Alpha Dog ADA Signs
Terms of Use

Last Updated Date: 06/9/2013

Alpha Dog ADA Signs (“ADAS” or “we”) provides our website (the “Site”), and the services made available by ADAS therein. Please read carefully the following terms and conditions (“Terms of Use”) and our Privacy Policy. These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the Service and all Collective Content (defined below), and constitute a binding legal agreement between you and ADAS.

Key Terms of Use related to Content

“Content” means links, text, graphics, images, music, audio, video, information or other materials.

“ADAS Content” means all Content that ADAS makes available through the Service, including any Content licensed from a third party, but excluding User Content.

“User” means a person that accesses or uses the Service.

“User Content” means all Content that a User posts, uploads, publishes, submits or transmits via the Service.

“Collective Content” means any User Content and ADAS Content.

Certain areas of the Service, including, but not limited to, the areas of the Service through which you may purchase ADAS products, may have different terms and conditions posted or may require you to agree with and accept additional terms and conditions. If there is a conflict between these Terms of Use and terms and conditions posted for a specific area of the Service, the latter terms and conditions will take precedence with respect to your use of or access to that area of the Service.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICE OR BY UPLOADING OR POSTING ANY USER CONTENT ON THE SERVICE, YOU ARE INDICATING THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE REGISTERED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, THEN YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT.

If you accept or agree to these Terms of Use on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these Terms of Use and, in such event, “you” and “your” will refer and apply to that company or other legal entity.

Eligibility

The Service is intended solely for persons who are 13 or older. Any access to or use of the Service by anyone under 13 is expressly prohibited. By accessing or using the Service you represent and warrant that you are 13 or older.

Account Registration

In order to access certain features of the Service you may be required to create an account (“Account”) and become a “Registered User” of the Service. During the registration process you will be required to provide certain information and establish a username and a password. You agree to provide accurate, current and complete information during the registration process and at other times when you use the Service and to update such information to keep it accurate, current and complete. ADAS reserves the right to suspend or terminate your Account if any information provided during the registration process or at other times proves to be inaccurate, not current or incomplete. You are responsible for safeguarding your password. You agree not to disclose your password to any third party and to take sole responsibility for any activities or actions under your Account, whether or not you have authorized such activities or actions. You will immediately notify ADAS of any unauthorized use of your Account.

Privacy

See the ADAS Privacy Policy here for information and notices concerning how ADAS collects and uses of your personal information.

Ownership

The Service and Collective Content are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States and foreign countries. Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, ADAS exclusively own all right, title and interest in and to the Service and Collective Content, including all associated intellectual property rights. You will not remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Service or Collective Content.

ADAS Content and User Content License

Subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions of these Terms of Use, ADAS grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license, without the right to sublicense, to access, view and print any ADAS Content solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes. Subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions of these Terms of Use, ADAS grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license, without the right to sublicense, to access and view any User Content solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes. You will not use, copy, adapt, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast or otherwise exploit the Service or Collective Content, except as expressly permitted in these Terms of Use. No licenses or rights are granted to you by implication or otherwise under any intellectual property rights owned or controlled by ADAS, except for the licenses and rights expressly granted in these Terms of Use.

User Content

We may, in our sole discretion, permit Users to post, upload, publish, submit or transmit User Content on the Site or through the Service. ADAS does not claim any ownership rights in your User Content and nothing in these Terms of Use will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to use and exploit your User Content. By making available any User Content through the Service, you hereby grant to ADAS a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, copy, adapt, modify, distribute, reference, store, cache, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast and otherwise exploit such User Content on and through third-party distribution channels selected by, but not affiliated with, ADAS, in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed, in whole or in part, for any purposes, including for both commercial and non-commercial purposes; you also grant ADAS the right to sublicense these rights to third parties for distribution via third party distribution channels, which may include viral distribution of your User Content. You agree that neither ADAS nor any third party distribution channels have any obligation to provide any compensation to you for your User Content or the licenses granted herein.

You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for all User Content that you make available through the Service. Accordingly, you represent and warrant that: (i) you either are the sole and exclusive owner of all User Content that you make available through the Service or you have all rights, licenses, consents and releases that are necessary to grant to ADAS the rights in such User Content, as contemplated under these Terms of Use; and (ii) neither the User Content nor your posting, uploading, publication, submission or transmittal of the User Content or ADAS’s use of the User Content (or any portion thereof) on, through or by means of the Service or otherwise will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other proprietary or intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation.

Copyright Policy

ADAS respects copyright law and expects its users to do the same. ADAS has adopted and implemented a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of registered users or other account holders who repeatedly infringe or are believed to be repeatedly infringing the rights of copyright holders.

General Prohibitions

You agree not to do any of the following:

  • Post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any Content (including any links thereto) that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil liability; (iii) is fraudulent, false, misleading or deceptive; (iv) is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, vulgar or offensive; (v) promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment or harm against any individual or group; (vi) is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that are threatening to any other person; or (vii) promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances.
  • Use, display, mirror or frame the Service, or any individual element within the Service, ADAS’s name, any ADAS trademark, logo or other proprietary information, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page, without ADAS’s express written consent;
  • Access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Service, ADAS’s computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of ADAS’s providers;
  • Attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any ADAS system or network or breach any security or authentication measures;
  • Avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble or otherwise circumvent any technological measure implemented by ADAS or any of ADAS’s providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Service or Collective Content;
  • Attempt to access or search the Service or Collective Content or download Content or Collective Content from the Service through the use of any engine, software, tool, agent, device or mechanism (including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools or the like) other than the software and/or search agents provided by ADAS or other generally available third party web browsers;
  • Send any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, email, junk mail, spam, chain letters or other form of solicitation;
  • Use any meta tags or other hidden text or metadata utilizing an ADAS trademark, logo URL or product name without ADAS’s express written consent;
  • Use the Service or Collective Content for any commercial purpose or the benefit of any third party or in any manner not permitted by these Terms of Use;
  • Forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting, or in any way use the Service or Collective Content to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information;
  • Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the Service or Collective Content;
  • Interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing the Service;
  • Collect or store any personally identifiable information from the Service from other users of the Service without their express permission;
  • Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
  • Violate any applicable law or regulation; or
  • Encourage or enable any other individual to do any of the foregoing.

ADAS will have the right to investigate and prosecute violations of any of the above to the fullest extent of the law. ADAS may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who violate these Terms of Use. You acknowledge that ADAS has no obligation to monitor your access to or use of the Service or Collective Content or to review or edit any Collective Content, but has the right to do so for the purpose of operating the Service, to ensure your compliance with these Terms of Use, or to comply with applicable law or the order or requirement of a court, administrative agency or other governmental body. ADAS reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or disable access to any Content, including, any Collective Content, that ADAS, at its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable for any reason, in violation of these Terms of Use or otherwise harmful to the Service.

Links

The Service contains links to other websites and online resources and you understand that by using the Service and accessing third party links, you may be exposed to content that is offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate. You understand and agree that ADAS is not responsible or liable for: (i) the availability or accuracy of such websites or resources; or (ii) the content, products, or services on or available from such websites or resources. Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by AVOS of such websites or resources or the content, products, or services available from such websites or resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources.

Right of Refusal

ADAS reserves the right to refuse service to customers who are rude, mean and/or obnoxious.

Product Images, Colors and Fonts

Due to differences in monitor types, screen resolutions, etc., product images are for reference only and do not reflect the actual color of the sign or other attributes. While we will make every effort to accurately display our products , there are simply too many factors that can affect how they are viewed.

In addition, production processes may deem it necessary to change the grain direction of our wood and brushed metal signs in order to better utilize the entire sheet of material. In addition, when creating custom signs, we will do or best to match fonts. In cases when a specific custom font is required/requested, it is the customers responsibility to provide the font name and, if not part of our font library, provide the font files to be used.

Order Return Policy

You may return your sign (or signs) within 10 days of delivery for a full refund if the return is a result of our error (wrong size, color, or text, etc). We will pay the return shipping costs. However, we do not offer exchanges or refunds for incorrectly ordered or unwanted signs.

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks. However, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the “Complete Orders” link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We’ll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we’ve received and processed the returned item.  

HURRY, RUSH and LIGHTSPEED production orders may not be changed or cancelled for a refund once the ordered is placed. Cancellations or Changes All HURRY, RUSH andf LIGHTSPEED production orders are final upon order placement and payment received. No changes or cancellations will be accepted. STANDARD production orders may be cancelled or changed up to 12 hours after the order is placed for 15% cancellation/change fee. 

Shipping Damage or Loss

In the event of damage or loss during delivery, the customer shall hold ADAS harmless and contact the appropriate shipping carrier to file a damage/loss claim. In addition, ADAS will not be liable for missing signs due to shipping errors or incorrect shipping addresses.

Feedback

If you choose to provide feedback, comments and suggestions for improvements to the Service or otherwise (in written or oral form) (“Feedback”), you acknowledge and agree that all Feedback will be the sole and exclusive property of ADAS and you hereby irrevocably assign to ADAS and agree to irrevocably assign to ADAS all of your right, title, and interest in and to all Feedback, including any intellectual property rights therein.

Modification

ADAS reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, discontinue or terminate the Service or to modify these Terms of Use, at any time and without prior notice. If we modify these Terms of Use, we will post the modification on the Site or via the Service or provide you with notice of the modification. We will also update the “Last Updated Date” at the top of these Terms of Use. By continuing to access or use the Service after we have posted a modification on the Site or via the Service or have provided you with notice of a modification, you are indicating that you agree to be bound by the modified Terms of Use. If the modified Terms of Use are not acceptable to you, your only recourse is to cease using the Service.

Termination and Account Cancellation

If you breach any of these Terms of Use, ADAS will have the right to suspend or disable your Account or terminate these Terms of Use, at its sole discretion and without prior notice to you. ADAS reserves the right to revoke your access to and use of the Service and Content at any time, with or without cause. You may cancel your Account at any time by sending an email to contact@alphadogadasigns.com.

Disclaimers

THE SERVICE AND COLLECTIVE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, ADAS EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. ADAS MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS. ADAS MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR CONTENT PURCHASED OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, TRUTHFULNESS, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY COLLECTIVE CONTENT OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE.

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED FROM ADAS OR THROUGH THE SERVICE OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT, WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS OF THE SERVICE AND WITH OTHER PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU COMMUNICATE OR INTERACT AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold ADAS, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with your access to or use of the Service or Collective Content, or your violation of these Terms of Use.

Limitation and Liability

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICE AND COLLECTIVE CONTENT REMAINS WITH YOU. NEITHER ADAS NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE SERVICE OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA OR LOSS OF GOODWILL, SERVICE INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER DAMAGE OR SYSTEM FAILURE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT ADAS HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, EVEN IF A LIMITED REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT WILL ADAS’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OF USE OR FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100). THE LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN ADAS AND YOU. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Proprietary Rights Notices

All trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names and any other proprietary designations of ADAS used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of ADAS. Any other trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names and any other proprietary designations are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective parties.

Controlling Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms of Use and any action related thereto will be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. The exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any action to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of a party’s copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents or other intellectual property rights will be the state and federal courts located in the Northern District of California and each of the parties hereto waives any objection to jurisdiction and venue in such courts.

Entire Agreement

These Terms of Use constitute the entire and exclusive understanding and agreement between ADAS and you regarding the Service and Collective Content, and these Terms of Use supersede and replace any and all prior oral or written understandings or agreements between ADAS and you regarding the Service and Collective Content.

Assignment

You may not assign or transfer these Terms of Use, by operation of law or otherwise, without ADAS’s prior written consent. Any attempt by you to assign or transfer these Terms of Use, without such consent, will be null and of no effect. ADAS may assign or transfer these Terms of Use, at its sole discretion, without restriction. Subject to the foregoing, these Terms of Use will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.

Notices

Any notices or other communications permitted or required hereunder, including those regarding modifications to these Terms of Use, will be in writing and given by ADAS (i) via email (in each case to the address that you provide) or (ii) by posting to the Service. For notices made by e-mail, the date of receipt will be deemed the date on which such notice is transmitted.

Dispute Resolution

You and ADAS agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof or the use of the Site or Service (collectively, “Disputes”) will be settled by binding arbitration, except that each party retains the right to bring an individual action in small claims court and the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of a party’s copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents or other intellectual property rights. You acknowledge and agree that you and ADAS are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class action or representative proceeding. Further, unless both you and ADAS otherwise agree in writing, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of any class or representative proceeding. If this specific paragraph is held unenforceable, then the entirety of this “Dispute Resolution” section will be deemed void. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, this “Dispute Resolution” section will survive any termination of these Terms of Use.

Arbitration Rules and Governing Law.The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules and the Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (the “AAA Rules”) then in effect, except as modified by this “Dispute Resolution” section. (The AAA Rules are available at www.adr.org/arb_med or by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879.) The Federal Arbitration Act will govern the interpretation and enforcement of this Section.

Arbitration Process. A party who desires to initiate arbitration must provide the other party with a written Demand for Arbitration as specified in the AAA Rules. The arbitrator will be either a retired judge or an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of California and will be selected by the parties from the AAA’s roster of consumer dispute arbitrators. If the parties are unable to agree upon an arbitrator within seven (7) days of delivery of the Demand for Arbitration, then the AAA will appoint the arbitrator in accordance with the AAA Rules.

Arbitration Location and Procedure. Unless you and ADAS otherwise agree, the arbitration will be conducted in the county where you reside. If your claim does not exceed $10,000, then the arbitration will be conducted solely on the basis of documents you and ADAS submit to the arbitrator, unless you request a hearing or the arbitrator determines that a hearing is necessary. If your claim exceeds $10,000, your right to a hearing will be determined by the AAA Rules. Subject to the AAA Rules, the arbitrator will have the discretion to direct a reasonable exchange of information by the parties, consistent with the expedited nature of the arbitration.

Arbitrator’s Decision. The arbitrator will render an award within the time frame specified in the AAA Rules. The arbitrator’s decision will include the essential findings and conclusions upon which the arbitrator based the award. Judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitrator’s award damages must be consistent with the terms of the “Limitation of Liability” section above as to the types and the amounts of damages for which a party may be held liable. The arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the claimant and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by the claimant’s individual claim. If you prevail in arbitration you will be entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses, to the extent provided under applicable law. ADAS will not seek, and hereby waives all rights it may have under applicable law to recover, attorneys’ fees and expenses if it prevails in arbitration.

Fees. Your responsibility to pay any AAA filing, administrative and arbitrator fees will be solely as set forth in the AAA Rules. However, if your claim for damages does not exceed $1,000, ADAS will pay all such fees unless the arbitrator finds that either the substance of your claim or the relief sought in your Demand for Arbitration was frivolous or was brought for an improper purpose (as measured by the standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b)).

Changes. Notwithstanding the provisions of the “Modification” section above, if ADAS changes this “Dispute Resolution” section after the date you first accepted these Terms of Use (or accepted any subsequent changes to these Terms of Use), you may reject any such change by sending us written notice (including by email to contact@alphadogadasigns.com) within 30 days of the date such change became effective, as indicated in the “Last Updated Date” above or in the date of ADAS’s email to you notifying you of such change. By rejecting any change, you are agreeing that you will arbitrate any Dispute between you and ADAS in accordance with the provisions of this “Dispute Resolution” section as of the date you first accepted these Terms of Use (or accepted any subsequent changes to these Terms of Use).

General

The failure of ADAS to enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use will not constitute a waiver of future enforcement of that right or provision. The waiver of any such right or provision will be effective only if in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of ADAS. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms of Use, the exercise by either party of any of its remedies under these Terms of Use will be without prejudice to its other remedies under these Terms of Use or otherwise. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms of Use invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the other provisions of these Terms of Use will remain in full force and effect.

Contacting Alpha Dog ADA Signs

If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please contact ADAS at contact@alphadogadasigns.com.

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