IMPORTANT

 

PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY CLICKING THE "I ACCEPT" BUTTON, YOU INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRAPHISOFT DOCUMENTATION LICENSE AGREEMENT ("Agreement") INCLUDING THE LIMITED WARRANTY, PERSONAL DATA HANDLING AND DISCLAIMERS FOR YOURSELF, YOUR EMPLOYER (IF ANY) AND ANY AUTHORIZED USERS WHETHER OR NOT EACH SUCH AUTHORIZED USER INDICATES THEIR INDIVIDUAL ACCEPTANCE.

 

IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, PROMPTLY DELETE ALL INSTALLER FILES AND ADHERE TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE "TERMINATION" SECTION HEREIN.

 

GRAPHISOFT DOCUMENTATION LICENSE AGREEMENT

 

1. LICENSE

Graphisoft SE Private European Company Limited by Shares, Záhony utca 7. Budapest H-1031 Hungary https://www.graphisoft.com ("Graphisoft") licenses the help documentation relating to the Archicad software ("Software") to You, an individual or as the representative of and on behalf of Your employer (collectively referred to as "You") only upon the condition that You accept all of the terms contained in this Documentation License Agreement ("Agreement").

By accepting the terms of this Documentation License Agreement, You expressly declare and confirm that You have the full power and capacity to represent Yourself, Your employer and/or the entity on behalf of which You are acting (if any). Should this declaration prove to be false, You shall be responsible and liable in person for all obligations under the Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, limited license for You to use the enclosed Documentation together with the upgrades, updates, new versions and fixes provided to You by Graphisoft (together referred to as the "Documentation") for the Permitted Use only.

"Permitted Use" means the Use of the Documentation to supporting the use of the Software. The Documentation is licensed, not sold, to You for Your own use under the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

The Documentation is owned by Graphisoft and protected by all applicable copyright laws. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, Graphisoft reserves all rights to the Documentation not expressly granted hereunder and to any reproduction of the Documentation including its documentation, logos, trademarks, icons and interface in whole or in part. If You copy or use all or any portion of the Documentation without entering into this Agreement or obtaining the prior written permission of Graphisoft or in non-compliance with any of the terms of this Agreement, You are violating copyright or other intellectual property law, and You may be liable to Graphisoft and its licensors in particular for damages, and You may be subject to criminal penalties.

 

2. INFORMATION AND CONSENT TO USE OF PERSONAL DATA

  • * Pursuant to the applicable law in force concerning the protection of personal data, by entering into this Agreement You accept that Your personal data (including those provided in connection with the conclusion and performance of this Agreement) will be collected and processed by Graphisoft for the purpose related to the performance and execution of this Agreement, including without limitation the fulfillment of Your obligations and the exercise of Graphisoft's rights, such as those related to Graphisoft's intellectual property rights and Your lawful use of the Documentation. The Legal base of the data processing: if You are a natural person the performance of the contract under point b. of Article 6(1) GDPR; if You are an entity the legitimate interest of Graphisoft under point f. of Article 6(1) GDPR.
  • * You expressly acknowledge that Your personal data processed under this Agreement will be processed, either manually or with the help of electronic or automated means, in such a way as to minimize, by means of suitable security measures, the risk of unauthorized access or disclosure of Your data. Your personal data will be processed during the term of this Agreement in relation to its purposes, also in order to prevent unlicensed use of the Software. For the above purposes Your personal data can be disclosed to third parties (service providers, consultants, collaborators, a list of which is available from within the Privacy Policy), either to other EEA or third countries, pursuant to the scope of this Agreement and any applicable law. In the event of any data transfers to third countries, Graphisoft always uses suitable safeguards (such as the standard contractual clauses adopted by the European Commission, the EU-US Privacy Shield and similar instruments) to ensure the adequate protection of personal data. Graphisoft reserves the right to disclose Your personal data to the competent legal authority if required to do so to enforce or defend its rights or legitimate interests before civil and criminal courts, regulatory bodies, or to execute an order of the competent judicial or regulatory authority. As End User of the Product, You have the right to access the personal data processed by Graphisoft, to obtain the updating or rectification of such data. You also have the right to obtain the erasure of any personal data if, for instance, such data have either been processed unlawfully or are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed. In certain cases, such as when the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of your data, you have the right to obtain from Graphisoft the restriction of processing. You also have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you provided to Graphisoft, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller. If you consider that the processing of your personal data by Graphisoft infringed the GDPR, please contact us first at privacy@graphisoft.com ; Graphisoft SE Business Compliance Manager; Záhony utca 7. Budapest, H-1031 Hungary so we can remedy the issue. Of course, in such cases you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Hungarian Data Protection and Freedom of Information Authority ( http://naih.hu/general-information.html ) or another data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement.

* If applicable, You ensure and warrant to us that Your employee has been duly informed of the collection, processing, transfer and usage of his/her personal information by Graphisoft as per the above, and shall indemnify and hold Graphisoft harmless from and against any related third party claims.

* The detailed rules regarding the various rights and obligations related to Graphisoft's data collection, use, transfer, handling, processing, including your subject access rights and rights to legal redress, are set forth in the Privacy Policy constituting an inseparable part of this Agreement available at https://graphisoft.com/legal/privacy-policy .

 

3. LICENSE PARAMETERS

The license granted by this Agreement is subject to the License Parameters defined hereinafter:

* The Documentation consists of a computer program downloadable from a website.

 

4. RESTRICTIONS

* You are expressly prohibited from using the Documentation for any other purposes not defined in the "Permitted Use" above, decompiling, disassembling, reverse engineering, or reducing the Documentation for any purpose whatsoever.

* You are expressly prohibited from adapting, modifying, translating or creating any derivative works based in whole or in part on the Documentation, and from merging the Documentation into any other software, documentation.

* You may not copy any written materials accompanying the Documentation.

* You are expressly prohibited from dividing the Documentation and reselling part(s) of it.

* You may use all elements of the Documentation as integral components thereof exclusively for the purposes of performing the Documentation's functionalities set forth by Graphisoft.

In case of infringement of any provisions of this chapter, you expressly acknowledge that it constitutes material breach of this Agreement giving the right to Graphisoft to immediately terminate this Agreement, and Graphisoft will take the necessary measures in order that the infringement be terminated and to enforce your compliance with the above provisions. In addition, Graphisoft shall be entitled to enforce payment for its damages as well as other rights and claims under the governing laws in force resulting from your breach of this Agreement.

* You may not transfer the Documentation to any other computer or person. You are expressly prohibited from distributing, providing access to or commercializing the Documentation or any of its components either alone or as part of another product or service. Any attempt to do so will be void and may also disable Your continued use of the Documentation.

* You may not sell, loan, distribute, cede, sublicense, rent or lease or otherwise transfer or assign the right to use the Documentation, nor transfer or provide access to it by network for commercial use, either in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Graphisoft.

 

5. AUDIT

You hereby agree that - in addition to any other license compliance checking set forth in this Agreement or elsewhere - Graphisoft has the right to visit You at the premises where You use the Documentation upon 7 (seven) days prior written notice in order to check Your records, systems, facilities to verify that Your use of the Documentation is fully in line with the provisions of this Agreement and with the applicable rules of law. Graphisoft may also appoint a third party to exercise its audit rights. You hereby agree to fully cooperate with Graphisoft in order to successfully perform this verification among others by providing Graphisoft with all requested information and documents.

 

6. TERMINATION

* Graphisoft may terminate this Agreement with immediate effect without notice following breach of any part of the Agreement. The actual or attempted violation of any of the provisions of the LICENSE PARAMETERS or RESTRICTIONS, as set out above, shall be a material breach of this Agreement giving the right to Graphisoft to terminate this Agreement with immediate effect.

* Upon termination by Graphisoft You are obliged to compensate Graphisoft for its damages and expenses occurring in connection with the breach of this Agreement and Graphisoft shall be entitled to enforce other rights and claims under the governing laws in force.

* In case of termination for any reason, under no circumstances will Graphisoft be liable for reimbursing the price of the Documentation (if any) or for any other damages.

* This Agreement remains in effect until it is terminated.

* You may terminate this Agreement by destroying the Documentation and all copies of it.

 

7. LIMITED WARRANTY

* No advice or information given by Graphisoft employees, its Partners, resellers, agents, or consultants shall constitute a warranty by Graphisoft or extend the warranty in this Agreement. This Agreement and the warranty provided herein may only be modified by a written amendment signed by a duly authorized executive officer of Graphisoft.

* In no event shall Graphisoft be liable for any loss or damages whatsoever, including but not limited to loss of data, damages for lost income, business interruption, loss of business information, or other special, incidental, consequential, exemplary, multiple, or indirect damages or other pecuniary loss, arising from the use or misuse of the Documentation, or otherwise under this Agreement, even if Graphisoft or its employees, resellers, or agents have been advised or should have known of the possibility of such damages. In no event will Graphisoft's aggregate liability for any breach of this Agreement, use of the Documentation or otherwise, exceed the amounts actually paid by You to Graphisoft for this copy of the Documentation, except as otherwise required by applicable statutory law.

* You accept and confirm that the free of charge provision of the Documentation and the conditions of this Agreement advantageous to You hereof have been determined in consideration of the above provisions on limited warranty.

* TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY THE RELEVANT RULES OF LAW, TAKING INTO PARTICULAR ACCOUNT THE FREE OF CHARGE PROVISION OF THE DOCUMENTATION TO YOU, THE DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, AS TO ITS CONFORMITY TO OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THAT THE DOCUMENTATION WILL PERFORM UNINTERRUPTED AND WITHOUT ERRORS. GRAPHISOFT DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUALITY, COMPLETENESS, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR PRECISION OF THE DOCUMENTATION'S FUNCTIONS OR COOPERATION WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE/HARDWARE DEVICE.

 

8. TRADE & SANCTIONS

*Both You and Graphisoft shall comply with all economic, trade and financial sanctions laws, regulations, embargoes and/or restrictive measures administered ("Sanctions"), as well as all export and import control laws and regulations ("Trade Controls") enacted or enforced by the government of Hungary, the European Union and any other relevant country;

* You represent and covenant on a continuing basis that - if You are a legal entity - neither You nor Your subsidiaries, affiliates, parties which directly or indirectly own or control you, directors, employees nor Your authorized users are or will be designated on any applicable Sanctions and/or Trade Controls restricted parties list;

* Graphisoft represents and covenants on a continuing basis that neither it nor its subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, nor the parties which directly or indirectly own or control it are or will be designated on any applicable Sanctions and/or Trade Controls restricted parties list;

* Graphisoft Software is licensed on conditions that the license shall not be sub-licensed, transferred, released, exported, provided or used by You (i) for any purpose or any activity which is prohibited or restricted by Sanctions and/or Trade Controls and (ii) to any country or territory subject to jurisdiction wide Sanctions including without limitation at the date of this Agreement North Korea, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Cuba. User is solely liable for any Content in compliance with applicable Sanctions and/or Trade Controls.

 

* Each Party undertakes to immediately notify the other Party in writing if it receives any notice of, or becomes aware of, any violation of this section 8;

* Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, either Party shall have the right to (i) terminate this Agreement immediately if any of the provisions of this section 8 are breached and (ii) seek indemnities from the Party which has breached the relevant provisions for any direct losses incurred.

 

9. GENERAL AND CLOSING CONDITIONS

* This Agreement DOES NOT give You the right to any technical support for, or upgrades to, the Documentation which Graphisoft may offer from time to time. Graphisoft may, at its option and as part of its sales and marketing policy, make such technical support and upgrades available to registered users of the Documentation under terms to be determined from time to time by Graphisoft or its Partners.

* You accept that Graphisoft may unilaterally modify any term of this Agreement with or without notice to You. You agree that Graphisoft shall not be liable to you or anyone else for any negative effect deriving from such modifications.

* This Agreement constitutes the full, complete agreement between You and Graphisoft concerning the Documentation and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, either written or oral. Unless otherwise communicated to You by Graphisoft in writing, the conditions of this Agreement shall apply to the installation and use of additional functions of the Documentation and to the repair of the Documentation's installation.

* If any part or provision of this Agreement is found to be contrary to law by a competent jurisdiction, that part or provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent allowed, and the remaining Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

* The English version of this Agreement will be the governing version used when interpreting or construing this Agreement. Any translations thereof shall exclusively be provided for information purposes without any binding force and in no event shall Graphisoft be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages or damages whatsoever resulting from any incorrect, incomplete translations.

* This Agreement is governed by the laws of Hungary. Any disputes arising from this Agreement, including those disputes relating to the validity, interpretation or termination of the Agreement, shall be exclusively and finally settled by the Permanent Arbitrate Tribunal formed beside the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Budapest, in accordance with its own rules of procedure. The place of jurisdiction shall be in Budapest.

* Unless otherwise provided, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be applicable to the additional functionalities of the Documentation and to the services and content provided to You in relation to the Documentation.

 

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INQUIRIES

 

All inquiries regarding this Agreement should be directed to

Graphisoft SE Private European Company Limited by Shares

 

Záhony utca 7.

H-1031 Budapest, Hungary

Phone: (+36.1) 437-3000

Fax: (+36.1) 437-3099

E-mail: mail@graphisoft.hu

Web: https://www.graphisoft.com

 

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