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Launch Cycle

 

Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Agreement") is a contract between you and SealWorks, Inc. d/b/a LaunchCycle ("LaunchCycle"), and govern your use of the LaunchCycle.com website ("Website"), LaunchCycle Software and Servers (hereinafter collectively the "Service"), your rights and obligations with respect to Content contained in the Service and that you place in the Service, including User Content and LaunchCycle Content, and associated Intellectual Property Rights thereto, as well as your creation of an account, (hereinafter an "Account") for use in connection with the Service. This Agreement may be changed by LaunchCycle effective immediately by notifying you as provided in Section 30 below. By continuing to access or use the Service after the effective date of any such change, you agree to be bound by the modified Terms of Service.

  1. Definitions
    For purposes of this Agreement:
    1. "Website" means the websites and services available from the domain and subdomains of LaunchCycle.com and any related or successor domains from which LaunchCycle may offer services;
    2. "LaunchCycle Software" is the software provided to you by LaunchCycle and/or its suppliers under license in connection with the Service;
    3. "Servers" are the online environments that support the Service;
    4. "Content" means any works of authorship, creative works, graphics, images, textures, photos, logos, sounds, music, video, audio, computer programs, applications, animations, text, objects, scripts, and interactive features;
    5. "User Content" means any Content that a user of the Service has uploaded, published, or submitted to or through the Servers, Website, or other areas of the Service;
    6. "Intellectual Property Rights" means copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, publicity rights, database rights, patent rights, and other intellectual property rights or proprietary rights recognized by law; and
    7. "LaunchCycle Content" is the Content provided by LaunchCycle under license in connection with the Service, except all User Content (as defined herein), including but not limited to Content we created or licensed from third parties.
  2. Age Requirements and Verification for LaunchCycle
    By accepting this Agreement in connection with an Account, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age, or the legal age of majority where you reside if that jurisdiction has an older age of majority, and you have the legal authority to enter into this Agreement. You further agree that as a condition to accessing LaunchCycle, you will submit to account verification as required by LaunchCycle, and provide only true and accurate identification documentation to LaunchCycle or its third party service providers to verify your age.
  3. Establishing an Account
    You must establish an Account with LaunchCycle to use the Service, except for those portions of the Websites which LaunchCycle allows users to access without registration. You may not establish an account if you are currently suspended, terminated or prohibited from using the Service. You agree to provide accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the registration form ("Registration Data") and to use the account management tools provided to keep your Registration Data accurate, current and complete.
  4. Account Name
    You must choose an account name to identify yourself to LaunchCycle in connection with your Account (your "Account Name").
  5. Responsibility for Use of Account
    You are responsible for all activities conducted through your Account. In the event that fraud, illegality or other conduct that violates this Agreement is discovered or reported (whether by you or someone else) that is connected with your Account, we may suspend or terminate your Account as described in Section 22.
  6. Selection and Use of Account Password
    At the time your Account is opened, you must select a password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and are responsible for any harm resulting from your disclosure, or authorization of the disclosure of your password or from any person's use of your password to gain access to your Account or Account Name. At no time should you respond to an online request for a password other than in connection with the log-on process to the Service. Your disclosure of your password to any other person is at your own risk.
  7. Fees and Billing
    An upgrade from the free 3-project plan to any paying plan will end your free account. You will be billed for your first month immediately upon upgrading. You may cancel your Account at any time, but the Service is billed in advance on a monthly basis and the monthly fee is non-refundable. After cancellation, you may use your Account until the end of the then current billing cycle, but there will be no refunds or credits for partial months of service, upgrade/downgrade refunds, or refunds for months unused with an open account. In order to treat everyone equally, no exceptions will be made. All fees are exclusive of all taxes, levies, or duties imposed by taxing authorities, and you shall be responsible for payment of all such taxes, levies, or duties, excluding only United States (federal or state) taxes. For any upgrade or downgrade in plan level, your credit card that you provided will automatically be charged the new rate on your next billing cycle. Downgrading your Service may cause the loss of Content, features, or capacity of your Account. LaunchCycle may add new services for additional fees and charges, or prospectively amend fees and charges for existing services. You acknowledge that it is your responsibility to ensure payment in advance for all paid aspects of the Service, and to ensure that your credit or debit cards or other payment instruments accepted by LaunchCycle continue to be valid and sufficient for such purposes. LaunchCycle may exercise its suspension or termination rights as provided in Section 22 in the event of any payment delinquency.
  8. Modification of Service
    LaunchCycle has the right to change and/or eliminate any aspect(s), features or functionality of the Service as it sees fit at any time without notice, and LaunchCycle makes no commitment, express or implied, to maintain or continue any aspect of the Service. You acknowledge that your use of the Service is subject to this risk and that you knowingly assume it and make your decisions to participate in the Service, contribute Content and spend your money accordingly.
  9. Disclaimer of Responsibility for Conduct of Third Parties
    The Service may contain links to or otherwise allow connections to third-party websites, servers, and online services or environments that are not owned or controlled by LaunchCycle. You agree that LaunchCycle is not responsible or liable for the Content, policies, or practices of any third-party websites, servers, or online services or environments. Please consult any applicable terms of use and privacy policies provided by the third party for such websites, servers, or online services or environments.
  10. Right of LaunchCycle to Refuse or Delete Content, Deny or Disable Access
    You agree that LaunchCycle has and may exercise the right in its sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, or delete any Content or services from the Service or disable any user's access to the Service without notice or liability to you or any other party, including upon our belief that such user's conduct, Content, services, or use of the Service is potentially illegal, threatening, or otherwise harmful to any user or other person or in violation of this Agreement, or other policies.
  11. Interruption of Service
    LaunchCycle may on occasion need to interrupt the Service with or without prior notice. You agree that LaunchCycle will not be liable for any interruption of the Service (whether intentional or not), and you understand that except as may otherwise be specifically provided in this Agreement you will not be entitled to any refunds of fees or other compensation for interruption of service. Likewise, you agree that in the event of data loss, we will not be liable for any purported damage or harm arising therefrom. LaunchCycle owns the bits and bytes of electronic data stored on its Servers, and accordingly will not be liable for any deletion, corruption or data loss that occurs in connection with the Service. LaunchCycle will solely determine any disposition of the electronic data stored on its Servers and will have no obligation to reproduce, process, transfer, extract or recreate any data from its Servers. Our ownership of these bits and bytes of electronic data stored on our Servers does not limit or impair any Intellectual Property Rights you may have in your Content as set forth in Section 13 below.
  12. Your Rights and Obligations with Respect to Your Content
    The Service may provide you with the ability to upload, post, disclose, distribute or otherwise submit Content to the Service. You retain any and all Intellectual Property Rights in Content you submit to the Service. You retain any and all Intellectual Property Rights you already hold under applicable law in Content you upload, publish, and submit to or through the Servers, Website, and other areas of the Service, subject to the rights, licenses, and other terms of this Agreement, including any underlying rights of other users or LaunchCycle in Content that you may use or modify. In connection with Content you upload, publish, or submit to any part of the Service, you affirm, represent, and warrant that you own or have all necessary Intellectual Property Rights, licenses, consents, and permissions to use and authorize LaunchCycle and users of the Service to use the Content in the manner contemplated by the Service and these Terms of Service. You grant certain Content licenses to LaunchCycle by submitting your Content to the Service. You agree that by uploading, publishing, or submitting any Content to or through the Servers, Website, or other areas of the Service, you hereby automatically grant LaunchCycle a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicenseable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the Content solely for the purposes of providing the Service. You understand that this license enables LaunchCycle to display, distribute, and improve the Service. You agree that the license includes the right to copy, analyze and use any of your Content as LaunchCycle may deem necessary or desirable for purposes of debugging, testing, or providing support or development services in connection with the Service and future improvements to the Service. The license granted in this Section is referred to as the "Service Content License." You also acknowledge that the Service Content License granted to LaunchCycle with respect to your Content will survive the termination of your Account to permit LaunchCycle: (i) to retain server copies of particular instances of your Content, including copies stored in connection with back-up, debugging, and testing procedures; and (ii) to enable the exercise of the licenses granted in this Section 12 for any other copies or instances of the same Content that you have not specifically deleted from the Service.
  13. LaunchCycle's Intellectual Property Rights and Limited License Granted to You
    LaunchCycle owns Intellectual Property Rights in and to the Service, except all User Content, including the LaunchCycle Software, the Websites, the Servers, and the LaunchCycle Content, and in and to our trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, domain names, taglines, and trade dress (collectively, the "LaunchCycle Marks"). You understand that such Intellectual Property Rights are apart from any rights you may have in Content you upload, publish or submit to the Service, as discussed above. You acknowledge and agree that LaunchCycle and its licensors own all right, title, and interest in and to the Service, including all Intellectual Property Rights therein, other than with respect to User Content. Except as expressly granted in this Agreement, all rights, title, and interest in and to the Service, except all User Content, and in and to the LaunchCycle Marks are reserved by LaunchCycle. Copyright, trademark and other laws of the United States and foreign countries protect the Service and the LaunchCycle Marks. LaunchCycle hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicenseable, limited, revocable license to access and use the Service as set forth in this Agreement and expressly conditioned upon your Account remaining active, in good standing, and in full compliance with this Agreement. Additional terms may apply to certain elements of the Service; these terms are available where such separate elements are made available on the Website. If there is any contradiction between any additional terms and this Agreement, then the additional terms shall take precedence only in relation to that particular element of the Service. Any use of the Service, including Content on the Service, other than as specifically authorized in this Agreement, without the prior written permission of LaunchCycle, is strictly prohibited and will terminate all licenses granted herein.
  14. Your Obligations with Respect to the Intellectual Property Rights of Other Users
    You agree that you will not upload, publish, or submit to any part of the Service any Content that is protected by Intellectual Property Rights or otherwise subject to proprietary rights, including trade secret or privacy rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from the rightful owner to upload, publish, or submit the Content and to grant LaunchCycle all of the license rights granted in this Agreement. You acknowledge that the Content of the Service is provided or made available to you under license from LaunchCycle and independent Content providers, including other users of the Service ("Content Providers"). You acknowledge and agree that except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the Intellectual Property Rights of LaunchCycle and other Content Providers in their respective Content are not licensed to you by your mere use of the Service. You must obtain from the applicable Content Providers any necessary license rights in Content that you desire to use or access. You agree that you will not copy, transfer, or distribute outside the Service any Content in a manner that infringes or violates any Intellectual Property Rights of LaunchCycle, other Content Providers, or any third parties. You copy and use Content at your own risk. You are solely responsible and liable for your use, reproduction, distribution, modification, display, or performance of any Content in violation of any Intellectual Property Rights. You agree that LaunchCycle will have no liability for, and you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold LaunchCycle harmless for, any claims, losses or damages arising out of or in connection with your use, reproduction, distribution, modification, display, or performance of any Content.
  15. Prohibited Conduct
    While using the Service, you agree that you will not:
    1. Post, display or transmit Content that violates any law, or the rights of any third party including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights;
    2. Impersonate any person or entity without their consent, or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation;
    3. Post, display or transmit Content that is harmful, threatening or harassing, defamatory, libelous, false, inaccurate, misleading, or invades another person's privacy;
    4. Post, display or transmit Content that is obscene, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
    5. Post, display or transmit any Content that is explicitly sexual or intensely violent;
    6. Post or transmit viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware, time bombs, cancelbots, or other computer programming routines that may harm the Service or interests or rights of other users, or that may harvest or collect any data or personal information about other users without their consent;
    7. Post or transmit unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, or promotional materials, that are in the nature of "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation that LaunchCycle considers to be of such nature;
    8. Engage in malicious or disruptive conduct that impedes or interferes with other users' normal use of the Service; or
    9. Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any other user's Account, password or Content.
    Any violation by you of the terms of this Section may result in immediate suspension or termination of your Account without any refund or other compensation.
  16. Privacy Policy and Use of Personal Information
    We are committed to protecting your privacy and will use your information only as described in our Privacy Policy, which sets forth the conditions under which you provide personal and other information to us. You understand and agree that through your use of the Service you consent to the collection and use of your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
  17. Releases
    You agree not to hold LaunchCycle liable for the Content, actions, or inactions of other users. As a condition of access to the Service, you release LaunchCycle (and its officers, directors, shareholders, agents, subsidiaries, and employees) from claims, demands, losses, liabilities and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with any dispute you have or claim to have with one or more users, including whether or not LaunchCycle becomes involved in any resolution or attempted resolution of the dispute. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor." If you are a resident of another jurisdiction, you waive any comparable statute or doctrine. You agree and understand that LaunchCycle does not control and is not responsible for information you provide to parties other than LaunchCycle.
  18. Disclaimer of Warranties
    LAUNCHCYCLE PROVIDES THE SERVICE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE LAUNCHCYCLE SOFTWARE, THE WEBSITES, THE SERVERS, AND YOUR ACCOUNT, STRICTLY ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WRITTEN OR ORAL, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NO VALUE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IS GUARANTEED OR WARRANTED WITH RESPECT TO ANY CONTENT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE IN YOUR CONTENT OR ANY EXPENDITURE ON YOUR PART, LAUNCHCYCLE AND YOU EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY COMPENSABLE VALUE RELATING TO OR ATTRIBUTABLE TO ANY DATA RELATING TO YOUR ACCOUNT RESIDING ON LAUNCHCYCLE'S SERVERS. YOU ASSUME ALL RISK OF LOSS FROM USING THE SERVICE ON THIS BASIS. LaunchCycle does not ensure continuous, error-free, secure or virus-free operation of the Service, the LaunchCycle Software, the Websites, the Servers, or your Account, and you understand that you shall not be entitled to refunds or other compensation based on LaunchCycle's failure to provide any of the foregoing other than as explicitly provided in this Agreement. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties, and to that extent, the foregoing disclaimer may not apply to you.
  19. Limitation of Liability
    IN NO EVENT SHALL LAUNCHCYCLE OR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, SUBSIDIARIES, AGENTS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, RELIANCE, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR DISGORGEMENT OR COMPARABLE EQUITABLE REMEDY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DAMAGES FOR LOST DATA OR LOST PROFITS, ARISING (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE) OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE (INCLUDING ITS MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION), THE LAUNCHCYCLE SOFTWARE, THE WEBSITES, THE SERVERS, YOUR ACCOUNT (INCLUDING ITS TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION) OR THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER OR NOT LAUNCHCYCLE MAY HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT ANY SUCH DAMAGES MIGHT OR COULD OCCUR AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY REMEDY. IN NO EVENT WILL LAUNCHCYCLE'S CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED THE GREATER OF (i) ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS (U.S. $100.00); OR (ii) THE RELEVANT AMOUNT SET FORTH IN SECTION 11 HEREIN, IF APPLICABLE. Some jurisdictions do not allow the foregoing limitations of liability, so to the extent that any such limitation is found to be impermissible, such limitation may not apply to you.
  20. Indemnification
    At LaunchCycle's request, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless LaunchCycle, its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, subsidiaries, and agents from all damages, liabilities, claims and expenses, including without limitation attorneys' fees and costs, arising from: (i) any breach or alleged breach by you of this Agreement, including without limitation your representations and warranties relating to your Content; or (ii) your acts, omissions or use of the Service, including without limitation your negligent, willful or illegal conduct. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with our defense of such claim.
  21. Legal Relationship Between You and LaunchCycle
    You acknowledge that your participation in the Service, including your creation or uploading of Content in the Service, does not make you a LaunchCycle employee and that you do not expect to be, and will not be, compensated by LaunchCycle for such activities, and you will make no claim inconsistent with these acknowledgements. In addition, no agency, partnership, joint venture, franchise relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.
  22. Suspension and Termination of Accounts
    You may terminate this Agreement by closing your Account at any time for any reason. In such event, LaunchCycle shall have no further obligation or liability to you under this Agreement or otherwise, and you shall be entitled to no compensation or other payment, remedy, recourse or refund. LaunchCycle may suspend or terminate your Account if you violate this Agreement. Upon termination of your Account, this Agreement between us will be automatically terminated and you may not re-subscribe to the Service through any other Account or Accounts that you or others may establish. We may suspend or terminate your Account if we determine in our discretion that such action is necessary or advisable to comply with legal requirements or protect the rights or interests of LaunchCycle or any third party. If LaunchCycle elects to generally suspend or discontinue the Service, in whole or in part, for any reason, LaunchCycle may suspend or terminate your Account. In such event, you will not be entitled to compensation for such suspension or termination, and you acknowledge LaunchCycle will have no liability to you in connection with such suspension or termination.
  23. Loss of Content and Account Upon termination of Account
    Upon termination of your Account, you will no longer be able to access your Account or access (or transfer or direct the transfer to any other Account) any Content or data you have stored on the Servers. All licenses granted by LaunchCycle to use the Service will automatically terminate. You acknowledge that you have elected to use the Service notwithstanding the possibility of termination of such license rights under the circumstances set forth in this Agreement. You should ensure that you have only stored Content on the Servers to which you are willing to permanently lose access. You acknowledge and assume the risk of the possibility of suspension or termination of your Account as provided herein, and you represent that you will make your decisions to participate in the Service, contribute Content, spend your money and dispose of transferable licenses at all times knowingly based upon these risks.
  24. Liability for Unpaid Fees Upon Termination of Account
    Upon termination, you will remain liable for any unpaid amounts owed by you to LaunchCycle.
  25. Survival of Terms After Termination
    The following terms will survive any termination of this Agreement: Sections 7, 9, 18, 21.
  26. Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
    In the event of a dispute between you and LaunchCycle, other than with respect to claims for injunctive relief, the dispute will be resolved by binding arbitration pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association Commercial Arbitration Rules. The place of the arbitration shall be in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the event that there is any dispute between you and LaunchCycle that is determined not to be subject to arbitration pursuant to the preceding sentence, you agree to submit in that event to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in the City and County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. You agree that this Agreement and the relationship between you and LaunchCycle shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to conflict of law principles or the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods. Notwithstanding this, either party shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive or other equitable relief to protect or enforce that party's Intellectual Property Rights in any court of competent jurisdiction where the other party resides or has its principal place of business.
  27. Disclaimer of Warranties as to Use Outside of the United States
    LaunchCycle is a United States-based service. LaunchCycle makes no representation that any aspect of the Service is appropriate or available for use outside of the United States. Those who access the Service from other locations are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. The LaunchCycle Software is subject to applicable export laws and restrictions.
  28. Assignment of Agreement and Account
    You may not assign this Agreement or your Account without the prior written consent of LaunchCycle. You may not transfer or sublicense any licenses granted by LaunchCycle in this Agreement without the prior written consent of LaunchCycle. LaunchCycle may assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, and all related rights, licenses, benefits and obligations, without restriction, including the right to sublicense any rights and licenses under this Agreement.
  29. Integration, Interpretation of Section Headings and Severability
    This Agreement and the Privacy Policy referenced in this Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between you and LaunchCycle with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreements or understandings. This Agreement may not be modified except as provided in Section 1 or by mutual written agreement between you and LaunchCycle that is signed by hand (not electronically) by duly authorized representatives of both parties and expressly references amendment of this Agreement. You acknowledge that no other written, oral or electronic communications will serve to modify or supplement this Agreement, and you agree not to make any claims inconsistent with this understanding or in reliance on communications not part of this Agreement. The section headings used herein, including descriptive summary sentences at the start of each section, are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, then in such jurisdiction that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.
  30. Notices
    LaunchCycle may provide notice to you and obtain consent from you through (1) the Website at launchcycle.com; (2) by electronic mail at the electronic mail address associated with your Account; and/or (3) by written mail communication to you at the address associated with your Account. You must give all notices required or permitted under this Agreement at launchcycle.com.