Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Effective as of January 1, 2020

1. Welcome to Sarah Barnard Design LLC
Sarah Barnard Design LLC (“SBD,” “we,” “our,” “us”), operates the website located at the URL www.sarahbarnard.com (together with any other website or applications branded as Sarah Barnard, Sarah Barnard Design, including, without limitation, Sarah Barnard Design and Kale Tree located at the URL www.sarahbarnard.com/shop-kale-tree and www.kaletree.com) (collectively the “Website”).  These Terms of Use constitute an agreement between SBD and you, the visitor, governing your access and use of the Website. Please read these Terms of Use carefully before you start using the Website. THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A MANDATORY INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTION/JURY TRIAL WAIVER PROVISION THAT REQUIRES THE USE OF ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS TO RESOLVE DISPUTES, RATHER THAN JURY TRIALS OR CLASS ACTIONS, AND ALSO LIMITS THE REMEDIES AVAILABLE TO YOU IN THE EVENT OF A DISPUTE.

2. Acceptance of these Terms of Use
WHEN YOU ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE, WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE A REGISTERED USER. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, OR TO ANY CHANGES WE MAY SUBSEQUENTLY MAKE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY STOP ACCESSING THE WEBSITE AND DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY SBD. THESE TERMS OF USE APPLIES TO ALL VISITORS, USERS, VENDORS, CUSTOMERS, MERCHANTS AND OTHERS WHO ACCESS THIS WEBSITE.

Your access to and use of the Website is subject to your continued compliance with these Terms of Use and all applicable laws. Your right to access and use the Website will terminate immediately, without any further action by SBD, if you breach these Terms of Use.

3. Modification and Changes to Terms of Use
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to modify or update these Terms of Use at any time for any reason, with or without prior notice to you, and any such changes to these Terms of Use will supersede and replace any previous Terms of Use effective immediately upon posting to this page. It is your responsibility to periodically review these Terms of Use as posted here for any changes. Your continued use of the Website after the posting of changes to these Terms of Use will constitute your acceptance of such changes. For the avoidance of doubt, you should discontinue using the Website if you do not agree with any changes to these Terms of Use.


4. License to Use the Website
We are pleased to grant you a non-exclusive, revocable, limited license to use the Website solely for your personal and non-commercial use. You may only use the Website in the manner in which the Content (as defined below) you access is intended and in compliance with these Terms of Use and with any and all applicable federal, state, local and international laws, rules and regulations. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, commercially exploit, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any Content, software, products or services contained with the Website without the express written consent of SBD. You may not use the Website or any of its Content to further any commercial purpose, including any advertising or advertising revenue generation active on your own website or in any other form or medium. All rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms of Use are reserved and retained by SBD and/or its Content providers. The licenses granted by SBD terminate if you do not comply with these Terms of Use and/or any other Website terms and conditions.By using the Website, you represent that you are not a person barred from using the Website under the laws, rules and regulations of the United States, your place of residence or any other applicable jurisdiction. No other rights, assignment, licenses or legal relationship of any nature, including, but not limited to, agency, partnership, joint-venture, employer-employee, franchisor-franchisee or otherwise, either express or implied, are created through your use of the Website unless expressly reserved in these Terms of Use.

5. Intellectual Property Rights
The Website and its content, features and functionality, including, without limitation, information, software, text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, compositions, photographs, designs, audio clips, video clips, data compilations and the design, selection and arrangement thereof, are the exclusive property of SBD, our licensors or other content suppliers, and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws, and may not be used or exploited in any way without our prior written consent.

No right, title or interest in or to the Website or any Content is transferred to you and all rights not expressly granted are reserved. Any use of the Website that is not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use may be a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

In addition to the intellectual property rights mentioned above, for purposes of these Terms of Use, “Content” is defined as all information such as the “look and feel” of the Website, data files, graphics, text, photographs, drawings, logos, images, sounds, music and video and audio files on the Website. This includes the design, selection and arrangement of Content. SBD tries to ensure that the Content is original where attributed to us, as well as accurate and complete. Your use of the Website is at your risk. SBD does not warrant that the functional aspects of the Website or the Content will be error free or that the Website, the Content or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. SBD and its suppliers make no warranties about the Content or about results to be obtained from using the Website. You bear the entire risk of the completeness, accuracy or usefulness of any Content found on this Website. SBD reserves the right to withdraw, temporarily or permanently, any Content from the Website at any time and for any reason and such removal may be immediate and without notice. As an express condition to your use of and access to the Website, you acknowledge, agree and confirm that SBD is not liable to you or any third party for any such withdrawal.

Website Content is selected by our editors and is editorial content. We do not accept or take advertising, except where we specifically indicate as such. We do not accept payment from third parties for products or Content to appear on the Website. From time to time some of the Content may be sponsored or third-party content (“Sponsored Content”) and any such Sponsored Content will be clearly marked as such. When you subscribe to receive Content, you agree to receive Sponsored Content. To the extent that we post third party Content, it reflects the personal opinions and views of the third-party authors and does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of SBD and we accept no responsibility for any such third party opinions and views. To the extent that we promote or mention an event or special event(s), it reflects personal activities by SBD and is not a recommendation or affiliation with the sponsor of any such event, unless expressly stated otherwise. SBD disclaims any and all warranties as to any event(s) mentioned or attended or promoted in any manner on the Website.

All contents of the Website including but not limited to text, design, graphics, interfaces, or code are: Copyright 2003 to 2020 by SBD. All rights reserved.

All trademarks, service marks, and trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks and are proprietary to SBD, including Kale Tree and kaletree.com, or other respective owners that have granted SBD license to use such marks.

6. Restrictions
You may not under any circumstances:

  • Copy or print any of the Content, whether licensed by us or otherwise, unless and to the extent it is for your own personal, non-commercial use and you must retain all trademark, copyright and other proprietary notices contained in and on any such Content;

  • Reproduce, download, modify, translate, add to, distribute, transmit, publish, perform, display, disclose, archive, upload, broadcast or sell, sublicense, index or exploit any part of the Website or the content thereon in any medium, either directly or through the use of any device, software, internet site, web-based service or other means, without our prior express written permission;

  • Remove, alter, bypass, avoid, interfere with or circumvent any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices marked on the Content or any digital rights management mechanism, device or other content protection measures either directly or through other means;

  • Mirror, frame, screen scrape or deep link to any aspect of the Website or access any Content through technology or means other than those provided or authorized by us;

  • Access the Website via any automated system, including, without limitation, by “robots,” “spiders,” “offline readers,” etc., or take any action that imposes, or may impose (as determined in our sole discretion), an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;

  • Knowingly or recklessly upload invalid data or introduce viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other malware or software agents, whether harmful or not, to the Website, or tamper with, impair, damage, attack, exploit or penetrate the SBD system or network, or otherwise attempt to interfere with or compromise the system integrity or security of SBD or any connected networks, or take any action to impact the proper operation of the Website and any person’s or entity’s use or enjoyment thereof;

  • Bypass the measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to or use of the Website, including by hacking into secured or non-public areas of the Website, circumventing any geo-blocking mechanisms or otherwise;

  • Use the Website to collect any personally identifiable information, including Account names and e-mail addresses, or use the Website for any commercial solicitation purposes, without our prior express written permission; or

  • Attempt to reverse engineer any aspect of the Website or attempt to derive the source code (including the tools, methods, processes and infrastructure) that enables or underlies the Website, create any derivative works or materials of any kind using the Content, whether or not you intend to give away the derivative materials free of charge, or otherwise build a business utilizing any aspect of the Website.

    7. Privacy and Communications

    PRIVACY
    We respect your privacy. By accessing or using the Website you acknowledge that your information, including personally identifiable information, will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

    CONSENT TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION
    You consent to receive communications from us, whether required by law or otherwise, either by e-mail if you have provided us with your e-mail address, or by notice posted on the Website as determined by us in our sole discretion. You agree that any requirement that a notice, disclosure, agreement or other communication be sent to you by us in writing is satisfied by such electronic communication. We are not responsible for any automatic filtering you or your network provider may apply to communications we send to an e-mail address that you provide to us.

    8. Modification or Suspension of the Website and Right to Terminate Your Use of the Website
    We reserve the right to change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Website at any time and from time to time, in our sole discretion and without notice or liability, including by adding or eliminating certain features or discontinuing the Website entirely. Any description of features on the Website shall not be considered to be a representation by SBD that such features will always be included on the Website. We also reserve the right to terminate or suspend your use of or access to the Website, without notice or liability, for any reason or no reason at our sole discretion. Accordingly, for any reason, and without notice, all or any part of the Website may become unavailable to you at any time and for any period.

    If we suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Website, we are not responsible for providing you with any information or content. You have no recourse with regard to any information that we delete regardless of any value you may ascribe to such information. We expressly disclaim any value you may attribute to any of your information stored on our servers, if any.

    9. Linked Destinations and Advertising
    The Website may contain links to other websites, including, but not limited to, advertisements and other content posted by us or by third-parties (“Linked Sites”). You may also navigate to the Website from links, often provided by us, deployed by third parties in their social media, advertisements and other marketing activities (the locations where these links are placed are also considered Linked Sites). Access to or from Linked Sites is made available by SBD only as a convenience. Such Linked Sites are not owned, operated or controlled by us and if you visit Linked Sites, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms of use and privacy policies of such Linked Sites. Please be careful to read the terms of use and privacy policies of any Linked Sites before you provide any personal or other information to, or engage in any activity on, such Linked Sites. Any terms, conditions, warranties or representations included in the Linked Sites are solely between you and the relevant providers of the Linked Sites. You cannot rely on our Terms of Use and/or our Privacy Policy to govern your use of another website or destination.We do not endorse, and SBD expressly disclaims responsibility and liability for, Linked Sites, including with respect to the content, products and services provided by the Linked Sites. Any interactions you have with Linked Sites are between you and the Linked Sites and you agree that SBD is not liable for any damage or loss you may suffer as a result of any interactions with any such Linked Sites or any claims that you may have against any such Linked Sites.

    10. Disclaimers

    You understand that products offered by SBD may contain materials that could be dangerous if handled improperly, and you acknowledge that SBD is not liable for any personal injury or property damage arising from any misuse of any products offered through the Website. You further acknowledge that products may not be suitable for use by children, and you expressly assume sole liability for providing any individual under the age of 18 with access to any products. You hereby agree not use products for any illegal purpose and you assume all liability for any action you take for any action that is contrary to any law, rule, or regulation of any territory.

    Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California users of the Website receive the following specific consumer rights notice: The Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs may be contacted in writing at 1020 N Street, #501, Sacramento, California 95814, or by telephone at 1-916-445-1254

    11. Warranty Disclaimer

    The information, software, products and services included in or available through the Website are continually upgraded and updated. While SBD will use commercially reasonable efforts to verify the accuracy of any information it places on the Website, SBD does not warrant or represent that such information, products and/or services are reliable, accurate, complete, uninterrupted, error free, secure or free of defects, viruses or bugs. ACCORDINGLY, THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITH NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND AND YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. SBD AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE WEBSITE, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS SERVICES OR RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY PURPOSE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, COMPATIBILITY, SECURITY AND ACCURACY, AND ALL WARRANTIES THAT MAY ARISE FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE. IN STATES AND JURISDICTIONS IN WHICH THE EXCLUSION OF WARRANTY IS PROHIBITED, SUCH EXCLUSIONS SHALL ONLY APPLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED.SBD DOES NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCT OR SERVICE PROVIDED, ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED SITE AND SBD WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY MONITOR ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY LINKED SITE. ANY SUCH LINKS ARE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE ONLY. IF YOU CHOOSE TO CLICK ON ANY SUCH LINKS, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU, NOT SBD, ARE DISPLAYING ITS CONTENTS AND YOU ACCESS SUCH LINKED SITES AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY FOR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION THAT MAY BE PROVIDED BY ANY SOCIAL MEDIA SERVICES IN VIOLATION OF THE PRIVACY SETTINGS THAT YOU HAVE SET IN SUCH SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. You acknowledge and agree that any reliance on the information and other materials included on the Website shall be at your sole risk and responsibility. SBD reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to correct any errors or omissions in any part of the Website and to make changes to the services, materials, products, programs and features included therein at any time with or without notice.

    12. Indemnity and Release
    You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless SBD and its agents, managers, affiliates, licensors, licensees, successors and assigns and each of their respective directors, officers, contractors, employees, agents, service providers and partners (“Indemnified Parties”), from and against any demands, losses, cost or debt, liabilities, claims or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) made against SBD by any third party due to or arising out of or in connection with (i) your use of and access to the Website, including any data or content transmitted or received by you; (ii) your violation of any term of these Terms of Use; (iii) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any right of privacy, right of publicity or intellectual property rights; (iv) your violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation; or (v) any other party’s access and use of the Website with your information.

    Without limiting anything set out above, you hereby release each of the Indemnified Parties from all damages, liabilities, claims, actions, demands and costs of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy and/or any use by you of the Website.

    California Residents: you expressly waive CA Civil Code §1542, which states: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.”

    13. Limitations on Liability
    THE PROVIDERS WHOSE THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE ARE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AND NOT AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES OF SBD. SBD IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE ACTS, ERRORS, OMISSIONS, REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, BREACHES OR NEGLIGENCE OF ANY SUCH PROVIDERS OR FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURIES, DEATH, PROPERTY DAMAGE OR OTHER DAMAGE OR EXPENSES RESULTING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM SUCH PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES.

    EXCEPT FOR A BREACH OF THESE TERMS OF USE BY YOU (SUCH AS, FOR EXAMPLE, A COMMERCIAL USE OF THE WEBSITE IN VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE), A VIOLATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS OR WITH RESPECT TO PRODUCTS OR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO A SPECIFIC CONSUMER FOR A FEE WHICH SHALL BE GOVERNED BY ITS OWN CONTRACTUAL TERMS, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL YOU OR SBD AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, LICENSEES, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA, GOODWILL OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE WEBSITE, THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND/OR FUNCTIONALITY OF THE WEBSITE, OR FOR ANY CONTENT, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OBTAINED OR PURCHASED THROUGH THE WEBSITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF SBD AND/OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, LICENSEES, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN STATES AND JURISDICTIONS IN WHICH LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARE PROHIBITED, SUCH LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE WEBSITE OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE WEBSITE. EXCEPT FOR A BREACH OF THESE TERMS OF USE BY YOU (SUCH AS, FOR EXAMPLE, A COMMERCIAL USE OF THE WEBSITE IN VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE), VIOLATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS OR WITH RESPECT TO PRODUCTS OR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO A SPECIFIC CONSUMER FOR A FEE WHICH SHALL BE GOVERNED BY ITS OWN CONTRACTUAL TERMS, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL YOUR OR OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO US, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING OR PARTICIPATING IN ANY ACTIVITY RELATED TO USE OF THE WEBSITE OR $50 (WHICHEVER IS LESS).

    UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL SBD AND/OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, LICENSEES, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS OR INJURY RESULTING FROM HACKING, TAMPERING OR OTHER UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OR USE OF THE WEBSITE, YOUR DATA OR YOUR ACCOUNT OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT AT ALL TIMES TO DISCLOSE ANY INFORMATION THAT WE DEEM NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH ANY APPLICABLE LAW, RULE, REGULATION, LEGAL PROCESS OR GOVERNMENTAL REQUEST. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS SBD AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, LICENSEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION RELATING TO YOUR ACCOUNT OR TAKEN AS A RESULT OF ANY SUCH DISCLOSURE. SBD MAKES NO REPRESENTATION THAT THE WEBSITE IS APPROPRIATE OR AVAILABLE FOR USE AT LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE FROM TERRITORIES WHERE SUCH SERVICES ARE ILLEGAL IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. IF YOU ACCESS THE WEBSITE FROM A LOCATION OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES, YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LOCAL AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.

    14. Law and Jurisdiction
    These Terms of Use and any dispute that may arise between you and SBD shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Federal Arbitration Act, applicable federal law and the laws of the State of California without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdiction).

    DISPUTES ARISING FROM THESE TERMS OF USE AND YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE SHALL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING ARBITRATION AS PROVIDED BELOW. BY AGREEING TO BINDING ARBITRATION, YOU ARE HEREBY WAIVING THE RIGHT TO BRING DISPUTES TO A COURT, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. IF FOR ANY REASON A CLAIM PROCEEDS IN COURT RATHER THAN IN ARBITRATION, WE EACH WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL. WE ALSO BOTH AGREE THAT YOU OR WE MAY BRING SUIT IN COURT TO ENJOIN INFRINGEMENT OR OTHER MISUSE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. ANY CAUSE OF ACTION YOU MAY HAVE WITH RESPECT TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISES.

    15. Binding Arbitration and Class Action Waiver
    In the event of any dispute between you and us regarding these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, the Website and/or any products or services purchased from the Website, you and SBD agree to first send the other party a notice of dispute, which is a written statement setting forth the name, address and contact information of the party giving the notice, the facts giving rise to the dispute and the relief requested. You must send any notice of dispute by mail to the address stated above. We will send any notice of dispute to you at the contact information you provide or we have for you. You and SBD will attempt to resolve any dispute through informal negotiation within 30 days from the date that the notice of dispute is sent. If we are unable to resolve a dispute by negotiation, you agree that disputes must be resolved through binding arbitration rather than by a court, provided that you may assert claims in small claims court if your claims qualify. The Federal Arbitration Act and federal arbitration law apply to these Terms of Use. There is no judge or jury in arbitration and court review of an arbitration award is limited. It is important that you understand that the arbitrator’s decision will be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.

    The arbitration will be conducted by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its rules, including the AAA’s Supplementary Procedures for Consumer-Related Disputes. The AAA’s rules are available at www.adr.org or by calling 1-800-778-7879. Payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA’s rules. Each party is to bear their own fees and costs of arbitration. You may choose to have the arbitration conducted by telephone, based on written submissions, or in person in the county where you live or at another mutually agreed location.

    ALL CLAIMS MUST BE BROUGHT IN THE PARTIES’ INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS ACTION, COLLECTIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. THIS WAIVER APPLIES TO CLASS ARBITRATION. You agree to arbitrate with SBD only in your individual capacity and not as a representative or member of a class or in any consolidated or representative proceeding. As such, your claims may not be joined with any other claims and there shall be no authority for any dispute to be arbitrated on a class-action basis or brought by a purported class representative. No arbitration or proceeding can be combined with another without the prior written consent of all parties to the arbitration or proceeding. If the class action waiver is found illegal or unenforceable as to all or some parts of a dispute, those parts will be severed and proceed in a court of law, with the remaining parts proceeding in arbitration. For certain claims, like violations of these Terms of Use or breaches of intellectual property covenants, we reserve the right to seek injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction. All arbitrations shall be initiated in Los Angeles County, California.
    16. Waiver and Severability
    No waiver by SBD of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition and any failure of SBD to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision, and the remainder of the Terms of Use shall continue in effect.


    17. Assignment
    These Terms of Use and any rights and licenses granted hereunder may not be transferred or assigned by you. We may assign our rights under these Terms of Use without restriction. Any attempted transfer or assignment in violation hereof shall be null and void.

    18. Admissibility
    A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English.

    19. General Conditions of Sale of Products from Kaletree.com
    These General Conditions of Purchase apply to all orders and agreements concerning the delivery of goods and/or services from kaletree.com, which is owned and operated by SBD. SBD expressly rejects the applicability of any general conditions, general conditions of delivery and/or other conditions invoked by Customer.

    20. Entire Agreement
    These Terms of Use and the other agreements referred to herein constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and SBD with respect to the Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Website.