Terms of Use - Motor Specialty Inc.

TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR SITES AND OUR SERVICES, YOU HEREBY AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND ALL TERMS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF YOU, THE USER, CUSTOMER, OR PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMER TO READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING TO USE THIS SITE. IF YOU DO NOT EXPRESSLY AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEN PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE OUR SITES OR OUR SERVICES. THIS TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT IS EFFECTIVE AS OF 11 / 19 / 2018. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

The following Terms of Service Agreement (the “TOS”) is a legally binding agreement that shall govern the relationship with our users and others which may interact or interface with Motor Specialty Inc., also known as MSI, located at 2801 Lathrop Ave, Racine, Wisconsin 53405 and our subsidiaries and affiliates, in association with the use of the MSI website, which includes www.motorspecialty.com, (the “Site”) and its Services, which shall be defined below.

DESCRIPTION OF WEBSITE SERVICES OFFERED

The Site is an e-commerce website company which has the following description:
Company information and product description to generate RFQ.

Any and all visitors to our site shall be deemed as “users” of the herein contained Services provided for the purpose of this TOS.

The user acknowledges and agrees that the Services provided and made available through our website and applications, which may include some mobile applications and that those applications may be made available on various social media networking sites and numerous other platforms and downloadable programs, are the sole property of Motor Specialty Inc.. At its discretion, Motor Specialty Inc. may offer additional website Services and/or products, or update, modify or revise any current content and Services, and this Agreement shall apply to any and all additional Services and/or products and any and all updated, modified or revised Services unless otherwise stipulated. Motor Specialty Inc. does hereby reserve the right to cancel and cease offering any of the aforementioned Services and/or products. You, as the end user acknowledge, accept and agree that Motor Specialty Inc. shall not be held liable for any such updates, modifications, revisions, suspensions or discontinuance of any of our Services and/or products. Your continued use of the Services provided, after such posting of any updates, changes, and/or modifications shall constitute your acceptance of such updates, changes and/or modifications, and as such, frequent review of this Agreement and any and all applicable terms and policies should be made by you to ensure you are aware of all terms and policies currently in effect. Should you not agree to the updated, revised or modified terms, you must stop using the provided Services forthwith. Furthermore, the user understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Services offered shall be provided “AS IS” and as such Motor Specialty Inc. shall not assume any responsibility or obligation for the timeliness, missed delivery, deletion and/or any failure to store user content, communication or personalization settings.

PRIVACY POLICY

Every member’s registration data and various other personal information are strictly protected by t h e Motor Specialty Inc. Online Privacy Policy (see the full Privacy Policy at https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/free-privacy-policy-generator.php). As a member, you herein consent to the collection and use of the information provided, including the transfer of information within the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing or use by Motor Specialty Inc. and/or our subsidiaries and affiliates.

CAUTIONS FOR GLOBAL USE AND EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPLIANCE

Due to the global nature of the internet, through the use of our network you hereby agree to comply with all local rules relating to online conduct and that which is considered acceptable Content. Uploading, posting and/or transferring of software, technology and other technical data may be subject to the export and import laws of the United States and possibly other countries. Through the use of our network, you thus agree to comply with all applicable export and import laws, statutes and regulations, including, but not limited to, the Export Administration Regulations (http://www.access.gpo.gov/bis/ear/ear_data.html), as well as the sanctions control program of the United States (http://www.treasury.gov/resourcecenter/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx).

Furthermore, you state and pledge that you:

a) are not on the list of prohibited individuals which may be identified on any government export exclusion report (http://www.bis.doc.gov/complianceandenforcement/liststocheck.htm) nor a member of any other government which may be part of an export-prohibited country identified in applicable export and import laws and regulations;

b) agree not to transfer any software, technology or any other technical data through the use of our network Services to any export-prohibited country;

c) agree not to use our website network Services for any military, nuclear, missile, chemical or biological weaponry end uses that would be a violation of the U.S. export laws; and

d) agree not to post, transfer nor upload any software, technology or any other technical data which would be in violation of the U.S. or other applicable export and/or import laws.

CONTENT PLACED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR COMPANY SERVICES
Motor Specialty Inc. shall not lay claim to ownership of any content submitted by any visito ror user, nor make such content available for inclusion on our website Services. Therefore, you hereby grant and allow for Motor Specialty Inc. the below listed worldwide, royalty-free and nonexclusive licenses, as applicable:

a) The content submitted or made available for inclusion on the publicly accessible areas of Motor Specialty Inc.’s sites, the license provided to permit to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and/or publicly display said Content on our network Services is for the sole purpose of providing and promoting the specific area to which this content was placed and/or made available for viewing. This license shall be available so long as you are a member of Motor Specialty Inc.’s sites, and shall terminate at such time when you elect to discontinue your membership.

b) Photos, audio, video and/or graphics submitted or made available for inclusion on the publicly accessible areas of Motor Specialty Inc.’s sites, the license provided to permit to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and/or publicly display said Content on our network Services are for the sole purpose of providing and promoting the specific area in which this content was placed and/or made available for viewing. This license shall be available so long as you are a member of Motor Specialty Inc.’s sites and shall terminate at such time when you elect to discontinue your membership.

c) For any other content submitted or made available for inclusion on the publicly accessible areas of Motor Specialty Inc.’s sites, the continuous, binding and completely sub-licensable license which is meant to permit to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and/or publicly display said content, whether in whole or in part, and the incorporation of any such Content into other works in any arrangement or medium current used or later developed.

Those areas which may be deemed “publicly accessible” areas of Motor Specialty Inc.’s sites are those such areas of our network properties which are meant to be available to the general public, and which would include message boards and groups that are openly available to users.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMPANY WEBSITE

Motor Specialty Inc. provides an area for our users to contribute feedback to our website. When you submit ideas, documents, suggestions and/or proposals (“Contributions”) to our site, you acknowledge and agree that:

a) your contributions do not contain any type of confidential or proprietary information;
b) MSI shall not be liable or under any obligation to ensure or maintain confidentiality,
expressed or implied, related to any Contributions;
c) MSI shall be entitled to make use of and/or disclose any such Contributions in any such
manner as they may see fit;
d) the contributor’s Contributions shall automatically become the sole property of MSI; and
e) MSI is under no obligation to either compensate or provide any form of reimbursement in
any manner or nature.

INDEMNITY

All users herein agree to insure and hold Motor Specialty Inc., our subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees, officers, partners and/or licensors blameless or not liable for any claim or demand, which may include, but is not limited to, reasonable attorney fees made by any third party which may arise from any content a user of our site may submit, post, modify, transmit or otherwise make available through our Services, the use of MSI Services or your connection with these Services, your violations of the Terms of Service and/or your violation of any such rights of another person.

COMMERCIAL REUSE OF SERVICES

The user herein agrees not to replicate, duplicate, copy, trade, sell, resell nor exploit for any commercial reason any part, use of, or access to MSI’s sites.

MODIFICATIONS

Motor Specialty Inc. shall reserve the right at any time it may deem fit, to modify, alter and or discontinue, whether temporarily or permanently, our service, or any part thereof, with or without
prior notice. In addition, we shall not be held liable to you or to any third party for any such
alteration, modification, suspension and/or discontinuance of our Services, or any part thereof.
ADVERTISERS
Any correspondence or business dealings with, or the participation in any promotions of,
advertisers located on or through our Services, which may include the payment and/or delivery of
such related goods and/or Services, and any such other term, condition, warranty and/or
representation associated with such dealings, are and shall be solely between you and any such
advertiser. Moreover, you herein agree that Motor Specialty Inc. shall not be held responsible or
liable for any loss or damage of any nature or manner incurred as a direct result of any such
dealings or as a result of the presence of such advertisers on our website.
LINKS
Either Motor Specialty Inc. or any third parties may provide links to other websites and/or
resources. Thus, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of
any such external sites or resources, and as such, we do not endorse nor are we responsible or
liable for any content, products, advertising or any other materials, on or available from such third
party sites or resources. Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that Motor Specialty Inc. shall
not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any such damage or loss which may be a
result of, caused or allegedly to be caused by or in connection with the use of or the reliance on
any such content, goods or Services made available on or through any such site or resource.
PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
You do hereby acknowledge and agree that Motor Specialty Inc.’s Services and any essential
software that may be used in connection with our Services (“Software”) shall contain proprietary
and confidential material that is protected by applicable intellectual property rights and other laws.
Furthermore, you herein acknowledge and agree that any Content which may be contained in any
advertisements or information presented by and through our Services or by advertisers is
protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Therefore,
except for that which is expressly permitted by applicable law or as authorized by Motor Specialty
Inc. or such applicable licensor, you agree not to alter, modify, lease, rent, loan, sell, distribute,
transmit, broadcast, publicly perform and/or created any plagiaristic works which are based on
Motor Specialty Inc. Services (e.g. Content or Software), in whole or part.
Motor Specialty Inc. herein has granted you personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive rights
and/or license to make use of the object code or our Software on a single computer, as long as
you do not, and shall not, allow any third party to duplicate, alter, modify, create or plagiarize work
from, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise make an attempt to locate or discern any
source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in and/or otherwise transfer any
such right in the Software. Furthermore, you do herein agree not to alter or change the Software
in any manner, nature or form, and as such, not to use any modified versions of the Software,
including and without limitation, for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to our Services.
Lastly, you also agree not to access or attempt to access our Services through any means other
than through the interface which is provided by Motor Specialty Inc. for use in accessing our
Services.
WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS
YOU HEREIN EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT:
a) THE USE OF MOTOR SPECIALTY INC. SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARE AT THE
SOLE RISK BY YOU. OUR SERVICES AND SOFTWARE SHALL BE PROVIDED ON AN
“AS IS” AND/OR “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. MOTOR SPECIALTY INC. AND OUR
SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND
LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND
WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
b) MOTOR SPECIALTY INC. AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO SUCH WARRANTIES THAT (i)
MOTOR SPECIALTY INC. SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR
REQUIREMENTS; (ii) MOTOR SPECIALTY INC. SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; (iii) THAT SUCH RESULTS
WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE MOTOR SPECIALTY INC.
SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (iv) QUALITY OF ANY
PRODUCTS, SERVICES, ANY INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL WHICH MAY BE
PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE
WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND (v) THAT ANY SUCH ERRORS CONTAINED
IN THE SOFTWARE SHALL BE CORRECTED.
c) ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED BY
WAY OF MOTOR SPECIALTY INC. SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL BE ACCESSED
BY YOUR SOLE DISCRETION AND SOLE RISK, AND AS SUCH YOU SHALL BE
SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND
CAUSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER
AND/OR INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOADING AND/OR DISPLAYING, OR FOR ANY
LOSS OF DATA THAT COULD RESULT FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH
INFORMATION OR MATERIAL.
d) NO ADVICE AND/OR INFORMATION, DESPITE WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, THAT
MAY BE OBTAINED BY YOU FROM MOTOR SPECIALTY INC. OR BY WAY OF OR
FROM OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT
EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.
e) A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF SOME USERS MAY EXPERIENCE SOME DEGREE OF
EPILEPTIC SEIZURE WHEN EXPOSED TO CERTAIN LIGHT PATTERNS OR
BACKGROUNDS THAT MAY BE CONTAINED ON A COMPUTER SCREEN OR WHILE
USING OUR SERVICES. CERTAIN CONDITIONS MAY INDUCE A PREVIOUSLY
UNKNOWN CONDITION OR UNDETECTED EPILEPTIC SYMPTOM IN USERS WHO
HAVE SHOWN NO HISTORY OF ANY PRIOR SEIZURE OR EPILEPSY. SHOULD YOU,
ANYONE YOU KNOW OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY HAVE AN EPILEPTIC
CONDITION, PLEASE CONSULT A PHYSICIAN IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS WHILE USING OUR SERVICES: DIZZINESS, ALTERED
VISION, EYE OR MUSCLE TWITCHES, LOSS OF AWARENESS, DISORIENTATION,
ANY INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, OR CONVULSIONS.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT MOTOR SPECIALTY
INC. AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
PARTNERS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY PUNITIVE,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO THE LOSS OF
ANY PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA AND/OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, EVEN
THOUGH WE MAY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF SUCH POSSIBILITY THAT SAID DAMAGES
MAY OCCUR, AND RESULT FROM:
a) THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE OUR SERVICE;
b) THE COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES;
c) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR THE ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS
AND/OR DATA;
d) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY ON OUR SERVICE;
e) AND ANY OTHER MATTER WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO OUR SERVICE.
RELEASE
In the event you have a dispute, you agree to release Motor Specialty Inc. (and its officers,
directors, employees, agents, parent subsidiaries, affiliates, co-branders, partners and any other
third parties) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and
nature, known and unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out
of or in any way connected to such dispute.
SPECIAL ADMONITION RELATED TO FINANCIAL MATTERS
Should you intend to create or to join any service, receive or request any such news, messages,
alerts or other information from our Services concerning companies, stock quotes, investments or
securities, please review the above Sections Warranty Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability
again. In addition, for this particular type of information, the phrase “Let the investor beware” is
appropriate. Motor Specialty Inc.’s content is provided primarily for informational purposes, and no
content that shall be provided or included in our Services is intended for trading or investing
purposes. Motor Specialty Inc. and our licensors shall not be responsible or liable for the
accuracy, usefulness or availability of any information transmitted and/or made available by way
of our Services, and shall not be responsible or liable for any trading and/or investment decisions
based on any such information.
EXCLUSION AND LIMITATIONS
THERE ARE SOME JURISDICTIONS WHICH DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN
WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OF EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THEREFORE, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF
SECTIONS WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO
YOU.
THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
You herein acknowledge, understand and agree, unless otherwise expressly provided in this
TOS, that there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to this agreement.
NOTICE
Motor Specialty Inc. may furnish you with notices, including those with regards to any changes to
the TOS, including but not limited to email, regular mail, MMS or SMS, text messaging, postings
on our website Services, or other reasonable means currently known or any which may be herein
after developed. Any such notices may not be received if you violate any aspects of the TOS by
accessing our Services in an unauthorized manner. Your acceptance of this TOS constitutes your
agreement that you are deemed to have received any and all notices that would have been
delivered had you accessed our Services in an authorized manner.
TRADEMARK INFORMATION
You herein acknowledge, understand and agree that all of the Motor Specialty Inc. trademarks,
copyright, trade name, service marks, and other Motor Specialty Inc. logos and any brand
features, and/or product and service names are trademarks and as such, are and shall remain the
property of Motor Specialty Inc.. You herein agree not to display and/or use in any manner the
Motor Specialty Inc. logo or marks without obtaining Motor Specialty Inc.’s prior written consent.
COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS NOTICE
& PROCEDURES
Motor Specialty Inc. will always respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask that all of
our users do the same. With regards to appropriate circumstances and at its sole discretion,
Motor Specialty Inc. may disable and/or terminate the accounts of any user who violates our TOS
and/or infringes the rights of others. If you feel that your work has been duplicated in such a way
that would constitute copyright infringement, or if you believe your intellectual property rights have
been otherwise violated, you should provide to us the following information:
a) The electronic or the physical signature of the individual that is authorized on behalf of the
owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
b) A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you believe has
been infringed upon;
c) A description of the location of the site which you allege has been infringing upon your
work;
d) Your physical address, telephone number, and email address;
e) A statement, in which you state that the alleged and disputed use of your work is not
authorized by the copyright owner, its agents or the law;
f) And finally, a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the aforementioned
information in your notice is truthful and accurate, and that you are the copyright or
intellectual property owner, representative or agent authorized to act on the copyright or
intellectual property owner’s behalf.
The Motor Specialty Inc. Agent for notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property
infringement can be contacted as follows:
Mailing Address:
Motor Specialty Inc.
Attn: Copyright Agent
2801 Lathrop Ave
Racine, Wisconsin 53405
Telephone: 262-632-2794
Fax: 262-632-8899
Email: [email protected]
CLOSED CAPTIONING
BE IT KNOWN, that Motor Specialty Inc. complies with all applicable Federal Communications
Commission rules and regulations regarding the closed captioning of video content. For more
information, please visit our website at www.motorspecialty.com.
GENERAL INFORMATION
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This TOS constitutes the entire agreement between you and Motor Specialty Inc. and shall govern
the use of our Services, superseding any prior version of this TOS between you and us with
respect to Motor Specialty Inc. Services. You may also be subject to additional terms and
conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other Motor Specialty Inc. Services,
affiliate Services, third-party content or third-party software.
CHOICE OF LAW AND FORUM
It is at the mutual agreement of both you and Motor Specialty Inc. with regard to the TOS that the
relationship between the parties shall be governed by the laws of the state of Wisconsin without
regard to its conflict of law provisions and that any and all claims, causes of action and/or
disputes, arising out of or relating to the TOS, or the relationship between you and Motor
Specialty Inc., shall be filed within the courts having jurisdiction within the County of Racine,
Wisconsin or the U.S. District Court located in said state. You and Motor Specialty Inc. agree to
submit to the jurisdiction of the courts as previously mentioned, and agree to waive any and all
objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over the parties by such courts and to venue in such
courts.
WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY OF TERMS
At any time, should Motor Specialty Inc. fail to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the
TOS, such failure shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this
TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that
the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and
the other provisions of the TOS remain in full force and effect.
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
You acknowledge, understand and agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any
claim or action arising out of or related to the use of our Services or the TOS must be filed within
1 year(s) after said claim or cause of action arose or shall be forever barred.
VIOLATIONS
Please report any and all violations of this TOS to Motor Specialty Inc. as follows:
Mailing Address:
Motor Specialty Inc.
2801 Lathrop Ave
Racine, Wisconsin 53405
Telephone: 262-632-2794
Fax: 262-632-8899
Email: [email protected]