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End User Service License Agreement(EULA) for HiQ Database and HiQ Datasets(Yearly License)
Updated on December 18, 2024
This is a licensing agreement, not a sales agreement!
§1 Preamble
1.
This EULA represents a contract between HiQ Data and you as an individual or legal person as Licensee. Please read this EULA carefully before accessing and using any version of the HiQLCD Database or any HiQLCD Dataset.
2.
By downloading, installing, or using any HiQLCD Database or using any HiQLCD Dataset, Licensee agrees to be bound by the terms of use of this EULA.
3.
If you do not accept this EULA, you are NOT granted the right to use the HiQLCD Database or any HiQLCD Dataset except those in the free part of the database for which no licence fee is due.
    §2 Definitions
    The following defined terms and expressions shall have the same meaning in singular as well as in plural:
    • HiQLCD Database means the database containing HiQLCD Datasets. The HiQLCD Database covers any version of the database to which the Licensee has access.
    • HiQLCD Dataset means two sets of data: life cycle inventory (LCI) data and life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) results in the HiQLCD Database, each representing the environmental data for a specific human activity, in electronic form they may be accessed by the Licensee.
    • HiQLCD is hereinafter also referred to as Licensor.
    • End User means any individual or legal person being granted full access to HiQLCD Database via the Reseller Software.
    • EULA means End User License Agreement of any version of the HiQLCD Database or any HiQLCD Dataset.
    • LCA means Life Cycle Assessment.
    • Licence Fee means the price to be paid for the access to, and use of, the HiQLCD Database or HiQLCD Dataset that is stipulated in the price list valid at the time of the order by the Licensee, or subject to an individual written agreement between Licensor or Reseller and the Licensee regarding the price.
    • Licensee means End User.
    • Licensor shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of HiQLCD.
    • Parties means jointly Licensor and Licensee.
    • Reseller means a supplier of LCA Software to whom HiQLCD has commissioned a sub-licensing right of the HiQLCD Database.
    • Reseller Software means Reseller’s LCA software into which the HiQLCD Database has been integrated.
    • Studies and Reports means copyrightable materials.
    • Yearly Licence means the licence granted under this EULA for the Term.
    §3 Scope and Licence
    1.
    This EULA shall apply to all contractual relationships in which a Licensee acquires a licence for the use of the HiQLCD Database or any HiQLCD Dataset directly from Licensor or via a Reseller.
    2.
    Subject to the terms of use set forth in this EULA, Licensor grants for the Term a non-exclusive, non-transferable, and royalty-bearing right to access and use the HiQLCD Database. Thereby, End User shall have full access and use right to the HiQLCD Datasets via the Reseller Software.
    3.
    Unless agreed otherwise between the Parties, Licensee is not granted a sub-licensing right.
    4.
    Licensor has no obligation to make available to End User any subsequent versions of a HiQLCD Database.
      §4 Licence fees
      1.
      Licensee shall pay the Reseller the Licence Fee.
      2.
      he Licence Fee is non-refundable.
        §5 Login
        The Licensee shall keep the login and password confidential and shall not disclose them to any third party. Login and passwords may be changed by Licensor at any time and the new login and password are communicated to Licensee.
          §6 Ownership and Intellectual Property Rights
          1.
          The HiQLCD Database is solely owned by HIQ SMART DATA. The HiQLCD Database is only licensed, not sold.
          2.
          The HiQLCD Database is protected by national and international laws, such as copyright laws, database rights and/or treaties. Licensor reserves all intellectual property rights.
          3.
          Licensee is strictly prohibited from engaging in any form of reverse engineering, decompilation, or reconstruction of the HiQLCD Database. Upon discovery of such actions, HiQ Smart Data shall be entitled to immediately terminate the license and pursue all available legal remedies.
            §7 Restrictions of use
            1.
            The use of a Yearly Licence is bound and limited to one workstation (i.e. workstation-bound license).
            2.
            User is granted unlimited access to the HiQLCD Database only through the Reseller Software. After the Term, the End User undertakes to irrevocably delete the HiQLCD Database from the workstation(s).
            3.
            Licensee is not entitled to publish or make available to others derivative databases or datasets or database-like products using all or any portion of the HiQLCD Database or HiQLCD Dataset, or any derivation thereof. Publication of individual datasets and results are permitted within the scope of Studies and Reports provided that this does not violate the legitimate business interests of the Licensor.
            4.
            Licensee is not entitled to reproduce, disseminate or publicly display any significant portions of the HiQLCD Database or the HiQLCD Datasets.
            5.
            Licensee is not entitled to sell, rent, lease, loan, distribute, export, import, act as an intermediary or provider, or grant any kind of licence rights to third parties with regard to the HiQLCD Database, the HiQLCD Dataset or any portions thereof. Studies and Reports are exempted from this sub-section.
            6.
            Licensee is not entitled to undertake, cause, permit or authorize the modification, translation, reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling or hacking of the HiQLCD Database, the HiQLCD Dataset or any part thereof except to the extent required by mandatory law.
            7.
            Licensee is not entitled to assign the HiQLCD Database or the HiQLCD Dataset as a whole or any portions thereof to any third party.
              §8 Limitation of Liability
              1.
              To the extent permitted by applicable law, Licensor disclaims any and all liability for direct damages and/or indirect damages (e.g. consequential damages, loss of income, business or profit, reputation) occurring under this EULA.
              2.
              To the extent permitted by applicable law, any and all liability for Licensor’s auxiliary persons is herewith excluded.
                §9 Representations and Warranties
                1.
                Licensor represents the operability of the currently available version of the HiQLCD Database and the specifications in the data quality guideline.
                2.
                Subject to § 8(1), the HiQLCD Database is provided “as is”. It is within the responsibility of Licensee to verify and to assess the validity and integrity of the HiQLCD Database prior to its use, and to decide whether or not it fits for the intended use. Licensee uses the HiQLCD Database or any HiQLCD Dataset at her own risk. Licensor disclaims any and all representations and warranties, expressed or implied, of the HiQLCD Database including, but without limitation, merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose, accuracy, completeness, correctness, infringement of third-party intellectual property rights, breach of data use obligations or restrictions, or that the HiQLCD Database will be available without interruption.
                3.
                Licensor has made commercially reasonable efforts to reduce HiQLCD Datasets being subject to the rights of third parties. However, Licensor expressly disclaims any representation that HiQLCD Datasets are not subject to the rights of third parties. Licensee shall notify Licensor immediately and in writing if any third party should assert an infringement claim against Licensee in connection with the HiQLCD Database.
                4.
                In case of programming errors (e.g. technical corruption) limiting the usability of the currently available version of the HiQLCD Database, the warranty period shall be one year after purchase of a licence. In the event of a warranty claim, Licensee’s sole remedy for the programming error is, at Licensor’s sole discretion, programming fixes, updates and upgrades, work-around or replacement of the HiQLCD Database.
                  §10 Return
                  1.
                  The exchange or the return of HiQLCD Database or any HiQLCD Dataset to HiQLCD are generally not possible and never possible whenever the data have already been accessed. Only in exceptional cases and after prior written approval by HiQLCD shall it be possible to return the already ordered HiQLCD Database or any HiQLCD Dataset. In case HiQLCD Database or any HiQLCD Dataset have been ordered specifically for the Licensee, as well as custom-configured systems are excluded from any right of return.
                  2.
                  In case HiQLCD agrees on returning any HiQLCD Database or any HiQLCD Dataset, such return will be at Licensee‘s own risk and expenses within a maximum of ten (10) days after the Licensee will have received the first order confirmation from HiQLCD. HiQLCD Database or any HiQLCD Dataset must be sent with the received confirmation of the data key. When returning HiQLCD Database or any HiQLCD Dataset the Licensee must expect a complete loss of the HiQLCD Database or any HiQLCD Dataset. HiQLCD assumes no liability for damages resulting from such loss.
                    §11 Changes
                      1.EULA
                      Licensor reserves the right at its discretion to change, modify, add or remove terms of use of this EULA
                      2.at any time.
                      Any change, modification, addition or removal of the terms of use of this EULA shall be notified to Licensee’s e-mail address known to Licensor and/or to Reseller. As of such notification, Licensee shall have a thirty (30) day notice period to deny such new terms and terminate the EULA to the following e- mail addresses: [email protected]
                    • to the Reseller’s e-mail address if Licensee has an agreement with the Reseller.
                      • After expiry of the thirty (30) day notice period, login to the HiQLCD Database or HiQLCD Dataset.
                      3.shall only be granted to Licensees who have accepted the new terms.
                      4.HiQLCD Database
                      The HiQLCD Database and/or HiQLCD Dataset may change from time to time. Licensee acknowledges and agrees that HIQ SMART DATA may update (e.g. add features or functions to) the HiQLCD Database and/or HiQLCD Dataset with or without notifying Licensee. Licensee may need to update third party software from time to time in order to access and use the HiQLCD Database.
                      Scheduled offline periods are necessary to maintain and update the HiQLCD Database. These may be announced in advance.
                      §12 Term and Termination
                      1.
                      The term of the licence granted hereunder is one (1) year after the first access according to §2(2) herein.
                      2.
                      Licensee shall have a termination right according to §11(1)(b).
                      3.
                      Notwithstanding section §12(1), Licensor may terminate this EULA at any time without consent of Licensee with three (3) month notification period.
                      4.
                      Notwithstanding section §12(1), Licensor may terminate this EULA with immediate effect if Licensee fails to comply with any terms of this EULA. In such event, Licensee must irrevocably delete all copies of the provided HiQLCD Database or any HiQLCD Dataset.
                        §13 General Provisions
                        1.
                        If any provision of this EULA is or becomes invalid or unenforceable, the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement shall not be affected. Instead of an invalid provision, a valid provision shall be deemed to be agreed which comes economically closest to what the Parties intended; the same applies in the case of an omission.
                        2.
                        HIQ SMART DATA may assign or delegate this EULA, in whole or in part, to any person or entity at any time with or without Licensee’s consent. Licensee may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under this EULA without HIQ SMART DATA’s prior written consent, and any unauthorized assignment and any delegation by Licensee shall be null and void.
                        3.
                        Any general terms and conditions of Licensee are explicitly excluded.
                        4.
                        This EULA is subject exclusively to China law, without regard to the conflict of law principles.
                        5.
                        Disagreements regarding the interpretation of this EULA or other disagreements between the Parties, regarding the above-described scope, shall be settled amicably first. In case no amicable settlement is reached, the disputes arising out of, or in connection with, this EULA shall be brought exclusively before the competent court of China.
                          YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTAND THE RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN. BY DOWNLOADING OR INSTALLING OR USING THE HIQLCD DATABASE AND/OR DATASET, AND/OR BY TICKING THE EULA ACCEPTANCE BOX, YOU EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND GRANT TO LICENSOR THE RIGHTS SET FORTH HEREIN.