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1.1 Your use of Axt’s products, software, services and web sites (referred collectively as the “Services” in this document and excluding any services provided to you by Axt under a separate written agreement) is subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you and Axt. “Axt” means Axt Ltd., whose principal place of business is at 183-42 Nagasone-cho Kita-ku Sakai Osaka JAPAN. This document explains how the agreement is made up, and sets out some of the terms of that agreement.
1.2 Unless otherwise agreed in writing with Axt, your agreement with Axt will always include, at a minimum, the terms and conditions set out in this document. These are referred to below as the “Universal Terms”.
1.3 Your agreement with Axt will also include the terms of any Legal Notices applicable to the Services, in addition to the Universal Terms. All of these are referred below as the “Additional Terms”. Where Additional Terms apply to a Service, these will be accessible for you to read either within, or through your use of, that Service.
1.4 The Universal Terms, together with the Additional Terms, form a legally binding agreement between you and Axt in relation to your use of the Services. It is important that you take the time to read them carefully. Collectively, this legal agreement is referred to below as the “Terms”.
1.5 If there is any contradiction between what the Additional Terms say and what the Universal Terms say, then the Additional Terms shall take precedence in relation to that Service.
2.1 In order to use the Services, you must first agree to the Terms. You may not use the Services if you do not accept the Terms.
2.2 You can accept the Terms by:
2.3 You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Axt, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of the United States or other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services.
2.4 Before you continue, you should print off or save a local copy of the Universal Terms for your records.
3.1 Where Axt has provided you with a translation of the Japanese language version of the Terms, then you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the Japanese language versions of the Terms will govern your relationship with Axt.
3.2 If there is any contradiction between what the Japanese language version of the Terms says and what the translation says, then the English language version shall take precedence.
4.1 Axt is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible experience for its users. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services which Axt provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you.
4.2 As part of this continuing innovation, you acknowledge and agree that Axt may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users generally at Axt’s sole discretion, without prior notice to you. You may stop using the Services at any time. You do not need to specifically inform Axt when you stop using the Services.
4.3 You acknowledge and agree that while Axt may not currently have set a fixed upper limit on the number of transmissions you may send or receive through the Services or on the amount of storage space used for the provision of any Service, such fixed upper limits may be set by Axt at any time, at Axt’s discretion.
5.1 In order to access certain Services, you may be required to provide information about yourself (such as identification or contact details) as part of the registration process for the Service, or as part of your continued use of the Services. You agree that any registration information you give to Axt will always be accurate, correct and up to date.
5.2 You agree to use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by (a) the Terms and (b) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions (including any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from Japan or other relevant countries).
5.3 You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Axt, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with Axt. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any robots.txt file present on the Services.
5.4 You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services).
5.5 Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with Axt, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose.
5.6 You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Axt has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which Axt may suffer) of any such breach.
6.1 You understand that all information (such as data files, written text, computer software, music, audio files or other sounds, photographs, videos or other images) which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, the Services are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. All such information is referred to below as the “Content”.
6.2 You should be aware that Content presented to you as part of the Services, including but not limited to advertisements in the Services and sponsored Content within the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by the sponsors or advertisers who provide that Content to Axt (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Axt or by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement.
6.3 Axt reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service.
6.4 You understand that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own risk.
6.5 You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Axt has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit or display while using the Services and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which Axt may suffer) by doing so.
7.1 You acknowledge and agree that Axt (or Axt’s licensors) own all legal right, title and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). You further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which is designated confidential by Axt and that you shall not disclose such information without Axt’s prior written consent.
7.2 Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Axt, nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of Axt’s trade names, trade marks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features.
7.3 If you have been given an explicit right to use any of these brand features in a separate written agreement with Axt, then you agree that your use of such features shall be in compliance with that agreement, any applicable provisions of the Terms, and Axt's brand feature use guidelines as updated from time to time.
7.4 Other than the limited license set forth in Section 8, Axt acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Axt, you agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing those rights and that Axt has no obligation to do so on your behalf.
7.5 You agree that you shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trade mark notices) which may be affixed to or contained within the Services.
7.6 Unless you have been authorized to do so in writing by Axt, you agree that in using the Services, you will not use any trade mark, service mark, trade name, logo of any company or organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause confusion about the owner or authorized user of such marks, names or logos.
8.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Axt a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This licence is for the sole purpose of enabling Axt to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.
8.2 You agree that this licence includes a right for Axt to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Axt has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.
8.3 You understand that Axt, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this licence shall permit Axt to take these actions.
8.4 You confirm and warrant to Axt that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above licence.
9.1 Axt may at any time, terminate its legal agreement with you if:
9.5 When these Terms come to an end, all of the legal rights, obligations and liabilities that you and Axt have benefited from, been subject to (or which have accrued over time whilst the Terms have been in force) or which are expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be unaffected by this cessation, and the provisions of paragraph 14.6 shall continue to apply to such rights, obligations and liabilities indefinitely.
10.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS, INCLUDING SECTIONS 10 AND 11, SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT Axt’S WARRANTY OR LIABILITY FOR LOSSES WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF IMPLIED TERMS, OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, ONLY THE LIMITATIONS WHICH ARE LAWFUL IN YOUR JURISDICTION WILL APPLY TO YOU AND OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
10.2 YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE."
10.3 IN PARTICULAR, Axt, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT:
10.4 ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
10.5 NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM Axt OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.
10.6 Axt FURTHER DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
11.1 SUBJECT TO OVERALL PROVISION IN PARAGRAPH 14.1 ABOVE, YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT Axt, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR:
11.2 THE LIMITATIONS ON Axt’S LIABILITY TO YOU IN PARAGRAPH 11.1 ABOVE SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT Axt HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSSES ARISING.
12.1 The Services may include hyperlinks to other web sites or content or resources. Axt may have no control over any web sites or resources which are provided by companies or persons other than Axt.
12.2 You acknowledge and agree that Axt is not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and does not endorse any advertising, products or other materials on or available from such web sites or resources.
12.3 You acknowledge and agree that Axt is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of the availability of those external sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from, such web sites or resources.
13.1 Axt may make changes to the Universal Terms or Additional Terms from time to time. When these changes are made, Axt will make a new copy of the Universal Terms available at http://axt.jp/ and any new Additional Terms will be made available to you from within, or through, the affected Services.
13.2 You understand and agree that if you use the Services after the date on which the Universal Terms or Additional Terms have changed, Axt will treat your use as acceptance of the updated Universal Terms or Additional Terms.
14.1 Sometimes when you use the Services, you may (as a result of, or through your use of the Services) use a service or download a piece of software, or purchase goods, which are provided by another person or company. Your use of these other services, software or goods may be subject to separate terms between you and the company or person concerned. If so, the Terms do not affect your legal relationship with these other companies or individuals.
14.2 The Terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and Axt and govern your use of the Services (but excluding any services which Axt may provide to you under a separate written agreement), and completely replace any prior agreements between you and Axt in relation to the Services.
14.3 You agree that Axt may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by email, regular mail, or postings on the Services.
14.4 You agree that if Axt does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Terms (or which Axt has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of Axt’s rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to Axt.
14.5 If any court of law, having the jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms without affecting the rest of the Terms. The remaining provisions of the Terms will continue to be valid and enforceable.
14.6 The Terms, and your relationship with Axt under the Terms, shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. You and Axt agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Santa Clara, California to resolve any legal matter arising from the Terms. Notwithstanding this, you agree that Axt shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.