Welcome to the Bauer IP Law website, which is owned and operated by Bauer IP Law PLLC, 340 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024 (“Bauer IP Law”). This website is offered to you subject to the following Terms of Use, which may be updated from time to time without notice to you. You should review these Terms of Use from time to time because their terms are binding on you, and your use of the website constitutes your acceptance of them.

TERMS OF USE

1. PRIVACY POLICY
Bauer IP Law, PLLC does not collect any personal information.

2. TRADEMARK INFORMATION
Bauer IP Law and other Bauer IP Law logos and product and service names are trademarks of Bauer IP Law, PLLC (the “Marks”). Without Bauer IP Law’s prior permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner the Marks. Other logos, product and service names are the property of their respective owners, as may be indicated on the website.

3. NO RESALE OF SERVICE
The content on Bauer IP Law’s website is protected by copyright, trademark, database and other intellectual property rights. Bauer IP Law hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable license to view its website and no other use. You must not copy, transmit, modify, distribute, make available to the public or create any derivative works from any of the content that you find on Bauer IP Law’s website without first obtaining consent to do so.

4. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
You acknowledge and agree that the website and any necessary software provided through it and used in connection with it ("Software") may contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws.

5. NO ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP
Nothing on Bauer IP Law’s site is intended to create, and it will not create, an attorney-client relationship with you. Please note that any information you convey to Bauer IP Law, PLLC over the Internet may not be secure, and that information conveyed prior to establishing an attorney-client relationship may not be privileged or confidential.

6. YOUR CONDUCT
You agree that you will not use Bauer IP Law’s website for any purpose that is unlawful or which could interfere with or impair the operation and functionality of the site. You further agree that, when using Bauer IP Law’s website, you will refrain from emailing or otherwise transmitting:
•    copyrighted material of which you are not the copyright owner;
•    information that will breach applicable laws or regulations, including data protection or privacy laws;
•    material which is damaging, threatening, abusive, harassing, discriminatory or defamatory in nature or which another user of Bauer IP Law’s website may find objectionable;
•    viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful; or
•    content that you do not have the right to submit under any law or which would put you in breach of a contractual or fiduciary obligation (for example, confidential information learned or acquired during the course of your employment with us or information that would infringe confidentiality rights).

As a further condition of your use of Bauer IP Law’s website, you agree that you will not:
•    impersonate any entity or organization or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or organization; or
•    advertise, sell, offer to sell or buy goods or services or engage in solicitation or promotional activity, except in those areas of Bauer IP Law’s website that have been specifically designated for such purposes.

In addition to the above, you agree that you are bound by, and will comply with, all local laws, regulations and rules to which you are subject and which regulate your use of the Internet.

7. VIRUS, HACKING AND OTHER OFFENSES
You must not attempt to gain unauthorized access to Bauer IP Law’s website, the server on which Bauer IP Law’s website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to Bauer IP Law’s website. You must not attack Bauer IP Law’s website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. You must not take any action that imposes an unreasonably or disproportionately large load on the website’s infrastructure. You must not use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the website or any activity being conducted on the website. You must not use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including, without limitation, browsers, spiders, robots, avatar’s or intelligent agents) to navigate or search the website other than the search engine and search agents available from the website and other than generally available third-party web browsers (e.g., Microsoft Internet Explorer). You must not attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up part of the website.

By breaching this provision, you may commit a criminal offense under applicable laws. Bauer IP Law may report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and Bauer IP Law will cooperate with those authorities. In the event of such a breach, your right to use Bauer IP Law’s website will cease immediately.

Bauer IP Law will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of Bauer IP Law’s website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

8. NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on the website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Bauer IP Law with the following information:
•    identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
•    identification of the allegedly infringing material on the Website that is requested to be removed;
•    your name, address, and daytime telephone number, and an email address if available, so that Bauer IP Law may contact you if necessary;
•    a statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted work is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
•    a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the signatory is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive copyright right that is allegedly infringed; and
•    an electronic or physical signature of the copyright owner or someone authorized on the owner’s behalf to assert infringement of copyright and to submit the statement.

Bauer IP Law will remove any content that infringes upon the copyright of any person under the laws of the United States upon receipt of such a statement (or, more specifically, any statement in conformance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)). United States law provides significant penalties for submitting such a statement falsely.

9. INFORMATION BAUER IP LAW PROVIDES THROUGH THE SITE

By using Bauer IP Law’s website, you accept the information provided on the website is provided to you “as is”. Bauer IP Law assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, improper delivery, or failure to store any user communication or personalization setting. The material displayed on Bauer IP Law’s website is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, Bauer IP Law and third parties connected to us hereby expressly exclude:

• All conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity.

• Any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with Bauer IP Law’s website or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of tghe use of Bauer IP Law’s website, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it, including, without limitation any liability for: loss of income or revenue; loss of business, loss of profits or contracts; loss of anticipated savings; loss of data; loss of goodwill; wasted management or office time; or for any other loss or damaged of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable.

10. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Bauer IP Law, its employees and agents harmless from and against any and all claims, actions, suits or proceedings, as well as any and all losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising from or connected with any information you submit, post, or transmit through Bauer IP Law’s site, your use or misuse of Bauer IP Law’s website, your violation of these Terms of Use, or your violation of any rights of another person or entity.

11. JURISDICTION AND APPLICABLE LAW
These Terms of Use and your use of Bauer IP Law’s website shall be governed by the laws of New York without regard to its conflicts of laws principles. Any legal action or proceeding related to this website shall be brought exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction sitting in the Southern District of New York.

12. MISCELLANEOUS
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, then such provision shall be severable without affecting the enforceability of all remaining provisions. Bauer IP Law reserves the right to alter or delete materials from this website at any time at its discretion.

13. VARIATIONS
Bauer IP Law may revise these Terms of Use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes Bauer IP Law has made, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these Terms of Use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on Bauer IP Law’s website.

14. YOUR CONCERNS
If you have any concerns about the material which appears on Bauer IP Law’s website, please contact us at jbauer@baueriplaw.com.