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NL-28 Firmware Ver.01.01.0001

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Software License Agreement

　　

Software License Agreement
IMPORTANT-PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING THIS SOFTWARE

THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT (HEREINAFTER "AGREEMENT") IS A LEGAL CONTRACT BETWEEN　YOU, THE PERSON OR ENTITY DOWNLOADING THIS SOFTWARE, AND RION CO. LTD. (HEREINAFTER　"RION"). RION LICENSES RATHER THAN SELLS COPIES OF THIS SOFTWARE. The applicable software includes (a) the original software you properly download; and (b) any updates, upgrades, maintenance releases, and/or supplements　("Improvements") that Rion may provide to you or make available to you after the date that you obtain the original software (except to the extent that such Improvements are accompanied by a separate license agreement or terms of use (collectively, the “Rion Software”). THE RION SOFTWARE THAT YOU DOWNLOAD IS OWNED BY RION AND GOVERNED BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. THE RION SOFTWARE IS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWS, INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT TREATIES, AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND TREATIES. YOU MUST TREAT THE RION SOFTWARE LIKE ANY OTHER COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL.

BY DOWNLOADING, USING OR OTHERWISE ACCESSING OR USING THIS RION SOFTWARE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, THEN RION IS UNWILLING TO LICENSE THE RION SOFTWARE TO YOU. IN SUCH CASE, YOU MAY NOT DOWNLOAD OR OTHERWISE ACCESS OR USE THIS RION SOFTWARE.

1. Grant of License
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Rion hereby grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to　download, install, execute, modify, and use one copy of the Rion Software for use on a single computing device. Rion Software modified by you shall be referred to herein as “Modified Rion Software.” You are also prohibited from sublicensing, renting, lending, time sharing, or leasing the Rion Software.

2. Ownership of the Rion Software
The Rion Software is licensed to you, not sold. All ownership of, and all associated right, title, and interest in and to, the Rion Software, Modified Rion Software, and the proprietary, confidential, and trade secret information, techniques, and technology embodied and/or contained in them shall be retained by Rion. This Agreement grants you only a limited right to use and modify the Rion Software and Modified Rion Software as provided in this Agreement. This Agreement does not grant you any rights to source code or to patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, or any other rights with respect to the Rion Software or Modified Rion Software. Rion reserves all rights in the Rion Software and the Modified Rion Software not expressly granted to you in this Agreement.

3. Proprietary Information.
You acknowledge that, in addition to material and elements that are protected by copyright law, the Rion Software and the Modified Rion Software embody or contain confidential and commercially valuable information and trade secrets that are proprietary to Rion and protected by law ("Confidential Information"). Confidential Information may include, but is not limited to, source and object code, program architecture, program flow information, design definitions, design specifications, data structures, data compilations, techniques, interfaces, calculations, symbologies, formulas, algorithms, and other features of the Rion Software and the Modified Rion Software.

4. Access.
You agree not to disclose or provide access to the Rion Software, Modified Rion Software or Confidential Information to any person or entity, except on a need-to-know basis to employees. You agree to use your best efforts to ensure that all persons having access to the Rion Software, Modified Rion Software and any Confidential Information protect them from unauthorized use, copying, and disclosure.

5. Effective Date.
This Agreement is effective from the date you download the Rion Software and will remain in force until terminated as provided in this Agreement.

6. Term and Termination
This Agreement shall remain in effect until terminated by you, by Rion, by operation of the terms hereof, or otherwise by operation of law. You may terminate this Agreement at any time by destroying any and all copies of the Rion Software and/or Modified Rion Software in your possession or control. This Agreement and your associated license to use the Rion Software and/or Modified Rion Software shall otherwise terminate upon the earliest occurrence of any of the following events: (a) a breach by you of any term, provision, or obligation of this Agreement; or (b) any assignment, transfer, or disposition of the Rion Software and/or Modified Rion Software by you, except as expressly provided herein, or as otherwise expressly authorized in writing by Rion. On termination of this Agreement for any reason, you shall immediately destroy all original and copies of the Rion Software and the Modified Rion Software.

7. Export Restrictions.
Japanese export laws, rules, and regulations apply to the Rion Software because it was developed in Japan. The Rion Software or Modified Rion Software may not be exported, accessed, downloaded, or redistributed in any form in or to any country prohibited by Japanese export laws, rules, or regulations, or to residents or nationals of any such countries. You agree that you will comply with all applicable national and international laws that apply to the Rion Software and Modified Rion Software, including but not limited to Japanese export laws, rules and regulations. By accessing, installing, and/or otherwise using the Rion Software or Modified Rion Software, you represent and warrant to Rion that you are not restricted from receiving Japanese products and agree to comply with all applicable Japanese export laws, rules, and regulations and all host country import laws, rules, and regulations.

8. Maintenance and Support.
This Agreement does not entitle you to any support or maintenance services for the Rion Software or the Modified Rion Software, including without limitation releases of the Rion Software that correct errors or defects in the Rion Software or that contain enhancements to the Rion Software.

9. No Warranty
RION MAKES NO WARRANTY, PROMISE, OR REPRESENTATION REGARDING THE RION SOFTWARE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW RION PROVIDES THE RION SOFTWARE “AS IS” AND WITH ALL FAULTS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES (IF ANY) OF MERCHANTIBILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, RELIABILITY OR AVAILABILITY, OF ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF RESPONSES, OF RESULTS, OF WORKMANLIKE EFFORT, OF LACK OF VIRUSES, OR OF LACK OF NEGLIGENCE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES THAT ARE IMPLIED BY LAW AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION, OR MODIFICATION. ALSO, THERE IS NO WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, OR QUIET POSSESSION. THE TERMS OF ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW IS LIMITED TO THIRTY (30) DAYS OR TO ANY SHORTER PERIOD PERMITTED BY LAW.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THIS AGREEMENT, AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL RION BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IN THE EVENT OF THE FAULT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), MISREPRESENTATION, STRICT LIABILITY, BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR BREACH OF WARRANTY OF RION, AND EVEN IF RION HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL THE LIABILITY OF RION FOR ANY DAMAGES TO LICENSEE OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE LICENSE TO USE THE RION SOFTWARE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE CLAIM OR THE THEORY OF LIABILITY. NO RION AGENT, EMPLOYEE, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE IS AUTHORIZED TO MODIFY OR ADD TO THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IN ANY MANNER.

10. Hazardous Uses
Neither the Rion Software nor the Modified Rion Software is intended or designed for use in connection with any application requiring fail-safe performance, including but not limited to the operation of nuclear power facilities, air traffic control or navigation systems, weapons control systems, life support systems, or any other system whose failure could lead to injury, death, environmental damage, or mass destruction. You shall agree that you will not use or allow others to use the Rion Software or the Modified Rion Software for any such purpose. You shall agree to fully and completely indemnify and hold Rion harmless from and against any claims, damages, and/or losses, of any nature whatsoever, arising from or relating to your use of the Rion Software or the Modified Rion Software in any prohibited application.
11. Waiver
No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement, or condition of this Agreement, or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof, shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or of any other covenant, agreement, term, or condition.

12. Rights and Remedies.
No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to Rion is exclusive of any other right or remedy, at law or in equity, but each such remedy shall be cumulative of every other right or remedy now or hereafter existing.

13. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
This Agreement shall be exclusively governed by and construed under the laws of Japan. The Tokyo District Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of any and all disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement. In the event of any dispute, the prevailing Party shall be entitled to recover its costs and reasonable attorney’s fees, including without limitation costs and fees on appeal or other review.

14. Severability.
If any provision in this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void, invalid, unenforceable, or illegal, that provision shall be construed, limited, modified or, if necessary, severed, to the extent necessary to eliminate its invalidity, unenforceability or illegality, and the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain unaffected and continue in full force and effect.

15. Entire Agreement
This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between you and Rion and supersedes all prior communications, proposals, representations, and/or agreements, whether written or oral, express or implied, with respect to the Rion Software or any other subject matter covered by this Agreement.