The Partnering Group, Inc. and its affiliates (“The Partnering Group” or “we”) provide its content on ThePartneringGroup.com (the “Site”) subject to the following terms and conditions (the “Terms”). We may periodically change the Terms, so please check back from time to time. These Terms were last updated on January 16th, 2012. By using and accessing this Site, you agree to these Terms. Please read our privacy policy for more detail regarding The Partnering Group’s practices and policies related to the collection, use, and storage of our users’ information.
1. Copyrights
All functionality and content on the Site, including text, graphics, logos, icons, and images and the selection and arrangement thereof, is the exclusive property of The Partnering Group or its licensors and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
2. Trademarks
The trademarks, service marks, designs, and logos (collectively, the “Trademarks”) displayed on the Site are the registered and unregistered Trademarks of The Partnering Group and its licensors. You agree that you will not refer to or attribute any information to The Partnering Group or its licensors in any public medium (e.g., press release, Web sites) for advertising or promotion purposes, or for the purpose of informing or influencing any third party. You agree that you will not use or reproduce any Trademark of, or imply any endorsement by or relationship with, The Partnering Group or its licensors.
3. Use of site content
The Partnering Group hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license for the term hereof to access and download, display, and print one copy of the content and functionality provided on the Site (the “Site Content”) on any single computer solely for your internal, business use, provided that you do not modify the Site Content in any way and that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices noted on the Site Content. You may not otherwise reproduce, modify, distribute, post, transmit or disclose the Site Content without The Partnering Group’s prior written consent.
4. User postings
You agree that The Partnering Group shall own and have the unrestricted right to use, publish, and otherwise exploit any and all information that you post or otherwise publish on the Site in postings, survey responses, and other locations on the Site and on other branded online platforms maintained by The Partnering Group, and you hereby waive any claims against The Partnering Group for any alleged or actual infringements of any rights of privacy or publicity, moral rights, or rights of attribution in connection with The Partnering Group’s use and publication of such submissions. You covenant that you shall not post or otherwise publish on the Site any materials that (a) are threatening, libelous, defamatory, or obscene; (b) would constitute, or that encourage conduct that would constitute, a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate law; (c) infringe the intellectual property, privacy, or other rights of any third parties; (d) contain a computer virus or other destructive element; (e) contain advertising; or (f) constitute or contain false or misleading statements. The Partnering Group does not and cannot review all information posted to the Site by users and is not responsible for such information. However, The Partnering Group reserves the right to not post and the right to delete any information, in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason.
5. Notices of infringement and takedown by The Partnering Group
The Partnering Group prohibits the posting of any information that infringes or violates the copyright rights and/or other intellectual property rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of any person or entity. If you believe that your intellectual property right (or such a right that you are responsible for enforcing) is infringed by any content on the Site, please write to The Partnering Group at the address shown below. Please provide a statement in writing that details: 1) name, address, and daytime telephone number, and e-mail address if you have one; 2) Specification of the copyrighted work and/or intellectual property right you feel has been been infringed; 3) Specification of the allegedly infringing material on the Site that is requested to be removed; 4) Your statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted work and/or exercise of the intellectual property right is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law; 5) explanation that the information you have provided is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that the signatory is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the right that is allegedly infringed; and 6) the signature of the intellectual property right owner or someone authorized on the owner’s behalf to assert infringement of the right. The Partnering Group will remove any posted submission that infringes the copyright or other intellectual property right of any person under U.S. law upon receipt of such a statement (or any statement in conformance with 17 U.S.C. ? 512(c)(3)). U.S. law provides significant penalties for submitting such a statement falsely. Under appropriate circumstances, persons who repeatedly submit infringing or unlawful material will be prohibited from posting further submissions. The Partnering Group’s contact for submission of notices under this Section 5 is: The Partnering Group, Inc, 8170 Corporate Park Drive, Suite 310, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45242, USA.
6. Disclaimers
THE CONTENT AND FUNCTIONALITY ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PARTNERING GROUP IS NOT HEREIN ENGAGED IN RENDERING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE AND SERVICES TO YOU. ALL CONTENT AND FUNCTIONALITY ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE PARTNERING GROUP AND ITS THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OWNERSHIP, ACCURACY, OR ADEQUACY OF THE SITE CONTENT. THE PARTNERING GROUP SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON LINKED WEB SITES, CONTAINED IN ANY USER SUBMISSIONS PUBLISHED ON THE SITE, OR PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES. NEITHER THE PARTNERING GROUP NOR ITS THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR FOR LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY.
7. Third-party web sites
We may provide links to third-party Web sites, and some of the content appearing to be on this Site is in fact supplied by third parties, for example, in instances of framing of third-party web sites or incorporation through framesets of content supplied by third-party servers. The Partnering Group has no responsibility for these third-party Web sites, which are governed by the Terms of Use and privacy policies, if any, of the applicable third-party content providers.
8. Governing law; jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Ohio without reference to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.