Hielscher - Ultrasound Technology

Terms of Use (last modified: August 2004)

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Copyright

Any information, methodologies, studies, video files, audio files, source code, keywords, photographs, graphics, processes, technologies or other materials published on this website are protected by the laws relating to the ownership of published work (copyright © 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006). Some content on this site has been re-purposed for online use and carries a pre-existing copyright corresponding to the original date of creation. Where we show samples of past projects to demonstrate our work, copyright of some materials may be owned by our suppliers or clients and/or their suppliers or clients. We make no claim of ownership over any such materials.

Hielscher grants you a non-exclusive right to access and view the content on this site in the manner for which it was intended to be viewed, via a suitable web browser application. This does not include the copying or gathering of any content for offline browsing. If necessary, you are also authorized to view certain content in an appropriate media player where it has been specifically prepared for viewing in this manner.

Under no circumstances may you use, copy, transfer, publish, broadcast, reproduce, store or save locally, re-engineer, create derivative works from, post, distribute, display, use commericially, make or express claims of ownership, authorship or contribution to, or incorporate any part of this website in original or modified form (for example in an abridged version), including, without limitation, its layout, color schemes, functions, processes, content, textual copy, code, styles, keywords, algorithms and scripts, into any other website or work of similar nature, document, or any published work, for any reason whatsoever, without the express written consent of Hielscher Ultrasonics GmbH. All rights are reserved.

Accredited educational institutions, such as schools, universities, private/public colleges, and state community colleges, may download and reproduce the information on this website for distribution in the classroom. Distribution outside the classroom requires express written permission.

You may publish links to any page (htm or html files only) within this web site. Direct links to other than html-files are expressively forbidden. Any file on our site must not be included in websites or documents (e.g. by src="..."). For any other use, you must first contact us and receive a written permission.

Prohibited Use

Use for any other purpose is expressly denied, and may result in severe civil and criminal charges. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible. You agree that any legal action, proceeding or other matters relating to your access to or use of this website shall be governed by German law.

As a condition of your use of this website, you will not use this website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Usage, conditions, and notices. You may not use this website in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any of our servers, or the network(s) connected to any of our servers, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of any website. You must not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any files, programs or scripts, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to our server, through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through this website.

If you would like to obtain additional information on this topic, or if you would like to report a possible copyright violation, please contact us. The latter will be treated confidentially and if you wish so anonymously.

Registered Marks and Trademarks

All registered marks and trademarks mentioned or shown on this website are the property of their respective owners, are used for illustrative purposes only, and do not constitute any kind of endorsement or recommendation by us. We make no claim of ownership over any such marks or trademarks.

Viruses

Whilst we take every precaution with the files we make available on our website, protecting your computer from malicious or destructive content such as viruses, worms or trojan horses remains your responsibility.

Errors and Omissions

Any information Hielscher publishes on this website may unintentionally contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. At our discretion, we may make changes to the content we publish on this site at any time and without notice.

External Sites

There are links on these pages, that will send your browser to pages of other websites. These linked sites are not under our control and thus we are not responsible for the content of any of these linked sites, any sites which may be linked to them, or any changes or updates at these linked sites. These links are provided as a convenience and this does not imply an endorsement of these sites.

Disclaimer

All materials published on this website are provided in good faith on an "as is" basis for informational purposes only and without any warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. Should this website be blamed for crashing your computer or wiping your hard disk in no way will Hielscher accept any liability, responsibility or claims of loss or damage, financial or otherwise, for any mishaps alleged to have occurred as a result of accessing or using any content posted here.