Terms and Conditions
The Reading League Press Terms & Conditions
The Reading League Press, Inc. (TRLP) is a New York State corporation with offices located at 103 Wyoming St, Second Floor, Syracuse, NY 13204. By registering, participating in, or attending a TRLP session, course, or event, you agree to the following terms and conditions.
The following is a recital of facts underlying this Agreement:
TRLP specializes in providing professional development to schools and other organizations through a variety of educational services, including in-person and virtual professional development sessions, consulting, and coaching. TRLP’s services are designed to promote our mission to advance the awareness, understanding, and use of evidence-aligned reading instruction.
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change these terms at any time and will publish a revised version of the Terms & Conditions on our site. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms & Conditions.
Your registration, participation in, and/or attendance at TRLP-related sessions, courses, events, and other activities held in person or virtually signifies your acceptance of these terms.
General Terms
1. TRLP Intellectual Property Rights and Participant Obligations
a. TRLP is and shall remain the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to the proprietary materials provided to you in furtherance of the foregoing, including all Intellectual Property Rights contained or reflected in content provided by TRLP (“TRLP Content”). “Intellectual Property Rights” means all (a) patents, patent disclosures, and inventions (whether patentable or not), (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, logos, corporate names, and domain names, together with all of the goodwill associated therewith, (c) copyrights and copyrightable works (including computer programs), and rights in data and databases, including any derivative works based thereon, (d) trade secrets, know-how, and other confidential information, and (e) all other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications for, and renewals or extensions of, such rights, and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection in any part of the world.
b. Participant agrees not to disclose or distribute TRLP Content to any third party without TRLP’s prior written consent.
c. Participant may not alter the appearance of the TRLP Content or remove TRLP’s name or logo from Content.
d. Participant may not record in any manner a TRLP event, session, or class without prior written consent from TRLP. Such recordings are rarely allowed by TRLP and only upon execution of an additional contract and the payment of any fees called for therein.
2. Participant Conduct
Any violation of the terms may result in removal from the OLA, event, and/or TRLP course, and you may be subjected to fines and penalties.
You agree to maintain the security of any username and password required for accessing any OLA session, virtual events, or course. You will notify us promptly if you become aware of any unauthorized use of your username and/or password.
The Reading League Press makes no claim that an OLA session, Event, class, or other content is appropriate for any particular purpose or audience, or that it may be downloaded outside of the United States.
3. Data Protection
By registering with TRLP and by paying the fees, you agree to allow TRLP to collect and use your personal data, in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
4. Technology Requirements
Events and other online sessions may be offered through various platforms. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have the required hardware and software program requirements, along with access to Wi-Fi, to be able to participate in the event, course or session. A description of the required hardware and software programs will be provided to you at the time of registration.
TRLP is not responsible for any errors or failures in relation to your ability to access the Online Class, the Website, the virtual event, or any related materials, including where such errors or failures are caused by: (i) a loss of connection on TRLP or your end; (ii) a breakdown or problems with the online software and/or (iii) a breakdown or problems with your internet connection, computer or system.
5. Miscellaneous
a. The relationship between the parties is that of independent contractors. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership, joint venture, or other forms of joint enterprise, employment, or fiduciary relationship between the parties, and neither party shall have the authority to contract for or bind the other party in any manner whatsoever.
b. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any legal or equitable right, benefit, or remedy of any nature whatsoever, under or by reason of this Agreement.
c. The headings in this Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
d. This Agreement may be amended, modified, or supplemented only by an agreement in writing signed by each party hereto. No waiver by any party of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the party so waiving. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any rights, remedy, power, or privilege arising from this Agreement shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power, or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power, or privilege.
e. If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to affect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.
f. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of Laws of any jurisdiction other than those of State of New York.
g. If any action, suit, or other legal or administrative proceeding is instituted or commenced by either party hereto against the other party arising out of or related to this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs from the non-prevailing party.
h. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement. A signed copy of this Agreement delivered by email or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Agreement.