Terms of Use
The Terms of Use (hereinafter referred to as “Terms”) applies to our Medical Device Newsletter Service (hereinafter referred to as “Newsletter Service”) provided by Marincare IP Law Firm (hereinafter referred to as “Firm”). All registered users (hereinafter referred to as “Users”) are bound by Terms of Use.

Article 1 (Adaption)
(1) Terms applies to all relations between Users and Firm regarding Terms.
(2) In addition to Terms, Firm may also make various rules (hereinafter referred to as “Individual Rules”) regarding Service. This Individual Rules, whatever they may be called, shall constitute a part of Term.
(3) In the event of any inconsistency between Term and Individual Rules, unless otherwise specified in Individual Rules, Individual Rules shall take precedence over Terms.

Article 2 (User Registration)
(1)User registration is completed, if a user agrees to Terms and offers for user registration to Newsletter Service in the manner specified by Firm and Firm approves the offer.
(2) Firm may refuse to approve the offer of user registration if Firm determines that the user has at least one of the following reasons and Firm is not obliged to disclose the reasons of such refusal.
　1. The user has provided false information in offerring the user registration
　2. If the offer is from the user who has breached Terms
　3. If the offer is from the user which, commercially or non-commercially, provides or will provide IP services (such as filing IP applications, developing IP strategy, or searching and analyzing IP information) on medical devices, excluding the case that Firm accepts them to use Newsletter Service
　4. In other cases where Firm determines that the user registration to be inappropriate

Article 3 (Fees and payment methods)
Newsletter Service shall be free of charge.

Article 4 (Prohibited matters）
When using Newsletter Service, Users shall not do any of the following acts.
　1. Any act contrary to the law, or public order and morality
　2. Acts related to criminal activities
　3. Infringe any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right contained in Newsletter Service
　4. Disrupts or interferes with the functions of the Firm, other Users of Newsletter Service, or the servers or networks of any other third parties
　5. Commercially use any information obtained from Newsletter Service
　6. Take any action that is likely to interfere with the operation of Newsletter Service
　7. Unauthorized access or attempting to Unauthorized access
　8. Collect or aggregate personal information, etc., on other Users
　9. Use Newsletter Service for an unauthorized purpose
　10. Acting in a manner that harms, injures or inconveniences other Users of Newsletter Service or other third parties
　11. Pretend to be another user
　12. Any unauthorized advertising, publicity, solicitation or commercial activity on Newsletter Service
　13. Directly or indirectly providing benefits to anti-social entities in connection with Newsletter Service
　14. Any other actions that Firm considers to be inappropriate

Article 5 (Suspension etc. of Newsletter Service)
(1)Firm may suspend or discontinue all or part of Newsletter Service without prior notice to Users if Firm determines that at least one of the following reasons exist.
　1. If Firm maintains or updates the computer systems which provide Newsletter Service
　2. If force majeure such as earthquake, lightning, fire, power failure or natural disaster makes it difficult to provide Newsletter Service
　3. In the event of accidental disconnection of computers or telecommunication lines, etc.
　4. Any other cases where Firm considers it difficult to provide Newsletter Service
(2)Firm shall not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by Users or any third party as a result of the suspension or discontinue of Newsletter Service.

Article 6 (Copyrights)
All copyrights and other intellectual property rights on all information of Newsletter Service and the related services belong to Firm or right owners who have been authorized by Firm, and Users may not reproduce, provide, lend, translate, modify, reprint, publicly transmit (including making it transmittable), transfer, distribute, publish or commercially use them.

Article 7 (User restrictions and cancellation of registration)
(1)Firm may, without notice, restrict your use of all or part of Newsletter Service or cancel your registration if you are in one of the following categories.
　1. If you breach at least one articles of Terms
　2. If you inputs a false facts for your registration
　3. If you do not respond to Firm for a certain period of time
　4. Any other case in which Firm considers your use of Newsletter Service to be inappropriate
(2)Firm shall not be liable for any damage caused to you as a result of any action taken by Firm in accordance with Article 7 of Terms.

Article 8 (Disclaimer of warranties and liability）
(1)Firm does not warrant, either expressly or impliedly, that Newsletter Service is free from defects in fact or law (including defects in security, reliability, accuracy, completeness, validity, fitness for a particular purpose, security, etc., errors or bugs, infringement, etc.).
(2)Firm shall not be liable for any damage caused to Users as a result of Newsletter Service, except in the case of willful misconduct or gross negligence on our part.
(3)Firm shall not be liable for any transactions, communications or disputes between the Users and other Users or third parties relating to Newsletter Service.

Article 9 (Change etc. of Newsletter Service)
The Firm may change, add to or discontinue Newsletter Service with prior notice to the Users and Users deem to accept that.

Article 10（Change of Terms）
(1)Firm may change Terms without requiring user’s individual consent in the following cases
　1. If the change of Terms is compatible with the general interests of user
　2. If the change of Terms is not contrary to the purpose of Terms and reasonable in the light of the need for the change, the reasonableness of the changed Terms and other situations related to the change.
(2)If Firm will change Terms in accordance with Article 10 (1), it will notify Users in advance of the change, the contents of the changed Terms and the date when it will come into effect.

Article 11（Handling personal information）
Firm will properly handle personal information obtained through Newsletter Service in accordance with our “Privacy Policy”.

Article 12（Notices or Communications）
Notices or communications between Users and Firm shall be given in a manner specified by Firm. Unless Users notify Firm that User’s address has been changed, Firm will assume that the current registered contact address is valid and will send notices or communications to that address, which will be deemed to have been received by Users at the time they are sent.

Article 13（Prohibition of transfer of rights and obligations）
Users may not assign or pledge its position, rights or obligations under Terms to any third party without the prior written consent of Firm.

Article 14（Governing law and jurisdiction）
The interpretation of Terms shall be governed by the laws of Japan. In the event of any disputes arising in relation to Newsletter Service, the court having jurisdiction for the location of Firm shall been selected.

Privacy Policy
Marincare IP Law firm (hereinafter referred to as “Firm”) set the following privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as “Policy”) which shall handle the personal information of users in the services (hereinafter referred to as “Services”) provided on this website.

Article 1 (Personal Information)
The term “personal information” shall mean “personal information” as used in the Personal Information Protection Law, and shall refer to 1) information on a living individual that can identify the user by name, date of birth, address, telephone number, contact information, and other descriptions contained in the information, etc., as well as 2) information that can identify the user by appearance, fingerprints, voice print data, and health insurance number on health insurance cards, etc.

Article 2 (Method of Collecting Personal Information)
As a user registers to use the site, Firm may ask the user for personal information such as name, email address, etc.

Article 3 (Purposes for Collection and Use of Personal Information)
Firm collects and uses personal information for the following purposes.
　(1) To provide and operate our Services
　(2) To respond to the user’s inquiries (including verifying the user)
　(3) To send e-mail notifications on new functions, updates, promotions, etc. of our Services which the user is using, as well as information on other services provided by Firm
　(4) To contact the user when it is necessary for maintenance, important notices, etc.
　(5) To identify users who have violated the rules or regulations on our Services or who are attempting to use Services for illegal or improper purposes, and to deny their use of Services, or
　(6) For purposes related to the above-mentioned purposes of use

Article 4 (Changing the Purpose of Use)
(1)Firm will change the purposes of use of personal information only if the purposes of use are reasonably related to the purposes of use prior to the change.
(2)If the purpose of use is changed, Firm will inform the user of the changed purpose of use or publicly announce it on the website.

Article 5 (Disclosure of personal information to third parties)
(1) Except in the following cases, Firm will not disclose personal information to third parties without the prior consent of the user. However, this shall not apply to cases permitted by the Personal Data Protection Act, other laws and regulations.

　1. If it is necessary to protect user’s life, body or property and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the user itself
　2. If it is particularly necessary to improve public health or promote the healthy development of children and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the user itself
　3. If it is necessary for an national organization, a local government or entities entrusted by them to cooperate with Firm in conducting their tasks prescribed by law, and, by obtaining the consent of the person, there is likely to be a risk of interference with the performance of their tasks, or
　4. If the following matters have been notified or published in advance and Firm has submitted the matters to Japan Personal Data Protection Commission
　　A. The purpose of the use includes a disclosure to third parties
　　B. The items to be disclosed to third parties
　　C. The means or methods on a disclosure to third parties
　　D. The suspension of the disclosure of personal information, if you request to do so
　　E. The method of receiving your request
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 5 (1), if it meets the following cases, the recipient of personal information shall not be deemed to be “third party”.
　　1. If Firm outsources personal information, in whole or in part, to the recipient, to the extent necessary to achieve the purpose of the use
　　2. If Firm provides personal information to the recipient due to a business succession by merger or otherwise
　　3. In case of sharing personal information with the recipient, and if Firm, in advance, informs you of A) the items of personal information to be shared, the range of the shared recipients, the purpose of sharing personal information, and the name of person or entity which is responsible for managing the personal information, or makes the above-mentioned A) easily accessible to the user

Article 6 (Disclosure of personal information)
(1) If Firm is requested to disclose personal information by you, Firm will disclose it to you without delay. However, if such the disclosure would trigger either of the following cases, the disclosure may not be done in whole or in part. If Firm decided not to disclose personal information, Firm will inform you of that without delay.
　　1. If there is a risk of harming your or third parties’ life, body, property or other rights or interests
　　2. If there is a risk of material interference with our proper business, or
　　3. If it would violate any other law or regulation
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 6 (1), in principle, we do not disclose non-personal information, such as historical and characteristic information.

Article 7 (Correction and deletion of personal information)
(1) If the user’s personal information held by Firm is incorrect, the user may request that Firm corrects, adds to or deletes (hereinafter referred to as “correct”) his/her personal information in accordance with the procedures set by Firm.
(2) If Firm receives a request from a user as described in the provisions of Article 7 (1) and we will accepts the request, we will promptly correct the personal information.
(3) If we make corrections in accordance with the provision of Article 7 (2), or if we decide not to make corrections, we will notify the user without delay.

Article 8 (Suspension, etc. for Use of Personal Information)
(1) If Firm receives a request from a user for the suspension or deletion (hereinafter referred to as “suspension of use”) of his or her personal information on the grounds that it has been handled beyond the scope of the purpose of use or that it has been obtained by unlawful means, Firm shall promptly conduct the necessary investigation without delay.
(2) If, on the basis of the results of the investigation in accordance with the provision of Article 8 (1), Firm decided to comply with the request, Firm will suspend the use of the personal information without delay.
(3) If Firm suspends the use of personal information in accordance with the provision of Article 8 (2), or if Firm decides not to suspend the use of personal information, Firm will notify the user without delay.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 8 (1) and Article 8 (2), Firm will take alternative actions if the suspension of use generates significant costs or if it is otherwise difficult to suspend the use and we can take alternative actions for protecting the user’s rights and interests.

Article 9 (Updates of the Privacy Policy)
The content of Policy may be modified without notice to user, except as otherwise provided by law or in Policy. Unless otherwise specified by Firm, the amended Policy shall come into effect from the time it is posted on the website.

Article 10（Governing law and jurisdiction）
The interpretation of these terms and conditions shall be governed by the laws of Japan. In the event of any disputes arising in relation to Services, the court having jurisdiction for the location of Firm shall been selected.

Article 11（Contact Us）
If a user has any queries regarding Policy, please contact Firm.
Name of company: Marinecare IP law Firm
Representative: Takayasu Hirosue, Japan Patent Attorney
E-mail address: marincare[AT]chizaikeiei.jp
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