General terms and conditions

§ 1 Application of these General Terms

(1) vr-on GmbH, Radlkoferstraße 2, 81373 Munich, Germany, registered at the Munich Local Court under HRB 223234 (hereinafter referred to as “vr-on“) offers its customers (hereinafter referred to as ” Customer(s)“) services in the field of interaction in virtual rooms via an internet-based platform called “Stage” (currently available at vr-on-cloud) (hereinafter referred to as “Internet Platform“). Upon registration, Customers can subscribe to the services offered by vr-on via the Internet Platform in accordance with the applicable service packages. These General Terms and Conditions (“GTC“) apply to all services offered by vr-on via the Internet Platform.

(2) Terms and conditions of the Customer that conflict with or deviate from these GTC are expressly not accepted, unless vr-on expressly agrees to their applicability in writing. This shall apply even if the Customer accepts an offer of vr-on, making reference to his own deviating contract terms, and vr-on does not reject such. Even if vr-on refers to a letter (written or electronic) that contains or makes reference to terms and conditions of the Customer or of a third party, this shall not be construed as acceptance of the applicability of those terms and conditions. The inclusion of such terms and conditions of the Customer is hereby proactively rejected.

§ 2 Subject Matter of the Services, Addressee

(1) The subject matter of the services offered by vr-on comprises the functions of the Internet Platform in its respective current version; these may vary, depending on the platform version and services booked (collectively referred to as “Contractual Services”).

(2) Backups are not part of the Contractual Services. The Customer always remains responsible for backing up data and contents that he, his employees, users invited by him or third parties upload to or create on the Internet Platform by using his Customer account or via User Accounts linked to Customer’s account (hereinafter referred to as “Customer Data“) and shall back them up with the diligence of a prudent businessman. The Customer shall keep the backups in such a way that he can always access them even without using the Internet Platform. vr-on shall be liable for loss of Customer Data only if such a loss could not have been avoided even if the Customer had taken appropriate backup measures.

(3) vr-on only provides the Internet platform on its own servers for access via the Internet. The provision of all further hardware and software (PC, 3D-glasses, etc.) required for the use of the functionalities of the Internet Platform is not subject matter of the Usage Contract. The customer himself is responsible for this. He is aware that he may incur costs for this as well as for his connection to the internet.

(4) The services of vr-on are only intended for entrepreneurs in the meaning of Section 14 of the German Civil Code (BGB). vr-on reserves the right to verify whether the Customer is an entrepreneur (e.g. by querying the VAT ID).

§ 3 Registration, Contract Conclusion, Storage of the Contract Text

(1) The registration of the Customer is required for the conclusion of the contract for the use of the Internet Platform (“Usage Contract“). By registering, the Customer assures that he is an entrepreneur in the meaning of Section 14 of the German Civil Code (BGB) and that he performs the registration on the Internet Platform in this capacity. Notwithstanding other rights of vr-on, violation of the aforesaid assurance shall entitle vr-on to terminate the Usage Contract with the Customer with immediate effect for good cause.

(2) The Customer may only perform the registration through a person or body authorised to represent him. vr-on reserves the right to make the conclusion of a Usage Contract conditional upon the submission of evidence of the power of attorney, however without being under the obligation to check the identity and authorisation of the person acting on behalf of the Customer.

(3) The Customer shall truthfully provide all data required for the registration process on the Internet Platform. By clicking the “Sign-Up”-button, the Customer submits an offer to conclude a Usage Contract according to the provisions of these GTC. The Usage Contract comes into existence through acceptance of this offer by vr-on according to the following subsection. The Customer cannot demand the conclusion of a Usage Contract.

(4) The acceptance of the contract will take place by means of a separate e-mail that contains the contractual terms and conditions including these GTC. vr-on will not store the contractual provisions for the Customer.

(5) The conclusion of the Usage Contract itself is free of charge for the Customer. The subscription to payable service packages takes separately according to section 4 below.

§ 4 Customer Account, “Freemium” and “Premium Service Packages

(1) By concluding the Usage Contract, the Customer gains access to the Internet Platform through the provision of a Customer account (a “Tenant”). Via the Customer account, the Customer is granted access to the free Freemium services. vr-on does not guarantee any specific functionalities and reserves the right to adapt or terminate Freemium functionalities at any time. The Freemium functionalities are designed as a test system that are expressly not intended for productive use. vr-on is entitled to switch Freemium off completely at any time.

(2) Customer has the option (but not the right) to book additional services subject to a charge as part of the Premium Service Package offered by vr-on via the Customer account and within the framework of the existing Usage Contract (“Subscription“). The following shall apply to this:

(3) If the Customer wishes to subscribe to the Premium Service Packege, he can submit an offer by clicking the “Payable Subscription” button after entering the requested payment data. The Subscription comes into existence through acceptance of this offer by vr-on. The acceptance of the offer will take place by means of a separate e-mail that also contains the Service Properties of the service package. vr-on will not store the Subscription provisions for the Customer.

(4) Termination of Subscriptions (e.g. due to expiry or notice of termination) does not result in termination of this Usage Contract. Notice of termination of Subscriptions must be given in text form and is possible only if this is expressly indicated in the Service Properties. The right to termination with immediate effect for good cause remains unaffected. From the perspective of vr-on, good cause will be deemed to be on hand especially (but not limited to) if the Customer is in default with an agreed payment and does not end this default after he is sent a reminder in which he is granted a reasonable period of at least 2 (two) weeks.

(5) Subscription of the Premium Service Package is no longer possible as soon as a Party gives notice of termination of the Usage Contract.

§ 5 Term, Termination

(1) The Usage Contract is concluded for an indefinite term. It exists irrespective of any Subscriptions of Premium Service Packages. Termination of current Subscriptions does not affect the existence of the Usage Contract.

(2) Both Parties may at any time give notice of termination of this Usage Contract in text form without specifying any reasons. The notice period is 30 (thirty) days, effective at the end of the calendar month; at the earliest, however, the contract will end as of the termination of the last Premium Service Package subscribed to.

(3) The right to termination with immediate effect for good cause remains unaffected. In the event of termination of this Usage Contract with immediate effect for good cause, all subscribed Premium Service Packages shall end when this Usage Contract ends. From the perspective of vr-on, good cause will be deemed to be on hand especially (but not limited to) if the Customer

§ 6 Prices and Payment

(1) The prices of Premium Service Packages shall be governed by the terms mentioned therein. Unless expressly regulated otherwise, the following shall apply:

(2) In the event of late payment, vr-on may, notwithstanding its other rights, charge default interest pursuant to Section 288 (2) of the German Civil Code (BGB). The date of receipt of the invoice amount on the bank account specified by vr-on shall be authoritative for the calculation of the delay.

§ 7 Availability of the Internet Platform, Place of Performance

(1) The availability of the Internet Platform is determined as follows:

(2) The point of handover/derlivery of the services of vr-on is the interface between the servers on which the Internet Platform is hosted and the Internet.

§ 8 Change of Services, Updates

In the interest of all users of the Internet Platform, vr-on endeavours to continuously improve the Internet Platform and expand it in a meaningful way in order to continually increase its benefits for its Customers. Therefore, vr-on expressly reserves the right to further develop the Internet Platform during the term of the contract. Within the scope of the further development, vr-on may, for example, change the appearance of the frontend, modify, add and remove functions, and change designs, input screens and other elements of the frontend and backend (collectively referred to as “Platform Updates“). The Customer shall not have any claim to Platform Updates or to continued use of a certain version of the Internet Platform. The Customer cannot derive any claims against vr-on due to the performance of Platform Updates as long as (i) no functions booked by him which are contractually guaranteed are cancelled or impaired significantly by the Platform Updates and (ii) he does not suffer any unacceptable disadvantages when using the Internet Platform.

§ 9 Obligations in Connection with the Use of the Customer Account, Invited Users

(1) In the context of the registration, the Customer shall select a secure access password for his Customer account. A secure password contains uppercase and lowercase letters as well as special characters and numeric characters.

(2) The Customer shall keep the login details for his Customer account secret and shall take state-of-the-art measures to protect them from unauthorised access. Should the Customer learn of abusive access to his login details or to his Customer account or if the facts give rise to suspicion in this regard, he shall without delay inform vr-on of this.

(3) The Customer may invite employees and third parties (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Users“) as users assigned to his Tenant to use the Internet Platform within his Customer account. No contractual relationship is established between the Employees and vr-on.

(4) The Customer shall be liable to vr-on for the actions of the Users whom he invites according to the aforementioned para. (3) or whom he grants access to his Customer account. Breaches of Customer obligations from these GTC by such Users will be attributed to the Customer. The Customer is responsible towards vr-on for ensuring that these Employees act according to the contract and do not breach these GTC, the applicable laws and/or third-party rights when using the Contractual Services of vr-on. Breaches of the Users against these provisions will be attributed to the Customer; in such cases, the Customer will be the respondent of vr-on.

§ 10 Customer Data, Rights of Use

(1) vr-on operates the Internet Platform as a technology service provider in the form of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offer. vr-on will not and cannot influence or check Customer Data or their creation, transmission and use and therefore considers such data and contents as being of a third-party nature.

(2) To enable vr-on to perform the Contractual Services, the Customer grants vr-on a non-exclusive right without any regional restriction to store, copy, make publicly available and sublicense copyrightable Customer Data, limited in time to the term of the Usage Contract and any retention obligations of vr-on, to the extent that this is required for the performance of the contractual obligations of vr-on.

(3) The Customer shall

(4) The Internet Platform expressly does not serve the storage and management of special categories of personal data in the meaning of Art. 9 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Customer undertakes not to store or process such data on the Internet Platform or have them stored or processed by Users. Should the Customer breach the aforesaid obligation and incur damage (e.g. due to loss of data, transmission, modification or consequences of actions in breach of data protection law), vr-on shall be liable only if and to the extent that liability would also have existed in the case of data that do not represent special categories of personal data in the meaning of Art. 9 GDPR.

§ 11 Consulting Services

If the parties agree upon the provision of consulting services by vr-on in connection with the use of the Internet Platform by the Customer, the conditions which are agreed on in the purchase order will apply.

§ 12 Data Protection

vr-on strictly complies with the regulations of applicable data protection legislation. The Customer is the controller of personal data that the Customer collects, processes or uses. If required by data protection law, the Parties shall conclude data protection agreements with each other. The conclusion of such agreements constitutes a material contractual obligation. Should the Customer refuse to conclude such agreements that are required by law, vr-on may discontinue all affected services and delete stored personal data and, after the end of a reasonable period, terminate the contract with the Customer.

§ 13 Rights of vr-on in the Event of Breach of Obligations, Indemnification

(1) Notwithstanding its other rights, vr-on may block the Customer’s Customer account if,

The account will be blocked until the reason for the blocking no longer applies or this Usage Contract ends. The Customer cannot derive any rights against vr-on due to the blocking of the account according to this subsection.

(2) The Customer shall indemnify vr-on against any and all third-party claims that are based on a culpable breach of his obligations from sections 9 and 10 of these GTC or his obligations according to data protection law or on other non-contractual or unlawful use of the services offered by vr-on by the Customer or his Employees or with his approval. This includes the assumption of the costs of legal defence of vr-on (including court and legal counsel costs in the statutory amount). If the Customer notices or must notice the danger of a breach that establishes the claim to indemnification, he shall without delay inform vr-on of this. The customer only has to indemnify vr-on against payment obligations arising from settlements with third parties only if the customer had expressly approved the underlying settlement beforehand.

(3) In case third parties assert claims against vr-on, the Customer shall – upon first demand – comprehensively, truthfully and without delay provide vr-on with all information that is required for the review of the claims, also with respect to indemnity and defence.

(4) vr-on reserves the right to assert further claims and rights against the Customer.

§ 14 Subcontractors, Assignment of Rights and Obligations

(1) vr-on may delegate its service obligations from the Usage Contract to third parties or sub-contractors and transfer claims against the Customer to third parties. Vis-à-vis the Customer, vr-on will remain responsible for the contractual performance.

(2) Transfer of rights and obligations under this contract by the Customer to third parties is subject to the express prior approval of vr-on.

§ 15 Offsetting

The Customer shall only have a right to offset if his counterclaims are effectively established in court or undisputed or acknowledged by vr-on in writing. However, the Customer shall also have a right to offset against claims of vr-on without the aforesaid restriction if he asserts defects or counterclaims from the same contract.

§ 16 General Limitation of Liability

vr-on shall be liable exclusively according to the following regulations, no matter what the legal basis may be.

(1) vr-on shall only be liable for intent and gross negligence. In the event of slight negligence, vr-on shall be liable only in the case of a breach of a material contractual obligation whose fulfilment is essential to the due performance of the Agreement and on whose fulfilment the Customer may rely on (cardinal obligation). In this context, vr-on shall be liable only for foreseeable damage whose occurrence must typically be expected. This also applies to lost profit and unrealised savings.

(2) The limitation of liability of vr-on shall not apply in the event of injury to life, body and/or health and in the case of liability under the German Product Liability Act (ProdHaftG).

(3) vr-on shall not be liable for any events of force majeure that make the contractual performance impossible, even if such events merely impair the due performance of the contract to a significant extent or hinder it temporarily. Force majeure comprises all circumstances that are independent from the will and influence of the contracting Parties, such as terror attacks, embargo, confiscation, natural disasters, strike, official orders or other serious and unforeseeable circumstances for which the contracting Parties are not responsible. In this context, a circumstance will be regarded as force majeure only if it occurs after the conclusion of the contract.

(4) Moreover, vr-on shall not be liable for malfunctions and loss of quality of the data transfer on the Internet for which vr-on is not responsible and that impairs or prevents the use of functions of the Internet Platform or services that can be accessed via the Internet Platform.

(5) To the extent that the liability of vr-on is excluded or limited, this shall also apply to the liability of the employees, other staff members, representatives and agents of vr-on.

§ 17 Amendments to These GTC

vr-on reserves the right to amend these GTC without specifying reasons in accordance with the following procedure: The amended GTC will be sent to the Customer to the mail address he provided during the registration; the respective amendments will be highlighted. If the Customer does not object within 2 (two) weeks of the receipt of the said e-mail, his approval of the respective amendments will be deemed granted. In the notification containing the amendments, vr-on will separately draw the Customer’s attention to the importance of the period set. If the Customer objects to the amendments within this period, vr-on may on his discretion terminate this contract according to the provisions of section 5 of these GTC.

§ 18 Miscellaneous

(1) The contract language is English, all declarations and communication shall take place in English language. The Parties shall ensure that their contacts are proficient in the English language.

(2) The Usage Contract and all contracts concluded between vr-on and its Customers shall be governed by German law, under exclusion of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).

(3) As far as this is permitted by law, the courts at the location of vr-on’s registered office (currently Berlin, Germany) shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all disputes from or in connection with the contractual cooperation between the Parties.

(4) Should individual provisions of these GTC or of contracts or agreements concluded between the Parties be fully or partially invalid or unenforceable or become invalid or unenforceable after the conclusion of the respective contract, this shall not affect the validity of the other provisions. Instead, the Parties shall endeavour to agree a substitute regulation that comes as close as possible to the effects of the invalid or unenforceable regulation in a legally permissible and economic way. The aforesaid provisions shall also apply in case regulations should turn out to have gaps.