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PERSONAL AND LIMITED COMMERCIAL USE AGREEMENT
BY DOWNLOADING, COPYING, PURCHASING, OR OTHERWISE TAKING POSSESSION OF ANY ELECTRONIC IMAGE OR FILE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE (THE “IMAGES”), THE CUSTOMER/USER OF THIS WEBSITE (“LICENSEE”) THEREBY AGREES TO ALL TERMS OF THIS “PERSONAL AND LIMITED COMMERCIAL USE AGREEMENT.”

ARTICLE 1— LICENSE; ROYALTY PAYMENT

1.1 Grant of License. Licensor hereby grants to Licensee, and Licensee hereby accepts from Licensor, the limited, non-exclusive, worldwide right and license (the “License”) to use the copyrighted material embodied in the Images for personal use, and/or for the manufacture, sale and distribution of products displaying or otherwise incorporating Licensor’s copyrighted material embodied in the Images (“Licensed Goods”), in all cases on no greater than five hundred (500) units in aggregate. The License shall include the authority to prepare derivative works based on the Images and to incorporate such derivative works into the Licensed Goods. 

The License does not grant to Licensee any rights to:

Copy, distribute or share the Images with any third party, other than through the retail sale of Licensed Goods in a format that does not facilitate or allow re-copying or re-distribution of the electronic Images by any third party;

Offer for sale or include in digital image collections any electronic copies of the Images.

Any free transfer or “swapping” of Image files to or with third parties.

Any sub-license, re-sale, sharing, transfer, or re-distribution of electronic Image files with third parties, regardless of whether undertaken for compensation or without compensation.
Any sale, sharing, transfer or swapping of electronic Image files through print-on-demand websites such as CafePress or Zazzle.
Any use or display of the Images in an obscene manner.

1.2 Royalty Payment. In consideration of the License, Licensee has paid (or shall pay) the price set forth on the website for downloading the particular Image. If Licensee sells or distributes Licensed Goods in an aggregate quantity exceeding five hundred (500) units, Licensee shall pay to Licensor additional Royalty Payments equal to the greater of: (a) $100 for each month in which any Licensed Goods were sold or distributed by Licensee after the end of the Term, or (b) one-half of the revenue received by Licensee from sale of Licensed Goods after the end of the Term. 

1.3 Verification. No later than 30 days following the end of each calendar quarter during which Licensee makes any sale(s) or delivery of Licensed Goods exceeding five hundred (500) units in aggregate, Licensee shall deliver to Licensor, by electronic mail at hello@laughing-Cru.com a statement showing in reasonable detail the number of units sold during the subject calendar quarter.

1.4 Labeling. To the extent that it is commercially practicable, Licensee shall affix the relevant year and copyright notice on all Licensed Goods manufactured, distributed or sold by it under the License granted hereunder.

1.5 Acknowledgment. Licensee acknowledges Licensor’s exclusive right, title, and interest in and to the copyrights embodied in the Images, and will not at any time do or cause to be done any act or thing contesting or in any way impairing or tending to impair any part of such right, title, and interest. Licensee shall not in any manner represent that it has any ownership in the copyrights, and Licensee acknowledges that licensed use of the copyrights shall not create any additional right, title or interest in Licensee.

ARTICLE 2— TERMINATION FOR BREACH

2.1 Termination for Breach. This License shall terminate, without further notice, if Licensee exceeds the maximum number of units of Licensed Goods permitted hereunder. In the event of such termination, all provisions of this Agreement shall survive termination (other than provisions permitting ongoing copying, sale, distribution or use).

ARTICLE 3— WARRANTY; INDEMNIFICATION; INFRINGEMENT

3.1 Warranty. Licensor represents and warrants to Licensee that: (a) Licensor is the author of the Images and that it owns all right, title and interest in and to the copyrights embodied therein; (b) Licensor has the right, power and authority to grant the License herein to Licensee; (c) the Images do not violate the intellectual property rights of any other person; and (d) to the best of Licensor’s knowledge, Licensee’s manufacture, sale and distribution of the Licensed Goods will not violate the intellectual property rights of any other person.

3.2 Indemnification by Licensee. Licensee shall indemnify, defend and hold Licensor and its officers, director, employees and agents harmless from and against any and all third-party claims, suits, loss and damage arising out of or in connection with Licensee’s manufacture, sale and distribution of the Licensed Goods, other than claims or suits of copyright infringement, trade dress infringement, trademark infringement or other infringement, or unfair competition.

3.3 Infringement Notification and Enforcement.

(a) Licensee shall notify Licensor in writing within fifteen (15) days after becoming aware of any infringement or imitation of the licensed copyrights by any third party.

(b) Licensor shall have the primary right to determine whether or not any action will be taken on account of any copyright infringement or imitation. If Licensor chooses to pursue any action in this regard, Licensor shall have the right to employ counsel of its own choice and direct the handling of the litigation and any settlement. If Licensor so desires, it may commence or prosecute any claims or suits in its own name or join Licensee as a party, all at Licensor’s expense. If Licensor proceeds in this fashion at Licensor’s expense, Licensor shall be entitled to receive and retain all amounts awarded as damages, profits, or otherwise.

(c) If, for whatever reason, Licensor chooses not to pursue an action on account of copyright infringement or imitation, Licensee shall have the right to commence or prosecute any claims or suits in its own name or join Licensor as a party, all at Licensee’s expense. If Licensee chooses to pursue any action in this regard, Licensee shall have the right to employ counsel of its own choice and direct the handling of the litigation and any settlement. If Licensee proceeds in this fashion at Licensee’s expense, Licensee shall be entitled to receive and retain all amounts awarded as damages, profits, or otherwise.

ARTICLE 4— MISCELLANEOUS

4.1 Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement and the other agreements contemplated by this Agreement supersede all prior negotiations, agreements and understandings between the Parties as to their subject matter, constitute the entire agreement between the Parties as to their subject matter, and may not be altered or amended except in a writing signed by the Parties.

4.2 Waiver. The failure of either Party at any time or times to require performance of any provision of this Agreement will in no manner affect the right to enforce the same; and no waiver by either Party of any provision (or of a breach of any provision) of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances will be deemed or construed either as a further or continuing waiver of any such provision or breach or as a waiver of any other provision (or of a breach of any other provision) of this Agreement.

4.3 Severability. Any determination by any court of competent jurisdiction of the invalidity of any provision of this Agreement that is not essential for accomplishing its purposes will not affect the validity of any other provision of this Agreement, which will remain in full force and effect and which will be construed in such a manner as will be valid under applicable law.

4.4 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue. This Agreement is governed by, and will be construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the United States and the State of Florida, except the laws of such jurisdictions that would render such choice of laws ineffective. Any and all disputes or controversies related in any way to the interpretation, operation or breach of this Agreement, or to the License, shall be adjudicated exclusively in the courts of the State of Louisiana (or the counties thereof) sitting in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana  or (to the extent jurisdictional requirements are satisfied) to the courts of the United States sitting in the State of Louisiana . The parties hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and proper venue of these courts.

4.5 Successors and Assigns; Binding Effect. No assignment or transfer by a Party of its rights and obligations under this Agreement will be made except with the prior written consent of the other Party; provided, however, that either Party may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any purchaser of substantially all the assets or business of such Party. This Agreement is binding upon the Parties and their respective successors and assigns, and inures to the benefit of the Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

4.6 Notice. All communications, notifications, requests, statements, reports, and payments required or permitted to be given under this Agreement to Licensor shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be properly given if (a) hand delivered, or (b) sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, in either case to the Party entitled to receive such notice at the address set forth below (or such address as a Party may notify the other in writing), to:

BlingSpirations By GiGi, LLC

5165 Winding Glen Drive

Lithonia, GA 30038

The date of the notice shall be the date of hand delivery or, if sent by certified or registered mail, the date shown on the postmark.

4.7 Remedies Cumulative; Attorneys’ Fees. The remedies of a Party provided in this Agreement are cumulative and do not exclude any other remedies to which either Party may be lawfully entitled under this Agreement or applicable law, and the exercise of a remedy will not be deemed an election excluding any other remedy (any such claim by the other Party being hereby waived). If any proceeding (whether at law or in equity) is brought by a Party to enforce this Agreement, the prevailing Party in such proceeding will be entitled to (in addition to any other relief that may be granted) an award of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs actually incurred in such proceeding as determined in such proceeding or in a separate proceeding brought for such purpose.