COCHLEAR AMERICAS WEBSITE TERMS OF USE
July 20, 2008Your Consent
PLEASE REVIEW THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING ANY OF OUR WEBSITES, YOU ARE AGREEING TO COMPLY WITH AND BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU MAY NOT USE OUR WEBSITES
Responsibility for User Content. You are entirely responsible for your Content. Some of our Websites permit you to adjust the settings affecting how others may view your Content. You are solely responsible for adjusting these settings. Posting Content via the Internet inherently poses the risk of unintended disclosure and access by third parties to your Content. We will make reasonable efforts to prevent your Content from disclosure beyond the settings you select, but we cannot guarantee these settings will prevent your Content from being viewed or accessed by unintended third parties and we will not be liable for such disclosures. We are not responsible for and do not control User Content, and, therefore, we do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any User Content. You understand that by using Websites on which users may post User Content, you may be exposed to User Content that you deem offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any User Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any User Content, settings, viewing errors, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any User Content posted on or through one of our Websites.
Rejection/Removal of Your Content. You acknowledge that we may or may not pre-screen User Content posted on our Websites, but that we have the right (but not the obligation) in our sole discretion to pre-screen, edit, refuse, or remove any User Content or portion thereof that is available via our Websites, in our sole discretion, for any reason. Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to remove from our Websites any User Content that violates these Terms of Use or is otherwise objectionable in our sole discretion, or to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of our Websites at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice, and without liability. If you become aware of misuse of any of our Websites by any person, please contact us (email: support-cam@cochlear.com).
Ownership of Your Content. We do not claim ownership rights in your Content. Subject to the non-exclusive license contained in the following paragraph, as between us and you, you own and will retain any and all intellectual property rights that you may have in your Content.
License to Use Your Content. So that we may provide the services offered through our Websites, you must grant a license to us to use and distribute your Content through our Websites. Accordingly, by posting your Content on or through our Websites, you hereby grant to us a non-exclusive, fully-paid, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide license (including the right to sublicense) to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute, and create derivative works based on your Content for the purposes for which it was posted. You also agree that we may use and disclose your Content as set forth in our Online Privacy Policy. If you wish to remove any of your Content from our Websites, you may contact us at support-cam@cochlear.com. Generally, we will try to remove Content at your request, but our ability to do so will depend on the type and locations of your Content and other factors. We reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee in appropriate circumstances and as permitted by applicable law. We make no guarantee as to the complete deletion of any such Content and copies thereof. In any case, a back-up or residual copy of such Content may remain on our servers after the Content appears to have been removed from our Websites, and we retain all rights granted in this paragraph to all such remaining copies.
Your Warranties Regarding Your Content
By posting your Content via our Websites, you represent and warrant that (i) you own all right, title and interest in your Content, or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in preceding paragraph, and (ii) the posting of your Content on or through our Websites does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, contract rights, confidentiality, or any other rights of any third party.
Ownership of Websites and Content
As between you and us, we own and reserve all rights, title and interests in our Websites, including all of the software and code that comprise and operate our Websites, and all of the Content of our Website except your Content. Our Websites and the Content we and others provide are protected under trademark, service mark, trade dress, copyright, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property laws. In addition, the entire Content of each Website is a collective work under U.S. and international copyright laws and treaties, and we own the copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of the Content of each Website.
We hereby grant you a limited, revocable, non-sublicensable license to download and print copies of any portion of the Content of our Websites to which you have properly gained access, but only for your own personal, non-commercial use (unless you posted the Content), and only if you do not remove, modify or obscure any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices from such Content (unless you posted the Content). The foregoing license is subject to these Terms of Use and does not include the right to use any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods. This license is revocable at any time without notice and with or without cause.
You may not and you may not permit others to copy, distribute, perform or display publicly, prepare derivative works based on, broadcast, exploit or use any part of the Content on our Websites (except your Content) except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use without our prior written permission. Any use of our Websites, including the Content of our Websites (except your Content), other than as specifically authorized in these Terms of Use is strictly prohibited and will terminate the license granted herein. Such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws including copyright and trademark laws and applicable communications, regulations and statutes.
Nothing in these Terms of Use shall be construed as transferring any right, title or interest in our Websites to you or anyone else, except the limited license to use our Websites on the terms expressly set forth herein.
Copyright Agent to Receive Notice of Claimed Copyright Infringement
If you have reason to believe any part of the Content of our Websites infringes the copyrights of others, or that any link on one of our Websites links to infringing materials, please notify our Copyright Agent immediately using the contact information provided below. It is our policy to investigate any allegations of copyright infringement brought to our attention. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to immediately suspend and/or terminate access to any Website by any user who is alleged to have posted infringing materials or a link to infringing materials on one of our Websites and to immediately remove or disable the allegedly infringing Content or link.
Notice of Claim of Copyright Infringement. If you are the copyright owner (or are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner), please notify our Copyright Agent immediately if you believe that (a) any Content displayed on our Websites infringes your copyright or (b) any link posted on one of our Websites links to materials that infringe your copyright. As soon as we receive your notice of claimed infringement, in the form described below, we will promptly remove or disable access to the materials that are claimed to be infringing (or the subject of infringing activity). Your notice must be in writing and must include the following:
Your notice must be signed (physically or electronically) and must be addressed as follows:
Copyright Agent
Cochlear Americas
Street Address:
13059 East Peakview Avenue
Centennial, CO 80111,
Phone: 1-800-523-5798
Fax: 1-303-524-6824
E-mail: copyright@cochlear.com
YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITES AND ALL OF THE CONTENT, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR WEBSITES, IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. OUR WEBSITES, AND ALL OF THE CONTENT, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR WEBSITES, ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, COCHLEAR, THE COCHLEAR FAMILY OF BUSINESSES, AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO OUR WEBSITES, THE CONTENT, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR WEBSITES, YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITES, OR ANY WEBSITES TO WHICH OUR WEBSITES ARE LINKED, INCLUDING ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, COCHLEAR, THE COCHLEAR FAMILY OF BUSINESSES, AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT (A) OUR WEBSITES OR THE CONTENT, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR WEBSITES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS; (B) YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; (C) THE CONTENT IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, CURRENT; OR RELIABLE; (D) YOUR CONTENT, COMMUNICATIONS, PERSONALIZED SETTINGS OR OTHER DATA WILL NOT BE DELETED, LOST, MISDELIVERED, OR CORRUPTED; (E) NO VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE WILL BE TRANSMITTED TO YOU. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF OUR WEBSITES IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THESE DISCLAIMERS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Limitation of Liability
WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE IN ANY MANNER FOR ANY CONTENT POSTED BY A USER OF OUR WEBSITES. ALTHOUGH WE PROVIDE RULES FOR USER CONDUCT AND POSTINGS, WE DO NOT CONTROL AND ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT USERS POST ON OR THROUGH OUR WEBSITES AND ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OFFENSIVE, INAPPROPRIATE, OBSCENE, UNLAWFUL, INFRINGING OR OTHERWISE OBJECTIONABLE USER CONTENT YOU MAY ENCOUNTER ON OUR WEBSITES OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITES. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT, WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE, OF ANY USER OF OUR WEBSITES.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL COCHLEAR, THE COCHLEAR FAMILY OF BUSINESSES, OR ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE OUR WEBSITES, INCLUDING THE CONTENT, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR WEBSITES.
THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THAT APPLIES TO ALL LOSSES AND DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, INCOME OR PROFITS), WHETHER THE CLAIM IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF COCHLEAR OR ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE COCHLEAR FAMILY OF BUSINESSES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND WITHOUT REGARD TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OTHER REMEDIES. IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION ON LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY (AND ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY WHOSE LIABILITY WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN LIMITED) FOR LIABILITIES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00).
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Cochlear, the Cochlear family of businesses, and its and their respective, officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and service providers, from any and all third party claims, losses, liability, damages, losses, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) arising from your breach of these Terms of Use. We will notify you promptly of any such claim, liability, loss, cost or expense.
Modification and Discontinuation
We reserve the right to discontinue or modify any Website at any time without prior notice.
Interpretation
As used in these Terms of Use, the term "including" means "including, but not limited to."
Waiver
Our failure at any time to require performance of any provision of these Terms of Use or to exercise any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of such provision or such right. All waivers must be in writing. Unless the written waiver contains an express statement to the contrary, no waiver by any of us of any breach of any provision of these Terms of Use or of any right provided for herein shall be construed as a waiver of any continuing or succeeding breach of such provision, a waiver of the provision itself, or a waiver of any right under these Terms of Use.
Severability
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, such provision shall be changed and interpreted so as to best accomplish the objectives of the original provision to the fullest extent allowed by law and the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect.
Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Venue
These Terms of Use shall be governed under the laws of the State of Colorado without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. All actions or proceedings arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use shall be venued exclusively in state or federal court in Denver County, Colorado. You hereby irrevocably consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of said courts for all such purposes.
Entire Agreement
These Terms of Use as supplemented or amended by any applicable Privacy Notices or "click-through agreement," contain the entire understanding and agreement between you and us with respect to our Websites and supersede all previous communications, negotiations and agreements, whether oral, written, or electronic between you and us with respect thereto.
Limitations on Actions
You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of our Websites must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
Questions About These Terms of Use
If you have any questions regarding these Terms of Use, please contact us by email at support-cam@cochlear.com, or by mail at Cochlear Americas, 13059 East Peakview Avenue, Centennial, CO 80111, Telephone 1-800-523-5798 Attn: Compliance Officer.