TERMS OF USE

Welcome to the website of Upperstate.  PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING OR USING THIS WEBSITE.

Upperstate Inc., a California corporation (“Upperstate”, “us” or “we”) owns and operates this website and any other web services or products offered by Upperstate now or in the future, including, but not limited to, its related social media platforms.  By accessing, using, downloading, viewing this website, or any of its services, products, content, or other resources, (collectively, the “Site”), you hereby consent and agree to these terms and conditions (“Terms of Use”). The Terms of Use and Privacy Policy (please see here) (collectively, the “Terms”) govern your use of the Site, and other materials and resources provided by the Site, and any other services or Products (defined below) we make available on this Site (collectively, the “Services”). These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement made by and between Upperstate and the user of this Site (personally and, if applicable, on behalf of the entity for whom you are using the Site; collectively, “you”).

BY ACCESSING OR USING ANY PART OF THE SITE, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES, YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, WHICH CONTAIN A TERMS OF SALE AGREEMENT, AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, A WAIVER OF CLASS-ACTION RIGHTS, AND LIABILITY LIMITATIONS.

If you do not agree to these Terms and to follow all applicable laws, then please cease access or use of the Site and Services immediately.

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us by email at [email protected]

If you access any Upperstate Site on a social media network (such as, without limitation, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Pinterest), you also consent to and agree to abide by the terms and conditions of that social media network.

CONTENT ON THE SITE

Intellectual Property Rights. You agree that the Site itself, as well as all content, contract templates, photographs, sound or videos, media, images, formulas, graphics, webinars, training materials, products, podcasts, services and/or other information and materials, and selection and arrangements thereof is copyrighted work under the United States and other copyright laws, and is the property of or licensed by Upperstate, made available on the Site or any information, materials, and content transferred via a downloadable file or link by us or other third parties (collectively the “Content”). All trademarks, service marks, and trade names (collectively, the “Marks”) are trademarks or registered trademarks of and are proprietary to Upperstate or other respective owners that have granted Upperstate the right to use such Marks. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we hereby grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable, and revocable right to access, view, and use the Site solely for your personal purposes and non-commercial use, and as we otherwise intend. Upperstate reserves the right to monitor the Services and Content for the purpose of determining that your usage complies with these Terms.

You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or in any way exploit any of the materials or Content on our Site in whole or in part, other that as necessary for your own personal non-commercial use, without our written consent.  Modification of the Content or use of the Content for any other purpose is a violation of the copyright and other proprietary rights of Upperstate, as well as other authors who created the materials, and may be subject to monetary damages and penalties.

Third-Party Content. Our Site contains Content that we create as may also include Content provided by third parties.  We do not monitor, we do not endorse, and we are not liable for any third-party content.  There may be some inadvertent accuracies or errors in the content and we do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, completeness or quality of the content on our Site or located at third party URLs that may be posted on our Site.  Upperstate is not responsible or the content on any linked site or any link contained in a linked site.  We do not endorse or accept responsibility for the content of such third-party sites.

Third-Party Services.  Third parties may offer their services directly to you through the Site.  In such case, you may be required to agree to the third party’s terms of service and/or privacy policy to use the service.  Upperstate will not be liable in any way for the acts or omissions of such third party, the terms of service or privacy policy or its failure to adhere to its terms of services or privacy policy, or any loss, damages, liability or expenses (including attorneys’ fees) that you may incur arising from or related to such third party’s services or products.

YOUR CONDUCT ON THE SITE

Eligibility. To use the Site, you must be, and represent and warrant that you are, of legal age (18 years of age or older) and competence. By using the Site on behalf of any third party, you are representing to us that you are an authorized representative of that third party and that your use of the Site constitutes that third party’s acceptance of these Terms. In addition, if you have been previously prohibited from accessing the Site or the website of any of our affiliates, you are not permitted to access the Site.

Account Information. If you create an account, any information that you choose to provide us must be true, accurate, current, and complete. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account. You are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. Your account is non-transferrable. You cannot sell, combine, or otherwise share it with any other person. Any violation of these Terms, including, without limitation, failure to maintain updated and correct information about your account or cause your account to fall out of good standing and we may cancel your account in our sole discretion. When you register with Upperstate and/or this Site, you expressly consent to receive any notices, announcements, agreements, disclosures, reports, documents, communications concerning new products or services, or other records or correspondence from Upperstate.

Feedback. If you send comments or suggestions about the Site to Upperstate, including, but not limited to, notes, text, drawings, images, designs or computer programs, such submissions shall become, and shall remain, the sole property of Upperstate. No submission shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Upperstate. Upperstate shall exclusively own all rights to (including intellectual property rights thereto), and shall be entitled to unrestricted use, publication, and dissemination as to all such submissions for any purpose, commercial or otherwise without any acknowledgment or compensation to you.

Prohibited Conduct. You agree not to copy or imitate the appearance, design or style of our Site or any Content. The technology and software underlying our Site and the Services are the property of Upperstate, our affiliates and/or our business partners. You agree that you will not use our Site or its Content to take any of the following actions: