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Terms of Use

This agreement is a legally binding
contract between you (“You” or “Your”) and MARATHON Automotive, its
affiliates, subsidiaries and/or licensors (“We,” “Us,” or “Our”). This
agreement governs Your use of any websites operated by Us, including any
site from which You access this agreement, which may include, but is not
limited to, MARATHON Automotive, MARATHON Collision, MARATHON Service,
MARATHON Parts, MARATHON Sales or MARATHON (collectively, the “Sites”). We
make the content on Our Sites, including all information, documents,
communications, files, text, graphics, images, video, user interfaces,
visual interfaces, photographs, software, metadata, audio/visual files,
and other copyrightable material owned by Us (collectively, the
“Materials”), available for Your use subject to the Terms of Use set
forth below. The Terms of Use spell out what you can expect from Us and
what We expect from You.
1. Acceptance of Terms of Use.
You accept and agree to all terms, conditions and notices contained or
referenced on the Sites (“Terms of Use”). Please read the following
Terms of Use carefully. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use, do not
use Our Sites. By accessing, shopping, using, or downloading in any way,
without limitation, any Materials from Our Sites, or merely browsing Our
Sites, You agree to and are bound by these Terms of Use.
We reserve the right to change the Terms of Use at any time. In such an
event, We will send You an email containing the revised terms and
conditions or a notification containing a link to where the revised
terms and conditions can be viewed on any of Our Sites at least three
(3) days before they go into effect. If You do not expressly object to
the validity of the new terms and conditions via e-mail within this
three (3) day period, then the newly revised Terms of Use will be
considered agreed upon. If You reject the newly revised Terms and
Conditions, then We may terminate this agreement as provided herein.
2. Your Account.
If You are 18 years of age or older, You may set up an account as
permitted under any one of Our Sites. You will need to independently set
up an account on each of Our Sites because accounts on Our different
Sites are not connected. If You are under 18, you may not use Our Sites.
We reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or
edit content, or cancel orders in Our sole discretion.
A. Secrecy Obligation.
Once you have selected or been allocated a unique username, password or
other appropriate security code (“Identifiers”), it is Your
responsibility to keep these Identifiers secure and confidential. In the
event You are concerned that Your Identifiers are no longer secure and
confidential, you should immediately notify Us by sending an e-mail to
info@drivemarathon.com, whereupon new Identifiers may be selected and
allocated and any future transactions under the previous Identifiers may
be voided, at Our sole discretion. Without limiting the foregoing, any
transactions made and accepted on the Site where your Identifiers have
been used (and where you have not previously notified Us as provided
herein) will be treated as valid.
B. No Transfer.
Only one account is allowed per person per Site. Your account is not
transferable. Under no circumstances shall You allow or permit any other
person or third party, including without limitation any person under the
age of 18 to use or re-use Your account or Your Identifiers. Any person
found to have violated this section will be subject to having his or her
account(s) voided on all of our Sites at Our sole discretion. More
importantly, any person found to have violated this section may be
reported to the relevant authorities for criminal prosecution. We also
reserve the right to institute civil proceedings against You and/or the
offending third party(ies) for violation of the terms of this section
and all damages related thereto.
3. Intellectual Property Rights.
A. Copyright Information and Personal & Non-Commercial Use Limitation.
All Materials and the compilation of all content included on Our Sites
are owned or licensed by Us and protected by United States and
international copyright laws. Copyright © 2010 MARATHON Automotive. All
Rights Reserved. We do not claim ownership of copyrights owned by third
parties.
You have been granted a license to view and use the Materials subject to
these Terms of Use. Unless otherwise specified, the Materials on this
Sites are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not sell or
modify Materials or reproduce, display publicly or otherwise use the
Materials in any way for any public or commercial purpose. Permission to
reprint or electronically reproduce any document or graphic, in whole or
in part, for any other purpose is expressly prohibited without prior
written consent from Us. You may not provide copyrighted or other
proprietary information to Us without permission from the owner of such
material or rights. You are solely responsible for obtaining such
permission and for any damages resulting from unauthorized disclosures
or infringement.
B. Notice and Procedure for Making Claims under the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) provides recourse to
copyright owners who believe that their rights under the United States
Copyright Act have been infringed by acts of third parties over the
Internet. If You believe that your copyrighted work has been copied
without your authorization and is available on Our Sites in a way that
may constitute copyright infringement, You may provide notice of Your
claim to Our Designated Agent listed below. For your notice to be
effective, it must include the following information:
A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on
behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed
upon;
A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is
located on this Sites;
Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to
contact the complaining party, such as address,telephone number, and, if
available, an e-mail address at which the complaining party may be
contacted;
A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed
use is not authorized by the copyright owner,its agent, or the law; and
A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and
under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to
act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly
infringed.
Designated Agent:
MARATHON Automotive
1016 North Main Street
Summerville, South Carolina 29483
info@drivemarathon.com
The Designated Agent should be contacted only if You believe that Your
work has been used or copied in a way that constitutes copyright
infringement and such infringement is occurring on Our Sites. All other
inquires to the Designated Agent will not be answered.
C. Trademarks.
We own trademarks for Our many goods and services, including, without
limitation, MARATHON and the associated graphics, logos and
service marks are Our trademarks and may not be used without Our prior
written consent. All other trademarks, product names, and company names
and logos appearing on the Sites are the property of their respective
owners.
D. Ideas and Inventions.
All comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, and other submissions
(“Ideas”) disclosed, submitted, or offered to Us in connection with Your
use of this Site shall become Our exclusive property. You agree that
unless otherwise prohibited by law We may use, sell, exploit and
disclose the Ideas in any manner, without restriction and without
compensation to You.
E. Ownership by MARATHON.
All Content and Intellectual Property provided by MARATHON , excluding
Site data on the Dealer Website(s), is and shall remain the property of
MARATHON or its licensors and is governed by the intellectual property
rights identified in this Agreement. MARATHON retains all rights to any
information and material submitted (for purposes of modification,
commercial and archival use only). MARATHON will export the information
and materials Dealer and Sites provide to MARATHON to online
auctioneers and other third parties at Dealer and Site’s request;
provided, however, MARATHON shall be under no obligation to export such
information or materials to MARATHON’s competitors.
4. Privacy and Protection of Personal Information.
We respect the privacy of visitors to our Sites. Please see Our Privacy
Policy relating to the collection and use of Your information. You
acknowledge and agree that this Privacy Policy, including, but not
limited to, the manner in which We collect, use and disclose Your
personally identifiable information, is incorporated and made part of
these Terms of Use. If You do not agree to each and every part of Our
Privacy Policy, then You should not use the Sites or submit any
personally identifiable information through Our Sites. Questions
regarding privacy issues should be directed to Us via e-mail at info@drivemarathon.com.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability.
You expressly agree that use of Our Sites, services, and Materials is at
Your sole risk. Neither We nor any of Our officers, directors,
employees, agents, merchants, sponsors, licensors, component suppliers
(both hardware and software), and/or any third party who provides
products or services purchased from or distributed by Us (collectively
“Providers”), or the like, warrant that sites affiliated with Providers,
including, but not limited to, Our Sites, will be uninterrupted,
error-free, or free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses, keyboard loggers,
spyware, adware, malware, harmful or malicious code, or other defects.
The information, products and services published on Our Sites may
contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. We makes no warranty as to
the results that may be obtained from the use of Our Sites or as to the
accuracy, reliability, or currency of any information content, service,
or merchandise provided through Our Sites.
A. Disclaimer of Warranties.
OUR SITES ARE PROVIDED BY US ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED AND STATUTORY
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS.
WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF OUR SITES, SECURITY OF OUR SITES, THE
AVAILABILITY OF ANY GOODS OR SERVICES OFFERED ON OR THROUGH OUR SITES,
INCLUDING E-MAIL, OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS,
INCLUDED ON OUR SITES. ANY MATERIALS DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED
THROUGH THE USE OF OUR SITES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND
THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER
SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD AND/INSTALLATION
OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. SOME STATES OR OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW
THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT
APPLY TO YOU.
B. Limitation of Liability.
WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE ACCESS TO
OUR SITES OR ANY RELATED SERVICES. THE OPERATION OF OUR SITES MAY BE
INTERFERED WITH BY NUMEROUS FACTORS OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE OUR
SITES OR ANY RELATED SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, AND PUNITIVE
DAMAGES WHETHER SUCH CLAIM IS BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES).
THE LIMITATION OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
RELIANCE BY A YOU ON ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OUR SITES OR THAT
RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR
E-MAIL, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES OR OTHER MALICIOUS CODE, DELAYS IN
OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT
RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION,
OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OUR RECORDS, PROGRAMS, OR SERVICES, AND
WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT,
MERCHANDISE, AND SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITES.
SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM
USE OR MISUSE OF AND RELIANCE ON OUR GOODS OR SERVICES, FROM INABILITY
TO USE OUR GOODS OR SERVICES, OR FROM THE INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, OR
TERMINATION OF OUR SERVICES (INCLUDING SUCH DAMAGES INCURRED BY THIRD
PARTIES).
SOME STATES OR OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE
ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
If you are dissatisfied with any portion of Our Sites, your sole and
exclusive remedy is to discontinue your use of the Sites.
6. Third Party Links.
Our Sites may from time to time contain links to other websites and may
forward users to other websites within the same Internet browser window.
These websites are not under Our control, and the existence of a link on
one of Our Sites does not imply any endorsement of the linked website(s)
by Us or any affiliation between Us and the owners of the linked
websites. We make no warranties or representations, and disclaim all
liability, relating to the accuracy, content, terms of use, privacy
policies, products, services, legality, reliability, viewpoint,
accuracy, currency, decency, or any other aspect of the linked websites.
You agree that We have no responsibility to You with respect to such
material. We encourage you to examine the privacy policies and/or terms
of use policies of any third party website.
7. Online Conduct.
You agree to use Our Sites and any services provided through Our Sites
only for lawful purposes. Unacceptable uses of Our Sites include,
without limitation: (i) engaging in any illegal activity or the planning
of any illegal activity; (ii) disseminating or transmitting statements
or material that, to a reasonable person, may be abusive, obscene,
pornographic, defamatory, harassing, grossly offensive, vulgar,
threatening or malicious; (iii) creating, disseminating or transmitting
files, graphics, software or other material that actually or potentially
infringe the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, publicity or
other intellectual property rights of any person; (iv) creating a false
identity or otherwise attempting to mislead any person as to the
identity or origin of any communication; (v) exporting, re-exporting or
permitting the downloading of any message, software or content in
violation of any export or import law, regulation or restriction of the
United States and its agencies or authorities, or without all required
approvals, licenses or exemptions; (vi) interfering, disrupting or
attempting to gain unauthorized access to other accounts on the Sites or
any other computer network; (vii) disseminating or transmitting viruses,
worms, Trojan horses, RATs, keyboard loggers, time bombs, spyware,
adware, cancelbots or any other malicious or invasive code or program;
or (viii) stalking or harassing another; (ix) disobeying any
requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected
to Our Sites; (x) engaging in any other activity deemed by Us to be in
conflict with the spirit or intent of Our Sites.
8. Circumvention.
You acknowledge and agree that You shall not circumvent or attempt to
circumvent any of these Terms of Use or the Materials offered through
Our Sites or otherwise interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operations
of the Sites (collectively, a “Circumvention Act”). If We determine, in
Our sole discretion, that You have engaged, or attempted to engage, in
any Circumvention Act, or to otherwise commit fraud with regard to the
Sites, then, in such an event, We reserve the right to institute civil
or criminal proceedings against You and to report You to the relevant
regulatory authorities.
9. Termination.
These Terms of Use are effective until terminated by either party. You
may terminate these terms at any time by discontinuing use of Our Sites.
Your access to the Sites may be terminated immediately without notice
from Us if in Our sole discretion You fail to comply with any term or
provision of these Terms of Use.
10. Security.
We reserve the right to monitor all network traffic to Our Sites to
identify and/or block unauthorized attempts or intrusions to upload or
change information or cause damage to Our Sites in any fashion. Anyone
using Our Sites expressly consents to such monitoring.
We reserve the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement
authorities or court order requesting or directing Us to disclose the
identity of anyone posting any information, or publishing or otherwise
making available any materials that are believed to violate these Terms
of Use.
11. Indemnification.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Us and Our affiliates,
subsidiaries, agents, managers, and other affiliated companies, and
their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors harmless
from and against all liabilities, actions, claims and expenses,
including legal fees arising out of or relating to: (a) your use of the
Sites or the Materials, including any data or work transmitted or
received by You or any service provider; (b) Your violation of these
Terms of Use; or (c) Your violation of any rights of a third party or
service provider.
12. Arbitration.
Any dispute relating in any way to Your visit to any of Our Sites shall
be submitted to confidential arbitration in Las Vegas, Nevada except
that, to the extent You have in any manner violated or threatened to
violate Our intellectual property rights, We may seek injunctive,
equitable, or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court and
You consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the state and federal
courts in the State of Nevada. We agree that any Dispute between us
shall be resolved exclusively and finally by arbitration administered by
the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), using interpretations
under Nevada law, and conducted under its Commercial Arbitration Rules
and in accordance with its expedited hearing procedures, except as
otherwise provided below. We will agree on another arbitration forum if
AAA ceases operations. The arbitration will be conducted before a single
arbitrator in Las Vegas, Nevada, and will be limited solely to the
Dispute between us. The arbitrator’s award, including attorneys’ fees,
shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of
competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, no arbitration under these Terms of Use or Privacy Policy shall be
joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to these
Terms of Use or Privacy Policy, whether through class arbitration
proceedings or otherwise. You understand that, in the absence of this
provision, You would have had a right to litigate disputes through a
court, including the right to litigate claims on a class-wide or class
action basis, and that you have expressly and knowingly waived those
rights and agreed to resolve any Disputes through binding arbitration in
accordance with the provisions of this paragraph. This arbitration
provision shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §
1, et seq. For the purposes of this provision, the term “Dispute” means
any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to: (i)
these Terms of Use and/or Our Privacy Policy, its interpretation, or the
breach, termination, applicability or validity thereof; (ii) the related
order for, purchase, delivery, receipt or use of any product or service
from Us; or iii) any other dispute arising out of or relating to the
relationship between You and the Providers. Information may be obtained
from the AAA online at www.adr.org, by calling 1-800-778-7879, or
writing to 1633 Broadway, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10019.
13. Applicable Law/Jurisdiction.
By visiting Our Sites, even if accessed from a location outside the
United States, you agree that the laws of the State of Nevada will
govern these disclaimers, Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, without
giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. We reserve the
right to make changes to Our Sites and these disclaimers, Terms of Use
or Privacy Policy at any time. You hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally consent to jurisdiction in the State of Nevada.
14. Waiver/Severability.
Any failure by Us to require or enforce strict performance by You of any
provision of these Terms of Use or to exercise any right under them
shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment of Your right to
assert or rely upon any such provision or right in that or any other
instance.
The provisions of these Terms of Use are intended to be severable. If
for any reason any provision of these Terms of Use shall be held invalid
or unenforceable in whole or in part by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such determination of invalidity or
unenforceability without affecting the validity or enforceability
thereof in any other manner or jurisdiction and without affecting the
remaining provisions of the Terms of Use, which shall continue to be in
full force and effect.
15. Statute of Limitations.
You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any
claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of Our Sites,
Terms of Use and/or Privacy Policy must be filed within ONE (1) YEAR
after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
16. Entire Agreement.
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between us with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all
prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral,
regarding such subject matter. Any waiver of any provision of the Terms
of Use and/or Privacy Policy will be effective only if in writing and
signed by Us.
THE SECTION TITLES IN THE TERMS OF USE ARE FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY AND HAVE
NO LEGAL OR CONTRACTUAL EFFECT.
These Terms of Use may be changed at any time.
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