End User Licence Agreement



NOKIA DM PLUGIN
LIMITED LICENSE AGREEMENT

 

THIS LIMITED LICENSE AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made between:

1  NOKIA CORPORATION, a public limited liability company incorporated in Finland, having its registered address at Keilalahdentie 4, FIN-02150 Espoo, Finland business identity code 0112038-9 including its Affiliates within Nokia Group ("Nokia")

AND

(2)  Licensee who has logged on at forum.nokia.com website and is identified by his/her email address ("Licensee")

each a "Party" and together "Parties".

1  DEFINITIONS

In this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

"Affiliate" shall mean an entity (I) which is directly or indirectly controlling such Party; (II) which is under the same direct or indirect ownership or control as such Party; or (III) which is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Party. For these purposes, an entity shall be treated as being controlled by another if that other entity has fifty percent (50%) or more of the votes in such entity, is able to direct its affairs and/or to control the composition of its board of directors or equivalent body.

"Confidential Information" shall mean all technical and/or commercial information in any form that is proprietary to Nokia or its Affiliates and relates to their respective business operations, facilities, products, techniques and processes, including, without limitation, the Licensed Materials and any/all copies thereof, translations to different computer programming languages and/or spoken languages and partial copies thereof.

"Licensed Materials" shall mean, collectively, the current versions as of the effective date of this Agreement of certain parts of the Nokia Internal Filebrowser and any accompanying materials including but not limited to related documentation (if any) delivered by Nokia to Licensee as specified in Appendix 1 and any subsequent Updates, if any, delivered by Nokia to Licensee under this Agreement.

"DM Plugin" shall mean a software component which enables third parties to develop device management functionality to a client application using the public Software Development Kit.

"Project" shall mean developing device management functionality into an S60 application.

"Source Code" shall mean such parts of the Licensed Materials that are delivered to Licensee in source code format. For the purposes of this Agreement, application programming interfaces and headers shall be considered as Source Code.

"Update(s)" shall mean any modification, new version, release, update and/ or upgrade of Licensed Materials or additional features or functionalities thereto, if any, delivered by Nokia to Licensee under this Agreement.

2  DELIVERY OF LICENSED MATERIALS

 
2.1 Nokia shall deliver the Licensed Materials within a reasonable time period from the effective date of this Agreement. However, Nokia’s duty to deliver the Licensed Materials shall be subject to Nokia having obtained all necessary licenses, if any, from third parties and may, at Nokia’s discretion, be conditioned on the demonstration by Licensee to Nokia that the security procedures and measures required under Section 8.5 hereunder have been implemented.

2.2 Any time during the term of this Agreement, Licensee shall, upon Nokia’s request, return or destroy the Licensed Materials or any part thereof, and any copies thereof in its possession.

3  LICENSE AND USE

3.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Nokia grants to Licensee, and Licensee accepts, a free of charge, non-transferrable, non-sublicenseable, non-exclusive, worldwide, limited license to use the Licensed Materials solely for the purpose of the Project.

3.2 Licensee shall have no right to export, sublicense, rent, disclose, sell, market, commercialise, sub-license, re-license or otherwise transfer to any other party whatsoever the Licensed Materials, or use the Licensed Materials for any purpose that is not expressly stated in this Section 3. The header files and the application programming interfaces that are delivered within the Licensed Materials shall not be modified without the explicit prior written approval from Nokia.

4  OWNERSHIP AND NON-ASSERTION

4.1 Ownership

The Licensed Materials and any Confidential Information of Nokia, and all rights therein, including without limitation, any intellectual property rights therein, are owned solely by Nokia or its licensors. All Nokia's trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos or other words or symbols are and will remain the exclusive property of Nokia.

4.2 Non-assertion

Licensee shall conduct a thorough search of its own portfolio of intellectual property rights within sixty (60) days from the first delivery of the Licensed Materials by Nokia to Licensee. Within the same period Licensee shall notify Nokia in writing of any and all such patents, pending patent applications, copyright and other intellectual property rights that Licensee considers to be infringed by the Licensed Materials, after which the Parties undertake to commence good faith negotiations of the license from Licensee to Nokia for such patents and pending patent applications or other intellectual property rights on fair and reasonable non-discriminatory terms and against fair compensation.

Notwithstanding to the patents, patent applications, copyright or other intellectual property rights notified by Licensee to Nokia within the sixty (60) days time period as defined above, if any,

(I) The Licensee , on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, covenants and agrees not to bring suit or otherwise assert a claim against Nokia, Nokia’s Affiliates, Nokia´s licensees and their customers before any court or administrative agency because of Nokia's, Nokia’s Affiliates’ Nokia’s licensees’ and their customers’ reproduction, use, marketing, selling, distribution, licensing, sub-licensing or other disposal of the Licensed Materials.

(II) The Licensee and its Affiliates shall impose the obligation stated in paragraph (i) above on any third party to whom the Licensee or its Affiliates may assign their intellectual property rights, if Licensed Materials may be infringing these intellectual property rights. This obligation is restricted to suits or other assertions based on the assigned rights.

Where Nokia delivers any Updates created by or on behalf of Nokia or its licensee, which in Licensee’s opinion, infringes intellectual property rights of Licensee or one of its Affiliates, Licensee shall within sixty (60) days of the Nokia delivery notify Nokia in writing whether it (or the relevant Affiliate) will assert such intellectual property rights against Nokia or any other Nokia licensee and, if so, whether (i) by seeking to prevent any use or other exploitation of such Updates, or (ii) by seeking to make such use or other exploitation subject to a royalty-bearing license against fair compensation. In the event no such notice is given by Licensee within such sixty (60) days time period, Licensee or any of its Affiliates shall not assert any intellectual property rights against Nokia or another Nokia licensee in respect of the Updates.

5  TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Licensee acknowledges that Nokia has no obligation to provide Licensee with any technical support or maintenance.

6  NO WARRANTY

THE LICENSED MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AND NEITHER NOKIA, ITS LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS OR AFFILIATES NOR THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE LICENSED MATERIALS WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS.  THERE IS NO WARRANTY BY NOKIA OR BY ANY OTHER PARTY THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE LICENSED MATERIALS WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF LICENSEE OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE LICENSED MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. LICENSEE ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR THE SELECTION OF THE LICENSED MATERIALS TO ACHIEVE LICENSEE'S INTENDED RESULTS AND FOR THE INSTALLATION, USE AND RESULTS OBTAINED FROM IT.

7  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT SHALL NOKIA, ITS EMPLOYEES OR SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, REVENUE, SALES, DATA OR COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION OR FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, ECONOMIC, COVER, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER ARISING UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, OR OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING HEREUNDER OR OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE LICENSED MATERIALS, EVEN IF NOKIA OR ITS EMPLOYEES OR SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS OR AFFILIATES ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME COUNTRIES/STATES/ JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, BUT MAY ALLOW LIABILITY TO BE LIMITED, IN SUCH CASES, NOKIA, ITS EMPLOYEES OR SUPPLERS, LICENSORS OR AFFILIATES' LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO U.S.$50.

8  CONFIDENTIALITY

8.1 Licensee shall keep the Confidential Information strictly confidential and shall not disclose it to third parties (including its Affiliates) without the prior written permission of Nokia. Confidential Information received hereunder shall not be used for any purpose other than defined in Section 3 without the prior written permission of Nokia.

8.2 Licensee shall at all times maintain the Confidential Information and any copies thereof at its premises or otherwise in secure fashion and will take all reasonable measures to protect it from theft or unauthorised copying, reproduction, distribution, disclosure, dissemination or use, which measures shall be no less stringent than the measures employed by Licensee at that time to secure and protect its own confidential and proprietary information of a similar nature, and to take all reasonably appropriate actions to satisfy its obligations hereunder.

8.3 Licensee shall restrict the access to the Confidential Information received from Nokia to only those of its employees to whom such access is necessary for carrying out the purpose of this Agreement. Neither Licensee, nor Licensee's employees or agents shall sell, transfer, publicly disclose, display or otherwise make available to third parties (including its Affiliates) any Confidential Information. Upon its discovery of any unauthorized possession, use or knowledge of the Confidential Information arising out of Licensee's possession of the Confidential Information, Licensee shall promptly notify Nokia of the same and shall cooperate with Nokia in every reasonable effort to regain possession or prevent further unauthorized use of the Confidential Information.

8.4 The confidentiality restrictions in this Section 8 shall not apply to Confidential Information which:

I is in the public domain at the time of disclosure or later becomes part of the public domain through no fault of Licensee; or
 
II was known to Licensee prior to disclosure by Nokia as proven by the written records of Licensee; or
 
III is disclosed to Licensee by a third party who did not obtain such information, directly or indirectly, from Nokia; or
 
IV was independently developed by personnel having no access to the Confidential Information by Licensee as proven by the written records of Licensee.
 

8.5 The provisions of this Section 8 shall bind the Parties for a period of five (5) years from the date of disclosure of any items of Confidential Information regardless of any earlier termination, expiry or fulfilment of this Agreement.

9  CONTACT INFORMATION AND NOTICES

9.1 Any notice given by one Party to the other shall be deemed properly given if specifically acknowledged by the receiving Party in writing or when delivered to the recipient by hand, fax, or special courier during normal business hours to the following addresses (or such other address as may be notified in writing from time to time by either Party):

The contact person concerning any issues relating to this Agreement is:

Nokia: NOKIA CORPORATION
Attention: Tommi Kaasalainen
Address: P.O. Box 100, 00045 NOKIA GROUP, Finland
Phone: +358 50 486 1210
Fax:  
E-mail: tommi.kaasalainen@nokia.com

Notice shall be deemed received on the first business day following receipt. Each communication and document made or delivered by one Party to another pursuant to this Agreement shall be in the English language or accompanied by a translation thereof.

10  TERMINATION

10.1  This Agreement shall become effective on the date accepted by the Licensee by clicking the link below.

10.2  This Agreement may also be terminated in the following situations:

10.3  Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time by providing thirty (30) days written prior notice to the other party.

10.4  Either Party may terminate this Agreement if the other Party is in default of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and termination is effective if the defaulting Party fails to correct such default within ten (30) days after the receipt of written notice of default from the other Party at the address above.

10.5  Either Party may also terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice to the other party at the address above if the other Party:

(I) becomes bankrupt or insolvent,
(II) files a petition therefore,
(III) makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors,
(IV) enters proceedings for winding up or dissolution, or
(V) is dissolved.

10.6 Furthermore, this Agreement may be terminated by Nokia with immediate effect by written notice by Nokia in the event that there is a direct or indirect change of ownership of the Licensee or its Affiliates, or if any agreements are entered into whereby control over Licensee or of any such Affiliate passes or will pass out of Licensee.

10.7 Within five (5) days after termination of this Agreement or, upon request of Nokia, at any time during the term of this Agreement, Licensee shall destroy or return to Nokia, as instructed by Nokia, Licensed Materials and all possible copies of the Licensed Materials in its possession and all related materials and Confidential Information provided by Nokia, and provide a letter certifying such destruction or return.

10.8 Sections 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 11.8 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

11  GENERAL

11.1 This Agreement is the entire agreement between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior representations, communications, undertakings, or discussions relating to the Licensed Materials. This Agreement may only be modified by a writing signed by both Parties. 

11.2 This Agreement may not be assigned in whole or in part by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, provided, however that Nokia shall be entitled to assign this Agreement to its Affiliate without separate consent from the Licensee.

11.3 This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Finland, excluding its rules for choice of law. Any disputes relating to or arising in connection with this Agreement shall be finally settled in arbitration. The arbitrator is to be appointed by the Arbitration Committee of the Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland and the rules of the said Committee are to be followed in the arbitration. The award shall be final and binding and enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction. The arbitration shall be held in Helsinki, Finland, in the English language. The Parties undertake and agree that all arbitral proceedings conducted with reference to this Section 12.3 shall be kept strictly confidential and all information disclosed in the course of such arbitral proceeding shall be used solely for the purpose of those proceedings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit the Parties' rights to seek interim injunctive relief or to enforce an arbitration award in any court of law.

11.4 Each Party will be deemed to have the status of an independent contractor towards the other Party, and nothing in this Agreement will be deemed to place the parties in the relationship of employer‑employee, principal‑agent, partners or joint venturers.

11.5 The failure of either Party to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of that or any other provision of this Agreement.

11.6 If any provision contained in this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remaining provisions and any partially enforceable provision will, nevertheless, be binding and enforceable, and the Parties agree to substitute for the invalid provision a valid provision which most closely approximates the intent and economic effect of the invalid provision.

11.7 Licensee shall follow all export control laws and regulations relating to the Licensed Materials.

11.8 Neither Party shall make any publicity on, press release of or reference to this Agreement, the other Party or the cooperation between the parties without the prior mutual agreement in writing between the parties.


 APPENDIX 1

Description of Licensed Materials:

 

MODULE NAME

 

DESCRIPTION

 

TYPE

 

smldmadapter.h

 

Header file

smldmadapter.inl

 

Header file

S60 3rd Edition: Device Management Plug-in API Specification

 

Document

S60 3rd Edition: Implementing Device Management Plug-in Adapter

 

Document

Filling instructions:
Module name: Name of the software module. Can be a filename or a module name.
Description: Description of the module functionality.
Type: One or more of the following: Binaries; Header files; Source Code; Documentation.