Goods Group Terms of Use
This Website (as defined in Clause 1 below) is an electronic publication of and a service provided by Goods Group, LLC (Limited Liability Corporation in Wyoming) (hereinafter referred to as “Publisher”).
Any and all access to and use of this Website are subject to, and constitute each Visitor’s (as defined in Clause 1 below) acknowledgment and acceptance of, the following terms (“Terms of Use”). Each Visitor also agrees to accept and comply with any and all other guidelines, notices, operating rules, policies and instructions pertaining to the access and use of this Website, as well as any amendments to the aforementioned, issued by Publisher (and/or other relevant members of the Goods (as defined in Clause 1 below)) and posted in this Website, from time to time. If any Visitor does not accept these Terms of Use (and such guidelines, notices, operating rules, policies and instructions), the Visitor must stop accessing and using this Website.
Publisher (and/or other relevant members of the Goods (as defined in Clause 1 below), as the case may be) may amend or update these Terms of Use (and other guidelines, notices, operating rules, policies and instructions) at any time and Publisher may post the amended or updated version thereof on this Website. Such amended or updated version shall automatically be effective upon its posting on this Website and Visitors are deemed to be aware of and bound by any changes to these Terms of Use upon posting on this Website. The right of Publisher (and/or other relevant members of the Goods (as defined in Clause 1 below), as the case may be) to amend or update these Terms of Use (and such guidelines, notices, operating rules, policies and instructions) in the manner aforesaid may be exercised without the consent of the Visitor or any other person or entity. If any Visitor does not accept any such amendments or updates, the Visitor must stop accessing and using this Website.
1. | Definitions and interpretation |
a. | Definitions: In these Terms of Use, the following words and expressions shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following respective meanings:- “Affected Provision” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Clause 19 below. “Force Majeure Event” in relation to a person or entity, shall mean an event or a failure which is beyond that person's or entity's reasonable control, including but not limited to: acts of God; fire; flood; explosion; storm; hurricane; typhoon; tsunami; earthquake; natural or other disasters; vandalism; power surge or outage; cable cut; disruptions or failures in telecommunication systems or equipment or electrical power or supply; server crashes; back-up failures; disruptions to or failure of Internet access or connectivity; serious accidents; disease outbreaks, epidemics or quarantine or travel restrictions; any law, order, regulation, direction, action or request of any government (including state and local governments) or any civil or military authority, or of any dependent agency, commission, court, bureau, corporation or other instrumentality thereof; allocation regulations or orders affecting materials and/or the supply thereof; national emergencies, insurrections, riots, civil commotion, war or warlike operations; acts of terrorism; strikes, lockouts, work stoppages or labor disputes, troubles or difficulties; delays in transportation; supplier failures, shortages, breaches or delays; or inability after due and timely diligence to procure materials, accessories, equipment or parts. “Goods Content” shall mean this Website, and all content, information, applications, programs, texts, images, links, sounds, graphics, videos, software and other materials displayed or made available on this Website, and all files within and attachments transmitted through this Website and all data within such files and attachments, but excluding Third Party Content. “Goods” shall mean Goods Group, LLC, Limited Liability Corporation in Wyoming, and its subsidiaries (including Publisher) from time to time. “Goods Indemnitees” shall mean Publisher and other members of the Goods, and any directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, service providers and/or assigns thereof. “Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean all copyright, patents, utility innovations, trademarks and service marks, geographical indications, domain names, layout design rights, registered designs, design rights, database rights, trade or business names, rights protecting trade secrets and confidential information, rights protecting goodwill and reputation, and all other similar or corresponding proprietary rights and all applications for the same, whether presently existing or created in the future, anywhere in the world, whether registered or not, and all benefits, privileges, rights to sue, recover damages and obtain relief or other remedies for any past, current or future infringement, misappropriation or violation of any of the foregoing rights. “Liabilities” shall mean claims, demands, damages, losses, liabilities, settlement sums, suits, actions, proceedings, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs and expenses (including but not limited to legal costs and expenses on a full indemnity basis. “Overall Content” shall mean the Goods Content and the Third Party Content, collectively. “Password” shall refer to the valid password that is used in conjunction with the Username to access and use password-protected and/or secure areas of this Website that are restricted to authorized users only. “Publisher” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the first paragraph of the opening section above. “Relevant Activity” in relation to any product appearing in this Website and/or any of the Overall Content, shall mean any one or more of the following (as the context requires): the import, export, storage, transportation, transit, customs clearance, delivery, use, advertising, display, reproduction, offer, sale, supply, purchase, provision or re-sale of such product or any transaction, activity or dealing in respect of any such product. “Specific Services” shall mean those services, provided by relevant members of the Goods in or through this Website. “Specific Terms” shall mean the respective terms and conditions applicable to Specific Services, including those prescribed or imposed by relevant members of the Goods in relation to such Specific Services, or those contained in respective agreements entered into between Visitors and relevant members of the Goods in relation to such Specific Services. “Terms of Use” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the second paragraph of the opening section above. “Third Party Content” shall mean those content, information, applications, programs, texts, images, links, sounds, graphics, videos, software and other materials displayed in or made available in or through, included in, posted through, or linked through, this Website (including all files within and attachments transmitted through this Website and all data within such files and attachments), which are submitted by, originate from, are provided by, are obtained from or pertain to third party websites or other third parties, and in or to which the Intellectual Property Rights are not owned by members of the Goods. “Third Party Licensors” shall mean the respective owners (not being members of the Goods) of the titles, rights and interests in or to the Third Party Content. “Trademarks” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Clause 3 below. “Username” shall refer to the unique login identification name or code which identifies a Visitor who registers with this Website. “Visitor” shall mean the individual or entity who, or the individual or entity whose agent or representative, accesses and/or uses this Website, or the services, features and functionalities provided in or through this Website, or any of the Overall Content. “Website” shall mean the website on the Internet owned and/or operated by Publisher and the homepage of which is presently located at www.goods.co. |
b. | Interpretation: Any reference in these Terms of Use to any provision of a statute shall be construed as a reference to that provision as amended, re-enacted or extended at the relevant time. Any references herein to “Clauses” are references to the clauses of these Terms of Use. In these Terms of Use, whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used, they will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”. Clause headings are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of these Terms of Use. |
2. | Application of other terms and conditions These Terms of Use shall apply to each Specific Service, in addition to any and all other Specific Terms applicable to such Specific Service; provided however that:- |
a. | in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between any provision of the Specific Terms and any provision of these Terms of Use, such conflict or inconsistency shall (except as otherwise expressly provided or agreed) be resolved in a manner favorable to Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods; and | |
b. | only to the extent that such conflict or inconsistency cannot be so resolved, the provisions of the Specific Terms shall prevail. | |
3. | Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights Unless otherwise expressly stated:- |
a. | all titles, rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) in respect of the Goods Content are owned by, licensed to or controlled by Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods, and nothing herein confers on Visitors any title, right or interest in respect thereof; and | |
b. | all titles, rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) in respect of the Third Party Content are owned by, licensed to or controlled by the relevant Third Party Licensors, and nothing herein confers on Visitors any title, right or interest in respect thereof. | |
The trademarks, service marks, trade names and logos used and displayed on this Website (collectively the “Trademarks”) are registered and unregistered trademarks of Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods and/or other third parties. No right or license is given to Visitors to download, reproduce or use such Trademarks. Nothing on this Website shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademarks, without the written permission of Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods and/or other third parties. The names of Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods may not be used in any way without the prior written permission of Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods. Any other names of third party companies, products, programs, applications, systems and solutions mentioned or referred to in this Website are or may be the trademarks of the respective owners/licensors or licensees, and in such cases, Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods are not and should not be deemed to be connected or associated or affiliated in any way with such other owners/licensors or licensees. | ||
4. | Restricted use of Overall Content Visitors may use, download, reproduce and/or distribute internally non-substantial portions of the Goods Content, on an occasional ad-hoc basis, solely and exclusively for personal or internal and non-commercial purposes, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT:- |
a. | such use, downloading, reproduction and/or distribution of such Goods Content (either in hard copy or electronic form) is not done in any manner which might be competitive with or prejudicial to Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods and/or their businesses, and/or their use, downloading, reproduction and/or distribution of such Goods Content or other content similar thereto; | |
b. | such Goods Content is used, downloaded, reproduced and/or distributed, without modification, and with retention or inclusion of the appropriate notices, including copyright notices and other applicable proprietary notices, indicating Publisher (and/or other relevant members of the Goods, as the case may be) as the source of such Goods Content and prohibiting any further use, downloading, reproduction and/or distribution of such Goods Content; and | |
c. | such use, downloading, reproduction and/or distribution of any Goods Content do not and shall not be deemed to transfer any title, right or interest in or to such Goods Content, and such Goods Content may be used, downloaded, reproduced and/or distributed only in accordance with Clauses 3, 4 and 5. | |
Except as expressly permitted in this Clause 4, Visitors may not use, download, copy, reproduce, modify, alter, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, separate, sell, transfer, rent, license, publish, republish, display, broadcast, hyperlink, mirror, frame, transmit, store, install, distribute, disseminate in any form or in any manner or by any means, or otherwise allow access to or in any other fashion re-use, all or any part or parts of this Website, the Goods Content and/or the Third Party Content, without the prior written permission of Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods and/or the relevant third party owners/licensors or licensees of the relevant Intellectual Property Rights, as the case may be. | ||
5. | Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Visitors acknowledge that this Website and the Goods Content (or the Third Party Content, as the case may be) were prepared by Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods (or the Third Party Licensors, as the case may be) through the application of methods and standards of judgment developed and applied through the expenditure of substantial time, effort and money. Visitors agree to protect all rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) of Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods (or the Third Party Licensors, as the case may be) in or to this Website and the Goods Content (or the Third Party Content, as the case may be). In addition, Visitors shall honor and comply with reasonable written requests made by Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods (or, as the case may be, the Third Party Licensors) in connection with the protection, enforcement or exercise of Publisher’s and/or other relevant members’ of the Goods (or, as the case may be, the Third Party Licensors') contractual and other legal (whether statutory or common law) or equitable rights and remedies in respect of this Website and the Goods Content (or the Third Party Content, as the case may be). |
6. | Updates All updates to or addition of Goods Content and Third Party Content, and all new versions of this Website shall be subject to these Terms of Use as if each such update, addition and/or new version were the original Goods Content, Third Party Content or Website (as the case may be) referred to herein. |
7. | Modifications Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods reserve the right to control the look and feel of this Website and shall be entitled to publish any notices or disclaimers on this Website in the manner and to the extent deemed necessary by Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods at their sole discretion. Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods reserve the right to update, suspend, discontinue, alter or modify this Website or any information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content provided in or through this Website, including portions thereof, from time to time and without giving any reason or prior notice. Such updates, suspensions, discontinuations, alterations or modifications may include, without limitation, changes to, additions of or withdrawals of information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content. Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods shall not be liable if any such updates, suspensions, discontinuations, alterations or modifications prevent or disrupt Visitors from accessing this Website or associated information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content. Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods reserve the right (but shall not be obliged) to: |
a. | monitor, screen or otherwise control any activity, content or material on or accessible through this Website, or investigate any violation of these Terms of Use and take any action they deem appropriate; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
b. | prevent, suspend or restrict any Visitor’s access to (i) any password-protected or secure areas of this Website and/or (ii) any particular service, functionality or feature provided in or through this Website; and/or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
c. | report any activity it suspects to be in violation of any applicable law, statute or regulation to the appropriate authorities and to co-operate with such authorities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8. | No endorsement of third parties | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Such third party websites, third party information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content (whether provided or offered in or through such third party websites or in or through this Website) and Third Party Content are the sole responsibility of independent third parties and are not under the control of Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods, and as against Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods, Visitors’ access and/or use thereof and/or reliance thereon is solely at such Visitors’ own risk (and Visitors are advised not to act and/or rely thereon without first independently verifying the same). Visitors’ rights and remedies in respect thereof are governed solely by other applicable agreements or terms (if any) between the relevant Visitor and the relevant third party. For the avoidance of doubt, the agreements or terms pertaining to the foregoing are agreements or terms entered into directly and only between the relevant Visitor and the relevant third party. In no event shall the Goods establish or be required to establish any such agreement or terms with such Visitor.
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9. | Exclusion of representations and warranties Information displayed on this Website may be from a variety of sources. All data and/or information (including Overall Content) contained in this Website is provided for informational purposes only. This Website and the Overall Content are made available "as is" and “as available”, without any representation or warranty of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, given by Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods in conjunction with this Website and the Overall Content, including but not limited to:
In particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods, their licensors, dealers, distributors, representatives, agents, directors, officers and employees, and all third parties (if any) involved in the creation, production or delivery of this Website and/or the Overall Content, make no representations or warranties as to (and Visitors assume the entire risk as to):-
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10. | Exclusion of liability In no event nor for any reason whatsoever shall Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods, their licensors, dealers, distributors, representatives, agents, directors, officers or employees, or any third party involved in the creation, production or delivery of this Website or any of the Overall Content be liable, even if foreseeable or if the foregoing parties may have been advised of, or otherwise might have anticipated, the possibility or likelihood of such loss, damages or expenses, for any loss, damages or expenses (including direct, indirect, special, incidental, secondary, consequential, punitive or exemplary damage, or economic or financial loss, or any claims for loss of profits, loss of data, loss of business information, loss of use, loss of anticipated revenue, profits or benefits or business interruption or delay), whatsoever or howsoever caused (regardless of the form of action, including tort or strict liability), arising directly or indirectly from or in connection with:-
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11. | Limitation of liability Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms of Use, the maximum cumulative liability of all of Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods and their licensors, dealers, distributors, representatives, agents, directors, officers or employees, or third parties (if any) involved in the creation, production or delivery of this Website or any of the Overall Content, in respect of all Liabilities under, arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Use and the provision of this Website and the Overall Content, shall in no event exceed in the aggregate the sum of one United States Dollar (US$1.00) only, whether in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty) or otherwise, or for any loss, damage or liability whatsoever. |
12. | Infringement of rights and/or violation of laws or regulations
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13. | Indemnity Visitors shall indemnify the Goods Indemnitees against any Liabilities that may be suffered, sustained or incurred, directly or indirectly, by the Goods Indemnitees as a result of, or arising from or in connection with:-
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14. | Use and operation of this Website
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15. | Termination of access Visitors agree that the Goods may, at its sole discretion, deny or suspend such Visitors’ access to password-protected or secure areas of this Website, or any of the services, features or functionalities provided in or through this Website, for any reason, including without limitation, if the Goods believes that such Visitors have violated or acted inconsistently with any terms or conditions set out herein, or if in the Goods’ opinion, it is not suitable to continue providing such areas, services, features or functionalities. |
16. | Delegation Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods may delegate or outsource the performance of any of their functions in connection with this Website and reserve the right to use any agents, delegates or contractors on such terms as they deem appropriate. |
17. | Entire agreement These Terms of Use, together with any other Specific Terms relating to Specific Services (if applicable), constitute the entire agreement between the Visitor and Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede any and all prior written and/or oral representations, understandings, agreements or communications between such parties regarding the subject matter hereof and thereof. |
18. | Waivers Failure or delay of either party to insist at any time upon strict compliance with any provision herein, to exercise any right or remedy contained in these Terms of Use or to seek remedy of any breach shall not constitute or be construed as a waiver of such provision or breach, or of any other rights or remedies, or a bar to the exercise or enforcement at any subsequent time or times. No waiver of any right under or any provision of these Terms of Use shall be valid or effective unless in writing signed by the party granting such waiver. Any waiver of any right under or any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any other right(s) under or any other provision(s) of these Terms of Use or of the same right or provision on another occasion. |
19. | Illegality If any provision of these Terms of Use is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable ("Affected Provision"), then, to the maximum extent possible, such Affected Provision shall be modified and/or replaced by an equivalent legal, valid and enforceable provision in a manner which accords with or which gives effect to, as closely as possible, the original intent of the Affected Provision. If, however, such modification or replacement is not possible, then (if and to the extent permissible) the Affected Provision shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms of Use. The illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of, or the modification, replacement or severance of, the Affected Provision shall not in any way affect or impair the legality, validity or enforceability of the other provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect. |
20. | Relationship of parties The relationship of the Visitors and the Goods established by these Terms of Use shall be solely that of independent contractors. Nothing contained in these Terms of Use shall constitute or be construed as creating any fiduciary, partnership, joint venture, agency or sales representative relationship between the Visitors and the Goods, and neither of the Visitors nor the Goods shall have any right whatsoever to incur any obligations or liabilities on behalf of or binding on the other party. |
21. | Rights of third parties Save for other relevant members of the Goods, a person or entity who is not a party to these Terms of Use shall have no right to enforce any term of these Terms of Use, regardless of whether such person or entity has been identified by name, as a member of a class or as answering a particular description. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Clause 21 shall affect the rights of any permitted assignee or transferee of these Terms of Use. |
22. | Governing Law & Jurisdiction These Terms of Use shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the Limited Liability Corporation in Wyoming. The Visitor hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Limited Liability Corporation in Wyoming and/or such other courts of competent jurisdiction as Publisher and/or other relevant members of the Goods may in its absolute discretion deem fit. |