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TERMS & CONDITIONS

 Welcome to the Very Important Puppies (V.I.P.) website, www.veryimportantpuppies.dog (the “Website”), owned and operated by Very Important Puppies VIP, LLC and its affiliates (“VIP”). Except as otherwise noted herein, these terms and conditions (the “Terms”) govern your use of the Website and VIP’s services, applications, content and products (collectively, the “Website”). Please read the following terms and conditions of use, including an Arbitration Agreement, because your use of the Website constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you should not access or use the Website. VIP reserves the right to make changes to the Website and to these Terms from time to time. When we make changes, we will post them here. For this reason, we encourage you to review these Terms whenever you use our Website because by visiting the Website, you agree to accept any such changes. VIP provides you with access to and use of the Website subject to your compliance with the Terms. No material from the Website may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way, except as specifically permitted on the Website. The Website, including all of its information and content, such as text, data, wallpaper, icons, characters, artwork, images, photographs, graphics, music, sound, messages, software and the HTML used to generate the pages (collectively, “Materials and Content”), is VIP property or that of our suppliers or licensors and is protected by patent, trademark and/or copyright under United States and/or foreign laws. Except as otherwise provided on the site or in these Terms, you may not use, download, upload, copy, print, display, perform, reproduce, publish, modify, delete, add to, license, post, transmit or distribute any Materials and Content from this Website in whole or in part, for any public or commercial purpose without the specific prior written permission of VIP. We grant you a personal, limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable license to access the Website and to use the information and services contained here solely for your personal, noncommercial use as described below. We reserve the right, for any reason or for no reason, in our sole discretion and without notice to you, to revise the products and services described on the Website and to terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Website, including, but not limited to, the Materials and Content on the Website as well as features and/or hours of availability of the Website, and we will not be liable to you or to any third party for doing so. We may also impose rules for and limits on use of the Website or restrict your access to part, or all, of the Website without notice or penalty. We have the right to change these rules and/or limitations at any time, in our sole discretion.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

ANY DISPUTE OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THESE TERMS, YOUR VISIT TO THE SITE, OR TO ANY PURCHASE, TRANSACTION, RETURN OR OTHER INTERACTION WITH VIP (INCLUDING CLAIMS RELATING TO VIP’S ADVERTISEMENTS AND DISCLOSURES, EMAIL AND MOBILE SMS MESSAGES SENT BY VIP, OR VIP’S COLLECTION OR USE OF YOUR INFORMATION) (“DISPUTE”) SHALL BE RESOLVED THROUGH BINDING ARBITRATION, RATHER THAN IN COURT. THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT AND FEDERAL ARBITRATION LAW APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.

ANY PARTY WHO INTENDS TO SEEK ARBITRATION MUST FIRST TRY IN GOOD FAITH TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTE BY PROVIDING TO THE OTHER PARTY A WRITTEN NOTICE (“NOTICE”) DESCRIBING THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DISPUTE AND THE SPECIFIC RELIEF SOUGHT, AND INCLUDING ANY SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. THE NOTICE MUST BE MAILED VIA CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL TO: 79 BRIDGE STREET,2B, BROOKLYN, NY 11201, OR TO YOU AT YOUR LAST-USED BILLING ADDRESS OR THE BILLING AND/OR SHIPPING ADDRESS IN YOUR ONLINE PROFILE. IF WE ARE UNABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT TO RESOLVE THE CLAIM WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE NOTICE IS RECEIVED, EITHER PARTY MAY COMMENCE ARBITRATION.

ANY ARBITRATION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION (’AAA’), ADR.ORG, 1.800.778.7879, AND PURSUANT TO THE THEN APPLICABLE AAA COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION RULES AND MEDIATION PROCEDURES. YOU MAY CHOOSE TO HAVE THE ARBITRATION CONDUCTED BY TELEPHONE, BASED ON WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS, IN PERSON IN THE COUNTY WHERE YOU LIVE, OR AT ANOTHER MUTUALLY AGREED LOCATION. UNLESS THE ARBITRATOR FINDS SOME OR ALL OF YOUR CLAIMS TO BE FRIVOLOUS, WITHOUT MERIT OR OTHERWISE NON-REMIMBURSEABLE, VIP WILL REIMBURSE YOUR REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS FOR CLAIMS TOTALING LESS THAN $10,000.00 AND AGREES NOT TO SEEK ATTORNEYS’ FEES OR COSTS FROM YOU. (IN DETERMINING WHETHER AN ACTION IS FRIVOLOUS, THE ARBITRATOR MAY CONSIDER WHETHER VIP HAS OFFERED YOU A FULL REFUND OF THE SUM YOU PAID FOR ITEMS YOU PURCHASED FROM VIP, OR HAS OTHERWISE OFFERED FULL RELIEF TO YOU IN RELATION TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL CLAIM.) IN LIEU OF ARBITRATION, EITHER YOU OR VIP MAY ASSERT INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT CONSISTENT WITH THE JURISDICTIONAL AND DOLLAR LIMITS THAT MAY APPLY. THIS SECTION WILL SURVIVE AFTER THE TERMS OF USE TERMINATE OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE ENDS.

IF YOU HAVE IN ANY MANNER VIOLATED OR THREATENED TO VIOLATE ANY VIP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT (AS DEFINED BELOW), WE MAY BRING SUIT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. YOU CONSENT TO EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN THESE COURTS.

CLASS ACTION WAIVER

You and VIP agree that any Dispute resolution proceedings will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated, collective, or representative action. If this class action waiver is found to be void or unenforceable, the Dispute shall be resolved in state or federal court rather than in arbitration. You further agree that you will not be a member of any putative or actual class in a class action brought by anyone else, nor will you seek to become a class representative. You further agree that in any action you initiate, any relief you seek will be confined to relief on your own behalf. This section will survive after the Terms of Use terminate or your use of the Website ends. 

PROHIBITED USES

The Website may be used only for lawful purposes and is available only for your personal, noncommercial use, which shall be limited to viewing the Website, purchasing products, providing information to the Website and downloading product information for your personal review. You are responsible for your own communications, including the transmission, posting and uploading of information, and are responsible for the consequences of such communications to the Website. VIP specifically prohibits any use of the Website, and requires all users to agree not to use the Website, for any of the following:

  • Posting any information which is incomplete, false, inaccurate or not your own;
  • Engaging in conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, giving rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any city, state, national or international law or regulation, or that would fail to comply with accepted Internet protocol;
  • Communicating, transmitting or posting material that is copyrighted or otherwise owned by a third party unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the owner to post it;
  • Communicating, transmitting or posting material that reveals trade secrets, unless you own them or have the permission of the owner;
  • Communicating, transmitting or posting material that infringes on any other intellectual property, privacy or publicity right of another;
  • Communicating, transmitting or transferring (by any means) information or software derived from the site to foreign countries or certain foreign nations in violation of any applicable export control laws;
  • Attempting to interfere in any way with the Website’s or VIP’s networks or network security, or attempting to use the Website’s service to gain unauthorized access to any other computer system;
  • Communicating, transmitting or posting material that is in violation of applicable laws or regulations; or
  • Using the Website to harass, disrupt, or unlawfully interfere with VIP’s business interests.

LIMITS ON PURCHASES

In an effort to enhance your shopping experience and give as many customers as possible the opportunity to purchase our merchandise, we may place limits on purchases and we do not authorize the purchase of commercial quantities of our merchandise. We also may, among other things, restrict orders placed by or under the same customer account, the same credit card and/or orders that use the same billing and/or shipping address. We reserve the right to limit, cancel or prohibit orders that, in our judgment, appear to be placed in violation of this policy. We further reserve the right to cease doing business with customers who violate this policy. We may modify this policy at any time without prior notice. This policy applies to all purchases of VIP merchandise, including, but not limited to, all purchases made at our retail stores, sample sales, warehouse sales and through our catalogs and websites.

SECURITY RULES 

Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. VIP investigates violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting any user or users who are involved in such violations. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Website, including, without limitation, the following:

  • Accessing data not intended for you or logging on to a VIP server or account that you are not authorized to access
  • Attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization (or succeeding in such an attempt)
  • Attempting to interfere or interfering with the operation of our Website, our provision of services to any other visitors to our Website and our hosting provider or our network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Website, overloading, “flooding,” “email bombing” or “crashing” the Website
  • Forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or transmission or posting to our Website
  • international use
  • We control and operate the Website from the United States, and all information is processed within the United States. We do not represent that materials on the Website are appropriate or available for use in other locations. 

Please refer to the International Orders page on the Website for more information. You agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in connection with your use of the Website.

Software that may be downloaded from the Website is subject to export controls under the laws and regulations of the United States. By visiting and using our Website, you acknowledge that you are not a national of, or resident within, any of the countries that are subject to trade embargo under these laws and regulations (currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria) or listed on any of the United States government’s lists of prohibited and restricted parties.

PRODUCT AND PRICING INFORMATION

Although VIP has made every effort to display our products and their colors, textures and appearance as accurately as possible, the displayed attributes of the products depend upon the monitor of the user, and VIP cannot guarantee that the user’s monitor will accurately portray the actual attributes of the products. Products displayed may be out of stock or discontinued, and prices are subject to change. VIP is not responsible for typographical errors regarding price or any other matter. Likewise, VIP does not warrant the accuracy of customer product ratings, comments or feedback. 

HEALTH INFORMATION

Any supplements listed for sale in our online store are not for human consumption. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not evaluated any statements or materials on our website, nor products we sell and distribute through our online store. Neither the FDA or any regulatory agency endorses or approves any products available on our site or product ingredients. Our products on the VIP website and online store should not be expected to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any diseases. We provide information and materials on our site strictly for educational purposes. You should not use anything from our site as a substitute for professional medical advice or care. Our information is not intended to treat or diagnose any health issues or illnesses without the approval of a health professional. For animals that are pregnant, taking medication, nursing, or have medical conditions, we firmly advise consulting with a veterinary professional before using any VIP products.

PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

As between you and VIP (or any other company whose marks appear on the Website), VIP (or the respective company) is the owner and/or authorized user of any registered or unregistered trademark, trade name and/or service mark appearing on the Website, and is the copyright owner or licensee of the Materials and Content on the Website, unless otherwise indicated. The VIP logos, designs, titles, phrases and product names and the copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade dress and/or other intellectual property in such materials (collectively, “VIP Intellectual Property”) are owned by VIP and may be registered in the United States and internationally. You agree not to display or use VIP Intellectual Property in any manner without VIP’s prior permission. Nothing on the Website should be construed to grant any license or right to use any VIP Intellectual Property without the prior written consent of VIP. Except as otherwise provided herein, use of the Website does not grant you a license to any Materials and Content or features you may access on the Website and you may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works of such Materials and Content, features or materials, in whole or in part. Any commercial use of the Website is strictly prohibited, except as allowed herein or otherwise approved by us. You may not download or save a copy of any of the Materials and Content or screens for any purpose except as otherwise provided by VIP. If you make use of the Website, other than as provided herein, in doing so you may violate copyright and other laws of the United States and/or other countries, as well as applicable state laws, and you may be subject to liability for such unauthorized use. The information on the Website, including, without limitation, all site design, text, graphics, interfaces and the selection and arrangements of such is protected by law, including, but not limited to, copyright law. 

USER CONTENT AND MATERIAL

We do not claim ownership of user-generated content and material. Any and all photographs, articles, images, graphics, videos, sounds, music, audio recordings, text, files, profiles, communications, comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, concepts, questions, data or other content that you (i) submit or post on the Website, on any of our blogs, social media accounts or through tools or applications we provide for posting or sharing such content with us; or (ii) have posted or uploaded to your social media accounts, including but not limited to Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Pinterest, which are tagged with @veryimportantpuppies, #VIP or #veryimportantpuppies  or any other VIP promoted hashtag (collectively “User Content”) shall be deemed nonconfidential and nonproprietary. By submitting or posting any User Content, you grant to VIP and its affiliates a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, sublicensable and transferable license to copy, publish, translate, modify, reformat, create derivative works from, distribute, reproduce, sell, display, transmit, publish, broadcast, host, archive, store, cache, use or otherwise exploit all or any portion of the User Content, as well as your name, persona and likeness included in any User Content and your social media account handle, username, real name, profile picture and/or any other information associated with the User Content, in any commercial or noncommercial manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, in any and all distribution channels, forms, media or technology, whether now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to in stores, printed marketing materials, emails, web pages, social media accounts and for any other marketing, advertising, public relations, sales or promotional purposes with or without attribution and without further notice to you. Neither you, nor any other person or entity, will have the right to (i) receive any royalty or consideration of any kind for the use of the User Content pursuant to these Terms or (ii) inspect or approve the editorial copy or other material that may be used in connection with the User Content. VIP will be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such User Content for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products that incorporate or otherwise rely upon such information. VIP shall have no obligation to monitor User Content, use or display User Content, compensate you for submitting User Content or respond to any User Content. VIP retains the right, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, to remove, revise or refuse to post any User Content for any reason or no reason. Subject to the licenses granted in these Terms, you retain ownership of any copyright and other rights you may have in the User Content.

By submitting or posting User Content on the Website, on your social media accounts or through any tools or applications we provide for posting or sharing your User Content with us, you represent and warrant that (i) you own or control any and all rights in and to the User Content, and the right to grant all of the rights and licenses in these Terms, and if you are not the holder of such rights, the holder of such rights has completely and effectively waived all such rights and irrevocably granted you the right to grant the licenses stated above without the need for payment to you or any other person or entity; (ii) you have obtained permission from any individuals that appear in the User Content to use, and grant others the right to use, their name, image, voice and/or likeness without the need for payment to you or any other person or entity; (iii) you are 18 years of age or older; and (iv) the User Content does not (a) contain false or misleading information, (b) infringe on the intellectual property, privacy, publicity, statutory, contractual or other rights of any third party, (c) contain any libelous, defamatory, obscene, offensive, threatening or otherwise harassing or hateful content, (d) contain any addresses, email addresses, phone numbers or any contact information or (e) contain computer viruses, worms or other harmful files. Upon request by VIP, you will furnish VIP any documentation, substantiation or releases necessary to verify your compliance with these Terms. You are solely responsible for the User Content and you hereby agree to indemnify and hold VIP and its employees, agents, affiliates, assigns and licensees harmless from any and all damages, claims, expenses, costs or fees arising from or in connection with a breach of any of the foregoing representations or your violation of any law or rights of a third party.

VIP does not guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy or reliability of any User Content or endorse any opinions expressed by you or anyone else. By submitting or posting the User Content you fully and unconditionally release and forever discharge VIP and its officers, directors, employees and agents from any and all claims, demands and damages (actual or consequential, direct or indirect), whether now known or unknown, of every kind and nature relating to, arising out of or in any way connected with: (i) disputes between you and one or more users or any other person or entity, or (ii) the use by VIP or you of the User Content, including, without limitation, any and all claims that use of the User Content pursuant to these Terms violates any of your intellectual property rights, copyrights, rights of publicity or privacy, “moral rights,” or rights of attribution and integrity. You acknowledge and agree that VIP has no control over, and shall have no liability for any damages resulting from, the use (including, without limitation, re-publication) or misuse by you or any third party of any User Content. VIP acts as a passive conduit for User Content and has no obligation to screen or monitor User Content. If VIP becomes aware of any User Content that allegedly may not conform to these Terms, VIP may investigate the allegation and determine in its sole discretion whether to take action in accordance with these Terms. VIP has no liability or responsibility to Users for performance or nonperformance of such activities.

VIP HAS THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO REMOVE AND/OR DELETE WITHOUT NOTICE ANY USER CONTENT WITHIN ITS CONTROL THAT IT DEEMS OBJECTIONABLE. YOU CONSENT TO SUCH REMOVAL AND/OR DELETION AND WAIVE ANY CLAIM AGAINST VIP FOR SUCH REMOVAL AND/OR DELETION. VIP IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR FAILURE TO STORE POSTED CONTENT OR OTHER MATERIALS YOU TRANSMIT THROUGH THE SITE. YOU SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PRESERVE COPIES OF ANY DATA, MATERIAL, CONTENT OR INFORMATION YOU POST ON THE SITE OR ANY OTHER SITES OR PLATFORMS.

COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS

VIP respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users and visitors to do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide VIP’s copyright agent the following information required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the DMCA, 17 U.S.C. § 512 (“DMCA”). Please be advised that to be effective, the Notice must include ALL of the following:

  • a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
  • identification of the copyright work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
  • identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
  • information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party;
  • a statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and
  • a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. 

Notices of claimed copyright infringement and counter-notices should be directed to:

By mail:
Very Important Puppies VIP, LLC
Customer Service
160 Imlay St., 4B2 
Brooklyn, NY 11231

By e-mail:
info@veryimportantpuppies.dog

 (For both mail and email notices, please include “Notice of Infringement” in the subject line.) 

Upon receipt of notices complying with the DMCA, VIP will act to remove or disable access to any material found to be infringing or found to be the subject of infringing activity and will act to remove or disable access to any reference or link to material or activity that is found to be infringing. 

It is often difficult to determine if your intellectual property rights have been violated. We may request additional information before we remove any infringing material. If a dispute develops as to the correct owner of the rights in question, we reserve the right to remove your content along with that of the alleged infringer pending resolution of the matter.

We may give you notice that we have removed or disabled access to certain content or material. If you receive such a notice, you may provide counter-notification in writing to the designated agent that includes the information below. To be effective, the counter-notification must be a written communication that includes the following:

  • your physical or electronic signature;
  • identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
  • statement from you under the penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and
  • your name, physical address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of a U.S. Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your physical address is located, or if your physical address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which VIP may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of allegedly infringing material or an agent of such person.

IMPORTANT NOTE: THE PRECEDING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR NOTIFYING VIP ABOUT INFRINGEMENTS OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. ALL OTHER INQUIRIES, SUCH AS PRODUCT- OR SERVICE-RELATED QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS, OR QUESTIONS ON PRIVACY, WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 

PRIVACY POLICY 

Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained in these Terms of Use, VIP’s use of any personally identifiable information (name, etc.) you provide via the Website shall be governed by our Privacy Policy, to which you expressly agree. For further information regarding VIP’s protection of your personal information, please refer to our Privacy Policy page. 

DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

VIP publishes information on its Website as a convenience to its visitors. While VIP attempts to provide accurate and timely information, there may be inadvertent technical or factual inaccuracies and typographical errors. We reserve the right to make corrections and changes to the Website at any time without notice. The VIP products described on the Website may not be available in your region. VIP does not claim that the information on the Website is appropriate to your jurisdiction or that the products described on its Website will be available for purchase in all jurisdictions.

Products made available for purchase on our Website are intended for use only by dogs. We hereby expressly disclaim all liability for any damages or claims arising from, or in any way related with, your or any other human use of products you order from us. 

You assume all responsibility and risk with respect to your use of the Website, which is provided “AS IS.” VIP DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND ENDORSEMENTS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH REGARD TO INFORMATION ACCESSED FROM OR VIA THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL CONTENT AND MATERIALS, FUNCTIONS AND SERVICES PROVIDED ON THE SITE, WHICH ARE PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, USEFULNESS OR CONTENT OF INFORMATION, UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS AND ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. VIP DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR ITS FUNCTION OR THE CONTENT AND MATERIALS OR THE SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THEREBY WILL BE TIMELY, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. VIP MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE WILL MEET USERS’ EXPECTATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS. NO ADVICE, RESULTS OR INFORMATION, OR MATERIALS WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.

VIP makes no warranties of any kind regarding any non-VIP sites to which you may be directed or hyperlinked from this Website. Hyperlinks are included solely for your convenience, and VIP makes no representations or warranties with regard to the accuracy, availability, suitability or safety of information provided in such non-VIP sites. VIP does not endorse, warrant or guarantee any products or services offered or provided by or on behalf of third parties on the Website.

IN NO EVENT SHALL VIP, ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, LOSSES OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING FROM OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, OR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE OR THE CONTENT AND MATERIALS OR FUNCTIONALITY ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUE, OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS, OR LOST BUSINESS, DATA OR SALES OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF DAMAGE, TANGIBLE OR INTANGIBLE IN NATURE, EVEN IF VIP OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE OR SUCH INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THIS LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

INDEMNITY

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold VIP, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, in any way arising from, related to or in connection with your use of the Website, your violation of the Terms or the posting or transmission of any materials on or through the Website by you, including, but not limited to, any third-party claim that any information or materials you provide infringes any third-party proprietary right. 

GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTES

These Terms shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any conflict of law provisions. Any dispute relating in any way to these Terms, your visit to the Website, or to any purchase, return or other transaction with VIP shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in New York, New York. However, if you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate any VIP Intellectual Property right, we may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the state of New York. You consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in these courts. Any arbitration under this agreement and these Terms shall be conducted under the prevailing rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator’s award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we agree that any dispute resolution proceedings will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated or representative action.

GENERAL INFORMATION

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and VIP and govern your use of the Website, and they supersede any prior agreements between you and VIP. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that are applicable to certain parts of the Website. VIP may terminate this Agreement and deny you access to the Website at any time, immediately and without notice, if in VIP’s sole discretion you fail to comply with any provision of these Terms. 

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship exists between VIP and you as a result of this Agreement or your use of the Website.

Any claim or cause of action you may have with respect to VIP or the Website must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arose.

The failure of VIP to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The invalidity of any term, condition or provision in these Terms shall not affect the enforceability of those portions of the Terms deemed enforceable by applicable courts of law.

You may not assign the Terms or any of your rights or obligations under the Terms without VIP’s express written consent. The Terms inure to the benefit of VIP’s successors, assigns, affiliates and licensees. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

To contact us with any questions or concerns in connection with these Terms or the Website, or to provide any notice under these Terms to us, please refer to our Contact Us page.

Last Updated: December 21, 2020