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of the license granted (unmodified from the form provided by Microsoft and not combined with <br />anything else) misappropriates a trade secret or directly infringes a patent, copyright, <br />trademark or other proprietary right of a third party. If Microsoft is unable to resolve a claim of <br />infringement under commercially reasonable terms, it may, at its option, either (1) modify or <br />replace the Product or Fix with a functional equivalent; or (2) terminate Enrolled Affiliate's <br />license and refund any prepaid license fees (less depreciation on a five-year, straight-line <br />basis) for perpetual licenses and any amount paid for Online Services for any usage period <br />after the termination date. Microsoft will not be liable for any claims or damages due to Enrolled <br />Affiliate's continued use of a Product or Fix after being notified to stop due to a third -party claim. <br />b. By Enrolled Affiliate. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Enrolled Affiliate will defend <br />Microsoft against any third -party claim to the extent it alleges that: (1) any Customer Data or <br />non -Microsoft software hosted in an Online Service by Microsoft on Enrolled Affiliate's behalf <br />misappropriates a trade secret or directly infringes a patent, copyright, trademark, or other <br />proprietary right of a third party; or (2) Enrolled Affiliate's use of any Product or Fix, alone or in <br />combination with anything else, violates the law or damages a third party. <br />12. Limitation of liability. <br />For each Product, each party's maximum, aggregate liability to the other under this Agreement is limited to <br />direct damages finally awarded in an amount not to exceed the amounts Enrolled Affiliate paid for the <br />applicable Products during the term of this Agreement, subject to the following: <br />a. Online Services. For Online Services, Microsoft's maximum liability to Enrolled Affiliate for <br />any incident giving rise to a claim will not exceed the amount Enrolled Affiliate paid for the <br />Online Service during the 12 months before the incident. <br />b. Free Products and Distributable Code. For Products provided free of charge and code that <br />Enrolled Affiliate is authorized to redistribute to third parties without separate payment to <br />Microsoft, Microsoft's liability is limited to direct damages finally awarded up to US$5,000. <br />c. Exclusions. In no event will either party be liable for indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or <br />consequential damages, or for loss of use, loss of business information, loss of revenue, or <br />interruption of business, however caused or on any theory of liability. <br />d. Exceptions. No limitation or exclusions will apply to liability arising out of either party's (1) <br />confidentiality obligations (except for all liability related to Customer Data, which will remain <br />subject to the limitations and exclusions above); (2) defense obligations; or (3) violation of the <br />her party's intellectual property rights. <br />s- <br />13. Verifying compliance.' <br />a. Right to verify compliance. Enrolled Affiliate gtup ecords relating to all use and <br />distribution of Products by Enrolled Affiliate and ' s. Microsoft has the right, at its <br />expense, to the extent permitted by applicable la ify such compliance with the Product's <br />license terms. Microsoft will engage an indep uditor and Enrolled Affiliate must provide <br />the independent auditor with any inform 'o uditor reasonably requests in furtherance of <br />the verification, including visible ac s ms running the Products and evidence of <br />Licenses for Products Enrolled A i s, sublicenses, or distributes to third parties. <br />Enrolled Affiliate must provide, w out u e delay, the foregoing information and access upon <br />request of the independent audjW, <br />b. Verification process. Mi A 'll notify Enrolled Affiliate at least 30 calendar days in <br />advance of its intent to v olled Affiliate's compliance with the license terms for the <br />Products Enrolled Aff'' or distributer The independent auditor is subject to a <br />confidentiality obligati i ' t to cover the auditor's engagement with Enrolled Affiliate for <br />the verification roce nrolled Affiliate may, at its discretion, also require a mutually <br />agreeable confid a ' agreement with the independent auditor for access to premises, data <br />EA20241AgrGov(US)SLG(ENG)(Oct2023) Page 9 of 11 <br />Document X20-10211 <br />131 <br />