We are so glad that you have considered subscribing to our Convinse.com services. 

When you subscribe and use our services, you agree to the terms and conditions as follows:

1.) An Introduction to the Agreement

By clicking on the “Sign Up” button(s), and checking the “I have read and agree to the Terms Of Service” box on the respective Convinse.com subscription pages (District, Superior and/or Supreme), you are agreeing to enter into a legally binding contract with the owner(s) of Convinse™ and Convinse.com (even if you are using these services on behalf of a third party).  You recognize and affirm that you understand that if you don’t agree with this Terms Of Service Agreement/Contract, you will not click on the “Sign Up” button(s) and/or check the “I have read and agree to the Terms Of Service” box.

1A. Amendments

We may make amendments or modify the contract at any time for a variety of reasons.  For example, if there is specific language required to provide you (the user) with certain third party features, or changes to the law, or a host of other reasons, we reserve the right to make changes to the contract/agreement.

If and when any changes are made to this agreement/contract, we will notify you of such changes via the email address that you provided during your sign up process.

2.)  Responsibilities & Qualifications

2.A   Eligibility For Services

You must be 18 years of age at the time of sign up in order to enter into this agreement/contract and/or use these services.

2.B Password Confidentiality

You must keep your password confidential, so as to not allow non-members to use the services to which you are subscribed, or allow others (people, bots, hackers, malicious code and any other means of trespass) to access your account.

2.C  Payment & Sales

You understand that this is also a fee for service agreement/contract.  Payment must be made before your subscription becomes active and valid.  If, for whatever reason, your payment obligation is not met, service may be terminated. 

Given the nature of how our subscription services may be consumed, all sales are final.  You may upgrade subscription(s) during the term of your subscription period, which will be prorated; however; you may not downgrade your subscription to a lower cost subscription until the term of that higher cost subscription has expired.

Although we do not currently store any payment information (i.e., credit/debit card, bank account, etc.), at this time, we reserve the right to do so at a later date.  All online payment transactions are done through PayPal.  Convinse.com does not have access to that type of information.  Phone payments may be conducted for certain transactions from time to time; however, in these cases any of your payment information will immediately be destroyed after the payment transaction is complete.

Your invoice(s) and subscription status can be found by logging into your account.

3.) Service Availability

Our subscription offerings and pricing may change from time to time.  Some offerings may be removed or added.  This will not affect your current subscription until the term of that subscription ends.  If for any unforeseen reason these types of changes do affect your subscription, your subscription will be upgraded one level for the remainder of your affected subscription term.

You understand that Convinse.com and its products/services may experience periodic outages due to an array of causes and consequences (Internet connection issues, software glitches and bugs, hardware problems, hackers, cyber attacks, third party products, etc.).  As soon as we find out about the issue(s), we will seek to remedy it/them.  Please note that any shutdown or interruption will not result in a prorated discount or refund to the user/subscriber.  Rather, if the interruption is for an extended amount of time, we may extend your subscription term on a prorated basis.

4.)  Intellectual Property

4A.  Recognition of Intellectual Property Rights

It is represented as true, and understood by the user/subscriber that all rights are reserved as to copyrighted material used by Convinse.com.

Convinse.com provides online training videos, product(s) and digital tools (through a variety of service offerings) for the purpose of educating and supporting its users/subscribers to better present their cases digitally in court, mediation meetings, arbitrations, hearings, as well as during CLE (Continuing Legal Education) events.

A major part of the Convinse™ service offering is to educate and inform users/subscribers on how to use certain third party software applications and hardware products.  These third party brands, products, services and companies are in no way related to or affiliated with Convinse.com, Convinse™, or its owner(s).  As examples (but not limited to the examples), PowerPoint® is a registered trademark of, and owned by, Microsoft® Corporation.  TrialDirector®, TrialDirector 360® and TimeCoder™ Pro are registered trademarks and products owned by iPro Tech, LLC.  Any still or moving imagery of the logos, software and/or their respective features shown during the course of these Convinse.com instructional video courses/lessons is for identification and instructional purposes, and does not constitute any relationship or license (whether real, overt, implied or perceived) by Microsoft® Corporation, iPro Tech, LLC, or the owners of any other third party products and/or services (used by Convinse.com in its video content) with Convinse™, Convinse.com or its owner(s).

The user/subscriber (whether on behalf of yourself, a client, a third party/entity) recognize/understand and acknowledge that Convinse™, Convinse.com, and its owners (either combined or individually) own the intellectual property rights to all of the photos (irrespective of content), video and still imagery, PowerPoint® templates designs, Convinse™ Elements, Background Images designs, Video Background designs, Convinse™ logos, “Online Presentation Tech Training for the Elite Litigator” tagline, and Convinse.com website copy. 

In the event that the subscription(s) for the services offered on Convinse.com have lapsed or terminated, the user(s) agrees to immediately destroy any and all digital and physical content acquired from said subscriptions.

4B.  Claims

You the user/subscriber agree that you:

• Will not upload, share or disseminate any of the Convinse.com subscription content files (individually or as a volume) for public access, other than through your end presentations.
• Will not use the content in a way that will injure the reputation of the Convinse™ brand, Convinse.com, or its owners.
• Will not claim ownership, for yourself or on behalf of any client/third party/entity, of any of the photos, videos, “Background Images” designs, “Video Backgrounds” designs, Convinse™ “PowerPoint® Templates,” “Convinse™ Elements,” Convinse™ logos, website copy, “Assistant Mouse” graphics and/or copy used and/or sold on Convinse.com. Such claims can and will be disproven.  Any litigation brought against Convinse™, Convinse.com, or their owner(s) with these claims will be a(n) act(s) of intellectual property infringement/violation and fraud.
• Will not claim patent infringement on any of the Convinse.com concepts, processes, products or services.
• As a Convinse™/Convinse.com user/subscriber, you are permitted to use the royalty-free “Original Photos” for Continuing Legal Education and topical mediation presentations (as well as other purposes that constitute fair use). You also have permission to use these photos themselves for marketing; however, even though most of the content in the image collection is in the public domain and would fall under the fair use doctrine, additional permissions may be required for commercial use.  Therefore, you as the end user have the full responsibility of securing all of the additional rights required, and hold Convinse™, Convinse.com, and their owner(s) harmless from liability arising from any such resulting legal action.

5.) Limit of Liability & Termination

5A.  No Warranty

Convinse™, Convinse.com, and their owner(s) make no warranty about its content or claims, other than what is already stipulated in the agreement/contract. 

6.)  Jurisdiction

You agree that, in the rare and unlikely event that there is litigation between the parties related to this agreement/contract, any legal dispute will be litigated in Massachusetts courts, under Massachusetts law.

7.)  Severability

If any part(s) of this agreement/contract is/are found or deemed to be null and void in a court of law, the remaining agreement/contract shall still remain binding and enforceable.