Heart Connect ™ System - License Terms

These License Terms govern your use of Boston Scientific’s Heart Connect ™ System (the “Solution”) embedded in your Boston Scientific LATITUDE™ Programming System, Model 3300 Programmer (the “Device”).

1. License Grant/Limitations/Restrictions
With this License, we grant you a perpetual, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable, royalty-free, limited license to use the Solution, solely in connection with your use of the Device and related to your own business activity and directly associated with a medical procedure involving a Boston Scientific device, and not for any competitive or other purpose. The Solution and all associated rights are the property of BSC and third parties and we reserve all rights not expressly granted to you under this License. We reserve the right at our own discretion to make changes, modifications, reduction in functionality and enhancements to the Solution, at any time, and from time to time without prior notice.

2. Limitations on Use
You must not (i) license, sub-license, sell, resell, transfer, assign, distribute or otherwise commercially exploit or make available to any third party the Solution, except as expressly granted in this License; (ii) modify or make derivative works based upon the Solution; (iii) or reverse engineer the Solution.

3. Responsibilities
a) You are responsible for all activity occurring during your use of the Solution and You will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in connection with the use of the Solution, including but not limited to those related to privacy and data protection, commercial and/or international communications, the transmission of technical or personal data and export control laws and regulations. You expressly acknowledge that the Solution, or portion thereof may be subject to the export control laws of the applicable jurisdiction. You will not export, re-export, divert, transfer or disclose any portion of the Solution or any related technical information or materials, directly or indirectly, in violation of any applicable export law or regulation.
b) If your use of the Solution entails the capturing and transmission of personal data, personal information or personally identifiable information (collectively “personal data”), you must ensure that you have a valid legal ground for the processing of that data in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection laws and regulations. If required by law or regulation, you must ensure that all relevant individuals understand and agree that their personal data may be collected, processed and transferred to Boston Scientific or any of its global Affiliates and third parties involved in the operation of the Solution (including any of their respective employees).
c) You are required to operate and maintain adequate network and connectivity capabilities, and appropriate safeguards, to operate the Solution in accordance with these License Terms, including an internet connection with sufficient bandwidth. Your personnel involved in the use of the Solution must be adequately trained and capable to operate the required equipment.
d) You must not engage in any activity or use the Solution in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, impair or otherwise interfere with or disrupt the Solution, or any servers or networks connected to the Solution.

4. Intellectual Property Ownership
a) We and our licensors own all right, title and interest, including all related intellectual property rights, in and to the Solution, including to all enhancements, enhancement requests, suggestions, modifications, extensions and/or derivative works thereof. This License is not a sale and does not convey to you any rights of ownership in or related to the Solution or any related intellectual property rights.
b) You will not offer or enable any third parties to use the Solution or use the Solution for the development, production or marketing of a service or product substantially like the Solution.

5. Suspension and Termination
We reserve the right to suspend or revoke this License and your access to the Solution, with or without cause, at any time. Upon termination of this License, you must cease any further use of the Solution.

6. Disclaimer of Warranty
The Solution is provided as-is and we make no warranty of any kind, express or implied, save for those warranties implied by law which cannot be excluded by agreement. We do not warrant that the Solution will be error-free, uninterrupted, fit for purpose or meet your requirements. We expressly advise you not to rely exclusively on the Solution for the purpose of conducting a specific procedure. You must ensure that an error or an interruption in the Solution will not impact the outcome of the relevant procedure and you are solely responsible to decide whether the use of the Solution is adequate in the context of the required type of support, the criticality of the planned procedure and your experience and skill level.

7. Exclusion of Liability
We assume no liability for any damages of whatever nature resulting from the use of the Solution or in connection with this License, including indirect, incidental and consequential damages, even if we have been previously advised of the possibility of these damages. The foregoing exclusion only applies to the extent possible under applicable laws and does expressly not apply to damages resulting personal injury or death caused by our negligence or from fraud.

8. Assignment
You may not assign this License to any third party except upon our prior written consent. Any purported assignment in violation of this requirement is void.

9. Confidentiality
Each party (as a “Receiving Party”) to this License must not disclose to any third party any Confidential Information of the other party (as a “Disclosing Party”) provided to the Receiving Party in connection with this License.For the avoidance of doubt, this includes Confidential Information provided to the Receiving Party prior to the Effective Date of this License. “Confidential Information” refers to financial, technical, commercial, or other information concerning the business and affairs of the Disclosing Party, including, without limitation, contractual terms and conditions, technical documentation, marketing or distribution data, business methods or plans.Confidential Information is provided in tangible form or in writing will be marked as confidential. Confidential Information does not include information which (i) becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the Receiving party, (ii) was available to a party on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure by the other party or in connection with the performance by such party of its obligations under this License, or (iii) becomes lawfully available to a party on a non-confidential basis from an independent third party.The Receiving Party will not use Confidential Information for any purpose other than carrying out its obligations as set forth in this License and will not disclose Confidential Information to any third party, without the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party. Third parties do not include employees or affiliates of the Receiving Party, attorneys, accountants, and other professional advisors of the Receiving Party. In each case the relevant person or entity must be under a duty to protect such Confidential information substantially equivalent to the obligations contained herein.Each Receiving Party’s confidentiality obligations with respect to the Confidential Information, remains in effect for the term of this License and for a period of three (3) years after the termination or expiration of this License.

10. Privacy and Data Protection
We will comply with applicable laws and regulations related to privacy, confidentiality, and security requirements applicable to the sharing and processing of personal data during the operation and your use of the Solution. The use of the Solution does not require a user of the Device to submit any personal data of the user. We recommend that you do not transmit sensitive personal data through the Solution. The Solution does not record any Device data shared during the use of the Solution. To learn more about how Boston Scientific handles personal data, please see: https://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/privacy-policy.html.

11. General/Notices
This License is governed by the laws of the country in which the Boston Scientific entity providing you with the Device is registered in, without regard to the choice or conflicts of law provisions of any jurisdiction. If the Device is registered in the United States, this License is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.If any provision of this License is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then the provision(s) are construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the invalid or unenforceable provision(s), with all other provisions remaining in full force and effect. This License comprises the entire agreement between you and us regarding the use of the Solution and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions, or agreements, whether written or oral, between the parties.