Welcome to our Web site. By using our Web site, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms of use. Please review the following terms carefully. If you do not agree to these terms, you should not use this Web site. The term "U.C. Hastings", "Hastings", "us" or "our" refers to U.C. Hastings College of the Law, the legal name of the owner of the Web site. The term "you" refers to the user or viewer of our Web site. The term "BayCreative" refers to BayCreative, Inc., the full-service marketing agency contracted by U.C. Hastings College of the Law to prepare this Web site.
1. Acceptance and Agreement
You agree to the terms and conditions outlined in this Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement")
with respect to our Web site (the "Site"). This Agreement constitutes the entire
and only agreement between us and you, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous
agreements, representations, warranties and understandings with respect to the Site,
the content, products or services provided by or through the Site, and the subject
matter of this Agreement. This Agreement may be amended at any time by us from time
to time without specific notice to you. The latest Agreement will be posted on the
Site, and you should review this Agreement prior to using the Site.
2. Copyright
The content, organization, graphics, design, compilation, magnetic translation,
digital conversion and other matters related to the Site are protected under applicable
copyrights, trademarks and other proprietary (including but not limited to intellectual
property) rights. The copying, redistribution, use or publication by you of any
such matters or any part of the Site, except as allowed by Section 4 below, is strictly
prohibited. You do not acquire ownership rights to any content, document or other
materials viewed through the Site. The posting of information or materials on the
Site does not constitute a waiver of any right in such information and materials.
Some of the content on the site is the copyrighted work of third parties.
3. Service Marks
"U.C. Hastings", "Hastings" and others are our service marks or registered service
marks or trademarks. Other product and company names mentioned on the Site may be
trademarks of their respective owners.
4. Limited License; Permitted Uses
You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license (a) to access
and use the Site strictly in accordance with this Agreement; (b) to use the Site
solely for internal, personal, non-commercial purposes; and (c) to print out discrete
information from the Site solely for internal, personal, non-commercial purposes
and provided that you maintain all copyright and other policies contained therein.
No print out or electronic version of any part of the Site or its contents may be
used by you in any litigation or arbitration matter, whatsoever, under any circumstances.
5. Restrictions and Prohibitions on Use
Your license for access and use of the Site and any information, materials or documents
(collectively defined as "Content and Materials") therein are subject to the following
restrictions and prohibitions on use: You may not (a) copy, print (except for the
express limited purpose permitted by Section 4 above), republish, display, distribute,
transmit, sell, rent, lease, loan or otherwise make available in any form or by
any means all or any portion of the Site or any Content and Materials retrieved
from it; (b) use the Site or any materials obtained from the Site to develop, of
as a component of, any information, storage and retrieval system, database, information
base, or similar resource (in any media now existing or hereafter developed), that
is offered for commercial distribution of any kind, including through sale, license,
lease, rental, subscription, or any other commercial distribution mechanism; (c)
create compilations or derivative works of any Content and Materials from the Site;
(d) use any Content and Materials from the Site in any manner that may infringe
any copyright, intellectual property right, proprietary right, or property right
of us or any third parties; (e) remove, change or obscure any copyright notice or
other proprietary notice or terms of use contained in the Site; (f) make any portion
of the Site available through any timesharing system, service bureau, the Internet
or any other technology now existing or developed in the future; (g) remove, decompile,
disassemble or reverse engineer any Site software or use any network monitoring
or discovery software to determine the Site architecture; (h) use any automatic
or manual process to harvest information from the Site; (i) use the Site for the
purpose of gathering information for or transmitting (1) unsolicited commercial
email; (2) email that makes use of headers, invalid or nonexistent domain names,
or other means of deceptive addressing; and (3) unsolicited telephone calls or facsimile
transmissions; (j) use the Site in a manner that violates any state or federal law
regulating email, facsimile transmissions or telephone solicitations; and (k) export
or re-export the Site or any portion thereof, or any software available on or through
the Site, in violation of the export control laws or regulations of the United States.
6. Linking to the Site
You may provide links to the Site, provided (a) that you do not remove or obscure,
by framing or otherwise, advertisements, the copyright notice, or other notices
on the Site, (b) your site does not engage in illegal or pornographic activities,
(c) you discontinue providing links to the Site immediately upon request by us,
and (d) these terms are not obscured by the link you provide to the Site.
7. Errors, Corrections and Changes
U.C. Hastings College of the Law and BayCreative do not represent or warrant that
the Site will be error-free, free of viruses or other harmful components, or that
defects will be corrected. U.C. Hastings College of the Law and BayCreative do not
represent or warrant that the information available on or through the Site will
be correct, accurate, timely or otherwise reliable. U.C. Hastings College of the
Law and BayCreative may make changes to the features, functionality or content of
the Site at any time. U.C. Hastings College of the Law and BayCreative reserve the
right in our sole discretion to edit or delete any documents, information or other
content appearing on the Site.
8. Third Party Content
Third party content may appear on the Site or may be accessible via links from the
Site. U.C. Hastings College of the Law and BayCreative are not responsible for and
assume no liability for any mistakes, misstatements of law, defamation, omissions,
falsehood, obscenity, pornography or profanity in the statements, opinions, representations
or any other form of content on the Site. You understand that the information and
opinions in the third party content represent solely the thoughts of the author
and are neither endorsed by nor does it necessarily reflect our belief.
9. Unlawful Activity
U.C. Hastings College of the Law and/or BayCreative reserve the right to investigate
complaints or reported violations of this Agreement and to take any action they
deem appropriate, including but not limited to reporting any suspected unlawful
activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties and disclosing
any information necessary or appropriate to such persons or entities relating to
your profile, email addresses, usage history, posted materials, IP addresses and
traffic information.
10. Disclaimer
This site is provided by U.C. Hastings College of the Law on an "as is" basis. U.C.
Hastings College of the Law provides this Site as a service to those people seeking
information. U.C. Hastings College of the Law and BayCreative assume no responsibility
for consequences resulting from the use of information on the site or information
obtained through links. U.C. Hastings College of the Law and BayCreative will not
be liable for any damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance
on any information contained in the site. U.C. Hastings College of the Law and BayCreative
are not responsible for the accuracy or content information contained in the site
or in the links provided on its site. Links to and from this site do not constitute
an endorsement by U.C. Hastings College of the Law or BayCreative of the parties
or their products and services.
11. Links to Other Web sites
The Site contains links to other Web sites. U.C. Hastings College of the Law and
BayCreative are not responsible for the content, accuracy or opinions expressed
in such Web Sites, and such Web sites are not investigated, monitored or checked
for accuracy or completeness by us. Inclusion of any linked Web site on our Site
does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked Web site by us. If you decide
to leave our Site and access these third-party sites, you do so at your own risk.
12. Web Site Monitoring
U.C. Hastings College of the Law and/or BayCreative routinely monitors other Web
sites that may have illegally copied our content using electronic monitoring and
notification software, or search engine results.