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Terms of Use
The www.decaWave.com website is an interactive online service operated
by decaWave Ltd. DecaWave conducts its worldwide business including
operations relating to research and development, manufacturing and
marketing, through decaWave limited and/or wholly-owned incorporated
subsidiaries in Ireland, the U.S.A., the U.K. and other countries.
The term "decaWave" is used throughout this website to
collectively refer to decaWave Limited and its subsidiary companies.
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE DECAWAVE.COM
WEBSITE. By using the decaWave website, you signify your agreement
to these Terms of Use and decaWaves Privacy Policy. If you
do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not use the decaWave.com
website. Please check these Terms of Use periodically for changes.
Your continued use of the decaWave.com website will mean you accept
these changes. decWave reserves the right to modify, suspend, terminate,
or restrict your use of any portion of the decWave.com website at
any time, without notice.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Restrictions on Use of Materials
General Submissions
Third Party Information and Links
Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
Miscellaneous
1. Introduction
This website
provides information available about a range of topics. Like any
printed material, it may become out of date over time. This information
is not intended to be a substitute for the advice of a professional.
Nothing contained
on the decaWave.com website should be construed as a solicitation
or promotion for any product or service or for the use of any product
in a particular way which is not authorised by the laws and regulations
of the country where the reader is located.
Certain sections
of the decaWave.com website may have separate registration procedures
and separate terms and conditions, terms of service, user agreements
or similar legal agreement that may be offered by decaWave or its
third party service providers. When you are using any section of
the decaWave.com website that does not have a separate legal agreement
or terms of use, these Terms of Use shall apply.
2. Restrictions
on use of materials
Except as otherwise
authorised in writing by decaWave, all materials contained on the
decaWave.com website are the copyrighted property of decaWave and/or
third party licensors. No material from this website may be copied,
reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed
in any way, except that you may download one copy of the materials
on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial home use
only, provided that (i) you keep intact all copyright and other
proprietary notices, (ii) you make no modifications to the materials,
(iii) you do not use the materials in a manner that suggests an
association with any of our products, services, or brands, and (iv)
you do not download quantities of materials to a database that can
be used to avoid future downloads from this website. For purposes
of these terms, the use of any such material on any other website
or computer environment is prohibited, unless you have obtained
prior written approval from decaWave. Nothing contained herein shall
be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel, or otherwise
any license or right under any patent, trademark, copyright or other
intellectual property right of decaWave or any third party.
All trademarks
and service marks identified by ®, (TM) or (SM) symbols or appearing
in type form different from that of the surrounding text are marks
owned by or licensed to decaWave or third parties.
3. General Submissions
Except for the
submission of resumes in the "Careers" section of the
decaWave.com website and as otherwise provided in the Privacy Policy,
any suggestions, comments, questions, information or the like submitted
to decaWave, such information shall be deemed to be non-confidential
and decaWave shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to
such information. By making a submission to decaWave, you assign
to decaWave all rights, title and interest in and to such submission,
and decaWave shall be free to use, display, distribute, copy and
otherwise use the submission for any purpose, without limitation,
the research, development, manufacture, use or sale of products
incorporating information contained in such submission. Please see
decaWave's Privacy Policy for more information about decaWave's
collection, use and disclosure practices with respect to information
collected from you on the decaWave.com website.
4. Third Party
Information and Links
The decaWave.com
website may contain third party information or content. Such information
or content is, wherever practically possible, marked with the name
of the source and does not necessarily represent the opinion or
viewpoint of decaWave. decaWave does not take any responsibility
whatsoever for such third party information or content. As a convenience
to you, this website may provide links to third party websites.
decaWave has no responsibility for, or control of, the content appearing
on third party sites and shall not be liable for any damages or
injury arising from the content of those sites. Further, decaWave
disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy, content, or availability
of information found on sites that link to or from the decaWave.com
website from third parties not associated with us. As some sites
employ automated search results or otherwise link you to sites containing
information that may be deemed inappropriate or offensive, decaWave
cannot be held responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance
or compliance with any other intellectual property rights, legality,
or decency of material contained in third-party sites, and you hereby
irrevocably waive any claim against decaWave with respect to such
sites.
If you operate
a website and wish to link to the decaWave.com website, please contact
legal@decawave.com to obtain permission to do so. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, decaWave reserves the right to reject or terminate
any links to the decaWave.com website, and you hereby agree to immediately
cease linking to the decaWave.com website upon decaWave's request.
5. Disclaimer
and Limitation of Liability
You expressly
agree that your use of this website is at your own risk. Neither
decaWave nor any other party involved in creating, producing or
delivering the website makes any representations or warranties of
any kind regarding the decaWave.com website, the content appearing
on this website, any advertising material or the results that may
be obtained from use of this website. THE DECAWAVE.COM WEBSITE IS
PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND DECAWAVE SPECIFICALLY
DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY OR WARRANTIES AGAINST INFRINGEMENT. Some jurisdictions
may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties. As a result,
some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local
laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusion
of implied warranties.
DECAWAVE, EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS, CONTENT PROVIDERS AND LICENSORS SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY CLAIMS, DAMAGES OR LOSSES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM OR CAUSED BY THE DECAWAVE.COM WEBSITE OR
ITS CONTENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSSES RELATED TO: YOUR
USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE DECAWAVE.COM WEBSITE OR ANY PORTION
THEREOF; ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR DEFECTS IN THE CONTENT APPEARING
ON THE DECAWAVE.COM WEBSITE; OR ANY INTERRUPTIONS, DELAYS IN TRANSMISSION
OR COMPUTER VIRUSES.
BY USING THE
DECAWAVE.COM WEBSITE, YOU HEREBY RELEASE DECAWAVE, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
CONTENT PROVIDERS AND LICENSORS FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DAMAGES
OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN,
SUSPECTED OR UNSUSPECTED, THAT YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST THEM ARISING
OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THE DECAWAVE.COM WEBSITE. YOU HEREBY
AGREE TO WAIVE ALL LAWS THAT MAY LIMIT THE EFFICACY OF SUCH RELEASES.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SPECIFICALLY AGREE TO WAIVE THE PROVISIONS OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542, WHICH PROVIDES:
"A GENERAL
RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW
OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE,
WHICH IS KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT
WITH THE DEBTOR."
You acknowledge
and agree that, regardless of any statute or law to the contrary,
any claim or cause of action you may have arising out of, or relating
to, your use of the decawave.com website must be filed within one
(1) year after such claim or cause of action arises, or forever
be barred.
6. Miscellaneous
If you are a
resident of the U.S., you hereby agree that the Terms of Use Agreement
for the decaWave.com website will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of California and any cause
of action you may have with respect to this website must be filed
in the federal or state courts located in San Francisco, California
within one year after the cause of action arises or the cause is
barred. If you reside outside the U.S., you hereby agree that the
Terms of Use Agreement for the decaWave.com website will be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of Ireland and any
cause of action you may have with respect to this website must be
filed in an Irish court of law within one year after the cause of
action arises or the cause is barred.
IF YOU DO NOT
AGREE TO THE TERMS STATED ABOVE OR TO ANY CHANGES THE SERVICE MAKES
IN THESE TERMS, PLEASE EXIT THE DECAWAVE.COM WEBSITE IMMEDIATELY.
Last updated
on: April 15, 2005
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