Huntsville West Coworking Service Agreement
Terms and Conditions

The services Huntsville West provides to you are subject to the following Terms and Conditions (T&C).  By using the Services,  you accept and agree to be bound and abide the T&C.  Huntsville West reserves the right to update the T&C at any time without notice to you. All changes are effective immediately when they are updated.  Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised T&C means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check the T&C from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you. Huntsville West membership application does not create a tenancy but a prepaid usage license to use the provided amenities on a monthly or casual basis.

Description of Services

Huntsville West may provide you with access to office space, workstations, Internet access, office equipment, conference space, knowledge resources, and other services (collectively, "Services"). The Services at all times are subject to the T&C.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use

You will not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions and notices. You may not use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any Huntsville West’s server, or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of any Services.

You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Services, or accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any Huntsville West server or to any of the Services, through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Services, nor should you post or download files that you know or should know are illegal or that you have no rights to.
You hereby represent and warrant that you have all requisite legal power and authority to enter into and abide by the terms and conditions of this T&C and no further authorization or approval is necessary. You further represent and warrant that your participation or use of the Services will not conflict with or result in any breach of any license, contract, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which you are a party.

Use of services

You agree that when participating in or using the Services, you will not:

  • Use the Services in connection with contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming, spimming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise);
  • Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
  • Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information on or through Huntsville West servers.
  • Upload, or otherwise make available, file that contain images, photographs, software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, including, by way of example, and not without limitation, copyright, trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity), and trade secrets, unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consent to do the same.
  • Use any material or information, including images or photographs, which are made available through the services in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any party; Upload files that contain viruses, Trojan Horses, Worms, time bombs, candlebots, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another computer or property of another coworker.
  • Download any file that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally reproduced, displayed, performed, and or/distributed in such manner.
  • Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Services.
  • Violate our Code of Conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Service (including the Building Rules).
  • Harvest or otherwise collect information about other, including email addresses, without the authorization or consent of the disclosing party.
  • Violate any applicable laws or regulations; or
  • Create false identity for the purpose of misleading others.

Renewals and Terminations

This Agreement is automatically renewed at the end of each period with consent of each party.

The T&C must be adhered to at all times. Failure to follow T&C can result in non-renewal or even early termination of the usage license. Huntsville West reserves the right to terminate any Service at any time, immediately and without notice, if you fail to comply with the T&C. This includes non-payment or violation of the space rules, and repeated behavior inconsistent with the HuntsvilleWest Code of Conduct, which is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein . If this happens, Huntsville West will refund any amounts paid for unused periods that remain after deducting any pending charges, on a prorata basis.

Members may terminate this Agreement by giving a written notice of termination as established in this Agreement. Termination shall be in effect as of the end of that calendar month. Should Member not provide timely notice of termination to Huntsville West then the Membership Period shall continue to the end of the following calendar month and the service fees for that calendar month shall be payable.

Invoicing and Payment

The member is automatically invoiced monthly in advance based on their membership option. Also included is any variable charges such as telephony usage that may have been incurred during the previous period. Payment is required at the beginning of the month for that period, at the date specified in the invoice. Payment for casual usage is either paid on the day of use unless other arrangement have been made with Huntsville West.

Huntsville West reserves the right at all times to disclose any information about you Your participation in and use of the Services as Huntsville West deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part in Huntsville West sole discretion.

Confidentiality

You acknowledge and agree that during your participation in and use of the Services you may exposed to Confidential Information. "Confidential Information" shall mean all information, in whole or in part, that is disclosed by Huntsville West or any third party making use of the Services or any employee affiliate, or agent thereof (a “Disclosing Party”), that is non-public, confidential or proprietary in nature, including without limitation, all information concerning the Disclosing Party's:

(a) past, present and future business affairs, customer information, supplier information, products, services, organizational structure and internal practices, forecasts, sales and other financial results, records and budgets, and business, marketing, development, sales and other commercial strategies;

(b)  unpatented inventions, ideas, methods and discoveries, trade secrets, know-how, unpublished patent applications and other confidential intellectual property;

(c)   all designs, specifications, documentation, components, source code, object code, images, icons, audiovisual components and objects, schematics, drawings, protocols, processes, and other visual depictions, in whole or in part, of any of the foregoing;

(d)   any other information that would reasonably be considered non-public, confidential or proprietary given the nature of the information and the Parties' businesses; and

(e) all notes, analyses, compilations, reports, forecasts, studies, samples, data, statistics, and summaries. 

Your participation in and/or use of the Services obligates you to

  • Maintain all Confidential Information in strict confidence;
  • Not to disclose Confidential Information to any third parties;
  • Not to use or exploit the Confidential Information in any way directly or indirectly detrimental to Huntsville West or any participant or user of the Services.

All Confidential Information remains the sole and exclusive property of Huntsville West or the respective disclosing party. You acknowledge and agree that nothing in this T&C or your participation or use of the Services will be construed as granting any rights to you, by license or otherwise, in or to any Confidential Information or any patent, copyright or other intellectual property proprietary rights of Huntsville West or any participant or user of the Services.

Participation in or Use of Services

You acknowledge that you are participating in or using the Services at your own free will and decision. You acknowledge that Huntsville West does not have any liability with respect to your access, participation in, use of the Services, or any loss of information resulting from such participation or use.

Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HUNTSVILLE WEST PROVIDES THE SERVICES “AS IS” AND WITH ALL FAULTS, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AGAINST INFRINGEMENT, LACK OF VIRUSES, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF RESPONSES, RESULTS, WORKMANLIKE EFFORT AND LACK OF NEGLIGENCE. ALSO THERE IS NO WARRANTY, DUTY OR CONDITION OF TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, QUIET POSSESSION, AND CORRESPONDENCE TO DESCRIPTION. 

The entire risk as to the quality, or arising out of participation in or the use of the services, remains with you.

Exclusion of Incidental, Consequential and Certain Other Damages

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL HUNTSVILLE WEST OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES (WHETHER OR NOT WHOLLY-OWNED), AFFILIATES, DIVISIONS, AND THEIR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OFFICERS, AGENTS, SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS, REPRESENTATIVES, EMPLOYEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, JOINTLY AND/OR INDIVIDUALLY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR: LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF CONFIDENTIAL OR OTHER INFORMATION, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, PERSONAL INJURY, LOSS OF PRIVACY, FAILURE TO MEET ANY DUTY (INCLUDING OF GOOD FAITH OR OF REASONABLE CARE, NEGLIGENCE, AND ANY OTHER PECUNIARY OR OTHER LOSS WHATSOEVER) ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE PARTICIPATION IN OR INABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN OR USE OF THE SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR OTHERWISE UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IN THE EVENT OF THE FAULT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF WARRANTY OF HUNTSVILLE WEST, AND EVEN IF HUNTSVILLE WEST HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Limitation of Liability and Remedies

Notwithstanding any damages that you might incur for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, all damages referenced above and all direct or general damages), the entire liability of Huntsville West or its subsidiaries (whether or not wholly-owned), affiliates, divisions, and their past, present and future officers, agents, shareholders, members, representatives, employees, successors and assigns under any provision of this T&C and your exclusive remedy for all of the foregoing shall be limited to actual damages incurred by you based on reasonable reliance up to the membership dues collected in the prior period. The foregoing limitations, exclusions and disclaimers, including the previous sections) shall apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, even if any remedy fails its essential purpose.

Non-Disparagement

You shall, during and after the participation in and use of the Services, refrain from making any statements or comments of a defamatory or disparaging nature to any third party regarding Huntsville West, or any of Huntsville West officers, directors, employees, personnel, agents, policies, services or products, other than to comply with law.

Indemnification

You release, and hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Huntsville West and Huntsville West subsidiaries (whether or not wholly-owned), affiliates, divisions, and their past, present and future officers, agents, shareholders, members, representatives, employees, successors and assigns, jointly and individually, from and against all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs, expenses, reasonable attorney’s fees, judgments, fines and penalties based upon or arising out of your negligent actions, errors and omissions, willful misconduct and fraud in connection with the participation in or use of the Services. You further agree in the event that you bring a claim or lawsuit in violation of this agreement, you shall be liable for any attorney fees and costs incurred by Huntsville West or its respective officers and agents in connection with the defense of such claim or lawsuit.

Severability

In the event that any provision or portion of this T&C is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, in whole or in part, the remaining provisions of this T&C shall be unaffected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Insurance

Huntsville West carries Liability and Business Personal Property insurance. As a user, you are not required but it is strongly suggested that you carry a Renters Insurance policy to cover your own equipment while using our space. That policy may cover your current residence/office, as well as the premises of Huntsville West.

Governing Law

This T&C shall be construed and enforced according to the laws of the State of Alabama.

Interpretation

The T&C will not be construed according to any rule that interprets ambiguous or vague terms or clauses against the drafter.

Entire Agreement

The T&C, the Huntsville West Code of Conduct, together with any Waivers you execute in favor of Huntsville West, constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Huntsville West regarding use of the Services and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding such use.