We, Software Scientific Ltd, have prepared this web site (including all its contents) for the general information only of you (the visitor to or user of this web site). We very much hope you will find the web site interesting, but we ask you to keep in mind the following points:
At Software Scientific, we intend to give you as much control as possible over your personal information. In general, you can visit www.scientific.co.uk without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself unless you wish to receive restricted information, such as the white papers. There are times, however, when we may need information from you, such as your name and address. It is our intent to let you know before we collect information from you on the internet.
If you choose to give us personal information via the internet that we or our business partners may need - to correspond with you, process an order or provide you with a subscription, for example - it is our intent to let you know how we will use such information. If you tell us that you do not wish to have this information used as a basis for further contact with you, we will respect your wishes.
Software Scientific does not want to receive confidential or proprietary information from you through our web site. Please note that any information or material sent to Software Scientific will be deemed NOT to be confidential. By sending us any information or material, you grant Software Scientific an unrestricted, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit, and distribute those materials or information, and you also agree that we are is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send us for any purpose. However, we will not release your name or otherwise publicize the fact that you submitted materials or other information to us unless:
IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) is the life-blood of Software Scientific, so its protection is something we take very seriously.
If you are going to visit Software Scientific, we will be asking you to sign our non-disclosure agreement. So that you have the opportunity to review it before you come, we've put a copy of the NDA on-line. It is a completely reciprocal agreement, so we will owe the same duty of confidentiality to you as you will to us.
Under UK law, unless specifically agreed otherwise, the copyright of any work belongs to the author. Since our IPR is so vital to us, unless we specifically agree otherwise in writing, any IPR generated by ourselves in the course of work for third parties belongs to us.
Important: The following statements do not constitute an offer of contract to you, but merely indicates our intentions regarding ex-gratia payments.
If you introduce Software Scientific to a third party and revenue to Software Scientific results, we will pay you a finder's fee if, in our sole opinion, without your assistance that sale would not have been made. The finder's fee will be:
In addition:
These are the terms and conditions under which Software Scientific ("We", "Us", "Software Scientific" and the "Company") will provide consultancy service to you ("You", the "Customer").
Consultancy fees are as agreed on a case by case basis. Our normal terms are 30 days in arrear, after which We reserve the right to charge interest at 2% above base from the date payment was due, that is, the date of the invoice. If payment is due in advance, payment is due within seven days of the date of invoice, otherwise We reserve the right to charge interest at 2% above base from the date payment was due, that is, the date of the invoice. Service is provided by the Company, not individuals within it. We specifically reserve the right to substitute one individual for another. If you are going to visit Software Scientific, We will be asking you to sign our non-disclosure agreement. All amounts exclude VAT.
All e-mail communication from Software Scientific is subject to the following conditions: The e-mail, its attachments, and all its information and contents (the "Email") is, where appropriate, subject to contract. It does not constitute an offer of contract, is not intended to create a binding relationship between you and us (the author, Software Scientific Ltd, or Aerospace Scientific Ltd), and should not be construed as a representation, warranty, or admission of liability by us. All amounts in the Email exclude VAT unless otherwise stated. If the Email contains software or other IPR, that fact does not of itself grant you a license to use such software or IPR, nor does it transfer any title to that software or IPR. The Email is for the intended addressee only and is confidential to that intended addressee. If either you know or you ought reasonably to conclude that you are not, or may not be, the intended addressee, you are hereby given notice that any unauthorised dissemination, copying, or use of this Email is strictly prohibited and may be illegal. Under such circumstances, please notify us by e-mail and then delete the Email.1. The following provisions set out our entire liability (including any liability for the acts and omissions of its employees agents and sub-contractors) to the Customer in respect of: 1.1. any breach of its contractual obligations arising under this Agreement; and 1.2. any representation statement or tortious act or omission including negligence arising under or in connection with this Agreement. AND THE YOUR ATTENTION IS IN PARTICULAR DRAWN TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CLAUSE 2 Any act or omission on the part of the Company or its employees agents or sub-contractors falling within clause 1 above shall for the purposes of this clause be known as an 'Event of Default'. 3 The Company's liability to the Customer for death or injury resulting from its own or that of its employees' agents' or sub-contractors' negligence shall not be limited. 4 Subject to the limits set out in clause 5.1 below the Company shall accept liability to the Customer in respect of damage to the tangible property of the Customer resulting from the negligence of the Company or its employees agents or sub-contractors. 5 Subject to the provisions of clause 3 above the Company's entire liability in respect of any Event of Default shall be limited to damages of an amount equal to: 5.1 £100,000 in the case of an Event of Default falling within clause 4 above; and 5.2 in the case of any other Event of Default the aggregate of the consultancy fee paid in the immediately preceding period of 6 months. 6 Subject to clause 3 above the Company shall not be liable to the Customer in respect of any Event of Default for loss of profits goodwill or any type of special indirect or consequential loss (including loss or damage suffered by the Customer as a result of an action brought by a third party) even if such loss was reasonably foreseeable or the Company had been advised of the possibility of the Customer incurring the same. 7 If a number of Events of Default give rise substantially to the same loss then they shall be regarded as giving rise to only one claim under this Agreement. 8 The Customer hereby agrees to afford the Company not less than thirty days (following notification thereof by the Customer) in which to remedy any Event of Default hereunder. 9 Except in the case of an Event of Default arising under clause 3 above the Company shall have no liability to the Customer in respect of any Event of Default unless the Customer shall have served notice of the same upon the Company within three months of the date it became aware of the circumstances giving rise to the Event of Default or the date when it ought reasonably to have become so aware. 10 Any notice of an Event of Default served on the Company pursuant to clause 9 above shall be deemed to have been withdrawn unless proceedings in respect thereof have been commenced (being both issued and served) within six months of the date of giving such written particulars. 11 Nothing in this clause shall confer any right or remedy upon the Customer to which it would not otherwise be legally entitled. 12 The price for the Licence is determined on the basis of the exclusions from, and limitations of, liability contained in this Agreement. The Customer expressly agrees that these exclusions and liabilities are reasonable because of (amongst other matters) the likelihood that the amount of damages awardable to the Customer for a breach by the Company of this Agreement may otherwise be disproportionately greater than the price for the Licence. Regarding ownership, unless specifically agreed in writing, there is no transfer of copyright or IP generated by ourselves, which We specifically retain, howsoever generated. Software Scientific only makes legally binding agreements in writing, which must be signed by a director. Formal notices should be sent to our registered office, as notified from time to time. Other communications may be addressed to andrew.lea@scientific.co.uk.