Terms of Use
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF USE
The following Terms of Use govern your use of the website located at www.replicatebioscience.com, which is owned and operated by Replicate Bioscience, Inc. (“Replicate”, “we,” “us” or “our”), and the services offered through the website (together, the “Site”). By accessing, browsing or using the Site or any pages of the Site, you are indicating that you have read and acknowledge and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use including any additional terms and conditions applicable to certain areas of the Site and posted in those areas of the Site, which are incorporated herein by reference, and Replicate’s Website Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to every provision of these Terms of Use and Replicate’s Privacy Policy, please do not access, browse or use the Site.
These Terms of Use may be revised at any time for any reason, and we will post the revised version of the Terms of Use on the Site. You can determine when we last updated these Terms of Use by referring to the “Last Updated” legend at the bottom of these Terms of Use. By accessing, browsing or using the Site following the posting of changes to these Terms of Use, you accept such changes. You agree to use the Site for lawful purposes only in a manner consistent with any and all applicable rules, laws and regulations. Any use of the Site in a manner inconsistent with these Terms of Use is deemed unauthorized access and may subject the user to civil or criminal penalties. We strongly recommend that you periodically visit this page of the Site to review these Terms of Use.
2. MEDICAL INFORMATION
THE SITE MAY CONTAIN GENERAL INFORMATION RELATING TO CERTAIN MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND THEIR TREATMENT. SUCH INFORMATION IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THE CONTENT OF THE SITE IS NOT INTENDED IN ANY WAY TO SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ADVICE AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED ON FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF YOUR PHYSICIAN OR OTHER QUALIFIED HEALTH PROVIDER WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING A MEDICAL CONDITION. NEVER DISREGARD MEDICAL ADVICE OR DELAY IN SEEKING IT BECAUSE OF SOMETHING YOU HAVE READ ON THE SITE. YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE USING ANY PRODUCT DISCUSSED ON THE SITE.
3. SITE CONTENT
The Site and all material on the Site or contained therein, all text, graphics, and other works on the Site, the Sites’ design and coding, all computer programs used and licensed in connection with the Site, the look and feel of the Site, and all data and reports generated by the Site (collectively, the “Site Content”) are owned by us or a third party. These materials are protected under copyright, trademark and other laws. You may not copy, download, transmit, modify, distribute, or republish the Site or any portion of the Site, including without limitation any of the Site Content, without the prior written consent of Replicate. You may not sell, publicly display, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, assign, sub-license, transfer, or otherwise exploit the Site or any Site Content. Use of any Site Content is prohibited without the prior written permission of Replicate. As long as you comply with these Terms of Use, Replicate grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicenseable right to access and make personal, non-commercial use of the Site in compliance with these Terms of Use. You shall not, and shall not permit anyone else to, directly or indirectly: (i) remove or alter proprietary notices or labels on or in the Site or Site Content; (ii) engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Site or Site Content; (iii) engage in any fraudulent activity or activity that facilitates fraud; or (iv) otherwise act in violation of these Terms of Use. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
4. REPLICATE TRADEMARKS
The trademarks, trade names, logos and service marks (collectively “Trademarks”) displayed on the Site are registered and unregistered trademarks and service marks owned by Replicate, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, or a third party. The absence of a name, trademark, or logo in this list does not constitute a waiver of any and all intellectual property rights that Replicate has established in any of its goods, services, names or logos. These trademarks and all other trademarks, service marks, logos, and company names (each a “Mark”) used in connection with the Site are the property of Replicate or third parties and shall remain the property of Replicate and such third parties. Nothing contained in the Site shall be construed as granting, by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use any such Mark without the prior written permission of Replicate or such third party that may own such Mark. Your misuse of any such Mark, or any other Site Content, is strictly prohibited.
5. REGISTRATION
Some areas of the Site may require registration. Each registration is for a single user only. In consideration of your use of the Site, you agree to provide accurate, current and complete information about yourself or your company as requested on the Site registration form and to maintain and promptly update the information (including, in particular, your e-mail address) you provide as necessary to keep the information true, accurate, current, and complete. By accepting these Terms of Use, you represent and warrant that you are 18 years of age or older and that, if you have accepted these Terms of Use on behalf of any business (such as a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other organization) or other entity, you represent and warrant that you have legal authority to do so.
Any changes to your registration information should be made on the Site. If you provide information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we may suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site.
After you register on the Site, you may receive a password for your use of the Site. You are responsible for keeping your password confidential. You will be responsible for all uses and activity that occurs through your password or account. You will close the browser window for the Site at the end of each use, and you will immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your password. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section 5.
6. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
Where Replicate has a good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, warrant, administrative order, civil investigative demand, subpoena, or other valid process, Replicate may disclose IP addresses, personal information, and any contents of the Site where it is legally compelled to do so. Please see Replicate’s Website Privacy Policy for additional information relating to the privacy and security of information collected hereunder.
7. YOUR USE OF THE SITE
You are solely responsible and liable for all data, information and other materials (“User Content”) that you submit, upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit (“Transmit”) in connection with the Site. In addition, we have no control over, and shall have no liability for, any damages resulting from the use (including without limitation republication) or misuse by any third party of information made public through the Site. IF YOU CHOOSE TO SUBMIT TO US, OR OTHERWISE MAKE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION OR OTHER INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK AND REPLICATE SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY THEREFOR. You agree that you will not, and will not permit anyone else to, directly or indirectly: (a) Transmit any User Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, hateful, obscene, harassing, tortious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous, pornographic, profane, vulgar, offensive, lewd, invasive of another’s privacy or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; (b) use the Site to harm minors in any way or to stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the rights of others, including without limitation others’ privacy rights or rights of publicity, or harvest or collect personal information, including e-mail addresses, about other users of the Site; (c) Transmit any User Content that: (i) you do not have the right to Transmit, under any law or contractual or fiduciary relationships, including, without limitation, any inside information or proprietary or confidential information; (ii) infringes any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right or misappropriates any trade secret or right of privacy of any third-party; (iii) constitutes unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional materials, “spam,” “chain letters,” or pyramid schemes; or (iv) contains any software routine, code, instruction or virus that is designed to disable, delete, modify, damage or erase software, hardware or data; (d) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise any User Content Transmitted through the Site; (e) interfere with the Site or servers or networks used in connection with the Site; (f) interfere with the ability of others to use the Site; (g) copy, download, transmit, modify, reproduce, sell, resell, sub-license, distribute, publish create derivative works of, reverse engineer, assign, transfer or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Site, the Site Content or any User Content contained therein; (h) conduct your business using the Site in a way that is unfair, unlawful, or constitutes a deceptive business practice; (i) use any robot, spider, or other automatic device to monitor or copy portions of the Site or the Site Content without Replicate’s prior written permission; (j) include in any third party website any hypertext link to any page or location within the Site without Replicate’s prior written permission; (k) mirror or display the Site or any portion thereof in frames without Replicate’s prior written permission; or (l) impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, other users of the Site, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, or express or imply that we endorse any statement you make.
You acknowledge and agree that Replicate may disclose or use any User Content that you Transmit for purposes that include, but are not limited to: (a) enforcing these Terms of Use; (b) complying with any laws, regulations or rules of any federal, state or local government or agency; (c) responding to claims that any User Content violates the rights of third parties; or (d) protecting the rights or property of Replicate, its customers or the public. With respect to User Content that you Transmit to the Site, you grant Replicate a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, copy, excerpt, reproduce, display, publish, modify, distribute and create derivative works of such User Content in any form or media, and to allow others to do so, however, Replicate will only share personally identifiable information that you provide in accordance with Replicate’s Privacy Policy. As between the parties, we own all right, title, and interest in and to all intellectual property rights in all materials, products or services developed by us, or on behalf of us by third parties, based on or including as a component thereof any such information as described above, and all generalized knowledge, skill, know-how and expertise relating to such information.
Replicate does not and cannot review all User Content posted to the Site, or created by users accessing the Site, and is not in any manner responsible for the content of any User Content. You acknowledge that by providing you with the ability to view and distribute user-generated content on the Site, Replicate is merely acting as a passive conduit for such distribution and is not undertaking any obligation or liability relating to any User Content or activities on the Site. However, Replicate reserves the right to block, remove, move or edit any of the submissions in its sole discretion.
8. LINKED SITES
Replicate has not reviewed all of the websites linked to the Site and is not responsible for the content of any third-party pages or any other websites linked to the Site. Nothing in the Site, including, without limitation, any links to other websites, should be construed as an endorsement of any products, services or information of any other persons or companies by Replicate. Your choice to link to any other website is at your own risk, and you agree to comply with all terms and conditions relating to such websites. Replicate reserves the right not to link, or to remove the link, to a particular website at any time. Any links to third party websites are provided as a convenience to you and are neither owned nor operated by Replicate. Replicate has no control over these linked websites and makes no representations or warranties with respect to these linked websites. Your viewing and use of any third-party websites is at your sole discretion and risk.
9. SPECIAL ADMONITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE
The Site is hosted in the United States of America and is intended for use by residents of the United States of America only. All matters relating to the Site are governed exclusively by the laws of the State of Delaware in the United States of America and not the jurisdiction in which you are located. If you are located outside of the United States of America and you contact us, please be advised that any information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States of America and that by submitting information, you explicitly authorize such transfer.
10. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Replicate, its subsidiaries and affiliates, business partners, contractors, clients and service providers, and their respective officers, employees, agents, and representatives from and against any claims, liabilities, costs or damages, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and paralegal fees through final appeals, made by any third party, relating to or arising from your use of the Site, any User Content that you Transmit to or through the Site, any violation of these Terms of Use by you, or any other act or omission by you, including your violation of any rights of another, arising from your use of the Site.
11. AVAILABILITY AND FEATURES
Availability and features of the Site are subject to change without notice.
12. TERMINATION
You acknowledge and agree that Replicate may terminate your access to use of the Site for any reason, including, without limitation, your violation of these Terms of Use. You agree that Replicate may terminate your access to and use of the Site without prior notice and without any liability to you or any third party. You acknowledge and agree that Replicate may modify, limit, suspend, or discontinue the Site or any part of the Site at any time, without notice or liability to you. Replicate may also, from time to time, establish general rules and policies regarding use of the Site. Replicate will post such rules and policies on the Site, and you agree that your compliance with such rules and policies shall be a condition of your use or continued use of the Site. Replicate shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to any lost Site Content, User Content, or other data, such as the deletion of or failure to store Site Content, User Content, or other data. All provisions of these Terms of Use that by their nature should survive termination of your right to access and use the Site shall survive (including, but not limited to, all limitations on liability, releases, indemnification obligations, disclaimers of warranties, and intellectual property protections and licenses). Replicate reserves the right to, but has no obligation to, store or keep copies of any Site Content, User Content, or other information, unless otherwise required by law or court order.
13. DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
REPLICATE IS PROVIDING THE SITE AND ALL FEATURES OF THE SITE CONTENT ON AN “AS-IS,” “AS-AVAILABLE” BASIS. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. REPLICATE DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY MAY BE EXCLUDED BY LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE. REPLICATE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL OPERATE IN AN UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE MANNER. REPLICATE ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION AS TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY, CURRENTNESS, USEFULNESS, OR DECENCY OF THE SITE. REPLICATE MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING THE QUALITY, SAFETY, OR LEGALITY OF THE SITE, AND REPLICATE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS.
YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE. ANY SITE CONTENT DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE DONE TO YOUR COMPUTER OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH ACTIVITY.
IN NO EVENT SHALL REPLICATE, OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS (“AFFILIATED ENTITIES”) BE LIABLE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLES, INCOME OR PROFIT, LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES, EVEN IF REPLICATE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM (1) THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR THE USER CONTENT; (2) ANY TRANSACTION CONDUCTED THROUGH OR FACILITATED BY THE SITE; (3) ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE SITE, ANY SERVICES AND/OR USER CONTENT; (4) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; OR (5) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SITE, ANY SERVICES, OR THE USER CONTENT. YOU SPECIFICALLY AGREE THAT REPLICATE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY INFRINGEMENT OR VIOLATION OF YOUR RIGHTS BY ANY OTHER PARTY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY, OR RIGHTS OF PRIVACY. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE IS TO STOP USING THE SITE. THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF REPLICATE AND THE AFFILIATED ENTITIES FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE WILL BE THE TOTAL AMOUNT, IF ANY, PAID BY YOU TO REPLICATE TO ACCESS AND USE THE SITE. IF YOU LIVE IN A JURISDICTION WHOSE LAWS PREVENT YOU FROM TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE TERMS OF USE, Replicate’S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY THE LAW OF THAT JURISDICTION.
14. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
Replicate operates the Site from its offices in San Diego, California, U.S.A. These Terms of Use and the transactions they contemplate, including without limitation their interpretation, construction, performance and enforcement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, U.S.A. without reference to conflict or choice of law provisions, as applicable to contracts made and performed entirely within such State. The International Convention on the Sale of Goods, and other international treaties that are not mandatory with respect to contracts made and performed entirely in the United States, shall not apply. The exclusive forum for the resolution of any dispute relating to these Terms of Use shall be the state and federal courts in Delaware, U.S.A., and you agree to personal jurisdiction of such courts over you with regard to any dispute relating to these Terms of Use and agree to service of process on you by e-mail to the address you have submitted on the Site, if any, and by any other means permitted by law.
15. NOTICE
All notices, demands, or consents given by you under these Terms of Use will be in writing and will be deemed given when delivered to Replicate at the following contact:
Replicate Bioscience, Inc.
11558 Sorrento Valley Rd.
San Diego, CA 92121
Any notices to you may be made via either e-mail or postal mail to the address in Replicate’s records or via posting on the Site.
Please report any violations of these Terms of Use to Replicate at the contact listed above.
16. MISCELLANEOUS
You may not assign, sublicense or otherwise transfer any of your rights under these Terms of Use. If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect. Headings in these Terms of Use are for convenience only and shall have no legal meaning or effect. No action arising under these Terms of Use may be brought at any time more than twelve (12) months after the facts occurred upon which the cause of action arose. These Terms of Use, and not the conduct between us or any trade practice, shall control the interpretation of these Terms of Use between the parties respecting the Site. Replicate’s failure to enforce a particular provision of these Terms of Use does not mean that Replicate waives the right to enforce it in the future; Replicate shall waive such a right only in writing.
These Terms of Use and all other written agreements duly executed between you and Replicate in connection with your use of the Site constitute the entire agreement between you and Replicate with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior or contemporaneous proposals, discussions, communications, or oral agreements heretofore made.
Last Updated: March 13, 2023