WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Last modified September 13, 2023.
1. GENERAL TERMS. Welcome to the Pennsylvania Molecular Research Institute, LLC (“Pennsylvania Molecular”, “Penn MRI, LLC”, the “Institute”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) Website. This website, located at www.pennmri.org, or any of our affiliated sites (collectively, the “Site”), is provided by Pennsylvania Molecular to the person accessing this Site (“you,” “your”). You and Pennsylvania Molecular are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.” We operate this Site to provide online access to information about our Institute and the products (the “Products”) and services (the “Services”) we offer. By accessing and using this Site, you agree to each of the terms and conditions set forth herein (“Terms of Use”). Our Privacy Policy (www.pennmri.org/Privacy_Policy) applies to the collection of information through your use and access of this Site. The Terms of Use, together with applicable additional terms and conditions, are referred to herein as the “Agreement”.
2. COPYRIGHT. The entire content included in this Site (the “Content”), including but not limited to text, graphics or code is copyrighted as a collective work under the United States and/or foreign copyright laws, and is the property of Pennsylvania Molecular. The collective Content includes works that are licensed to Pennsylvania Molecular. Copyright 2023, Pennsylvania Molecular Research Institute, LLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You agree to comply with any restrictions contained in any Content on the Site. Subject to those restrictions, (a) you may print one (1) copy of any page displayed on the Site, and (b) you may download documents that are made available to you on the Site for your use in making decisions with regard to collaborating with Pennsylvania Molecular on research presented on the Site, for educational and related research purposes and/or for background information on research projects highlighted on the Site, provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained thereon. Copying, storing, or downloading of any Content, for any other purposes is prohibited without prior written permission from Pennsylvania Molecular.
3. TRADEMARKS. All trademarks, service marks and trade names of Pennsylvania Molecular used in the Site are trademarks or registered trademarks of Pennsylvania Molecular. You are prohibited from using any of the marks or logos appearing throughout the Site without permission from the trademark owner, except as permitted by applicable law.
4. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER. This site and the materials and information on this site are provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, Pennsylvania Molecular disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose and non-infringement. Pennsylvania Molecular does not represent or warrant that the functions contained in the Site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that the defects will be corrected, or that this Site or the server that makes the Site available are free of software viruses or other harmful computer code, files or programs. Pennsylvania Molecular does not make any warranties or representations regarding the use of the materials in this Site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, adequacy, usefulness, timeliness, reliability or otherwise. Some states do not permit limitations or exclusions on warranties, so the above limitations may not apply to you.
5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. Pennsylvania Molecular shall not be liable for any special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials on this site or the performance of the presented information, even if Pennsylvania Molecular has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. In such cases, Pennsylvania Molecular’s liability is limited and warranties are excluded to the greatest extent permitted by law, but shall, in no event, exceed $100.00.
6. USE OF SITE. You may use the Service, the Site, and the information, writings, images and/or other works that you see, hear or otherwise experience on the Site (singly or collectively, the “Content”) for the purposes of making decisions with regard to collaborating with Pennsylvania Molecular regarding presented research on the Site, and for researching the capabilities and research interests presented on the Site. Pennsylvania Molecular reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate or suspend your access to, and/or use of, the Site, or any portion thereof, at any time, with or without notice and for any reason (or no reason), and you agree that in the event your authorization to access the site is terminated, you will not thereafter access, or attempt to access the Site, directly or indirectly, until your suspension is removed and the Company gives you express notice thereof. No right, title or interest in any Content is transferred to you, whether as a result of downloading such Content or otherwise. The Company reserves complete title and full intellectual property rights on all Content. Except as expressly authorized by this Agreement, you may not use, alter, copy, distribute, transmit, or derive another work from any Content obtained from the Site or the Service, except as expressly permitted by the Terms of Use.
Harassment in any manner or form on the Site, including via e-mail, reviews, comments, or by use of obscene or abusive language, is strictly forbidden. Impersonation of others, including a Pennsylvania Molecular or other licensed employee, host, or representative, as well as other members or visitors on the Site is prohibited. You may not upload to, distribute, or otherwise publish through the Site any content which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable which may constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or which may otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law. You may not upload commercial content on the Site or use the Site to solicit others to join or become members of any other commercial online service or other organization.
7. USER SUPPLIED INFORMATION. Pennsylvania Molecular does not want to receive confidential or proprietary information from you via the Site. You agree that any material, information, or data you transmit to us or post to the Site (each a “Submission” or collectively “Submissions”) will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. For all Submissions, you guarantee to us that you have the legal right to post the Submission and that it will not violate any law or the rights of any person or entity.
8. PARTICIPATION DISCLAIMER. Pennsylvania Molecular does not and cannot review all communications and materials posted to or created by users accessing the Site, and is not in any manner responsible for the content of these communications and materials. You acknowledge that by providing you with the ability to view and distribute user-generated content on the Site, Pennsylvania Molecular is merely acting as a passive conduit for such distribution and is not undertaking any obligation or liability relating to any contents or activities on the Site. However, Pennsylvania Molecular reserves the right to block or remove communications or materials that it determines to be (a) abusive, defamatory, or obscene, (b) fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading, (c) in violation of a copyright, trademark or; other intellectual property right of another or (d) offensive or otherwise unacceptable to Pennsylvania Molecular in its sole discretion.
9. PRIVACY. See Pennsylvania Molecular’s Privacy Policy (www.pennmri.org/Privacy_Policy).
10. INDEMNIFICATION. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Pennsylvania Molecular, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers (collectively the “Service Providers”) from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation of these terms and conditions or any activity related to your use of the Site or your account (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing the Site using your account.
11. THIRD-PARTY LINKS. In an attempt to provide increased value to our visitors, Pennsylvania Molecular may link to sites operated by third parties. However, even if the third party is affiliated with Pennsylvania Molecular, Pennsylvania Molecular has no control over these linked sites, all of which have separate privacy and data collection practices and policies, independent of Pennsylvania Molecular. Pennsylvania Molecular makes no warranties and assumes no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. These linked sites are only provided for your convenience, to be accessed by you at your own risk. Nonetheless, Pennsylvania Molecular seeks to protect the integrity of its website and the links placed upon it and therefore requests any feedback on its own Site, as well as for sites it links to (including if a specific link does not work, please e-mail your feedback to webadmin@pennmri.org, or call us at (610) 833-8002.
12. SEVERABILITY. All provisions of this Agreement are severable and in the event any of the provisions are ruled by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable the remainder shall continue in full force and effect.
13. SURVIVAL. All provisions of this Agreement, which by their nature must survive termination or expiration of this Agreement in order to give effect thereto, shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement. Such provisions shall continue to bind the Parties hereto in the event that either Party sells, assigns or transfers its interests, in whole or in part.
14. NOTICE. Pennsylvania Molecular may deliver notice to you by means of e-mail, a general notice on the Site, or by other reliable method to the address you have provided to Pennsylvania Molecular.
15. MISCELLANEOUS. Paragraph headings have been inserted for convenience only and shall not be construed to modify the meaning of the provisions of these terms and conditions. Your use of this Site shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the state of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., without regard to choice of law provisions, and not by the 1980 U.N. Convention on contracts for the international sale of goods. You agree that jurisdiction over and venue in any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this Site (including but not limited to the licensing of Pennsylvania Molecular patents) shall be in the Common Pleas Court of Northampton County, Pennsylvania or the United States Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to the Site (including but not limited to the licensing of Pennsylvania Molecular patents) must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. Pennsylvania Molecular’s failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between the Parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any of these terms and conditions. Pennsylvania Molecular may assign its rights and duties under this Agreement to any party at any time without notice to you.
Last modified September 13, 2023.