Terms and Conditions

Sovereign Ships, Inc. and its affiliates (Sovereign Ships) provide the sovereignships.co website (the “Site”) and all Site-related products and services subject to the terms and conditions set forth below and any modifications to it (the “Terms and Conditions” or “Agreement”). Please read the Terms and Conditions carefully. By using the Site, licensing or purchasing any Site-related products or services, or using any Site-related products or services, you are deemed to have expressly agreed to the Terms and Conditions. In addition, when using particular Site-related products or services, you shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such products or services.

Disclaimer of Warranties

You acknowledge and agree that the Site, any products licensed or purchased through the Site, any Site-related services, and the content uploaded, posted, or otherwise transmitted on or through the Site are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Sovereign Ships makes no warranty that the Site, the Site-related products and services, or the content uploaded, posted, or otherwise transmitted on or through the Site, will meet your requirements or that the preceding and your access to and use of any of the preceding will be uninterrupted, timely, accurate, reliable, error-free, or secure. You assume total responsibility and risk for your use of the site and the site-related products and services.

Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with the Site, the Site-related products or services, and/or any content uploaded, posted, or otherwise transmitted on or through the Site is to stop using the Site and/or those products or services.

Linked Websites

The Site and Site-related services may contain links to websites operated by third parties (“Linked Sites”). Sovereign Ships is not responsible for the content, availability, advertising, products, services, or other materials of any such Linked Sites or any additional links contained therein or for the actions of any such Linked Sites or any users of any such Linked Sites.

Submissions

You acknowledge and agree that, by submitting Content to Sovereign Ships, you grant to Sovereign Ships an unrestricted, royalty-free, fully paid-up, perpetual, irrevocable, sub-licensable, non-exclusive, worldwide right and license to link to, use, reproduce, transmit, modify, adapt, publish, publicly display or perform, distribute, translate, create derivative works from, export, sell, offer to sell, rent or license such Content (in whole or in part) in connection with the Site or any Sovereign Ships product, service, technology, content, material, specification or documentation and/or to incorporate such Content in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the entire term of any copyright that may exist in such Content. By submitting Content to Sovereign Ships, you acknowledge and agree that you have the authority to grant such rights to Sovereign Ships. In addition, in operating the Site, Sovereign Ships does not solicit, nor does it wish to receive, any confidential, secret, or proprietary information or other material from you through or in connection with the Site or Site-related products or services. Any such information or material submitted or sent to Sovereign Ships will therefore be deemed not to be confidential or secret; and, by submitting or transmitting such information or other material to Sovereign Ships, you also represent and warrant that the data is original to you and that no other party has any rights to the material.

Expectations

While accessing and using the Site and Site-related products or services, you agree not to:

  1. Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Site and the Site-related products or services;
  2. “Stalk” or otherwise harass another party;
  3. Harm minors in any way;
  4. Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Sovereign Ships representative, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your professional or other affiliation with any person or entity;
  5. Harvest, collect or store information about the users of the Site or use such information for any purpose inconsistent with the purpose of the Site or to transmit or facilitate the transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic mail or communications;
  6. Interfere with or disrupt the use of the Site or the Site-related services or servers or networks connected to the Site or the Site-related services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Site or the Site-related services;
  7. Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers to disguise the origin of any Content uploaded, posted, or otherwise transmitted on or through the Site;
  8. Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international laws or any regulations having the force of law;
  9. Modify, adapt, sublicense, translate, sell, distribute, broadcast, exploit for commercial purposes, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any portion of the Site or any Site-related products or services; or
  10. Engage in any activity that is contrary to or which would adversely affect the purpose or intention of the Site or the Site-related products or services;
  11. Upload, post, publish, email, reproduce, distribute or otherwise transmit any information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, or other materials (collectively, “Content”) which: 
    1. Is unlawful, fraudulent, harmful, threatening, hateful, abusive, embarrassing, harassing, tortious, libelous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, contains explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts, or is otherwise objectionable; 
    2. Victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals based on religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected status;
    3. Contains unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation;
    4. Contains software viruses, worms, time bombs, Trojan horses, or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or any other similarly destructive activity, or surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information;
    5. Disrupts the normal flow of dialogue or otherwise acts in a manner that negatively affects other users’ ability to engage in real-time exchanges through the Site or the Site-related services;
    6. Violates another party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights;
    7. You do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (including, without limitation, inside information and proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements).
  12. While accessing and using the Site and Site-related products or services, you agree:
    1. To immediately notify Sovereign Ships of any unauthorized use of the Site or the Site-related products or services, including any breach of security known or suspected by you;
    2. Sovereign Ships has the right to monitor the Site and the Site-related services and reserves the right to remove any Content at any time and with or without notice. Sovereign Ships is not responsible for any failure, non-failure, or delay in removing any Content. 
    3. Sovereign Ships has the right to preserve Content and to disclose any Content uploaded, posted, or otherwise transmitted on or through the Site to any third party to (a) operate the Site properly, (b) enforce the Terms and Conditions, (c) comply with legal obligations or governmental requests, (d) respond to claims that any such Content violates the intellectual property or other rights of third parties, or (e) protect itself or its sponsors, users or the public.
    4. Sovereign Ships assumes no responsibility for the deletion or failure to store any Content that you upload, email, or otherwise transmit on or through the Site or that you otherwise provide to Sovereign Ships.
    5. Sovereign Ships neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made on the Site by anyone other than authorized Sovereign Ships employee spokespersons while acting in their official capacities.
    6. All Content uploaded, posted, or otherwise transmitted on or through the Site or otherwise provided to Sovereign Ships, whether publicly or privately, is the sole responsibility of the party from which such Content originated.
    7. You are responsible for obtaining and maintaining all computer software, computer hardware, and other equipment needed to access and use the Site and the Site-related services and for all charges related to it.

Before Making Purchases

You acknowledge that there is important information to consider before licensing or purchasing any Site-related products or services. You acknowledge that you have familiarized or will familiarize yourself with the process of licensing or purchasing the types of products and services available on the Site.

Making Purchases

Should you wish to license or make purchases of products or services described on the Site, you may be asked by Sovereign Ships or the applicable third-party product supplier or service provider to supply certain information, including but not limited to payment information. You understand that any such information will be treated by Sovereign Ships in the manner described in its Privacy Policy, available online at sovereignships.co/privacypolicy . You agree that all information you provide in connection with any such license or purchase will be accurate, complete, and current. You agree to pay all charges incurred at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You will also be responsible for paying any applicable taxes relating to your purchases. You agree, as well, to review and to comply with (a) the terms and conditions of any specific agreement that you enter into with said third party product supplier and/or service provider in connection with the licensing or purchase of any Site-related products or services and (b) Sovereign Ships’ additional terms and conditions applicable to the licensing or purchase of any Site-related products or services.

Modifications

Sovereign Ships shall have the right at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion, to (a) modify this Agreement; (b) modify the Site and the Site-related products and services; (c) modify any fees or charges for the use of the Site; and/or (d) modify pricing published on the Site for Site-related products or services.

Such modifications shall be deemed effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by means including but not limited to posting on the Site, electronic mail, or conventional mail. Your use of the Site and the Site-related products or services after such modifications shall be deemed to constitute your acceptance of such changes. You are expected to review this Agreement periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version. 

Void Where Prohibited

Sovereign Ships reserves the right to limit the availability of the Site and/or the provision of any Site-related products or services to any party, geographic area or jurisdiction it so desires, in its sole discretion, and to limit the quantities of any such products or services that it provides. Any offer for any products or services made on the Site is void where prohibited.

Termination

Sovereign Ships shall have the right, at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion and with or without notice, to immediately terminate (in whole or in part) the Terms and Conditions, any party’s access to and use of the Site (including, without limitation, any material from or displayed on the Site), and the right of any licensee or purchaser of any Site-related products or services to use such licensed or purchased Sited-related products or services. You agree that Sovereign Ships shall not be liable to you or any third party for any such termination.

Arbitration

This Agreement is entered into in the State of Delaware, U.S.A., and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, U.S.A., exclusive of its choice of law rules. Each party to this Agreement at this moment submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in the State of Delaware, U.S.A., and waives any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts. 

The prevailing party will be entitled to costs and reasonable attorney’s fees in any action to enforce this Agreement. Suppose any of the provisions of this Agreement are held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable. In that case, such provisions shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that this Agreement shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. Further, any specific rights or remedies of Sovereign Ships provided in this Agreement shall not be exclusive. Still, they shall be cumulative upon all rights and remedies that may be available to Sovereign Ships whether provided by applicable law, in any other agreement between the parties, or otherwise.

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto about the subject matter hereof. Any prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements between the parties hereto are expressly canceled. Notwithstanding the preceding, additional terms and conditions will apply if and when you license or purchase Site-related products or services, as well as if you have a signed written agreement with Sovereign Ships, which additional terms and conditions are at this moment incorporated by reference in and made a part of, and supplement, this Agreement. You may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply if and when you use third-party Content, products, or services. 

No waiver by Sovereign Ships of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default, and no such waiver by Sovereign Ships of any breach or default hereunder will be valid or binding unless outlined in writing and duly executed by Sovereign Ships. 

You may not assign, delegate or otherwise transfer this Agreement or any of your rights and obligations hereunder without Sovereign Ships’ prior written consent. Any heading, caption, or paragraph title contained in this Agreement is inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way defines or explains any paragraph or provision hereof. 

Furthermore, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of your successors and assigns.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Sovereign Ships and its associates from and against any claims, actions, suits, proceedings, judgments, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising directly or indirectly out of or in connection with (a) your breach of the Terms and Conditions, (b) any Content uploaded, posted or otherwise transmitted by you on or through the Site or that you otherwise provide to Sovereign Ships and/or (c) your activities in connection with the Site or any Site-related products or services.

Intellectual Property Rights

All materials contained within the Site and the Site-related products or services are protected by the U.S. and international copyright law, trademark law, and other intellectual property laws and conventions. Without limiting the generality of the preceding, (a) all materials contained within the Site and the Site-related services are the copyrighted property of Sovereign Ships unless a different copyright holder is identified in those materials; (b) all trademarks appearing on the Site are the property of Sovereign Ships, and no other party may use said marks without the express written permission of Sovereign Ships. 

Except as otherwise explicitly provided in the Terms and Conditions, you may not download or save a copy of the Site, any portion of the Site, or any Content within the Site, for any purpose whatsoever.

Copyright Information

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