Please read all these provisions (“terms”) carefully before using the website at www.venturelaw.ie (the “Site”).
Using this Site indicates your agreement and acceptance of these terms. If you do not accept these terms, do not use this Site or download materials from this site.
The Site and its Use
The Site is owned and provided by Venture Legal Services LLP (“VLS”) from its offices in Dublin, Ireland. The Site is developed in Dublin but hosted in London , England.
For purposes herein, VLS and its employees, principals, representatives and agents are collectively referred to as “VLS.” The 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 the following terms and all applicable laws:
- You shall not disclose confidential or privileged information to us via the Site and any confidential or privileged information which you do submit is submitted at your own risk.
- 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.
- You shall not 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 VLS’s prior written approval, contain advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services.
Any conduct by you that, in VLS’s opinion, restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the Site will not be permitted.
The Site contains information and material, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics and audio, (collectively “Materials”) which are derived in whole or in part from information and materials supplied by VLS and other sources, and are protected by international copyright, trademark and other laws.
VLS 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, images, audio and/or video, as well as any software (including but not limited to any images or files incorporated in or generated by the software or data accompanying such software), except that you may download one copy of the Materials on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices and make no change in or deletion of author attribution.
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 VLS’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 Site or networked computer or environment is prohibited without VLS’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 merchantability, 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. Under these circumstances, all other exclusions remain in force.
VLS does not warrant the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any information contained on this site. Nor does it warrant or represent that any information may be suitable for use in any circumstance or application. By using this site you acknowledge that any reliance on any such materials, advice, statement or information shall be at your sole risk.
VLS assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable for any damages of any nature caused by the use of this site. This express disclaimer includes damages caused by viruses, worms, trojans or any other computer software or anomaly that may infect, affect, or damage your computer hardware, software, memory or any other property of yours or others, as a result of your access to, use of, or browsing in this site.
Third-Party Sites
VLS may provide as a convenience to you links to Sites operated by other entities and persons, but makes no representations whatsoever about any other Site which you may access through this one. Any link to a non-VLS Site does not mean that VLS endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use of such Site.
If you use these sites, you do so at your own risk. VLS makes no warranty or representation regarding, and does not sponsor or endorse, any linked Sites or the information or materials appearing thereon or any of products and services described thereon.
Furthermore, links do not imply that VLS is affiliated or associated with, or that any linked site is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo, or copyright of VLS.
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 VLS.
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 VLS, 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 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 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 VLS was advised of the possibility of such damages.
VLS shall have no liability or responsibility for any acts, omissions, or conduct of any user or third party.
VLS’s obligations and responsibilities regarding its products and services are governed solely by VLS’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 VLS entity.
Information Provided By You
It has been and remains VLS’s policy not to accept or consider ideas, suggestions or materials other than those that VLS has specifically requested from you. Accordingly, VLS does not want you to, and you should not, send any confidential or proprietary information to VLS through the Site unless specifically requested by VLS. Please note that any unsolicited information or material sent to VLS will be deemed not to be confidential or proprietary.
By submitting information and material to the Site, you automatically grant to VLS (or warrant that the owner of such information and material has expressly granted to VLS) 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 other works in any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed. You also agree that VLS is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques that you send VLS for any purpose.
As further provided above, VLS 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 VLS 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
VLS 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, VLS is under no obligation to update Materials.
VLS 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 VLS 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 VLS’s Site must comply with VLS’s requirements for linking to VLS’s Site and all applicable laws.
International Users
The Site is administered by VLS from its offices in Dublin, Ireland. Materials published at the Site may refer to products, programs, or services that are not available in your country. Consult your local VLS business contact in this regard.
Furthermore, VLS makes no representation that the Materials at the Site are appropriate or available for use at other locations outside of the United States and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited.
If you access the Site from a location outside of Ireland, you are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws.
Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed by the laws of Ireland, 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 VLS 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.