Common use of Limitation of Liability for Termination Clause in Contracts

Limitation of Liability for Termination. Symantec shall not be liable to Brightmail on account of termination or expiration of this Agreement for reimbursement or damages for loss of goodwill, prospective profits or anticipated orders, or on account of any expenditures, investments, leases or commitments made by Brightmail based upon or growing out of such termination or expiration. Brightmail acknowledges and agrees that; (i) Brightmail has no expectation and has received no assurances that its business relationship with Symantec will continue beyond the stated Term of this Agreement or its earlier termination in accordance with this clause other than for any applicable Run Off Periods, that any investment by Brightmail in the promotion of the BMI Service, BMI Products or the Licensed Products will be recovered or recouped, or that Brightmail shall obtain any anticipated amount of profits by virtue of this Agreement; and (ii) Brightmail shall not have or acquire by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise any vested, proprietary or other right in the promotion of the BMI Service or in any goodwill created by its efforts hereunder. The Parties acknowledge that this clause has been included as a material inducement for Symantec to enter into this Agreement and that Symantec would not have entered into this Agreement but for the limitations of liability as set forth herein.