In this task, you're given a passage that represents a legal contract or clause between multiple parties, followed by a question that needs to be answered. Based on the paragraph, you must write the index where the answer starts. If multiple answers seem to exist, write the index of the answer that is the most plausible. If multiple indices must be used to answer the question, the output should be a common separated list of indices.

Input: Consider Input: Exhibit 10.34   INTERNET CHANNEL COOPERATION AGREEMENT   Contract Number: 181015BD0120

     Party A:

  Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co., Ltd.

  Address:

  Baidu Building, 10 Shangdi 10  Street, Haidian District, Beijing

  Contact:

  HOU Gang

  Telephone: 010-59927171 Fax: 010-59920021

    Party B:

  China Online Housing (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.

  Address:

  8/F, Ideal International Plaza, 58 Beisihuan Xilu, Haidian District, Beijing

  Contact: Telephone: 010-58951000 Fax: 010-58951005   Party C: Beijing Yisheng Leju Information Services Co., Ltd. Legal representative: ZHU Xusheng Authorized signatory: Address: 8/F, Ideal International Plaza, 58 Beisihuan Xilu, Haidian District, Beijing Contact: Telephone: 010-58951000 Fax: 010-58951005   In this Agreement, Party A, Party B and Party C individually a Party, collectively the Parties. The transaction contemplated to be jointly conducted by Party A and Party B hereunder is referred to as the Operation.   WHEREAS:   1. From its formation in January 2000, Party A has been providing search technology services with the mission to provide the public with easy access to information. it has completed transformation from a back-office technology provider to an independent search services provider for the public and is the first operator of competitive ranking in the PRC. The www.baidu.com operated by Party A has grown into the largest Chinese website and Chinese search engine in the world.   2. Party B is a leading online and offline real estate information and consulting services provider in the PRC. The SINA Leju operated by Party B is a leading real estate and home furnishing network information network in the PRC, having plentiful and quality database on real estate (including new, used and leased real estate), home and furniture.   3. Party A and Party B through negotiations agree to conduct comprehensive cooperation in real estate and home furnishing information services by capitalizing on their respective advantages, including their strategic cooperation on the formation of a real estate and home furnishing channel by Party A. Both Parties will jointly launch Baidu Leju Real Estate and Home Furnishing Channel for which Party B will be wholly responsible for its construction. Party B will form a dedicated team and, to the extent permitted by Party A, conduct a whole new design of all information, products and data of Party A on real estate, used homes, home and furniture, so as to present the existing services of Party B to the   1

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  customers of Party A through the channels of Party A. Meanwhile, Party B will be responsible for all operations of the advertising or any other businesses in connection with the real estate and home furnishing channel of Party A according to agreement. Party A will use promotional resources to provide full assistance in Party B's efforts in customer development and traffic expansion.   NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:   ARTICLE I DEFINITION AND INTEPRETATION   1.1 Definition   Unless otherwise defined in the context, in this Agreement:   (a) PRC Laws mean any laws, regulations, rules and regulatory documents in the PRC which are current and will be issued going forward.   (b) Business Secrets mean any technical, financial, commercial or any other information owned and treated as business secrets by one Party and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates, which have the following attributes:   (i) It is unknown to the public;   (ii) It may generate economic benefit for its owner;   (iii) It is practical; and   (iv) It is treated as business secrets with appropriate protection measures by its owner.   (c) Effective Date means the date of this Agreement.   (d) Force Majeure means the occurrence of any acts of God or man-made disasters or accidents during the term of this Agreement which is unforeseeable or, if foreseeable, unavoidable, or uncontrollable and make it impossible for one Party to perform this Agreement in a whole, including earthquakes, typhoons, floods, fires, wars, strikes, riots, hacker attacks, technical breakdown of telecommunication departments, and legal restrictions.   (e) Baidu Net/Party A's Website means the Internet website owned by Party A whose domain name is http://www.baidu.com, through which Party A provides search services to its users.   (f) Leju Net/Party B's Website means the Internet website owned by Party B whose domain name is http://www.leju.com.   (g) First Tier Channel on Baidu Net means any of the channels with the headings of news; real estate and home furnishing; tie bar; Zhidao; and entertainment in the product lists of Baidu Net.   (h) Second Tier Channel of Baidu Net means any of the channels with the headings of real estate, used homes, and decorations in the real estate and home furnishing channel of Baidu Net.   2





  (i) Real Estate and Home Furnishing Channel/Cooperation Channel means a First Tier Channel on Baidu Net jointly constructed by Party A and Party B, whose channel name and domain name is Baidu Leju Real Estate and Home Furnishing Net (the Baidu Leju) and leju.baidu.com, respectively.   (j) Category means the webpage publishing a certain type of information under each level of the channels on Party A's Website. The homepage of each channel consists of multiple categories.   1.2 Interpretation   (a) Any date in this Agreement means its calendar date.   (b) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of any part of this Agreement.   (c) Singular form of any word include its plural form as required in the context, and vice versa.   (d) Any reference to the article, section and paragraph means the article, section and paragraph of this Agreement.   ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES   2.1 Legal Status   Each Party represents and warrants to the other Parties that as of the date of this Agreement:   (a) It is qualified to conduct the transaction contemplated under this Agreement, and such transaction is in line with its scope of business;   (b) It has the full power to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder;   (c) Its authorized representative has full authority to sign this Agreement on its behalf (a photocopy of which authorization letter will be provided upon request of the other Parties); and   (d) To its knowledge, it has disclosed all of the documents issued by the local government having jurisdiction over the place where it is incorporated or its business address is located which may have material adverse effect upon performance of its obligations under this Agreement; and it is not a party to any liquidation, dissolution or bankruptcy proceedings.   2.2 Legal Effect   (a) As of the date of this Agreement, it is bound by this Agreement.   (b) It warrants that none of its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or conduct of any transaction contemplated hereunder is in violation of any PRC laws or any agreement to which it is a party.   (c) Prior to the date of this Agreement, it has presented its business license   3





  which has passed annual inspection for the current year to the other Parties, the sealed copy of which business license will be provided to the other Parties.   ARTICLE III TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT   3.1 Term   (a) This Agreement will be effective as of the date of its execution, and term of the Cooperation will be four years from the date on which the channel is uploaded.   (b) The channel is expected to be uploaded on August 1, 2010.   (c) As of the date of this Agreement, both Party A and Party B will cooperate to complete all preparatory work in connection with the Cooperation channel contemplated under this Agreement, so as to ensure smooth upload of the Cooperation channel.   3.2 Extension   Upon expiration of this Agreement, with all conditions being equal, Party B has the preferential right to continue Cooperation with Party A in respect of the real estate channel. If both Party A and Party B continue their Cooperation, they will negotiate to reach an agreement to that effect no less than one month prior to the expiration of this Agreement.   3.3 Phases of Cooperation (subject to the actual date of the upload of the channel)   Phase I will commence on August 1, 2010 and end on July 31, 2011.   Phase II will commence on August 1, 2011 and end on July 31, 2012.   Phase III will commence on August 1, 2012 and end on July 31, 2013.   Phase IV will commence on August 1, 2013 and end on July 31, 2014.   ARTICLE IV CONTENT AND SCOPE OF COOPERATION   It is agreed that the Cooperation contemplated under this Agreement will consist of:   (i) formation of the Cooperation channel;   (ii) advertising operation of the Cooperation channel;   (iii) promotion of the Cooperation channel; and   (iv) cooperation with any other products.   The details of the Cooperation are as follows:   4





  4.1 Formation of the Cooperation Channel   (a) During the term of this Agreement, Party B will use the Baidu's Real Estate and Home Furnishing Channel as the jointly formed channel of Party A and Party B. Party A grants all-round exclusive rights to Party B to construct, maintain and operate the Cooperation channel. As the owner of www.baidu.com, Party A has ownership and control over second tier domain names. Party A has the right to deprive Party B of the operating rights of the website without any liability if Party B is found in violation of any law. Party A is required to receive written consent from Party B prior to its adjustment of any second tier domain names which is under independent operation of Party B.   (b) Party A authorizes Party B to maintain and construct all of the contents under the second tier domain names as follows:   (i) Leju.baidu.com   (ii) House.baidu.com   (iii) Jiaju.baidu.com   (iv) Fangyou.baidu.com   (v) Esf.baidu.com   (vi) Rent.baidu.com   (vii) Dichan.baidu.com   (viii) Jiancai.baidu.com   (c) Party B will be solely responsible for the sponsorship, operation, upgrade, and maintain of Baidu Real Estate and Home Furnishing Channel, including provision of bottom-level webpage and systems, integration of the data, information and intelligence provided by users relating to real estate and home furnishing on the Cooperation channel, and provide related maintenance and support to end-users. Party B has the discretion to arrange the layout and linkage of the channels, categories, articles and data relating to real estate and home furnishing on the Cooperation channel.   (d) The reformed Cooperation channel will still exist as a real estate and home furnishing channel, a First Tier Channel of Baidu Web, whose domain name is leju.baidu.com. The homepage of the Cooperation channel will be designed to give full presentation of the cooperation between the two Parties.   (e) During the term of this Agreement, Party A will add the Cooperation channel to the linkage access to the real estate and home furnishing in the product list page of Baidu Net (http://www.baidu.com/more/).   (f) Party B will be responsible for development of each level of webpage of the Cooperation channel, and has control, approval and discretion over its design, layout and appearance. It is agreed by both Parties that the homepage of the Cooperation channel will have a domain name of leju.baidu.com, which may be reformed according to the design and layout of Party B, or remains consistent with the overall style of Party A's Net. If it remains consistent with the style of Party A's Net, Party B will ensure no material change be made to the brand   5





  image of Party A or any webpage relating thereto, provided that any design planned by Party B is subject to consent of Party A.   (g) Except for the homepage of the Cooperation channel, any other sub-channels, categories and articles within the Cooperation channel is subject to design and layout of Party B at its sole discretion. Such sub-channels, categories and articles may all use the domain name of Party B's Net or Party A's Net, such as baidu.leju.com\esf or baidu.leju.com\jiaju.   (h) The contents, operations, products, services, images, texts and super links of the Cooperation channel will be operated on the server of Party B. Party B will be solely responsible for the servers, bandwidth and any other facilities necessary for the Cooperation channel. Party B has sole control, approval and discretion over the contents, operations, products, services, images, texts and super links in or included in the Cooperation channel, as well as to include which and how to include any existing information or services on the Party B's Net into the Cooperation channel through super links.   (i) Party B warrants that none of the articles, contents and web pages of the Cooperation channel is in violation of PRC laws or any international treaty to which the PRC is a signatory, including without limitation any content detrimental to national security, of pornographic, fraudulent, insulting, defamatory, hectoring or harassing nature, infringing upon the copyrights, personal rights or any other valid rights and interests of any other parties or in breach of any social customs, or any linkage thereto. If Party A receives any complaint regarding the content of the Cooperation channel, Party B shall resolve such complaint immediately, negotiate with or respond to any review or enquiry from any third party or competent authorities at its own expenses, and be liable for any loss incurred by Party A.   (j) To ensure legality of the contents within the Cooperation channel, Party B will make the contact of its customer services conspicuously displayed at the homepage of the Cooperation channel, and keep its users of the way to file a complaint upon occurrence of any tort or law-breaching incidents. Party B will respond to any complaint within a reasonable upon receipt thereof, which response process is subject to approval of Party A. If Party B receives any complaint of any third party regarding the tort or breach of any content in the Cooperation channel which is forwarded from Party A, Party B will delete such content within 24 hours or notify Party A of its responsive measures.   (k) Party A will cooperate with Party B to handle any agreement relating to cooperation regarding real estate and home furnishing channel which has not been fully performed by the date of this Agreement. It is agreed that party A will disclose to Party B all of its agreements regarding Cooperation Channel which are valid as of the date hereof, and Party B reserves the option to agree or waive its acceptance of such agreement according to its circumstances. If Party B agrees to accept part of such agreements, the confidentiality and transfer of debts and claims under such agreements will be subject to special agreement of the other party thereto, and Party A will perform the tasks set forth under Section 4.1(k) with reasonable care.   (l) Party A hereby agrees to take all actions necessary for cooperation between the client of Cooperation Channel with Party B and the transfer mentioned above, including:   (i) Within ten (10) business days upon execution of this Agreement,   6





  provide to Party B a schedule listing all agreements regarding Cooperation Channel which are valid as of the date hereof as well as a copy of all such agreements;   (ii) Within ten (10) business days upon execution of this Agreement, provide to Party B a correct and detailed financial statement reflecting all accounts receivable and payable, including any payment made by Party A or the client under any outstanding agreement with the note whether such payment is for completed or uncompleted services.   (iii) Within ten (10) business days upon execution of this Agreement, provide to Party B a client document (including the name, position and the residence of its person in charge) for follow-up and maintenance efforts by Party B; and   (iv) Introduce Party B to its clients as the new communicator and the successor of Party A.   4.2 Advertising on the Cooperation Channel   (a) Party A agrees that the pricing, specifications and contents of the advertising on the Cooperation Channel is subject to sole discretion of Party B. Party B has absolute and sole control, approval and discretion regarding the advertising operation of the Cooperation Channel, may conduct and benefit from legal advertising operations at its sole discretion.   (b) Party A will provide to Party B the authorization and any other legal documents necessary for Party B to conduct advertising operation on the Cooperation Channel, and provide good-faith support in connection with coordination and promotion necessary in such advertising operation.   (c) Party A will provide assistance to Party B in installing and commissioning advertising management and release system on the Cooperation Channel to ensure smooth management of the advertising on the Cooperation Channel by Party B. Party B has sole discretion to use the advertising management and release system of its own or from Party A.   (d) Party B will be liable for its advertising operation, and will handle and be held liable for any dispute, complaint or government investigation or penalty arising from the content or release of its advertising. Party B will be held liable for any loss incurred by Party A as owner of the website resulting from Party B's conduct.   (e) Without prior consent of Party B and during the term of this Agreement, Party A may not release advertising or promotion information, or any other information or linkage against law or industrial standards on the Cooperation Channel.   (f) Party B has the right to conduct marketing activity in the name of Baidu Leju Real Estate and Home Furnishing Net, provided that such conduct will not appear as if Party B represents Baidu or Party B and Baidu has any relationship other than that provided under this Agreement.   (g) Party A represents and warrants that Party B will not be liable for any cost, expense, damage, loss, indemnity, tax, levy, action or claim regarding any client incurred prior to the date of this Agreement.   7





  4.3 Promotion of the Cooperation Channel   (a) During the term of this Agreement, Party A undertakes to promote the key word (including any of the key words relating to real properties, building material products and home furnishing) involved in the Cooperation Channel. Party A warrants that such key word will be promoted on the open search platform of Baidu and preferentially displayed at the left side of the search result pages, the exact display position of which is subject to separate agreement between the Parties. The search results will link to the real estate and home furnishing channel under cooperation of the Parties. The key words will be provided to Party B to Party A, and the information included in any of the key words and their search results will be in compliance with laws and regulations, as well as business rules of Party A, including without limitation user's experience. Party B agrees that Party A may modify the display of search results out of consideration relating to user experience, provided that such modification will not materially change the display, content and position of the search results. Party A will be deemed in breach of this Agreement if it is required to modify search results pursuant to laws, regulations, court rulings or other mandatory documents.   (b) During the term of this Agreement, Party A undertakes to provide to Party B Baidu network promotion resources equal to RMB10 million for each cooperation period from its commencement. Party A will provide such resources to Party B through a separate account for promotion of the Cooperation Channel at the discretion of Party B. Party B must use up the resources within the period provided under this Agreement and any remaining resources will be cancelled as of the commencement of the next cooperation period. Additionally, Party A agrees to provide support for Party B's promotion at Baidu picture search, Baidu Zhidao, Baidu Baike, Baidu Search Chart, Hao123 and other Baidu products. Party A will provide assistance for Party B in effective promotion of search results, the details of which are subject to separate agreement of the Parties.   (c) Party A undertakes to provide support for Party B in marketing and promotional efforts, including without limitation joint promotional activities on Baidu leju Cooperation Channel.   4.4 Cooperation of Other Products   (a) During the term of this Agreement, Party A and Party B will conduct cooperation regarding Tieba products, the details of which are subject to supplemental agreement of the Parties. Party A undertakes not to make additional charge from Party B regarding Tieba products.   (b) During the term of this Agreement, Party A and Party B will conduct cooperation regarding Baidu Map products, the details of which are as follows:   (i) Party B will provide real estate, home furnishing and life related data required by Party A, and Party A will use its technological means to provide display platform for Party B at map.baidu.com, the details of which are subject to separate agreement of the Parties.   (ii) Subject to provision of relevant real estate information to Party A from Party B, Party A will display the real estate information, and any of its updates from time to time, provided by Party B on map.baidu.com   8





  on preferential basis. Party A will deal with any failure to display such information as provided in the preceding sentence immediately upon notice for such effect from Party B in writing.   (iii) Party A and Party B have entered into agreement regarding map cooperation prior to this Agreement. Party B has the option to continue performing such agreement, or terminate such agreement and perform the Cooperation provided hereunder.   (c) During the term of this Agreement, Party A agrees to give preferential cooperation to Party B regarding Baidu news products.   Cooperation Fee   1. Cooperation Fee   The cooperation fee under this Agreement will be RMB200 million, of which RMB160 million will be channel cooperation fee and RMB40 million will be promotion fee for the Cooperation Channel. The cooperation fee will be payable in four installments as follows   (a) Within 15 business days after the date hereof, Party B will pay RMB50 million to Party A.   (b) Within 15 business days after the end of the first cooperation period, Party B will pay another RMB50 million to Party A.   (c) Within 15 business days after the end of the second cooperation period, Party B will pay another RMB50 million to Party A.   (d) Within 15 business days after the end of the third cooperation period, Party B will pay the remaining RMB50 million to Party A.   2. Payment of Cooperation Fee   The channel cooperation fee provided under this Agreement will be payable by Party B or its designated entity to the following account of Party A at the expense of Party B, which payment could be in foreign currency at equivalent amount.   Beneficiary: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co., Ltd.   Bank: China Merhcants Bank, Beijing Branch, Beisihuan Sub-branch   Account number: 866180198510001   ARTICLE V RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS   5.1 Each of the Parties warrants that its execution and performance of this Agreement is in no violation of any third party interests or PRC laws.   5.2 Party B will be responsible for server configuration, bandwidth, operation, maintenance, users and user services management and development necessary for the Cooperation Channel, as well as any expenses and liabilities arising thereof.   5.3 Party B warrants that any and all information provided or released onto the Cooperation Channel during the Cooperation is in no violation of PRC laws, general code of   9





  ethics and intellectual property and/or other legal interests of any third party and, upon occurrence of such violation, Party B will delete the violating information from the Cooperation Channel, resolve any dispute and be liable for any consequence arising thereof, and indemnify Party A for any loss incurred by Party A thereof.   5.4 Any delay of service by Party B due to any force majeure will be notified to Party A immediately, and Party B will take prompt measures to ensure performance of this Agreement;   5.5 Party A allows Party B to conduct any activity in the name of real estate and home furnishing website of Party A's website without violation of any laws and provisions under this Agreement, provided that such conduct will not appear as if Party B represents Baidu or Party B and Baidu has any relationship other than that provided under this Agreement.   5.6 Party B will be responsible for advertising operation of the real estate channel. Party B has sole discretion to conduct advertising operation, and any gains, liabilities, duties, taxes and expenses arising therefrom will be owned or paid by Party B.   5.7 Party B will pay the channel cooperation fee provided under this Agreement.   5.8 Party A will provide to Party B the promotional resources provided under this Agreement, including Baidu network promotional resources, provide promotional support to Party B, and make promotion of Party B on its website.   5.9 Party B will embed Baidu search bar into the homepage of www.leju.com, and any income thereof will be shared between Party A or any of its affiliates and Party B on monthly basis, the details of which are subject to separate alliance agreement between Party B and Party A or any of its affiliates.   5.10 Party C will be severally and jointly liable for any and all obligations of Party B under this Agreement.   ARTICLE VI   OWNERSHIP   Party A maintains its ownership of all rights, entitlements and interests of its websites and trademarks. Party B maintains its ownership of all rights, entitlements and interests of its websites, trademarks, and the information and data on the Cooperation Channel.   ARTICLE VII EXCLUSIVITY   During the term of this Agreement, Party B and its affiliates will be the exclusive cooperator of Party A's real estate and home furnishing cooperation channel. Party B and its affiliates will be the exclusive provider of real estate and home furnishing information, products and data in Party A's real estate and home furnishing channel. Party A may not make any identical or similar cooperation regarding the real estate and home furnishing information, products and data in its real estate and home furnishing channel with any competitor of Party B.   ARTICLE VIII CONFIDENTIALITY   8.1 Unless with express prior written consent from the other Party (which consent   10





  may not be withheld without reason), none of the Parties may make any public announcement or statement regarding this Agreement or any relationship with this Agreement.   8.2 Subject to written consent from the other Party, any Party may make press release or any other public presentation regarding the cooperation, cooperation channel and Party B's participation in the Cooperation Channel contemplated under this Agreement.   8.3 Any Party (the Receiving Party') will keep in strict confidence any business secret received by it from the other Party (the Disclosing Party) and, without prior written consent of the Disclosing Party, may not disclose such information to any third party or, if it fails to do so, be liable for any loss incurred by the Disclosing Party, unless such information:   (a) Has been known to the Receiving Party without any non-disclosure obligation prior to its receipt of the same from the Disclosing Party;   (b) Has been known to the public without fault of the Receiving Party;   (c) Is legally received from any third party without non-disclosure obligation or use restriction;   (d) Is developed independently by the Receiving Party;   (e) Is disclosed without prior written consent from the Disclosing Party; and   (f) Is disclosed under legal requirements having jurisdiction of the Receiving Party, provided that the Receiving Party will notify the Disclosing Party with prior written notice permitted under applicable laws and regulations of the exact business secret to be disclosed so as to enable the Disclosing Party to take effective protective measures.   8.4 The provisions under this Article VIII will have effect during and after the term of this Agreement.   ARTICLE IX BREACH LIABILITY   9.1 If any Party fails to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement, the breaching Party will cease its breach of this Agreement immediately upon receipt of a written notice from the non-breaching Party requesting correction of such breach, and will continue to perform, take corrective measures, or indemnify any loss incurred by the non-breaching Party within ten business days. If the breaching Party continues with such breach or fails to perform any of its obligations, the non-breaching Party may terminate this Agreement with immediate effect upon written notice to the breaching Party, and hold the breaching Party liable for any loss incurred by the non-breaching Party.   9.2 If each of the Parties is liable for breach of this Agreement, it will be held liable according to the extent of its failure thereof.   11





  ARTICLE X   TERMINATION   10.1 Special Provisions   The Parties agree that within three months prior to the 4  anniversary of the date hereof, Party B may conduct comprehensive review of the Cooperation contemplated hereunder and may elect to continue performing or terminate this Agreement. If Party B elects to terminate this Agreement, it will notify Party A in writing and this Agreement will terminate upon receipt of such written notice by Party A. Party B will settle any and all cooperation fee regarding the Cooperation Channel outstanding prior to 4  anniversary of the date hereof, and arrange appropriate transfer of all matters relating to the operation and construction of the Cooperation Channel to Party A. Such termination will not affect performance of any right and obligation occurred prior thereto.   10.2 This Agreement will terminate if:   (a) The Parties decide not to extend it upon its expiry;   (b) The non-breaching Party terminates this Agreement pursuant to Article IX;   (c) Any of the Parties terminates this Agreement pursuant to Article XI;   (d) Any of the Parties declares bankruptcy or is in the process of liquidation or dissolution;   (e) Any force majeure event continues for more than 30 days and any of the Parties issues a termination notice pursuant to Article XIII of this Agreement and terminates this Agreement on the date of receipt provided under this Agreement; and   (f) With agreement of the Parties.   If any of the Parties terminates this Agreement unilaterally under any of the above circumstances, this Agreement will terminated immediately upon receipt of the termination notice by the other Party.   10.3 If any of the Parties declares bankruptcy or is in the process of liquidation or dissolution, any Party may terminate this Agreement with immediate effect upon notice to the other Party in writing. Any Party encountering such circumstance will immediately notify the other Party of such circumstance.   10.4 Post-Termination Matters   (a) Unless otherwise provided under Section 10.1 of this Agreement, upon early termination of this Agreement, Party A will return to Party B the channel cooperation fee paid by Party B net part of the payment for the obligations which have been performed under this Agreement. If this Agreement is early terminated for any fault of Party B, Party B may not claim for any reason repayment of any channel cooperation fee paid to Party A. Termination of this Agreement will affect any settlement or payment obligation outstanding under this Agreement, or any obligation or right accrued prior to such termination.   (b) Upon termination of this Agreement, Party B will arrange appropriate transfer of all matters relating to the operation and construction of the Cooperation Channel to Party A.   (c) Upon termination of this Agreement, Articles VIII, IX and XII will   12

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  continue to have binding effect upon the Parties.   ARTICLE XI ASSIGNMENT AND WARRANTY OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATION'S   11.1 Without prior written consent of the other Parties, none of the Parties may assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any third party.   11.2 In the event of any merger or division involving any of the Parties, all rights and obligations of such Party will be assigned in conjunction with such merger or division, provided that such Party will warrant that the rights and obligations of the other Party under this Agreement will not be affected. Upon occurrence of any of the above circumstances which could affect performance of this Agreement, such Party is obligated to notify the other Party of such effect. If such merger or division could make it impossible to perform this Agreement, the Party against which this Agreement will not be performed may terminate this Agreement with a prior written notice to such Party.   11.3 Neither Party A or Party B may create any security interest upon any of its rights under this Agreement for any third party claim.   11.4 Any Party involving in any merger will notify the other Party immediately of such merger so that the Parties may reach further agreement regarding the assignment of the rights and obligations under this Agreement.   ARTICLE XII GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION   12.1 The execution, effect, interpretation and performance of this Agreement and resolution of any dispute arising from this Agreement will be governed by PRC Laws.   12.2 Any dispute arising from construction or performance of this Agreement will be firstly resolved through negotiations of the Parties.   12.3 If the Parties fail to resolve the dispute through negotiations, any of the Parties may submit the dispute for resolution by litigation at the local people's court having jurisdiction over Party A.   ARTICLE XIII FORCE MAJEURE   13.1 Force Majeure will include without limitation any acts of God, such as earthquakes, fires, and rampant epidemics; government authority factors, such as laws, policies and administrative orders; and any other element subject to legal requirements.   13.2 In the event of any Force Majeure which prevents any of the Parties from performing this Agreement, the Party encountering such Force Majeure will notify the other Party with details of such Force Majeure as soon as reasonably possible. Any delay or failure to perform this Agreement due to Force Majeure will not operate as breach of this Agreement and ground to make any indemnity, claim or punishment. Under such circumstance, the Party encountering the Force Majeure will be obligated to perform this Agreement with reasonable measures to the extent practicable and, upon end of the Force Majeure, notify the other Parties of the end of the Force Majeure within five days. If the Force Majeure causes this Agreement un-performable, the Parties may negotiate to terminate this Agreement without any liability on any Party. Any issue post to such termination will be resolved by the Parties through negotiations.   13





  ARTICLE XIV SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS   14.1 Any failure or delay to perform any of the rights, powers or privileges under this Agreement will not operate as waiver thereof unless expressly made by the waiving Party in writing. Any single or partial exercise of any rights, powers or privileges hereunder by any Party will not preclude its further exercise of any rights, powers or privileges, unless without express waiver by such Party in writing.   14.2 If any of the provisions under this Agreement is held illegal, invalid or unenforceable under any applicable law, the Parties will modify such provision so that this Agreement could be valid, effective and enforceable according to the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible, and the remainder of this Agreement will remain valid and enforceable.   14.3 Any and all terms of this Agreement may not be changed or amended by any Party. Any matter not provided under this Agreement or any amendment, change or supplement hereto will be subject to supplemental agreement with signature and seal of the authorized representative of each of the Parties, which supplemental agreement will have the same effect with this Agreement.   14.4 Any matter not provided under this Agreement will be resolved under the PRC Laws.   14.5 This Agreement is made in six counterparts with two for each Party, and each original has the same effect.   14.6 This Agreement is dated April 29, 2010.   (NO TEXT BELOW)   Party A: /s/ Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co., Ltd.   Party B: /s/ China Online Housing (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.   Party C: /s/ Beijing Yisheng Leju Information Services Co., Ltd.   14 
Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Anti-Assignment that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Is consent or notice required of a party if the contract is assigned to a third party?

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Input: Consider Input: Exhibit 10.16



MARKETING AFFILIATE AGREEMENT

This Agreement is made this 1s t day of October 2008, (the Effective Date),  by and between Equidata, Inc., a corporation  organized under the laws of Virginia with its principal place of business at 724 Thimble Shoals Boulevard Newport News, Virginia  23606 (Equidata), and National Credit Report.com, LLC a Corporation organized under the laws of Florida, with its principal  place of business at 7700 N. Congress Ave, Suite 3113, Boca Raton FL33487 (Marketing Affiliate).

RECITALS

Therefore, if accepted all parties agree that the following shall constitute a marketing agreement between the parties.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Permission. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Marketing Affiliate may display Marketing Materials at its  principal place(s) of business, or at the principal place(s) of its third party partners, together with a link from the Marketing  Affiliate Web Site to Fquidata (and its partners) Web Site. Marketing Materials may also be used in the marketing of potential customers through direct mail and personal solicitation as well as inbound and outbound telemarketing. Marketing Affiliate may  not otherwise offer for sale, market, sell or distribute the Services of Equidata without express written permission.

1.   Equidata provides certain personal credit, fraud detection, credit scoring services and credit monitoring for consumers, the  (Services).    2.   Marketing Affiliate and Equidata wish to enter into an agreement under which Marketing Affiliate may market the Services.    3.   Marketing Affiliate wishes to market the Services indirectly through third party programs, direct mail, Internet and both  inbound and outbound telemarketing. In addition, each may own and operate a web site utilizing direct access to the  Services through Internet links.

  1.   Compensation. Marketing Affiliate shall be responsible for collecting all amounts due directly from the Consumer and  shall bear sole responsibility for non-payment of any fees charged to the Consumer. Marketing Affiliate shall pay to  Equidata, as compensation for its providing of Services under this agreement, such amounts as outlined and detailed in  Exhibit A attached hereto. Such amounts shall be billed on a bi-monthly basis by Equidata and are due and payable in  full by Marketing Affiliate 30 days from the invoice date. The prices set forth in Exhibit A do not include regulatory  fees, sales tax, excise tax or any other fees or taxes that may be charged by states or local taxing authorities nor does it  include additional fees or surcharges, including specific area Affiliate charges that may be accessed by the Credit  Reporting Agencies (CRA's). Said amounts charged to Equidata will be billed separately to Marketing Affiliate and are  due immediately upon receipt. Marketing Affiliate agrees to reimburse Equidata all costs of collecting any past due  amounts from Marketing Affiliate by reason of non payment, including reasonable attorney fees and disbursements. Equidata reserves the right to increase the base cost of Services. Notice will be given to Marketing Affiliate in writing  no less than 30 days prior to such increase taking affect. A development fee, yet To Be Determined and outlined in  Exhibit A, is due upon a signed agreement of project scope.          Marketing Affiliate agrees to pay promptly and in full all charges incurred through services rendered when billed.  When paying by credit card, the Marketing Affiliate agrees to pay for all items that are revoked or disputed by the  credit card company or the card holder along with any charges or fees charged by the credit card company including  fees associated with processing the credit card transaction and that the Marketing Affiliate will be billed for those items  in accordance with Equidata standard practices. Marketing Affiliate and the undersigned principal, partner or owner  further agree that this Agreement will serve as a personal guaranty by the undersigned principal, partner or owner of  the company, and the undersigned principal, partner or owner will become responsible for any unpaid balance past due  on any invoice. The Marketing Affiliate agrees to pay a late charge of 1 l/2% per month on the unpaid, past-due amount  as well as a returned check fee of not less than $35.00 per returned item. In addition, the Marketing Affiliate agrees to  pay 25% attorney's fees plus court cost in the event that the Marketing Affiliate's account is referred to an attorney for  collection.      2.   Disputes. In the case of disputed charge, defined as a non-payment of an invoice for which notice of dispute has been  given in writing by Marketing Affiliate to Equidata, Equidata or Marketing Affiliate may choose arbitration and  Marketing Affiliate and Equidata shall be obligated by the terms agreed upon by arbitration and all monies determined  owed shall be considered due and payable immediately. Such arbitration does not relieve Marketing Affiliate from its  obligation to promptly pay for undisputed charges in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Such disputes shall  be settled by arbitration in the City of Newport News, Virginia.          Marketing Affiliate shall give Equidata written demand of dispute within 10 days of the due date of the invoice. The  demand shall set forth a statement for the nature of the dispute and the amount involved. If Equidata and Marketing  Affiliate can not resolve the dispute on their own within 10 days after Equidata receive said dispute, the parties shall  jointly select an arbitrator.                     Initials: /s/ IP

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    If the parties do not agree on the selection of an arbitrator, each party will select an arbitrator of their choosing, and the two  arbitrators will jointly select a third arbitrator(s). Not later than 5 calendar days after the arbitrator(s) have been selected, the  arbitrator(s) shall schedule the arbitration hearing to commence on a mutually convenient date. The hearing shall commence  no later than 25 calendar days after Equidata receives receipt of dispute from Marketing Affiliate and shall continue from day  to day until completed. The arbitrator(s) shall issue an award in writing no later than 10 calendar days after the conclusion of  the hearing. The arbitration award shall be final and binding on both parties.    3.   Operational Specifications. Marketing Affiliate and Equidata shall agree upon Operational Specifications pertaining to the  methodology and logistics of data transfer and database coordination. Upon mutual agreement as to the Operational  Specifications, they shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement by way of an Exhibit. Both parties must agree upon any  changes to the Operational Specifications in writing. Any such changes will be deemed to be a part of the Operational  Specifications.    4.   Non-solicitation of Clients. Marketing Affiliate shall not directly or indirectly solicit an existing business customer of  Equidata during the term and condition of this Agreement other than for joint marketing purposes. Further, Marketing  Affiliate shall not market similar products from competing companies on any Web Site Landing Page containing the Equidata or Marketing Affiliate Web link as long as this Agreement is in effect.    5.   Compliance. Marketing Affiliate nor Equidata, shall engage in any practice or activity that is not in compliance with the Fair  Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as well as, but not limited to, any practice or activity that:

  5.1.   Violates any applicable law or regulation; including but not limited to the sale of illegal goods or the violation of export  control or obscenity laws; that invade the privacy of any third party; that are in any way connected with the  transmission of junk mail,  spam  or the unsolicited mass distribution of e-mail, or with any unethical marketing  practices.      5.2.   Is misleading, deceptive, confusing or abusive as outlined in the Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act;      5.3.   Makes any representation or statement, or grants any warranty or creates any other obligation with respect to the  Services, that is in addition to or otherwise inconsistent with any representation, statement or warranty stated  expressly by Equidata.      5.4.   Uses Marketing Materials, media or methods that are not approved, including, but nor limited to telemarketing scripts.  Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld and shall be completed within 48 hours of receipt of Marketing  Materials for review.      5.5.   Does not meet the standards for good industry practices for the direct marketing industry.      5.6.   Further guidelines and requirements are provided in Exhibit B and C.

6.   Audit. Equidata may audit, at Equidata's expense, the Marketing Affiliate's marketing, practices and activities for the  purpose of assuring compliance with this Agreement. Equidata reserves the right to site inspect Marketing Affiliate's  physical location of business at any time.    7.   Term and Termination. This Agreement commences on the Effective Date, and terminates, along with all licenses and  authorizations granted under it, upon the earliest of termination in accordance with the following.

  7.1.   This Agreement shall be for the term of one year; thereafter, the Agreement shall renew automatically under these same  terms and agreements unless superceded by future agreements.      7.2.   This Agreement may be terminated by either party with cause upon thirty (30) days written notice. Upon Marketing  Affiliate's default in payment or other breach of this Agreement, Equidata may terminate this Agreement without notice  to Marketing Affiliate. Upon termination for any reason, Equidata reserves the right to deactivate Marketing Affiliate's  access to the services including the Equidata Web Site. Termination does not release Marketing Affiliate from paying  all amounts owed to Equidata.      7.3.   At time of Agreement termination, Marketing Affiliate shall immediately remove all URL related data pertaining to said  Agreement; and if data is not voluntarily removed, Equidata reserves the right to use all available legal resources to  force the removal of Equidata URL related data and Marketing Affiliate agrees to be liable for the cost of such action,  including but not limited to reasonable attorney fees.      7.4.   Equidata reserves the right to terminate this Agreement immediately for cause if Experian, Equifax and/or TransUnion  (Credit Reporting Agencies — CRAs) decline to render Services to Marketing Affiliate for any reason or if Equidata is  notified by any of the CRAs to cease rendering Services to Marketing Affiliate.

8.   Representations and Warranties. Marketing Affiliate represents and warrants that:

  8.1   Marketing Affiliate does not engage in any business with respect to, and the Marketing Affiliate Web Site will not be  used, or display any materials, in any form or medium, in connection with a credit clinic, credit repair or restoration,  credit counseling firm, financial counseling firm, detective agency, private investigation, security services, practice of  law, news reporting or journalism, or fraudulent or unethical conduct.      8.2.   The information regarding Marketing Affiliate set forth in this Agreement, and the information provided to Equidata  with respect to Marketing Affiliate and the Marketing Affiliate Web Site, is accurate; and      8.3.   Marketing Affiliate's business, including without limitation any business conducted in connection with the Marketing

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Affiliate Web Site, does not violate any applicable law, regulation, court order or material agreement to which  Marketing Affiliate is subject.      8.4.   Equidata warrants that it is an authorized provider of the Services as outlined in this Agreement and that it has the  ability to provide said Services in the manner described herein.                Page 2 of 3   Initials: /s/ IP

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Accepted and Agreed:  Executive two (2) copies and return executed copies to:

9.   Indemnification. Equidata and Marketing Affiliate each hereby agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless each other and  each of its employees, agents, officers, directors and shareholders from and against any claims, suits, demand or actions  arising from breach of any warranties under this Agreement or failure to provide Services under this Agreement.    10.   Proprietary Information. Marketing Affiliate and Equidata mutually acknowledge that from time to time Confidential  Information may be received by each. Confidential Information, includes, but is not limited to, Customer names and lists. The  Receiving Party may not disclose or use the Disclosing Party's Confidential and Proprietary Information for any reason other  than in the performance of this Agreement. It is agreed any information received or collected by Marketing Affiliate about its  Customers or potential Customers, including information used to enroll Customers is Proprietary as defined by this section  and will not be used by Equidata in any manner other than as outlined herein.    11.   Liability. MARKETING AFFILIATE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY PRODUCT, SERVICE, LICENSE OR  PERMISSION PROVIDED BY EQUIDATA UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS PROVIDED ON AN AS IS BASIS. EQUIDATA  EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR PERFORMANCE, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS AND  EXCLUDES FROM THIS AGREEMENT ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION  WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT,  NONINTERFERENCE WITH DATA, ACCURACY, OR THAT THE SERVICE IS ERROR FREE. IN NO EVENT WILL  EQUIDATA BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES  INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS OR OTHER ECONOMIC LOSS, LOST REIMBURSEMENTS, AND  LOST DATA, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY THIRD PARTY. EVEN IF EQUIDATA, MARKETING AFFILIATE OR BOTH  HAD BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIM, MARKETING AFFILIATE AGREES TO  DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS EQUIDATA, AND EACH OF ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS  AND DIRECTORS, FROM AND AGAINST ANY CLAIM, SUIT, DEMAND, OR ACTION, INCLUDING WITHOUT  LIMITATION ATTORNEY FEES, ARISING FROM (A) BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT BY MARKETING AFFILIATE, (B)  THE MARKETING AFFILIATE WEB SITE, OR (C) MARKETING AFFILIATE'S BUSINESS.    12.   Miscellaneous. This Agreement binds and inures to the benefit of each party's permitted successors, assigns and legal  representatives, including the purchasers of the stock or assets of either party hereto. No delegation by either party of any  duty hereunder shall be deemed an assignment of this Agreement, nor shall any change in control or an assignment of by  operation of law by either party be deemed an assignment hereunder. Any failure or delay in exercising, or any single or  partial exercise of, any right or remedy by either party may not be deemed a waiver of any further, prior, or future right or  remedy hereunder. This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Virginia. All  notices required to be given in writing must be sent by overnight delivery service to the name and address designated in this  Agreement or to such other address that the receiving party may in advance designate by written notice. Notice is deemed effective on the day after delivery by the overnight carrier. If any provision of this Agreement is declared invalid, the other  provisions remain in full force and effect and this Agreement is deemed to be amended to replace, to the extent legally  possible, the rights and obligations contained in the invalid provision. The invalidity of any provision is not a failure of  consideration. The Parties shall operate as Independent Contractors in performing their obligations under the Agreement  and shall have exclusive control of the manner and means of performing such obligations. Each party shall be solely  responsible for supervision, daily direction and control of its employees and payment of their salaries, worker's  compensation, disability and other benefits. Nothing in the Agreement shall be construed as making either party the agent of  the other party, as granting to the other party the right to enter into any contract on behalf of the other party, or as  establishing an association, franchise, joint venture or partnership between the Parties. Under no circumstances shall the  employees of one party be deemed to be employees of the other for any purpose. This Agreement constitutes the entire  understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous  agreements, statements and representations, oral or written, between the parties relating to the subject matter of the  Agreement. No representation or promise, or modification or amendment to this Agreement is binding on either party unless  in writing signed by authorized representatives of both parties.

                      Company Name: Equidata, Inc.  Marketing Affiliate Name: National Credit Report LLC                  Address: 724 Thimble Shoals Blvd. Newport News, VA 23606   Address: 7700 N Congress AVE, Suite 3113 Boca Raton, FL  33487                  Phone Numbers: 757-873-0519 / 800-288-9809   Fax: 757-873-1224   Phone Numbers: 561-910 8900

                 Email Address: Kchase@equidata.com  Email Address: ivan.posniak@nationalcreditreport.com                  Print Name: Kitty Chase     Print Name: Ivan Posniak      Title:   SVP     Title:  CEO      Signature:  /s/ Kitty Chase     Signature:  /s/ Ivan Posniak

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Source: STEEL VAULT CORP, 10-K, 12/24/2008 
Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Cap On Liability that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Does the contract include a cap on liability upon the breach of a party’s obligation? This includes time limitation for the counterparty to bring claims or maximum amount for recovery.

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                     Exhibit 10.11

CO-BRANDING AGREEMENT

This Co-Branding Agreement (this Agreement) dated March 3, 2000 (the Effective Date) is entered into between VerticalNet, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation having a principal place of business at 700 Dresher Road, Suite 100, Horsham, Pennsylvania, 19044 (VerticalNet), and Impresse Corporation, a California Corporation, having a principal place of business at 1309 South Mary Avenue, Sunnyvale, California, 94087 (Impresse).

BACKGROUND

WHEREAS, VerticalNet owns and operates a series of Online Communities (defined below) that are accessible via the World Wide Web, each of which is designed to be an online gathering place for businesses of a certain type or within a certain industry; and

WHEREAS, Impresse desires to provide its commercial printing services (the Impresse Services) to Users (defined below) of VerticalNet Sites (defined below); and

WHEREAS, Impresse and VerticalNet desire to create Co-Branded Site (defined below) where users will be able to register to review and utilize the Impresse Services and to promote such Co-Branded Site on VerticalNet Sites.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, VerticalNet and Impresse agree as follows:

1.  DEFINITIONS

1.1. AFFILIATE shall mean, when used with reference to a party, any individual or entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such party. For purposes of this definition, control means the direct or indirect ownership of at least 50% of the outstanding voting securities of a party, or the right to control the policy decisions of such party.

1.2. BANNER shall mean a graphical image advertising the Impresse Site that is posted in an area reasonably designated by VerticalNet for similar banner advertisements and shall contain a Link (defined below) to the Co-Branded Site.

1.3. CO-BRANDED CONTENT shall mean all materials, data and similar information presented on the pages of the Co-Branded Site.

1.4. CO-BRANDED SITE shall mean the Site (defined below) that contains both a Frame (defined below) and a Window (defined below) which includes the Impresse Area (defined below) and the VerticalNet Area (defined below) of the Co-Branded Site.

1.5. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall mean, subject to the provisions of Section 7.2  [EXCLUSIONS], all proprietary and confidential information of a party, including, without limitation, trade secrets, technical information, business information, sales information, customer and potential customer lists and identities, product sales plans, sublicense agreements, inventions, developments, discoveries, software, know-how, methods, techniques, formulae, data, processes and other trade secrets and proprietary ideas, whether or not protectable under patent, trademark, copyright or other areas of law, that the other party has access to or receives. For purposes of this Agreement,

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the Co-Branded Content shall not be considered Confidential Information of Impresse. For purposes of this Agreement, this Agreement shall be considered Confidential Information.

1.6. E-COMMERCE CENTER shall mean a web page on a VerticalNet Site which is customized by VerticalNet to include a vendor's information, including the vendor's branding; a Link to the vendor's catalog, auction item listings; the vendor's career center including employment information; archives of; and Links to other related content locations.

1.7. FRAME shall mean a portion of a Web page which surrounds a Window on the top and left.

1.8. IMPRESSE AREA shall mean the Window portion of the Impresse Site (defined below) less the Frame that will be placed around the Window of the Co-Branded Site.

1.9. IMPRESSE MARK shall mean any trademark, service mark, trade name, domain name, design or logo of Impresse or its Affiliates.

1.10. IMPRESSE SITE shall mean the Site located at www.impresse.com (and any successor Site thereto).

1.11. IMPRESSE-VERTICALNET REVENUE shall have the meaning defined in Section 4.6.2  [REVENUE SHARING].

1.12. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY shall mean any and all trade secrets, patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, URLs, trade dress, brand features, know-how and similar rights of any type under the laws of any applicable governmental authority, including, without limitation, all applications and registrations relating to any of the foregoing.

1.13. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS shall mean all rights in and to Intellectual Property, including, without limitation, all patent rights, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, know-how and trade secrets.

1.14. LAUNCH DATE shall mean the day on which the Co-Branded Site and the V-Solutions Area become fully operational and generally available on the Internet.

1.15. LINK shall mean a link, including but not limited to a hyperlink,

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button or banner, that connects two Sites in a manner so that when a User clicks on the link, the User is transferred directly from one Site to a second Site.

1.16. NEWSLETTER shall mean a text message containing information supplied by Impresse and approved by VerticalNet (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) that is transmitted via e-mail to Users of the VerticalNet Sites who have provided their e-mail addresses to VerticalNet along with permission to transmit such messages to the e-mail address.

1.17. ONLINE COMMUNITY shall mean a VerticalNet Site that acts as a comprehensive source of information, dialogue and commerce for and links to E-Commerce Centers and other Sites for a particular industry or service market.

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1.18. PROPRIETARY FEATURE shall mean any name, trademark, service mark, trade name, domain name, navigational element, copyright, or logo which is proprietary to Impresse and/or VerticalNet, as appropriate.

1.19. SITE shall mean a site located on the World Wide Web portion of the Internet.

1.20. TERM shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1  [TERMINATION AND RENEWAL]

1.21. URL shall mean a universal resource locator used for the purpose of identifying a Site located on the Internet.

1.22. USER shall mean a single person who accesses and views a Site whether directly from a web browser or through a Link.

1.23. USER DATA shall mean all data generated by an Internet server that relates to file requests, user identification, transaction logs, session times and other information regarding the Users generated or collected by or through a Co-Branded Site, but excluding any information that relates or refers to a particular project of such User.

1.24. V-SOLUTIONS AREA shall mean a hub page accessible via a Link from the home page of each VerticalNet Site which shall contain a list of categories of business services, with each category further listing entities that provide such services. Each individual company listing shall contain a Link to a Web page hosted by VerticalNet that describes such company and the services it offers. The V-Solutions Area will also feature the V-Solutions Link (defined below).

1.25. V-SOLUTIONS LINK shall mean the Link from the V-Solutions Area to the Co-Branded Site.

1.26. VERTICALNET AREA shall mean the Frame area of the Co-Branded Site.

1.27. VERTICALNET MARK shall mean any trademark, service mark, trade name, domain name, design or logo of VerticalNet.

1.28. VERTICALNET-IMPRESSE USERS shall have the meaning defined in Section 4.6.1  [VerticalNet Impresse Users]

1.29. VERTICALNET SITE shall mean a Site owned and operated by VerticalNet in the United States or a portion of such Site designated by VerticalNet.

1.30. WINDOW shall mean a portion of a Web page that is surrounded by a Frame.

1.31. YEAR 2000 COMPLIANT shall mean with respect to any computer software that to the extent that such software contains date-dependent functionality, will: (1) contain four digit year codes, (2) properly process dates and date values before, through and beyond January 1, 2000, including date calculations with dates both before and after January 1, 2000, and (3) not suffer any impact on performance as a result of dates beyond January 1, 2000; provided, however, that for this warranty to apply the operating systems on which such software is being run, and any network servers, Web browsers, databases and other software that is used in conjunction with such software must also be Year 2000 Compliant as defined herein.

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2.   CO-BRANDED SITE

2.1. Impresse shall be responsible for: (a) the design, layout, development, hosting and maintenance of the Impresse Area of the Co-Branded Site; (b) providing VerticalNet with reasonable instructions and information regarding the Impresse Services; (c) providing a tabbed area prominently featured in a user interface within the Impresse Area of the Co-Branded Site that points to a VerticalNet Online Community or Online Communities; (d) modifying the Impresse online registration forms and system available on the Co-Branded Site to require Impresse users to identify and match their business activities with a VerticalNet Online Community or Online Communities; and (e) providing VerticalNet with the URL addresses for the Co-Branded Site.

2.2. VerticalNet shall be responsible for: (a) the design, layout, development, hosting and maintenance of the VerticalNet Area of the Co-Branded Site; and (b) the design, layout, development, hosting and maintenance of the V-Solutions Link.

2.3. Beginning on the Launch Date and continuing during the Term, VerticalNet shall display the V-Solutions Area on the VerticalNet Sites. VerticalNet shall likewise, during the Term, implement and maintain the V-Solutions Link.

2.4. Beginning on the Launch Date and continuing during the Term, VerticalNet shall not place advertising relating to the commercial printing entities listed on Exhibit A, or other such entities subsequently identified by Impresse, on the VerticalNet Area of the Co-Branded Site.

2.5. Impresse hereby grants to VerticalNet a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, right and license to link to the Impresse Area of the Co-Branded Site. Impresse shall permit Users who access the Co-Branded Site to access and use Co-Branded Content from the Co-Branded Site for the personal use of such Users in accordance with the then-current terms of Impresse's standard license agreement governing the use of such Co-Branded Content.

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2.6. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as preventing Impresse or VerticalNet from developing other co-branded versions of their materials, data, information and content.

3.   ONGOING SUPPORT

3.1. Impresse shall use commercially reasonable efforts to respond to all support requests by VerticalNet relating to the Co-Branded Site within one Business Day (as defined below) of Impresse's receipt of such notification. Impresse shall use reasonable efforts to cure the reported problem as soon as reasonably possible. VerticalNet shall provide Impresse with all information reasonably requested by Impresse in connection with a reported problem for which VerticalNet is requesting support under this Section 3.1  [ONGOING SUPPORT]. VerticalNet shall use commercially reasonable efforts to respond to all support requests by Impresse relating to the Co-Branded Site within one Business Day (as defined below) of VerticalNet's receipt of such notification. VerticalNet shall use reasonable efforts to cure the reported problem as soon as reasonably possible. Impresse shall provide VerticalNet with all information reasonably requested by VerticalNet in connection with a reported problem for which Impresse is requesting support under this Section 3.1  [ONGOING SUPPORT].

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3.2. Impresse will identify to VerticalNet primary and secondary contacts who will be familiar with the Co-Branded Site and this Agreement. VerticalNet will identify to Impresse primary and secondary contacts who will be familiar with the Co-Branded Site and this Agreement.

3.3. VerticalNet shall have access to technical support from Impresse by telephone from 8 a.m. Pacific Standard Time to 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, Monday through Friday, Impresse holidays excluded (each a Business Day, collectively Business Days). Impresse shall have access to technical support from VerticalNet by telephone from 6 a.m. Eastern Standard Time to 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday, VerticalNet holidays excluded.

4.   THE COMMERCIAL TERMS

4.1. DEVELOPMENT FEES. For the design, development and integration of the V-Solutions Area and the VerticalNet Area of the Co-Branded Site, Impresse shall pay to VerticalNet a one-time, nonrefundable development fee in the amount of [*] payable on the Effective Date.

4.2. SLOTTING FEES. For the display of the V-Solutions Area and the V-Solutions Link, Impresse shall pay to VerticalNet a slotting fee in the amount of [*] payable pursuant to the terms of Section 4.5  [PAYMENT TERMS].

4.3. BANNER/NEWSLETTER PURCHASE COMMITMENT. During the Term of this Agreement, Impresse agrees to purchase from VerticalNet Banners and Newsletters for a total price of at least $[*] as set forth below in this Section 4.3  [BANNER/NEWSLETTER PURCHASE COMMITMENT]. All prices for such Banners and Newsletters shall be offered to Impresse at a [*]% discount off of VerticalNet's then current prices for similar Banners or Newsletters. All purchases shall be subject to VerticalNet's standard terms and conditions governing advertising on VerticalNet Sites. Impresse agrees to purchase at least $[*] of such Banners and Newsletters in each calendar quarter after the Effective Date until a total of $[*] have been purchased, provided, the total dollar amount purchased by Impresse in any calendar quarter shall not consist of greater than 70% of either Banners or Newsletters. Payment of the fees set forth in this Section shall be made pursuant to the terms of Section 4.5  [PAYMENT TERMS].

4.4. HOSTING FEE. Impresse shall pay VerticalNet a service fee of $[*] for the hosting and maintenance of the Co-Branded Site and the V-Solutions Link, payable pursuant to the terms of Section 4.5  [PAYMENT TERMS].

4.5. PAYMENT TERMS. Impresse shall pay the fees set forth in Sections 4.2  [SLOTTING FEES], 4.3  [BANNER/NEWSLETTER PURCHASE COMMITMENT] and 4.4  [HOSTING FEE] as an aggregate, totaling $[*] payable in four equal quarterly installments of $[*] beginning on May 31, 2000 and thereafter on August 31, 2000 November 30, 2000 and February 28, 2001, respectively.

4.6. REVENUE SHARING. Impresse shall pay VerticalNet [*]of Impresse VerticalNet Revenue accruing during the term of this Agreement, payable to VerticalNet on or before the thirtieth day of the calendar quarter immediately following the quarter in which such revenue was collected by Impresse. Such payments shall be accompanied by a statement containing reasonable detail of the type and number of transactions from which the Impresse

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VerticalNet Revenue was derived, the total Impresse VerticalNet Revenue for such period and the total fees payable to VerticalNet pursuant to this Section 4.6  [REVENUE SHARING].

4.6.1. VerticalNet Impresse Users are the Users that register with Impresse through the Co-Branded Site, but specifically excluding those Users who have previously registered with Impresse other than through the Co-Branded Site.

4.6.2. The Impresse VerticalNet Revenue is Impresse's total net transaction and subscription revenues collected by Impresse during the term of this Agreement from VerticalNet Impresse Users.

4.6.3. If government regulations prevent Impresse from sharing any revenues associated with Impresse Services, VerticalNet and Impresse shall negotiate in good faith a compensation structure that seeks to provide VerticalNet with compensation equal to that set forth in Section 4.6  [REVENUE SHARING].

4.7. TAXES. All payments required under this Agreement are exclusive of federal, state, local and foreign taxes, duties, tariffs, levies and similar assessments. When applicable, such taxes shall appear as separate items on a party's invoice or statement to the other party. Payment of such taxes or charges shall be the responsibility of the party whose obligation it is under this Agreement to make the payment in respect of which such taxes are assessed, excluding any taxes based upon the other party's net income. In lieu thereof, a party shall provide the other party with a tax or levy exemption certificate acceptable to the taxing or levying authority.

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4.8. AUDITS. During the term of this Agreement and for one year thereafter, VerticalNet shall have the right to appoint a certified public accountant to audit Impresse's financial records relating to such payment to verify the accuracy of Impresse's financial records in order to verify the amount of the payments owed and/or paid hereunder, but no more frequently than once per year. If the amount owed by Impresse to VerticalNet was underpaid, the additional amount owed shall be paid to VerticalNet within 15 days of notice of such underpayment to Impresse. If the amount owed by Impresse to VerticalNet was underpaid in excess of 10% of the amount owed, the fees of such audit shall also be paid to VerticalNet within 15 days of notice of such to Impresse. If the amount owed by Impresse to VerticalNet was overpaid, the excess amount paid shall be returned by VerticalNet within 15 days of notice of such overpayment. VerticalNet shall give reasonable advance notice to Impresse of such audit and each audit shall be conducted in a manner that does not cause unreasonable disruption to the conduct of business by Impresse. The results of any such audit shall be deemed to be Confidential Information and may not be disclosed by either party or its certified public accountants except as may be necessary to enforce such party's rights.

4.9. INTEREST. All payments not paid by the date such payments are due shall bear interest from the due date to the date payments are actually paid at the lower of (i) 1% per month or (ii) the maximum rate permitted by law.

5.   TERMINATION AND RENEWAL

5.1. The Term of this Agreement shall begin on the Effective Date and shall end fifteen months therefrom.

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5.2. Either party may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice to the other party in the event of any material breach of a term of this Agreement by such other party that remains uncured 30 days after written notice of such breach was received by such other party or, if the breach is not reasonably capable of cure within 30 days, such longer period, not to exceed 60 days, so long as the cure is commenced within the 30-day period and thereafter is diligently prosecuted to completion as soon as possible and in any event within 60 days.

5.3. Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, (i) Impresse shall no longer have the right to use any VerticalNet Mark, (ii) VerticalNet shall no longer have the right to use any Impresse Mark; (iii) Impresse may no longer make any Co-Branded Content available for access and use through the Co-Branded Site; (iv) VerticalNet shall cease framing the Window in the Co-Branded Site; (v) VerticalNet shall remove the V-Solutions Link from the V-Solutions Area; and (vi) VerticalNet shall cease displaying or transmitting all Banners and Newsletters of Impresse.

5.4. Following expiration or termination of this Agreement, the terms and provisions of Article 4  [THE COMMERCIAL TERMS] above shall continue to govern Impresse's payment obligations for any payment obligations accruing during the term of this Agreement. Following termination, Impresse shall provide VerticalNet with a final accounting with respect to this Agreement and tender payment of amounts due under Article 4  [THE COMMERCIAL TERMS] at the next scheduled payment date.

6.   DISPUTE RESOLUTION

6.1. NEGOTIATION AND ESCALATION. If any controversy or claim arises relating to this Agreement, the parties will attempt in good faith to negotiate a solution to their differences, including progressively escalating any controversy or claim through senior levels of management. If negotiation does not result in a resolution within 30 days of the date one party first notifies the other of the controversy or claim, either party may resort to arbitration under Section 6.2  [ARBITRATION].

6.2. ARBITRATION. Any controversy or claim between the parties concerning any breach or alleged breach of this Agreement or performance or nonperformance of any obligation under this Agreement which cannot be resolved by negotiation will be resolved by binding arbitration under this Section 6.2  [ARBITRATION] and the then-current Commercial Rules and supervision of the American Arbitration Association (the AAA). If any part of this Section 6.2  [ARBITRATION] is held to be unenforceable, it will be severed and will not affect either the duty to arbitrate or any other part of this Section 6.2  [ARBITRATION]. The arbitration will be held before a sole disinterested arbitrator who is knowledgeable in business information and the Internet and experienced in handling commercial disputes. The arbitrator shall be appointed jointly by the parties hereto within 30 days following the date on which the arbitration is instituted. If the parties are unable to agree upon the arbitrator within such 30-day period, the AAA shall be instructed to select such arbitrator within 15 days thereafter. The arbitrator's award will be final and binding and may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The arbitrator will not have the power to award punitive or exemplary damages, or any damages excluded by, or in excess of, any damage limitations expressed in this Agreement. Issues of arbitrability will be determined in accordance solely with the federal substantive and procedural laws relating to arbitration; in all other respects, the arbitrator will be obligated to apply and follow the substantive law of the State of Delaware.

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6.3. EQUITABLE RELIEF. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event of an alleged violation of Article 7  [CONFIDENTIALITY] of this Agreement by either party, the party alleging such a violation may seek temporary and permanent injunctive or other appropriate equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction pending appointment of an arbitrator. The party requesting such relief shall simultaneously file a demand for arbitration of the dispute, and shall request that the AAA proceed under its rules for an expedited hearing.

6.4. COSTS. Unless the arbitrator, if any, determines otherwise, each party will bear its own attorneys' fees and other costs associated with the negotiation and arbitration provided for by this Article 6  [DISPUTE RESOLUTION], except that costs and expenses regarding the arbitrators shall be shared equally. If court proceedings to stay litigation or compel arbitration are necessary, the party who unsuccessfully opposes such proceedings will pay all associated costs, expenses and attorneys' fees that are reasonably incurred by the other party. To the extent that any claim in arbitration relates to the collection of amounts owed under Article 4  [THE COMMERCIAL TERMS], the party entitled to collect such amounts shall be entitled to recover all reasonable costs of collection, including expenses and attorneys' fees that are incurred.

6.5. TWO YEAR LIMITATION. Except for claims under Sections 9.4  [INDEMNIFICATION BY IMPRESSE] and 9.5  [INDEMNIFICATION BY VERTICALNET]

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hereof, neither party may bring a claim or action regardless of form, arising out of or related to this Agreement, including any claim of fraud or misrepresentation, more than two years after the cause of action accrues or becomes known, whichever is later.

6.6. CONFIDENTIALITY. In order to facilitate the resolution of controversies or claims between the parties with respect to each party hereto, such controversies or claims, including details regarding negotiations, arbitration and settlement terms, shall be treated as Confidential Information of the other party hereto in accordance with Article 7  [CONFIDENTIALITY].

6.7. REMEDIAL MEASURES. In the event of (a) any material remediable breach of this Agreement by the other party which remains uncured 30 days after notice of such breach was received by the other party or (b) any material breach which cannot be cured, the non-breaching party may take reasonable remediable measures upon prior written notice and at the cost and expense of the breaching party without prejudice and in addition to any other rights arising from such breach. In addition, the non-breaching party shall take reasonable steps to mitigate damages arising out of such breach.

7.   CONFIDENTIALITY

7.1. CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS. Except as permitted elsewhere under this Agreement, each party agrees to take Reasonable Steps (as defined below) (a) to receive and maintain the Confidential Information of the other party in confidence and (b) not to disclose such Confidential Information to any third parties, provided, the receiving party may disclose such Confidential Information to its employees, representatives and agents who have a need to know such information for purposes of carrying out the terms of this Agreement. Neither party hereto shall use all or any part of the Confidential Information of the other party for any purpose other than to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The parties will take Reasonable Steps (as defined below) to ensure that their employees, representatives and agents comply with this provision. As used herein, Reasonable Steps means at least the same degree of care that the

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receiving party uses to protect its own Confidential Information, and, in no event, not less than reasonable care.

7.2. EXCLUSIONS. Confidential Information does not include information that (a) is or becomes publicly available through no fault of the receiving party; (b) was already known to the receiving party at the time it was disclosed to the receiving party, as evidenced by records of the receiving party; (c) is independently developed by employees of the receiving party who had no knowledge of or access to such information, as evidenced by records of the receiving party; (d) is received from a third party who is under no obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing party; or (e) must be disclosed pursuant to applicable laws, rules or regulations; provided, however, that the receiving party first gives the disclosing party notice and a reasonable opportunity to secure confidential protection of such Confidential Information.

7.3. TERMINATION. Subject to Section 10.11  [SURVIVAL], upon termination of this Agreement, all Confidential Information shall be returned to the disclosing party or, at the request of the disclosing party, destroyed unless otherwise specified or permitted elsewhere under this Agreement. Subject to Section 7.6  [USER DATA], the confidentiality obligations contained in this Article 7  [CONFIDENTIALITY] shall survive termination of this Agreement for a period of three years.

7.4. INJUNCTION. Each party acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of this Article 7  [CONFIDENTIALITY] are reasonable and necessary to protect the other party's interests in its Confidential Information, that any breach of the provisions of this Article 7  [CONFIDENTIALITY] may result in irreparable harm to such other party, and that the remedy at law for such breach may be inadequate. Accordingly, in the event of any breach or threatened breach of the provisions of this Article 7  [CONFIDENTIALITY] by a party hereto, the other party, in addition to any other relief available to it at law, in equity or otherwise, shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief restraining the breaching party from engaging in and/or continuing any conduct that would constitute a breach of this Article 7  [CONFIDENTIALITY], without posting a bond or other security.

7.5. PUBLICITY. Neither party will originate any press release concerning the relationship between the parties or the transactions described in this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, as soon as reasonably practicable following the Effective Date, VerticalNet and Impresse shall jointly issue a press release with respect to entering into this Agreement.

7.6. USER DATA. Impresse shall provide VerticalNet with User Data on each User that submits information through the Co-Branded Site by sending an email with such information to an email address designated by VerticalNet at the time the request occurs. User Data shall be maintained by each Party as Confidential Information of the other Party during the Term and 5 years thereafter, provided such User Data may be disclosed only as part of an aggregation or analysis of all User Data but not as independent data. Upon termination of the Agreement, VerticalNet and Impresse shall jointly own all User Data. Neither Party shall use the User Data other than in accordance with the VerticalNet privacy policy and all applicable laws during the Term and thereafter.

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8.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

8.1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each party hereby represents, covenants and warrants that:

8.1.1. It has the corporate power to enter into this Agreement and to grant the rights and licenses granted herein and to otherwise perform this Agreement;

8.1.2. It is not a party to any agreement or understanding and knows of no law or regulation that would prohibit it from entering into and performing this Agreement or that would conflict with this Agreement;

8.1.3. When executed and delivered by it, this Agreement will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of it, enforceable against it in accordance with this Agreement's terms, except as enforcement may be limited by laws or regulations relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and creditors rights or by principles of equity;

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8.1.4. The portions of the Co-Branded Site provided by such party are and will continue to be Year 2000 Compliant;

8.1.5. To the best of its knowledge, the portions of the Co-Branded Site provided by such party and its own Site do not and will not (i) contain any known viruses, Trojan Horse, worm or harmful code the purpose of which is to disable or interrupt the operating of a computer system or destroy, erase or otherwise harm any data, software or hardware, (ii) contain any false, misleading, libelous or defamatory statements, (iii) constitute an invasion of the rights of privacy or publicity of any third party, (iv) violate any applicable laws, rules and regulations or (v) infringe, violate or misappropriate any Intellectual Property Rights of any third party.

9.   DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY, LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

9.1. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES BY VERTICALNET. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSELY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, VERTICALNET HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, WITH RESPECT TO THE VERTICALNET SITES, THE V-SOLUTIONS AREA, THE V-SOLUTIONS LINK AND THE VERTICALNET AREA OF THE CO-BRANDED SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. VERTICALNET EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AS TO THE USER INTERFACE OR USER EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VERTICALNET SITES AND RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TO MODIFY THE PLACEMENT OF ALL LINKS, URLS AND PROPRIETARY FEATURES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN THE EVENT VERTICALNET REDESIGNS THE USER INTERFACE, SUCH LINKS, URLS AND PROPRIETARY FEATURES SHALL RECEIVE MUTUALLY AGREEABLE PLACEMENT SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE ORIGINAL DESIGN.

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9.2. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES BY IMPRESSE. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, IMPRESSE HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPRESSE AREA OF THE CO-BRANDED SITE AND THE IMPRESSE SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

9.3. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. EXCEPT IN CONNECTION WITH A BREACH BY EITHER PARTY OF ARTICLE 7 OR SECTION 8.1.5  [REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES] (v) AND THE INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS OF IMPRESSE UNDER SECTION 9.4(i)(d)  [INDEMNIFICATION BY IMPRESSE] AND THE INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS OF VERTICALNET UNDER SECTION 9.5(i)(d)  [INDEMNIFICATION BY VERTICALNET], NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

9.4. INDEMNIFICATION BY IMPRESSE. Subject to Section 9.6  [PROCEDURE], Impresse shall (i) defend at its sole expense VerticalNet and its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any action, suit, proceeding or investigation brought by a third party and caused by, relating to, based upon, arising out of or in connection with (a) any breach by Impresse of the representations, warranties or agreements made by it in Section 8 of this Agreement, (b) negligence, recklessness or intentional misconduct on the part of Impresse or its officers, directors, employees, agents or consultants, (c) any claim arising out of VerticalNet's authorized use or possession of the portions of the Co-Branded Site provided by Impresse and the Impresse Site as permitted by this Agreement; or (d) any claim that any portion of the Impresse Site or the Impresse Area of the Co-Branded Site violates, infringes or misappropriates any Intellectual Property Right of any third party and (ii) pay all authorized costs, expenses and disbursements incurred in such defense, and any damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties or judgments awarded in any such action, or any settlement amount agreed to by Impresse.

9.5. INDEMNIFICATION BY VERTICALNET. Subject to Section 9.6  [PROCEDURE], VerticalNet shall (i) defend at its sole expense Impresse and its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any action, suit, proceeding or investigation brought by a third party, caused by, relating to, based upon, arising out of or in connection with (a) any breach by VerticalNet of the representations, warranties or agreements made by it in Section 8 of this Agreement, (b) negligence, recklessness or intentional misconduct on the part of VerticalNet or its officers, directors, employees, agents or consultants, (c) any claim arising out of Impresse's use or possession of the portions of the Co-Branded Site provided by VerticalNet and the VerticalNet Sites as permitted by this Agreement; or (d) any claim that any portion of the VerticalNet Site or the VerticalNet Area of the Co-Branded Site violates, infringes or misappropriates any Intellectual Property Right of any third party and (ii) pay all costs, expenses and disbursements authorized by the Indemnitor (defined below) incurred in such defense, and any damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties or judgments awarded in any such action, or any settlement amount agreed to by VerticalNet.

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9.6. PROCEDURE. If any action shall be brought against a party in respect to which indemnity may be sought from the other party pursuant to the provisions of this Article 9  [DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY, LIMITATION OF LI...], the party seeking indemnity (the Indemnitee) shall follow the procedures in this Section. If an Indemnitee receives any notice of a claim or other allegation with respect to which the other party (the Indemnitor) has an obligation of indemnity hereunder, then the Indemnitee will, within 15 days of receipt of such notice, give the Indemnitor written notice of such claim or allegation setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances surrounding the claim. The Indemnitee will not make any payment or incur any costs or expenses with respect to such claim, except as requested by the Indemnitor or as necessary to comply with this procedure. The Indemnitee will not make any admission of liability or take any other action that limits the ability of the Indemnitor to defend the case. The Indemnitor shall immediately assume the full control of the defense or settlement of such claim or allegation, including the selection and employment of counsel, and shall pay all authorized costs and expenses of such defense. The Indemnitee will fully cooperate, at the expense of the Indemnitor, in the defense or settlement of the claim. The Indemnitee shall have the right, at its own expense, to employ separate counsel and participate in the defense or settlement of the claim; provided that the Indemnitor shall have no liability for costs or expenses incurred by the Indemnitee, except to the extent authorized by the Indemnitor pursuant to this procedure.

9.7. ESSENTIAL PART OF BARGAIN. The parties acknowledge that the disclaimers and limitations set forth in this Article 9  [DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY, LIMITATION OF LI...] are an essential element of this Agreement between the parties and that the parties would not have entered into this Agreement without such disclaimers and limitations.

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10.  MISCELLANEOUS

10.1. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

10.1.1. Except for the express rights granted to Impresse under this Agreement, Impresse acknowledges and agrees that the Intellectual Property of VerticalNet is and shall remain the sole property of VerticalNet and nothing in this Agreement shall confer in Impresse any right of ownership or license rights in VerticalNet's Intellectual Property. In addition, Impresse shall not now or in the future contest the validity of VerticalNet's ownership of its Intellectual Property; provided, however, that Impresse may contest the validity of VerticalNet's Intellectual Property in any proceeding brought against Impresse alleging infringement or misappropriation of VerticalNet's Intellectual Property.

10.1.2. Except for the express rights granted to VerticalNet under this Agreement, VerticalNet acknowledges and agrees that the Intellectual Property of Impresse is and shall remain the sole property of Impresse and nothing in this Agreement shall confer in VerticalNet any right of ownership or license rights in Impresse's Intellectual Property. In addition, VerticalNet shall not now or in the future contest the validity of Impresse's ownership of its Intellectual Property; provided, however, that VerticalNet may contest the validity of Impresse's Intellectual Property in any proceeding brought against VerticalNet alleging infringement or misappropriation of Impresse's Intellectual Property.

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10.2. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its conflicts of law provisions.

10.3. NO ASSIGNMENT. Except as otherwise set forth herein, neither party shall transfer, assign or cede any rights or delegate any obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, whether voluntarily or by operation of law, without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent may be withheld at the other party's reasonable business discretion; provided, however, that either party may transfer this Agreement without prior written consent of the other to an Affiliate of such party, or to the surviving party in a merger or consolidation, or to a purchaser of all or substantially all of its assets.

10.4. GOOD FAITH. The parties undertake to display to each other the utmost good faith, consistent with their respective rights and obligations set forth in this Agreement.

10.5. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. In connection with this Agreement, each party is an independent contractor. This Agreement does not, and shall not be construed to, create an employer-employee, agency, joint venture or partnership relationship between the parties. Neither party shall have any authority to act for or to bind the other party in any way, to alter any of the terms or conditions of any of the other party's standard forms of invoices, sales agreements, warranties or otherwise, or to warrant or to execute agreements on behalf of the other or to represent that it is in any way responsible for the acts, debts, liabilities or omissions of the other party.

10.6. NOTICES. All notices, reports, payments and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement (each, a Notice) shall be in writing and shall be given either by personal delivery against a signed receipt, by express delivery using a nationally recognized overnight courier, or by facsimile. All Notices shall be properly addressed as follows, or to such other addresses as may be specified in a Notice given hereunder:

IF TO VERTICALNET:

Attn: General Counsel VerticalNet, Inc. 700 Dresher Road, Suite 100 Horsham, Pennsylvania 19044 Tel No.: (215) 315-3200 Fax No.: (215) 784-1962

IF TO IMPRESSE:

Attn: Siva Kumar Impresse Corporation 1309 South Mary Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Phone No.: (408) 530-2022 Fax No.: (408) 245-8336

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A Notice shall be deemed to be effective upon personal delivery or, if sent via overnight delivery, upon receipt thereof. A Notice sent via facsimile is deemed effective on the same day (or if such day is not a business day, then on the next succeeding business day) if such facsimile is sent before 3:00 p.m. Prevailing Eastern Time and on the next day (or if such day is not a business day, then on the next succeeding business day) if such Notice is sent after 3:00 p.m. Prevailing Eastern Time.

10.7. AMENDMENT OR MODIFICATION. No subsequent amendment, modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and signed by the parties.

10.8. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement sets out the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, proposals, arrangements and communications, whether oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

10.9. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid, or otherwise unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then to the fullest extent permitted by law (a) the same shall not effect the other terms or provisions of this Agreement, (b) such term or provision shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary in the tribunal's opinion to render such term or provision enforceable, and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be construed and enforced accordingly, preserving to the fullest extent the intent and agreements of the parties set forth herein and (c) such finding of invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of

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such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.

10.10. NO WAIVER. Failure to enforce any term of this Agreement is not a waiver of future enforcement of that or any other term. No term or provision of this Agreement will be deemed waived and no breach excused unless such waiver or excuse is in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement of such waiver or excuse is sought.

10.11. SURVIVAL. Sections 5.3  [TERMINATION AND RENEWAL] and 5.4  [TERMINATION AND RENEWAL], and Articles 6  [DISPUTE RESOLUTION], 7, 8, 9 and 10, any payment obligations of the parties hereunder accruing prior to the date of termination; and any other provision herein expressly surviving termination or necessary to interpret the rights and obligations of the parties in connection with the termination of the term of this Agreement will survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

10.12. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to confer benefits, rights or remedies unto any person or entity other than the parties and their permitted successors and assigns.

10.13. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. Each party hereby irrevocably waives all rights a party may have to a trial by jury in any legal action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

10.14. TITLES. The headings appearing at the beginning of the Sections contained in this Agreement have been inserted for identification and reference purposes only and shall not be used to determine the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The nomenclature of the

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defined terms in this Agreement shall only be used for the construction of this Agreement, and are not to be used for any other purpose, including, but not limited to, interpretation for accounting purposes.

10.15. FORCE MAJEURE. Neither party shall be held to be in breach of this Agreement by reason of a force majeure event, including, but not limited to, act of God, delay in transportation, fire, flood, earthquake, storm, war, act of a public enemy, civil commotion or any law, rule, regulation, order or other action by any public authority or any other matter reasonably beyond a party's control. To the extent failure to perform is caused by such a force majeure event, such party shall be excused from performance hereunder so long as such event continues to prevent such performance, and provided the non-performing party takes all reasonable steps to resume full performance.

10.16. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Each party shall comply with all prevailing laws, rules and regulations and obtain all necessary approvals, consents and permits required by the applicable agencies of the government of the jurisdictions that apply to its activities or obligations under this Agreement.

10.17. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS, FACSIMILES. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which when delivered to the other party shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become binding when any one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, bear the signatures of both parties hereto. For the purposes hereof, a facsimile copy of this Agreement, including the signature pages hereto, shall be deemed an original.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to the Agreement by their duly authorized representatives have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

VERTICALNET, INC.                              IMPRESSE CORPORATION

By: /s/ Michael Hagon                         By: /s/ Siva Kumar    -------------------------------               ----------------------------

Name:                                         Name:      -----------------------------                 --------------------------

Title:                                        Title:       ----------------------------                  -------------------------

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Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Covenant Not To Sue that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Is a party restricted from contesting the validity of the counterparty’s ownership of intellectual property or otherwise bringing a claim against the counterparty for matters unrelated to the contract?


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