System Terms of Use
Version 1.0
Last revised on:January 1st, 2025
The website located at homegear.app (the “Site”) and the mobile application “HomeGear” are copyrighted work
belonging to Wild Monarch, LLC (“Company”,
“us”, “our”, and “we”). Certain
features of the Site & Mobile Application (“Site”,
“System”, “App”) may be subject to additional guidelines, terms, or rules, which will be posted on
the Site in connection with such features. All such additional terms, guidelines, and rules are incorporated
by reference into these Terms.
THESE TERMS OF USE (THESE “TERMS”)
SET FORTH THE LEGALLY BINDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT GOVERN YOUR USE OF THE SYSTEM. BY ACCESSING OR USING
THE SYSTEM, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THESE TERMS (ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF OR THE ENTITY THAT YOU REPRESENT), AND YOU
REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT, AUTHORITY, AND CAPACITY TO ENTER INTO THESE TERMS (ON BEHALF
OF YOURSELF OR THE ENTITY THAT YOU REPRESENT). YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SYSTEM OR ACCEPT THE TERMS IF
YOU ARE NOT AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT
ACCESS AND/OR USE THE SYSTEM.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT SECTION
10.2 CONTAINS PROVISIONS GOVERNING HOW TO RESOLVE DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND COMPANY.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, SECTION 10.2 INCLUDES AN AGREEMENT
TO ARBITRATE WHICH REQUIRES, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, THAT ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND US SHALL BE RESOLVED
BY BINDING AND FINAL ARBITRATION. SECTION
10.2 ALSO CONTAINS A CLASS ACTION AND JURY TRIAL WAIVER.
PLEASE READ SECTION 10.2 CAREFULLY.
UNLESS YOU OPT OUT OF THE AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE WITHIN 30 DAYS: (1) YOU WILL
ONLY BE PERMITTED TO PURSUE DISPUTES OR CLAIMS AND SEEK RELIEF AGAINST US ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, NOT AS A
PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION; AND (2) YOU ARE WAIVING YOUR RIGHT TO PURSUE DISPUTES OR CLAIMS AND SEEK
RELIEF IN A COURT OF LAW AND TO HAVE A JURY TRIAL.
- Accounts
- Account Creation. In order to
use certain features of the Site & App, you must register for an account (“Account”) and provide certain information about yourself as
prompted by the account registration form. You represent and warrant that: (a) all required
registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of
such information. You may delete your Account at any time, for any reason, by following the instructions
on the System.. Company may suspend or terminate your Account in
accordance with Section 8.
- Account Responsibilities. You are responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account login information and are fully responsible for all
activities that occur under your Account. You agree to immediately notify Company of any unauthorized
use, or suspected unauthorized use of your Account or any other breach of security. Company cannot and
will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above
requirements.
- Access to the System
- License. Subject to these Terms,
Company grants you a non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable, limited license to use and access the
System solely for your own personal, noncommercial use.
- Certain Restrictions. The rights
granted to you in these Terms are subject to the following restrictions: (a) you shall not license,
sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the
System, whether in whole or in part, or any content displayed on the
System; (b) you shall not modify, make derivative works of,
disassemble, reverse compile or reverse engineer any part of the System; (c) you shall not access the System in order
to build a similar or competitive website, product, or service; and (d) except as expressly stated
herein, no part of the System may be copied, reproduced,
distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means.
Unless otherwise indicated, any future release, update, or other addition to functionality of the
System shall be subject to these Terms. All copyright and other
proprietary notices on the System (or on any content displayed
on the System) must be retained on all copies thereof.
- Modification. Company reserves
the right, at any time, to modify, suspend, or discontinue the System (in whole or in part) with or without notice to you. You agree that Company will not be
liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of the
System or any part thereof.
- No Support or Maintenance. You
acknowledge and agree that Company will have no obligation to provide you with any support or
maintenance in connection with the System.
- Ownership. Excluding any User
Content that you may provide (defined below), you acknowledge that all the intellectual property rights,
including copyrights, patents, trade marks, and trade secrets, in the System and its content are owned by Company or Company’s suppliers. Neither these Terms
(nor your access to the System) transfers to you or any third party
any rights, title or interest in or to such intellectual property rights, except for the limited access
rights expressly set forth in Section 2.1. Company and its suppliers reserve all rights not granted in
these Terms. There are no implied licenses granted under these Terms.
- Feedback. If you provide Company
with any feedback or suggestions regarding the System (“Feedback”), you hereby
assign to Company all rights in such Feedback and agree that Company shall have the right to use and
fully exploit such Feedback and related information in any manner it deems appropriate. Company will
treat any Feedback you provide to Company as non-confidential and non-proprietary. You agree that you
will not submit to Company any information or ideas that you consider to be confidential or
proprietary.
- User Content
- User Content.
“User Content” means any and all
information and content that a user submits to, or uses with, the System (e.g., content in the user’s profile or postings). You are solely responsible for
your User Content. You assume all risks associated with use of your User Content, including any reliance
on its accuracy, completeness or usefulness by others, or any disclosure of your User Content that
personally identifies you or any third party. You hereby represent and warrant that your User Content
does not violate our Acceptable Use Policy (defined in Section 3.3). You may not represent or imply to
others that your User Content is in any way provided, sponsored or endorsed by Company. Since you alone
are responsible for your User Content, you may expose yourself to liability if, for example, your User
Content violates the Acceptable Use Policy. Company is not obligated to backup any User Content, and
your User Content may be deleted at any time without prior notice. You are solely responsible for
creating and maintaining your own backup copies of your User Content if you desire.
- License. You hereby grant (and you represent
and warrant that you have the right to grant) to Company an irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free and
fully paid, worldwide license to reproduce, distribute, publicly display and perform, prepare derivative
works of, incorporate into other works, and otherwise use and exploit your User Content, and to grant
sublicenses of the foregoing rights, solely for the purposes of including your User Content in the
System. You hereby irrevocably waive (and agree to cause to be waived)
any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to your User Content.
- Acceptable Use Policy. The
following terms constitute our “Acceptable Use Policy”:
- You agree not to use the System to
collect, upload, transmit, display, or distribute any User Content (i) that violates any
third-party right, including any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, privacy right,
right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right, (ii) that is unlawful,
harassing, abusive, tortious, threatening, harmful, invasive of another’s privacy, vulgar,
defamatory, false, intentionally misleading, trade libelous, pornographic, obscene, patently offensive,
promotes racism, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual or is
otherwise objectionable, (iii) that is harmful to minors in any way, or (iv) that is in
violation of any law, regulation, or obligations or restrictions imposed by any third party.
- In addition, you agree not to: (i) upload, transmit, or distribute to or
through the Systen any computer viruses, worms, or any
software intended to damage or alter a computer system or data; (ii) send through the
System unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional
materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of duplicative or
unsolicited messages, whether commercial or otherwise; (iii) use the
System to harvest, collect, gather or assemble information or data
regarding other users, including e-mail addresses, without their consent; (iv) interfere with,
disrupt, or create an undue burden on servers or networks connected to the
System, or violate the regulations, policies or procedures of such
networks; (v) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the System (or to other computer systems or networks connected to or used together with the
System), whether through password mining or any other means;
(vi) harass or interfere with any other user’s use and enjoyment of the
System; or (vii) use software or automated agents or scripts to
produce multiple accounts on the System, or to generate automated
searches, requests, or queries to (or to strip, scrape, or mine data from) the
System (provided, however, that we conditionally grant to the
operators of public search engines revocable permission to use spiders to copy materials from the
System for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary
for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such
materials, subject to the parameters set forth in our robots.txt file).
- Enforcement. We reserve the
right (but have no obligation) to review, refuse and/or remove any User Content in our sole discretion,
and to investigate and/or take appropriate action against you in our sole discretion if you violate the
Acceptable Use Policy or any other provision of these Terms or otherwise create liability for us or any
other person. Such action may include removing or modifying your User Content, terminating your Account
in accordance with Section 8, and/or reporting you to law enforcement authorities.
- Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold Company (and its officers, employees, and agents) harmless,
including costs and attorneys’ fees, from any claim or demand made by any third party due to or
arising out of (a) your use of the System, (b) your
violation of these Terms, (c) your violation of applicable laws or regulations or (d) your
User Content. Company reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control
of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of
these claims. You agree not to settle any matter without the prior written consent of Company. Company
will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action or proceeding upon becoming aware of
it.
- Third-Party Links & Ads; Other Users
- Third-Party Links & Ads. The
System may contain links to third-party websites and services,
and/or display advertisements for third parties (collectively, “Third-Party Links & Ads”). Such Third-Party Links &
Ads are not under the control of Company, and Company is not responsible for any Third-Party Links &
Ads. Company provides access to these Third-Party Links
& Ads only as a convenience to you, and does not review, approve, monitor, endorse, warrant, or make
any representations with respect to Third-Party Links & Ads, but may garner
compensation in the form of referrals and ad revenue. You use all
Third-Party Links & Ads at your own risk, and should apply a suitable level of caution and
discretion in doing so. When you click on any of the Third-Party Links & Ads, the applicable third
party’s terms and policies apply, including the third party’s privacy and data gathering
practices. You should make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding
with any transaction in connection with such Third-Party Links & Ads.
- Other Users. Each
System user is solely responsible for any and all of its own User
Content. Since we do not control User Content, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for
any User Content, whether provided by you or by others. We make no guarantees regarding the accuracy,
currency, suitability, appropriateness, or quality of any User Content. Your interactions with other
System users are solely between you and such users. You agree that
Company will not be responsible for any loss or damage incurred as the result of any such interactions.
If there is a dispute between you and any System user, we are
under no obligation to become involved.
- Release. You hereby release and forever
discharge Company (and our officers, employees, agents, successors, and assigns) from, and hereby waive
and relinquish, each and every past, present and future dispute, claim, controversy, demand, right,
obligation, liability, action and cause of action of every kind and nature (including personal injuries,
death, and property damage), that has arisen or arises directly or indirectly out of, or that relates
directly or indirectly to, the System (including any
interactions with, or act or omission of, other System users
or any Third-Party Links & Ads). IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, YOU HEREBY WAIVE CALIFORNIA CIVIL
CODE SECTION 1542 IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING, WHICH STATES: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT
EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR OR RELEASING PARTY DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER
FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED
HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR OR RELEASED PARTY.”
- Disclaimers
THE System IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS-IS” AND “AS
AVAILABLE” BASIS, AND COMPANY (AND OUR SUPPLIERS) EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND
CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE
(AND OUR SUPPLIERS) MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE System WILL MEET YOUR
REQUIREMENTS, WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS, OR WILL BE
ACCURATE, RELIABLE, FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE, COMPLETE, LEGAL, OR SAFE. IF APPLICABLE LAW
REQUIRES ANY WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE System, ALL SUCH WARRANTIES
ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO 90 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF FIRST USE.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE
EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY
LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
- Limitation on Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY (OR OUR SUPPLIERS)
BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE
PRODUCTS, OR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR
RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE System, EVEN IF COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ACCESS TO, AND USE OF, THE System IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND
YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR DEVICE OR COMPUTER SYSTEM, OR LOSS OF DATA RESULTING
THEREFROM.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY
CONTAINED HEREIN, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS (FOR ANY CAUSE
WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION), WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF FIFTY US
DOLLARS. THE EXISTENCE OF MORE THAN ONE CLAIM WILL NOT ENLARGE THIS LIMIT. YOU AGREE THAT OUR SUPPLIERS WILL
HAVE NO LIABILITY OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
- Term and Termination. Subject to this Section, these Terms will remain in full force and effect while you use the
System. We may suspend or terminate your rights to use the
System (including your Account) at any time for any reason at our
sole discretion, including for any use of the System in
violation of these Terms. Upon termination of your rights under these Terms, your Account and right to
access and use the System will terminate immediately. You
understand that any termination of your Account may involve deletion of your User Content associated
with your Account from our live databases. Company will not have any liability whatsoever to you for any
termination of your rights under these Terms, including for termination of your Account or deletion of
your User Content. Even after your rights under these Terms are terminated, the following provisions of
these Terms will remain in effect: Sections 2.2 through 2.6, Section 3 and Sections 4 through 10.
- Copyright Policy.
Company respects the intellectual property of others and asks that users of our
System do the same. In connection with our System, we have adopted and implemented a policy respecting
copyright law that provides for the removal of any infringing materials and for the termination, in
appropriate circumstances, of users of our online System who are repeat infringers of intellectual property
rights, including copyrights. If you believe that one of our users is, through the use of our System,
unlawfully infringing the copyright(s) in a work, and wish to have the allegedly infringing material
removed, the following information in the form of a written notification (pursuant to 17 U.S.C. §
512(c)) must be provided to our designated Copyright Agent:
- your physical or electronic signature;
- identification of the copyrighted work(s) that you claim to have
been infringed;
- identification of the material on our services that you claim is
infringing and that you request us to remove;
- sufficient information to permit us to locate such material;
- your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
- a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the
objectionable material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or under the law; and
- a statement that the information in the notification is accurate,
and under penalty of perjury, that you are either the owner of the copyright that has allegedly been
infringed or that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
Please note that, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any misrepresentation of
material fact (falsities) in a written notification automatically subjects the complaining party to
liability for any damages, costs and attorney’s fees incurred by us in connection with the written
notification and allegation of copyright infringement.
- General
- Changes. These Terms are subject
to occasional revision, and if we make any substantial changes, we may notify you by sending you an
e-mail to the last e-mail address you provided to us (if any), and/or by prominently posting notice of
the changes on our System. You are responsible for providing us
with your most current e-mail address. In the event that the last e-mail address that you have provided
us is not valid, or for any reason is not capable of delivering to you the notice described above, our
dispatch of the e-mail containing such notice will nonetheless constitute effective notice of the
changes described in the notice. Continued use of our System following notice of such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes
and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.
- Dispute Resolution. Please read
the following arbitration agreement in this Section (the “Arbitration
Agreement”) carefully. It requires you to arbitrate disputes with Company,
its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns and all of their respective
officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives (collectively, the “Company Parties”) and limits the manner in which you can
seek relief from the Company Parties.
- Applicability of Arbitration Agreement. You agree that any dispute between you and any of the
Company Parties relating in any way to the System, the services
offered on the System (the “Services”) or these Terms will be resolved by binding
arbitration, rather than in court, except that (1) you and the Company Parties may assert
individualized claims in small claims court if the claims qualify, remain in such court and advance
solely on an individual, non-class basis; and (2) you or the Company Parties may seek equitable
relief in court for infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights (such as trademarks,
trade dress, domain names, trade secrets, copyrights, and patents). This
Arbitration Agreement shall survive the expiration or termination of these Terms and shall apply,
without limitation, to all claims that arose or were asserted before you agreed to these Terms (in
accordance with the preamble) or any prior version of these Terms. This
Arbitration Agreement does not preclude you from bringing issues to the attention of federal, state or
local agencies. Such agencies can, if the law allows, seek relief against the Company Parties on your
behalf. For purposes of this Arbitration Agreement, “Dispute” will also include disputes that arose or involve
facts occurring before the existence of this or any prior versions of the Agreement as well as claims
that may arise after the termination of these Terms.
- Informal Dispute Resolution.
There might be instances when a Dispute arises between you and Company. If that
occurs, Company is committed to working with you to reach a reasonable resolution. You and Company agree
that good faith informal efforts to resolve Disputes can result in a prompt, low‐cost and mutually
beneficial outcome. You and Company therefore agree that before either party commences arbitration
against the other (or initiates an action in small claims court if a party so elects), we will
personally meet and confer telephonically or via videoconference, in a good faith effort to resolve
informally any Dispute covered by this Arbitration Agreement (“Informal
Dispute Resolution Conference”). If you are represented by counsel, your
counsel may participate in the conference, but you will also participate in the conference.
The party initiating a Dispute must give notice to the other party in writing of its
intent to initiate an Informal Dispute Resolution Conference (“Notice”), which shall occur within 45 days after the other party
receives such Notice, unless an extension is mutually agreed upon by the parties. Notice to Company that you
intend to initiate an Informal Dispute Resolution Conference should be sent by email to:
support@homegear.app, or by regular mail to 131 Continental Dr, Suite 305, , Newark, Delaware 19713. The
Notice must include: (1) your name, telephone number, mailing address, e‐mail address associated
with your account (if you have one); (2) the name, telephone number, mailing address and e‐mail
address of your counsel, if any; and (3) a description of your Dispute.
The Informal Dispute Resolution Conference shall be individualized such that a
separate conference must be held each time either party initiates a Dispute, even if the same law firm or
group of law firms represents multiple users in similar cases, unless all parties agree; multiple
individuals initiating a Dispute cannot participate in the same Informal Dispute Resolution Conference
unless all parties agree. In the time between a party receiving the Notice and the Informal Dispute
Resolution Conference, nothing in this Arbitration Agreement shall prohibit the parties from engaging in
informal communications to resolve the initiating party’s Dispute. Engaging in the Informal Dispute
Resolution Conference is a condition precedent and requirement that must be fulfilled before commencing
arbitration. The statute of limitations and any filing fee deadlines shall be tolled while the parties
engage in the Informal Dispute Resolution Conference process required by this section.
- Arbitration Rules and Forum. These Terms evidence a transaction involving interstate commerce; and notwithstanding
any other provision herein with respect to the applicable substantive law, the Federal Arbitration Act,
9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., will govern the interpretation and enforcement of this Arbitration Agreement
and any arbitration proceedings. If the Informal Dispute Resolution Process described above does not
resolve satisfactorily within 60 days after receipt of your Notice, you and Company agree that either
party shall have the right to finally resolve the Dispute through binding arbitration. The Federal
Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Arbitration Agreement. The
arbitration will be conducted by JAMS, an established alternative dispute resolution provider. Disputes
involving claims and counterclaims with an amount in controversy under $250,000, not inclusive of
attorneys’ fees and interest, shall be subject to JAMS’ most current version of the
Streamlined Arbitration Rules and procedures available at http://www.jamsadr.com/rules-streamlined-arbitration/; all other claims shall be subject to JAMS’s most current version of the Comprehensive
Arbitration Rules and Procedures, available at http://www.jamsadr.com/rules-comprehensive-arbitration/. JAMS’s rules are also available at www.jamsadr.com or by calling JAMS at 800-352-5267. A party who wishes to initiate arbitration must
provide the other party with a request for arbitration (the “Request”). The Request must include: (1) the name,
telephone number, mailing address, e‐mail address of the party seeking arbitration and the account
username (if applicable) as well as the email address associated with any applicable account; (2) a
statement of the legal claims being asserted and the factual bases of those claims; (3) a
description of the remedy sought and an accurate, good‐faith calculation of the amount in
controversy in United States Dollars; (4) a statement certifying completion of the Informal Dispute
Resolution process as described above; and (5) evidence that the requesting party has paid any
necessary filing fees in connection with such arbitration.
If the party requesting arbitration is represented by counsel, the Request shall
also include counsel’s name, telephone number, mailing address, and email address. Such counsel must
also sign the Request. By signing the Request, counsel certifies to the best of counsel’s knowledge,
information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, that: (1) the
Request is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass, cause unnecessary delay, or
needlessly increase the cost of dispute resolution; (2) the claims, defenses and other legal
contentions are warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for extending, modifying, or
reversing existing law or for establishing new law; and (3) the factual and damages contentions have
evidentiary support or, if specifically so identified, will likely have evidentiary support after a
reasonable opportunity for further investigation or discovery.
Unless you and Company otherwise agree, or the Batch Arbitration process discussed
in Subsection 10.2(h) is triggered, the arbitration will be conducted in the county where you reside.
Subject to the JAMS Rules, the arbitrator may direct a limited and reasonable exchange of information
between the parties, consistent with the expedited nature of the arbitration. If the JAMS is not available
to arbitrate, the parties will select an alternative arbitral forum. Your responsibility to pay any JAMS
fees and costs will be solely as set forth in the applicable JAMS Rules.
You and Company agree that all materials and documents exchanged during the
arbitration proceedings shall be kept confidential and shall not be shared with anyone except the
parties’ attorneys, accountants, or business advisors, and then subject to the condition that they
agree to keep all materials and documents exchanged during the arbitration proceedings confidential.
- Authority of Arbitrator. The arbitrator
shall have exclusive authority to resolve all disputes subject to arbitration hereunder including,
without limitation, any dispute related to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability or
formation of this Arbitration Agreement or any portion of the Arbitration Agreement, except for the
following: (1) all Disputes arising out of or relating to the subsection entitled “Waiver of
Class or Other Non-Individualized Relief,” including any claim that all or part of the subsection
entitled “Waiver of Class or Other Non-Individualized Relief” is unenforceable, illegal,
void or voidable, or that such subsection entitled “Waiver of Class or Other Non-Individualized
Relief” has been breached, shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction and not by an
arbitrator; (2) except as expressly contemplated in the subsection entitled “Batch
Arbitration,” all Disputes about the payment of arbitration fees shall be decided only by a court
of competent jurisdiction and not by an arbitrator; (3) all Disputes about whether either party has
satisfied any condition precedent to arbitration shall be decided only by a court of competent
jurisdiction and not by an arbitrator; and (4) all Disputes about which version of the Arbitration
Agreement applies shall be decided only by a court of competent jurisdiction and not by an arbitrator.
The arbitration proceeding will not be consolidated with any other matters or joined with any other
cases or parties, except as expressly provided in the subsection entitled “Batch
Arbitration.” The arbitrator shall have the authority to grant motions dispositive of all or part
of any claim or dispute. The arbitrator shall have the authority to award monetary damages and to grant
any non-monetary remedy or relief available to an individual party under applicable law, the arbitral
forum’s rules, and these Terms (including the Arbitration Agreement). The arbitrator shall issue a
written award and statement of decision describing the essential findings and conclusions on which any
award (or decision not to render an award) is based, including the calculation of any damages awarded.
The arbitrator shall follow the applicable law. The award of the arbitrator is final and binding upon
you and us. Judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.
- Waiver of Jury Trial. EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 10.2(A) YOU AND THE COMPANY PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ANY CONSTITUTIONAL AND
STATUTORY RIGHTS TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A TRIAL IN FRONT OF A JUDGE OR A JURY.
You and the Company Parties are instead electing that all covered claims and disputes shall be resolved
exclusively by arbitration under this Arbitration Agreement, except as specified in Section 10.2(a)
above. An arbitrator can award on an individual basis the same damages and relief as a court and must
follow these Terms as a court would. However, there is no judge or jury in arbitration, and court review
of an arbitration award is subject to very limited review.
- Waiver of Class or Other Non-Individualized Relief. YOU AND COMPANY AGREE THAT, EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION 10.2(H) EACH OF US MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY ON AN
INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT ON A CLASS, REPRESENTATIVE, OR COLLECTIVE BASIS, AND THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE
ALL RIGHTS TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE BE BROUGHT, HEARD, ADMINISTERED, RESOLVED, OR ARBITRATED ON A CLASS,
COLLECTIVE, REPRESENTATIVE, OR MASS ACTION BASIS. ONLY INDIVIDUAL RELIEF IS AVAILABLE, AND DISPUTES OF
MORE THAN ONE CUSTOMER OR USER CANNOT BE ARBITRATED OR CONSOLIDATED WITH THOSE OF ANY OTHER CUSTOMER OR
USER. Subject to this Arbitration Agreement, the arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief
only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief
warranted by the party’s individual claim. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to, nor shall it,
affect the terms and conditions under the Subsection 10.2(h) entitled “Batch Arbitration.”
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Arbitration Agreement, if a court decides by means of a
final decision, not subject to any further appeal or recourse, that the limitations of this subsection,
“Waiver of Class or Other Non-Individualized Relief,” are invalid or unenforceable as to a
particular claim or request for relief (such as a request for public injunctive relief), you and Company
agree that that particular claim or request for relief (and only that particular claim or request for
relief) shall be severed from the arbitration and may be litigated in the state or federal courts
located in the State of Delaware. All other Disputes shall be arbitrated or litigated in small claims
court. This subsection does not prevent you or Company from participating in a class-wide settlement of
claims.
- Attorneys’ Fees and Costs. The
parties shall bear their own attorneys’ fees and costs in arbitration unless the arbitrator finds
that either the substance of the Dispute or the relief sought in the Request was frivolous or was
brought for an improper purpose (as measured by the standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 11(b)). If you or Company need to invoke the authority of a court of competent jurisdiction to
compel arbitration, then the party that obtains an order compelling arbitration in such action shall
have the right to collect from the other party its reasonable costs, necessary disbursements, and
reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in securing an order compelling arbitration. The prevailing
party in any court action relating to whether either party has satisfied any condition precedent to
arbitration, including the Informal Dispute Resolution Process, is entitled to recover their reasonable
costs, necessary disbursements, and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs.
- Batch Arbitration. To increase the
efficiency of administration and resolution of arbitrations, you and Company agree that in the event
that there are 100 or more individual Requests of a substantially similar nature filed against Company
by or with the assistance of the same law firm, group of law firms, or organizations, within a 30 day
period (or as soon as possible thereafter), the JAMS shall (1) administer the arbitration demands
in batches of 100 Requests per batch (plus, to the extent there are less than 100 Requests left over
after the batching described above, a final batch consisting of the remaining Requests);
(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”).
All parties agree that Requests are of a “substantially similar nature”
if they arise out of or relate to the same event or factual scenario and raise the same or similar legal
issues and seek the same or similar relief. To the extent the parties disagree on the application of the
Batch Arbitration process, the disagreeing party shall advise the JAMS, and the JAMS shall appoint a sole
standing arbitrator to determine the applicability of the Batch Arbitration process (“Administrative Arbitrator”). In an effort to expedite resolution
of any such dispute by the Administrative Arbitrator, the parties agree the Administrative Arbitrator may
set forth such procedures as are necessary to resolve any disputes promptly. The Administrative
Arbitrator’s fees shall be paid by Company.
You and Company agree to cooperate in good faith with the JAMS to implement the
Batch Arbitration process including the payment of single filing and administrative fees for batches of
Requests, as well as any steps to minimize the time and costs of arbitration, which may include:
(1) the appointment of a discovery special master to assist the arbitrator in the resolution of
discovery disputes; and (2) the adoption of an expedited calendar of the arbitration
proceedings.
This Batch Arbitration provision shall in no way be interpreted as authorizing a
class, collective and/or mass arbitration or action of any kind, or arbitration involving joint or
consolidated claims under any circumstances, except as expressly set forth in this provision.
- 30-Day Right to Opt Out. You have the right
to opt out of the provisions of this Arbitration Agreement by sending a timely written notice of your
decision to opt out to the following address: 131 Continental Dr, Suite 305, , Newark, Delaware 19713,
or email to support@homegear.app, within 30 days after first becoming subject to this Arbitration
Agreement. Your notice must include your name and address and a clear statement that you want to opt out
of this Arbitration Agreement. If you opt out of this Arbitration Agreement, all other parts of these
Terms will continue to apply to you. Opting out of this Arbitration Agreement has no effect on any other
arbitration agreements that you may currently have with us, or may enter into in the future with
us.
- Invalidity, Expiration. Except as provided
in the subsection entitled “Waiver of Class or Other Non-Individualized Relief”, if any part
or parts of this Arbitration Agreement are found under the law to be invalid or unenforceable, then such
specific part or parts shall be of no force and effect and shall be severed and the remainder of the
Arbitration Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. You further agree that any Dispute that
you have with Company as detailed in this Arbitration Agreement must be initiated via arbitration within
the applicable statute of limitation for that claim or controversy, or it will be forever time barred.
Likewise, you agree that all applicable statutes of limitation will apply to such arbitration in the
same manner as those statutes of limitation would apply in the applicable court of competent
jurisdiction.
- Modification. Notwithstanding any provision
in these Terms to the contrary, we agree that if Company makes any future material change to this
Arbitration Agreement, you may reject that change within 30 days of such change becoming effective by
writing Company at the following address: 131 Continental Dr, Suite 305, , Newark, Delaware 19713, or
email to support@homegear.app. Unless you reject the change within 30 days of such change becoming
effective by writing to Company in accordance with the foregoing, your continued use of the
System and/or Services, including the acceptance of products and
services offered on the System following the posting of
changes to this Arbitration Agreement constitutes your acceptance of any such changes. Changes to this
Arbitration Agreement do not provide you with a new opportunity to opt out of the Arbitration Agreement
if you have previously agreed to a version of these Terms and did not validly opt out of arbitration. If
you reject any change or update to this Arbitration Agreement, and you were bound by an existing
agreement to arbitrate Disputes arising out of or relating in any way to your access to or use of the
Services or of the System, any communications you receive, any
products sold or distributed through the System, the Services, or
these Terms, the provisions of this Arbitration Agreement as of the date you first accepted these Terms
(or accepted any subsequent changes to these Terms) remain in full force and effect. Company will
continue to honor any valid opt outs of the Arbitration Agreement that you made to a prior version of
these Terms.
- Export. The System may be subject to U.S. export control laws and may be subject to export or import
regulations in other countries. You agree not to export, reexport, or transfer, directly or indirectly,
any U.S. technical data acquired from Company, or any products utilizing such data, in violation of the
United States export laws or regulations.
- Disclosures. Company is located at the address
in Section 10.8. If you are a California resident, you may report complaints to the Complaint Assistance
Unit of the Division of Consumer Product of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by contacting
them in writing at 400 R Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.
- Electronic Communications. The communications
between you and Company use electronic means, whether you use the System or send us emails, or whether Company posts notices on the
System or communicates with you via email. For contractual
purposes, you (a) consent to receive communications from Company in an electronic form; and
(b) agree that all terms and conditions, agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications
that Company provides to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications would
satisfy if it were be in a hardcopy writing. The foregoing does not affect your non-waivable
rights.
- Entire Terms. These Terms constitute the entire
agreement between you and us regarding the use of the System. Our
failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not operate as a waiver of
such right or provision. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or
contractual effect. The word “including” means “including without limitation”.
If any provision of these Terms is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unenforceable, the other
provisions of these Terms will be unimpaired and the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed
modified so that it is valid and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law. Your relationship
to Company is that of an independent contractor, and neither party is an agent or partner of the other.
These Terms, and your rights and obligations herein, may not be assigned, subcontracted, delegated, or
otherwise transferred by you without Company’s prior written consent, and any attempted
assignment, subcontract, delegation, or transfer in violation of the foregoing will be null and void.
Company may freely assign these Terms. The terms and conditions set forth in these Terms shall be
binding upon assignees.
- Copyright/Trademark Information. Copyright
© 2025 Wild Monarch, LLC. All
rights reserved. All trademarks, logos and service marks (“Marks”) displayed on the System are our property or the property of other third parties. You are not permitted to use
these Marks without our prior written consent or the consent of such third party which may own the
Marks.
- Contact Information:
Address:
131 Continental Dr
Suite 305
Newark, Delaware 19713
Email: support@homegear.app