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INC. AFFILIATE PROGRAM AGREEMENT This
Affiliate Program Agreement (the "Agreement") sets
forth the terms and conditions regarding the Affiliate Program
(the "Program") of RWG, Inc. ("RWGUSA"). BY CLICKING ON THE "SUBMIT
APPLICATION" BUTTON AT THE END OF THE AFFILIATE
APPLICATION, YOU (IF YOU ARE ACTING ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF AS AN
INDIVIDUAL) OR YOUR COMPANY (IF YOU ARE ACTING ON BEHALF OF YOUR
COMPANY) (THE "AFFILIATE") AGREE(S) TO BE BOUND BY THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE
AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCEPTING ITS TERMS. 1.Definitions.
Capitalized terms in this Agreement will have the meanings set
forth below or attributed to them in various sections of the
Agreement."Affiliate-Driven
Visitor" means a unique end-user who accesses the
RWG Store through an Affiliate Link on the Affiliate Site. "RWGUSA"
means the online store owned and operated by RWG Internet &
Marketing, which offers and sells products for expectant and new
parents, and which is located primarily at
http://101Register.com, and any successors thereto. "Incentives"
means any payments, rebates or discounts (including without
limitation charitable donations), or any benefits under any
incentive or loyalty programs, offered or provided by Affiliate
to end-users in exchange or in consideration for such end-users
accessing the RWG Store through an Affiliate Link on the
Affiliate Site and/or purchasing products at the 101register
website. "Intellectual
Property Rights"
means all rights in and to trade secrets, patents, copyrights,
trademarks, know-how, as well as moral rights and similar rights
of any type under the laws of any governmental authority,
domestic or foreign, including rights in and to all applications
and registrations relating to any of the foregoing. "Link"
means a URL hidden behind a formatting option that may take the
form of a colored item of text (such as a URL description), logo
or image, "button" or graphic box, and which allows a
user to automatically move to or between WWW pages, WWW sites or
within a WWW document. "Net
Revenues"
means revenues actually received by RWG as a result of product
sales at the 101Register.com, less discounts, returns, credit
card fees, allowances for bad debt, taxes and shipping/handling
charges. 2.Links.
Affiliate agrees to promptly post at least one Link (the "Affiliate
Link(s)") to the RWG at one (or more) web sites owned
or operated by Affiliate (the "Affiliate Site(s)")
in no event later than five (5) business days following the
receipt by Affiliate of an Acceptance Notice (as defined in
Section 3 below). RWG will make available to Affiliate the
Affiliate Link. Affiliate acknowledges that the Affiliate Link
provided by RWG for inclusion in the Affiliate Site will include
the RWG tradename, trademark, service mark and/or logo (the
"RWG Brand Features"), and Affiliate has no
right to alter, remove, or customize the RWG Features. Affiliate
will not use or display the Affiliate Link(s) or the RWG Brand
Features in a manner that is defamatory, misleading, libelous,
obscene or otherwise potentially damaging to the reputation of
RWG, or the goodwill associated with the RWG Brand
Features.3.No
Obligation to Accept; Effectiveness of Agreement. RWG
may refuse to enter into this Agreement for any reason,
including, without limitation (a) if Affiliate Site promotes a
product or service competitive to the RWG Store or
better-buying.com ("Improper Promotion"); (b) if
Affiliate Site (i) contains or links to any pornographic
material, (ii) encourages illegal activity or discrimination,
(iii) is regarded by RWG as inappropriate, or (iv) could result
in liability or adverse publicity to RWG (collectively, "Improper
Content"); or (c) if to do so would violate any
applicable law, regulation or third party right. This Agreement
will only become effective upon receipt by Affiliate of email
confirmation from RWG that RWG has accepted Affiliate into the
Program (the "Acceptance Notice"). Following
acceptance RWG reserves the right to terminate this Agreement
immediately upon notice to Affiliate if Affiliate Site contains
any Improper Content or Improper Promotions. 4.Affiliate
Obligations. Affiliate will be solely responsible for
the development, operation and maintenance of Affiliate Site and
for all materials that appear on Affiliate Site, including but
not limited to: (a) the accuracy and appropriateness of
materials posted on Affiliate Site; (b) ensuring that materials
posted on Affiliate Site do not violate or infringe upon the
rights of any third party; (c) ensuring that the Affiliate Site
does not contain any Improper Content; and (d) ensuring that the
Affiliate Site does not engage in any Improper Promotion.
Affiliate hereby agrees to indemnify and hold RWG harmless from
any and all claims, damages and expenses (including, without
limitation, attorneys’ fees) arising from the development,
operation, maintenance and contents of Affiliate Site. 5.Payments.
Unless Affiliate provides or offers any Incentives to its
end-users, RWG will pay to Affiliate teen percent (10%) of Net
Revenues derived from Affiliate-Driven Visitors. If Affiliate
provides or offers any Incentives to any end-users, then (i)
Affiliate shall so notify RWG, and (ii) RWG will pay to
Affiliate ten percent (10%) of Net Revenues derived from
Affiliate-Driven Visitors. The applicable amounts payable to
Affiliate by RWG pursuant to this Section shall be referred to
as "Fees" for purposes of this Agreement. No Fees
shall be payable if an Affiliate-Driven Visitor leaves the RWG
Store without making a purchase and later returns to the RWG
Store to make a purchase via any method other than through an
Affiliate Link. Within forty-five (45) days following the end of
each calendar quarter, RWG will provide the Fees for such
quarter to Affiliate, along with a summary report showing the
calculation of the Fees for such quarter; provided, however,
that no payment shall be due in any quarter in which the total
Fees owed to Affiliate is less than $50.00, and such amount will
be carried over and paid in the next quarter in which the
aggregate Fees owed equals or exceeds $50.00. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, RWG will pay the unpaid Fees accrued for the
period ended December 31, 2000 to Affiliate by January 31, 2001,
provided that such accrued Fees are greater than $25.00. 6.License
Grant. RWG hereby grants to Affiliate a limited,
nonexclusive, royalty-free, nontransferable, worldwide license,
without the right to sublicense, to use, reproduce, publicly
perform, distribute and display the RWG Brand Features at the
Affiliate Site, solely as incorporated into the Affiliate Link(s)
and solely in the form delivered by RWG. 7.Reservation
of Rights. RWG reserves all rights other than those
expressly granted in this Agreement, and no licenses are granted
except as expressly set forth herein. RWG retains all right,
title, and interest in and to the RWG Brand Features and the RWG
Center Store, together with all Intellectual Property Rights
thereto. 8.Program
Information. RWG will own all right, title and interest
in and to all information that is created or collected in the
operation of the RWG Store including, without limitation: (i)
any contact information collected from any Affiliate-Driven
Visitors, (the "Contact Information"); and (ii) any
information collected about click-through rates and product
sales at the RWG Store generated through the Affiliate Link(s),
(the "Sales Information"). RWG will make certain Sales
Information available online to Affiliate from time to time.
Affiliate will not disclose any Sales Information to any third
party without RWG’s prior approval. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, RWG grants to Affiliate a
worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use Sales
Information solely in the manner and subject to the restrictions
set forth in this Section. 9.Termination.
This Agreement will become effective on the Effective Date and
remain in effect until December 31, 2000, unless sooner
terminated as provided below or extended for additional one-year
period(s) by mutual agreement of the parties. Except as
otherwise explicitly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement
may be terminated by either party (i) upon thirty (30) days
written notice to the other party, or (ii) upon a breach of this
Agreement by the other party which remains uncured for a period
of ten (10) days following receipt of notice of the breach from
the non-breaching party. Upon termination or expiration of the
Agreement: (i) all licenses granted herein shall terminate; (ii)
Affiliate shall immediately remove any Affiliate Link(s) from
Affiliate Site; (iii) RWG will pay Affiliate any accrued and
unpaid Fees; and (iv) Sections 11, 12, 14, and 15, and this
sentence will survive. 10.Modification.
At any time and in RWG’s sole discretion, RWG may modify any
of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement by (i)
posting a change notice or a new agreement on the
password-protected site, and/or (ii) emailing a revised
agreement to Affiliate. Such modifications shall take effect
thirty (30) days following the posting of a change notice or new
agreement on the site or Affiliates' receipt of a revised
agreement via email, whichever occurs first (the "Notice
Period"). IF ANY MODIFICATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO AFFILIATE,
AFFILIATE'S ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT WITHIN
THE NOTICE PERIOD. AFFILIATE'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE
PROGRAM FOLLOWING THE END OF THE NOTICE PERIOD WILL CONSTITUTE
BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE MODIFICATION. 11.Disclaimer.
THE RWG STORE AND RELATED SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS
IS" WITH NO WARRANTY, AND RWG EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY
WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE RWG STORE, INCLUDING
ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES
ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. 12.Limitation
of Liability. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL RWG BE LIABLE
FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY
DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT. WITHOUT
LIMITING THE FOREGOING, RWG’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING WITH
RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL FEES PAID OR
PAYABLE TO AFFILIATE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. 13.Authority.
If the person entering into this Agreement is acting on behalf
of his or her company, such person represents to RWG that he or
she has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into this Agreement on behalf of Affiliate, that this Agreement
has been duly authorized by Affiliate and that this Agreement
will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of
Affiliate. Such person hereby agrees to indemnify and hold RWG
harmless from any and all claims, damages and expenses
(including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) arising from
any breach of this Section. 14.Miscellaneous.
This Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws
of the State of California without reference to conflicts of
laws provisions, and any legal proceeding arising out this
Agreement will occur in San Marcos, California. This Agreement
will be binding on and will inure to the benefit of the legal
representatives, successors and valid assigns of the parties
hereto. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between RWG
and Affiliate with respect to the subject matter hereof, and
supersedes all prior and/or contemporaneous agreements or
understandings, written or oral, between RWG and Affiliate with
respect to the subject matter hereof. Affiliate may not assign
all or any part of this Agreement without RWG’s prior written
consent. Except as set forth in Section 10, this Agreement may
not be modified without the prior written consent of both
parties. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to
be unenforceable under applicable law, then such provision(s)
shall be excluded from this Agreement, and the balance of the
Agreement shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms. Notice.
Any notice or other communication to be given hereunder will be
in writing and given by facsimile, postpaid registered or
certified mail return receipt requested, or electronic mail. The
date of receipt shall be deemed the date on which such notice is
given. Notice hereunder will be directed to the parties at their
respective addresses set forth below or at any other address
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