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Terms and Conditions
Governing Use of this Site |
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Notice:
by proceeding to use the online legal will service
available on this website (the "Service"), you
acknowledge your agreement with the following
terms and conditions. If you do not agree with
these terms and conditions, then do not use this
Service. |
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Copyright
Copyright 2004 [AmericaWills.com, a division of
Micro-Bite Donuts Inc. (hereafter referred to as
"AmericaWills"), all rights reserved].
Reproduction of any AmericaWills material
without the prior written consent of
AmericaWills is strictly prohibited. All
violators will face legal action. |
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Trademarks
"AmericaWills.com" name and logo, and all
related product and service names, design marks
and slogans are trademark protected and may not
be used in any commercial manner without the
prior written consent of AmericaWills. All
violators will face legal action. All other
product and service marks as may be contained
herein are the trademarks of their respective
owners. |
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License To Use Contents
Nothing contained herein shall be construed as
granting to the User of the Service a license
under any copyright, trademark, patent or other
intellectual property right of AmericaWills or
any third party, except for the right of use
license expressly set forth below in these terms
and conditions.
The Service and other contents on the
AmericaWills website is provided (hereafter
collectively referred to as the "Information")
to those persons that access the
AmericaWills.com website via the Internet/World
Wide Web (the "User") and make a minimum
payment of $9.99 US Dollars to subscribe (the
“Subscription”) for a 30 day subscription period
(the “Subscription Period”).
On payment of the Subscription by the User, the
User shall be granted a non-exclusive,
non-transferable and non-assignable license (the
“License”) during the Subscription Period to
access the Information which will permit the
User, by use of his or her personal computer, to
save or store the User's Will by using the
User’s word processing software. The License
also permits the User to print the online Will
by use of the User’s printer.
The License is for the personal use of the User
only and the User is not permitted to use the
Information for any other use, including any
commercial purpose of any kind, whatsoever.
The License expires at the end of the
Subscription Period.
Any reprinting, sublicensing, copying,
modifying, publishing, assignment, transfer,
sales, or other distribution of the Information
is strictly prohibited without the prior written
consent of AmericaWills.
The User shall not copy, reverse engineer,
translate, port, modify or make derivative works
of the Information, in whole or in part. The
User shall not rent, disclose, publish, sell,
assign, lease, sublicense, market, or transfer
the Information or any part thereof or use it in
any manner not expressly authorized by this
Agreement. The User shall not derive or attempt
to derive the source code or structure of all or
any portion of the Information by reverse
engineering, disassembly, decompilation or any
other means. The User shall not use the
Information to operate a service bureau or for
any other use involving the processing of data
of others. The User does not receive any (and
AmericaWills retains all) ownership rights in
the Information. The Information is copyrighted
and may not be copied, even if modified or
merged with other data or software. The User
shall not alter or remove any copyright notice
or proprietary legend contained in or on the
Information. It is acknowledged that the
Information is a trade secret of AmericaWills. |
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Consent to Monitoring and Disclosure
AmericaWills is under no obligation to monitor the
Information. All Users agree that AmericaWills
may monitor the server contents periodically to
(1) comply with any necessary laws, regulations
or other government requests; (2) to operate the
server properly or to protect itself and any
User. AmericaWills reserves the right to modify,
reject or eliminate any Information residing on
or transmitted to its server that it, in its
sole discretion, believes is unacceptable or in
violation of these terms and conditions. |
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Data Supplied to AmericaWills
Should any user of the Information provide
AmericaWills with data including but not limited
to feedback, questions, comments, suggestions,
plans, ideas or the like (the "Non-Will
Completion Data"), such Non-Will Completion Data
shall be deemed to be non-confidential and
AmericaWills assumes no obligation to protect
such Non-Will Completion Data from disclosure.
The submission of such Non-Will Completion Data
to AmericaWills shall in no way prevent the
purchase, manufacture or use of similar
products, services, plans and ideas by
AmericaWills for any purpose whatever and by
such submission the User grants to AmericaWills
the irrevocable right to reproduce, use,
disclose and distribute the Non-Will Completion
Data to others without restriction or
compensation required. |
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Will Information Supplied to AmericaWills
In order for a User to complete an online Will,
the User must provide certain information or
choose from certain specific options (the "Will
Contents"). AmericaWills agrees to maintain a
User's privacy relative to the Will Contents
including the details of any gift and the
identity of any beneficiary (other than the name
of a specific Organization). The User agrees
however that AmericaWills may compile the
following data from a User: the User's name, the
User's e-mail address, the User's gender, age,
occupation, marital status, level of educational
achievement, family income, zip code and whether
the User made a gift in favor of an Organization
and where a gift to an Organization is made, the
name of the specific Organization (the
"Demographic Data"). The User agrees that
AmericaWills may sell, license, distribute,
lease, assign, pledge or otherwise deal with or
dispose of the Demographic Data. |
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Disclaimer of Liability
The User of the Information assumes all
responsibility and risk related to: (a) the User
making use or accessing the Information (b) the
User’s making use of this website’s server (c)
the User completing an online Will on this
website whether the Will is signed or not, (d)
the Internet generally. AmericaWills disclaims
all warranties, representations or endorsements,
express or implied, with regard to the
Information accessed from or via this server or
the Internet, including, but not limited to, all
implied warranties of merchantability, fitness
for a particular purpose or non-infringement.
AmericaWills does not assume any legal liability
or responsibility for: (a) any Will completed on
this website (whether signed or not) (b) the
accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the
Information, apparatus, product or process
disclosed on the server or other material
accessible from the server. In no event shall
AmericaWills be liable for any compensatory,
special, direct, incidental, indirect or
consequential damages, exemplary damages or any
damages whatsoever resulting from the use of
this website, the Information, any online Will
completed on this website (whether signed or
unsigned), any online Will saved or stored from
this website or the loss of use, data, or
profits, whether in an action of contract, tort
or otherwise, arising out of or in connection
with the use or performance of the Information
or the Internet generally or on any other basis.
If this limitation of liability or the exclusion
of warranty set forth herein is held
inapplicable or unenforceable for any reason,
then the User agrees that maximum liability of
AmericaWills, its employees, agents,
contractors, officers, directors and successors
and assigns, for any type of damages shall be
limited to $1.00 in US funds. |
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No Warranties
The Information may include technical
inaccuracies, inadvertent misinformation or
typographical errors. AmericaWills has the right
to make changes and updates to any of the
Information without prior notice.
The License granted to the User and the
Information made available to the User is
provided to the User on an "as is" and "as
available" basis without warranties of any kind,
either express or implied, including but not
limited to warranties of title, non-infringement
or implied warranties of merchantability or
fitness for a particular purpose. No part of the
Information shall create any warranty. Neither
AmericaWills nor its officers, contractors,
directors, employees or agents warrant that the
Information will be uninterruptible or error
free or that the website is free of viruses or
other harmful components.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or
limitation of incidental or consequential
damages or the limitation of duration of an
implied warranty, so the limitation or exclusion
herein may not apply to you. This warranty shall
not be applicable to the extent that a provision
of this warranty is prohibited by the laws of a
jurisdiction that cannot be pre-empted. This
warranty gives you specific legal rights, and
you may also have other rights which vary from
jurisdiction to jurisdiction. |
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No Lawyer, No Legal Advice
AmericaWills is not a law firm nor does it provide
legal information or legal advice. The User
agrees that he or she is not relying on
AmericaWills for any legal advice in respect to
the preparation of an online Will or any other
matter of any kind whatsoever.. The User agrees
that any online Will completed by the User on
this website is a Will made by the User and not
a Will made by AmericaWills. The User further
agrees that any Will completed by the User on
this website is a Will completed by the User
without a lawyer or legal advice. If a User
requires legal advice, it is agreed that it is
the duty of the User to obtain such legal advice
or information. If a User is uncertain as to
whether legal advice is required, it is agreed
that the User will obtain such legal advice. |
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Disclaimer of Endorsement
Reference herein to any products, services,
processes, hypertext links to third parties or
other information by trade name, trademark,
manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not
necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement,
sponsorship or recommendation by AmericaWills.
AmericaWills does not directly nor indirectly
represent to a User that a particular person or
firm listed or referred to on this Site
possesses skill or expertise above and beyond
any other person or firm carrying on a similar
business, occupation or profession that may not
be listed. Persons or firms listed may have paid
a fee to AmericaWills in order to be listed.
AmericaWills assumes no responsibility for the
acts or omissions of any such person or firm. |
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Whole Agreement
The Terms and Conditions herein is the exclusive
Agreement between AmericaWills and the User.
AmericaWills shall have the right to terminate a
Users ability to access the Information at any
time without notice. AmericaWills reserves the
right to discontinue or modify any of the
Information contained at any time. AmericaWills
shall have the right to modify these Terms and
Conditions at any time. The User may not assign
any part of this Agreement without AmericaWills
prior written consent.
The User shall pay any applicable taxes on the
Information.
If any provision of this Agreement is declared
invalid or unenforceable, the remaining
provisions of this Agreement shall remain in
effect. The User agrees to comply with all
applicable laws in using the Information
contained herein. No waiver of any obligation or
right of either party shall be effective unless
in writing, executed by the party against whom
it is being enforced. Any such waiver shall not
preclude a party from exercising any other right
or later exercising the same right.
Any notice under this Agreement shall be
delivered by registered mail, acknowledgment of
receipt required, or by overnight courier to
AmericaWills at the following address: 5391
Sunhaven Place. Nanaimo, British Columbia,
Canada V9V-1R5. These terms and conditions apply
on behalf of AmericaWills and all of its
affiliates, employees, suppliers, and
distributors. |
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Save Harmless and Indemnification
The User and his or her estate, including his or
her heirs, successors and assigns, hereby agrees
to indemnify and save harmless AmericaWills, its
officers, directors, employees, principals,
agents, contractors and shareholders from any
and all claims and demands of any kind
whatsoever, including any and all legal costs,
damages or awards, arising from or in relation
to:
(a) any Will completed or attempted to be
completed by the User (whether such Will is
properly or improperly signed); and
(b) the User visiting the website or accessing
or making any use of the Information.
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of
British Columbia, Canada.
The information is Copyright © 2004 by
AmericaWills pursuant to the Copyright laws of
United States of America and Canada. |
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