1. Definitions
“Data” means information and data published on the Website and made available to You on the Website.
“Licence Conditions” means any licence conditions under which Data is made available on the Website or in links supplied under the Website.
“Normal Business Hours” means 0900-1700 in the United Kingdom Monday to Friday during Our normal business days, excluding in particular Bank Holidays, public holidays and any time between Christmas and each New Year.
“Privacy Policy” means Our privacy policy, available for viewing on Our Website or otherwise notified to You, as amended from time to time.
“Terms and Conditions” means these terms and conditions of use of Our Website. “We” “Us” “Our” means IP Contracts Solutions Limited, Company No. 07282760, whose registered address is 18 Cambrian Court, Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-On-Tees, England, TS17 5DS, United Kingdom.
“Website” means this www.ip-contracts.com website and all its features, operated by Us.
“You” “Your” means the person accessing the Website or any of the Data.
2. Acceptance of Terms
2.1 Your access to and use of Website is subject to the Terms and Conditions. You undertake not to use the Website or the Data for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions. By using the Website and the Data you are fully accepting the terms, conditions and disclaimers contained herein. If you do not accept all of the Terms and Conditions you must immediately stop using the Website or the Data.
2.2 We reserve the right to update or amend these Terms and Conditions at any time, and such changes will be posted on the Website which shall be sufficient notice to You. Your continued use of the Website and the Data following any update or amendment to the Terms and Conditions shall be deemed to be Your acceptance of such update or amendment. It is therefore Your responsibility to check the Terms and Conditions regularly for any such changes.
3. Privacy
3.1 Use of the data that You provide Us or which is collected by Us through Your use of Our Website, is governed by our Privacy Policy. By using Our Website You consent to such processing.
4. Warranties
4.1 The information and Data contained on this Website are subject to removal or change at any time without notice. In the event that such removal or change takes place we shall not be liable to You in any way whatsoever.
4.2 We make no representation or warranty as to the currency, adequacy or suitability of Data or information stored on Our Website for any purpose. All Data or information provided on Our Website or associated with this Website is intended to be general in nature and it is not intended to be relied on without first taking Your own legal advice in relation to the specifics of Your matter. Accordingly, We accept no liability for any losses liabilities or costs whatsoever arising out of the inaccuracy or incompleteness of the Data or information contained in this Website or for any reliance placed by You or any person on the said Data or information.
4.3 This Website and the Data and the information, names, images, pictures and logos, are provided on an ‘as is’ basis without any representation or endorsement being made, and without any warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to, any implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights, compatibility, security and accuracy. To the fullest extent permitted by law, all such terms and warranties are hereby excluded.
4.4 We do not warrant that Your access to the Data or this Website will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Data or this Website or any links from this Website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the Data. In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use of, data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website or the Data.
5. Limitation and Exclusion of Liability
5.1 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions will: (a) limit or exclude Our or Your liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence; (b) limit or exclude Our or Your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (c) limit or exclude any of Our or Your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law.
5.2 Subject to Clause 5.1, You expressly acknowledge and agree as a condition of use of the Website or the Data that We will not be liable to You in respect of any loss of profit (direct or indirect); loss of revenue, loss of production or loss of business (in each case whether direct or indirect); any loss or corruption of any data, database or software (in each case whether direct or indirect); loss of goodwill, loss of reputation or loss of opportunity (in each case whether direct or indirect); loss of anticipated saving or loss of margin (in each case whether direct or indirect); liability to third parties (whether direct or indirect); or any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage; arising directly or indirectly in any way from the Website or the Data including as a result of Our breach of contract, tort (including negligence) or breach of statutory duty.
6.1 Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights
6.1 The content, layout, design, data, databases, software and graphics on this Website are protected by UK and other international intellectual property laws and are owned by Us or Our licensors. Save as expressly permitted by Us in writing, and other than displaying this on Your screen strictly for Your personal non-commercial use, no part of the Website or the Data may be reproduced, re-sold, stored in any medium, including but not limited to a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, broadcasting), nor shown in public, nor displayed in open forum.
6.2 Unless expressly permitted in writing by Us, You may not create any derivative work or make any other adaptation of Data without Our prior written consent. If You print off or download any material from our Website in breach of these terms of use, any rights to use Our Website or the Data will cease immediately and You must at Our option immediately return or destroy any copies of the materials You have made. All rights not expressly granted in these terms or any express written licence, are reserved.
6.3 The trademarks and logos which are displayed on the Websites are Our trademarks or belong to the third party owners whose rights are hereby acknowledged. Any use of trademarks and logos displayed on Our Website including framing, metatags or other text utilising said trademarks or other trademarks displayed, is strictly prohibited without Our (or the rightful owner’s) express written consent.
6.4 For any third party Data provided to You on or linked to on the Website You agree to comply with all the terms and conditions of the third party supplier of such Data.
7 Acceptable Use
7.1 You must not use Our Website or the Data in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Data or to the Website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the Website or Data; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
7.2 You must not use Our Website or the Data to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software.
7.3 You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to Our Website or the Data without Our express prior written consent.
7.4 You must not use Our Website or the Data to transmit or send unsolicited commercial communications or for any marketing purposes without Our express written consent.
7.5 You must not without Our written permission create a link to Our Website from another Website or document.
8. Links to Third Party Websites
8.1 Our Website contains links including hyperlinks which may take you outside Our Website. Links are provided for Your convenience, and an inclusion of any link on Our Website does not imply endorsement or approval by Us of the linked website, its operator or content. If You choose to follow links to other websites You do so at Your own risk. It is Your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements. We have no control over the contents or functionality of those sites and accept no responsibility for any loss or damages that may arise from Your use of them. We are not responsible for any third party website, and use of such websites use will be subject to relevant terms and conditions and privacy policies.
9. Inquiries and Complaints
9.1 You may make inquiries concerning the Website or the Data using the email address admin@ip-contracts.com, and We will make reasonable efforts to monitor submitted enquiries during Our Normal Business Hours and to respond to enquiries reasonably promptly.
9.2 If You wish to complain about Our Website please email your complaint to admin@ip-contracts.com. We aim to respond to any complaints within fourteen (14) days during Normal Business Hours.
10. General
10.1 These Terms and Conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, whose courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute hereunder notwithstanding such courts’ choice of law or jurisdiction rules, although We retain the right to bring proceedings against You for breach of these conditions in Your country of residence or other relevant country.
10.2 We may assign, transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with our rights and/or obligations under these Terms and Conditions without notifying You or obtaining Your consent. You may not assign, transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with Your rights and/or obligations under these Terms and Conditions.
10.3 These Terms and Conditions of use, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between You and Us in relation to Your use of the Website, and supersede all previous agreements in respect of Your use of the Website.
10.4 These Terms and Conditions of use are for the benefit of You and Us, and are not intended to benefit any third party or be enforceable by any third party. The exercise of Our and Your rights in relation to these terms of use is not otherwise subject to the consent of any third party.
10.5 If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which such Terms and Conditions are intended to be effective, then to the extent of such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability, and in relation to such state or country only, such Terms or Condition shall be deleted and severed from the rest of the relevant Terms and Conditions and the remaining Terms and Conditions shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
10.6 You and We will use all reasonable efforts to resolve any dispute arising out of this Website or the Data amicably through negotiation of senior officers with authority to settle the same. Any dispute that cannot be so amicably resolved will be settled by mediation in England in accordance with the Centre for Dispute Resolution (“CEDR”) Model Mediation Procedure. Such mediation shall be conducted using a sole CEDR accredited mediator agree between the parties, or in default of agreement appointed by CEDR. You and We agree to co-operate fully and promptly and in good faith with the mediator.
10.7 If the performance of any of Our obligations under these Terms and Conditions is delayed or prevented by circumstances beyond Our reasonable control, We will not be in breach of these Terms and Conditions because of that delay in performance.