| JOESNEWBALANCEOUTLET.COM TERMS AND CONDITIONS |
Last Updated: December 19, 2011
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY
New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. and its affiliates (herein referred to as "Joe's New Balance Outlet", "we," "us" or "our")
provides and makes available this website. By using the websites located at "www.joesnewbalanceoutlet.com" and the
pages, features, information, content, applications and services contained therein from time to time (collectively,
the "Service"), you agree to these terms and conditions ("Terms and Conditions" or this "Agreement"), whether you
are a "Visitor" (which means that you simply browse the Service) or you are a "Member" (which means that you have
registered or transacted with the Service or a component thereof). The term "User" refers to a Visitor or a Member.
If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, you should not use the Service. Joe's New Balance Outlet reserves
the right to make changes to the Service and these Terms and Conditions at any time. The changes will take effect
upon their posting on the Service (unless otherwise noted in such changes). Please review these Terms and Conditions
as often as you feel necessary, since your continued viewing of and/or use of the Service will serve as your
confirmation that you agree with and accept any and all changes. If you are a Member and you do not agree with
such changes, your sole remedy is to cancel your registration to the Service and discontinue all use of the
Service. To understand our privacy practices, please review our Privacy Policy, which also
governs your use of the Service.
1. PRODUCT PURCHASE
From time to time, Joe's New Balance Outlet may offer products for sale as part of the Service. Joe's New
Balance Outlet reserves the right to change the descriptions, specifications, and prices of the products
offered on the Service without notice and at any time. Joe's New Balance Outlet does not warrant that such
descriptions, specifications and prices of such products are accurate, complete or current at all times.
Such products may not be available for delivery to your country of residence. Our delivery to you of an
email confirmation following your placement of an order does not constitute our acceptance of such order,
and we reserve the right to reject such order or limit the quantity of products under such order.
2. TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS
Joe's New Balance Outlet, the Joe's New Balance Outlet logo, the New Balance logo, the flying NB logo, N
(design), joesnewbalanceoutlet.com, the joesnewbalanceoutlet.com logo, and other New Balance and joesnewbalanceoutlet.com
trademarks and logos are registered and unregistered trademarks and service marks of Joe's New Balance Outlet
(the "Joe's New Balance Outlet Trademarks"), and the trade dress of Joe's New Balance Outlet's products is
owned by Joe's New Balance Outlet. All other trademarks on the Service are the property of the respective
trademark owners (the "Third-Party Trademarks", and collectively with the Joe's New Balance Outlet Trademarks,
the "Trademarks"). Unauthorized use of these trademarks is prohibited by law. Nothing on this Service or in this
Agreement should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use
any Trademark displayed on this Service without the prior written consent of Joe's New Balance Outlet specific
for each such use. The Trademarks may not be used to disparage Joe's New Balance Outlet or the applicable third
party, Joe's New Balance Outlet's or third party's products or services, or in any manner (using commercially
reasonable judgment) that may damage any goodwill in the Trademarks. Use of any Trademarks as part of a link to
or from any website is prohibited without Joe's New Balance Outlet's prior written consent. All goodwill generated
from the use of any Joe's New Balance Outlet Trademark shall inure to Joe's New Balance Outlet's website. All
designs, Web pages and source code comprising the Service are copyrighted or licensed by Joe's New Balance Outlet.
All rights reserved.
The following list is merely a representative sample of the Third Party Trademarks that may be in use at
any given time on our Service. The use and specifics of these Third Party Marks can and will change without
notice, and thus these Third Party Trademarks may not be currently in use on our Service: 3M® is a registered
trademark of the 3M Company; Dri-Lex® is a registered trademark of Faytex Corporation; ETC® is a registered
trademark of Sheehan Sales Associates; GORE-TEX® and XCR® are registered trademarks of W.L. Gore & Associates,
Inc.; Lycra® and Tactel® are registered trademarks of Invista; Ortholite® is a registered trademark of O2
Partners LLC; Pebax® is a registered trademark of ARKEMA; Plastazote® is a registered trademark of Zotefoams,
PLC; Poliyou® is a registered trademark of Kun Chang Enterprise Co., Ltd and Jones & Vining; Polartec® is a registered
trademark of Malden Mills Industries Inc.; Scotchgard™ is a trademark of 3M Company; Vibram® is a registered trademark
of Vibram S.P.A.; and X-Sole™ is a trademark of Hickory Brands, Inc.
3. RESTRICTIONS ON USE
All content and material on the Service, such as text, graphics, video, audiovisual works, logos, photographs,
icons, images, audio clips and software, are the property of Joe's New Balance Outlet or its licensors and are
protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content and material on the
Service is the exclusive property of Joe's New Balance Outlet and protected by U.S. and international copyright
laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Joe's New Balance Outlet is not responsible for Content (as defined below)
posted, submitted or transmitted by Users of the Service. Content and material from the Service and any other
website owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by Joe's New Balance Outlet may not be copied, except by a
User solely for his or her personal use, and such content and material may not be distributed, republished,
uploaded, posted, or transmitted in any way, without the prior written consent of Joe's New Balance Outlet.
Modification or use of the content or material for any other purpose would violate Joe's New Balance Outlet's
and/or its licensors' intellectual property rights. The content and material on the Service is provided for
lawful purposes only. In the event you download software from the Service, the software, including any files,
images, video or other audiovisual works incorporated in or generated by the software, and data accompanying
the software (collectively, the "Software") are licensed non-exclusively to you by Joe's New Balance Outlet
and/or its licensors. Joe's New Balance Outlet does not transfer title to the Software to you. You may not
redistribute, sell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the Software to a
human-perceivable form. The Software is further subject to United States export controls. No Software may
be downloaded from the Service or otherwise exported or re-exported in violation of United States export
laws. Downloading or using the Software is at your sole risk.
Any other intellectual property embodied in the Service or Joe's New Balance Outlet products, including
without limitation patents, issued or pending, are the sole property of Joe's New Balance Outlet and/or its licensors.
Your access to and use of certain components of the Service as a Member is subject to verification of your
authority to so access and use such components of the Service. You shall hold and secure any username and
password that provides you access to the Service or any particular component thereof as strictly confidential,
and you shall not allow any other person access to or use of such username and password. You are responsible
for any and all activity related to the Service accessed or used via your account. You shall immediately notify
Joe's New Balance Outlet of any unauthorized use of your username and password by sending an email to
CustomerCare@JoesNewBalanceOutlet.com.
Joe's New Balance Outlet may add, delete, remove, modify, disable, suspend or restrict some or all of
the Service at its sole discretion without notice to you, and you acknowledge that: (i) you may no longer
be able to use the Service to the same extent, or at all, as prior to such events, and (ii) Joe's New
Balance Outlet shall have no liability to you or any third party in such case. Joe's New Balance Outlet
shall not be liable in any event for the addition, deletion, removal, modification, disabling, suspension
or restriction of access to or use of any or all of the Service.
Use of and Membership in the Service is void where prohibited. By using the Service as a Member, you
represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you
will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 13 years of age or older; and (d) your use of
the Service does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your Membership may be terminated without
warning, if we believe that you are under 13 years of age.
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Members. Joe's New Balance Outlet reserves the
right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members.
4. POLICY CONCERNING CLAIMS OF INFRINGEMENT
It is the policy of Joe's New Balance Outlet to respond expeditiously upon receiving notice of claimed intellectual
property infringement on the Service. Joe's New Balance Outlet will promptly process and investigate notices of
alleged infringement and will take appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other
applicable intellectual property laws with respect to any alleged or actual infringement.
All notices as to matters of copyright infringement should be sent to our designated agent at the following address:
New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.
Trademark Complaints
Brighton Landing
20 Guest Street
Boston, MA 02135-2088
Notices as to matters of copyright infringement should contain the following information:
a. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner who is allegedly infringed.
b. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
c. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and information reasonably sufficient to permit Joe's New Balance Outlet to locate the material.
d. The address, telephone number or email address of the complaining party.
e. 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.
f. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate, and that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Joe's New Balance Outlet reserves the right to (i) remove any material which it believes may violate the copyright or other rights of any third party and/or (ii) limit access to or from the Service for any user whom Joe's New Balance Outlet believes is violating any such rights of others.
5. SUBMISSIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
You agree that you will not upload or transmit any remarks, suggestions, messages (including without limitation to other
Members) ideas, photographs, graphics, information, data, text, files, links, software, or other materials ("Content") that:
(i) infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party, (ii) are patently
offensive or promote racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual, (iii) harass or
advocate harassment of another person, (iv) exploit people in a sexual or violent manner, (v) contain nudity, violence, or
offensive subject matter or contain a link to an adult website, (vi) solicit personal information from anyone under 18, (vii)
provide any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs or email addresses, (viii) promote information that you
know is false or misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or
libelous, (ix) promote any illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted work, (x) involve the transmission
of "junk mail," "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing, instant messaging, "spimming," or "spamming", (xi) contain
restricted or password only access pages or hidden pages or images, (xii) further or promote any criminal activity or
enterprise or provide instructional information about illegal activities, (xiii) solicit passwords or personally identifiable
information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other Users, (xiv) involve commercial activities and/or sales
without Joe's New Balance Outlet's prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or pyramid
schemes, (xv) imply that Joe's New Balance Outlet endorses any of your statements or positions, (xvi) impose an unreasonable
burden on the Service's server, or (xvii) include a photograph of another person that you have posted without that person's
consent.
By submitting Content to Joe's New Balance Outlet through the Service, you automatically represent and warrant that you
have the right to grant, and do hereby grant, to Joe's New Balance Outlet the worldwide, paid-up, royalty-free, perpetual,
irrevocable, sublicensable, assignable, non-exclusive right and license to (a) use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish,
translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display any such Content (in whole or part) worldwide
and/or to incorporate all or any portion of it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed
for the full term of any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party that may exist
in such Content; and (b) use the Content, including without limitation, the right and license to make, use, sell, offer for
sale, and import any products and/or services which practice or embody, or are configured for use in practicing, all or any
portion of the Content and the right to practice. Under no circumstances will Joe's New Balance Outlet be required to treat
any Content as confidential (subject to the Service's Privacy Policy). Joe's New Balance Outlet will be entitled to use the
Content for any purpose whatsoever (consistent with the Service's Privacy Policy) without compensation to you or any other
person. For the avoidance of doubt, Joe's New Balance Outlet will not be liable to you or any other person for any ideas
for Joe's New Balance Outlet's business (including, without limitation, product designs or ideas) derived from the Content
and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities to the Content that may appear in any future products or
services of Joe's New Balance Outlet.
You acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever Content you submit, and you, not Joe's New Balance Outlet, shall
have full responsibility for the Content, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and non-interference
with third-party rights.
Joe's New Balance Outlet shall have the right to refuse to post or transmit all or any portion of any Content. By way of
example and not in limitation of anything else in this Agreement, Joe's New Balance Outlet shall also have the right, but not
the responsibility, to refuse, remove or edit any Content (in whole or in part).
6. LINKS
The Service may link to other websites which are not maintained by Joe's New Balance Outlet and which are owned and
operated by third parties. You acknowledge that Joe's New Balance Outlet is not responsible for the operation of, or
content located on or through, any third-party websites. The inclusion of a link to such website does not imply endorsement
by Joe's New Balance Outlet and/or the Service. Viewing of any website linked to the Service is at your own risk.
You may not link to any of the websites in the Service other than www.joesnewbalanceoutlet.com from another site
without Joe's New Balance Outlet's written consent. You may not display any of the websites in the Service, or any of
the material on such websites, in frames on or within any other website without Joe's New Balance Outlet's written consent.
7. INDEMNIFICATION
You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Joe's New Balance Outlet and its subsidiaries, divisions
and affiliates and each of their officers, directors, representatives, agents and employees (collectively, the "Indemnitees")
from and against any and all liability, damages and costs (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) incurred by the
Indemnitees in connection with your use of the Service, including without limitation with respect to any claim arising out
of any Content that you submit or breach or alleged breach of any of your obligations set forth herein. Joe's New Balance
Outlet reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject
to indemnification by you and you shall not in any event settle any matter without the written consent of Joe's New Balance
Outlet. You shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any claim.
8. DISCLAIMER
JOE'S NEW BALANCE OUTLET, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS AND AFFILIATES, THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, OR LICENSORS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "JOE'S NEW BALANCE OUTLET PARTIES") DO NOT WARRANT THAT ANY INFORMATION,
CONTENT OR MATERIAL ON THE SERVICE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT OR ERROR-FREE. THE CONTENT OR MATERIAL ON THE
SERVICE MAY INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. THE JOE'S NEW BALANCE OUTLET PARTIES MAY MAKE CHANGES
OR IMPROVEMENTS AT ANY TIME. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING
OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES UNDER ARTICLE 2 OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, THE JOE'S NEW BALANCE OUTLET PARTIES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE JOE'S NEW BALANCE OUTLET PARTIES DO NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING
THE USE OF, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF, THE SERVICE, WHETHER IN TERMS OF CORRECTNESS, COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY,
OR OTHERWISE. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY
NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.
THE JOE'S NEW BALANCE OUTLET PARTIES DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED
OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY CONTENT DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR
OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA
THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOADING OF SUCH CONTENT. YOU (AND NOT THE JOE'S NEW BALANCE OUTLET PARTIES) ASSUME THE ENTIRE
COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE DISCLAIMERS SET FORTH HEREIN APPLY TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION NOW KNOWN OR WHICH
MAY ARISE IN THE FUTURE.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
THE JOE'S NEW BALANCE OUTLET PARTIES WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY THE SERVICE OR ANY
CONTENT ON THE SERVICE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION
OR TRANSMISSION, FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE OR COMPUTER VIRUS. THE JOE'S NEW BALANCE OUTLET PARTIES WILL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT
RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE CONTENT OR MATERIALS ON THE SERVICE EVEN IF THERE IS NEGLIGENCE
BY THE JOE'S NEW BALANCE OUTLET PARTIES OR IF AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE JOE'S NEW BALANCE OUTLET PARTIES HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR BOTH. THE JOE'S NEW BALANCE OUTLET PARTIES WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT MAY
RESULT FROM LINKING TO ANY THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE.
10. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN USERS.
11. TERMINATION
Joe's New Balance Outlet may terminate any rights granted hereunder at any time. You may terminate any obligations
granted hereunder by destroying: (a) all content and material obtained from the Service, and (b) all related documentation
and all copies, printouts, and installations. Joe's New Balance Outlet may prevent your access to the Service or cancel
your Membership immediately without notice if, in its sole judgment, you breach any provision of these Terms and Conditions
or for any other reason (or no reason) whatsoever.
Sections 1 (PRODUCT PURCHASE), 2 (TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS), 3 (RESTRICTIONS ON USE), 4 (POLICY CONCERNING CLAIMS OF
INFRINGEMENT), 5 (SUBMISSIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS), 6 (LINKS), 7 (INDEMNIFICATION), 8 (DISCLAIMER), 9 (LIMITATION OF LIABILITY),
11 (TERMINATION) and 13 (MISCELLANEOUS) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
12. COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS
This Service is based in Boston, Massachusetts. We make no claims concerning whether the Content may be downloaded, viewed,
or be appropriate for use outside of the United States. If you access the Service or the Content from outside the United States,
you do so at your own risk. Whether inside or outside of the United States, you are solely responsible for ensuring compliance
with the laws of your specific jurisdictions.
The United States controls the export of products and information. You expressly agree to comply with such restrictions and
not to export or re-export any of the Content to countries or persons prohibited under the export control laws. By downloading
the Content, you are expressly agreeing that you are not in a country where such export is prohibited or are a person or entity
for which such export is prohibited. You are solely responsible for compliance with the laws of your specific jurisdiction
regarding the import, export, or re-export of the Content.
In compliance with California law (SB 657), Joe's New Balance Outlet: (a) undertakes to verify its product supply chains to
evaluate and address risks of human trafficking and slave labor; (b) conducts various types of independent audits, both announced
and unannounced, of its suppliers to evaluate supplier compliance with Joe's New Balance Outlet standards for trafficking and
slavery in supply chains. Such audits conducted under this program are performed by Joe's New Balance Outlet and third-parties;
(c) requires certification by its direct suppliers that materials used to make its products are from suppliers that comply with
laws regarding slavery and human trafficking in the country or countries in which they are doing business; (d) maintains
internal accountability standards and procedures; and (e) provide company employees and management, who have direct
responsibility for supply chain management, training on human trafficking and slavery, particularly with respect to
mitigation risks within the supply chain of products. For more information on Joe's New Balance Outlet's internal accountability
standards, please contact csr.department@newbalance.com.
13. MISCELLANEOUS
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and us, and supersedes all prior agreements or communications.
If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid by any court, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement. No waiver shall be effective against us unless we make it in writing,
and no such waiver shall be construed as a waiver in any other or subsequent instance. Headings are for convenience only and have
no legal import. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts applicable to contracts entered
into and performed exclusively in Massachusetts. Any court of competent jurisdiction sitting within Suffolk County, Massachusetts
will have exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any dispute arising out of or relating to the Service or this Agreement, and you
hereby waive any argument that any such court does not have jurisdiction over you or such dispute or that venue is not
appropriate or convenient.
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