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Use of Java Card Forum Web Site

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Legal Disclaimer of Warranty

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User Submissions

Please note that any information, data, material or other communication you transmit or post to this Web Site will be deemed NOT to be confidential and non-proprietary (“Communications”). By sending Java Card Forum any information or material, you grant Java Card Forum the unrestricted, irrevocable, perpetual license to use, copy, have used, remove, reproduce, display, modify, have modified, incorporate, sublicense, distribute or otherwise dispose of those information, data, material, and communication. You further agree that Java Card Forum is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send us for any purposes for all commercial and non-commercial purposes.

However, Java Card Forum will not release your name or otherwise publish the fact that you submit materials or other information to us without your permission unless required to do so by law.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT shall Java Card Forum , its officers, its affiliates, its suppliers or other third parties mentioned at this Web Site be liable to you for any damages, including without limitation special, indirect, or consequential damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, or loss of information) arising out of the use, inability to use, or the results of use of this Web Site, any web sites linked to this site, or the Materials, qualifications, opinions or recommendations contained at any or all such sites whether based on warranty, contract, quasi-contract, tort (including negligence) or any other legal theory and whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages.

Applicable law may not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

Other Web Sites and Links thereto

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Termination of Authorization

If you breach any of these Terms, your authorization to use this Web Site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed Materials.

General

This Web Site is administered by Krowne Communications GmbH from its office in Berlin, Germany. If you choose to access this Web Site from outside Germany, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. Java Card Forum make no representation that Materials at this Web Site are appropriate or available for use outside Germany, and access to them from territories where their contents might be illegal or prohibited.

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You may not use or export or re-export the Materials at this Web Site or any copy or adaptation in violation of any applicable laws or regulations including without limitation German export laws and regulations.

These usage terms will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Germany without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws.

As far as legally allowed, parties agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Berlin.

If any provision of this agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that shall not affect the validity, legality and enforceability of any other provision.

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