a. Marketing and Promotional Activities. MEGALINK undertakes to market the service to its members as part of its overall training and orientation programsin coordination with TELUPAY in planning and conducting said activities as applicable.
b. Press Releases and Other Ad/Marketing Promo Content. MEGALINK and its Members shall allow the marketing logo tag"powered by TELUPAYTM (logo)" and"TELUPAYTM Making Money MobileTM" to be included in MEGALINK's and its Members' ad or promotional and marketing materials either in print or in broadcast in promoting MEGALINK's and its Members' mobile phone banking services, and to allow such materials to be featured onTELUPAY's website or promotional and marketing materials.
c. No Third Party Use. MEGALINK shall use the TELUPAY Services and/or TELUPAY System for its own internal business purposes only, specifically providing mobile phone banking services to the Members and their customers and/or end-user accountholders. Except as otherwise provided herein, any use, operation or implementation of all or part of the TELUPAY Services and/or TELUPAY System by third parties shall be subject to separate negotiations and/or user agreements.
d. Effects of Unauthorized Use.Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, where MEGALINK itself or MEGALINK knowingly allows or causes other third parties or affiliates to use, study, implement or in any way infringe any part or all of the TELUPAY Services, the TELUPAY Confidential Information, the TELUPAY Services and/or TELUPAY System without the proper use, rights and/or license agreement and without the prior written consent of TELUPAY, MEGALINK shall be considered to have materially breached this Agreement. In the event of such material breach, TELUPAY shall have the absolute right and full discretion to immediately, without need of any notice, stop and terminate the availability for use, use and/or access by such unauthorized third parties and/or to immediately rescind this Agreement upon written notice sent to MEGALINK without need of any court intervention. TELUPAY shall not be liable to MEGALINK or to its affiliates, officers, employees, customers or any third party for any damages that may result from the exercise of the said right. Additionally in the said situation, TELUPAY shall have the right to undertake any and all actions necessary to prevent any further unauthorized use of the TELUPAY Services and/or the TELUPAY System and/or the unauthorized disclosure of the TELUPAY Confidential Information.
e. Non-Transferable Authority. Subject to the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement, TELUPAY grants the MEGALINK a non-transferable authority to avail itself of and use the TELUPAY Services and/or TELUPAY System, which in turn shall be subject to periodic revision by TELUPAY and MEGALINK to reflect changes agreed upon by both Parties
f. Prohibition. MEGALINK may not make any copies of the TELUPAY Services and/or TELUPAY System. The TELUPAY Services and/or the TELUPAY System are accredited to TELUPAY and MEGALINK shall ensure that the TELUPAY Services and/or the TELUPAY System in the possession of MEGALINK shall always bear TELUPAY's proprietary notice.
g. Non-modification. MEGALINK hereby undertakes to TELUPAY not to alter or modify the whole or any part of the TELUPAY Services and/or the TELUPAY System in any way whatsoever, nor wilfully permit the whole or any part of the TELUPAY Services and/or the TELUPAY System to be combined with or become incorporated in any other programs, nor decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer the same, nor attempt to do any of such things.
h. Injunctive Relief and Damages. Each Party acknowledges that any breach or violation on its part of any promises, commitments, undertakings and/or agreements contained in this Agreement, inclusive of their respective subparagraphs and subsumed provisions, may result in grave, irreparable, and continuing damage to the Party to which such compromised confidential or proprietary information pertains to (the"aggrieved Party") for which there will be no adequate or speedy remedy at law; and the aggrieved Party shall be immediately entitled to injunctive relief and/or a decree for specific performance, and such other relief as may be proper in the circumstances (including monetary damages if appropriate). In the proper cases and upon competent judicial authority, the aggrieved Party may enter upon any location or territory where the compromised confidential or proprietary information may be kept for the purpose of preventing the unauthorized use, reproduction, examination, distribution, or transaction thereof.
i. Limitation of Liability. Each Party'sliability with respect to breach of any of its obligations under this Agreement shall be limited to the total cost of implementing the service but shall not include the cost or the purchase of any or all hardware and other peripherals.
Each party shall hold the other party, its officers, directors, agents, employees and affiliates free and harmless from any and all actual and direct damages, claims, demands, costs, expenses, obligations, or causes of action of any nature, including reasonable attorney's fees and costs, arising from this Agreement, except for: (i) violation by the other party (the"Guilty Party") of any law, ordinance, rules and regulations; (ii) material breach by the Guilty Party of any obligation, representation or warranty stated herein; and/or (iii) damages suffered by third parties or the non-guilty party or its employees or agents caused by Guilty Party's fault or gross negligence in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
Under no circumstances shall any Party be made liable for any moral, nominal, exemplary, special, indirect or consequential damages, including profit loss or lost business opportunities, whether foreseen or unforeseen unless there exists bad faith.
j. Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or any other document executed in connection herewith shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or in such other document shall not in any way be affected or impaired.
k. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Philippines.
l. Compliance with Laws. In connection with this Agreement, each Party shall comply with all applicable regulations and laws, and other relevant laws that may hereinafter be enacted and/or imposed. Each Party shall require its customers to assume an equivalent obligation with regard to applicable regulations and laws of the region.
m. Venue for Suit. The Parties hereby agree that any legal action, suit or proceeding arising out of or in relation to this Agreement shall be instituted only in the proper court of Pasay City.
n. No Assignment. The Parties shall not assign any of their respective rights, privileges or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent will not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed by either Party. Any attempted assignment or grant in derogation of the foregoing shall be void. If there is a change in ownership or control of a Party, the latter shall inform the other party in writing of such changes and such Party shall not be excused from complying with its obligations under this Agreement.
o. Limited Trademark Rights Granted. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring any right to use in advertising, publicity or other promotional activities any name, trademark or other designation of either Party (including any contraction, abbreviation, or simulation of any of the foregoing) except as expressly allowed by this Agreement or any written confirmation by the Parties and its representatives concerned.
p. Notice. Any notice required or permitted to be made or given to either Party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered as follows with notice deemed given as indicated: (a) upon receipt when delivered personally; (b) by overnight courier upon written notification of receipt; (c) by telecopy or facsimile transmission upon acknowledgment of receipt of electronic transmission; or (d) by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, five (5) days after deposit in the mail or (e) by electronic mail acknowledged and upon receipt of email read notification . All notices must be sent to the address set forth below or to such other address as the receiving party may have designated by written notice given to the other Party.
q. Amendment and Modification. Subject to applicable law, this Agreement may be amended, modified and supplemented in any and all respects only by written agreement of the parties.
r. Further Assurances. Each Party agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
s. Non-Solicitation of Personnel.Except for the benefit of both Parties, the Parties agree that at no time during the time that this Agreement is in effect, or for a period of one (1) year after termination of the employment relationship between the Party and its employee, regardless of the reason for the termination of the employment relationship, will the Parties either solicit or accept as an employee, independent contractor or other agent of the other Party, without first obtaining the express written consent of the other Party.