MAIN SERVICE AGREEMENT
This Service Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “Agreement”.) governs the rules and regulations and the terms and conditions based on which Customers (hereinafter referred to as Customer) are acquiring services from iBirds Software Services Private Limited. a private limited company incorporated under the Companies Act 1956, having its registered address at 5th Floor Shreenath Mall Near Bajrang Garh Circle Ajmer, Rajasthan, IN 305001 (hereinafter referred to as “iBirds/ The Service Provider”, which expression shall, unless repugnant to the context or meaning thereof, be deemed to mean and include its successors and permitted assigns).
By Accepting this agreement, by
(1) clicking a box indicating acceptance,
(2) executing an order form that references this agreement, or
(3) using free service, customer agrees to the terms of this agreement.
If the individual, accepting this agreement is accepting on behalf of a Company or other legal entity, such individual represents that they have the authority to bind such entity and its affiliates to these terms and condition, in which case the terms “CUSTOMER” shall refer to such entity and its affiliates. If the individual accepting this agreement does not have such authority or does not agree with these terms and condition, such individual must not accept this agreement and may not use the services.
This Agreement was last updated on Jan 1, 2025. It is effective between Customer and iBirds as of the date of Customer’s accepting this Agreement (the “Effective Date”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, iBirds has offered Customer with the opportunity to get a license of software and Software Development services from iBirds, as detailed further herein; and
WHEREAS, Customer has accepted iBirds offers to avail them of such services, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and Agreement set forth below, it is hereby agreed to by and between the Parties as follows:
1. SERVICES:
- In accordance with the stipulations and conditions delineated in this Agreement, iBirds unconditionally and irrevocably licenses software to Customer and the services related to software license to be rendered by iBirds.
- Customer, in turn, is obligated to avail of such services within the jurisdiction of India. This engagement is legally binding and enforceable under the prevailing laws. · Customer shall be responsible for taking the licenses provided by the iBirds for the software and its related services. All actions and obligations of Customer are to be performed within the legal boundaries and regulatory frameworks applicable, thereby ensuring the validity and enforceability of this clause.
- It is hereby agreed that the Customer shall be responsible for the selection of license that is compatible based on the specific needs and requirements set forth by iBirds within the company. Both parties hereby commit to engaging in good faith negotiations with the objective of reaching a mutually satisfactory agreement concerning the software license services and the compensation package to be offered for their services to the Customer.
- Usage Limit: Services and content are subject to usage limits specified in the Order Forms and Documentation. If the Customer exceeds a contractual usage limit, iBirds will work with the Customer to reduce the usage to comply with that limit. However, if Customer is unable or unwilling to adhere to the contractual usage limit despite iBirds efforts, iBirds will promptly execute an Order Form for additional quantities of the applicable services or content at Customer’s request.
- Usage Restrictions: Customer will not (a) make any Service or Content available to anyone other than Customer or Users, or use any Service or Content for the benefit of anyone other than Customer or its Affiliates, unless expressly stated otherwise in an Order Form or the Documentation, (b) sell, resell, license, sublicense, distribute, rent or lease any Service or Content, or include any Service or Content in a service bureau or outsourcing offering.(d) use a Service or transmit Malicious Code, (e) interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of any Service or third-party data contained therein, (f) attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Service or Content or its related systems or networks, (g) permit direct or indirect access to or use of any Services or Content in a way that circumvents a contractual usage limit, or use any Services to access, copy or use any of iBirds intellectual property except as permitted under this Agreement, an Order Form, or the Documentation, (h) modify, copy, or create derivative works of a Service or any part, feature, function or user interface thereof, (i) copy Content except as permitted herein or in an Order Form or the Documentation.
- Removal of Content and Non-iBirds Applications. If Customer receives notice, including from iBirds, that Content or a Non-iBirds Application may no longer be used or must be removed, modified and/or disabled to avoid violating applicable law, third-party rights, or the Acceptable Use and External Facing Services Policy, Customer will promptly do so. If Customer does not take required action, including deleting any Content Customer may have downloaded from the Services, in accordance with the above, or if in iBirds judgment continued violation is likely to reoccur, iBirds may disable the applicable Content, Service and/or Non-iBirds Application. If requested by iBirds, Customer shall confirm deletion and discontinuance of use of such Content and/or Non-iBirds Application in writing and iBirdsshall be authorized to provide a copy of such confirmation to any such third-party claimant or governmental authority, as applicable. In addition, if iBirdsis required by any third-party rights holder to remove Content, or receives information that Content provided to Customer may violate applicable law or third-party rights, iBirds may discontinue Customer’s access to Content through the Services.
- Integration with Non-iBirds Applications. The Services may contain features designed to interoperate with Non-iBirds Applications. iBirds cannot guarantee the continued availability of such Service features, and may cease providing them without entitling Customer to any refund, credit, or other compensation, if for example and without limitation, the provider of a Non-iBirds Application ceases to make the Non-iBirds Application available for interoperation with the corresponding Service features in a manner acceptable to iBirds.
2. TERM OF THE AGREEMENT:
Term of Agreement. This Agreement commences on the date Customer first accepts it and continues until all subscriptions hereunder have expired or have been terminated.
Term of Purchased Subscriptions: The term of each subscription shall be as specified in the applicable Order Form. Except as otherwise specified in an Order Form, subscriptions will automatically renew for additional one year terms, unless either party gives the other written notice (email acceptable) at least 45 days before the end of the relevant subscription term. Except as expressly provided in the applicable Order Form, renewal of promotional or one-time priced subscriptions will be at iBirds applicable list price in effect at the time of the applicable renewal. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any renewal in which subscription volume or subscription length for any Services has decreased from the prior term will result in re-pricing at renewal without regard to the prior term’s per-unit pricing.
Termination: A party may terminate this Agreement for cause (i) upon 30 days written notice to the other party of a material breach if such breach remains uncured at the expiration of such period, or (ii) if the other party becomes the subject of a petition in bankruptcy or any other proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership, liquidation or assignment for the benefit of creditors.
Refund or Payment upon Termination. Once License fee paid by customer it’s not refundable. If this Agreement is terminated by Customer in accordance with the “Termination” section above, iBirds will refund Customer any prepaid fees covering the remainder of the term of all Order Forms after the effective date of termination. If this Agreement is terminated by iBirds in accordance with the “Termination” section above, Customer will pay any unpaid fees covering the remainder of the term of all Order Forms to the extent permitted by applicable law. In no event will termination relieve Customer of its obligation to pay any fees payable to iBirds for the period prior to the effective date of termination.
3. CONSIDERATION:
- iBirds shall be obligated to give the services to Customer for the fees in accordance with the software licenses and its related implementation services.
- Provided that iBirds, and all of iBirds employees and representatives, comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Customer shall compensate iBirds for the Services provided by them in the course of business.
- iBirds covenants and agrees that such payments by Customer represent the complete and entire obligation owed to iBirds, its employees, representatives, or any other party, either by the Customer or any other third party, for the Services to be performed and to be provided by iBirds under this Agreement.
- Each invoice shall reasonably describe the Services actually performed and the fees and expenses payable by Customer for such Services.
- The mode of Payment of the consideration shall be mutually decided by the Parties at the time of the actual payment. · Customer agrees to use the Software in compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
- Customer shall not reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract source code from the Software.
- Customer is responsible for maintaining secure access credentials to the Software and for preventing unauthorized access.
- The Customer shall pay the iBirds a License Fee as per the fee structure provided in order form · iBirds is solely responsible for collecting all fees due from Customer for the Services and shall invoice Customer directly for such fees. Customer bears the full risk of nonpayment and shall not be relieved of its obligation to pay fees owed to iBirds in the event of any such nonpayment.
- iBirds may change the pricing and it charges Customer for the Services at any time in its sole discretion, effective upon twenty (20) days’ written notice to Customer. Any such pricing increase will not apply to any pricing previously agreed to in an Order Form or in a documented pricing proposal for Services submitted by IBirds to Customer sixty (60) days before and IBirds notified Customer of the pricing increase.
- Fees. Customer will pay all fees specified in Order Forms. Except as otherwise specified herein or in an Order Form, (i) fees are based on Services and Content subscriptions purchased and not actual usage, (ii) payment obligations are non- cancelable and fees paid are non-refundable, and (iii) quantities purchased cannot be decreased during the relevant subscription term.
- Overdue Charges. If any invoiced amount is not received by iBirds by the due date, then those charges may accrue late interest at the rate of 2% of the outstanding balance per month.
- Suspension of Service and Acceleration: If any charge owing by Customer under this agreement for services is 30 days or more overdue, iBirds may, suspend Services until such amounts are paid in full. iBirds will give Customer at least 10 days’ prior written notice that its account is overdue, before suspending services to Customer.
- Taxes. iBirds fees do not include any taxes, levies, duties or similar governmental assessments of any nature, including, for example, GST, assessable by any jurisdiction whatsoever (collectively, “Taxes”). Customer is responsible for paying all Taxes associated with its purchases hereunder. If iBirds has the legal obligation to pay or collect Taxes for which Customer is responsible under this section, iBirds will invoice Customer and Customer will pay that amount unless Customer provides iBirds with a valid tax exemption certificate authorized by the appropriate taxing authority.
4. OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- iBirds retains all rights, title, and interest in and to iBirds Intellectual Property that is used in connection with the deliverables and Consultant will acquire no rights therein by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise.
- Customer acknowledges and agrees that anything related to software and its related service availed by Customer as per the terms of this agreement hereunder (a “Deliverable,” and collectively the “Deliverables”), including computer software code, works of authorship, designs, creations, inventions or ideas, discoveries or improvements conceived, created, developed, reduced to practice or made, in whole or in part, by iBirds or its employees, either individually or jointly with others, whether or not incorporated into the Work, which resulted from or related to any work or Services performed by iBirds for, or which relates, directly or indirectly, to the business or demonstrably anticipated business of IBirds(the “Intellectual Property”), shall be the sole and exclusive property of iBirds and are considered to be “works for made for hire” as defined in the copyright laws of India or any similar or analogous law or statute of any other jurisdiction.
- Customer agrees, upon demand by iBirds and/or upon termination or expiration of the Agreement, to return promptly to iBirds all property belonging to iBirds and all originals and all copies of any documents, reports, notes, or any other recorded written or printed matter (including all forms of electronically recorded data and information, computer programs and software), in Customer’s possession or under its control, whether or not such property or documents contain Proprietary Information
5. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
- Confidential Information refers to any data or information provided and relating to both parties, whether business or personal, which would reasonably be considered to be private and sensitive information or data, and such information or data is not generally known or released to the public in general. All such information shall include (but is not limited to) service information, business strategies, personnel IDs, software code, etc.
- Confidential Information of iBirds includes the Customer Agreement, excluding the iBirds Terms of Use and other terms required by iBirds to be passed through to the Customer; Confidential Information of iBirds includes the Services and Content; and Confidential Information of each party shall include the terms and conditions of this Agreement and all Order Forms (including pricing), as well as business and marketing plans, technology and technical information, product plans and designs, and business processes disclosed by such party. However, Confidential Information does not include any information that (i) is or becomes generally known to the public without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party, (ii) was known to the Receiving Party prior to its disclosure by the Disclosing Party without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party, (iii) is received from a third party without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party, or (iv) was independently developed by the Receiving Party. For the avoidance of doubt, the nondisclosure obligations set forth in this “CONFIDENTIALITY” section apply to Confidential Information exchanged between the parties in connection with the evaluation of additional iBirds services.
- Customer acknowledges and agrees that certain data and other information that has been acquired, developed, created, or obtained by or for iBirds or any of its affiliates in the course of its business that comes or has come into its possession or knowledge is secret, confidential, and the exclusive property of iBirds and/or any of its affiliates, as the case may be (the “Proprietary Information”).
- Parties acknowledge and agree that all Proprietary Information that comes or has come into its knowledge or possession, or the knowledge or possession of any of Customer’s employees, agents, and representatives, (including any Proprietary Information originated or developed by Customer during the term of the Agreement) is and will be maintained as a trade secret and is and will be the exclusive property of the iBirds. It is further acknowledged and agreed by both the parties that:
- Customer agrees to use the Proprietary Information only in connection with its work for iBirds. Customer further agrees, during the term of the Agreement and thereafter, that it and its employees, agents, and representatives shall hold such Proprietary Information in confidence and agrees not to use it for its own benefit (or for the benefit of any third party) or to disclose or reveal, in any manner, to any person or entity any Proprietary Information, without the prior written consent of iBirds.
- Customer shall take every precaution to protect the confidentiality of the Confidential Information, Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prevent disclosure of any of the Proprietary Information if, in the written opinion of Customer’s legal counsel, such disclosure is legally required to be made in a judicial, administrative or governmental proceeding or other applicable order.
- Customer shall ensure that all of its employees, agents, and representatives that are providing the Services hereunder shall be bound by the same, or stricter, confidentiality obligations.
- Both parties agree that they shall not disclose, reveal, use, or report, for any purpose, any confidential information or data of either party, except authorized by such party in writing only or authorized by law. Obligation to abide by the confidentiality will apply during the term and will survive indefinitely upon termination of this Agreement.
- All research, plans, schematics, designs, drawings, models, computer hardware, software and firmware, source codes, and regulatory compliance procedures (and related data) used in connection with the development, manufacture, fabrication, assembly, marketing, and sale of iBirds products and services;
- All and any written or oral information or data provided by both parties under this Agreement is Confidential Information regardless of whether it was provided before or after the date of the Agreement.
6. FORCE MAJEURE
- Neither Party will be liable for or will constitute a breach of or default under this Agreement on account of any delay or failure to perform any duty mentioned hereinabove if surrounding conditions and circumstances are beyond Parties control or unforeseen by the Parties, which include the following:
- Pandemics, epidemics, etc.
- Lockdown, pen down, strikeout, etc.
- Failure in any Governmental machinery to grant any applicable permits.
- Acts of God.
- Natural Calamities.
- War, Revolution, or Military Force.
- The burden of Proof to the above conditions lies on the party claiming such defence of Force Majeure.
- The condition of Force Majeure will lapse after 7 days of its effect if any of the conditions or circumstances mentioned above are sustained.
- Neither Party will be liable for or will constitute a breach of or default under this Agreement on account of any delay or failure to perform any duty mentioned hereinabove if surrounding conditions and circumstances are beyond Parties control or unforeseen by the Parties, which include the following:
7. NOTICES
Any notice, demand, or request concerning this Agreement shall be in writing and effective
when delivered by post or personal service or through email service. Such communication
shall be effective only when the addressee receives them.
8. TIME
The contracting parties to this agreement agree that time is of the essence in the Agreement
and therefore, they shall fulfil all their respective duties and responsibilities well within the
stipulated time as per the terms of this Agreement.
9. GOVERNING LAWS
This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Rajasthan,
India.
10. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
- The Parties agree that any dispute arising in and out of this Agreement shall be settled by Arbitration in accordance with the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
- All the hearings shall be conducted in English language.
- Parties shall mutually decide and appoint a sole arbitrator to preside over Arbitration hearings, such arbitrator shall be appointed by Customer only.
- Arbitration proceedings shall take place in Rajasthan, India, and the Arbitrator’s decision will be final and binding on both parties. However, by mutual agreement, the parties may choose to resolve their disputes through arbitration at the Ajmer, Rajasthan.
11. SEVERABILITY
- If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held unenforceable for any reason, then such provision or provisions shall be modified to reflect the intention of the Parties.
- All other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in force till the duration of this Agreement.
14. INDEMNITY
- Customer shall indemnify iBirds against any expenses, including amounts paid upon judgments, counsel fees, environmental penalties, and fines, and amounts paid in settlement (before or after the suit is commenced), incurred by the iBirdsin connection with their defence or settlement of any claim, action, suit or proceeding in which they are made a party or which may be asserted against them because of the products manufactured or services delivered by the iBirds respectively according to the terms of the Agreement and such performance of duties is falling beyond the scope of authorized work of this Agreement.
- Such indemnification shall be in addition to any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any law, by-law, agreement, or otherwise.
15. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
In the absence of negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct, neither party shall be liable to the other or any other person, including any party claiming by, through, or on behalf of the other party, for any losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses arising out of any error in data or other information provided to any of them by each other or any other person or out of any interruption or delay in the electronic means of communications used by them.
16.WARRANTIES
- Each Party warrants its power to enter into the Agreement and has obtained all necessary approvals to do so.
- Parties hereby represent, warrant, and covenants that:
- Parties, including but not limited to their employees, agents, representatives, or subcontractors, possess full power, authority, and all rights necessary to enter into this Agreement and carry out their respective obligations hereunder;
- the Intellectual Property, Work, and Services (collectively, the “Materials”) do not and will not libel or defame any third party or infringe upon or violate any intellectual property, personality, privacy, or other right of any third party;
- Any tangible or intangible property provided by iBirds or its appointed Employees to Customer will be transferred and assigned to Customer free and clear of all liens, claims, and encumbrances of others;
17. NON-SOLICITATION AND NON-COMPETE
Customer shall not, directly or indirectly, whether for their own benefit or for the benefit of any other entity or individual, (a) during the term of the Agreement solicit, encourage, or in any way influence any person employed by, or engaged to render services on behalf of, the other party, to leave that party, or to engage in any activity contrary to or conflicting with the interests of that party or otherwise interfere in any way in that party’s relationship with any person who is employed by, or engaged to render services on behalf of, that party, or (b) during the term of the Agreement, compete with, or work for or with a person or entity that competes with, that party.
18. COST AND EXPENSES
If any parties employ attorneys for the disputes, differences, and claims then that party shall pay all the expenses and costs of the same and the other party is not liable to pay any compensation.
19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement and any annexures, exhibits, duplicates, and copies, constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes, all prior agreements and negotiations made orally or in writing, between the Parties, preceding the date of this Agreement.
20. MODIFICATIONS/AMENDMENTS
This Agreement may be modified by iBirds only.
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