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The Site and Its Use
The Ascendia Brands Co., Inc. ("Ascendia Brands") Web site is owned and provided by Ascendia Brands from its offices in Lawrenceville, NJ. The Web sites of Ascendia Brands's subsidiaries and affiliated companies are each owned and provided by such subsidiaries and companies. For purposes herein, Ascendia Brands and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies are collectively referred to as "Ascendia Brands." The applicable Web site or sites are referred to herein as the "Site." Each Site is provided for your personal information and non-commercial use. Please feel free to browse the Site; however, your access to and use of the Site is subject to these Terms and all applicable laws.
You shall use the Site for lawful purposes only. You shall not post or transmit through the Site any information or material which violates or infringes, in any way, the rights of others, or which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, harassing, or otherwise objectionable. Nor shall you post or transmit through the Site any information or material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to liability or otherwise violate any law or administrative ruling or guidelines, is in violation of these Terms, or which, without Ascendia Brands's prior written approval, contain advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services. Any conduct by you that, in Ascendia Brands's opinion, restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the Site will not be permitted.
The Site contains information and materials, including but not limited to, text, photos, and graphics, (collectively "Materials") which are derived in whole or in part from information and materials supplied by Ascendia Brands and other sources, and are protected by international copyright, trademark and other laws and the entire content of the Site is copyrighted as a collective work under the United States Copyright Laws. Ascendia Brands owns the copyright in the overall selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, and owns the rights in, or license to use, the individual components of such content. Materials may not be copied, reproduced, republished, modified, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way or decompiled, reverse engineered or disassembled, including but not limited to the text, and images. This limited authorization is not a transfer of title in the Materials and by your use of the site; you acknowledge that you do not acquire any license, ownership or other rights to the Materials. Modification of the Materials or use of the Materials for any other purpose is a violation of Ascendia Brands's or such other sources' copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights and may violate other laws. The use of any such Materials on any other Web site or networked computer or environment is prohibited without Ascendia Brands's express written consent. If you breach any of these Terms, your authorization to use the Site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed Materials.
Disclaimer
THE SITE AND MATERIALS AND RELATED COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILTY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. ASCENDIA BRANDS ALSO DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPETENESS OF THE MATERIALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE RELIABILITY OF ANY ADVICE, STATEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION DISPLAYED OR DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE BY THE USE OF THE SITE THAT ANY RELIANCE ON ANY SUCH MATERIALS, ADVICE, STATEMENT OR INFORMATION SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
ASCENDIA BRANDS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT, YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING IN THE SITE (INCLUDING ANY BULLETIN BOARD AND CHAT ROOM) OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS FROM THE SITE.
Third-Party Sites
Ascendia Brands may provide as a convenience to you, links to Web sites operated by other entities and persons, but makes no representations whatsoever about any other Web site which you may access through this one. Any link to a non-Ascendia Brands Web site does not mean that Ascendia Brands endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use of such Web site. If you use these sites, you do so at your own risk. Ascendia Brands makes no warranty or representation regarding, and does not sponsor or endorse, any linked Web sites or the information or materials appearing thereon or any of products and services described thereon. Furthermore, links do not imply that Ascendia Brands is affiliated or associated with, or that any linked site is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo, or copyright of Ascendia Brands.
Third Party Content
Any opinions, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available in the Site by any third party are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of Ascendia Brands.
Limitation of Liability
Your use and browsing of the Site is at your risk. If you are dissatisfied with any of the Materials contained in the Site, or with any of these Terms, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue accessing and using the Site.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ASCENDIA BRANDS, ITS SUPPLIERS OR OTHER THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED AT, OR INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE SITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, COSTS AND EXPENSES OF ANY TYPE INCURRED, LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA OR PROGRAMS, AND BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE, INABILITY TO USE OR THE RESULTS OF USE OF THE SITE, ANY WEB SITES LINKED TO THE SITE, OR ANY MATERIALS CONTAINED AT ANY OR ALL SUCH SITES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE CAUSED BY OR RESULTING FROM A FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE; ERROR; OMISSION; LINKING TO OTHER WEB SITES; INTERRUPTION; DELETION; DEFECT; DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION; COMPUTER VIRUS; COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE; OR DESTRUCTION, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF ANY COMPUTER OR SYSTEM), WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND WHETHER OR NOT ASCENDIA BRANDS WAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ASCENDIA BRANDS SHALL HAVE NO LIABLITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ACTS, OMISSIONS, OR CONDUCT OF ANY USER OR OTHER THIRD PARTY.
Ascendia Brands's obligations and responsibilities regarding its products and services are governed solely by Ascendia Brands's terms and conditions of sale or license under which such products and services are sold or licensed. Copies of such terms and conditions are available from the applicable Ascendia Brands entity.
Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act of 1998
Information contained on Ascendia Brands's past and present Year 2000 Web site pages regarding products and services offered by Ascendia Brands are "Year 2000 Readiness Disclosures" under the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act of 1998, a U.S. statute. Information on Year 2000 regarding non-Ascendia Brands products and services are "Republications" under the Act based on information supplied by other companies and persons about the products and services they offer. Ascendia Brands has not independently verified the contents of these Republications and takes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information contained in such republications.
Information Provided by You
It has been and remains Ascendia Brands's policy not to accept or consider ideas, suggestions or materials other than those that Ascendia Brands has specifically requested from you. Accordingly, Ascendia Brands does not want you to, and you should not, send any confidential or proprietary information to Ascendia Brands through the Site unless specifically requested by Ascendia Brands. Please note that any unsolicited information or material sent to Ascendia Brands will be deemed not to be confidential or proprietary. By submitting information and material to the Site, you automatically grant to Ascendia Brands (or warrant that the owner of such information and material has expressly granted to Ascendia Brands) a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, unrestricted, right and license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, adapt, publish, translate, transmit and distribute, or otherwise make available to other such information and material (in whole or in part and for any purpose) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in otherworks in any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed. You also agree that Ascendia Brands is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques that you send Ascendia Brands for any purpose.
As further provided above, Ascendia Brands does not want to receive, and you are deemed to covenant and agree through the use of the Site not to provide, any information or materials to Ascendia Brands that are defamatory, threatening, obscene, harassing, in violation of any law, governmental requirements or otherwise unlawful, or that incorporate the proprietary information or materials of another person or entity.
You shall not upload post or otherwise make available on the Site any information and material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express written permission of the owner of such right(s). You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyright, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission.
Changes
Ascendia Brands reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to revise these Terms at any time and correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the Site and Materials. Materials may also be changed, modified, added, or removed and updated without notice at any time; however, Ascendia Brands is under no obligation to update Materials. Ascendia Brands may also make changes in the products, services, programs, or prices (if any) described in the Site at any time without notice. Your continued use of the Site after any change Ascendia Brands makes to the Site will be considered acceptance of those changes. You should revisit these Terms from time to time to review the then-current Terms because they are binding on you.
Linking to Site
Anyone linking to Ascendia Brands's Site must comply with Ascendia Brands's guidelines for linking to Ascendia Brands's Site and all applicable laws.
Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. If any provision of this Agreement and Terms shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable then that provision shall be severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between Ascendia Brands and you with respect to your use of the Site. Any cause of action you may have with respect to your use of the Site must be commenced within six (6) months after the claim or cause of action arises. |
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