Definitions
In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
Additional Costs means any additional costs, expenses, damages or losses suffered or incurred by the SaaS Provider.
Authorised User means the user(s) permitted to use the SaaS Services and the content, including Data, generated by, or the output of, the SaaS Services as a part of the Customer’s services to its customers.
Business Day means a day on which banks are open for general banking business in Dubai, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
Business Hours means 9am to 5pm on a Business Day.
Change in Control occurs in respect of a Party if, after the Effective Date, a person acquires (directly or indirectly):
a) shares in that Party conferring alone or in aggregate 50% or more of the voting or economic interests in that Party on a fully diluted basis;
b) the power to control the appointment or dismissal of a majority of the directors of that Party; or
c) the capacity to control the financial and operating policies or management of that Party.
Claim means any actual, contingent, present or future claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding for any Liability, restitution, equitable compensation, account, injunctive relief, specific performance or any other remedy of whatever nature and however arising, whether direct or indirect, and whether in contract, tort (including but not limited to negligence) or otherwise.
Confidential Information includes information or documentation which:
a) is disclosed to the recipient in connection with this Agreement (whether before or after the Effective Date);
b) is prepared or produced under or in connection with this Agreement (whether before or after the Effective Date); or
c) relates to:
i) the business, assets or affairs of a Party or any of its affiliates;
ii) the business, assets or affairs of a company in a group of companies to which the Customer belongs, or any client of that company in the group; or
iii) the subject matter of, the terms of and/or any transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
whether or not such information or documentation is reduced to a tangible form or marked in writing as “confidential”, and whether it is disclosed to the recipient or received, acquired, overheard or learnt by the recipient in any way whatsoever.
Contract Year means a 12 month period commencing on: (i) the Effective Date; and (ii) each subsequent anniversary of the Effective Date, of this Agreement during the Term.
Customer Environment means the computing environment of the Customer including all hardware, software, information technology and telecommunications services and Systems.
Data means all of the information, documents and other data provided by the Customer or their Personnel to the SaaS Provider, any content uploaded by the Customer or Personnel to the SaaS Provider’s System, or otherwise accessed by the SaaS Provider in providing the Services.
Dispute has the meaning given in clause 20.1(a).
Dispute Notice has the meaning given in clause 20.2(a).
Fee means the fee set out on the Site for the Customer account.
Force Majeure means any event or circumstances beyond the reasonable control of a Party including any fire, lightning strike, flood, earthquake, natural disaster, sabotage, nuclear contamination, terrorism, war or civil riot that occurs to the extent that it:
a) would be unreasonable to expect the affected Party to have planned for, avoided or minimised the impact of such circumstance by appropriate risk management, disaster recovery or business resumption plan; and
b) results in a Party being unable to perform an obligation under this Agreement on time.
Initial Term means the initial term set out in the Customer account.
Insolvency Event means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events in relation to a Party:
a) the Party is or states that it is insolvent or is deemed or presumed to be insolvent under any applicable laws;
b) an application or order is made for the winding up, bankruptcy or dissolution of the Party or a resolution is passed or any steps are taken to pass a resolution for its winding up or dissolution;
c) an administrator, provisional liquidator, liquidator or person having a similar or analogous function under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction is appointed in respect of the Party or any action is taken to appoint any such person and the action is not stayed, withdrawn or dismissed within 10 Business Days;
d) a controller is appointed in respect of any of the Party’s property;
e) the Party is deregistered under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) or other legislation or notice of its proposed deregistration is given to it;
f) a distress, attachment or execution is levied or becomes enforceable against the Party or any of its property;
g) the Party enters into or takes action to enter into an arrangement, composition or compromise with, or assignment for the benefit of, all or any class of its creditors or members or a moratorium involving any of them;
h) a receiver or manager (or both) or trustee in bankruptcy is appointed in respect of the Party or its property;
i) a petition for the making of a sequestration order against the estate of the Party is presented and the petition is not stayed, withdrawn or dismissed within 10 Business Days or the Party presents a petition against itself; or
j) anything analogous to or of a similar effect to anything described above under the law of any relevant jurisdiction occurs in respect of the Party.
Intellectual Property Rights means all present and future rights to:
a) copyright;
b) registered or unregistered designs, patents, trade marks;
c) trade, business, company or domain names;
d) know-how, inventions, processes, trade secrets;
e) circuit layouts, databases or source codes; and
f) any similar rights in any part of the world,
including any application, or right to apply, for registration of, and any improvements, enhancements or modifications of, the foregoing. Liability means any expense, charge, cost, liability, loss, damage, claim, demand or proceeding (whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity or otherwise), howsoever arising, whether direct or indirect and/or whether present, unascertained, future or contingent. Page View means as any time Customer’s account loads a page (website) that has SaaS Services embedded in it. Party means a party to this Agreement from time to time, and Parties means all of them.
Payment Method is by credit card, Wire Transfers, or Bank Deposit.
Payment Terms means 30 days from the date of the invoice.
Personnel means in relation to a Party, any employee, contractor, officer and agent of that Party.
Products means hardware or software.
SaaS Licence is defined in clause 3.1.
SaaS Services means the Patang Software as a service described on the Site.
Service Level means any service levels set out on the Site.
Services means the SaaS Services and Support Services, to be provided or licensed by the SaaS Provider to the Customer on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement.
Software means the software used to provide the Services, and includes any instructions in hard copy or electronic form and any update, modification or release of any part of that software after this Agreement is entered into by the Parties.
Support Hours means:
a) the hours the SaaS Provider will provide the Support Services as set out on the Site; or
b) if such hours are not specified, UAE Business Hours.
Support Services are set out on the Site.
System means a combination of Products or a combination of Products and services which are integrated and operate together, including a network.
Term means the term of this Agreement as set out in clause 17.
Variation means a change to the SaaS Licence after the date of this Agreement.
Variation Fee means any variation to the Fee as a consequence of the Variation.
Interpretation
In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
a) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
b) headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation;
c) a reference to a clause, paragraph, schedule or annexure is a reference to a clause, paragraph, schedule or annexure, as the case may be, of this Agreement;
d) if any act which must be done under this Agreement is to be done on a day that is not a Business Day then the act must be done on or by the next Business Day;
e) a reference to any legislation or law includes subordinate legislation or law and all amendments, consolidations, replacements or re-enactments from time to time;
f) where a word or phrase is defined, its other grammatical forms have a corresponding meaning;
g) a reference to a natural person includes a body corporate, partnership, joint venture, association, government or statutory body or authority or other legal entity and vice versa;
h) includes and similar words mean includes without limitation;
i) no clause will be interpreted to the disadvantage of a Party merely because that Party drafted the clause or would otherwise benefit from it;
j) a reference to a party to a document includes that party’s executors, administrators, successors, permitted assigns and persons substituted by novation from time to time;
k) a reference to this Agreement or any other document includes the document, all schedules and all annexures as novated, amended, supplemented, varied or replaced from time to time;
l) a reference to a covenant, obligation or agreement of two or more persons binds or benefits them jointly and severally;
m) if a period of time is specified and dates from a given day or the day of an act or event, it is to be calculated exclusive of that day;
n) a reference to time is to local time in Dubai, UAE and
o) a reference to $ or dollars refers to American Dollars from time to time.
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Building A3 Dubai World Centre,
Dubai, UAE
Email: support@patang.io