TERMS OF SERVICE

LAST UPDATED January 18, 2022

1. THIS SITE

   Catalytic IP, Inc. and its affiliates (individually and collectively, “we”, “our”, “us”, “Catalytic Data Science”, “Catalytic DS” or “Catalytic”) designed and maintain www.catalyticds.com (the “Site”) as a means of providing information regarding our company and various services that we sell primarily within the United States. As used on the Site, the terms “you” and “your” means any person who views, accesses, uses, or obtains information from the Site or who obtains information by monitoring activity to and from the Site.

2. ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

   This Terms of Use Agreement (the “Agreement”) states the terms and conditions under which you may access and use the Site. This Site also contains various information in the form of reports, data, text and other materials about us, as well as third-party content that is licensed to us (collectively, the “Content”). By accessing and/or otherwise using this Site and its Content, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to be legally bound by this Agreement.

   Please read this Agreement carefully. We reserve the right to amend this Agreement at any time and from time to time by posting a revised Agreement on the Site. This Agreement was last revised on the date provided above. If you use the Site after an amended Agreement has been posted, you will be deemed to have agreed to such amended Agreement. You may want to periodically visit this page to view the most recent Agreement.

3. PERMITTED USE OF THE SITE

   You will access and use the Site solely for your personal purposes. You will not post, publish, reproduce, transmit, distribute or otherwise view, use or exploit the Site or any Content in a manner that: (1) is inconsistent with this Agreement; (2) violates any federal, state or local law, rule, regulation or order, or (3) could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site. You acknowledge and agree that the Site and the Content includes subject matter that is owned by us or third parties and is protected under copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. Unauthorized use of the Site or the Content may violate such intellectual property laws or other laws relating to privacy and publicity. The violation of such laws may give rise to civil and/or criminal penalties.

   You will not transmit, distribute, introduce or otherwise make available in any manner through the Site any computer virus, keyloggers, spyware, worms, Trojan horses, time bombs or other malicious or harmful programming (collectively, “Malware”). We do not have an obligation to detect the presence of such Malware. If you download software or any other Content from the Site, you do so at your own risk.

   We reserve the right to change, suspend, or discontinue all or any part of this Site or the Content at any time without prior notice or liability.

4. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

   You acknowledge that this Site and the various elements contained therein are protected by copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and that these worldwide rights are valid and protected in all forms, media, and technologies existing now and hereinafter developed. You also acknowledge that the Content is and shall remain our property or the property of our third party licensors. You agree to comply with all intellectual property laws and you shall not encumber any interest in, or assert any rights to, the Content. You may not modify, transmit, participate in the sale or transfer of, or create derivative works based on any Content, in whole or in part. However, you may print a reasonable number of copies of the Content for your personal use, provided that you maintain any notices contained in the Content, such as all copyright notices, trademark legends, or other proprietary rights notices.

5. COPYRIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS

   The trademarks, logos and service marks appearing on this Site, including, but not limited to, the trademarks: “Catalytic” “Catalytic Data Sciences”, and “Catalytic DS” are trademarks and service marks of Catalytic IP, Incorporated. Other company, product, and service names and logos used and displayed on this Site may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners who may or may not endorse or be affiliated with or connected to us. Nothing on this Site should be construed as granting, by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use any of trademarks and service marks displayed on this Site, without our prior written permission in each instance.

   The Content of this Site is protected by copyright law. All such Content is also copyrighted as a collective work under the copyright laws, and we own a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement, and enhancement of such Content.

   If you believe this Site contains Content that infringes your copyright, please contact contact@catalyticds.com and provide information related to your claim of copyright infringement.

6. COMMUNICATIONS WITH US

   Please be advised that we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to us via the Site or via electronic mail. Accordingly, we suggest that you use caution when transmitting any information to us via such means. For example, you should not include confidential information about you (such as your Social Security number) in any email that you send to us. We hereby expressly disclaim any liability for damages resulting from third party interception of your communications with us via the Site or via electronic mail. If you choose to send us any information via the Site or via e-mail, you do so solely at your own risk.

7. FEEDBACK AND SUBMISSIONS

   Unless we specifically provided otherwise, all feedback or submissions of any kind that you submit to this Site (the “Contributions”) are hereby received on a non-confidential basis and shall, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, become our property. To the extent that applicable law does not provide us with an ownership interest in any Contributions, you agree that by providing us with the Contributions you are granting us any of our affiliated companies and sublicensees a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable worldwide license to use, transmit, copy, reproduce, distribute, publicly display or perform, and to prepare derivate works based upon the Contributions. By submitting or otherwise making the Contributions available to us, you represent and warrant that you own or control all rights in such Contributions necessary to post, upload, input, submit or otherwise make them available to us, and to provide us with either ownership or licensed rights under this section of the Agreement. You understand that your Contributions will not be confidential and that no compensation will be paid to you with respect to your Contributions. Despite the rights granted to us herein, we are under no obligation to in any way use, post, or otherwise make such Contributions available.

8. FRAMING

   You may not frame any elements of this Site with any other website without our prior written permission.

9. LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES

   This Site may periodically provide links to third-party websites (“Third-Party Sites”). This Agreement governs only this Site and not any Third-Party Sites. Our decision to link to a Third-Party Site is not an endorsement of the content, products or services in the Third-Party Site. We do not control these Third-Party Sites and expressly disclaims any responsibility for the content, the accuracy of the information and any products or services available on the Third-Party Sites. We have not investigated or monitored the Third Party Sites for accuracy or completeness. The Third Party Sites may have different privacy policies and security standards than our Site. We are not responsible if any terms shown on our Site differ from those shown on the Third-Party Sites. If you decide to access linked Third-Party Sites, you do so at your own risk.

10. PRIVACY POLICY

    Our Privacy Policy hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement, explains the policy applicable to the information that is collected through the Site or received directly from you.

11. SECURITY

    We use commercially reasonable efforts to protect your privacy related to this Site. We maintain appropriate administrative and technical controls to safeguard the security and privacy of your personal information.

12. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

    YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THIS SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. NONE OF CATALYTIC, ITS AFFILIATES OR SUBSIDIARIES, OR ITS OR THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, ADVISORS OR AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY THE “CATALYTIC PARTIES”) GUARANTEES THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY, SUITABILITY OR USEFULNESS OF ANY PORTION OF THE SITE. NONE OF THE CATALYTIC PARTIES WARRANT THAT THIS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, THAT ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT IS REQUESTED WILL BE PROVIDED OR THAT THIS SITE OR ITS SERVER ARE OR WILL BE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL ELEMENTS. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THIS SITE AND THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT OR SERVICES IS ASSUMED SOLELY BY YOU.

    NONE OF THE CATALYTIC PARTIES MAKES, AND EACH OF THE CATALYTIC PARTIES HEREBY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS, ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS, ENDORSEMENTS, GUARANTEES, AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THIS SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS.

    YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY CONTENT, MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE IS USED AT YOUR OWN RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH CONTENT, MATERIAL AND/OR DATA.

13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

    UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ANY OF THE CATALYTIC PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THIS SITE. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF THIS SITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY OF THE CATALYTIC PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE OR THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENCE, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR OTHER DAMAGES, IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS THE CATALYTIC PARTIES’ LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THIS SITE IS TO STOP USING THIS SITE.

    Without limiting the foregoing, you expressly absolve and release the Catalytic Parties from any claim of harm resulting from a cause beyond their control, including, but not limited to, failure of electronic or mechanical equipment or communication lines, telephone or other interconnect problems, computer viruses, unauthorized access, theft, operator errors, severe weather, earthquakes, or natural disasters, strikes or other labor problems, wars, terrorist activities or governmental restrictions.

14. INDEMNIFICATION

    Upon a request by us, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, and our respective employees, contractors, officers, directors, and agents from all liabilities, claims, and expenses, including attorney’s fees that arise from:

    • Your breach of these terms of use,
    • Any allegation that content you provide infringes or otherwise violates the copyright, trade secret, trademark or other intellectual property rights of a third party, and
    • Your access or use of our website.

15. GOVERNING LAW; DISPUTES

    This Agreement and all matters relating to your access to, or use of this Site shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut, USA, without giving effect to conflict of law principles. We make no representation that the Content on our Site is appropriate, legal or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access this Site from other locations do so at their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

16. TITLE

    Any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or your access to or use of this Site shall be instituted in a state or federal court in the State of Connecticut. You irrevocably and unconditionally agree to submit to the jurisdiction of, and agree that venue is proper in these courts. You agree to make the Catalytic Parties whole for any and all claims, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) arising from your use of the Site or any violation of this Agreement. Judgment upon any award or order may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Without limiting the foregoing, you and we unconditionally and irrevocably agree to waive any objection to the enforcement of the award or judgment in any jurisdiction in which you or we are organized, has a place of business or has assets or in which your or our principal owner resides, has a place of business or has assets.

17. MINORS

    If you allow your minor child or a child for whom you are a legal guardian (a “Minor”) to access the Site, you will be solely responsible for (i) the online conduct of such Minor, (ii) monitoring such minor’s access to and use of the Site, and (iii) the consequences of any use of the Site by such Minor.

    We do not intend to solicit information or to market any products or services to children through this Site. Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 230(d) as amended, we hereby notify you that parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software, or filtering services) are commercially available that may assist you in limiting access to material and information that is harmful to Minors.

18. MISCELLANEOUS

    In the event that any portion of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, then such portion shall be construed in accordance with the applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties, and the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The sections of this Agreement entitled “Permitted Use of the Site,” “Intellectual Property Rights,” “Copyrights and Trademarks,” “Framing,” “Disclaimer of Warranties,” “Limitation of Liability,” “Indemnification,” “Governing Law; Disputes” and “Miscellaneous” shall survive the termination of this Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between you and us concerning your use of this Site and supersedes all existing agreements and all other oral, written or other communication between the parties concerning its subject matter. You may not assign this Agreement. No waiver shall be effective unless in writing. The paragraph headings herein are provided only for reference and shall have no effect on the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. You expressly agree not to export or re-export any of the Content to countries or persons prohibited under the export control laws of the United States.

19. TERMINATION

    You agree that if you violate this Agreement, your permission to use our website automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the Content contained on our Site. You also agree that we may, in our sole discretion, terminate your access to our Site or any portion thereof, or discontinue providing our Site or any portion thereof.