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Terms and Conditions of Sale – Products & Services <br />DFS Proprietary and Confidential <br />Rev. February 13, 2020 <br />Page | 5 <br />unauthorized use or disclosure of the Confidential Information. Receiving Party shall upon request <br />return to Disclosing Party or destroy all copies of Confidential Information except to the extent that a <br />specific provision of the Contract entitles Receiving Party to retain an item of Confidential Information. <br />Seller may also retain one archive copy of Buyer’s Confidential Information. <br />6.4 The obligations under this Article 6 will not apply to any portion of the Confidential Information that: <br />(a)is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by Receiving <br />Party, its representatives or its affiliates; (b) is or becomes available to Receiving Party on a non- <br />confidential basis from a source other than Disclosing Party when the source is not, to the best of <br />Receiving Party’s knowledge, subject to a confidentiality obligation to Disclosing Party; (c) is <br />independently developed by Receiving Party, its representatives or affiliates, without reference to or <br />use of the Confidential Information; (d) is required to be disclosed by law or court order. All <br />"Confidential" and "Proprietary" information fall within the Washington State Transparency Laws and <br />Confidential Provision are to be posted to the Buyers "Digital Records Center" for compliance with <br />legal requirements. The Buyer agrees to exempt the Seller's confidential information from posting in <br />the Digital Records Center. <br />6.5 Each Disclosing Party warrants that it has the right to disclose the Confidential Information that it <br />discloses. Neither Buyer nor Seller will be permitted to make any public announcement about the <br />Contract. As to any individual item of Confidential Information, the restrictions under this Article 6 <br />shall expire five years after the date of disclosure, except with respect to information designated as <br />a trade secret of the Disclosing Party, in which case the obligation will not expire unless and until such <br />Confidential Information becomes part of the public domain or subject to an exception as set forth <br />in section 6.4, through no act or omission of the Receiving Party. Nothing in this section is <br />intended or will be construed to supersede any separate confidentiality or nondisclosure agreement <br />signed by the parties. <br />7. Intellectual Property <br />7.1 Seller shall defend and indemnify Buyer against any claim by a non-affiliated third party (a “Claim”) <br />alleging that Products or Services furnished under this Contract infringe a patent in effect in the U.S., <br />an EU member state or the country of the Site (provided there is a corresponding patent issued by the <br />U.S. or an EU member state), or any copyright or trademark registered in the country of the Site, <br />provided that Buyer (a) promptly notifies Seller in writing of the Claim; (b) makes no admission of <br />liability and does not take any position adverse to Seller; (c) gives Seller sole authority to control <br />defense and settlement of the Claim; and (d) provides Seller with full disclosure and reasonable <br />assistance as required to defend the Claim. <br />7.2 Section 7.1 will not apply and Seller will have no obligation or liability with respect to any Claim based <br />upon (a) Products or Services that have been modified, or revised, (b) the combination of any Products <br />or Services with other products or services when such combination is a basis of the alleged <br />infringement, (c) failure of Buyer to implement any update provided by Seller that would have prevented <br />the Claim, (d) unauthorized use of Products or Services, or (e) Products or Services made or performed <br />to Buyer’s specifications. <br />7.3 Should a Product or Service, or any portion thereof, become the subject of a Claim, Seller may at its <br />option (a) procure for Buyer the right to continue using the Product or Service, or applicable portion <br />thereof; (b) modify or replace it in whole or in part to make it non-infringing; or (c) failing (a) or (b), take <br />back infringing Products or Services and refund the price received by Seller attributable to the infringing <br />Products or Services. <br />7.4 Article 7 states Seller’s exclusive liability for intellectual-property infringement by Products or Services. <br />7.5 Each party will retain ownership of all Confidential Information and intellectual property it had prior to <br />the Contract. Any new intellectual property conceived or created by Seller in the performance of this <br />Terms and Conditions of Sale – Products & Services