entitled to take measures that affect the aforementioned
accessibility where iSpring deems such to be necessary for technical, maintenance, operational,
or security reasons. You are aware and acknowledge that the Your access to the Internet cannot
be guaranteed and that iSpring shall never be liable for deficiencies in Your own Internet
connections or equipment.
4.1 You shall be entitled to purchase the Optional Services for the Software included in certain
Support Plans available at iSpring website http://www.ispringsolutions.com.
4.2 The Optional Services include maintenance and support services and may include
additional services listed below for the Software, which are determined by iSpring at its sole
discretion and published on iSpring website http://www.ispringsolutions.com. iSpring
reserves the right to add or reduce the number of the Optional Services and to change the
Optional Services for the Software at its sole discretion at any time with or without notice.
Case Analysis. iSpring shall provide Case Analysis to resolve difficult issues with the
Software that require a thorough research of a specialist. Your Case shall be investigated by
professional iSpring support engineers. For especially complex issues, iSpring developers and
quality assurance engineers will be involved in working out a resolution.
After purchasing the Support Plan that includes Case Analysis, You will be contacted by an
iSpring support representative concerning the details of the issue within one business day.
Another way to submit Your case after purchasing the Support Plan with Case Analysis:
1. Log in to Your iSpring account;
2. Create a Case Identification Number;
3. Provide a detailed description of the issue;
4. Attach files required for researching the issue.
An iSpring support representative shall initiate the Case research process within one business
day. As soon as a reliable, quality solution is worked out, an iSpring support representative
shall provide You a problem description, possible resolution or workaround, and
recommendations or a bug fix.
Each Support Plan includes a certain number of Case Analyses. It is up to iSpring support
representative(s) to determine if an issue was connected with an iSpring Software bug. If the
issue was not caused by an iSpring Software bug, but by operating system or user error, the
provided Case Analysis shall not be withheld from the amount of the Case Analyses remained
before the expiration of the relevant Support Plan Term.
Dedicated Support Analyst. iSpring shall provide to You in writing, the name(s) of a
dedicated telephone and email support analyst(s) within five (5) days after purchasing an
Support Plan that includes a Dedicated Support Analyst. Such dedicated telephone and email
support analyst(s) shall be available within the Support Hours.
New Feature Request Prioritization. iSpring help desk technician(s) shall pass Your feature
requests to product development engineers. Any feature request shall be responded to by iSpring
help desk technician(s) within seven (7) business days. It is up to iSpring to evaluate the
feasibility of Your feature request and iSpring shall have no obligations to include Your
feature request in any future iSpring software development plan.
Priority Email and Phone Response. All Your Support Requests will receive a response via
e-mail or phone within 1 (one) business day.
Remote Assistance. The Services shall be provided in part by directing You to use certain
diagnostic tools available in the Software. If this proves insufficient to resolve the support
request, if You grant explicit permission, and if You establish and maintain the appropriate
network configuration, iSpring personnel shall access the Software remotely and provide
remote systems connection via a program chosen by You from the list suggested by iSpring
personnel.
iSpring Remote Assistance implies close examination of Your system within the framework
of the real-time screen sharing. During the Remote Assistance session, an iSpring support
representative, based on his knowledge and experience, will work out the best way to
eliminate the issue.
After You purchase the Support Plan that includes Remote Assistance:
1. An iSpring support representative shall contact You within one (1) business day;
2. The 1-hour Remote Assistance session shall be scheduled for the time most convenient
for You;
3. iSpring shall provide You instructions about the Remote Assistance process and the
required software;
4. An iSpring support representative shall remotely access and diagnose the origin of the
issue on Your computer to eliminate the problem;
5. iSpring shall provide You free follow-up Remote Assistance if the issue isn’t
eliminated during the 1-hour session;
6. The detailed Remote Assistance session report shall be provided.
During the secure Remote Assistance session, an iSpring support representative can
temporarily control Your mouse and keyboard. You shall maintain control over Your machine
and can either disconnect the session or take control from the technician at any time. iSpring
shall guarantee that your privacy and security will never be compromised during the session.
Each Support Plan includes a certain number of Remote Assistance sessions. It is up to iSpring
support representative(s) to determine if an issue was connected with an iSpring Software bug.
If the issue was not caused by an iSpring Software bug, but by an operating system or user
error, the provided Remote Assistance session shall not be withheld from the amount of the
Remote Assistance sessions remained before the expiration of the relevant Agreement Term.
Support. iSpring shall provide You expert level support via phone, email and live chat within
the Support Hours to assist You with the operations and support of the Software, including
training, support, and consultation to optimize the Software system and Your practices.
Unlimited Major and Minor Upgrades. iSpring shall provide, as soon as they are made
available, to You all Major and Minor Upgrades within the term of Your relevant Support
Plan Term.
4.3 iSpring reserves the right to add or reduce the number of the Optional Services at its sole
discretion at any time with or without notice.
Any time incurred by iSpring in diagnosing or fixing problems that are not caused by the Software, or are not covered by this Agreement are billable to You at iSpring’s then-existing rates with a one-hour minimum per call.
6.1 Term of the Agreement. This Agreement commences on the date You purchased the
Software or iSpring Software Services under the relevant license agreement and continues
until the termination or expiration of a relevant subscription term or until You purchase a
Support Plan for the Optional Services (the “Term”).
6.2 Term of the Services. The term of the Services for the Software and iSpring Software
Services provided to You on a trial or evaluation basis, shall become effective on the
beginning of a trial period and continues until the expiration date of a trial period.
6.3 Term of the Optional Services. The term of the Optional Services shall become effective
on the date You purchased a Support Plan with the Optional Services and continues for a one
(1) year term (the “Initial Term”). The Initial Term may be renewed for additional periods
equal to the Initial Term (The “Renewal Term”) upon Your written notice to iSpring at least
30 days before the end of the relevant prior term. The per unit pricing during any Renewal
Term will be the same as that during the immediate prior term, provided that iSpring reserves
the right to change the per unit pricing for a Support Plan with the Optional Services for a
Renewal Term at its sole discretion at any time with or without notice. The per unit pricing
for a Support Plan with the Optional Services is available at http://www.ispringsolutions.com.
6.4 Termination. A party may terminate this Agreement for cause (i) upon 30 days written
notice to the other party of a material breach if such breach remains uncured at the expiration
of such period, or (ii) if the other party becomes the subject of a petition in bankruptcy or any
other proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership, liquidation or assignment for the benefit
of creditors.
6.5. Surviving Provisions. The Sections 1, 2 and 7 will survive any termination or expiration
of this Agreement.
7.1. During the term of the Services under Sections 6.2.1 and 6.2.2 iSpring shall not charge You
for the Services set forth in Sections 3 of this Agreement, provided that iSpring reserves the
right to charge You additional fees at its then-standard rates for additional services requested
by You other than set forth in Sections 3 and for services performed in connection with
reported Errors which are later determined to have been due to hardware or software not
supplied by iSpring.
7.2 Fees and Payment. iSpring offers the Optional Services set forth in Section 4 of this
Agreement included in certain Support Plans for annual fees (the “Fees”) which you shall pay
to iSpring by authorized credit card or, if agreed to by iSpring, by another method of payment.
iSpring reserves the right to change the Fees or applicable charges and to institute new charges
at any time with or without notice.
7.3 Change of the Optional Services. A change of the Optional Services can be an upgrade
to Your current Support Plan. An upgrade is when You add the Optional Services to Your
purchased Support Plan with equal or greater annually charge.
7.4 Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, (i) fees are based on the Optional
Services purchased and not actual usage, (ii) payment obligations are non-cancelable and fees
paid are non-refundable, and (iii) quantities purchased cannot be decreased during the relevant
Agreement Term.
7.5 Taxes. All disbursements, prices and fees payable to iSpring hereunder are exclusive of
all federal, state, municipal, or other government, excise, sales, use, occupational, or similar
taxes now in force or enacted in the future, with the sole exception of iSpring’s income taxes,
You shall cover all fees and processing expenses for charge backs, frauds, and refunds.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, You shall be solely responsible for any value
added taxes collections, payments and related registrations arising in any way out of or relating
to this Agreement. If a certificate of exemption or similar document or proceeding is to be
made in order to exempt the sale from sales or use tax liability, you will obtain and provide
iSpring with such certificate, document or proceeding. If iSpring has the legal obligation to
pay or collect Taxes for which You are responsible under this Section 7.5, iSpring will invoice
You and You will pay that amount unless You provide iSpring with a valid tax exemption
certificate authorized by the appropriate taxing authority. To further clarify, iSpring is solely
responsible for taxes assessable against iSpring based on iSpring’s income, property and
employees.
During the term of the Agreement, iSpring support help desk technician(s) shall contact You and/or a person authorized and identified by You. Such person identified shall have the authority to authorize an investigation of the Software problems and have knowledge of the rules of engagement for maintenance and support. You shall provide iSpring support representative(s) with the name and e-mail of Your authorized contact person, provided that said contact person’s name and e-mail be revised by You at any time as long as iSpring is informed in writing. For concurrent or multi-seat software licenses purchased, the number of contact persons who are eligible to receive the Services, shall not exceed one (1) authorized contact person per license. To increase the number of Your authorized contact persons, you may purchase Support Plan choosing from iSpring Support Plans on iSpring website http://www.ispringsolutions.com. For more information please contact iSpring at https://www.ispringsolutions.com/contact-sales.html
You hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless iSpring, its Affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees, from any expense, loss, claim, damage, fine, penalty or liability, including reasonable fees for attorneys and other professionals, payable under any judgment, verdict, court order or settlement, to the extent resulting from any claim, demand, action, suit, arbitration, or other proceeding initiated by any third party, including the assessment, claim or demand by a governmental agency or entity, arising out of Your breach of this Agreement and any third party claims arising from Your Data.
10.1. Definition of Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” means all
information disclosed by a party (“Disclosing Party”) to the other party (“Receiving Party”),
whether orally or in writing, that is designated as confidential or that reasonably should be
understood to be confidential given the nature of the information and the circumstances of
disclosure. Your Confidential Information includes Your Data; iSpring Confidential
Information includes the Services; and Confidential Information of each party includes the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and pricing, as well as business and marketing plans,
technology and technical information, product plans and designs, and business processes
disclosed by designated party. However, Confidential Information does not include any
information that (i) is or becomes generally known to the public without breach of any
obligation owed to the Disclosing Party, (ii) was known to the Receiving Party prior to its
disclosure by the Disclosing Party without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing
Party, (iii) is received from a third party without breach of any obligation owed to the
Disclosing Party, or (iv) was independently developed by the Receiving Party.
10.2. Protection of Confidential Information. The Receiving Party will use the same degree
of care that it uses to protect the confidentiality of its own confidential information of like
kind (but not less than reasonable care) (i) not to use any Confidential Information of the
Disclosing Party for any purpose outside the scope of this Agreement, and (ii) except as
otherwise authorized by the Disclosing Party in writing, to limit access to Confidential
Information of the Disclosing Party to those of its and its Affiliates’ employees and contractors
who need that access for purposes consistent with this Agreement and who have signed
confidentiality agreements with the Receiving Party containing protections no less stringent
than those herein. Neither party will disclose the terms of this Agreement to any third party
other than its Affiliates, legal counsel and accountants without the other party’s prior written
consent, provided that a party that makes any such disclosure to its affiliate, legal counsel or
accountants will remain responsible for such affiliate’s, legal counsel’s or accountant’s
compliance with this Section 10.2.
11.1 In no event shall iSpring be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, punitive, or
consequential damages, including loss of profits arising from or related to the breach of this
Agreement, even if iSpring had been advised of the possibility of such damages.
11.2 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, IN THE
EVENT ANY REMEDY FAILS ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE, ISPRING’S LIABILITIES
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER UNDER CONTRACT LAW, TORT LAW, OR
OTHERWISE, SHALL BE LIMITED TO DIRECT DAMAGES NOT TO EXCEED THE
AMOUNT ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY ISPRING PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT.
11.3 THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN
SECTION 2.2, ISPRING MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR
WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE OR THE SERVICES OR THEIR
CONDITION, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
OR USE BY CUSTOMER. ISPRING FURNISHES THE WARRANTIES IN SECTION 2.2
IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
11.4 No action, regardless of form, arising under this Agreement, may be brought more than
one year after the cause of action has arisen, except that an action for nonpayment may be
brought within two (2) years after the date of the most recent payment.
All work performed by iSpring in connection with the Software and/or the Services described in this Agreement shall be performed by iSpring as an independent contractor and not as Your agent or employee. All persons furnished by iSpring shall be for all purposes solely iSpring’s employees or agents and shall not be deemed to be Your employees for any purpose whatsoever. iSpring shall furnish, employ, and have exclusive control of all persons to be engaged in performing maintenance services under this Agreement and shall prescribe and control the means and methods of performing such maintenance services by providing adequate and proper supervision. iSpring shall be solely responsible for compliance with all rules, laws, and regulations relating to employment of labor, hours of labor, working conditions, payment of wages, and payment of taxes, such as employment, social security, and other payroll taxes including applicable contributions from such persons when required by law.
13.1 Force Majeure. Except for the obligation to make payments, nonperformance of either
party shall be excused to the extent the performance is rendered impossible by strike, fire,
flood, governmental acts or orders or restrictions, failure of suppliers.
13.2 Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned, in whole or in part, by either
party without the prior written consent of the other party, provided, however, that iSpring shall
have the right to assign this Agreement to its Affiliates without Your prior consent by giving
notification to You. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto and their permitted successors and assigns.
13.3 Notices. Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, all notices, permissions and
approvals hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given upon: (i)
personal delivery, (ii) the second business day after mailing, (iii) the second business day after
being sent by confirmed facsimile, or (iv) the first business day after being sent by email
(provided email shall not be sufficient for notices of termination or an indemnifiable claim).
Billing-related notices to You shall be addressed to the relevant billing contact designated by
You. All other notices to You shall be addressed to the relevant Services system administrator
designated by You.
13.4 Feedback. You may from time to time provide suggestions, comments or other feedback
to iSpring with respect to any product, material, software or information provided by iSpring
(hereinafter "Feedback"). You agree that all Feedback is and shall be entirely voluntary and
shall not, absent separate agreement, create any confidentiality obligation for iSpring.
However, iSpring shall not disclose the source of any Feedback without the providing party's
consent. iSpring shall be free to disclose and use such Feedback as it sees fit, entirely without
obligation of any kind to you. The foregoing shall not, however, affect either party's
obligations hereunder with respect to the information protected pursuant to the privacy policy.
13.5 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by iSpring at any time by providing the
new terms and conditions for You to accept when You next log in to the website.
iSpring reserves the right to make changes or updates with respect to or in the Services or the
Support Plans at any time without notice.
You also understand and agree that the Services may include certain communications from
iSpring including service announcements, administrative messages, and product updates and
that these communications are considered part of your registration, and you will not be able
to opt out of receiving them.
13.6 Export Regulations. The parties acknowledge that the Services and all related technical
information, documents, and materials may be subject to export controls under U.S. Export
Administration Regulations and, to the extent applicable, the parties shall (a) comply with all
requirements set forth in such regulations, and (b) cooperate fully with each other in any
official
or unofficial audit or inspection that relates to such export requirements.
13.7 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia without reference to conflicts of
law rules and principles. To the extent permitted by law, the provisions of this Agreement
shall supersede any provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted or made
applicable to any products described herein in any competent jurisdiction. This Agreement
shall not be governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International
Sale of Products, the application of which is expressly excluded.
13.8 Severability. If this Agreement or any provision thereof is, or the transactions
contemplated hereby are, found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void,
unenforceable for any reason or inconsistent or contrary to any valid applicable laws or official
orders, rules and regulations, in whole or in part, the inconsistent or contrary provision of this
Agreement shall be null and void and such laws, orders, rules and regulations shall control
and, as so modified, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect and the remaining
provisions of this Agreement shall be unaffected thereby and shall remain in full force and
effect to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however, that nothing herein contained
shall be construed as a waiver of any right to question or contest any such law, order, rule or
regulation in any forum having jurisdiction.
13.9 No Waiver. No provision of the Agreement will be considered waived unless such
waiver is in writing and signed by the party that benefits from the enforcement of such
provision. No waiver of any provision in the Agreement, however, will be deemed a waiver
of a subsequent breach of such a provision or a waiver of a similar provision. In addition, a
waiver of any breach or a failure to enforce any term or condition of the Agreement will not
in any way affect, limit, or waive a Party’s rights under the Agreement at any time to enforce
strict compliance thereafter with every term and condition of the Agreement.
13.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is solely for the benefit of the parties
and, except as otherwise provided herein, no other person will have any right, interest, or claim
under this Agreement.
13.11 Entire Agreement. With the exception of prior Non-Disclosure Agreements, if any,
the Agreement, together with the exhibits, attachments and appendices hereto, constitutes the
entire agreement and understanding between the parties or any of their Affiliates with respect
to its subject matters and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and representations,
written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter of the Agreement.
Error Levels and Resolution.
All Errors reported by You to iSpring shall be assigned a Priority Level. iSpring shall
classify or reclassify, as applicable, all Errors as Critical, High, Medium or Low pursuant to
the definitions set forth in this Exhibit A
Priority | Description | Suggested resolution |
---|---|---|
Critical/P1 | The problem is critical, there is no workaround is found on the client side. | The problem is solved, or the workaround is provided to bring the priority down to P2 level. The time estimate for the full resolution is provided. |
High/P2 | The problem causes a degradation of service main functionalities; the problem is critical, but has a workaround available, the functionality is not essential for the service | The problem is well analysed and either solved, or provided with the time estimate for the full resolution. The client is provided with the up-to-date information by vendor. |
Medium/P3 | The problem causes minor loss or degradation of services, the problem is important, but has a workaround; the functionality is not important, but causes an inconvenience | The problem is well analysed and either solved, or provided with the time estimate for the full resolution. The client is provided with the up-to-date information by vendor. |
Low/P4 | The new feature request | The request is well analyzed and then the time and cost estimate for the implementation is provided. Otherwise, if there is a decision to include the functionality into the main branch, the time estimate is provided as well. |
To adhere to the above Priority Levels, You shall report the Error to iSpring support team
adding iSpring personal manager in a copy. You shall provide the detailed description of the
Error with screenshots/samples. In case the Error is Medium/Low, You shall describe the
consequences to the business.
Based on Error’s Priority Level, iSpring shall correct such Error within the time set forth below:
Priority | Priority Description | Initial Response | Communication Schedule | Planned Resolution |
---|---|---|---|---|
P1 | Critical | 1 business day | Individually | As soon as possible – within 72 hours |
P2 | High | 1 business day | Once in a day | Within 120 hours |
P3 | Medium | 1 business day | Once in a day | Within 120 hours |
P4 | Low | 1 business day | Individually | Individually |
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