Terms of Service Use
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Important Notice
- NO USE BY UNDERAGE PERSONS. The ImComing App is intended ONLY for legal adults. NO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS (OR THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN PLACES WHERE EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS IS NOT THE AGE OF MAJORITY) MAY ATTEMPT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO VIEW, DOWNLOAD, POSSESS, OR OTHERWISE USE THE IMCOMING APP.
- YOU MUST BE A LEGAL ADULT. BY ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT, CREATING A USER ACCOUNT (AS DEFINED BELOW), AND ENTERING A DATE OF BIRTH FOR AGE VERIFICATION PURPOSES, YOU AFFIRMATIVELY REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT:
- YOU ARE CURRENTLY EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE OR OVER (OR THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN PLACES WHERE EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS IS NOT THE AGE OF MAJORITY);
- YOU ARE CAPABLE OF LAWFULLY ENTERING INTO AND PERFORMING ALL THE OBLIGATIONS OUTLINED IN THIS AGREEMENT;
- YOU ARE NOT LOCATED IN A COUNTRY THAT IS SUBJECT TO A U.S. GOVERNMENT EMBARGO, OR THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AS A “TERRORIST SUPPORTING” COUNTRY; AND
- YOU ARE NOT ON ANY LIST OF U.S. GOVERNMENT LIST OF PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED LISTS.
- IMCOMING DOES NOT CURRENTLY CONDUCT CRIMINAL OR OTHER BACKGROUND SCREENINGS OF OUR USERS. IMCOMING RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONDUCT ANY CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK OR OTHER SCREENINGS (SUCH AS SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION SEARCHES) AT ANY TIME AND TO USE AVAILABLE PUBLIC RECORDS FOR ANY PURPOSE.
- IMCOMING DOES NOT INQUIRE INTO THE BACKGROUNDS OF OUR USERS OR ATTEMPT TO VERIFY THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OUR USERS IN CONNECTION WITH ACCOUNT CREATION, INCLUDING THE ACCURACY OF THE DATE OF BIRTH REPORTED FOR AGE VERIFICATION PURPOSES.
- IMCOMING DOES NOT VERIFY THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY USERS CONCERNING USERS’ IDENTITY, HEALTH, PHYSICAL CONDITION, OR OTHERWISE.
- IMCOMING IS A SEX-POSITIVE PLATFORM. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU MAY RECEIVE ACCESS TO USER-GENERATED CONTENT THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED OBJECTIONABLE IN CERTAIN CONTEXTS.
- YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IMCOMING IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTIVITIES OR LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR USE IN LOCATIONS WHICH MAY ATTEMPT TO CRIMINALIZE OR LIMIT YOUR PERSONAL INTERACTIONS. YOU MUST MAKE YOUR OWN INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT USE OF THE APPLICATION IN YOUR LOCATION AND ASSESS ANY POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES
- USERS WHO USE THE IMCOMING APP IN AN UNAUTHORIZED MANNER, OR OTHER USERS WHO CHANGE THEIR LOCATION WHILE YOU REMAIN IN THE SAME LOCATION, MAY USE DISTANCE INFORMATION TO DETERMINE YOUR EXACT LOCATION AND MAY BE ABLE TO DETERMINE YOUR IDENTITY
- THE IMCOMING APP IS INTENDED ONLY AS PERSONAL, LOCATION-BASED SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUAL USE AND SHOULD NOT BE USED OR RELIED ON AS AN EMERGENCY LOCATOR SYSTEM, USED WHILE DRIVING OR OPERATING VEHICLES, OR USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS REQUIRING FAIL-SAFE PERFORMANCE, OR ANY OTHER APPLICATION IN WHICH THE FAILURE OR INACCURACY OF THAT APPLICATION OR THE IMCOMING APP COULD LEAD DIRECTLY TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. IMCOMING IS NOT SUITED OR INTENDED FOR FAMILY FINDING PURPOSES, FLEET TRACKING, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF BUSINESS OR ENTERPRISE USE. OTHER PRODUCTS EXIST TODAY THAT MAY BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE PURPOSES.
1. INTRODUCTION
If you do not agree to these Terms, then please cease using the Service immediately and you must uninstall the Service from any computer or mobile device owned or controlled by you. ImComing reserves the right to update or modify these Terms at any time. We recommend that you periodically check the Service for changes. By accessing, browsing and/or using any Service after these updates to these Terms have been posted, you agree to be bound by the updated Terms. THESE TERMS CONSTITUTE A BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND IMCOMING. In addition, the ImComing Privacy Policy governs your access to and use of the Service and the processing of certain information about you.
2. RIGHTS TO USE THE SERVICE
Subject to your compliance with these Terms in all material respects, ImComing further grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to install and use the Service, in machine executable object code form only, on a single compatible personal device that you own and control, solely for personal, non-commercial purposes. We may make the App(s) available for download through the iTunes App Store at https://itunes.apple.com, the Google Play Store at https://play.google.com/store/apps, or other third-party app stores (each, an “App Store”). Your license to any App(s) is also governed by the applicable terms of service, policies, and procedures of the App Store through which you download the App(s) (the “App Store Terms”). These Terms amend and supplement the applicable App Store Terms and to the extent that these Terms contradict or are inconsistent with the applicable App Store Terms, these Terms control and prevail. You are authorized to download the App(s) solely via the App Stores, if any, through which we make them available for download. You acknowledge that by downloading an App(s) via an App Store, you are subject to the applicable App Store Terms.ImComing reserves the right to terminate or suspend your license to use all or any portion of the Service and your other rights under these Terms at any time and for any reason, including, but not limited to, violation of these Terms, the Guidelines and/or any applicable App Store Terms. Upon such termination, all license and other rights granted to you under these Terms will immediately terminate, but all other provisions of these Terms will survive termination. You will immediately cease all use of the Service and any associated account(s) with us and remove and destroy all copies of the App(s) from your devices. We may further bar access to the Service and your account(s) and delete any and all information associated with your account(s).
3. ELIGIBILITY OF USE OF SERVICE
4. NO WARRANTY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU USE THE SERVICE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT ARISE FROM SUCH USE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE IMCOMING PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (HOWEVER ARISING, INCLUDING BY NEGLIGENCE), INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES RELATED TO USE, MISUSE, RELIANCE ON, INABILITY TO USE AND INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, OR TERMINATION OF ANY OF THE SERVICE AND DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE OR DATA, WHETHER OR NOT THE IMCOMING PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF SUCH POSSIBILITY AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE. YOUR ONLY RIGHT WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SERVICE SHALL BE TO TERMINATE YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE IMCOMING PARTIES’ TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING UNDER THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO IMCOMING FOR USE OF THE SERVICE DURING ANY ONE MONTH. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE MAY INVOLVE KNOWN, UNKNOWN AND/OR UNANTICIPATED RISKS THAT COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR ILLNESS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DANGERS THAT MAY BE CAUSED BY THE ACTS OR INTENTIONS OF OTHER USERS OR OTHER THIRD PARTIES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, REGARDING ANY CONTENT OR MATERIALS (FOR EXAMPLE, INAPPROPRIATE OR EXPLICIT CONTENT OR MATERIALS) THAT YOU, ANOTHER USER OR A THIRD PARTY POSTS, SUBMITS, PUBLISHES, STORES, DISCLOSES, DISPLAYS, SENDS, TRANSMITS, DISSEMINATES, OR RECEIVES THROUGH THE SERVICE), OR OCCURRENCES BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE IMCOMING PARTIES. BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU ASSUME ALL SUCH RISKS AND DANGERS AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSSES AND/OR DAMAGES. YOU VOLUNTARILY RELEASE, WAIVE, DISCHARGE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE IMCOMING PARTIES FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS OR CAUSES OF ACTION FOR BODILY INJURY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, WRONGFUL DEATH, LOSS OF SERVICE OR OTHER CLAIMS THAT IN ANY WAY ARISE FROM OR ARE RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. THE SERVICE IS INTENDED ONLY AS PERSONAL, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION-BASED SERVICE FOR INDIVIDUAL USE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT IMCOMING HAS OFFERED THE SERVICE, SET ITS PRICES, AND ENTERED INTO THESE TERMS IN RELIANCE UPON THE FOREGOING WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY. YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS REFLECT A REASONABLE AND FAIR ALLOCATION OF RISK BETWEEN YOU AND IMCOMING, AND THAT THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS FORM AN ESSENTIAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND IMCOMING. IMCOMING WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE TO YOU ON AN ECONOMICALLY REASONABLE BASIS WITHOUT THESE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS.
5. CHANGES TO THE SERVICE
6. OUR TECHNOLOGY AND CONTENT
IMCOMING, the IMCOMING logo, IMCOMING product screen shots and the IMCOMING “C” App Icon design are trademarks or the subject of other intellectual property rights of IMCOMING, and may not be used without prior, express written permission from IMCOMING. All other trademarks not owned by IMCOMING that appear on the Service are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by IMCOMING. All content included on the Service, including all information, data, text, software, music, sounds, photographs, graphics, videos, messages, scripts, tags, compilations of the foregoing, and/or other materials accessible through the Service, including all associated intellectual property rights (“Our Content”), is the property of IMCOMING and/or its licensors, as applicable, and protected by United States and international intellectual property and other laws and treaties. Except as expressly permitted under these Terms, no reproduction, transmission, modification or display of any of Our Content is permitted without our prior, express written permission.
7. PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works.
- Identification of the material claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access disabled and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material.
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail.
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
- A statement that, under penalty of perjury, the information in the notification is accurate and you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Attn: ImComing Copyright Agent Support Austin, TX 78748
8. FEES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
9. FEEDBACK
10. EXTERNAL MATERIALS
11. PUSH NOTIFICATIONS; LOCATION-BASED FEATURES
The App may allow access to or make available opportunities for you to view certain content and receive other products, services, and/or other materials based on your location. To make these opportunities available to you, the App will determine your location using one or more reference points, such as GPS, Bluetooth, and/or software within your mobile device. If you have set your mobile device to disable GPS, Bluetooth, or other location-determining software or do not authorize the App to access your location data, you will not be able to access such location-specific content, products, services, and materials.
12. PROHIBITED USES
Impersonate any person or entity, falsely claim an affiliation with any person or entity, or access the accounts of other users of the Service; – Misrepresent the source, identity or content of information transmitted via the Service; – Remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Service, features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content accessible through the Service, or features that enforce limitations on use of the Service;
Intentionally interfere with or damage operation of the Service or any user’s enjoyment of them, by any means, including uploading or otherwise disseminating viruses, worms, or other malicious code; – Intentionally interfere with or damage operation of the Service or any user’s enjoyment of them, by any means, including uploading or otherwise disseminating viruses, worms, or other malicious code; – Post, submit, publish, store, disclose, display, send, transmit, or disseminate any information or material which a reasonable person could deem to be objectionable, unseemly, offensive (including without limitation, regarding race or ethnicity), distressing, vulgar, hateful, or otherwise inappropriate, regardless of whether this material or its dissemination is unlawful; – Post, submit, publish, store, disclose, display, send, transmit, or disseminate any unlawful, libelous, defamatory, threatening, harassing, intimidating, tormenting, embarrassing, scandalous, inflammatory, profane material or any other material including but not limited to any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under any local, state, national, or international law or regulatory requirement; – Post, submit, publish, store, disclose, display, send, transmit, or disseminate any information or material which infringes any patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, or any other proprietary or intellectual property rights; – Use the Service with any products, systems, or applications installed or otherwise connected to or in communication with vehicles, or otherwise capable of vehicle navigation, positioning, dispatch, real time route guidance, fleet management, or similar applications; – Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, or any part of these, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Service, or any part of these, through hacking, password mining or any other means, or to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Service or any activities conducted on the Service; or – Use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the Service for any purpose without our express written permission or bypass our robot exclusion headers or other measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Service or modify the Service in any manner or form, or use modified versions of the Service, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Service.
13. USER CONTENT
RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR CONTENT
OUR RIGHT TO USE YOUR CONTENT
ADVERTISING
OTHER
14. INDEMNIFICATION
- any negligent acts, omissions, or willful misconduct by you;
- your access to and use of the App;
- the uploading or submission of Content to the App by you;
- any breach of these Terms by you; and/or
- your violation of any law or of any rights of any third party.
- your use or misuse of any geographic location information or the Service generally.
- any violation of the rights of any other person or entity by you.
The foregoing provision does not require you to indemnify ImComing for any unconscionable commercial practice or any fraud, deception, false promise, misrepresentation or concealment, suppression or omission of any material fact in connection with the App.
15. INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS
You will create a username and password as part of the registration process for the Service. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account and all activities that occur in connection with these. You agree to immediately notify IMCOMING of any actual or suspected unauthorized use of your password or account or any other actual or suspected breach of security. You agree that all information that you provide to IMCOMING as part of the registration process, including, but not limited to, your name and email address, is truthful, accurate and complete.
16. GOVERNING LAW
These Terms and your relationship with IMCOMING under these Terms shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the United States Federal Arbitration Act, other applicable federal laws and the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflict of laws principles. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is specifically excluded from application to these Terms.
17. BINDING ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER
ANY DISPUTE OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE VALIDITY, APPLICABILITY OR INTERPRETATION OF THESE TERMS (EACH, A “CLAIM”), SHALL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING ARBITRATION RATHER THAN IN COURT, EXCEPT THAT YOU MAY ASSERT CLAIMS IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT IF YOUR CLAIMS QUALIFY. THERE IS NO JUDGE OR JURY IN ARBITRATION, AND COURT REVIEW OF AN ARBITRATION AWARD IS LIMITED.
The arbitration will be conducted by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its then-applicable rules, including (as appropriate) its Supplementary Procedures for Consumer-Related Disputes. The AAA’s rules are available at https://www.adr.org. Payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA’s rules. The arbitration shall be conducted in the English language by a single independent and neutral arbitrator. For any hearing conducted in person as part of the arbitration, you agree that the hearing will be conducted in the County and State of Texas or the city in the United States in which you reside. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding. Judgment on the arbitral award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Before submitting a Claim to arbitration pursuant to this Section 17, you must first submit the Claim to IMCOMING for informal resolution through the contact us form in the app and provide your name, current email address, mailing address and telephone number as well as the name, email address, and telephone number associated with your ImComing account (If different from your current information). You and IMCOMING agree to meet and confer, via teleconference or videoconference, to work in good faith to resolve the Claim within sixty (60) days. If you and IMCOMING are unable to resolve the Claim informally within sixty (60) days, then we each may submit the Claim to arbitration.
If you reject the last written settlement offer made by IMCOMING before the arbitrator was appointed and the arbitrator awards you an amount greater than this last written settlement offer, then IMCOMING will pay (i) the greater of the award or $500; (ii) your filing fees for the arbitration; and (iii) any fees, costs and expenses deemed appropriate by the arbitrator.
WE EACH AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE RESOLVED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR ARBITRATION. IF FOR ANY REASON A CLAIM PROCEEDS IN COURT RATHER THAN IN ARBITRATION, WE EACH WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND AGREE THAT SUCH CLAIM SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK OR, IF FEDERAL JURISDICTION IS NOT AVAILABLE, IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK COUNTY. YOU HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS AND WAIVE ANY OBJECTION ON THE GROUNDS OF VENUE, FORUM NON-CONVENIENS OR ANY SIMILAR GROUNDS WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH PROCEEDING.
The initiating party must pay all filing fees for the arbitration. Your and ImComing responsibility to pay other administrative and arbitrator costs will be as set forth in the applicable arbitration provider’s rules, unless the arbitrator determines the claims are frivolous. If a claim is determined to be frivolous, the claimant is responsible for reimbursing the respondent for its portion of all such administrative, hearing, and/or other fees incurred as a result of the frivolous claim.
You may qualify for a waiver of certain arbitration costs under the applicable arbitration provider’s rules or other applicable law. If you meet the standard for proceeding in forma pauperis in federal court, Texas state court, or the courts of your state of residence, cannot obtain a waiver from the arbitration provider of any filing fees you are required to pay, and the arbitration provider refuses to administer the arbitration without your payment of said fees, ImComing will pay the filing fees for you.
Pursuant to and in conformance with Section 17 of the Terms, any original action to compel arbitration under Section 4 of the FAA (or analogous state law) must be brought in a State or Federal Court located in Travis County, Texas
For mass arbitrations before ADR Services, Inc., you and ImComing agree that its mass arbitration fee schedule shall apply, available at https://www.adrservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ADR-Mass-Consumer-Non-Employment-Fee-Schedule-Eff-11-5-21.pdf. For mass arbitrations before National Arbitration and Mediation, you and ImComing agree that its mass arbitration fee schedule shall apply, available at https://www.namadr.com/content/uploads/2023/07/Consumer-Fees-as-of-7.1.2023-updated-as-of-7.1.2023.pdf. For mass arbitrations before any other arbitration provider, you agree that its mass arbitration fee schedule shall apply. If the arbitrator does not have a fee schedule for mass filings, then the claims must proceed in court.
If a decision is issued stating that applicable law precludes enforcement of any of this subsection’s limitations as to a given claim for relief, then the claim must be severed from the arbitration and brought into the State or Federal Courts located in Travis County, Texas. All other claims shall be arbitrated. This subsection does not prevent you or ImComing from participating in a class-wide settlement of claims.
Mass Filings. If, at any time, 30 or more similar demands for arbitration are asserted against ImComing or related parties by the same or coordinated counsel or entities, or if ImComing asserts 30 or more similar demands for arbitration or counterclaims against similarly situated parties, within 60 days or otherwise close in proximity (“Mass Filing”), the additional protocols set forth below shall apply:
- Acknowledgment of Filing protocols. If you or ImComing , or your or our counsel, files a demand for arbitration that fits within the definition of Mass Filing referred to above, then you and we agree that the demand for arbitration shall be subject to the additional protocols set forth in this Mass Filings subsection. If the parties disagree as to whether a series of filings fits within the definition of Mass Filing above, the arbitration provider shall resolve the disagreement. You and we also acknowledge that the adjudication of the dispute may be delayed and that any applicable statute of limitations shall be tolled from the time of filing of the demand for arbitration and pending resolution of the bellwether proceedings.
- Bellwether Arbitrations. Bellwether proceedings are encouraged by courts and arbitration administrators where there are multiple disputes involving similar claims against the same or related parties. The parties shall select ten individual arbitration claims (five per side), designated the “Initial Test Cases,” to proceed to arbitration. Only the Initial Test Cases shall be filed with the arbitrator. All other claims shall be held in abeyance. This means that the filing fees will be paid only for the Initial Test Cases; for all other demands for arbitration in a Mass Filing, the filing fees (together with any arbitrator consideration of the other demands) will be in abeyance, and neither You nor ImComing will be required to pay any such filing fees. You and ImComing also agree that neither you nor we shall be deemed to be in breach of this Arbitration Agreement for failure to pay any such filing fees and that neither you nor we shall be entitled to any contractual, statutory, or other remedies, damages, or sanctions of any kind for failure to pay any such filing fees. If, pursuant to this subsection, a party files non-Bellwether Arbitrations with the arbitration provider, the parties agree that the arbitration provider shall hold those demands in abeyance and not refer them to the arbitrator pending resolution of the Initial Test Cases. Unless the claims are resolved in advance or the schedule is extended, the arbitrators will render a final award for the Initial Test Cases within 120 days of the initial pre-hearing conference.
- Global Mediation. Following the resolution of the Initial Test Cases, the parties agree to engage in a global mediation of all the remaining individual arbitration claims comprising the Mass Filing (“Global Mediation”), deferring any filing costs associated with the non-initial Test Cases until the Initial Test Cases and subsequent Global Mediation have concluded. After the final awards are provided to the mediator in the Initial Test Cases, the mediator and the parties shall have 90 days to agree upon a substantive methodology and make an offer to resolve the outstanding cases. If the Parties are unable to resolve the outstanding claims during the Global Mediation, the Parties may choose to opt out of the arbitration process and proceed in court with the remaining claims. Notice of the opt-out shall be provided in writing within 60 days of the close of the Global Mediation. Absent notice of an opt-out, the arbitrations may then be filed and administered by the arbitration provider according to this Agreement’s Batch Arbitration provision below and the arbitrator’s fee schedule for mass filings as described in Subsection 13(7) above, unless the parties mutually agree otherwise in writing. You and we also acknowledge that any applicable statute of limitations shall be tolled pending resolution of the global mediation process.
- Batch Arbitration. To increase the efficiency of administration and resolution of arbitrations, you and ImComing agree that in the event a Mass Filing is not resolved by the Bellwether Arbitration and Global Mediation processes described above, the arbitration provider will (1) administer the remaining arbitration demands in batches of 100 demands per batch; (2) appoint one arbitrator for each batch; and (3) provide for the resolution of each batch as a single consolidated arbitration with one set of filing and administrative fees due per side per batch, one procedural calendar, one hearing (if any) in a place to be determined by the arbitrator, and one final award (“Batch Arbitration”). If the arbitration provider will not administer the Batch Arbitration with one set of filing and administrative fees due per side per batch, then the arbitration provider’s mass arbitration fee schedule shall apply.
- Enforcement of Subsection. A Court of competent jurisdiction located in a venue allowed under Section 17 of the Terms and Conditions shall have the power to enforce this subsection.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, you and IMCOMING may seek injunctive relief and any other equitable remedies from any court of competent jurisdiction to protect our intellectual property rights, whether in aid of, pending or independently of the resolution of any dispute pursuant to the arbitration procedures set forth above.