JNF-USA INTERNET AFFILIATE PROGRAM AGREEMENT

INTERNET AFFILIATE PROGRAM AGREEMENT
This Internet Referral Program Agreement ("Agreement") contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to your participation in the JNF.org ("Affiliate Program") and the establishment of links from your website to JNF-USA'S website, shop.jnf.org. You may also be referred to herein as "PARTICIPANT", "You" or "Party". JNF-USA is referred to herein as “JNF.”

1. THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM:
(a) As a PARTICIPANT, JNF will make available to You a variety of graphic and textual links (each of these links sometimes being referred to herein as "Links" or, individually, as a "Link"), which, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, You may display as often and in as many areas of Your Website as You desire. The Links will serve to identify Your Website as a PARTICIPANT of JNF-USA’S Affiliate Program and will establish a link from Your Website to shop.jnf.org. You agree that You will display on Your Website only those graphic or textual images (indicating a Link) that are provided to You by jnf.org.

(b) To commence the process of enrolling as a PARTICIPANT in the Affiliate Program, you will submit an Enrollment Application via Our Website or as otherwise authorized by JNF.org. JNF will evaluate Your application and notify You of Your acceptance or rejection, which determination shall be at our sole discretion.

2. TERM:
(a) This Agreement is conditioned upon and will become effective on Our acceptance of Your Enrollment Application and Your acceptance of the terms of this Agreement. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause by giving the other party notice of termination. The first twelve months following the date this Agreement becomes effective and every twelve months thereafter that this Agreement remains in full force and effect are each a "Term Year". (b) PARTICIPANT is only eligible to earn commissions on sales which are completed during the Term of this Agreement.

3. COMMISSIONS: (a) a 20% commission on all tree certificates purchased from the JNF Store when accessed through a Link to be provided to you by JNF and posted on Your Website. (b) JNF-USA will pay You or cause You to be paid, on a quarterly cycle should Your commissions reach $100 or more in accordance with the above-mentioned commission structure. The check will be for the applicable commission (less any taxes required to be withheld pursuant to applicable law). For any quarter in which Your commissions do not exceed $100, then JNF shall have the option to pay same or to withhold such payment and add such commissions to the next quarter for which You are entitled to receive a commission check.

4. LEGAL COMPLIANCE:
PARTICIPANT shall operate Your Website and render Your services in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to all state and federal privacy laws and PARTICIPANT will be solely responsible for obtaining all required governmental authorizations necessary for PARTICIPANT'S Website and the full performance of Your services as provided for under this Agreement. PARTICIPANT hereby further represents and warrants that:

(a) If a corporation, you are a corporation duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of Your incorporation;

(b) You have full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform Your obligations hereunder.

(c) You have obtained all permits, licenses, and other governmental authorizations and approvals required for Your performance under this Agreement.

(d) the services to be rendered by PARTICIPANT under this Agreement neither infringes nor violates any patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark, or other proprietary right of any third party.

(e) this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by PARTICIPANT and constitutes Your legal, valid, and binding obligation, enforceable against PARTICIPANT in accordance with its terms;

(f) the execution, delivery, and performance by PARTICIPANT of this Agreement, and the consummation by You of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, conflict with or violate

(i) any provision of law, rule or regulation to which You are subject;

(ii) any order, judgment or decree applicable to PARTICIPANT or binding upon its assets or properties;

(iii) any provision of PARTICIPANT'S by-laws or certificate of incorporation, or

(iv) any agreement or other instrument applicable to PARTICIPANT or binding upon Your assets or properties;

(g) PARTICIPANT is the sole and exclusive owner of PARTICIPANT'S Marks, as defined herein, and has the right and power to grant JNF the license to use PARTICIPANT'S Marks in the manner contemplated herein, and such grant does not and will not

(i) breach, conflict with, or constitute a default under any agreement or other instrument applicable to You or binding upon Your assets or properties, or

(ii) infringe upon any trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright, or other proprietary right of any person or entity;

(h) no consent, approval, authorization of, or exemption by, or filing with, any governmental authority or any third parties is required to be obtained or made by You in connection with the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement, or the taking by You of any other action contemplated hereby;

(i) there is not pending, or to the best of PARTICIPANT'S knowledge, any threatened claim, action, or proceeding against PARTICIPANT, or any affiliate of Yours, with respect to the execution, delivery or consummation of this Agreement, or with respect to Your Marks, and, to the best of Your knowledge, there is no basis for any such claim, action or proceeding; and

(j) Participant shall comply with all applicable state and federal privacy laws and regulations as well as any privacy requirements or policies submitted by JNF from time to time.

5. MAINTENANCE:
(a) PARTICIPANT shall monitor and periodically test the general availability and operation of Your Website. PARTICIPANT represents and warrants that PARTICIPANT'S Website will perform adequately so that customers will be able to shop for JNF's' products including, but not limited to tree certificates, water certificates, greeting cards, Be Inscribed certificates, Golden Book certificates, Wall of Eternal Life, Sderot Tulips, and other Judaica offered in the JNF store from time to time (“Products”). Products do not include any kind of monetary or straight donation, EZ-Tree® purchase, JNF “Logo Products” available through a separately linked store, events or travel purchase.

(b) PARTICIPANT is solely responsible for the development, operation and maintenance of its Website and for all materials and content that appear on PARTICIPANT'S Website. Such responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the technical operation of PARTICIPANT'S JNF Website and all related equipment; the accuracy and propriety of all materials and content posted on PARTICIPANT'S site; and ensuring that materials and content posted on Your Website will not

(i) violate any laws, rules or regulations;

(ii) violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party including, without limitation; copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or right of publicity or privacy;

(iii) be lewd, pornographic, sexually explicit, or obscene;

(iv) violate any laws regarding unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising;

(v) promote violence or contain hate speech;

(vi) contain viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other similar harmful or deleterious program routines;

(vii) be libelous, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, derogatory or otherwise illegal or objectionable to JNF; and

(viii) PARTICIPANT'S JNF Site will not be a homepage, or a personal website created through free webspace offered by third parties.

c) JNF disclaims all liability for all matters set forth in Section 5(b) on or in connection with PARTICIPANT'S Website. Further, PARTICIPANT will indemnify and hold JNF its parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates and their respective officers, directors, shareholders and employees free and harmless against and from all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) relating to the development, operation, maintenance, and contents of PARTICIPANT'S Website.

(d) JNF reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to monitor PARTICIPANT'S Website, at any time and from time to time, to ascertain whether PARTICIPANT is in compliance with the terms of this Agreement.

6. FULFILLMENT:
JNF will fulfill all fully paid orders for Products in accordance with JNF's customary business practices. JNF shall be solely responsible for fulfilling all orders placed by a customer as a direct result of the Links

7. PROMOTION:
All promotional activities that You wish to engage in which involve the use of the JNF marks requires that You obtain written consent of JNF prior to their distribution or publication and no written material that makes reference to JNF shall be used without first submitting such material to JNF and receiving written consent thereto.

8. LICENSES:
(a) JNF grants to PARTICIPANT a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, revocable license to

(i) access the JNF.org Website through the Links solely in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and

(ii) solely in connection with such Links, to use JNF's logos, trade name, trademarks, service marks whether registered or at common law and similar identifying material relating to JNF (collectively the "JNF Marks"), for the sole purpose of selling Products on Your Website for JNF (but only in the form(s) as they appear on JNF's JNFb Site).

PARTICIPANT may not alter, modify, amend, or change the JNF Marks in any way. You are only entitled to use the JNF Marks to the extent that this Agreement remains in full force and effect. The use of any such Marks requires the prior written approval of JNF in all instances.

(b) PARTICIPANT shall not make any specific use of any JNF Marks for purposes other than selling Products on PARTICIPANT'S Website for JNF, without first submitting a sample of such proposed use to JNF and obtaining the prior written consent of JNF. PARTICIPANT agrees not to use the JNF Marks in any manner that is disparaging or otherwise portrays JNF, its policies, officers or employees in a negative light. JNF reserves all of its rights in JNF Marks and all of their other proprietary rights. No right, property, license, or interest in any Marks is intended to be given to or acquired by PARTICIPANT by the execution or the performance of this Agreement. JNF may revoke this license at any time, by giving You written notice.

(c) All intellectual and proprietary property and information supplied or developed by JNF shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of JNF. Upon termination of this Agreement, PARTICIPANT shall return to JNF any and all such property and information it received from JNF and immediately cease use of the JNF Marks and remove all links to shop.jnf.org. PARTICIPANT agrees not to contest or challenge the JNF Marks or assist a third party to challenge the JNF Marks or to use any confusingly similar marks.

(d) PARTICIPANT shall include a notice on its website indicating that the JNF Marks are trademarks of JNF and are used under license.

(e) PARTICIPANT grants to JNF a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license to access the PARTICIPANT Website through the Links; and (ii) use PARTICIPANT'S trade name, titles, logos, trademarks, service marks, products and similar identifying material relating to PARTICIPANT (the "PARTICIPANT'S Marks"), to advertise, market, promote and publicize in any manner this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereunder or JNF's rights hereunder; provided, however, that JNF shall not be required to advertise, market, promote or publicize, in any manner, this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereunder, or PARTICIPANT'S Marks.

9. CONFIDENTIALITY:
Pursuant to this Agreement, the Parties may disclose to one another certain information ("Information") which is considered by the disclosing party to be proprietary or confidential information, including, without limitation, the term of this Agreement, business, marketing and financial information, customer and vendor lists, and pricing and sales information. All such Information shall remain the sole property of the disclosing party, and its confidentiality shall be maintained and protected by the receiving party with the same degree of care as the receiving party uses for its own confidential and proprietary Information and the receiving party shall not disclose such Information to any third party without the consent of the disclosing party. The restrictions on the use or disclosure of any Information shall not apply to any Information: (i) after it has become generally available to the public without breach of this Agreement by the receiving party; (ii) is independently developed by receiving party; (iii) is rightfully in the receiving party's possession prior to disclosure of it by the disclosing party; (iv) is rightfully received by receiving party from a third party without a duty of confidentiality; or (v) is disclosed under operation of law or pursuant to legal or regulatory process.

10. LIABILITY:
JNF shall not have any liability hereunder for any indirect, special punitive or consequential damages including, without limitation, loss of profit or business opportunities, whether or not JNF knew or should have known that such damage might be incurred. Furthermore, JNF’s aggregate liability arising with respect to this agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder whether in contract, tort or any other theory of recovery shall not exceed the total commissions paid or payable to participant under this agreement.

11. INDEMNIFICATION:
PARTICIPANT agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless JNF, its parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns and their respective officers, directors, shareholders and employees, from and against any and all losses, liabilities, damages, actions, claims, expenses and costs including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, which result or arise from or are based on

(i) the negligence of PARTICIPANT, its agents, servants and/or employees.

(ii) PARTICIPANT'S breach of this Agreement or any of the terms hereunder.

(iii) any misrepresentation of a representation or warranty, or breach of a covenant or agreement made by PARTICIPANT herein, or in the Affiliate Registration.

(iv) any claim that JNF's use of PARTICIPANT'S Marks infringe on any trademark, trade name, service mark, copyright, license, intellectual property, or other proprietary right of any third party; or

(v) any claim related to PARTICIPANT'S Website, including, without limitation, content therein not contributed directly by JNF.

12. INDEPENDENT PARTIES:
Nothing contained herein shall imply any partnership, joint venture, or agency relationship between the Parties and neither Party shall have the power to obligate or bind the other in any manner whatsoever, except to the extent herein specifically provided.

13. BINDING EFFECT; BENEFIT:
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any person or entity other than the Parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.

14. SEVERABILITY:
If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void, or unenforceable, all other provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected and shall remain in full force and effect.

15. NOTICES:
Any notices required or permitted under this Agreement shall be sent electronically to You at Your Website, or to JNF at communications@jnf.org and shall be deemed duly made and received when sent.

16. FORCE MAJEURE:
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, JNF shall not be liable for any breach of this Agreement or for any delay or failure of performance resulting from any cause beyond such Party's reasonable control, including without limitation, the weather, strikes or labor disputes, war, terrorist acts, riots or civil disturbances, government regulations, acts of civil or military authorities, or acts of God.

17. ENTIRE AGREEMENT:
This Agreement constitutes (a) the binding agreement between the Parties; (b) represents the entire agreement between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements; and (c) may not be modified or amended except in writing signed the Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, JNF may modify and change any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at any time in its sole discretion. PARTICIPANT will be notified by e-mail of any modifications or changes to the terms of this Agreement. Modifications and changes may include, without limitation, changes in the scope of available commission fees and payment procedures. If any modification or change is unacceptable to PARTICIPANT, PARTICIPANT'S only recourse is to terminate this Agreement. Your continued participation in the Program following the sending of the above E-mail, or a new agreement, will constitute binding acceptance of the modification or change.

18. GOVERNING LAW:
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

19. ARBITRATION; VENUE:
Each Party hereby agrees to submit to binding arbitration in New York, New York, all disputes or controversies arising out of or in conjunction with this Agreement in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) then in effect and judgment upon the award shall be final and unappealable and may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Nothing contained herein shall, however, be construed to limit or preclude JNF from bringing any action in any court of competent jurisdiction for injunctive or other provisional relief as JNF may deem to be necessary or appropriate against conduct or threatened conduct by PARTICIPANT. Venue for purposes of any action brought in connection with or arising out of this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to be in the State of New York, City of New York and the Parties hereby irrevocably consent to jurisdiction in the New York State courts and the U.S. Federal courts in said state and county.

20. INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION:
Participant acknowledges that it has read this Agreement and agrees to all of its terms and conditions. You understand that JNF may at any time, directly or indirectly, solicit customer referrals and enter into similar agreements on terms that may be the same, similar or different from those contained in this Agreement or enter into an Agreement with competitors of Participant, or may operate Websites that are similar to or complete with participant’s Website. Participant has independently evaluated the desirability of participating in the transactions contemplated hereunder and it is not relying on any representation, guarantee, or statement other than as specifically set forth in this Agreement.

21. NO GUARANTEE:
JNF makes no express or implied warranties or representations with reference to the transaction and services contemplated hereunder including, without limitation, warranties of fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, non-infringement, or any implied warranties arising out of performance dealing, or trade usage. In addition, JNF makes no express or implied warranties or representations with reference to the transactions and services contemplated hereunder including, without limitation, warranties or fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, non-infringement, or any implied warranties arising out of performance, dealing, or trade usage. In addition, JNF makes no representation that the operation of JNF’s Website will be uninterrupted or error-free, and JNF will not be liable for any consequences whatsoever of any interruptions or errors. Furthermore, JNF makes no representation, warranty or guarantee as to the amount of commissions to be paid to participant hereunder, or as to any asset or profitability, if any or other benefit participant may derive hereunder, if any.

22. SURVIVAL:
Sections 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 18, 19, 20 and 21 of this Agreement shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

By completing the form here I agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and represent and warrant that I have authority to act on behalf of PARTICIPANT.

For questions about the registration form or the program, please contact Eli Taylor at 847-656-8880 or etaylor@jnf.org.