SKF Ge n e r a l Con dit ion s for t e ch n ica l a ssist a n ce a n d a d vice
VALI D FROM 20 10- 01- 0 1
1 . Ap p lica b ilit y
These General Condit ions shall apply in full on t ech nical assist ance,
adv ice an d ot her consult ancy t y pe ser vices ( includin g en gineering
con sultancy services or application en gineering serv ices) ( "Adv ice")
provided by SKF t o a t hird part y ( " Recipient" ) unless ot herwise ex plicit ly
agr eed in w rit ing by SKF. No ot her pr ov isions shall be applicable,
regar dless of whet her t hey were ex plicitly rej ect ed or not in an y
individual case. Th e services t o be perform ed by SKF hereun der shall be
con clusively deem ed t o be su bj ect t o t hese General Con dit ions, w hich
shall supersede an y provisions, t er m s and conditions cont ained i n
Recipient’s purchase order or ot her com m unicat ion f rom Recipient t o
SKF. SKF’s perf orm ance is ex pr essly con dit ion ed upon Recipient ’s
accept ance of t hese Gener al Condit ions w it hout m odificat ion.
2 . Scop e o f t h e Ad vice
The scope, pur pose an d th e int ended use of t he results of t he Advice
shall be determ ined by SKF, unless oth erw ise is agreed in writing. SKF
shall incur n o liabilit y or obligat ion t o t he Recipient arising out of any
ot her use or applicat ion t hereof by t he Recipient .
3 . Te rm o f p ro visio n of Ad vi ce / Fe e a n d pa ym e n t te rm s
Dat es or periods f or t he prov ision of t h e Advice are approx im at e and are
giv en for inform at ion pur poses only . A delay in pr ov ision of th e Advice,
including com plet ion of t h e Advice lat er t han th e dat e or dat es prov ided
by SKF, sh all not const itut e a breach of con tr act an d shall not ent itle t he
Recipient to any rem edy unless SKF h as guarant eed a date for
com plet ion of t he Advice in a writt en w arrant y which ex pressly m odifies
t he pr ov isions of t hese general condit ions. Fees an d pay m ent t erm s shall
be agreed separat ely .
4 . Co n fid e n t ia l I n fo rm a tio n
Each part y un dert ak es for it self an d for it s em ploy ees, agents an d
represent at iv es t o tr eat t he ot her part y's Confidential I nform ation
( "Confiden t ial I nform at ion " shall m ean any an d all inform ation relat ed t o
t he processes, pr oduct r an ge, int ern al affairs an d/ or business of t he
par ties (and t heir affiliat es) - including but n ot lim it ed t o t echnical,
pract ical and com m ercial infor m ation - t hat a part y m ay disclose t o t h e
ot her part y direct ly or indirectly in w rit ing, orally , or oth erw ise) as st rict ly
con fidential and n ot disclose or com m u nicat e such Confident ial
I nform at ion t o any t hir d part ies. Confiden tial I nfor m ation m ay be
disclosed only t o t hose represent ativ es and em ploy ees of a part y t o
whom such disclosur e is necessary f or t he pur pose of t he Advice. SKF
shall, howev er, be ent itled t o com m unicat e t he Reci pient ’s Confident ial
I nform at ion t o anoth er com pany w it hin t he SKF Gr oup. SKF shall see t o it
t hat such com pany adheres t o t he provisions in t hese general con dit ions.
Neither party m ay use t he oth er part y 's Confident ial I nfor m ation f or any
ot her pu rpose t han t he int ended use of t he result of t h e Advice (see
Section 2 above). No obligat ion of use, disclosure or confident ialit y shall
apply to infor m at ion which ( i) was k now n by t h e receiv ing par ty ( or an
affiliat e of th e r eceiv ing par t y) prior t o receipt f rom t he ot her part y ; ( ii)
was k nown t o t he pu blic prior t o receipt by t h e receiving part y fr om t he
ot her part y or w hich becom es kn ow n t o t he public subsequent t o receipt
from t he ot h er par t y t hr ou gh n o fault of t he receiv ing par t y or t he
receiv ing part y's em ployees, agent s or represen tat iv es; ( iii) su bseq uent
t o r eceipt by th e receiv ing par t y from the ot her part y , is m ade av ailable
t o t he receiv ing part y ( or an affiliate of t h e receiving part y ) by a t hird
par ty which is legally ent it led t o do so; ( iv) if such disclosure is r equired
by law , cour t or der or st ock regulat ions or ( v) is dev eloped by t he
receiv ing par t y ( or an affiliate of t he receiving part y ) indepen dent ly of
t he ot her part y's Confiden tial I nform at ion. Each party shall pr ovide
proper an d secure st orage for t he ot her part y's w ritt en Confident ial
I nform at ion. All copies of t h e ot her par t y's Confident ial I nform at ion w ill
be ret urned t o t he ot her part y im m ediat ely upon t he request of t he ot her
par ty , unless such docum ent s ar e required as a part of a part y 's int ern al
decision m ak ing pr ocess or m aint enance of com pan y r ecor ds.
5 . Re cip ie n t 's W a r r a n ty
The Recipient warr ant s t hat use by SKF of desi gns or inst ruct ions
provided by Recipien t or on behalf of t he Reci pient sh all not cause SKF t o
infringe any patent , regist ered tr adem ar k , copy right , design ri ght or
sim ilar rights pr ot ect ed by law . Recipient sh all defend, hol d h arm less an d
indem nify SKF against any claim s of infringem ent and r esult ing dam ages
and ex penses ( including, w it hout lim it ation, at t or ney and ot her
professional fess and disbur sem ent s) relat ing t o t he Adv ice cov ered by
t his Agreem ent .
6 . I n t e lle ctu a l Pr op e r ty
SKF shall ret ain contr ol an d ow nership of all inv entions, designs and
copy righ t an d any ot her int ellect ual pr opert y ow ned, cont rolled or
possessed by SKF. The Part ies agree t hat SKF shall own all right, tit le
and int erest in and t o all Result s ( “Result s” sh all m ean any ideas,
inv ent ions, discoveries, k now- how , dat a, docum en tat ion, r epor t s,
m at erials, writ ings, desi gns, com put er sof tw ar e, pr ocesses, principles,
m et hods, t echniques and ot her inform at ion , r ecor ded in any f or m , that
are discov ered, conceiv ed, reduced t o pract ice or oth erw ise generat ed as
a result of or in connection wit h an y Advice perf orm ed un der t hese
general conditions by or on behalf of SKF or t he Recipient , and any
pat ent , tr ade secret , copy right or ot her int ellect ual property r ights
pert aining t o any of the foregoing.) The Recipient shall m ake full
disclosur e of all Result s. I f and t o t he ex t en t t he Recipient has gener at ed
Result s, t he Recipient hereby assigns and t ransfers, w it hou t addit ional
con siderat ion, t o SKF all right , t it le an d int er est in and t o such Result s.
SKF shall be en t it led t o apply f or an d obt ain in SKF's ow n nam e pat ent s,
design right s or any ot her legal prot ection on Result s. The Recipient
shall, an d shall cause it s em ploy ees and agent s t o execut e, or cause t o
be ex ecut ed, all papers necessar y t o eff ect t he f oregoing, inclu ding
assignm ent s as necessary or u sef ul to v est all right , tit le an d int erest in
and t o t he Results in SKF, w ith ou t additional con sideration.
7 . Lim it a t ion o f lia b ility a n d in d e m n it y
The obligations of SKF arising out of t he prov ision of t he Adv ice are
strict ly lim it ed t o t he professionally com pet ent perf or m ance of t he
Adv ice. SKF cann ot an d does n ot m ak e any prom ises, gu ar an t ees or
warrant ies, ex pr ess or im plied, t hat t he Adv ice w ill have an y influence on
t he product or process perf or m ance or t hat it will im pr ov e Recipients
profit abilit y or t hat t he product or process will be fit for a part icular
pur pose. SKF furt her does not gu ar ant ee att ainm ent of t he intended
result of t h e Advice. This is a com m ercial agreem en t bet ween business
ent ities, and, ex cept as oth erwise specifically pr ovi ded her ein, ALL
WARRANTI ES, EXPRESS AND I MPLI ED, ARE SPECI FI CALLY DENI ED AND
EXCLUDED BY SKF TO THE FULL AND MAXI MUM EXTENT PERMI TTED BY
LAW. This is an agreem ent for t he com m ercial sale of ser vices and any
t ransf er of goods by SKF t o Recipien t is incident al to t hat com m ercial
pur pose. This is not a con t ract for t he sale of goods nor sh ould it be
int erpret ed as such by any cour t , arbitr ation panel, gov er nm ent agency
or legal t ribu nal. I f SKF fails t o provide the Advice in a pr ofessional
m anner th en t he Recipien t sh all prom pt ly not ify SKF t her eof in writ ing,
specifying t he problem s, an d SKF sh all prom ptly carry out an
inv est igation. SKF sh all at it s own ex pense use reasonably endeav ors t o
rem edy a defect iv e Adv ice. SKF's obligat ions shall not ex t en d t o defect s
which ar e due t o t he Recipient n ot com ply ing w ith inst r uctions given by
SKF or w hich are caused by im pr oper or abn or m al use or by ev en ts
out side the con tr ol of SKF or w hich are due t o t h e Reci pient having
provided SKF wit h incorrect or incom plet e inform at ion. The abov e
m ent ioned obligat ion of SKF t o rem edy a defect ive Adv ice is t he only
rem edy av ailable t o Recipient . I N NO EVENT SHALL SKF BE LI ABLE FOR
MONETARY CLAI MS OF ANY KI ND, WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT,
TORT LI ABI LI TY (I NCLUDI NG NEGLI GENCE), STRI CT LI ABI LI TY OR
OTHERWI SE, FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ( I NCLUDI NG, BUT NOT
LI MI TED TO, LOSS OF USE, PROFI TS OR REVENUE OR CLAI MS OF
RECI PI ENTS CUSTOMER, OR SPECI AL, I NDI RECT OR CONSEQUENTI AL
LOSSES, OR PENAL DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE), ARI SI NG OUT OF,
CONNECTED WI TH, OR RESULTI NG FROM ANY USE OR RELI ANCE BY
RECI PI ENT OF THE ADVI CE. Recipient shall reim burse SKF for all costs
and dam ages pai d or pay able by SKF t o a third part y as a consequ ence
of SKF provi ding Adv ice t o t he Reci pient , unless such cost and dam ages
are du e t o SKF hav ing been grossly negligen t.
8 . Ar b it ra t io n a n d ap p lica b le la w
All dispu tes arising in connect ion w it h t he prov ision of Adv ice shall be
finally sett led u nder t he rules of Arbit rat ion of t he I nt ern at ion al Cham ber
of Com m erce by on e or m ore ar bit rat ors appoint ed in accordance wit h
t he said rules supplem ent ed as necessary by t he procedural rules of law
of t he coun try of SKF's place of business m ost closely conn ected w it h t h e
Adv ice. All such disput es sh all be gov ern ed by t he su bst an tial law of t he
cou nt ry of SKF's place of business.