When you purchase non-fungible tokens (Digital Collectibles) from Certify (Certify, us) or from a Purchasing Store you must agree to the terms and conditions set out in this document (Digital Collectible Terms), which apply to you and any subsequent person to whom you sell the Digital Collectible(s) you purchased from us in the first instance. The terms and conditions set herein are in addition to the terms and conditions, privacy policies and intellectual property policies set by Certify and the Purchasing Store.
Certify are proof of ownership Digital Collectibles. Digital Collectibles have been compared to paid invoices, receipts, and original signatures on paintings. A Digital Collectible is a unique digital recorded that is stored on a digital ledger called a “blockchain”.
Except as expressly stated in these Digital Collectible Terms, nothing in these Digital Collectible Terms are intended to give you ownership of any Intellectual Property Rights in, or other rights in respect of, any trademarks, business names, logos, trading styles, image frame, QR codes, get-up, processes, methodologies or other intellectual property belonging to us or the respective third-party owner. All ownership of Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Collectibles remains with the creator.
Subject to the licenses expressly granted below, we (or where applicable, our licensors and third-parties) own all rights, title and interest in and to the Creative Materials and all proprietary source code, object code and other technology associated with the Digital Collectibles, and any and all other content and materials available through the Digital Collectibles, any associated application, and all intellectual property rights therein (collectively, “Issuer Intellectual Property”). Issuer Intellectual Property may be used only in connection with the Digital Collectibles, for personal, non-commercial purposes, as expressly permitted in these Digital Collectible Terms.
These Digital Collectible Terms may be terminated with immediate effect:
Termination of these Terms does not affect the rights of the parties which have accrued prior to termination.
You acknowledge and agree that:
We represent and warrant that:-
You warrant and assure us that in acquiring a Digital Collectible (from us or a third party):
You represent and warrant to us that each of the Purchaser Warranties is true and accurate, and not misleading or deceptive as at the date of these Terms and, except as expressly stated, will be true, accurate and not misleading or deceptive each time a Digital Collectibles are provided to you.
You must disclose to us anything that has or will constitute a material breach of a Purchaser’s Warranty or cause a Purchaser’s Warranty to be untrue or inaccurate, as soon as practicable after you become aware of it.
Each party warrants and assures the other party that:
Where a warranty is given ‘to the best of a party’s knowledge, belief and awareness’, or ‘as far as the party is aware’ or with a similar qualification as to the relevant party’s awareness or knowledge, the party giving the warranty will be deemed to know or be aware of a particular fact, matter or circumstance if that party’s directors or senior management employees are aware of that fact, matter or circumstance, or would have become aware if they had made reasonable enquires as at the date of these Terms.
In the absence of a material breach of these Digital Collectible Terms by us or the gross negligence, fraud or wilful misconduct by us when providing Digital Collectibles to you under these Digital Collectible Terms, we will not be liable to you on account of anything done, omitted or suffered by us acting in good faith when providing Digital Collectibles to you pursuant to these Digital Collectible Terms, including in respect of a Force Majeure Event.
Subject to clause 7.1, we will not be liable for the performance, errors or omissions of unaffiliated, nationally or regionally recognised third parties or decentralised networks such as, by way of example and not limitation, blockchain networks (whether private or public) courier companies, national postal services and other delivery, telecommunications and other companies not under our reasonable control, and third parties not under our reasonable control providing services to the blockchain industry generally, such as, by way of example and not limitation, companies and other entities providing processing and payment or transaction services (including “Layer 2” services), banking partners, custody services, market making services and/or third party pricing services and decentralised blockchain networks such as, by way of example and not limitation, the blockchain(s) upon which any Digital Collectible depends or forks of those blockchain(s).
Neither party to these Digital Collectible Terms will be liable to the other for any Claim, howsoever arising, for loss of profits, loss of opportunity, loss of expectation, loss of chance, or in the nature of an indirect or consequential loss.
You agree that our liability to you arising in respect of any matters in connection with these Digital Collectible Terms are limited to the greater of:
Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that a Disclosing Party may have, the Receiving Party acknowledges that damages alone would not be an adequate remedy for any breach or threatened breach by the Receiving Party of this clause 8 and accordingly, the Disclosing Party shall be entitled without proof of special damage to the remedies of injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of this clause.
A party must not begin legal proceedings in connection with a dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms unless the steps in this clause 14 have been followed. However, this limitation does not apply:
If a dispute arises out of or in connection with these Terms (including the validity, breach or termination of it), a party may notify the other party to the dispute. The notice must specify the dispute and indicate that the notifying party wants the dispute to be referred to mediation.
the President of the Law Society of Queensland or the President’s nominee, acting on the request of any party.
If the dispute is not resolved within 1 month after the appointment of the mediator, any party may take legal proceedings to resolve the dispute.
Each party must keep confidential, all information relating to the subject matter of a dispute as disclosed during or for the purposes of dispute resolution under this clause14, unless that party is compelled by an regulatory or government authority, court or tribunal to disclose that information.
These Terms are governed by the laws of Queensland and Australia. The parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Queensland and the Queensland division of the Federal Court of Queensland and the courts of appeal from them.
We reserve the right to amend these Digital Collectible Terms from time to time. Amendments will be effective as soon as such changes are notified to you in writing from time to time. Where there is inconsistency between these Digital Collectible Terms and other content displayed as part of the Certify Platform concerning the sale of Digital Collectibles, the content of these Digital Collectible Terms will prevail to the extent of any inconsistency
We will not be liable for any delay or failure to perform our obligations under these Digital Collectible Terms if such delay is due to any circumstances beyond our reasonable control (including but not limited to epidemics, pandemics, blockchain congestion or attacks, Government sanctions or orders, whether known or unknown at the time the parties enter into these Digital Collectible Terms) (Force Majeure Event).
A provision of these Digital Collectible Terms or a right created under it may not be waived except in writing signed by the party granting the waiver.
A party may exercise a right at its discretion and separately or together with another right. If a party exercises a single right or only partially exercises a right, then that party may still exercise that right or any other right later. If a party fails to exercise a right or delays in exercising a right, then that party may still exercise that right later.
The rights and remedies provided in these Digital Collectible Terms are cumulative with and not exclusive of the rights and remedies provided by law independently of these Digital Collectible Terms.
The rights and obligations of the parties (including under the warranties) will not merge on completion of any transaction under these Digital Collectible Terms. They will survive the execution and delivery of any assignment or other document entered into for the purpose of implementing any transaction.
If any provision of these Digital Collectible Terms are void, voidable, unenforceable, illegal, prohibited or otherwise invalid in a jurisdiction, in that jurisdiction the provision must be read down to the extent it can be to save it but if it cannot be saved by reading it down, words must be severed from the provision to the extent they can be to save it but if that also fails to save it the whole provision must be severed. That will not invalidate the remaining provisions of these Digital Collectible Terms nor affect the validity or enforceability of that provision in any other jurisdiction where it is not invalid.
Each party must, at its own expense, do everything reasonably necessary to give effect to these Digital Collectibles Terms and the transactions contemplated by it, including but not limited to the execution of documents.
Nothing in these Digital Collectible Terms constitutes the parties as partners or agents of the other and no party has any authority to bind the other legally or equitably save as expressly stated in these Digital Collectible Terms.
In these Digital Collectible Terms, a reference to the awareness or knowledge by you is a reference to the actual knowledge, information and belief you have as at the date of any transaction taking place pursuant to these Digital Collectible Terms.
Each party must pay its own fees, costs and expenses incurred by it incident to or in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and completion of these Digital Collectible Terms and the transactions contemplated by these Digital Collectible Terms including without limitation its own legal, accounting and corporate advisory fees.
In these Digital Collectible Terms:
Business Day means any day except a Saturday or a Sunday or other public holiday in Queensland;
Claim includes a claim, notice, demand, action, proceeding, litigation, investigation, however arising whether present, unascertained, immediate, future or contingent, whether based in contract, tort or statute and whether involving a third party or a party to these Terms and where and to the extent the context permits, includes all associated Loss;
Confidential Information means:
but not:
Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth);
DIGITAL Currency means a cryptographically secured virtual currency or virtual asset which we identify as an acceptable means of payment or transacting with us;
DIGITAL Wallet means the applicable location, wallet, address, account or storage device designated by you for the delivery of the Digital Collectibles provided by us;
Purchase Price means the amount advertised for the purchase (or pre-purchase) of any Digital Collectible or bundle containing a Digital Collectible, which may be denominated in a DIGITAL or Fiat Currency;
Purchasing Store means the online or physical shopfront that you initiated the Digital Collectible purchase from.
Sales Tax means any form of value added tax including GST as defined in section 195-1 of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth) or other similar sales tax;
Insolvency Event means the happening of any of the following events in relation to a body corporate:
Intellectual Property Rights means all present and future intellectual and industrial property rights conferred by statute, at common law or in equity and wherever existing, including:
Loss includes and loss, damage, cost, charge, liability or expense (including legal costs and expenses);
Own means, with respect to a Digital Collectible, any Digital Collectible we have issued where proof of ownership is recorded on a blockchain system and you control the private key associated with a DIGITAL Wallet to which the Digital Collectible is associated or located;
Personnel means any employee, contractor, subcontractor, agent, partner, shareholder, ultimate beneficial owner, director or officer of a party;
Your Jurisdiction means the country or state where you are ordinarily resident or from which you enter into any agreement with us; and
Your Warranties means the warranties set out in clause 5.1.