End User Agreement
SIEMENS End User Agreement for mobile applications
IMPORTANT:
The Software has been designed for use with Android devices. You may use the Software solely
on an Android product.
After installing the Software You will be prompted to indicate Your acceptance of these terms by
clicking the “agree” button. By clicking the “agree” button and/or by using the Software You
confirm that You have read and understood this Agreement and that You have accepted these
terms and conditions. If You do not agree with this Agreement, You must stop using the
Software and immediately uninstall it from all Your devices.
You acknowledge that this Agreement is concluded between You and SIEMENS, and not with
the provider of the online marketplace where the Software has been offered. You further
acknowledge that SIEMENS is solely responsible for the licensed Software, the content thereof
and for any claims relating to the licensed Software or this Agreement.
1. Definitions.
(a) “Agreement” means this End User Agreement for mobile applications.
(b) “SIEMENS” means Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, a German corporation with its head offices
in Munich and Berlin and its affiliated companies that are directly or indirectly owned or
controlled by the ultimate parent company Siemens Aktiengesellschaft.
(c) “Software” means any software – in particular mobile application software – that is made
available to You by SIEMENS under this Agreement.
(d) “Territory” means the country in which You have purchased the Software.
(e) “You” and “Your” refers to the purchaser of Software pursuant to this Agreement and may
refer to a natural person or to a legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation,
partnership or a limited liability company.
2. Ownership of Software/Third party software/License grant.
(a) The Software is protected by copyright laws and other intellectual property laws. Title to this
Software and any intellectual property rights in the Software will at all time remain with Siemens
and its third party suppliers.
Siemens grants to You a license to the Software pursuant to the GNU General Public License
V2. The foregoing license is available at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html.
(b) Open source software or similar third-party software (hereinafter referred to as "OSS")
contained in the Software is listed in the Readme_OSS-file of the Software. You are entitled to
use the OSS in accordance with the respective license conditions of the OSS. The license
conditions of the respective OSS shall prevail over this Agreement with respect to the OSS.
However, SIEMENS's own obligations and liability vis-à-vis You shall be governed in any case
by this Agreement.
(c) SIEMENS shall provide source code of the Software on request against payment of shipping
and handling charges.
3. Your Responsibilities and Prohibited Actions.
(a) Confidentiality. Pursuant to this Agreement, SIEMENS will share the Software and other
confidential business information of SIEMENS or its third party suppliers with You. You will
hold such information in confidence and take the precautions necessary to safeguard the
confidentiality of such information.
(b) Export. SIEMENS shall not be obligated to fulfill this contract if such fulfillment is
prevented by any impediments arising out of national or international foreign trade or customs
requirements or any embargoes or other sanctions. You are required to provide all information
and documentation required for exporting, transporting and/or importing the goods. The export
of the Software may require one or more permits, for example to their nature or purpose (see also
any notes on other order and delivery documents).
(c) Legal Compliance. You may not use or otherwise export or re-export the Software except as
authorised by U.S. law and other applicable laws, in particular but not limited to the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the Software was obtained. In particular, but without limitation, the
Software may not be exported or re-exported (i) into any country embargoed by U.S. or other
applicable export restriction laws or (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's Specially
Designated Nationals List or the U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Persons List or Entity
List or any other person lists of other applicable export restriction laws. By using the Software,
You represent and warrant that You are not located in any such country or on any such list. You
also agree that You will not use the Software in such countries or for any purposes prohibited by
U.S. law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture, or production of
nuclear, missile, or chemical or biological weapons.
(g) You agree that SIEMENS and the provider of the online marketplace where the Software has
been offered may enforce this Agreement as it relates to their products and services directly
against You.
4. Choice of Law and Jurisdictions.
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the
Federal Republic of Germany, without giving effect to any choice-of-law rules that may require
the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. This Agreement shall not be governed by the
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, the application of
which is expressly excluded. Sole venue for all disputes arising out of or in connection with the
Agreement, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall be
Munich. However, SIEMENS may also bring an action at Your place of business.
5. Warranty.
(a) The Software is provided to You on an "As-is" and “As available” basis, without SIEMENS
maintenance services. Siemens shall correct errors at its own discretion by supplying an update
in which the error has been remedied.
(b) Claims for repair or replacement are subject to a statute of limitations of 12 months
calculated from the start of the statutory statute of limitations; the same shall apply accordingly
with respect to Customer’s rights of rescission and reduction. This shall not apply where longer
periods are prescribed mandatory by law.
(c) Claims shall be filed without delay and in written form.
(d) If repair or replacement is unsuccessful, You are entitled to rescind the contract claim a
reduction of the remuneration; any claims for damages or any claims for indemnification for
useless expenditure (together hereinafter referred to as “Claims for Damages”) You may have
according to clause 5 (g) shall be unaffected.
(e) Claims arising from errors shall not be recognized in the event of minor deviations from the
relevant documentation, or minor adverse effects on the usability.
(f) Error diagnosis and correction shall be implemented at SIEMENS' premises or at the place
where the Software installed, as SIEMENS sees fit. You shall submit the documents and
information available to it and required for error correction to SIEMENS. If SIEMENS corrects
the error at the place where the Software is installed, You shall arrange that the required
hardware and software as well as the required operating statuses and qualified operating
personnel are available to facilitate swift performance of the works.
(g) You shall have no claim for damages based on defects. This shall not apply to the extent that
a defect has been fraudulently concealed, the guaranteed characteristics are not complied with, in
the case of loss of life, bodily injury or damage to health and/or intentionally or grossly negligent
breach of contract on the part of Siemens. The above provisions do not imply a change in the
burden of proof to Your detriment. Any other or additional claims of You based on a defect and
exceeding the claims provided for in this Section 6 shall be excluded.
6. Industrial Property Rights and Copyright; Defects of Title
Unless otherwise agreed, Siemens shall provide the Software free from third parties’ industrial
property rights and copyrights (hereinafter referred to as "IPR") with respect to the country of the
place of delivery only. If a third party obtains an court judgment against You that cannot be
appealed based on an infringement of an IPR that existed at the time of publication of the
Software, and that was caused by Siemens by the Software (provided that the Software has been
used in conformity with this Agreement), Siemens shall be liable to You within the time period
stipulated in Clause 5.b as follows:
(a) SIEMENS shall at its own discretion either acquire, at its own expense, the right to use the
IPR with respect to the Software concerned or modify the Software such that it no longer
infringes the IPR or replace the Software. If this would be impossible for Siemens under
reasonable conditions, You may rescind the contract or claim a reduction in remuneration
pursuant to the applicable statutory provisions.
(b) The above obligations of Siemens shall apply only if You (i) immediately notify Siemens of
any such claim asserted by the third party in written form, (ii) do not concede the existence of an
infringement, (iii) do not accept or settle any claim, and (iv) leave all protective measures and
negotiations to Siemens’ discretion. If You stop using the Software in order to reduce the
damage or for other good reason, You shall be obliged to point out to the third party that no
acknowledgement of the alleged infringement may be inferred from the fact that the use has been
discontinued.
(c) Claims of You shall be excluded if You are responsible for the infringement of an IPR.
Claims of You are also excluded if the infringement of the IPR is caused by a type of use not
foreseeable by Siemens or by the Software being modified by the You or being used together
with products not provided by Siemens.
(d) Where other defects in title occur Section 6 shall apply accordingly.
(e) Siemens’ liability to pay damages is governed by Section 7. Any other claims of You against
Siemens or its agents or any such claims exceeding the claims provided for in this Section 6,
based on a defect in title, are excluded.
7. Liability.
(a) Unless otherwise stipulated in this Agreement, You shall have no claim for damages based on
whatever legal reason, including infringement of duties arising in connection with the contract or
tort.
(b) The above shall not apply in the case of liability (i) under the German Product Liability Act
(“Produkthaftungsgesetz”), (ii) due to intent, (iii) due to gross negligence on the part of owners,
legal representatives or executives, (iv) due to bad faith, (v) due to culpable loss of life, bodily
injury or damage to health and (vi) due to culpable breach of a condition which goes to the root
of the contract (“wesentliche Vertragspflichten”).
However, claims for damages arising from a breach of a condition which goes to the root of the
contract shall be limited to the foreseeable damage which is intrinsic to the contract, unless
caused by one of the above.
(c) The above provision does not imply a change in the burden of proof to Your detriment.
8. Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement is found to be void or unenforceable, it will not affect the
validity of any other provision of this Agreement and those provisions will remain valid and
enforceable according to their terms.