SPORTPORT INTERNATIONAL
Website Terms of Use
Last Updated: March 7, 2016
I. INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the website for Sportport International (hereinafter “Sportport,” “we,” or “us”). Please read these Terms of Use carefully. These Terms of Use set forth legally binding terms and conditions, and govern this website as well as any features, functionality, applications, content, products and services made available by us on or through this website. By accessing or using the website, on behalf of yourself and/or your company, you accept and agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use.
Privacy Policy; Additional Terms. These Terms of Use include the terms and conditions set forth in this document as well as our Privacy Policy, located at http://www.sportportintl.com/privacy-policy/. Certain areas of the website and product and service offerings may be subject to additional terms and conditions posted by us on the website or otherwise made available by us to you. Your access to and use of the website is conditioned upon your acceptance of such additional terms and conditions.
Changes to these Terms of Use. We reserve the right to amend these Terms of Use from time to time. Any amendments shall be effective when posted by us on the website or otherwise made available to you. Your access to and use of the website after we have modified these Terms of Use shall signify your acceptance of the amended terms. It remains your responsibility to review these Terms of Use regularly to ensure that you are updated as to any changes.
Contacting Us. If you have questions about these Terms of Use, or any other questions or comments concerning the website, please contact us at info@sportportintl.com.
II. WEBSITE USE
Eligibility. By accessing and using the website, you represent and warrant that: (a) you have read and understand, and agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Use; (b) any registration information that you submit to us is, and will be updated to remain, truthful, complete and accurate; and (c) your access to and use of the website does not and shall not violate any applicable laws of your local jurisdiction.
Permitted and Prohibited Activities. You may use the public areas of the website to learn more about our company, product and service offerings. You may not:
• use the website for advertising, promotional or other commercial purposes, except in those forums (if any) where such activities are expressly permitted;
• transmit “junk mail,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” “spam,” or other unsolicited mass mailings or communications;
• use automated means, including but not limited to scripts, spiders, robots, crawlers, or data mining tools, to post content to or download content from the website;
• engage in any activity that disrupts, diminishes the quality of, interferes with the performance of, or impairs the functionality of the website;
• impersonate a representative of Sportport or another website user;
• “stalk” or otherwise harass anyone, or contact any user that has not specifically asked to be contacted;
• engage in or promote any activity, or post or transmit any content, that is illegal, threatening, abusive, offensive, obscene, harassing, defamatory, deceptive, false, misleading, inaccurate, unsafe, invasive of another’s privacy, or endangering of minors in any way;
• promote discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age or marital status, or hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual; or
• infringe, misappropriate, or violate the copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property or proprietary rights, rights of privacy or publicity, or other rights of any third party, or violate any contractual, fiduciary or other legal duty or obligation.
User Disputes. We encourage you to report any abuse of the website or violation of these Terms of Use by other users. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you are solely responsible for your interactions with other users on the website. We reserve the right, but shall have no obligation, to monitor activities and communications on the website, and to take action where we deem it to be appropriate, in our sole discretion.
Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Sportport, its directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates and suppliers harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, damages, liabilities, losses, fines, penalties, judgments, awards, settlements, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal costs) arising out of or resulting in whole or in part from your violation of these Terms of Use, your misuse of the website, or your actual or alleged violation of any applicable law or the rights of another person or entity.
III. CONTENT GUIDELINES
Content Posted by Users. Certain areas of the website permit users to submit or “post” questions, feedback, photographs and other information (referred to collectively as “content”). All content submitted by you must be appropriate for viewing by a general audience, consistent with the general quality standards of the website, and otherwise in compliance with these Terms of Use. We reserve the right, but shall not have the obligation, to relocate and/or remove content that violates these Terms of Use. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you are solely responsible for all content that you submit.
We are Not Responsible for User Content. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content posted by users of the website. It is possible that other users may post offensive or inappropriate content, and that you may view or be involuntarily exposed to such offensive or inappropriate content. We do not approve of such conduct. However, we are not responsible for the content or conduct of other users of the website, and shall have no liability for any actions or inaction taken in connection therewith. Content is not necessarily reviewed by us prior to posting and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Sportport. We make no representations or warranties, express or implied, as to the content submitted by users, and shall have no obligation to modify or remove inaccurate or inappropriate content.
IV. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The website may contain links to Internet or mobile sites not owned or operated by us, including to sites featuring companies, products, services or news that may be of interest or to pages that we maintain on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter or other social media sites. The inclusion of these links should not be construed as any sort of affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement, or approval. When you access a third party Internet or mobile site, you do so at your own risk. We assume no responsibility or liability for any information, products or services available on or through any third party Internet or mobile site, or for any actions taken by you or others in connection therewith.
V. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
Sportport reserves all right, title and interest in and to the website, including but not limited to all products, services, materials, information, and compilations of information available on or through the website, as well as any and all domains and sub-domains, the design, layout, graphics, programming code and “look and feel” of the website, the copyrights, trademarks, service marks, and trade dress appurtenant thereto, all goodwill arising therefrom, and all other intellectual property and proprietary rights of any nature throughout the world embodied therein. You may not modify, reproduce, distribute, sell, or create derivative works based upon the website, or post any content from the website to newsgroups, blogs, mailing lists or social networking sites, without our prior written consent.
From time to time, you may provide us with suggestions, comments, ideas or other feedback for the website or the products, services or information featured on the website (“Feedback”). You acknowledge and agree, on behalf of yourself and/or your company, that you relinquish all rights in such Feedback, and that Sportport, its successors and assigns shall be free to use, disclose and otherwise commercialize and exploit such Feedback free of any and all claims by or monetary obligations to you or proprietary, confidentiality or other restrictions of any kind, including without limitation for purposes of developing improvements to Sportport’s website, products and services.
VI. COPYRIGHT POLICY
Sportport respects the copyrights of third parties. You may not use the website to post, modify, distribute, or reproduce any copyrighted works without authorization or to otherwise infringe the copyrights of a third party. It is our policy to terminate the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe the copyrights of others upon receipt of proper notification by the copyright owner or its legal agent. If you believe that your copyrighted work has been posted or used on this website in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Intellectual Property Agent with written notice containing the following information: (i) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest that is allegedly infringed; (ii) identification of the copyrighted work (or in the case of multiple works, a representative list of such works) claimed to have been infringed; (iii) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, and the location of that material; (iv) your address, telephone number, and email address; (v) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (vi) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate, and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest that allegedly is infringed. Our Intellectual Property Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement may be reached by mail at: Intellectual Property Agent, 12525 Sportport Road, Maryland Heights, MO 63043; by phone at: 314-514-7417; or by email at: info@sportportintl.com Attn: Sportport Intellectual Property Notice.
VII. DISCLAIMERS
THE WEBSITE, IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, AND ALL USE OF THE WEBSITE IS “AT YOUR OWN RISK.” SPORTPORT MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE WEBSITE OR THE PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SPORTPORT DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE TRUE, ACCURATE, COMPLETE, UP-TO-DATE, OR FREE FROM VIRUSES, MALICIOUS CODE, TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS OR ALTERATION BY THIRD PARTIES.
VIII. LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL SPORTPORT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST BUSINESS, LOST PROFITS, DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OF USE, THE WEBSITE, THE PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE, ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN BY YOU IN RELIANCE THEREON, OR ANY FORCE MAJEURE EVENT, ACTS OF OMISSIONS OR OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES, OR OTHER OCCURRENCE OUTSIDE OF OUR REASONABLE CONTROL. THE TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY OF SPORTPORT ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OF USE, THE WEBSITE, AND THE PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE FEES (IF ANY) PAID BY YOU TO SPORTPORT FOR ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACCRUAL OF THE FIRST SUCH CLAIM OR TEN DOLLARS ($10), WHICHEVER IS GREATER. THE LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY IN THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, INDEMNITY OR OTHERWISE, AND EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE EXISTENCE OF MORE THAN ONE CLAIM OR SUIT WILL NOT EXPAND THIS LIMITATION. THESE LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THESE TERMS OF USE, AND SHALL BE VALID AND BINDING EVEN IF ANY REMEDY IS DEEMED TO FAIL OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. CERTAIN STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR TYPES OF DAMAGES, AND SO SUCH DISCLAIMERS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
IX. MISCELLANEOUS
Governing Law. The website is hosted and operated in the United States of America. These Terms of Use and the relationship between you and us relating to your access to and use of the website shall be governed by and interpreted for all purposes in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri, USA, without regard to any conflict of laws principles that would require the application of the laws of a different jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction and Venue. Any dispute, action or proceeding arising out of or related to these Terms of Use, your access to or use of the website, or the products, services, or information made available to you through the website shall be commenced in the state courts of St. Louis County, Missouri or, if proper and exclusive subject matter jurisdiction exists, the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Missouri. You hereby consent to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts and waive any objections thereto, including without limitation any objection based on forum non conveniens; provided, however, the foregoing shall not prevent us from seeking temporary or permanent injunctive or other equitable relief against you or compelling your indemnification obligations in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Assignments. You may not assign these Terms of Use or assign or delegate any right or duty under these Terms of Use, in whole or in part, without our prior written consent. Any attempted assignment or delegation shall be null and void from the beginning and without effect. We may assign these Terms of Use or any right or duty under these Terms of Use, with or without notice to you, including to any affiliate or successor in interest. Subject to the foregoing, these Terms of Use shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of you and us, and each of our respective heirs, administrators, successors and permitted assigns.
Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing contained in these Terms of Use, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to give any third party any rights or remedies under or by reason of these Terms of Use. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the disclaimers and limitations on liability under these Terms of Use shall extend to Sportport, its directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates, and suppliers. All references to Sportport in connection therewith shall be deemed to include such persons and entities as third party beneficiaries entitled to accept all benefits afforded thereby.
Amendment; Waiver. Any amendment by you or waiver by us of these Terms of Use must be in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of Sportport. No provision shall be waived by any act, omission or knowledge of a party. Any waiver on one occasion shall not constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent duty or breach.
Severability. If any provision of these Terms of Use is determined to be invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the provision shall be amended by a court of competent jurisdiction to accomplish the objectives of such provision to the greatest extent possible under applicable law, or severed from these Terms of Use if such amendment is not possible, and the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use shall continue in full force and effect.
Construction. The captions in these Terms of Use are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of these Terms of Use. The term “including” as used herein means “including without limitation.” The terms “hereunder,” “herein,” “hereof” and similar variations mean these Terms of Use as a whole, and not any particular section.
Entire Agreement. These Terms of Use, including the Privacy Policy, Rules and Guidelines and additional terms referenced herein, set forth the entire agreement of the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous negotiations and agreements, written or oral.