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(Data Bank Membership)
 
Article 1 Main points of this Membership Regulation
   MarkLines Co., Ltd., whose head office is located at 3-18, Akasaka 6-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan (hereinafter referred to as "MarkLines") has been operating the website "MarkLines Supplier Support System" (URL: www.MarkLines.com) (hereinafter referred to as "Supplier Support System"). This regulation is to specify the rights and obligations that are applicable when any group, company or any other entity (hereinafter referred to as" User") has its members who belong to the User (hereinafter referred to as "Members") use those services (hereinafter referred to as "Service") provided by MarkLines in the Supplier Support System in accordance with Article 3 of this Regulation based on a corporate contract approval ID and password.
Note that Members shall be limited to persons who work within the organization of the User that is stated in the company name column on the application form for the Service and any employee of its foreign branch or representative office, or its affiliated or subsidiary company shall not be considered as a Member. In order for any such employee to make use of the Service, a separate application must be completed by the foreign branch or representative office, or the affiliated or subsidiary company.
Furthermore, employees who are transferred from User companies to other companies, including group companies, subsidiaries, overseas branches or representative offices, come under the jurisdiction of these other companies and as such are no longer eligible to avail themselves of the Service provided to the original User company that transferred these employees. In order for these employees to avail themselves of the Service, the other companies to which these employees were transferred will need to become Users.
However, employees transferred must be have the status of regular, full-time employees at the other companies, since persons transferred to work temporarily on assignment or work in the capacity of guest engineers, for example, are ineligible to use the Service.
 
Article 2 Regulation on individual ID use of Supplier Support System
   User shall abide by all of the provisions of this Regulation as well as the "Regulation onIndividual ID Use of Supplier Support System" and the "Regulation on Use of SupplierSupport System" provided separately (these two regulations and this present Regulationare hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Relevant Regulations"). If there is anydifference between the Relevant Regulations, the provisions of this Regulation shall takeprecedence.
 
Article 3 Services provided
1.   Members may obtain individual ID and password of the Supplier Support System and usethe Product Spotlight (hereinafter referred to as "Product Spotlight") anddata bank (hereinafter referred to as "Data Bank"), by applying for the use of the Supplier Support System as provided in Article 3 of the Regulation on Individual ID Use of Supplier Support System by using the corporate contract approval ID and password of the Supplier Support System. The Product Spotlight is provided by providers of contents (hereinafter referred to as " Providers of Contents"), while the information in the Data Bank is provided by MarkLines and Providers of Contents. 
2.   MarkLines may add any menu set forth in the Preceding Paragraph hereof to this Service and/or delete any menu from this Service by making a notice to Members; provided, however, that MarkLines shall give such notice to Members in accordance with Article 2 of "Regulation on Individual ID Use of Supplier Support System."
 
Article 4 Application for use
   Any company that desires to apply for the purpose of obtaining a corporate contract approval ID and password (hereinafter referred to as "Applicant") shall fill in the necessary information in the application form for the Service in order to apply for the corporate contract approval ID and password (hereinafter referred to as " Application for Use").
Note that use of this Service shall be limited to the Applicant that is stated in the company name column on the application form. In order for the Applicant's any affiliated companies, subsidiary companies, foreign branches, or foreign representative offices to make use of the Service, they each must complete a separate Application for Use.
 
Article 5 Approval of Application for Use
1.   After Applicant completes and submits the Application for Use set forth in Article 4 hereof, MarkLines will investigate it. However, Applicant is requested to understand in advance that MarkLines may, when necessary, ask Applicant to present a certified copy of Applicant's seal impression, a certified copy of commercial registration as well as any other documents designated by MarkLines as being necessary.
2.   When MarkLines has decided to accept such Application for Use, MarkLines will issue to the Applicant its corporate contract approval ID and password. MarkLines shall send the corporate contract approval ID and password to the User by postal mail arranged through the consigned company. It is deemed that the registration of Applicant has been comple ted upon issue of the corporate contract approval ID and password.
3.   At the time of such completion of registration as provided in the preceding Paragraph, User and MarkLines are deemed to have entered into agreement on the provision of this Service based on the provisions hereunder.
4.   MarkLines may refuse Application for Use if Applicant falls under any one of the following cases:
(1) In the past, MarkLines has cancelled or refused to accept the qualification of the Applicant because of the breach of some regulation applicable to the users of the services provided by MarkLines.
(2) There is some false statement in the Application for Use.
(3) MarkLines deems the Applicant as ineligible to be a user of this Service or for some other reason considers it improper to accept the Applicant as a user.
5.   The corporate contract approval ID and password of User shall be valid during the service provision period stated in the Application for Use. Unless User notifies MarkLines by three months prior to the expiration of the service provision period, the valid period of the corporate contract approval ID and password of User shall automatically be extended for another service period (the duration of which shall be the same as that of the expiring service period). This shall also be applicable thereinafter.
6.   Even after accepting the Application for Use, should the User accepted by MarkLines fail to abide by any provision of the Relevant Regulations , MarkLines may cancel the acceptance of the Application for Use by sending a notice to the User and revoking the issued corporate contract approval ID and password by sending a notice to the User.
7.   The User shall, at its own cost and responsibility, procure such communication equipment and software as required to use this Service. And the User shall, at its own cost and responsibility, use this Service through its opted electric communication service system.
 
Article 6 System rental fee
   User shall pay to MarkLines the system rental fee that User incurs in respect the use of the system of MarkLines, the amount of which is specified in the application in the payment method designated by MarkLines in the application form, etc. A bank transfer charge and/or any other extra charges associated with this payment shall be borne by User.
 
Article 7 Control of corporate contract approval ID and password
1.   The User shall use and control its corporate contract approval ID and password at User's own responsibility.
2.   The User shall neither allow any third party or parties (excluding its Member(s), hereinafter the same) to use the corporate contract approval ID or password nor shall User lend, transfer or sell the ID or password to any third party or parties, change the ownership or set mortgage on them.
3.   The User shall be held responsible for any and all of the losses and/or damages resulting from inadequate control, misuse of the corporate contract approval ID and /or password or from the use thereof by a third party, and MarkLines shall bear no responsibility for such losses or damages.
4.   In the case that the User finds that its corporate contract approval ID and /or password has been stolen or used by any third party(ies), the User shall immediately inform MarkLines accordingly and shall follow the instructions given by MarkLines if any.
5.   MarkLines shall bear no responsibility for any losses or damages incurred by the User when the corporate contract approval ID and/or the corresponding password of User has been used by any third party(ies), whether there is any willful negligence or default on the part of the User. Should the User forget its password established by the User itself, the User shall immediately inform MarkLines accordingly and follow the instructions given by MarkLines.
6.   In the event that the User has caused damages to any third party(ies) because of or in relation to this Service, User shall, at its own responsibility and expense, solve the related problems and shall not cause any trouble, loss or damage to MarkLines.
 
Article 8 Responsibility for use by Member
   The User shall be responsible for having its Members abide by the Relevant Regulations and laws. If a Member has caused any damages to MarkLines, a Provider of Contents and/or any other third party due to any violations by the Member against the Relevant Regulations or laws, the User shall bear full responsibility for compensating these damages and shall relieve MarkLines, the Provider of Contents and any other third party from any and all responsibility for such damages.
 
Article 9 Changes in registration items
   In the case that there arises a change in any information registered in the Application for Use, User shall promptly inform MarkLines of it by utilizing the form designated by MarkLines. User is requested to understand in advance that MarkLines may ask User to present necessary documents to MarkLines whenever MarkLines seems it necessary.
 
Article 10 Cancellation of user qualification
   MarkLines may cancel the qualification of User without any prior notice immediately or in the future if User should fall under any one or more of the following cases. Even in the event that MarkLines cancels the qualification of a User, MarkLines is not required to refund to User any system fee already paid by the User and, this notwithstanding, the User is required to pay the system fee to MarkLines pursuant to the provisions of this Regulation:
(1) User provided MarkLines with some false information at the time of presenting the Application for Use.
(2) Such fact has become apparent that User was disqualified in the past or is being disqualified by MarkLines because of breach of any one of the RelevantRegulations.
(3) Insolvency, suspension of payment or receipt of or petition for proceedings of bankruptcy, composition, special liquidation, dissolution, company arrangement or corporate rehabilitation.
(4) User has experienced the refusal to honor a draft or a check at least once, thus causing suspension of payment at the clearing house.
(5) User has caused damages to be incurred by MarkLines and/or a third party due to breach of Relevant Regulations, willful negligence or omission.
(6) MarkLines deems User as being ineligible as a user of this Service.
 
(Established on May 1, 2001)
(Amended on August 1, 2001)
(Amended on February 15, 2003)
(Amended on July 10, 2003)
(Amended on June 1, 2004)
(Amended on Oct 25, 2005)
(Amended on May 12, 2008)
  Regulation on Use of Supplier Support System
 This regulation shall apply to the entire relationship between the User and MarkLines Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "MarkLines") in relation to the User's use of the Supplier Support System operated by MarkLines.
 
Article 1 Definitions
1.   "This Service" means those services provided in the MarkLines website under the names of Product Spotlight and Data Bank of MarkLines Supplier Support System for the purpose of dispatching information through the Internet.
2.   "User" means any person, company or other entity that intends to use this Service by acknowledging this Regulation, after having been registered in the individual ID service of Supplier Support System provided by MarkLines by acknowledging the "Regulation on Individual ID Use of Supplier Support System," and that has been approved by MarkLines to use this Service.
3.   All of the rights, including the intellectual property rights to film and graphic images and software related to this Service, shall belong to MarkLines and the respective information providers.
 
Article 2 User
1.   User shall use this Service in strict accordance with this Regulation and the "Regulation on individual ID use of Supplier Support System."
2.   If this Service has a service for which a specific operational regulation has been set forth, the User shall conform to that operational regulation in using such service.
3.   When using this Service, the User shall not cause any trouble or damage to any third party or commit any acts that might hinder the operation of this Service or be deemed as being against public order and/or standards of decency.
 
Article 3 Amendment
   Unless otherwise set forth separately in this Regulation, MarkLines shall inform Users of any additions to or amendments of any provisions in relation to separate operational regulations referred to in this Regulation and Paragraph 2 of the preceding Article by showing them in the screen image provided in this Service, by sending e-mail or using any other method deemed by MarkLines as being adequate. In the case that the notice is given to Users by showing the image provided in this Service, the notice is deemed to have been served at the time that such image is displayed and, in the case that the notice is dispatched to Users by e-mail, at the time that such notice is dispatched to the registered e-mail addresses. Unless a User otherwise claims any objection separately, the User is deemed to have agreed on the details of such notice on the date of the notice.
 
Article 4 Obligations of User
1.   User shall not use this Service for any illegal or inappropriate purposes.
2.   User shall not provide any third party(ies) with any information or any copies thereof obtained through this Service.
3.   Should the User have caused any losses or damages to MarkLines and/or any third party(ies) in relation to this Service, the User shall compensate MarkLines and/or the third party(ies) for any and all such losses or damages.
 
Article 5 Qualification
   MarkLines may suspend the qualification for accessing this Service temporarily or revoke it entirely should the User fall under any one of the following items. Furthermore, if any damages are inflicted on MarkLines and/or a third party due to any one of the following items, the User shall bear the full responsibility for compensation of such damages:
(1) There is any false statement in the Registration Items,
(2) The User uses the individual ID and/or password of the Supplier Support System in an illegal or inadequate manner or the User allows any third party(ies) to do so,
(3) The User has somehow hindered the operation of this Service, or
(4) The User is in breach of this Regulation or any operational regulation.
 
Article 6 Non-indemnification
1.   MarkLines does not represent any assurance concerning completeness, sureness or effectiveness of the system of this Service or the quality of services provided.
2.   MarkLines is in no way responsible for any losses or damages incurred directly or indirectly by the User or any third party in relation to the use of this Service, regardless of  the features and conditions of these losses or damages.
 
Article 7 Maintenance
   MarkLines may, without prior notice to Users, interrupt the operation of this Service in order to maintain favorable operating conditions of this Service.
 
Article 8 Others
1.   The exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute arising in relation to this Service shall be with the Tokyo District Court of Japan.
2.   Any matter not provided for in this Regulation, any objection or difference in the interpretation of this Regulation shall be resolved by the parties hereto through mutual consultation under the principles of sincerity and good faith.
3.   In order to improve the quality of this Service, MarkLines may alter any program, means of communication and/or contents of information related to the provision of this Service.
 
(Established on May 1, 2001)
(Amended on August 1, 2001)
(Amended on May 12, 2008)
  Regulation on Individual ID Use of Supplier Support System
 MarkLines Co., Ltd., whose head office is located at 3-18, Akasaka 6-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan (hereinafter referred to as "MarkLines") has been operating the website "MarkLines Supplier Support System" (URL:www.MarkLines.com). This regulation specifies the rights and obligations of an individual customer that are applicable when the customer uses those services (hereinafter referred to as "this Service") provided by MarkLines in the Product Spotlight (hereinafter referred to as "Product Spotlight") and the data bank (hereinafter referred to as "Data Bank") of MarkLines Supplier Support System based on the personal ID and password. When an individual customer completes the procedures for registration and clicks the space designated "AGREE," the customer is deemed to have agreed on all of the terms of this Regulation.
 
Article 1 Scope and amendment
1.   This Regulation shall apply to all the users of this Service (hereinafter referred to as "the User"). The User is deemed to have agreed on all the provisions of this Regulation when the User clicks the space designated " AGREE" in the image of this Regulation in the Supplier Support System or when the User expresses its acceptance of this Regulation in one of the ways designated separately by MarkLines; provided, however, that the application for use of the Supplier Support System shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 hereof.
2.   All of the individual provisions provided by MarkLines separately and any additional provisions added to this Regulation by MarkLines separately shall constitute part of this Regulation. If such individual and/or additional provisions differ in any way from this Regulation, the individual and/or additional provisions shall take precedence. MarkLines shall notify the User of these individual and additional provisions in accordance with the provision of Article 2 hereof.
 
Article 2 Notice and method of acceptance
1.   Whenever MarkLines gives any notice to the User, MarkLines shall show the notice in the Supplier Support System and/or use e-mail or any other means that MarkLines deems adequate unless otherwise set forth in this Regulation.
2.   In the case that the notice mentioned in the preceding Paragraph is sent by e-mail, such notice is deemed to have been served to the User at the time that the e-mail with the notice is dispatched to the e-mail address that was registered by the User in accordance with Article 3 hereof at the time of application for use of this Service and by which the User thereinafter carries out renewal procedures in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 3 hereof.
3.   In the case that the notice mentioned in Paragraph 1 of this Article is made by public display in the Supplier Support System, such notice is deemed to have been served to the User at the time that such notice is displayed in the Supplier Support System.
4.   In the case that MarkLines has made a notice to the User by either one of the two methods mentioned above, MarkLines deems that the User has agreed on the statement of the relevant notice unless the User expresses any particular objection against the statement of the notice.
 
Article 3 Application for use of Supplier Support System
1.   Any individual who wishes to use the Supplier Support System shall input, in accordance with the procedures set forth for the Supplier Support System, the corporate contract approval ID and password provided by MarkLines to the group or company to which the person belongs pursuant to the Regulation on Group Use of Supplier Support System and shall complete the application for use of Supplier Support System (hereinafter referred to as "Application for Use").
2.   In addition to all the provisions hereof, any individual who wishes to use the Supplier Support System specifically agrees to the following:
(1) To provide MarkLines with all up-to-date and accurate information about the user at the time of registration, and
(2) To keep the registered information up-to-date at all times, complete and accurate in accordance with this Regulation.
3.   MarkLines shall bear no responsibility for any losses or damages incurred by the User because of any error in the registered information.
 
Article 4 Acceptance of Supplier Support System
1.   After an Applicant makes the Application for Use as referred to in Article 3 hereof, MarkLines shall investigate the Application for Use in detail. In the case that MarkLines decides to accept the Application for Use, MarkLines shall issue an individual ID and password for the Supplier Support System, of which MarkLines shall notify the Applicant at its e-mail address registered at the time of application made in accordance with Article 3 hereof. Upon such notice, the Applicant shall become a qualified user of this Service hereunder and thereinafter the Applicant may use this Service as specified hereunder. At the time that the Applicant first logs into the Supplier Support System using the relevant individual ID and password, the identification information will be stored in the user's personal computer and thereinafter both the individual ID for the Supplier Support System and the stored identification information will be checked at the same time whenever logging is conducted. Therefore, the Applicant will be able to access the Supplier Support System only through the computer used at the time of the initial logging. In the case that a User has to replace the computer because of a change in workplace or for any other reason, the User shall so notify MarkLines in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 3 hereof. When MarkLines accepts such request for replacement, MarkLines shall notify the User at the registered e-mail address that the identification information has been deleted from the server. After such notice, the User will be able to use this Service by conducting the initial log-in procedure into the Supplier Support System through a new personal computer.
2.   MarkLines may refuse Application for Use if the individual who wants to use the Supplier Support System falls under any one of the following cases:
(1) The person has already become a user of this Service.
(2) The person was once disqualified by MarkLines in the past because of breach of some regulation applicable to the User concerning the services provided by MarkLines.
(3) There is some false or erroneous statement or omission in the information provided for the Application for Use.
(4) MarkLines deems it inadequate to make the person a user of this Service because of some other reason.
3.   Even after MarkLines has accepted the Application for Use, if the User accepted by MarkLines has proved to fall under any one of the items mentioned in the preceding Paragraph or if the User is in breach of any provision of this Regulation, MarkLines may cancel the acceptance of Application for Use and delete the issued individual ID and password for access to the Supplier Support System by sending a notice to the User concerned.
4.   The user shall, at its own responsibility and expense, procure all of the communication equipment and software required to use this Service. In addition, the user shall, at its own expense and responsibility, use this Service through its opted electric communication service system.
 
Article 5 Control of individual ID and password
1.   The User shall use and control its individual ID and password for Supplier Support System at User's own responsibility.
2.   The User shall neither allow any third party(ies) to use its individual ID or password for access to the Supplier Support System nor lend, transfer or sell the individual ID or password, change the ownership thereof or set mortgage thereon.
3.   The User shall be responsible for any and all losses or damages resulting from inadequate control, misuse or use by a third party, of the individual ID and/or password for access to the Supplier Support System, and MarkLines shall bear no responsibility for any such losses or damages.
4.   Whenever the User discovers that its individual ID and /or password for access to the Supplier Support System has been stolen or used by a third party, the User shall immediately inform MarkLines accordingly and shall follow the instructions of MarkLines if any.
5.   MarkLines shall bear no responsibility for any losses or damages incurred by the User when the ID of the User and/or the corresponding password has been used by a third party, regardless of whether there is or is not any willful negligence or default on the part of the User. Should the User forget the password established by itself, the User shall immediately inform MarkLines accordingly and shall follow the instructions of MarkLines.
6.   Should the User have caused damages to be incurred by a third party because of or in relation to this Service, the User shall, at its own responsibility and expense, solve the related problems, and shall not cause any trouble, loss or damage to MarkLines.
 
Article 6 Use and revision of registration information
1.   MarkLines may use the information registered by the User at the time of Application for Use and the information known by MarkLines while the User uses this Service, including log-in data, for the purpose of operating this Service.
2.   Without prejudice to the preceding Paragraph, MarkLines shall not disclose the information set forth in the preceding Paragraph to any third party except in the following cases:
(1) In the case that MarkLines discloses personal information collected by MarkLines as statistical data (in which no individual is identifiable) for the purpose of understanding the trends of use of this Service.
(2) In the case that MarkLines is required by law or by a government agency to disclose relevant information.
(3) In the case that the User discloses to a Supplier of Contents such limited personal information as company name, department, personal name, address, telephone number and/or e-mail address of the User, in sending e-mail inquiry to the Supplier of Contents in this Service.
3.   In the case that there occurs any change in the information registered at the time of Application for Use, the User shall promptly notify MarkLines accordingly in the designated manner.
4.   The User herewith acknowledges in advance that, if the User fails to give MarkLines the notice as set forth in the preceding Paragraph, when a notice made by MarkLines is not delivered to the User, it shall be deemed that the notice has been served to the User at the reasonable time.
 
Article 7 Prohibition
   The User shall not conduct any of the following acts when using this Service:
(1) Any act that infringes or is likely to infringe on the copyrights and/or any other rights owned by MarkLines, other users or any third party (including Suppliers of Contents; hereinafter the same),
This includes, but not be limited to, transferring and posting any part of MarkLines' contents on any other databases or networks regardless of whether internet or intranet.
(2) Any act that infringes or is likely to infringe on the properties or privacy of MarkLines, other users or any third party,
(3) Any act that causes or is likely to cause losses or damages to MarkLines, other users or a third party,
(4) Any act that slanders or insults other users, any third party or MarkLines,
(5) Any act against or likely to be against the public order or standards of decency or any act that provides other users with information that is against the public order or standards of decency,
(6) Any criminal act or any act that leads or is likely to lead to a criminal act,
(7) Any act that uses the individual ID and /or password for access to the Supplier S upport System in an illegal or inadequate manner, and
(8) Any act that uses or provides a harmful program such as a computer virus through or in relation to this Service.
 
Article 8 Cancellation of user qualification
1.   If a User falls under any one of the following cases, MarkLines may, without prior notice to the User, immediately suspend and/or cancel the qualification as user of the relevant User.
(1) It is found that there is a false statement in the Application for Use.
(2) The User has committed or been a party to any one of the acts mentioned in Article 7 hereof.
(3) The User has hindered the operation of information services in any way whatsoever.
(4) The User is in breach of this Regulation because of some reason.
(5) MarkLines deems the User to be ineligible as a user of this Service because of some other reason.
2.   MarkLines shall bear no responsibility for any losses or damage incurred by the User when the User becomes unable to use this Service when MarkLines has cancelled service as a result of any one or more of the actions mentioned in the preceding Paragraph hereof.
 
Article 9 Damages
   If the breach by the User against this Regulation and/or any pertinent laws has caused losses or damages to MarkLines and/or third parties including Suppliers of Contents, the User shall bear full responsibility for such losses and/or damages and shall fully indemnify MarkLines and any affected third parties including Suppliers of Contents for the losses and/or damages.
 
Article 10 Forfeiture of qualification
   In the case that the User wants to terminate the use of this Service, the User shall so notify MarkLines in the designated manner. At the time that MarkLines issues a notice of termination of use, the User shall lose the qualification as user provided in this Regulation; provided, however, that this Regulation shall remain applicable to the User in relation to this Service used by the User until such termination of qualification.
 
Article 11 Service conditions, amendment and suspension
1.   MarkLines may monitor the use of this Service with respect to the operation of this Service and may limit accessibility to this Service at its sole discretion whenever MarkLines deems it necessary.
2.   MarkLines may suspend temporarily or permanently the operation of this Service in any one of the following cases:
(1) In the case that MarkLines conducts periodic or urgent maintenance work on the system of this Service.
(2) In the case that MarkLines has become unable to provide this Service in a usual manner due to war, riot, civil war, labor dispute, earthquake, eruption, flood, tsunami, fire, power failure or other emergencies or force majeure.
(3) In the case that MarkLines deems it necessary to temporarily suspend the operation of this Service for any other reason.
3.   In the case that MarkLines decides to suspend temporarily or permanently the operation of this Service pursuant to the provision of the preceding Paragraph hereof, MarkLines shall so notify the User in advance, except in a n emergency case in which notification is not possible.
4.   MarkLines shall in no way bear any responsibility for any damages incurred by the User and/or any third party due to the limitation of accessibility to this Service or any temporary or permanent suspension of this Service.
 
Article 12 Rights
1.   The rights for all the programs, software, services, procedures, trademarks and trade names that constitute this Service, the rights for the services provided by Providers of Contents and the rights for the technology related to or associated with such services shall belong to either MarkLines or the Provider of Contents. The User shall never act to infringe on these rights by any means.
2.   The User may not use any information or file provided throug h this Service in any way whatsoever or for any purposes other than the private use by the individual User as set forth in the Copyright Law of Japan; provided, however, that this is not applicable in the case that the User has obtained a prior consent from the person who owns or holds the relevant rights.
3.   In no way shall the User allow any third party to use or to make public any information or files provided through this Service; provided, however, that this provision is not applicable in the case that the User has obtained a prior consent from the person who owns or holds the relevant rights.
4.   Should any dispute arise due to any breach by the User of a provision hereof, the User shall, at its own cost and responsibility, solve the dispute, and the User shall indemnify MarkLines and keep it from being held liable of any relevant responsibility and/or damages.
 
Article 13 Indemnification
   Unless otherwise provided separately, MarkLines shall bear no responsibility for any losses or damages incurred by the User and/or amy third party(ies) due to any delay, change, temporary or permanent suspension, discontinuation and/or termination of this Service, leakage or loss of information registered or provided in this Service or otherwise in relation to this Service.
 
Article 14 Others
1.   Should any dispute arise between the User and MarkLines in connection with this Service, the parties hereto shall consult with each other with sincerity and in good faith.
2.   Should the parties hereto be not able to solve the dispute through mutual consultation pursuant to the preceding Paragraph hereof, the first exclusive jurisdiction over the matter shall be with the Tokyo District Court of Japan.
 
(Established on May 1, 2001)
(Amended on August 1, 2001)
(Amended on March 18, 2004)
(Amended on May 12, 2008)
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