Terms & Conditions Conditions
Thank you for visiting our website. These Terms of Use apply to the websites operated by VWR (the "Company") in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico ("collectively, the Website"). If you are accessing the Site from outside of the United States, Canada or Puerto Rico, please refer to the applicable international website at www.vwr.com for applicable terms and conditions. All users of the Website are subject to the following Website Terms of Use (these “Terms of Use”). Please read these terms of use carefully before accessing or using any part of the website.By accessing or using the Website, you agree that you have read, understood and agree to these Terms of Use, as amended from time to time, as well as Company's Privacy Policy, which is hereby incorporated into these Terms.If you do not wish to agree to these Terms of Use, do not access or use any part of the Website.
The Company may revise and update these Terms of Use at any time without notice by posting the amended terms on the Website. Your continued use of the website means that you accept and agree to the revised Terms of Use. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use (as amended) or are dissatisfied with the Website, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Website.
Website Usage
The information contained on this website is provided for informational purposes only. Although the information is believed to be correct at the time of publication, you should determine for yourself whether it is appropriate for your use. Not all products or services described on this website are available in all jurisdictions or to all prospective customers, and nothing herein is intended as an offer or solicitation in any jurisdiction or to prospective customers where such offer or sale does not qualify.
Purchase of products and services
These general terms and conditions only apply to the use of the website. Please note that the terms and conditions relating to service, product sales, promotions and other related activities can be found at https://us.vwr.com/store/content/externalContentPage.jsp?path=/en_US/about_vwr_terms_and_conditions.jsp , and these Terms and Conditions govern any purchase of any product or service from the Company.
Interactive Features
The Site may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, newsgroups, forums, communities, personal webpages, calendars and/or other messaging or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the general public or with a group ( collectively, “Community Feature”). You agree to only use the Community Feature to post, send and receive messages and materials that are appropriate and related to the applicable Community Feature. You agree to use the website for lawful purposes only.
A. Specifically, when using any Community Feature, you agree not to:
1. Defaming, abusing, harassing, stalking, threatening, or otherwise violating the legal rights (e.g., the right to privacy and publicity) of others.
2. Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
3. Upload files containing software or other material protected by intellectual property (or publicity) laws, unless you own or control the rights or have obtained all necessary consents.
4. Uploading files that contain viruses, corrupted files or any other similar software or programs that may affect the operation of another's computer.
5. Intercept or attempt to intercept emails not intended for you.
6. Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such community feature specifically allows such messages.
7. Conducting or forwarding surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.
8. Download a file posted by another user of a community feature that you know or reasonably ought to know cannot legally be distributed in this manner or that you are contractually obligated to keep confidential treat (regardless of their availability on the website).
9. Do not falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or identifications of the origin or source of any software or other material contained in any uploaded file.
10. Misrepresenting an affiliation with any person or organization.
11. Engage in any other conduct that restricts or prevents third parties from using the Website or, as determined by the Company, may harm the Company or users of the Website or make them liable.
12. Violate any applicable law or regulation, or violate any code of conduct or other policy that may apply to a particular Community Feature.
13. Collect or otherwise collect information about others, including email addresses, without their consent.
B. You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any content you submit, you, not the Company, have full responsibility for that content, including its legality, reliability and appropriateness. If you are posting on behalf of or on behalf of your employer or other entity, you represent and warrant that you have the right to do so. By uploading or otherwise transmitting any material to any area of the Website, you warrant that the material is owned by you or is in the public domain or is otherwise free from proprietary or other restrictions and that you have the right to publish it on the Website. Also, by uploading or otherwise transmitting any material to any area of the Site, you grant Company an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide right to publish, reproduce, use, adapt, edit and/or modify such material in any way any media now known or later discovered worldwide, including the Internet and World Wide Web, for advertising, commercial, commercial and promotional purposes, without additional restriction or compensation, except as prohibited by law, and without notice, review or approval.
C. The Company reserves the right, but assumes no responsibility, to (1) remove any material posted on the Website that the Company, in its sole discretion, deems inconsistent with the foregoing obligations or inappropriate for any reason; and (2) terminate any user's access to all or any portion of the Site. However, the Company cannot review all materials before they are posted to the Site, nor can it ensure that objectionable material is removed promptly after posting. Accordingly, the Company shall have no liability for any act or omission with respect to any transmission, communication or content provided by any third party. The company reserves the right to take any measure it deems necessary to protect the personal safety of users of this website and the public; However, the Company shall have no liability or responsibility to anyone for the performance or non-performance of the activities described in this paragraph.
D. Your failure to comply with the provisions of (A) or (B) above may result in termination of your access to the Website and subject you to civil and/or criminal liability.
Special Notice Regarding Community Feature Content
All content and/or opinions uploaded, expressed or submitted through any community feature or other publicly accessible area of the Site (including password-protected areas), as well as all articles and answers to questions, except for content expressly authorized by Company, represent solely the opinions and responsibilities of the person or entity submitting them and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the company. For example, any endorsed or suggested use of Company's products or services posted through a Community Feature is not an indication of Company's approval or recommendation. If you follow any such recommendation, you do so at your own risk.
Links to Third Party Sites
The website may contain links to other websites on the internet. The Company is not responsible for the content, products, services or practices of any third-party websites, including but not limited to websites linked to or from the Website, websites incorporated within the Website or third-party advertising, and there no representations as to its quality, content, or accuracy. The existence of links from the website to third party websites does not imply our endorsement, support or recommendation of this website. We disclaim all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy, legality, reliability or validity of any content on third party websites. Your use of third party websites is at your own risk and is subject to the terms of use for such websites.
Ownership of Content
You acknowledge and agree that the entire content of the Website (including all information, data, software, graphics, text, images, logos and/or other materials) and the design, selection, collection, arrangement and compilation thereof is copyrighted are owned by the Company and are protected by US and international intellectual property laws. You are only authorized to use the content of the website for your personal use or legitimate business purposes. You may not copy, modify, create derivative works from, publicly display or perform, republish, store, transmit, distribute, remove, delete, augment, supplement, participate in the transmission, license or sell the material on the web site without the prior written notice Company's consent, except to: (a) temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM, (b) store files that are automatically cached by your web browser to enhance viewing, and (c) print a reasonable number of pages of a site; provided in each case that you will not alter or remove any copyright or other proprietary notices contained in such materials. Title and intellectual property rights in any information or material on the Website are not transferred to you and remain with the company or the respective owner of such content.
trademark
The Company name and logo and all related names, logos, product and service names appearing on the Site are trademarks of the Company and/or their respective third parties. They may not be used or redisplayed without the Company's prior written consent.
Disclaimer
The Company accepts no liability for the materials, information and opinions provided on or available through the Website (the "Website Content"). Any reliance on the content of the website is entirely at your own risk. The Company disclaims any liability for any injury or damage resulting from the use of any content on the Website.
THE WEBSITE, THE CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE, AND THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITH ALL FAULTS. NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY PERSON AFFILIATED WITH THE COMPANY MAKES ANY WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE SITE. SPECIFICALLY, BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY PERSON AFFILIATED WITH THE COMPANY WARRANT THAT THE SITE, THE SITE CONTENT, OR THE SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED; THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; OR THAT THE SITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS. COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY NOR ITS LICENSORS OR CONTRACTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE, THE WEBSITE CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR VIA THE SITE OR ANY LINKED SITE WILL BE PROVIDED, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PERSONAL INJURY, LOST PROFITS OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM DELAY, INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE, VIRUSES, DATA OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, OR ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE SITE OR THE CONTENT ON THE SITE OR THE SERVICES, WHETHER IN NEGLIGENCE OF THE COMPANY AND WHETHER THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGES, IF NOT ENDABLE LAW PROHIBITED.
Damage payment
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its officers, directors, agents, employees and other persons involved with the Website from and against any and all liabilities, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of any breach You violate these Terms of Use, your use of the Site or any product, service or information obtained from or through the Site, your connection to the Site, any content you submit to the Site through a community feature, or your violation of any right of any others.
Applicable Law; International use
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, without regard to principles of conflict of laws. You agree that any action of law or equity arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Pennsylvania, and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts the purposes of litigating in any such action.
These Terms of Use apply to users in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. If you are accessing the Site from outside of the United States, Canada or Puerto Rico, please refer to the applicable international website at www.vwr.com for applicable terms and conditions. If you elect to access this website from outside of the specified jurisdictions rather than using the available international websites, you agree to these Terms of Use and that these Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of Pennsylvania and that we make no representation that the materials or services on this website are appropriate or available for use in those other jurisdictions. In any case, all users are responsible for their own compliance with local laws.
Terms and Conditions
These Terms of Use, as may be amended from time to time, constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us governing your use of the Website. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms of Service is found invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, you nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor , the intentions of the parties as expressed in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect. No course of dealings or conduct between you and the Company, nor any trading practice, shall alter these Terms of Use. You agree that regardless of any statute or statute to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Site or the Terms of Service must be commenced within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose are or are excluded forever. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by and for the Company. We may terminate your access, or suspend any user's access to all or any portion of the Site, without notice if we believe, in our sole discretion, that conduct violates applicable law or is harmful to the interests of another user, a third party, a service provider or us. All inquiries regarding these Terms of Use should be directed to solutions@vwr.com.
Copyright Complaints
We respect the intellectual property of others and ask our users to do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on the Website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify us by providing our Copyright Agent the following information:
an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright interest owner;
a description of the copyrighted work at which your claim was infringed;
Identification of the URL or other specific location on the website where the material that you claim is infringing is located;
your address, telephone number and email address;
a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; And
a statement by you, under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Our representative for reporting claims of copyright infringement on the Website can be reached at: solutions@vwr.com.