Terms and Conditions
1.Welcome to Wilftek
Formally, we are Wilftek LLC (“Wilftek”, “we”, “us” and “our”). Among other things, we practice technology and intellectual property law. We represent start-ups, small companies, emerging growth businesses, mid-market companies, Fortune 500 companies and global enterprises.
These terms of service (“Terms”) govern each user’s (“user” or “you” or “your”) access to and use of all services provided by Wilftek, including the website at https://wilftek.com (the “Wilftek Site”), as well as our occasional newsletter and other communications (collectively, the “Services”), as well as any information, files or other materials uploaded, downloaded, transmitted or appearing on the Services (collectively referred to as “Content”).
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Your access to and use of the Services is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms.
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By uploading or downloading Content, or otherwise actively using the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms.
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If there is a conflict between these Terms and our Privacy Statement, then the Privacy Statement shall control.
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BY ACCEPTING THESE TERMS, YOU AGREE TO AN ARBITRATION CLAUSE THAT REQUIRES ANY DISPUTES TO BE RESOLVED BY AN INDEPENDENT ARBITRATOR INSTEAD OF BY A JUDGE OR JURY. PLEASE READ THE ARBITRATION PROVISION AS IT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THESE TERMS.
2. Access
You are responsible for your use of the Services, for any Content you post to or distribute through the Services, and for any consequences thereof. You should only share or transmit Content that you have the right to share or transmit, and that you are comfortable sharing with others under these Terms. By uploading Content to the Services, you irrevocably grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide license to transmit, copy and use that Content, and create derivative works thereof, as we deem necessary and appropriate (“Content License”).
You may use the Services only if you are 18 years old or older. You may use the Services only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations.
The Services are always evolving and the form and nature of the Services may change from time to time without prior notice. In addition, Wilftek may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services or any features within the Services to you or to other users without notice. Wilftek also retains the right to create limits on use and storage at Wilftek’s sole discretion at any time without prior notice.
3. Privacy
Any personally-identifiable information and other Content that identifies you (“Personal Data”) is subject to our Privacy Statement, which governs our collection and use of your Personal Data. California residents are also subject to the provisions entitled “Your California Privacy Rights.” You consent to the collection and use of Personal Data, including the transfer of Personal Data between you (wherever you may be) and us (which means each location from which we Provide our Services), including any transfer of Personal Data between countries, for storage, processing and use by Wilftek and by others.
In order to use some features of the Services, you may need to “opt-in” to receiving text message or other communications from others. You agree to initiate text messages or other communications with others only after you have received their permission to do so or are otherwise permitted to do so under local, state, and Federal rules, laws, and ordinances. You further agree to stop sending text messages or other communications to others after receiving such a request.
4. Content on the Services
The Services include a platform for transmitting communications between you and us. Each such communication is Content. All Content, whether publicly or privately transmitted or posted, is the sole responsibility of the person who posts or transmits the Content. Any use or reliance on any Content or other materials posted via the Services or obtained by you through the Services is at your own risk.
We do not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any Content or communications posted via the Services.
The Content may include client testimonials regarding our firm. Under the laws of some jurisdictions, the Content is considered attorney advertising. Even if you are our client, this Content is not legal advice specific to you or your situation. We work hard for our clients, but we cannot guarantee that you will obtain the same outcome as any other client, even if the facts are similar.
We or our users may use the Services to provide information or discussion on a variety of topics, including general information about areas of the law, and we may provide names, logos, or links, related to other entities and service providers. We do not endorse any specific business or service provider, nor any particular advice or recommendations which may be made via the Services, and we strongly recommend that you seek the advice of an appropriate professional before making any decisions as a result of using the Services.
Please be aware that, when you submit Content to us via our contact form, the Content is not protected by attorney-client privilege and you are not creating an attorney-client relationship by using our contact form.
Under no circumstances shall Wilftek be liable for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Services or broadcast elsewhere.
5. Your Rights
You retain ownership or other rights you may have to any Content you submit or display on or through the Services. By submitting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us the Content License, as stated above.
You are responsible for your use of the Services, for any Content you provide, and for any consequences thereof, including the use of your Content by other users and our third party partners. You understand that the Content you submit may be rebroadcast or distributed by us, by our partners, and by the recipients of your Content. If you do not have the right to submit Content for such use, it may subject you to liability. Wilftek will not be responsible or liable for any transmission or use of your Content. You represent and warrant that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein to any Content that you submit.
6. Wilftek’s Rights
All rights, titles, and interests in and to the Services are and will remain the exclusive property of Wilftek and its licensors (including other users). The Services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States and other countries around the world. Nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use the Wilftek name or any of Wilftek’s trademarks, logos, domain names, or other distinctive brand features. Any feedback, comments, or suggestions you may provide regarding Wilftek or the Services is entirely voluntary and Wilftek will be free to use your feedback, comments or suggestions as we see fit and without any obligation to you.
7. Restrictions on Content and Use of the Services
We reserve the right at all times (but we do not have the obligation) to remove or refuse to distribute any Content on the Services and to terminate users and reclaim user names. We also reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any Content or other information for any reason in our sole discretion, including without limitation to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, enforce the Terms, including investigation of potential violations hereof, detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, respond to user support requests, or protect the rights, property or safety of Wilftek, its users and the public.
You may not do any of the following while accessing or using the Services:
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access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Services, Wilftek’s computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of the website’s systems;
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probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network or breach or circumvent any security or authentication measures;
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access or search or attempt to access or search the Services by any means (automated or otherwise) other than through our currently available interfaces published by Wilftek (and only pursuant to those interfaces), unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate written agreement signed by Wilftek;
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forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or posting, or in any way use the Services to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information;
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interfere with, or disrupt, (or attempt to do so), the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, mail-bombing the Services, or by scripting the creation of Content in such a manner as to interfere with or create an undue burden on the Services.
8. Intellectual Property Policy
Wilftek respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of our Services to do the same. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright or other intellectual property infringement that comply with applicable law (including the Digital Millennium Copyright or “DMCA” at 17 U.S.C. §512) and are properly provided to us. If you would like the benefit of your legal protections under the DMCA, please review the DMCA to ensure your compliance.
If you believe that your Content has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement or the infringement of other intellectual property rights, please send us a written request to remove the allegedly-infringing Content (“takedown notice”). Each takedown notice must be in English and include the following information:
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Identification of the work claimed to have been infringed.
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Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled.
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Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material (e.g., a detailed uniform resource locator or “URL”).
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Your contact information, including your postal address, telephone number, and an email address.
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A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the Content or other material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner or other owner, its agent, or the law.
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A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner or other owner.
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A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, other owner, or a person authorized to act on their behalf.
On our receipt of a takedown notice, we may publish the takedown notice to the general public, or provide a copy of the takedown notice to the user that uploaded or provided the Content accused to be infringing (“Accused Content”). For any takedown notice that is subject to the provisions of the DMCA, the original provider of the Accused Content may have the right to send a notice to us (called a “counter notice”) demanding that the Accused Content be restored to the Services.
In compliance with the DMCA or other applicable law, we may implement any takedown notice by removing the Accused Content or other material from public view on the Services, and we may implement any counter notice by restoring the Accused Content or other material to public view on the Services. In either case, Wilftek shall bear no liability to you or anyone else for the posting, removal or re-posting of any Accused Content.
Independent of the DMCA and any other applicable laws or regulations, we reserve the right to remove any Accused Content without prior notice, at our sole discretion, and without liability to you or anyone else. In appropriate circumstances, Wilftek will also terminate a user if we determine the user to be a repeat infringer.
Our designated copyright agent for sending takedown notices and counter notices is:
Wilftek LLC, Attn: DMCA, PO Box 465, Ardmore, PA 19003, USA
Email: admin@wilftek.com
9. The Services are Provided “As-Is” and “As Available”
YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICES AND ANY CONTENT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. USE OF THE SERVICE DOES NOT CREATE AN ATTORNEY_CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WILFTEK, ITS PARTNERS AND THEIR LICENSORS DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE SERVICES AND THE CONTENT, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY AND DISCLAIM ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, SECURITY OR RELIABILITY OF THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT THEREON. WILFTEK SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY HARM TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF MONEY, LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, OR OTHER HARM THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICES, OR ANY CONTENT. YOU ALSO AGREE THAT WILFTEK HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR THE DELETION OF, OR THE FAILURE TO STORE OR TO TRANSMIT, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS MAINTAINED BY THE SERVICES. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED FROM WILFTEK, THROUGH THE SERVICES, OR OTHERWISE, WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.
10. Links
The Services may contain links to or integration with third-party websites, software, or resources (“third party systems”). You acknowledge and agree that Wilftek is not responsible or liable for the availability or accuracy of such third party systems, or the content, products, or services on or available from such third party systems. Links to such third party systems do not imply any endorsement of such third party systems or the content, products, or services available from such third party systems. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such third party systems.
11. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WILFTEK, ITS PARTNERS, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, GOOD WILL, OR OTHER LOSSES, RESULTING FROM (i) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES; (ii) ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES; (iii) ANY CONTENT OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICES; AND (iv) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR CONTENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER OR NOT WILFTEK HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
12. Exclusions
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the limitations above may not apply to you.
13.Waiver and Severability
The failure of either party to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision. In the event that any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.
14. Controlling Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the substantive and procedural law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the federal law of the United States, without regard to or application of any conflict of laws principles or rules. The U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply to these Terms.
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including but not limited to court costs, legal fees, awards or settlements) relating to or arising out of your use of the Services, including any breach by you of the Terms or any allegation that you have infringed the intellectual property rights or other rights of another person. This indemnity obligation shall survive any termination or expiration of these Terms or your use of the Services.
Any controversy or claim between the parties or arising out of these Terms or any Services shall be determined by one arbitrator in binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association pursuant to its Commercial Arbitration Rules. We anticipate that you may be geographically distant from our offices. Accordingly, to reduce the cost of resolving any dispute, all arbitration hearings will be conducted by video conference or audio conference. The arbitral award will be final and binding on the parties, and may be entered and enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.
15. Entire Agreement
These Terms, our Privacy Statement, our Cookie Policy, and, where applicable, Your California Privacy Rights, are the entire and exclusive agreement between Wilftek and you regarding the Services (excluding any services for which you have a separate written agreement signed by Wilftek that expressly states it is in addition to or in place of these Terms), and these Terms supersede and replace any prior agreements between Wilftek and you regarding the Services.
We may revise these Terms from time to time and post the revised version of the Terms on the Services. By continuing to access or use the Services after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms.
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact Wilftek at:
Wilftek LLC, PO Box 465, Ardmore, PA 19003, USA
Email: admin@wilftek.com
16. Revision History
Date of this revision: March 27, 2023