|
|
[ Affiliate
Program or Home ] [ FAQ ] [ Charitable
Organizations ] [ Affiliate Agreement
]
[ Affiliate Application ] [ Affiliate
Logon (Affiliates Only!) ]
Affiliate
Program Agreement
Biomerica, Inc. ("Biomerica")
is pleased to present in this Agreement the complete terms and conditions that
apply to an individual's or entity's participation in the EZDetect.com Affiliate
Program. As used in this Agreement, "we" means Biomerica, "you"
or "Affiliate" means the applicant who has been accepted into the Program.
"Merchandise" means EZ Detect™ Fecal Occult Blood Test offered for sale
on the EZDetect.com web site. "site" means a World Wide Web site and,
depending on the context, refers either to the EZDetect.com site or to the Affiliate
site linked to the EZDetect.com site.
1. Enrollment: To
begin the enrollment process, submit a complete Program application via our site.
Biomerica will evaluate your application in good faith and will notify you of
your acceptance or rejection in a timely manner. Biomerica may reject your application
if we determine (in our sole discretion) that your site is unsuitable for the
Affiliate Program for any reason, including, but not limited to, inclusion of
content that is in any way unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, obscene,
harassing, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable. Biomerica intends
to limit the number of enrollees primarily to those sites with useful health content
or relevant tie-in to colon cancer prevention and early detection and relevant
demographical usership (i.e. online population age 40 and above).
You can reapply if you
are rejected.
2. The Program:
Biomerica shall make its Merchandise and services available to customers who enter
EZDetect.com from an Affiliate's site through a "Tracked Link" to the
EZDetect.com site. Biomerica will assign to the Affiliate a "Session-defined
Tracking Code" that identifies a customer as one that originated from the
Affiliate's website. Using the Session-defined Tracking Code, Biomerica will use
reasonable commercial best efforts to track sales, for a continuous period of
time of no more than 2 hours, from that customer and assign credit for those sales
to the Affiliate. The Affiliate will be paid a Commission Fee of 30% of the Merchandise
purchased as a direct result of the Tracked Link between the Affiliate's site
and EZDetect.com during the client session. You agree to promote EZDetect.com,
our Merchandise and services through means such as hypertext link, banner advertising,
special promotions, logo and product placements, and/or any other combination
of text and graphics intended to increase awareness about EZDetect.com and to
stimulate Merchandise sales.
3. Promotion: Both
Parties generally agree to promote their relationship online and in public relations
activities in good faith and when appropriate. Any such activities, other than
a listing on the Affiliate Partner page, require the prior written consent of
Biomerica. Biomerica may choose to list your site's name and Mark as an Affiliate
Partner in its EZDetect.com Affiliate Partner page on its site. To contact Biomerica
regarding promotions, email affiliates@ EZDetect.com or write to:
EZDetect.com
Affiliate Manager
Biomerica, Inc.
1533 Monrovia Ave.
Newport Beach, CA 92663
4. Commission Fee Payment:
Biomerica will pay Commission Fees to the Affiliate at a rate of 30% of the Merchandise
Value of Merchandise purchased subject to the Minimum Payment clause below. The
Merchandise Value is defined as cash collections less taxes, service charges,
shipping and handling charges, discounts, gift certificates, credits, credit card
processing fees and chargebacks. Biomerica shall pay Commission Fees to the Affiliate
within 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter. The Affiliate is only eligible
to earn Commission Fees during the Term of the Agreement. Fees earned through
Termination will remain payable only if the related Merchandise orders are not
cancelled or returned. Biomerica reserves the right to withhold final payment
for a reasonable period to time to ensure that the correct amount is paid.
5. Minimum Payment:
If during any calendar quarter, Commission Fees do not exceed ninety dollars ($90.00),
then the Commission Fees earned during that calendar quarter will be accrued ("Accrued
Commission Fees") and added to the Commission Fees earned in subsequent calendar
quarters. Payment will be made in the first calendar quarter in which the sum
of Commission Fees earned and any Accrued Commission Fees is greater than ninety
dollars ($90.00).
6. Fulfillment: Biomerica
will use reasonable commercial best efforts to fulfill all paid orders for products
in accordance with its customary business practices. Biomerica shall be solely
responsible for (a) fulfilling all orders; and, (b) calculating, collecting, and
paying all appropriate taxes associated with payment processing. Biomerica merchandise
offered through the Affiliate Program will be supported by the same favorable
warranty and return policy for such products as offered through other Biomerica
channels.
7. Policies and Pricing:
Customers who buy Merchandise through the Affiliate Program will be deemed to
be customers of Biomerica. Accordingly, all of the rules, policies, and operating
procedures concerning customer orders, customer service, and Merchandise sales
will apply to those customers. Biomerica may change its policies and operating
procedures at any time. For example, Biomerica will determine the prices to be
charged for Merchandise sold under the Affiliate Program in accordance with our
own pricing policies. Merchandise prices and availability may vary from time to
time. Because price changes may affect merchandise that you already have listed
on your site, you may not include price information in your merchandise descriptions
without prior written approval from Biomerica. Biomerica will use commercially
reasonable efforts to present accurate information.
8. Affiliates Responsibilities:
You are solely responsible for ensuring that reviews, descriptions, and articles
on your site comply with all applicable copyright and other laws. You must have
express permission to use another party's copyrighted or other proprietary material.
Biomerica will not be responsible if you use another party's copyrighted or other
proprietary material in violation of the law.
9. Biomerica's Responsibilities:
Biomerica will use reasonable commercial best efforts to provide all information
necessary to allow you to make appropriate Tracked Links from your site to our
site. Biomerica will use reasonable commercial best efforts to process orders
placed by a customer following a Tracked Link from your site, for tracking the
volume and amount of sales generated by your site, and for providing sales statistics.
Biomerica will use reasonable commercial best efforts to process payments and
other related customer service.
10. Term of the Agreement:
The Term of this Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your Affiliate Program
application (the "Effective Date") and shall, unless sooner terminated
as provided herein, remain effective for an initial term of one (1) year (the
"Initial Term") from the Effective Date. After the Initial Term, this
Agreement will automatically renew for successive one-year periods ("Extension
Terms"), unless either Party gives written notice to the other Party of its
intent not to renew at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of the then current
term.
11. Termination:
You may request to terminate this Agreement at any time upon request. Your request
should be sent by first class mail (to the address noted below) or email to affiliates@EZDetect.com.
Biomerica reserves the right to terminate the Agreement if it believes there is
a breach of the Agreement that cannot be resolved through friendly communications
with you. Biomerica will first attempt to resolve any issues in a friendly and
cooperative manner. If, in its sole discretion, it believes the issue has not
been resolved, it may request to terminate the Agreement with you citing a breach
of this Agreement. Biomerica's termination request may be made either by certified
mail and/or e-mail and will specify the nature of the alleged breach. Unless such
breach has been cured within such 30 day period; which 30 day period begins to
run from the date notice is confirmed to be received, then such termination will
be effective on the 31st day. Your termination request and other communications
with Biomerica shall be emailed to affiliates@EZDetect.com
or addressed to:
EZDetect.com Affiliate Manager Biomerica, Inc. 1533 Monrovia Ave.
Newport Beach, CA 92663
12. Intellectual Property:
All intellectual or proprietary property and information, supplied or developed
by either party shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the party
who supplied or developed same. Upon termination of this Agreement, each Party
shall return to the other any and all such property and information it received
from the other Party to this Agreement.
13. Licenses: Each
Party grants to the other Party during the term of this Agreement, a royalty-free,
non-exclusive license to establish the hyperlink(s) between the Parties' sites
and to use, reproduce, and display each other's tradenames, trademarks, service
marks, products, and logos (collectively, the "Marks") for the purpose
of indicating the location of the Tracked Links and in connection with the marketing
and promotion of the Tracked Links and the products of Biomerica. No right, property,
license, or interest in any Marks owned by either Party or any of its Affiliates
is intended to be given to or acquired by the other party by the execution of
or the performance of this Agreement. However, with the exception of using the
Marks for the purpose of indicating the location of the Tracked Links, the use
of any such Marks requires the prior written approval of the Party owning same.
14. Legal Compliance:
Both Parties shall operate their respective sites and services in compliance with
all applicable laws and regulations, and each will be solely responsible for obtaining
all required governmental authorizations necessary for the full performance of
its services as provided for under this Agreement. Each Party hereby represents
and warrants that: (a) it has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and to perform its obligations hereunder, (b) it has obtained all permits, licenses,
and other governmental authorizations and approvals required for its performance
under this Agreement; and (c) the services to be rendered by each party under
this Agreement neither infringes nor violates any patent, copyright, trade secret,
trademark, or other proprietary right of any third party.
15. Confidentiality:
Affiliate and Biomerica shall maintain in confidence the terms of this Agreement.
The Parties may disclose to one another certain information ("Information"),
as defined herein; which is considered by the disclosing party to be proprietary
or confidential information. "Information" is defined as written, graphic
or electromagnetic forms, models or samples, which the disclosing party desires
to protect against unrestricted disclosure or use, including without limitation,
business information, financial data and marketing data and which is designated
as proprietary or confidential. All such information shall remain the sole property
of the disclosing party, and its confidentiality shall be maintained and protected
by the receiving party with the same degree of care as the receiving party uses
for its own confidential and proprietary information and the receiving party shall
not disclose such information to any third party.
16. Liability: NEITHER
PARTY SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY HEREUNDER FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFIT OR BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER OR NOT THE PARTY KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT SUCH DAMAGE
MIGHT BE INCURRED.
17. Limitation of Liability:
Biomerica will not be liable for indirect, special, or consequential damages,
or any loss of revenue, profits, or data, arising in connection with this Agreement
or the Affiliate Program, even if Biomerica has been advised of the possibility
of such damages. Further, our aggregate liability arising with respect to this
Agreement and the Affiliate Program will not exceed the total Commission Fees
paid or payable to you under this Agreement.
18. Indemnification:
Both Parties agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other Party and
its parent, subsidiaries, Affiliates, successors and assigns from any and all
losses, liabilities, damages, actions, claims, expenses, and costs including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, which result or arise from the
negligence or breach of this Agreement by the indemnifying Party.
19. Disclaimers:
Biomerica makes no express or implied warranties or representations with respect
to the Affiliate Program or any merchandise sold through the Affiliate Program
(including, without limitation, warranties of fitness, merchantability, noninfringement,
or any implied warranties arising out of course of performance, dealing, or trade
usage). In addition, Biomerica makes no representation that the operation of our
site will be uninterrupted or error free, and Biomerica will not be liable for
the consequences of any interruptions or errors.
20. Representations and
Warranties: You hereby represent and warrant to us as follows:
-
This
Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by you and constitutes
your legal, valid, and binding obligation, enforceable against you in accordance
with its terms.
- The execution, delivery,
and performance by you of this Agreement and the consummation by you of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not, with or without the giving of notice, the lapse
of time, or both, conflict with or violate (i) any provision of law, rule, or
regulation to which you are subject, (ii) any order, judgment, or decree applicable
to you or binding upon your assets or properties, (iii) any provision of your
by-laws or certificate of incorporation if applicable, or (iv) any agreement or
other instrument applicable to you or binding upon your assets or properties.
- You are the sole and exclusive
owner of your Marks and have the right and power to grant to us the license to
use your trademarks in the manner contemplated herein, and such grant does not
and will not (i) breach, conflict with, or constitute a default under any agreement
or other instrument applicable to you or binding upon your assets or properties,
or (ii) infringe upon any trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright, or other
proprietary right of any other person or entity.
- No consent, approval,
or authorization of, or exemption by, or filing with, any governmental authority
or any third party is required to be obtained or made by you in connection with
the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement or the taking by you
of any other action contemplated hereby.
- There is no pending or,
to the best of your knowledge, threatened claim, action, or proceeding against
you, or any Affiliate of yours, with respect to the execution, delivery or consummation
of this Agreement, or with respect to your trademarks, and, to the best of your
knowledge, there is no basis for any such claim, action, or proceeding.
21. Independent Parties:
Nothing contained herein shall imply any partnership, joint venture or agency
relationship between the Parties and neither Party shall have the power to obligate
or bind the other in any manner whatsoever, except to the extent herein provided.
22. Binding Effect: Benefit:
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed
or implied, is intended to confer on any person other than the Parties hereto
or their respective successors and assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations
or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.
23. Modification:
Biomerica may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement,
at any time in our sole discretion. You will be notified by email and a change
notice will be posted on our site. Modifications may include, but are not limited
to, changes in the scope of available Commission Fees, payment procedures, Term
and Affiliate Program rules. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your
only recourse is to terminate this Agreement. Your continued participation in
the Affiliate Program following our posting of a change notice or new agreement
on our site will constitute binding acceptance of the change.
24. Severability:
If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be illegal, void, or unenforceable, all other provisions of this
Agreement shall not be affected and shall remain in full force and effect.
25. Dispute Resolution:
Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of, relating to or in connection
with this Agreement, including any question regarding its existence, validity
or termination, or regarding a breach thereof, shall be referred to, and settled
by, arbitration under and in accordance with the Rules of Conciliation and Arbitration
of the International Chamber of Commerce then in effect, which Rules are deemed
to be incorporated by reference into this clause.
-
The
place of arbitration shall be in the County of Orange, California USA or its environs.
-
The
tribunal shall consist of one arbitrator, which the two parties shall appoint.
-
The award
shall be in writing and state the reasons upon which it is based. It may be made
public only with the consent of the parties. Any monetary award shall be in US
Dollars.
-
The award
shall be final and binding on the parties, who undertake to carry it out without
delay and without recourse to any judicial proceedings in any jurisdiction whatsoever
seeking annulment, setting aside, modification or any diminution or impairment
of its terms and effect. Judgment upon an arbitral award rendered by the arbitrators
may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.
- The Arbitrator
shall neither have nor exercise any power or to award special indirect, or consequential
or punitive damages. The Arbitrator may award compound interest at reasonable
commercial rates. The Arbitrator may also award interim relief and grant specific
performance.
26. Governing Law:
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of California applicable to contracts made and wholly performed therein,
and any action based on or alleging a breach hereof must be brought in the state
or federal courts of the County of Orange, California.
27. Independent Investigation:
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND
CONDITIONS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BIOMERICA MAY AT ANY TIME (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY)
SOLICIT CUSTOMER REFERRALS ON TERMS THAT MAY DIFFER FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS
AGREEMENT OR OPERATE siteS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OR COMPETE WITH YOUR site. YOU
HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN THE AFFILIATE
NETWORK AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT OTHER
THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
|
©
Copyright 2000 Biomerica, Inc. All Rights Reserved
|