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1. DESCRIPTION
The Intellectual Property and Competition Division of the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs of the Department of State (EB/IPC) administers and sponsors the International Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Training Database Website (Website). Program sponsors provide information about the IPR activities included in the Website.
2. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
EB/IPC permits access to the Website subject to the following Terms of Use ("TOU"), which may be updated from time to time without notice. You can review the most current version of the TOU at any time by clicking the “Terms of Service” link within the Website. In addition, when using the Website, you shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services which may be posted from time to time. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOU.
3. USER/MEMBER CONDUCT
You agree to not use the Website to: a. post any material, or links to any material, which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law; b. post any copyrighted material without the express permission of the copyright holder, unless such copyright is owned by you. Advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also inappropriate on this Website; c. forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Website; or d. interfere with or disrupt the Website or servers or networks connected to the Website, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Website.
4. CONTENT SUBMITTED FOR INCLUSION ON THE WEBSITE
Any information posted on the Website expresses only the views of the author and does not necessarily reflect the views of these forums or any person or entity associated with them. EB/IPC monitors the content of the Website. However, considering the realtime nature of this system, it is impossible for us to monitor or review every posting. Therefore, you agree that neither U.S. Government, the U.S. Department of State, EB/IPC, program sponsors, nor any person or entity associated with them, will be held responsible for the contents, accuracy, completeness or validity of any information posted within the system. We have the ability to edit and/or remove objectionable information. Any user who believes that posted information is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately. Upon receipt of such notification, we will make every effort to take such action as we deem necessary within a reasonable period of time. Since this is a manual process, you are advised that we may not be able to remove or edit particular postings immediately.
5. INDEMNITY
EB/IPC reserves the right to edit or delete any message for any reason whatsoever, at our sole discretion. You agree that you are solely responsible for the content of your postings, and that you will indemnify and hold harmless the U.S. Government, the U.S. Department of State, EB/IPC, the IRM Business Center (website developer), program sponsors and their agents and employees with respect to any claim based upon the appearance and/or transmission of your message(s). In the event of any complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you, we reserve the right to reveal your identity and any other information we may know about you.
6. MODIFICATIONS TO WEBSITE
EB/IPC reserves the right at any time and periodically to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Website (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that EB/IPC shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Website.
7. LINKS
The Website may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because EB/IPC has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that EB/IPC is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that EB/IPC shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content available on or through any such site or resource.
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