Terms and Conditions of Use:

These Terms and Conditions of Use (the “Terms of Use”) apply to The GMI Group web site located here, and all associated sites linked to it by The GMI Group, its subsidiaries and affiliates, including GMI Group sites around the world (collectively, the “Site”). The Site is the property of The GMI Group (“GMI”) and its licensors.

Conditional Use
By accessing or using this Site in any way, such as browsing the Site, access or usage of any of the Services, including the caching or download of any Site materials, data, content, design or code (collectively, the “SiteContent”), you agree to and are bound by the terms and conditions set forth in this document and the Waiver of Warrantee (the “Disclaimer”) located here, and in any changes thereto that The GMI Group may publish from time to time (collectively, the “Terms and Conditions of Use”). GMI reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portions of the Terms of Use or Disclaimer, at any time and without preliminary notice. Your continued use of The GMI Group Site following the posting of changes will mean that you accept and agree to the changes.

User Compliancy
GMI provides this Site with a “Terms of Use” or “All Rights Reserved” link on all of its pages linking to these Terms and Conditions of Use. It is your obligation to check these Terms of Use periodically for changes. As long as you comply with these Terms of Use, GMI grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use the Site.

If you do not agree to all of the terms and conditions contained in the Terms of Use, do not access or use this Site.

Currency Breach
Your access and use of the Site, Services or SiteContent will be subject to the most current version of the Terms of Use, rules and guidelines posted on the Site at the time of such use. Please regularly check the “Terms of Use” or “All Rights Reserved” link on any of the pages here to view the then-current terms. If you breach any of the Terms of Use, your authorization to access or use this Site, Services and SiteContent automatically terminates, and any SiteContent downloaded, copied, reproduced or printed from the Site in violation of the Terms of Use must be immediately destroyed.

About SiteContent
All SiteContent such as documents (e.g. white papers, press releases, datasheets, price-sheets, FAQs, etc.), communications, downloads, files, text, images, photographs, artwork, graphics, logos, trademarks, sounds, music, videos, webcasts, publications, tools, resources, code, computer code, software, user interfaces, visual interfaces, programs and products made available or enabled via the Site by The GMI Group or users of this Site (collectively, “Content”), including but not limited to the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, “look and feel” and arrangement of such Content, contained on the Site is owned, controlled or licensed by or to GMI, and is protected by trade dress, copyright, patent and trademark laws, and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws.

Services Defined
Any “Services” such as resources offered or enabled via the Site by The GMI Group and users of this Site, including download areas, developer tools services, product and other information services and communications services such as bulletin boards, calendars, chat areas, communities, e-mail, forums (including lab and user to user forums), newsgroups, personal web-pages, photo albums and other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with others (collectively, “Communications Venues”).

About Content
Any Content provided by The GMI Group is referred to collectively as “Content”. All user-supplied Content is also referred to collectively as “Content”. Certain Services may involve collaboration and file-sharing services among a specified group. Content posted by users in such group in conjunction with such collaboration and file-sharing Services are referred to collectively as “SharedContent”. The group of persons among which such collaboration and file sharing involving SharedContent takes place is referred to herein as the “SiteBlog”. Any Content that is not SharedContent shall be referred to herein as “Content”. Content and SharedContent may have different restrictions and conditions associated with them under the Terms of Use and other guidelines and rules posted via the Site.

Intellectual Property
The Site, Services or Content, as well as their selection and arrangement, are protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets and other intellectual property and proprietary rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”), and any unauthorized use of the Services or Content may violate such laws and the Terms of Use. Except as expressly provided herein, The GMI Group and its suppliers do not grant any express or implied rights to use the Services or Content. By using the Site, you agree not to use any data mining, robots or similar data gathering and extraction methods in connection with the Site, Services or Content.

About Trademarks
The trademarks, logos and service marks (“Marks”) displayed on this Site are the property of The GMI Group or other third parties. You are not permitted to use the Marks without the prior written consent of The GMI Group or such third party that may own the Marks. The GMI Group and the GMI Group logo are trademarks of The GMI Group. For a current list of GMI's Marks, as well as certain third-party Marks, please refer to the posted trademark information available elsewhere on this Site.

Criminal Espionage
You hereby agree not to copy, reproduce, republish, frame, download, modify, adapt, upload, post, display, rent, lease, loan, sell, assign, license, sub-license, transmit or distribute in any way (including “mirroring”) to any other computer, server, Web site or other medium for publication or distribution or for any commercial enterprise, neither encode or translate or create derivative works or reverse engineer the Site, Services or Content, any portions of the Site, Services or Content or the selection and arrangement of the Site, Services or Content, without GMI's express prior written consent or as expressly authorized herein.

User Licensing
You are hereby licensed to access the currently published information on the Site located here. Permission is also granted to information (such as datasheets, price-sheets, etc.) expressly made available for downloading, provided that you (1) not remove any proprietary notice language in all copies of such documents, (2) use such information only for your personal, non-commercial informational purpose and do not copy or post such information on any networked computer or broadcast it in any media, (3) make no modifications to any such information, and (4) not make any additional representations or warranties relating to such documents.

Site and Services
You shall pay all costs and charges, including phone charges and telecommunications equipment costs, that you incur in order to access or use the Site, Services and Content. You must adhere to all limitations on dissemination, usage and reproduction of any Content that you download from the Site that are subject to such limitations. You agree to use the Services only to access, download, utilize, post, send or receive Content in an appropriate manner as related to the particular Content or Services being accessed or used by you.

Inappropriate Usage
As some examples of improper activities when accessing or using the Site, Services or Content, you agree that you shall not:

  • Collect, harvest, mine or engage in any other activity to obtain e-mail addresses, phone numbers, personal information or any other information about others.

  • Use or attempt to gain access to or use another's account, password, Service, Content or computer systems or networks connected to any GMI Group server or to the Site without authorization from GMI, whether through hacking, password mining or any other means.

  • Remove or falsely add to any uploaded Content any copyright, trademark or other legal or proprietary rights notices, author attributions or other information such as origin or source of the Content.

  • Access or attempt to access any Content that you are not authorized to access or Content through any means not intentionally made available through the Site or Services.

  • Make available any files containing Content where you do not own or control, or have not received the necessary licenses to, all Intellectual Property Rights, rights of privacy and publicity and all other rights in and to such Content.

  • Use any Content in any manner that infringes any Intellectual Property Rights or other rights of any party.

  • Disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise cause harm to, the Site, or any Services, Content, systems resources, accounts, passwords, servers or networks connected to or accessible through the Site or any affiliated or linked sites.

  • Transmit unsolicited or bulk communications to any GMI Group account holder or to any GMI Group or affiliated e-mail address.

  • Post or otherwise submit any software, programs or files that are harmful or disruptive of another's equipment, software or other property, including any corrupted files, time bombs, Trojan horses, viruses and worms.

  • Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.

  • Download any Content posted by another that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in such manner.

  • Disrupt, interfere or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Site or other affiliated or linked sites, Content or Services.

  • Breach any guidelines or other codes of conduct applicable to a particular Service or Content.

  • Access or use the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair any GMI Group server or the network(s) connected to any GMI Group server.

  • Violate any applicable laws or regulations related to the access to or use of the Site, or engage in any activity prohibited by the Terms of Use.

  • Post or otherwise submit any topic, name, Content or information that is child pornography, defamatory, excessively violent, harassing, inappropriate, indecent, lascivious, lewd, obscene, profane, racist, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable.

  • Prepare, compile, use, download or otherwise copy any Site user directory or other user or usage information or any portion thereof, or transmit, provide or otherwise distribute (whether or not for a fee) such directory or information to any third party.

  • Engage in any chain letters, contests, junk e-mail, pyramid schemes, spamming, surveys or any other duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise).

  • Violate the rights of GMI or any third party (including rights of privacy and publicity) or abuse, defame, harass, stalk or threaten another.

  • Use any GMI Group domain name as a pseudonymous return e-mail address.

  • Market any goods or services for any business purpose (including advertising and making offers to buy or sell goods or services), unless specifically allowed to do so by GMI.

Your Use of the Site
When using Services or Content, you will be subject to any posted guidelines, rules or licenses applicable to such Services or Content, in addition to the Terms of Use. Content and Services provided by third parties (collectively, the “Third-Party Services”) are governed by separate agreements accompanying such Content and Services. GMI offers no guarantees and assumes no responsibility or liability of any type with respect to the Third-Party Services, including any liability resulting from incompatibility between a Third-Party Service, Content, GMI provided Services or another Third-Party Service. You agree that you will not hold GMI responsible or liable with respect to the Third-Party Services.

About Subscriptions
Certain Services and Content will only be made available to users who have paid GMI a fee for such Services and Content. Such users may additionally be required to enter into a subscription agreement or other use agreement for that particular Service or Content. In addition to these Terms of Use, users of any Services that include Communications Venues may be required, in GMI's sole discretion, to agree to a separate legal agreement on the Site or otherwise. Your access to such Communications Venues will be denied for violation of either the Terms of Use or the applicable agreement.

Discretionary Review
The GMI Group, in its sole discretion, may (but has no obligation to) monitor or review the Content and Services at any time. GMI may at any time without notice and in its sole discretion: (a) terminate a Service, access to or use of any Content or an area of the Site where Content is posted or submitted; and (b) disclose any information related to your use of Content or Services, or the substance of any of your posted or submitted Content, as GMI deems necessary to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request. You agree to use extra care when disclosing any personally identifiable information about yourself or any children in any Services or when you post or otherwise submit any Content.

About Registrations
If you are required to establish an account in connection with a particular Service or Content, you must complete the designated registration process for such Service or Content. All required registration information that you provide must be current, complete and accurate and kept up to date on a prompt, timely basis. If required, you must also choose a user name and password for such account. It is your sole responsibility to keep your account number, user name, password and other sensitive information confidential. If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security, you shall notify GMI immediately. If any Services or Content provide password-restricted access to your sensitive information (including customer lists and contractual terms), then by accessing or using this Site and setting up a password-restricted account for such Services or Content, you consent to GMI's display of such information via such Services or Content and accept all risks of unauthorized access to such information.

Your Access Rights
Except as indicated to the contrary elsewhere on this Site, you may view, download, and print the Content available on this Site subject to the following conditions:

  • The Content may be accessed and used solely for personal, informational, non-commercial and internal purposes.

  • The Content may not be modified or altered in any way.

  • The Content on the Site may not be distributed or sold, rented, leased, licensed or otherwise made available to others.

  • You may not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices contained in the Content.

  • You may not copy or distribute any graphics in the Content apart from their accompanying text.

  • You will not quote or display the Content, or any portions thereof, out of context.

  • The GMI Group reserves the right to revoke the authorization to view, download and print the Content available via this Site at any time, and any such use shall be discontinued immediately.

  • The rights granted to you constitute a license and not a transfer of title.

  • Any Content made available only upon payment of a fee or execution of a separate agreement may only be viewed, downloaded and printed subject to your payment of such fee or execution of such separate agreement.

  • Any Content acquired upon your execution of a required separate agreement shall be provided with the additional rights and obligations set forth in that agreement, and your rights to such Content shall immediately terminate if you fail to meet your obligations under or otherwise comply with such agreement or the terms and conditions of the Terms of Use.

Use of the Content for any other purpose is expressly prohibited and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.

The rights specified above to view, download and print the Content available on this Site are not applicable to the design, layout or look and feel of this Site. Such elements of the Site are protected by law, including trade dress, trademark, unfair competition and other laws, and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. No Mark, graphic, sound or image from the Site may be copied or re-transmitted unless expressly permitted by GMI. In addition, various sections of the Site may showcase the work of creative professionals. Such Content belongs to their creators, may be protected by Intellectual Property Rights and are for display purposes only. Accordingly, you may not download or print these works unless there is a notice associated with the work expressly permitting such uses.

About SharedContent
Members of a SiteBlog may use the SharedContent available to such SiteBlog in any manner that has been agreed upon by the user providing such SharedContent. It is your sole responsibility to discuss with others in your SiteBlog and determine what limitations, if any, are placed on your use of the SharedContent distributed within your SiteBlog. If you obtain access to Content created or used by others outside of your SiteBlog, you have no right to use such Content in any way. You also acknowledge and agree that GMI has no liability of any kind should members of your SiteBlog modify, destroy, corrupt, copy or distribute your SharedContent, or violate the Terms of Use or other limitations that you may impose on the use of your SharedContent.

Content Submittal
Any of the Content that you post on or otherwise submit via the Site and Services shall not be confidential information or trade secrets owned by you or any other party. You will receive no compensation for any use of your Content. The GMI Group may, but is not required to, post or use any of the Content that you may post or otherwise submit. The GMI Group does not pre-screen Content that users provide or otherwise submit via the Site or Services; however, GMI may remove any posted or submitted Content from the Site or any Service for any reason without notice in its sole discretion. By posting or submitting your Content, you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the Intellectual Property Rights and other rights to your Content as described in these Terms of Use, including all the rights necessary for you to post or submit your Content.

Submission Warrantee
By posting or otherwise submitting your Content that include images, photographs, pictures, videos, webcasts or that are otherwise graphical in whole or in part (“Images”), you represent and warrant that- (a) you own the copyright in such Images, or that you have obtained all necessary license(s) from the copyright owner(s) of such Images to use such Images, or portions thereof, in keeping with your use in connection with the Site, the Services and as otherwise permitted by these Terms of Use; (b) you have the rights necessary to grant the licenses and sub-licenses described in these Terms of Use; and (c) you have received consent from any and all persons depicted in such Images to use the Images as set forth in these Terms of Use, including the distribution, public display, public performance and reproduction of such Images.

Transfer of Rights
By posting or otherwise submitting Images, you grant to The GMI Group and all other users of this Site permission to use your Images in connection with their use permitted by these Terms of Use (including making prints and gift items incorporating such Images), including an unrestricted, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free and fully paid up license under all Intellectual Property Rights to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, modify, translate, transmit and reformat your Images, with or without having your name attached to such Images, in any manner or form and for any purpose, with full rights to sub-license such rights through multiple tiers of distribution. You agree to receive no compensation with respect to the use of your Images.

Responsible Posting
You are solely and entirely responsible for all Content that you post or otherwise submit via the Site or Services. You shall assume all risks associated with the use of your Content including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of your Content. The GMI Group does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of your Content. You acknowledge and agree that by accessing or using the Site or Services, you may be exposed to Content from others that are offensive, indecent or otherwise objectionable.

Content Distribution
For all Content that you post or otherwise submit to the Site, including (a) comments to Communications Venues, (b) feedback, (c) bug reports, (d) piracy reports or (e) product suggestions, you grant The GMI Group and the users of this Site an unrestricted, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free and fully paid up license under all Intellectual Property Rights to use, reproduce, publicly display, publicly perform, copy, edit, modify, translate, reformat, transmit and distribute such Content, with or without having your name attached to such Images, in any manner or form and for any purpose, with full rights to sub-license such rights through multiple tiers of distribution, and you also acknowledge and agree that The GMI Group is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you provide for any purpose without any compensation to you. You acknowledge and agree that GMI shall not be liable for any failure to said Content on the Site at any time.

Restriction or Termination
The GMI Group may block, restrict, disable, suspend or terminate your access to all or part of the Site, Services and Content at any time in GMI's sole discretion, without prior notice, liability, or compensation to you.

Links to Third Parties
The Site, Services or Content may include links that will take you to other sites outside of the Site (“LinkedSites”). The LinkedSites are provided by The GMI Group to you as a convenience and the inclusion of the links do not imply any endorsement by The GMI Group of any LinkedSite. The GMI Group has no control of the LinkedSites and you therefore acknowledge and agree that GMI is not responsible for the contents of any LinkedSite, any link contained in a LinkedSite or any changes or updates to a LinkedSite. You further acknowledge and agree that GMI is not responsible for any form of transmission (e.g. webcasting) received from any LinkedSite.

International Users
This Site can be accessed from countries around the world and may contain references to The GMI Group products, services and programs that are not available in your country. These references do not imply that The GMI Group intends to announce such products, services or programs in your country. The Site is controlled, operated and administered by The GMI Group from its offices within the United States of America. GMI makes no representation that the Site, the Services or Content are appropriate or available for use at other locations outside the United States, and access to the Site from territories where the Site, the Services or Content are illegal is prohibited. If you access the Site from a location outside the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws.

About Your Privacy
The GMI Group's Online Privacy Policy applies to use of this Site, and its terms are made a part of these Terms of Use by this reference. Additionally, by using the Site, you acknowledge and agree that Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure. You understand that any message or information you send to the Site may be read or intercepted by others, even if there is a special notice that a particular transmission (for example, credit card information) is encrypted. Please be aware that your browser must be enabled to accept cookies in order for you to use certain Content and Services, and that The GMI Group will use and protect your data, such as your name and address, in accordance with the Privacy Policy.