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We recommend to you before using this Web Site to print out the provisions and read again through them carefully. By using this Web Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by this agreement and all of its terms and conditions.


Use of Java Card Forum Web Site

The Java Card Forum hereby authorizes you to view, copy for your own internal purposes, and download this Web Site and the information, data, names, images, pictures, logos and icons concerning, regarding or relating to Java Card Forum and its affiliates, products and services at this Web Site for informational and non-commercial purposes only. The information, data, names, images, pictures, logos, icons and the Web Site itself ("Materials") at this Web Site are copyrighted and any unauthorized use of any Materials at this Web Site may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. Any copy of the Materials or portions thereof must include the Java Card Forum copyright notice.

You agree not to reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast or otherwise circulate any such Material to any third party without the express prior written consent of Java Card Forum.

You agree not to add, alter, substitute or amend, partially or in whole, any Material displayed by Java Card Forum on this Web Site.


Legal Disclaimer of Warranty

THE MATERIALS PROVIDED AT THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OR MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

Java Card Forum does not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the Materials provided for on this Web Site. It further disclaims all responsibility as to links on this Web Site, such as their existence or the accuracy.

Java Card Forum may make changes, improvements and/or modifications to the Materials displayed on this Web Site, or products and services referred to within, at any time without notice. The Material at this Web Site may be out of date and Java Card Forum makes no commitment to update it.

Material published at this Web Site may refer to products, programs or services that are not available in your country. Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you.


User Submissions

Please note that any information, data, material or other communication you transmit or post to this Web Site will be deemed NOT to be confidential and non-proprietary ("Communications"). By sending Java Card Forum any information or material, you grant Java Card Forum the unrestricted, irrevocable, perpetual license to use, copy, have used, remove, reproduce, display, modify, have modified, incorporate, sublicense, distribute or otherwise dispose of those information, data, material, and communication. You further agree that Java Card Forum is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send us for any purposes for all commercial and non-commercial purposes.

However, Java Card Forum will not release your name or otherwise publish the fact that you submit materials or other information to us without your permission unless required to do so by law.


Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT shall Java Card Forum , its officers, its affiliates, its suppliers or other third parties mentioned at this Web Site be liable to you for any damages, including without limitation special, indirect, or consequential damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, or loss of information) arising out of the use, inability to use, or the results of use of this Web Site, any web sites linked to this site, or the Materials, qualifications, opinions or recommendations contained at any or all such sites whether based on warranty, contract, quasi-contract, tort (including negligence) or any other legal theory and whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages.

Applicable law may not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.


Other Web Sites and Links thereto

This Web Site may contain links or references to other web sites for your convenience. As soon as you use these links, you leave this Web Site. Java Card Forum has not reviewed these sites and has no control over such information. Thus, Java Card Forum has no obligation or responsibility regarding any content derived, obtained, accessed within, through or outside the Java Card Forum Web Site. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this Web Site, you do this entirely at your own risk.


Termination of Authorization

If you breach any of these Terms, your authorization to use this Web Site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed Materials.


General

This Web Site is administered by Krowne Communications GmbH from its office in Munich, Germany. If you choose to access this Web Site from outside Germany, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. Java Card Forum make no representation that Materials at this Web Site are appropriate or available for use outside Germany, and access to them from territories where their contents might be illegal or prohibited.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right under any patent, design patents, service marks, trade dress, trade names or trademark of Java Card Forum or any third party. Except as expressly provided above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right to any copyright or other intellectual property rights in relation to any such information, data, products or services.

You may not use or export or re-export the Materials at this Web Site or any copy or adaptation in violation of any applicable laws or regulations including without limitation German export laws and regulations.

These usage terms will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Germany without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws.

As far as legally allowed, parties agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Munich.

If any provision of this agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that shall not affect the validity, legality and enforceability of any other provision.

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