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Terms and Conditions of Use
1. General.
Applica Consumer Products, Inc. and its affiliates ("Applica",
"we" or "us") have created and maintain this website for your
benefit, information, education and communication. By accessing
and/or using this website, you accept, without limitation or
qualification, these terms and conditions of use. We reserve the
right to change the terms and conditions from time to time at
our sole discretion. Such changes will be effective immediately
upon posting to the website. In the event of any violation of
these terms and conditions, we and our business partners reserve
the right to seek all remedies available by law and in equity
for such violations.
These terms and conditions of use represent the entire
understanding relating to the use of this website and prevail
over any prior or contemporaneous, conflicting or additional
communications.
Any unauthorized access, modification or change of any
information, or any interference with the availability of or
access to this website is strictly prohibited. Applica reserves
all legal rights and remedies available to it and this
disclaimer shall in no way be deemed a limitation or waiver of
any other rights Applica may have.Specific areas or pages of
this website may include additional or different terms relating
to the use of this website. In the event of a conflict between
such terms and these terms of use such specific terms shall
control.
Unless otherwise indicated, all material on this site © 2002
Applica Incorporated..
All rights reserved.
2. Securities and Investment; Forward-Looking
Statements; Updates.
This website and the information contained or referred to
herein do not constitute an offer or a solicitation of an offer
for the purchase or sale of any securities.
Any statements in this site that are not historical facts,
including but not limited to plans, projections, objectives,
goals, strategies, future events or performance and underlying
assumptions, are forward-looking statements as provided in the
rules and regulations of the Securities Act of 1933, Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, and the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are intended to fit within
the 'safe harbor' for forward-looking information and are
subject to material risk factors which may or may not be
disclosed herein. Statements or phrases that use such words as
"believes," "anticipates," "plans," "may," "hopes," "can,"
"will," "expects," "estimates," "predicts," "is designed to,"
"with the intent," "potential," and similar expressions commonly
indicate forward-looking statements, but in their absence do not
mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Any
forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to
certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking
statements. These factors include the risks and uncertainties
that are detailed from time to time in Applica's Securities and
Exchange Commission filings.
Postings to this website are made at such times as Applica
determines in its discretion. While information prepared by us
was believed to be accurate as of the date so prepared, we
disclaim any duty or obligation to update such information or to
verify the accuracy of information prepared by others. You
should not assume that the information contained on the website
has been updated or otherwise contains current information.
Applica does not review past postings to determine whether they
remain accurate, and information contained on this website may
have been superseded.
3. Intellectual Property.
The materials contained in this website are copyrighted and
may not be reproduced in any form, or by any means, without the
express written permission of Applica, except as expressly
provided in these terms and conditions or in the text on the
website. You may download material displayed on the website for
non-commercial personal use only, provided you retain all
copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the
materials. You may not, however, reproduce, republish, display,
perform, distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, re-post, or use
the content of this website for public or commercial purposes,
including, without limitation, the text, images, audio and
video, without the express written permission of Applica.
Applica neither warrants nor represents that your use of
materials displayed on the website will not infringe rights of
third parties not owned by or affiliated with Applica.
Images of people or places displayed on the website are
either the property of, or used with permission by, Applica.The
use of these images by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is
prohibited unless specifically permitted by these terms and
conditions or specific permission provided elsewhere on the
website. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate
copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and
publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.
The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively the
"Trademarks") displayed on the website are registered and
unregistered Trademarks of Applica and other third parties that
have authorized the use of such Trademarks on the website.
Nothing contained on the website should be construed as
granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or
right to use any Trademark displayed on the website without the
written permission of Applica or the appropriate third party.
Your use of the Trademarks displayed on the website, or any
other content on the website, except as provided in these terms
and conditions, is strictly prohibited. You are also advised
that Applica will aggressively enforce its intellectual property
rights to the fullest extent of the law.
Black & Decker® is a trademark of The Black
& Decker Corporation, Towson, Maryland, USA
Teflon® and Teflon Select™ are trademarks of the E.I. Dupont
de Nemours & Co.
SpaceMaker™ is a trademark of General Electric Company, USA
Home Café™ is a trademark of the Procter & Gamble Company.
4. Disclaimer.
Applica makes no representations or warranties that this
website is free of defects, viruses or other harmful components.
We shall not be responsible for any damages or loss that may
result from the hacking or infiltration of this website or
Applica's computer systems. YOU HAVE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
ADEQUATE PROTECTION AND BACKUP OF DATA AND/OR EQUIPMENTM USED IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS WEBSITE AND YOU AGREE TO HOLD APPLICA
HARMLESS FROM, AND YOU COVENANTM NOTM TO SUE US FOR, ANY CLAIMS
BASED ON USE OF THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING CLAIMS FOR LOSTM DATA,
WORK DELAYS OR LOSTM PROFITS RESULTING FROM USE OF MATERIALS OR
CONTENTM FROM THIS WEBSITE.
The pages on this website may contain technical inaccuracies,
outdated information and typographical errors. Use of the
website is at the risk of the user. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS." NEITHER
APPLICA NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR
DELIVERING THE WEBSITE IS LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING
OUTM OF ACCESS TO, OR USE OF, THE WEBSITE INCLUDING, WITHOUTM LIMITATION, LOSTM PROFITS OR REVENUES, COSTS OF REPLACEMENTM GOODS, LOSS OR DAMAGE TO DATA ARISING OUTM OF THE USE OR
INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM USE OF OR
RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION PRESENT, EVEN IF APPLICA OR ITS
SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
WITHOUTM LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE WEBSITE IS
PROVIDED WITHOUTM WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUTM NOTM LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR
NON-INFRINGEMENTM OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR
TRADE PRACTICE. APPLICA DOES NOTM IN ANY WAY GUARANTEE THE
QUALITY, DATA CONTENT, ARTISTIC WORTH, OR LEGALITY OF
INFORMATION, CONTENT, GOODS OR SERVICES THATM ARE TRANSFERRED,
RECEIVED, PURCHASED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE OR OBTAINED BY
WAY OF THIS WEBSITE. WE DO NOTM WARRANTM THATM THIS WEBSITE WILL BE
ERROR-FREE OR THATM DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. Applicable law may
not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above
exclusion may not apply to you.
We also assumes no responsibility, and will not be liable for,
any damages to, or viruses that may infect, computer equipment
or other property on account of your access to, use of, or
browsing in this website or your downloading of any materials,
data, text, images, video, or audio from the website.
5. Privacy of User Information.
Please see our Privacy Policy for information regarding the
collection of personal information from this website.
Despite any representations concerning privacy, Applica
reserves the right to disclose without notice to you any
information in its possession if required to do so by law or
upon a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply
with the law, to protect or defend our rights or property, or to
respond to an emergency situation. Specific areas or pages of
this website may include additional or different terms relating
to the use of personal information collected from such areas or
pages.
6. Availability of Products and Services.
The information provided at this website is published
throughout the world. Applica controls and manages this website
from its facilities in the United States of America. Unless
otherwise stated, materials and content on this website are
presented solely for promoting products and services in the
United States of America. Information published on this website
may contain references to products, programs and services that
are not announced or available in your country or region. We
make no representation that such information, products, programs
or services referenced on this website are legal, available or
appropriate in your country or region. Please contact your local
sales representative for information as to products and services
available in your country.
7. Links to Third Party Sites.
This website may contain links to third party sites. Such
linked sites are not under the control of Applica, and we are
not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any
information, data, opinions, advice or statements contained on
any such linked sites. Access to any other Internet site linked
to this website is at the user's own risk. We have not reviewed
the sites linked to the website. We provide these links merely
as a convenience and the inclusion of such links does not imply
an endorsement by Applica of such third party sites or any goods
or services offered by such third parties.
8. User Content.
Applica is pleased to hear from its customers, however we do
not accept or consider any creative ideas, suggestions or other
materials related to products, services or marketing except in
compliance with the procedures outlined for idea submissions
outlined elsewhere in this website (please see our Inventor’s
Corner page). Please do not send us any original creative
materials such as product ideas or suggestions except in
compliance with such procedures. Anything you disclose or offer
to us by or through this website ("Communications"), including
e-mails to Applica or postings on interactive portions of this
website, shall be deemed and shall remain the property of
Applica. If you send us such Communications, you are providing
it to us on a NON-CONFIDENTIAL BASIS, and we will have no
obligation to keep such information secret, to refrain from
using such information, or to compensate you for the receipt or
use of such Communications. Applica is free to use, for any
purpose whatsoever, any Communications, including but not
limited to publishing, or developing, manufacturing, and
marketing products using such Communications. By submitting
Communications to us through this website, through e-mail, or
through any means other than through the procedures outlined
elsewhere in this website, you hereby RELEASE Applica from any
liability under any legal theory in connection with the use,
modification, sale, or disclosure of any Communications. By
uploading or otherwise providing any Communications to this
website or Applica, you hereby grant Applica, to the extent you
retain any rights, the unlimited, perpetual right to reuse,
redistribute, modify and create derivative works from such
Communications for any purpose and in any media without
compensation, and you warrant that all "moral rights" in
uploaded Communications have been waived.
9. Interactive Areas and Code of Acceptable Conduct.
Applica does not ordinarily filter, censor, edit or regulate
information and content provided by third parties on this
website, including any such information provided in interactive
areas, and we neither endorse nor are responsible for (and under
no circumstances shall be liable for) the contents, accuracy or
reliability of such information and content. When participating
in interactive portions of this website, you represent that you
have proper right and authorization to use any information or
content you upload or post and agree to abide by the following
code of acceptable conduct:
- You will not upload or otherwise provide infringing,
defamatory, obscene, pornographic, threatening, abusive,
illegal or otherwise improper content.
- You will not upload viruses or harmful components.
- You will not use the website to further any illegal
purpose or to violate the rights of any party.
- You will not upload or otherwise provide content with a
commercial purpose or attempt to solicit funds or advertise
goods and services.
Applica will assist law-enforcement officials investigating
illegal activity or violations of these terms of use.
10. Products, Services and Software.
A description or reference to a product, service or
publication on this website (including any description or
reference via hyperlink) does not imply endorsement by Applica
of that product, service or publication. Products and software
offered through this website shall be warranted, if at all,
through the written license or warranty provided in connection
with such product or software. Downloading software from this
website does not give you title to such software, including any
files, data and images incorporated in or associated with the
software. Your use of any such software shall be only in
accordance with the license agreement that is included with the
software or presented upon download of such software. Software
available on this website is copyrighted by Applica or its
owner. Software may not be copied, redistributed or placed on
any server for further distribution. You may not sell, modify,
decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reverse engineer the
software.
11. Jurisdiction and Choice of Law.
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida and the
United States of America, without giving effect to any
principles of conflicts of law. You and Applica irrevocably
consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in
Florida in connection with any action arising out of or related
to these terms of use or their subject matter. You and Applica
waive any objection based on lack of personal jurisdiction,
place of residence, improper venue or forum non conveniens in
any such action.
12. Severability.
If any provision of these terms of use shall be deemed
unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that
provision shall be deemed severable from the remaining terms of
use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any. |