Terms of Use

All the legal mumbo jumbo.

1. Introduction and Acceptance of Terms of Use.

   Applied Art & Technology offers you a wide range of content, communi­cation tools, forums, and information about its products and services (“Materials”) via this website. By using this website, you are agreeing to accept and comply with the terms and conditions of use as stated below (“Terms of Use”), which Applied Art & Technology may update at any time without notice. You should visit this page period­ically to review the then-current Terms of Use. Please note that Applied Art & Technology may, at its sole discretion, terminate your access to this website at any time without notice.

2. Limited Right to Use.

   This website is owned and operated by Applied Art & Technology. Unless otherwise specified, all Materials on this website are the property of Applied Art & Technology and are protected by the copyright laws of the United States and, throughout the world by the applicable copyright laws. You may, view, print and/​or download one copy of the Materials from this website on any single computer solely for your personal, informa­tional, non-commercial use, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. No Materials published by Applied Art & Technology on this website, in whole or in part, may be copied, reproduced, modified, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any form or by any means without prior written permission from Applied Art & Technology. The use of any such Materials on any other website or networked computer environment or for any other purpose is strictly prohibited and such unauthorized use may violate copyright, trademark and other similar laws.

3. Communications.

   Except for any disclosure by you for technical support purposes, or as specified in our Privacy Statement, all communi­cations from you to this website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You agree that any and all comments, information, feedback and ideas regarding our company, products or services that you communicate to Applied Art & Technology (“Feedback”) will be deemed, at the time of communi­cation to Applied Art & Technology, the property of Applied Art & Technology, and Applied Art & Technology shall be entitled to full rights of ownership, including without limitation, unrestricted right to use or disclose such Feedback in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed, and for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without compen­sation to you. You are solely responsible for the content of your communi­cations and their legality under all laws and regulations. You agree not to use this website to distribute, link to or solicit content that is defamatory, harassing, unlawful, libellous, harmful to minors, threatening, obscene, false, misleading, or infringing a third party intellectual or privacy rights.

4. Access to Password Protected or Secured Areas.

   Access to and use of password protected or secured areas of this website is restricted to authorized users only. You will be asked to provide accurate and current information on all registration forms on this website. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confiden­tiality of any username and password that you choose or is chosen by your web adminis­trator on your behalf, to access this website as well as any activity that occur under your username/​password. You will not misuse or share your username or password, misrep­resent your identity or your affiliation with an entity, impersonate any person or entity, or misstate the origin of any Materials you are exposed to through this website.

5. Monitoring.

   Although Applied Art & Technology is not obligated to do so, it will have the right to review your communi­cations on this website to determine whether you comply with our Terms of Use. Applied Art & Technology will not have any liability or respon­si­bility for the content of any communi­cations you post to this website, or for any errors or violations of any laws or regulations by you. Applied Art & Technology will comply with any court order in disclosing the identity of any person posting communi­cations on this website. It is advisable that you review our Privacy Policy before posting any such communi­cations. Please note that when you conduct transactions with other companies providing content via this website, you will also be subject to their privacy policies.

6. Links to Other Sites.

   The linked sites are not under the control of Applied Art & Technology and Applied Art & Technology is not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. Applied Art & Technology reserves the right to terminate any link at any time. Applied Art & Technology may provide links from this website to other sites as a convenience to you and in no way should this be interpreted as an endorsement of any company, content or products to which it links. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this website, you do this entirely at your own risk. Applied Art & Technology DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO ANY SUCH LINKED SITES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY TERMS AS TO THE ACCURACY, OWNERSHIP, VALIDITY OR LEGALITY OF ANY CONTENT OF A LINKED SITE.

7. Trademarks.

   The trademarks, service marks and logos of Applied Art & Technology and others used in this website (“Trademarks”) are the property of Applied Art & Technology and their respective owners. You have no right to use any such Trademarks, and nothing contained in this website or the Terms of Use grants any right to use (by implication, waiver, estoppel or otherwise) any Trademarks without the prior written permission of Applied Art & Technology or the respective owner.

8. Indemnity.

   You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Applied Art & Technology harmless from and against any and all third party claims, liabilities, damages, losses or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and costs) arising out of, based on or in connection with your access and/​or use of this web site.

9. Limitation of Liability.

   IN NO EVENT SHALL Applied Art & Technology OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS PROFITS OR REVENUES, COSTS OF REPLACEMENT GOODS, LOSS OR DAMAGE TO DATA ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEB SITE OR ANY LINKED SITE, DAMAGES RESULTING FROM USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION OR MATERIALS PRESENTED ON THIS WEB SITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY EVEN IF Applied Art & Technology OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

10. Disclaimer.

    Applied Art & Technology assumes no respon­si­bility for timeliness, or content of the Materials provided on this website. You should not assume that the Materials on this website are contin­uously updated or otherwise contain current information. Applied Art & Technology is not responsible for supplying content or materials from the website that have expired or have been removed. THE MATERIALS PROVIDED AT THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ​“AS IS” AND ANY WARRANTY (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED), CONDITION OR OTHER TERM OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR TITLE IS HEREBY EXCLUDED.

11. Applicable Laws.

    These Terms of Use are governed by the law in force in the State of Iowa, United States, and the parties irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Iowa and courts of appeal from them for determining any dispute concerning the Terms of Use.

12. General.

    If you have any questions regarding the Terms of Use, please contact Applied Art & Technology via our Contact Us page.