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Terms of use

Last updated 10/09/2026

These terms of use (“Terms of Use”) set forth the terms and conditions of Coding Ninjas Inc. d/b/a Lemon.io (“we”, “us”, “our”, and “Lemon.io”) applicable to your (“you”, “your” and “yourself”) use of the Lemon.io website located at https://lemon.io, and any related software, applications, LemonHire and other services and/or products (collectively the “Platform”), including without limitation your use of the Platform: (A) to obtain development services as a “Client” (B) to perform development services as a “Developer” and/or (C) to partner with us to provide developers to clients as a “Partner.” Your use of the Platform constitutes your agreement to all of the terms and conditions in the Terms of Use, and Lemon.io encourages you to read the Terms of Use carefully. In the event of a conflict between these Terms of Use and any other agreement, whether written or oral, between Lemon.io and you, whether in your individual capacity or as the representative of a Client, Developer, or Partner, these Terms of Use shall supersede and control.

IF YOU OBJECT TO ANYTHING IN THE TERMS OF USE, INCLUDING THE JURY WAIVER AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER IN SECTION 29, OR OTHERWISE DO NOT UNDERSTAND OR AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE, DO NOT USE THE PLATFORM OR ANY OF ITS INNER SERVICES AND EXIT IMMEDIATELY, AS YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE THE PLATFORM. The present version of the Terms comes into force on 24-September-2026.

For purposes of the Terms of Use, “Lemon.io” means and includes Lemon.io and its subsidiaries and affiliates, and its and their investors, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, and assigns. “User” means each person who accesses or uses the Platform, including Clients, Developers, and Partners.

You understand and agree that Lemon.io may revise, modify and/or supplement the Terms of Use (the “Revised Terms of Use”) at any time. Any Revised Terms of Use will be effective immediately after notice is sent to you via email. If you do not agree to the Revised Terms of Use, you must stop using the Platform and close your account. You can deactivate your account by emailing us at support@lemon.io. By continuing to use the Platform following notice, or by failing to deactivate your account, you hereby expressly agree to be bound by the Revised Terms of Use and acknowledge that your continued use of the Platform is valid consideration for the Revised Terms of Use.

1. Privacy Policy

Refer to the Lemon.io Privacy Policy at https://lemon.io/privacy-policy/ for information on how Lemon.io collects, uses, and discloses information about you.

2. License

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Terms of Use, Lemon.io grants you a personal, nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable license to access and use the Platform solely for your personal, noncommercial use. Rights not expressly granted to you in the Terms of Use are reserved by Lemon.io.

3. Platform Eligibility

To be eligible to use the Platform, you represent, warrant and covenant that you: (A) Are eighteen (18) years of age or older; (B) Have full power and authority to enter into the Terms of Use and to be bound by the Terms of Use; (C) Will not violate any other agreement to which you are a party by agreeing to the Terms of Use; (D) Are not restricted from using the Platform in any way or for any reason; (E) Are not using the Platform for reasons that are in competition with or adverse to Lemon.io; and (F) Will only maintain one account at any given time.

4. Platform is a Venue

The Platform offers a venue where Clients and Developers connect for the performance of development services (“Services”). Clients and Developers contract directly with each other and Lemon.io is not a party to any contracts or agreements between them. If Lemon.io and a Client enter into a separate written agreement governing the Client’s use of the Platform or the Services, the provisions of such agreement shall prevail over these Terms of Use solely to the extent of any conflict and solely with respect to such Client remaining all other provisions of the Terms in full force and effect. By using the Platform, you understand and agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, franchise or agency relationship exists between you and Lemon.io or Lemon.io and any other User. Lemon.io does not control the manner, means, or methods of work performed by Developers and does not provide training, supervision, or performance evaluation beyond regular marketplace facilitation. In this relation, you acknowledge that Lemon.io is not a staffing agency or employer of record.

5. Independent Contractors

Lemon.io is not a staffing agency or employer of record, it is not an employment service or employment agency, and Lemon.io does not employ Developers. In all cases, Developers are independent contractors and not employees, agents, or representatives of Lemon.io. That means Developers are free to accept or reject any task for Services rendering, perform Services free from the supervision and control of Lemon.io, and provide their own tools and equipment. It is the obligation of Clients to supervise and control the Services performed by Developers. All contracts, agreements and arrangements for the completion of Services are between Clients and Developers, and Lemon.io is not a party to that relationship. As such, Lemon.io does not provide wages, benefits, insurance, paid leave, and also does not withhold taxes, including, without limitation, unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation, employer’s liability, social security, or other payroll withholdings. You understand and agree that if Lemon.io is found liable for any taxes, other than on Lemon.io’s income, you will immediately reimburse Lemon.io for an amount equal to the liability, including any interest and penalties thereon. In the same time Developers are solely responsible for their taxes, compliance, and engagement terms with Clients. Nothing in these Terms creates an employment, partnership, or joint employer relationship between either parties.

6. Connecting Users; No Control

The Platform leverages a proprietary algorithm to connect Users for Services based on numerous factors, including, without limitation, Client criteria and Developer skills. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lemon.io does not have control over any aspect of any Services, including, without limitation, the legality, timing, quality, performance, or non-performance thereof. Further, Lemon.io does not supervise or control any aspect of the Services performed by Developers, and Clients are responsible for supervising and controlling the Services performed by Developers. As such, Lemon.io makes no representations, warranties, or covenants about any aspect of any Services performed.

7. Client Subscription Fees

Clients agree to pay Lemon.io the subscription fees associated with the selected subscription for the Services of Developers (“Subscription Fee”). All Subscription Fees must be paid directly to Lemon.io in advance through the Platform. Clients agree that it shall maintain a positive balance of an amount equal to not less than: (A) one (1) week’s worth of the Services of Developers for weekly Subscription Fees paid by debit card or credit card for the subsequent week’s Services; and (B) one (1) month’s worth of the Services of Developers for monthly Subscription Fees invoiced and/or paid by ACH or wire transfer for the subsequent month’s Services. For Subscription Fees paid by debit card or credit card, Clients hereby authorize Lemon.io to charge the credit card or debit card for the Subscription Fees associated with the selected subscription, plus any amounts owed for Services of Developers that exceed the selected subscription. Clients may request to pause their subscription at any time by using the “Request to pause” feature in Client’s account. Please note that in case you didn’t pay your due Client Subscription Fee or your last payment was fully spent for the Developer Payments for Services – you are not able to request for / order new Services / set tasks on the Platform, including to those Developers you already interact with, and any Developers you interact with will receive the in-Platform notification that you are out of funds on the Platform and appropriate Services will not be paid for. We encourage you to pay all the Client Subscription Fees on time and in an amount sufficient for the Services you are about to request / order on or through the Platform.

8. Developer Placement Fees

In the event that Clients hire or contract with Developers directly, or pay Developers off the Platform, Clients agree to pay Lemon.io an amount equal to twenty thousand U.S. dollars ($ 20 000 USD) as a direct placement fee and not as a penalty (“Placement Fee”). Clients agree to pay such Placement Fee within five (5) days of such direct hire, contract, or payment, as applicable. Clients hereby authorize Lemon.io to charge the credit card or debit card on file for the Placement Fee associated with such direct hire, contract or payment, as applicable. In the event that such credit card or debit card cannot be charged for the Placement Fee, such Client agrees that it shall pay the Placement Fee pursuant to the invoice therefor.

9. Late or Non-Payment

For any payment due to Lemon.io that is more than three (3) business days past due, including, without limitation, Subscription Fees and Placement Fees, fifteen percent (15%) interest will be added to the total amount due, compounded each thirty (30) days after payment is due, in addition to collections costs and fees incurred, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, court costs and other related collection expenses. In case you delay the payment in our favour for more than 30 calendar days, we may file a claim to South West Recovery Services, assigning them to collect the indebtedness from you. You will have to pay for their services in the amount of about 25% of then current indebtedness amount or reimburse such services cost. After the delayed payment is collected and we receive the money, we shall exercise the Developer Payment in whose favour appropriate payment was delayed – proportionally to the share of the delayed payment we actually received.

10. Developer Payments

Developers are paid for Services on a “time and materials” basis, which means that Developers are paid according to their hourly rate for the time spent performing Services, the tools and equipment required to perform the Services and approved expenses (if applicable). Acting as the Developer you can not discuss your hourly rate with other Users – only with the Lemon.io team. Developers are paid by the 10th of the month following the month in which such Services are performed and previously paid by the respective Client(s), provided however that any payment may be received with a delay caused by the receiving party or its servicing bank. Payments to Developers are contingent upon receipt of funds from Clients. On the basis that the Platform is just a venue for the Services rendering and irrespective to any other provisions and conditions, any Developer Payments may be made exclusively in case Client Subscription Fees are duly paid in amount sufficient to cover appropriate Developer Payment and received by Lemon.io and / or appropriate Services are not disputed by the Client. Hence, if we received only part of the due Client Subscription Fees it means respective Developer Payments will be partially and proportionally paid as well.

11. Partner Payments

Partners are paid by Lemon.io for the Services of Partner-sourced Developers on a “time and materials” basis, which means that Developers are paid for the time spent performing Services, the tools and equipment required to perform the Services and approved expenses (if applicable). In the event that Clients hire or contract with Partner-sourced Developers directly, or pay Partner-sourced Developers off the Platform, Lemon.io shall pay Partner fifty percent (50%) of Placement Fees received by Lemon.io for such Developers. Partners are paid for the Services of Partner-sourced Developers by the 10th of the month following the month in which such Services are performed by such Developers. Partners are paid their portion of the Placement Fees received by Lemon.io and owed to Partners by the 10th of the month following the month in which such Placement Fee was received by Lemon.io. You should remember that any payment hereunder may be received with a delay caused by the receiving party or its servicing bank.

12. Additional terms for the LemonHire service of the Platform (“LemonHire”)

Within LemonHire, a separate Service on the Platform a Client chooses one or several Developers for direct cooperation with, and on the basis hereof LemonHire is used. Hence, you may use LemonHire only once you are a registered User of the Platform under the Client status. In no case and in no way does LemonHire duplicate or overlap with the service described in Section 8 of these Terms, and payments described in Sections 8 and 12 hereof do not include one another. Placement Fee within LemonHire equals to $ 20 000 (twenty thousand of US Dollars).

The trial can be terminated by the sole decision of the Client or by expiration of the trial period – depending on what comes first. Unless Client and Lemon.io jointly decide otherwise, LemonHire is divided into the following phases for each separate chosen Developer, with no obligation to complete all of them in each separate case.

12.1 Trial Period

  • The Trial Period for each chosen Developer lasts for 4 weeks, provided maximum quantity of working hours of the chosen Developer within such Trial Period – 160 hours.
  • During the Trial, the Client pays the chosen Developer’s hourly rate plus a $2,000 flat management fee to us for the trial management services.
  • The Client may enter the Trial Period for the chosen Developer on real work projects, review their performance, and determine if the Client wants to proceed with a full-time hire.
  • If the Client is unsatisfied with the Developer at any point during the Trial, such Client can request a replacement for no additional cost. The Trial continues (no Trial Period renewal applies) with the new Developer.

12.2 Hiring Decision

By the end of the Trial, irrespective of the reason for such end, the Client must decide whether to:

  • If the Client is satisfied with the Developer and the results of their Trial cooperation, they complete the hire of the Developer, in which case the Client pays the $ 20 000 Placement Fee stipulated herein, minus the $2,000 management fee paid during the Trial Period.
  • if Trial ends before 160 working hours are used, the unused working hours will be either (i) waived from the Placement fee in case the hiring decision is taken by the Client, OR (ii) refunded to the Client if no such decision is taken.

12.3 End the relationship with the Developer, in which case no additional payment is required. The Developer’s hours worked and the management fee are non-refundable.

12.4 Post-Trial Guarantee Period

  • If the Client hires the Developer, they enter into a 60-day guarantee period starting immediately and automatically after the Trial ends, irrespective to the quantity of working hours before the Hiring Decision or the hire itself.
  • During this guarantee period, if the Developer resigns or fails to meet performance standards, the Client is eligible for:
    • A free replacement of the Developer to another one with no Trial applied.
    • A full refund of the Placement Fee if we cannot replace the Developer within 30 days of the Client’s request.

12.5 Developer Reporting

  • Developers must log working hours spent weekly via the Platform, and the Client will receive automated reports to review.

12.6 Refund and Replacement

During the Post-Trial Guarantee or Trial Period, the Client may request a replacement of the Developer in the following cases:

  • Poor technical performance as outlined in the project description or job requirements.
  • Lack of communication or poor communication skills, leading to project delays or misunderstandings.
  • Unreliable work ethic, including missed deadlines or inconsistent availability, as well as breach of code of conduct, prescribed herein.
  • Inability to integrate with the Client’s team or adapt to the Client company’s workflow.
  • Failure to meet agreed-upon milestones, goals, or deliverables.
  • Unprofessional behavior or lack of soft skills necessary for effective collaboration.
  • Failure to adhere to security protocols or privacy policies.

12.7 Conditions for No Refund/Replacement

No refund or replacement is available if:

  • The Client cancels the position or significantly changes the job requirements after hiring, OR significant changes to the project scope or job expectations occur after the Developer has been hired.
  • The Client violates these Terms (e.g., discrimination, fraudulent or unethical behavior, non-payment) OR personal conflicts occur unrelated to professional performance or breach of code of conduct.
  • The Developer takes another role within the Client’s company, different from the one initially agreed upon.
  • The Client’s inability to pay the Developer the agreed-upon compensation.
  • If the Developer terminated their cooperation with the Client for cause during the Trial Period, such Developer will be paid for any hours worked up until the termination date, but such Developer will not be guaranteed further work opportunities with the same Client.
  • If the Client denies the Developer replacement in the case of non-hire, the management fee of Lemon.io is non-refundable.

12.8 Early termination by the Client

  • The Client may terminate a Developer’s Trial Period early if the Developer does not meet performance expectations or if there is any breach of conduct as provided herein.
  • If the Developer is terminated for cause during the Trial Period, such Developer will be paid for any hours worked up until the termination date, but he / she will not be guaranteed further work opportunities with the same Client.

13. No out-of-pocket payments

In no case shall Lemon.io pay any Developer Payments, Partner Payments or any other payments hereunder for its own expense without prior funds receiving from appropriate Client or in case such Client has requested a charge-back (or similar procedure) through the bank or payment system, or has requested a refund through the Platform. Developer earnings accrue upon successful charge of the Client’s subscription and are released subject to the dispute process below, where applicable.

14. Developer Restrictions

As a Developer, you represent, warrant and covenant that you are not: (A) a citizen or resident of, or located in, a geographic area that is subject to U.S. sanctions or embargoes; (B) an individual, or an individual employed by or associated with an entity, identified on the U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Persons or Entity List, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons Lists, or the U.S. Department of State’s Debarred Parties List or otherwise ineligible to receive items subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations or other economic sanction rules.

15. Code of conduct

Acting as a Developer on the Platform you should obey this simple code of conduct (see below in this Section 15 and Section 16) and remain professionals in the best meaning of the word. Any Developer agrees to maintain professional conduct throughout the trial, separate tasks completion, and full-time employment periods, including respecting deadlines, being responsive, and engaging in clear communication with a Client. Users agree to comply with all applicable sanctions, export control, and anti-corruption laws, including OFAC, EAR, and FCPA. Any instances of unethical behavior, including but not limited to discrimination, harassment, or inappropriate conduct, will urge us to reconsider whether you can still remain to be a User of the Platform or your continued use of the Platform causes too much difficulty or inconvenience to other Users or directly to us. It may also result in immediate termination of the trial, tasks, or employment, and Lemon.io may take disciplinary action, including your removal from the Platform.

16. Non-compete clause

Developer agrees not to work directly with a Client outside of the Platform without first completing the required hiring process and fee payment via the Platform, as may be prescribed in the present Terms.

17. Disputes Between Clients and Developers

Clients understand and agree that it is their obligation to communicate directly with Developers and to supervise and control the Services performed by Developers. In the event of any disputes between Clients and Developers including, without limitation, disputes related to the quality of Services performed by Developers, Clients agree that such disputes must be brought to Lemon.io within ten (10) business days following the month in which such disputed Services were performed. All disputes must be reported using the “Report a problem” feature in Clients’ account. All disputes on the Platform are decided by the Lemon.io acting as the arbiter, while both disputing parties undertake to provide Lemon.io with their arguments and proofs of their positions. Decisions taken by the Lemon.io for such on-Platform disputes are deemed full and unchallenged. Clients understand and agree that the only remedy for such dispute is the reperformance of the Services that are the subject of such dispute and, where such Services cannot reasonably and adequately be reperformed, the maximum remedy is the refund of an amount equal to the hours paid for the disputed Services up to a maximum of forty (40) hours. You should note that no payments, including Developer Payments and Partner Payments are made for the disputed Services or their results unless such disputes are solved within the Platform. You can certainly file your dispute to a court and these Terms do not limit you in any way, but the dispute within the Platform can already be resolved and executed by us till that time and you can only challenge the result of the dispute directly with the other disputing party in the court without any attraction of Lemon.io.

18. Account Security

You represent, warrant and covenant that at all times and in connection with utilizing the Platform you will: (A) Maintain the security and confidentiality of your account information, including, without limitation, your username and password; (B) Be responsible for all activity that occurs under your account, whether by you or by others; (C) Notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your profile, the need to deactivate your profile due to security concerns, or any other breach of security; (D) Be liable for all charges, damages and losses incurred or suffered by you and/or by Lemon.io as a result of unauthorised activity under your account; and, (E) Ensure that you log out of your account at the end of each session.

19. Your Responsibilities

You represent, warrant and covenant that at all times you will: (A) Be solely responsible for your online and offline interactions with other Users; (B) Not disclose confidential information and/or ideas on or through the Platform that you do not want used or shared by others; (C) Comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, privacy laws, intellectual property laws, export control laws, tax laws, and applicable regulatory requirements; (D) Provide accurate information in your profile, and update such information as necessary; (E) Use the Platform in an honest, respectful and professional manner; and, (F) Use the Platform solely for permitted purposes as it is intended to be used.

20. Prohibited Uses

In connection with your use of the Platform, you represent, warrant and covenant that at all times you will not: (A) Act dishonestly or unprofessionally by engaging in unprofessional behavior or by posting inappropriate, knowingly inaccurate, or objectionable information and/or content to the Platform; (B) Duplicate, license, sublicense, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, sell, rebrand, or otherwise transfer information found on the Platform; (C) Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decipher or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for any underlying intellectual property used in connection with the Platform; (D) Include information that is confidential in nature or that reveals your identity or sensitive personal information such as an email address, phone number or address; (E) Create a user profile for anyone other than yourself or otherwise use or attempt to use another’s account without our authorization; (F) Utilize information and/or content you view on and/or obtain from the Platform to provide any service that is competitive with the Platform or our business; (G) Imply or state, directly or indirectly, that you are affiliated with or endorsed by Lemon.io; (H) Adapt, modify or create derivative works based on the Platform or the technology underlying the Platform, or other User’s information and/or content; (I) Rent, lease, loan, trade or sell/resell access to the Platform or any information therein; (J) Deep-link to the Platform for any purpose; (K) Use manual or automated software, devices, scripts, robots, or other means or processes to access, “scrape,” “crawl” or “spider” the Platform including use of AI agents, LLM-based tools, or automated decision-making systems; (L) Use bots or other automated methods to add or download contacts, send or redirect messages or perform any other activities; (M) Repeatedly access, via automated or manual means or processes, the Platform for purposes of monitoring its availability, performance or functionality or for any competitive purpose; (N) Engage in “framing,” “mirroring,” or otherwise simulating the appearance or function of the Platform; (O) Attempt to or actually access the Platform by any means other than through the interfaces provided by us; (P) Attempt to or actually override any security component included in or underlying the Platform; (Q) Engage in any action that directly or indirectly interferes with the proper working of or places an unreasonable load on our infrastructure, including but not limited to sending unsolicited communications to other Users or our personnel, attempting to gain unauthorized access, or transmitting or activating computer viruses; (R) Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the Platform; (S) Remove, cover or otherwise obscure any form of advertisement included on the Platform; (T) Harass, abuse or harm another person, including sending unwelcome communications to Users; (U) Collect, use or transfer any information, including but not limited to, personally identifiable information obtained from the Platform except as expressly permitted in the Terms of Use or as the owner of such information may expressly permit; (V) Share non-Users’ information without their express consent; (W) Interfere with or disrupt the Platform, including but not limited to any servers or networks connected to the Platform; (X) Upload a cartoon, symbol, drawing or any information and/or content other than a head-shot photograph of yourself in your profile photo (if applicable); (Y) Participate, directly or indirectly, in the setting up or development of a network that seeks to create a pyramid scheme or other similar practice; (Z) Infringe on or use our brand, logos and/or trademarks, or words likely to be confused with those words, in any business name, email, or URL; or (AA) upload, post to the Platform, email, transmit or otherwise make available or initiate any information and/or content that: (i) Falsely states, impersonates or otherwise misrepresents your identity, including but not limited to the use of a pseudonym, or misrepresenting your current or previous positions and qualifications, or your affiliations with a person or entity, past or present; (ii) Is unlawful, libelous, abusive, obscene, discriminatory or otherwise objectionable; (iii) Adds to a content field information and/or content that is not intended for such field (e.g., submitting a telephone number in the “title” or any other field, or including telephone numbers, email addresses, street addresses or any personally identifiable information for which there is not a field provided by us); (iv) Includes information that you do not have the right to disclose or make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as insider information, or proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements); (v) Infringes upon patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights or other proprietary rights; (vi) Includes any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation including, without limitation: (a) using the Platform to send messages to people who do not know you or who are unlikely to recognize you as a known contact; (b) using the Platform to connect to people who do not know you and then sending unsolicited promotional messages to those connections without their permission; and (c) sending messages to distribution lists, newsgroup aliases or group aliases; (vii) Contains malicious code, software viruses, worms, or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment of ours or any User; (viii) Infringes third-party rights or violates open-source license obligations; and/or (ix) Forges headers or otherwise manipulates identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any communication transmitted through the Platform.

21. Suspension and Termination

Lemon.io may suspend or remove you from the Platform at any time for any or no reason at all including for violation of these Terms or applicable law, and suspension or removal will be effective immediately upon delivery of such notice. If Lemon.io suspends or removes you from the Platform, you may not be entitled to rejoin. In addition to suspension or removal, Lemon.io reserves the right to take appropriate legal action, including without limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive relief. Even after your suspension or removal, the Terms of Use will remain enforceable against you.

22. Developer Content

Developer hereby grants Lemon.io a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully paid, transferable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, distribute, translate, communicate to the public, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display any messages, information, data, text, images, or other materials submitted to or transmitted through the Platform (in whole or part) (collectively, “Developer Content”) worldwide, or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed (for the full term of any rights that may exist to such Developer Content), without restriction or compensation, and to grant and authorize sublicenses thereof. In addition, you warrant that you have waived all so-called “moral rights” in the Developer Content. Lemon.io and its designees shall have the right, but not the obligation, in their sole discretion to edit, refuse to post, or remove any Developer Content posted on the Platform that violates the Terms of Use or is otherwise objectionable in Lemon.io’s sole and exclusive discretion. By submitting Developer Content to or through the Platform, you represent and warrant that: (A) You own the Developer Content; (B) You are entitled to submit the Developer Content; and, (C) the Developer Content is accurate, truthful, not confidential, and not in violation of any contractual restrictions or other third party rights.

23. Third-Party Websites

The Platform may link to websites and/or applications operated by third parties, including, without limitation, licensors or advertisers (“Third-Party Website”). Lemon.io does not control Third-Party Websites and is not responsible for them, their availability, their information and/or content or any viruses that may be accessed through them. The inclusion of hyperlinks or other connections to Third-Party Websites does not imply any endorsement of them or any association with their owners or operators. You are solely responsible for reviewing and evaluating whether you want to access or use such Third-Party Websites, including any applicable terms and/or privacy practices.

24. Lemon.io Intellectual Property and marketing

All of the design, text, and graphics of the Platform, as well as the selection and arrangement thereof, are proprietary and copyrighted works of Lemon.io, with all rights reserved. Lemon, Lemon.io and the lemon/eyeball logo are registered trademarks of Lemon.io. The Platform images and text, and all page headers, graphics, HTML based computer programs used to generate pages on the Platform, and icons are our trademarks, service marks and/or trade dress, and may not be used without our prior written permission. All uses thereof inure to our benefit. All other trademarks, product names and company names or logos included on the Platform are the property of their respective owners. At the same time, as we are keen to proudly share with the world that our Platform has such exceptional users, we will use the users` logos, trademarks and names in our marketing and promotional materials, highlighting just how delighted we are with this collaboration, but if you object to us doing so in relation to your name, logo or trademark, please let us know and we will stop it as soon as possible.

25. Ownership of Developer’s Work Product

All deliverables, if any, and portions thereof, and all intermediate and partial versions thereof (the “Work Product”) created by a Developer for a Client shall be works-made-for-hire owned by such Client upon full payment of all amounts due therefor. In the event the Work Product or any portion thereof is found by a court of competent jurisdiction not to be a “work-made-for-hire” within the meaning of the Copyright Act of 1976, as amended, Developer hereby expressly assigns to Client all exclusive right, title and interest in and to the Work Product without further consideration, and free from any claim or rights of retention on the part of Developer. Developer agrees to execute all documents that may, in Client’s reasonable discretion, be required to perfect such assignment.

26. Confidentiality

Any information and/or content not generally known by or disclosed to the public including, without limitation, information and/or content: (A) disclosed by Clients to Lemon.io and/or Developers; (B) created by Developers for Clients; and, (C) any information and/or content disclosed pursuant to a mutually executed confidentiality and/or nondisclosure agreement (collectively, “Confidential Information”) shall be maintained in strict confidence by the recipient of such Confidential Information (“Recipient”) including, without limitation, Lemon.io and Developer. Recipients are strictly prohibited from using, sharing, or disclosing any Confidential Information and also access to and use of any Confidential Information shall be restricted by Recipient to those persons with known discretion and with a need to use the information, provided that such persons have executed a confidentiality and/or nondisclosure agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Confidential Information shall not include information and/or content that is: (a) already known to or otherwise in the possession of a person at the time of receipt from the other party and that was not known or received as the result of violation of any obligation of confidentiality; (b) publicly available or otherwise in the public domain prior to disclosure by a party; (c) rightfully obtained by a party from any third party having a right to disclose such information without restriction and without breach of any confidentiality obligation by such third party; (d) developed by a party independent of any disclosure hereunder, as evidenced by written records; or (e) disclosed pursuant to the order of a court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction or a government agency, provided that the party receiving such order shall notify the other prior to such disclosure and shall cooperate with the other party in the event such party elects to legally contest, request confidential treatment, or otherwise avoid such disclosure.

27. DMCA Claims

If you believe, in good faith, that any materials on the Platform infringe upon your copyrights, please send the following information to Lemon.io’s Copyright Agent at: 340 S Lemon Ave, #7065, Walnut, CA 91789, USA: (A) A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, including the URL (Internet address) or other specific location on the Platform where the material you claim is infringed is located; (B) Include enough information to allow us to locate the material, and explain why you think an infringement has taken place; (C) Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address; (D) A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (E) A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate, and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf; and (F) An electronic or physical signature of the owner of the copyright or the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest.

28. Governing Law; Arbitration

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Any dispute, demand, claim, controversy, cause of action, lawsuit or proceeding (collectively for the purpose of this and the next Section, “Dispute”) arising out of or in any way related to the Platform and/or the Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its provisions regarding conflicts of law. Except as expressly provided in Section 29, any Dispute shall be resolved exclusively by final and binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in accordance with its applicable rules. The arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator in English. The seat and legal place of arbitration shall be Delaware, United States. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the arbitrator shall have exclusive authority to determine the arbitrability, interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of this arbitration agreement.

29. Exceptions; No Jury; Class Action Waiver

Notwithstanding Section 28, Lemon.io may seek temporary, preliminary or permanent injunctive or equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect its intellectual property, confidential information, or the security or authorized use of the Platform. Any Dispute that cannot lawfully be subject to arbitration shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in the State of Delaware; you consent to their jurisdiction and waive any objection based on inconvenient forum. YOU HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY DISPUTE THAT IS PERMITTED BY LAW TO BE RESOLVED IN COURT. YOU AND LEMON.IO AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OR MEMBER OF ANY CLASS, COLLECTIVE OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, EXCEPT WHERE SUCH WAIVER IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. The arbitrator shall have no authority to conduct any class, collective or representative proceeding unless all parties expressly agree otherwise in writing. If any portion of this class, collective or representative action waiver is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Section and Section 28 shall remain in effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

30. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, CUSTOM, USAGE, MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU HEREBY EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE PLATFORM IS AT YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE RISK. FURTHER, LEMON.IO DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE PLATFORM IS FREE FROM VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, WORMS, TIME BOMBS, SPIDERS, CANCEL BOTS, CORRUPTED FILES, OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR SOFTWARE, MALWARE OR MATERIALS THAT MAY DAMAGE, INTERFERE WITH, DISRUPT, IMPAIR, DISABLE OR OTHERWISE OVERBURDEN THE OPERATION OF ANY DEVICE, COMPUTER SYSTEM OR NETWORK. AT THE SAME TIME, LEMON.IO DOES NOT GUARANTEE MATCHING TIMELINES, AVAILABILITY, OR PERFORMANCE OF DEVELOPERS AND IN THE SAME TIME ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS OF THE TASKS SET BY CLIENTS.

31. Release

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, LEMON.IO HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, AND YOU HEREBY EXPRESSLY RELEASE LEMON.IO FROM, ANY AND ALL DISPUTES FOR DAMAGES, INJURIES, LOSSES AND LIABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOLLOWING: (A) LEMON.IO’S OWN NEGLIGENCE; (B) THAT USE OF THE PLATFORM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; (C) THAT ANY SERVICES WILL BE RELIABLE, ACCURATE, SAFE, TIMELY OR COMPLETE; (D) THE INACCURACY, UNTIMELINESS OR INCOMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION AND/OR CONTENT INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY RELIANCE UPON SUCH INFORMATION AND/OR CONTENT; (E) ANY MISSTATEMENTS OR MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE BY ANY USER; (F) THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, RELATED TO AVAILABILITY, TERMS OF USE, PRIVACY PRACTICES, INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, ADVERTISING, CHARGES, PAYMENT, PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES; (G) THE CONDUCT OF ANY USER ONLINE OR OFFLINE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, HARASSMENT, ABUSE, DEFAMATION, INJURY, AND DAMAGE TO OR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY; (H) THE CONDUCT OF THIRD PARTIES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, HACKERS OR OTHERS WHO ENGAGE IN THE UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE OR MISAPPROPRIATION OF ANY INFORMATION AND/OR CONTENT; AND (I) ANY INFORMATION AND/OR CONTENT THAT MAY BE MISAPPROPRIATED, INTERCEPTED, DELETED, DESTROYED OR USED BY OTHERS.

32. Limitation of Liability

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL LEMON.IO BE LIABLE TO ANY USER OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING FROM, IN CONNECTION WITH OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE SERVICES OR THE PLATFORM, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE SAME. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING IN THE TERMS OF USE TO THE CONTRARY, IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT LEMON.IO IS LIABLE TO YOU, IN NO EVENT WILL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED FIVE-HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500). Nothing in these Terms shall limit or exclude liability for gross negligence, willful misconduct, fraud, or any liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law, if any.

33. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Lemon.io harmless from and against any and all Disputes and third-party claims, including without limitation for damages, injuries, losses, liabilities and reasonable external legal and accounting fees (collectively, “Indemnified Claims”), resulting from, or alleged to result from: (A) Your breach of the Terms of Use; (B) Any information and/or content you submit to or transmit through the Platform, (C) Your misuse of the Platform including, without limitation, your unauthorized or unlawful use of the Platform; (D) Your violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation pertaining to your use of the Platform; or (E) The use of the Platform by any other person using your account. We will use reasonable efforts to provide you with prompt notice of any such Indemnified Claims, and may assist you, at our expense and option, in defending any such Indemnified Claims.

34. Waiver; Severability

Failure by Lemon.io to enforce any provision(s) of the Terms of Use will not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. The Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and Lemon.io. If any provision of the Terms of Use is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will be enforced to the fullest extent possible, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect. The Terms of Use will inure to the benefit of Lemon.io, its successors and assigns.