ICCBBA, Inc License Agreements

These agreements describe the rights and responsibilities licensees have with respect to the use of ISBT 128, and all documentation and databases provided by ICCBBA, Inc.

Use of ISBT 128 is defined as reading, storing, interpreting, transferring, printing or other manipulation of the ISBT 128 data identifiers and data structures or the provision of software and/or instrumentation that permits or assists in the reading, storing, interpreting, transferring, printing or other manipulation of the ISBT 128 data identifiers and data structures.

Licensed Vendors

The Vendor License Agreement is available in pdf format. Click here.

Licensed Facilities

ICCBBA, Inc's Commitment to Registered and Licensed Facilities

ICCBBA, Inc will provide documentation of all updates and extensions to ISBT 128 to each Registered and Licensed Facilities as they become available. ICCBBA, Inc maintains a Website (http://www.iccbba.org) through which updates and extensions are first published. Licensed facilities may self-select a password (by eMail) to gain access to the Licensees Only section of the ICCBBA, Inc Website in order to obtain these updates and extensions. ICCBBA, Inc attempts to make certain that all data in ICCBBA, Inc databases are accurate, and will immediately make available any corrections. Data provided in the Facility Identification Number and Manufacturer Identification Code tables can only be as accurate as the most recent information provided to ICCBBA, Inc.

ICCBBA, Inc's Grant of License

What a Licensed Facility May Do

Use ISBT 128 and any other material to which ICCBBA, Inc owns the copyright (data identifiers, data structures, databases, access to the Licensees Only section of the ICCBBA, Inc Website).

What a Licensed Facility May Not Do

Make copies of any item marked as "Copyright © (year[s]) ICCBBA, Inc." without express written permission, with the single exception that one copy per licensed facility may be downloaded and stored for local access (copies are always available from the Licensees Only section of the ICCBBA, Inc Website).

Share ICCBBA, Inc materials with others who are not licensed users of ISBT 128.

Warranty

ICCBBA, Inc provides no warranty that the use of ISBT 128 is suitable for any particular purpose and the selection, use, efficiency and suitability of ISBT 128 is the sole responsibility of the Licensed User.

Liability

ICCBBA, Inc's liability is limited solely to those items listed in the section "ICCBBA, Inc's Commitment to Registered and Licensed Facilities." Under no circumstances shall ICCBBA, Inc's liability exceed the current annual license fee, and ICCBBA, Inc will in no circumstances be liable for any damages whatsoever, including without limitation damages for loss of data, business or goodwill or any other consequential losses of any nature arising from the use of ISBT 128.

Termination

This License Agreement is considered to be terminated in any year in which the annual license fee as established by the ICCBBA, Inc Board of Directors has not been paid thirty (30) days after the date stipulated on the fee invoice. When this License Agreement is terminated all documentation and databases supplied to the Licensed User must be returned to the ICCBBA, Inc office at its currently published address.

Mediation/Arbitration

Any controversy arising out of this License Agreement shall be settled by non-binding mediation in the first instance and, should that prove non-satisfactory, by arbitration in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in which state ICCBBA, Inc is incorporated, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association.

Jurisdiction

Except for United States Licensed Users that are supported by state funds, any action with respect to this License Agreement must be brought in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in which state ICCBBA, Inc is incorporated. With regard to the exception noted above, Licensed Users supported by state funding may use a court within their state if such is required by the provision of state funds.