Introduction
These
Terms and Conditions of the Roche NimbleGen Web Sites ("Terms")
apply to your use of www.nimblegen.com or any other World Wide
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companies (collectively, "NimbleGen" and/or "this
Site"). These Terms are independent of, and shall not be
construed to amend or replace, any other agreement to which NimbleGen
is a party.
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Changes
These Terms were last updated on 2/16/2007. Roche NimbleGen reserves
the right, at its discretion and without notice, to modify, add
or remove parts of these Terms at any time. You should check these
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constitutes your acceptance of those changes.
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Terms or any other policies incorporated into these Terms.
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Restrictions
on Use of Content
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You may download
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not modify or otherwise create any derivative works from the
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with Roche NimbleGen or any of its products, services or brands.
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not download quantities of the Content to avoid future downloads
from any Site.
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not use the Content on any other web site or computer environment,
except as permitted above.
- You do
not redistribute, sell, de-compile, reverse engineer, disassemble,
or otherwise reduce the Content to a human-readable form.
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and Public Communication
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plans, ideas or the like, shall be non-confidential, that NimbleGen
shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information,
and that NimbleGen shall have unlimited rights to use, reproduce,
disclose and distribute the information. You further agree that
NimbleGen shall be entitled to use any ideas, concepts, know-how
or techniques contained in such information for any purpose
whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing,
marketing, selling or using products incorporating or otherwise
based upon such information.
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from certain communications, including but not limited to:
- misrepresentations
of an individual's identity or source of information or
data
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that are defamatory, libelous, abusive, harassing, threatening,
bigoted, hateful, racially offensive, vulgar, obscene, discourteous,
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harmful, or offensive to others
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advertisements, solicitations related to politics, religion,
personal gain, or commercial gain that does not involve
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that do not generally pertain to the designated topic or
material that contains a virus or other harmful component
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and copyrights.
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of those entities.
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any time and for any reason, but undertakes no obligation to do
so.
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LIMITED TO ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY
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FROM, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO: ANY ERRORS IN OR
OMISSIONS FROM THIS SITE AND THE CONTENT; ANY THIRD-PARTY WEB
SITES OR CONTENT THEREIN THAT LINK TO OR ARE LINKED FROM THIS
SITE; THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THIS SITE OR ANY PORTION THEREOF;
YOUR USE OF THIS SITE; OR YOUR USE OF ANY EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE
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OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION OR
THEORY OF LIABILITY.
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Activity
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reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to investigate
complaints or reported violations of these Terms and to take any
action NimbleGen deems appropriate, including but not limited
to reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement
officials, regulators, or other third parties.
Remedies
for Violations
Roche NimbleGen reserves the right to seek all remedies available at
law and in equity for violations of these Terms, including but
not limited to the right to block access from a particular IP
address to any Roche NimbleGen Site or feature of any Roche NimbleGen Site.
Governing
Law and Jurisdiction
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laws of the State of Wisconsin, United States of America, notwithstanding
any principles of conflicts of law.
Additional
Terms
Your use of this Site is also governed by the Roche NimbleGen Privacy
Policy and the Roche NimbleGen Linking Policy, all of which are incorporated
herein by reference.
Severability
If any part of these Terms is unlawful, void or unenforceable,
that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity
and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
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