Smart TV Developer Agreement
Smart TV Developer Agreement
Smart TV Developer Agreement
1. Relationship with SMART TV; ID and Password. In order to become a Developer, you have to
register on the partner portal (“Partner Portal”) at www.yourappontv.com. In the registration
process you have to provide some personal details, such as your name, e-mail address, your legal
entity, your country of residence and you have to choose an ID and password. All such information
provided by you shall hereafter be referred to as “Personal Data”. Please note that SMART TV
collects, processes, uses and stores your Personal Data in accordance with its Privacy Notice
(http://www.tpvision.com/privacy-policy) and all applicable laws. The ID and password you use to
login as a Developer cannot be shared in any way or with anyone. You are responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality of your ID and password and for any activity in connection with your
account.
You understand and agree that by becoming a Developer that you are of the legal age of majority in
the jurisdiction in which you reside (at least 18 years of age in many countries) and you represent
that you are legally permitted to become a Developer. This Agreement is void where prohibited by
law and the right to become a Developer is not granted in such jurisdictions. Unless otherwise
agreed or permitted by SMART TV in writing, you cannot share or transfer any rights you receive
from SMART TV in connection with being a Developer.
2. Developer rights. If you register as Developer, you will get access to the developer web pages of
the Partner Portal. On the developer pages you will find more information about SMART TV and
how to develop a service application (“APP”). Furthermore you will find the software development
kit on the developer pages, you need for the development of the APP. All information,
documentation, materials and/or software (altogether referred to as “Content”, or “Software”
when referred only to the software) you find on the developer pages, is made available to you only
for your own use in connection with your participation as a Developer. After you have developed
your APP, you can submit your APP to have it verified and tested by SMART TV. Only after approval
of your APP your APP shall be displayed on the “SMART TV Portal” and made accessible for
consumers. When you submit your APP you shall be asked and to complete the registration process
to become an accepted “SMART TV Content Partner”. Part of the completion of that registration
process is that you or your legal entity has to accept the terms and conditions of the SMART TV
Partner Agreement. SMART TV may
change, suspend or discontinue providing the Partner Portal, Content or parts thereof at any time,
and may impose limits on certain features and materials offered or restrict your access to parts or
all of materials without notice or liability.
3. Restrictions. You agree not to exploit the Partner Portal, or the Content provided to you as a
Developer, in any unauthorized way, including but not limited to, by trespass, burdening network
capacity or using the Services, Partner Portal or Content other than for authorized purposes.
Copyright and other intellectual property laws protect the Partner Portal and Content provided to
you, and you agree to abide by and maintain all notices, license information, and restrictions
contained therein. Unless expressly permitted herein or otherwise permitted in a separate
agreement with SMART TV, you may not modify, publish, network, rent, lease, loan, transmit, sell,
participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative works based on, redistribute,
perform, display, or in any way exploit any of the Partner Portal, Content in whole or in part. You
may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code of any
software or security components of the Partner Portal or of the Content. Use of the Partner Portal
or Content to violate, tamper with, or circumvent the security of any computer network, software,
passwords, encryption codes, technological protection measures, or to otherwise engage in any
kind of illegal activity, or to enable others to do so, is expressly prohibited. SMART TV retains
ownership of all its rights in the Partner Portal and Content, except as expressly set forth herein, no
other rights or licenses are granted or to be implied under any SMART TV intellectual property.
4. Confidentiality. Both you and SMART TV agree that all Content provided under this Agreement
will be considered and referred to as “Confidential Information”. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Confidential Information will not include: (i) information that is generally and legitimately available
to the public through no fault or breach of the disclosing party, (ii) information that is generally
made available to the public by you or SMART TV, (iii) information that is independently developed
by you or SMART TV without the use of any Confidential Information, (iv) information that was
rightfully obtained from a third party who had the right to transfer or disclose it to you or SMART TV
without limitation.
6. Content License and Restrictions. The Content and Software is provided to you, subject to your
compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, SMART TV hereby grants you a non-
exclusive, non-transferable, right and license to use the Content and Software only for the limited
purposes set forth in this Section 6. You agree not to use the Content and Software for any purpose
other than testing and/or development by you of an APP for the SMART TV Portal. This Agreement
does not grant you any right or license to incorporate or make use of any SMART TV intellectual
property (including for example and without limitation, trade secrets, patents, copyrights,
trademarks and industrial designs) in any product. Except as expressly set forth herein, no other
rights or licenses are granted or to be implied under any SMART TV intellectual property. You agree
not to decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the Content and/or Software,
and you will not modify, network, rent, lease, transmit, sell, or loan the Content and/or Software in
whole or in part.
8. Amendment; SMART TV reserves the right, at its discretion, to modify this Agreement, including
any rules and policies at any time. You will receive a notice of such modification with the request to
accept the change to the agreement. However it is your responsibility to review and become
familiar with any such modifications (including new terms, updates, revisions, supplements,
modifications, and additional rules, policies, terms and conditions)(“Additional Terms”) before you
accept them. After your acceptance the Additional Terms shall be considered incorporated into this
Agreement.
9. Communication. You agree that SMART TV has the right to contact you via phone and/or email
and that SMART TV may include, but not be limited to, marketing materials, technical information,
and updates and/or changes regarding your participation as a Developer.
10. Term and Termination. SMART TV may terminate or suspend you as a Developer at any time in
SMART TV’s sole discretion. If SMART TV terminates you as a Developer, SMART TV reserves the
right to deny your reapplication at any time in SMART TV’s sole discretion. You may terminate your
participation as a Developer at any time, for any reason, by sending an email to
[email protected]. Upon any termination or, at SMART TV’s discretion, suspension, all
rights and licenses granted to you by SMART TV will cease, including your right to access the Partner
Portal, and you agree to destroy any and all Confidential Information that is in your possession or
control. No refund or partial refund of any fees paid for the Services shall be made for any reason.
Following termination of this Agreement, Sections 1, 3-5, 6 (but only for so long as the duration
specified by SMART TV for such usage), 9-16 shall continue to bind the parties.
13. Export Control. You may not use or otherwise export or re-export any Software any Confidential
Information received from SMART TV. In particular, but without limitation, the
Software and Confidential Information may not be exported or re-exported (a) into any embargoed
country or (b) to anyone on the Denied Person's List or Entity List. By becoming a Developer and/or
using the Software and any Confidential Information, 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 any Confidential
Information for any purposes other than for the development of your APP.
14. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of The Netherlands, excluding its conflict of law provisions. The court of Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, shall be the only competent court to settle any disputes arising out of or relating to
this Agreement.
15. Miscellaneous. If any provision is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision shall be
limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that this Agreement shall otherwise
remain in full force and effect and enforceable. No addition to or removal or modification of any of
the provisions of this Agreement will be binding upon SMART TV unless made in writing and signed
by an authorized representative of SMART TV. The parties hereto confirm that they have requested
that this Agreement and all attachments and related documents be drafted in English.