Additional Terms

Section 11.1 of the Terms of Service governing Google Docs is replaced in its entirety by:

"You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Service. By submitting, posting or displaying the Content you give Google a worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through the Service for the sole purpose of enabling Google to provide you with the Service in accordance with its Privacy Policy."

The following terms govern your use of templates features in Google Docs:

This version of Google Docs may contain pre-written templates.

These templates were created by Google or by third parties. As between you and the creators of the templates, any intellectual property or proprietary rights remain with the creators.

These templates, and the information contained in them: (a) are meant to serve as suggestions only; and (b) are not a substitute for professional advice or specific, authoritative knowledge or direction.

Google does not promise that the templates will work for your purposes, or that they are free from viruses, bugs, or other defects. The templates are provided “as is” and without warranty of any kind. You alone bear the risk of using them. Google and its suppliers provide no express warranties, guarantees and conditions with regard to the templates. To the extent permitted under applicable law, Google excludes the implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, workmanlike effort, title and non-infringement.

The following terms govern your submission of templates in Google Docs:

If you choose to submit your template through Google Docs, you direct and authorize Google and its affiliates to host, link to, and otherwise incorporate your template into Google Docs, and you grant Google and its end users a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to exercise the rights in the template, as stated below:

  1. to reproduce the template;
  2. to create and reproduce derivative works of the template;
  3. to display publicly and distribute copies of the template;
  4. to display publicly and distribute copies of derivative works of the template.

You agree that your license to Google end users will be perpetual. Furthermore, for the avoidance of doubt, Google reserves, and you grant Google, the right to syndicate the template submitted by you through Google Docs and use that template in connection with any of the services offered by Google.

You retain the right to stop distributing the template through the Google Docs template gallery at any time; provided, however that any such election will not serve to withdraw the licenses granted to Google end users under these Terms of Service. In order to stop distributing the template through the Google Docs template gallery, you must utilize the template removal function provided within the Service, in which case the template removal will be effective within a reasonable amount of time. In the event Google chooses to terminate your use of Google Docs, you will promptly remove all of your templates from the template gallery.

You represent and warrant that (a) you own or have obtained the necessary legal rights to provide all templates you submit through Google Docs, and will maintain these rights for as long as the template is available through the template gallery to Google end users; and (b) all of the templates you submit through Google Docs abide by the posted Program Policies (the Google Docs Program Policies and any other policies as Google may develop from time to time).

Google claims no ownership over any templates you submit through Google Docs. You retain copyright and any other rights, including all intellectual property rights, you already hold in the templates. You agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing those rights and that Google has no obligation to do so on your behalf.

You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Google has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any template that you submit. Google is not in any way responsible for the subsequent use or misuse by Google end users who access your template.

You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold Google, its partners, officers, directors, agents, affiliates, and licensors ("the Indemnified Parties") harmless from and against any claim or liability arising out of (a) your template; (b) any use by Google end users of your template; (c) any breach of or noncompliance with any representation, warranty or obligation in these Terms or applicable policies; and (d) any claim that your template violates any applicable law, including without limitation that it infringes the rights of a third party. You shall cooperate fully in the defense of any claim. Google reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you. You acknowledge that damages for improper use of Google Docs may be irreparable; therefore, Google is entitled to seek equitable relief, including injunction and preliminary injunction, in addition to all other remedies. This section shall take precedence only over the indemnity provision provided in any Additional Terms as it relates to Google Docs, and not to any other Services.