Terms and Conditions of Service
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE BEFORE
USING THIS SITE. By continuing to access or use this site, you signify YOUR
ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE. From time to time, Birinyi
Associates, Inc. ("Birinyi") may modify these terms and conditions.
Accordingly, please continue to review these terms and conditions of service
whenever accessing or using this site. Your use of the site after the posting of
modifications to these terms and conditions of service will constitute YOUR
ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, as modified. If, at any time,
you do not wish to accept the terms and conditions of service, you may not use
the site.
1. You represent that you have read and agree to be bound
by the terms and conditions of service ("TERMS") for lbirinyi.com. You
further agree (a) to comply with U.S. law regarding the transmission of any data
obtained from the Service (as defined herein) in accordance with the TERMS, (b)
not to use the Service for illegal purposes and (c) not to interfere or disrupt
networks connected to the Service.
2. Intellectual Property. This
service, including but not limited to text, content, photographs, video, audio,
and graphics (the "Service"), is protected by copyrights, trademarks,
service marks, international treaties, and/or other proprietary rights and laws
of the U.S. The Service is also protected as a collective work or compilation
under U.S. copyright and other laws and treaties. All individual articles,
columns, and other elements making up the Service are also copyrighted works.
You agree to abide by all additional copyright notices or restrictions contained
in the Service.
3. Restrictions on Use. You
may not use the Service for any illegal purpose or in any manner inconsistent
with the TERMS. You agree to use the Service solely for your own noncommercial
use and benefit, and not for resale or other transfer or disposition to, or use
by or for the benefit of, any other person or entity. You agree not to use,
transfer, distribute, or dispose of any information contained in the Service in
any manner that could compete with the business of Birinyi. You acknowledge that
the Service has been developed, compiled, prepared, revised, selected and
arranged by Birinyi through the application of methods and standards of judgment
developed and applied through the expenditure of substantial time, effort and
money and constitutes valuable intellectual property and trade secrets of
Birinyi. You agree to protect the proprietary rights of Birinyi (and any others
having rights in the Service) during and after the term of this agreement and to
comply with all reasonable written requests made by Birinyi or its suppliers of
content, equipment or otherwise ("Suppliers") to protect their and
others' contractual, statutory and common law rights in the Service. You agree
to notify Birinyi in writing promptly upon becoming aware of any unauthorized
access or use of the Service by any party or of any claim that the Service
infringes upon any copyright, trademark, or other contractual, statutory or
common law rights.
4. Further Restrictions on
Use. YOU MAY NOT COPY, REPRODUCE, RECOMPILE, DECOMPILE, DISASSEMBLE, REVERSE
ENGINEER, DISTRIBUTE, PUBLISH, DISPLAY, PERFORM, MODIFY, UPLOAD TO, CREATE
DERIVATIVE WORKS FROM, TRANSMIT, OR IN ANY WAY EXPLOIT ANY PART OF THE SERVICE,
EXCEPT THAT YOU MAY DOWNLOAD MATERIAL FROM THE SERVICE AND/OR MAKE ONE PRINT
COPY FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL, NONCOMMERCIAL USE; PROVIDED THAT YOU RETAIN ALL
COPYRIGHT AND OTHER PROPRIETARY NOTICES. THE ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION INCLUDED
IN THE SERVICE MAY NOT BE RECIRCULATED, REDISTRIBUTED OR PUBLISHED BY YOU
WITHOUT BIRINYI' S PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT. MODIFICATION OF THE SERVICE'S CONTENT
WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF BIRINYI'S COPYRIGHT AND OTHER PROPRIETARY RIGHTS.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU MAY NOT OFFER ANY PART OF THE SERVICE FOR SALE WITHOUT THE
PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF BIRINYI. THE SERVICE AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED
THEREIN MAY NOT BE USED TO CONSTRUCT A DATABASE OF ANY KIND. NOR MAY THE SERVICE
BE STORED (IN ITS ENTIRETY OR IN ANY PART) IN DATABASES FOR ACCESS BY YOU OR ANY
THIRD PARTY OR TO DISTRIBUTE ANY DATABASE SERVICES CONTAINING ALL OR PART OF THE
SERVICE. YOU MAY NOT USE THE SERVICE IN ANY WAY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF ANY
DATA SOLD OR CONTRIBUTED BY YOU TO ANY THIRD PARTY. FURTHERMORE, YOU MAY NOT USE
ANY OF BIRINYI'S TRADEMARKS, TRADE NAMES OR SERVICE MARKS IN ANY MANNER WHICH
CREATES THE IMPRESSION THAT SUCH NAMES AND MARKS BELONG TO OR ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH YOU OR ARE USED WITH BIRINYI’S CONSENT, AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU
HAVE NO OWNERSHIP RIGHTS IN AND TO ANY OF THESE NAMES AND MARKS.
5. License. You acquire
absolutely no rights or licenses in or to the Service and materials contained
therein other than the limited right to utilize the Service in accordance with
the TERMS. Should you choose to download content from the Service, you must do
so in accordance with the TERMS. Such download is licensed to you by Birinyi
ONLY for your own personal, noncommercial use in accordance with the TERMS and
does not transfer any other rights to you.
6. Rights Reserved. All
present and future rights in and to trade secrets, patents, copyrights,
trademarks, service marks, know-how and other proprietary rights of any type
under the laws of any governmental authority, domestic or foreign, including
rights in and to all applications and registrations relating to the Service (the
"Intellectual Property Rights") shall, as between you and Birinyi, at
all times be and remain the sole and exclusive property of Birinyi. All present
and future rights in and title to the Service (including the right to exploit
the Service and any portions of the Service over any present or future
technology) are reserved to Birinyi for its exclusive use. Except as
specifically permitted by the TERMS, you may not copy or make any use of the
Service or any portion thereof. Except as specifically permitted herein, you
shall not use the trademarks, trade names, service marks, trade dress, logos or
titles of Birinyi or the Service, or the names of any individual participant in,
or contributor to, the Service, or any variations or derivatives thereof, for
any purpose, without Birinyi's prior written approval.
7. Disclaimer and Limitation of
Liability. You agree that your use of the Service is at your sole risk and
acknowledge that the Service and anything contained therein, including, but not
limited to, content, services, goods or advertisements (the "Items")
are provided "AS IS" and that Birinyi makes no warranty of any kind,
express or implied, as to the Items, including, but not limited to,
merchantability, noninfringement, title or fitness for a particular purpose or
use. Birinyi does not warrant that the Service is compatible with your equipment
or that the Service is free of errors or viruses, worms or "Trojan
horses" and is not liable for any damage you may suffer as a result of such
destructive features. You agree that Birinyi, its Suppliers and its third-party
agents shall have no responsibility or liability for (i) any injury or damages,
whether caused by the negligence of Birinyi, its employees, subcontractors,
agents, Suppliers or otherwise arising in connection with the Service and shall
not be liable for any lost profits, losses, punitive, incidental or
consequential damages or any claim against Birinyi by any other party or (ii)
any fault, inaccuracy, omission, delay or any other failure in the Service
caused by your computer equipment or arising from your use of the Service on
such equipment. The content of other Web sites, services, goods or
advertisements that may be linked to the Service is not maintained or controlled
by Birinyi. Birinyi is therefore not responsible for the availability, content
or accuracy of other Web sites, services or goods that may be linked to, or
advertised on, the Service. Birinyi does not (a) make any warranty, express or
implied, with respect to the use of the links provided on the Service, (b)
guarantee the accuracy, completeness, usefulness or adequacy of any other Web
sites, services, goods or advertisements that may be linked to the Service or
(c) make any endorsement, express or implied, of any other Web sites, services,
goods or advertisements that may be linked to the Service. Birinyi is also not
responsible for the reliability or continued availability of the telephone lines
and equipment you use to access the Service. You understand that Birinyi and/or
third-party contributors to the Service may choose at any time to inhibit or
prohibit their content from being accessed under the TERMS.
8. Further Disclaimer and
Limitation of Liability. You acknowledge that (i) the Service is provided
for information purposes only and is not intended for trading purposes, (ii) the
Service includes information taken from various public and proprietary sources
and (iii) Birinyi does not guarantee the sequence, accuracy, completeness or
timeliness of the Service. Accordingly, anything to the contrary herein set
forth notwithstanding, Birinyi, its officers and employees, general partner,
affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and assigns, Suppliers and its third-party
agents shall not, directly or indirectly, be liable, in any way, to you or any
other person for (i) any inaccuracies or errors in or omissions from the Service
including, but not limited to, quotes and financial data, (ii) any delays,
errors or interruptions in the transmission or delivery of the Service or (iii)
any loss or damage arising therefrom or occasioned thereby, or by any reason of
nonperformance.
9. Limitation of Liability.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL
BIRINYI, ITS SUPPLIERS OR ITS THIRD PARTY AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES EVEN
IF AN AUTHORIZED BIRINYI REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED SPECIFICALLY OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, ARISING FROM USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE
OR ANY PROVISION OF THE TERMS, SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF REVENUE OR
ANTICIPATED PROFITS OR LOST BUSINESS. Applicable law may not allow the
limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages. In
no event shall Birinyi's total liability to you for all damages, losses, and
causes and action (whether in contract or tort, including but not limited to
negligence) exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing this site.
10. Indemnification. You
agree, at your own expense, to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Birinyi, and
its employees, representatives, Suppliers, and agents, against any claim, suit,
action, or other proceeding brought against Birinyi, its employees,
representatives, Suppliers, and agents, by a third party, to the extent that
such claim, suit, action or other proceeding brought against Birinyi, its
employees, representatives, Suppliers, and agents is based on or arises in
connection with the Service, including but not limited to (i) your use or
someone using your computer's use of the Service; (ii) a violation of the TERMS
by you or anyone using your computer; (iii) a claim that any use of the Service
by you or someone using your computer infringes any Intellectual Property Right
(as herein defined) of any third party, or any right of personality or
publicity, is libelous or defamatory, or otherwise results in injury or damage
to any third party; (iv) any deletions, additions, insertions, or alterations
to, or any unauthorized use of, the Service by you or someone using your
computer; (v) any misrepresentation or breach of representation or warranty made
by you contained herein; or (vi) any breach of any covenant or agreement to be
performed by you hereunder. You agree to pay any and all costs, damages, and
expenses, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees, expenses
and costs awarded against or otherwise incurred by or in connection with or
arising from any such claim, suit, action or proceeding attributable to any such
claim.
11. Termination. Either you or
Birinyi may terminate the TERMS with or without cause at any time and effective
immediately. You may terminate the TERMS by discontinuing use of the Service and
destroying all materials obtained from the Service. These TERMS will terminate
immediately without notice from Birinyi if you, in Birinyi's sole discretion,
fail to comply with any provision of these TERMS. Upon termination by you or
upon notice of termination by Birinyi, you must destroy promptly all materials
obtained from the Service and any copies thereof. Sections two through ten
(2-10) and twelve (12) shall survive any termination of the TERMS.
12. Governing Law. This
Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the
United States and the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of
law principles thereof. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the
state and federal courts located in New York County in the State of New York
with respect to any legal proceedings that may arise in connection with the
Service or from a dispute as to the interpretation or breach of the TERMS.
13. Access Outside the United
States. Birinyi does not represent that materials in the Service are
appropriate or available for use in countries outside the United States. If you
choose to access the Service from outside the United States, you are responsible
for compliance with foreign and local laws. Software from the Service is further
subject to United States export controls and may not be downloaded, exported, or
reexported (i) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North
Korea, Iran, or Syria, Sudan, or any other country to which the U.S. has
embargoed goods or (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's Table of
Deny Orders. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you are not
located in, controlled by, or a national or resident of any such country or on
any such list.
14. Cancellations and Refunds. Refunds are issued pro-rata on a monthly
basis, with a minimum charge of one month.
15. Miscellaneous. You accept
that Birinyi has the right to change the content or technical specifications of
any aspect of the Service at any time at Birinyi's sole discretion. You further
accept that such changes may result in your being unable to access the
Service.
16. Headings. The section
titles in the TERMS are used solely for the convenience of you and Birinyi and
have no legal or contractual significance.
17. Severability. If any
provision of the TERMS is found invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be
enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the other provisions of the
TERMS will remain in force.
18. Entire Agreement. The
TERMS are the entire agreement between you and Birinyi.
19. Contact Information. Any
notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be given to Birinyi at P.O. Box 711, Westport, CT 06881,
Attention: President.
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