Hewlett-Packard Company Website - Terms of use and legal restrictions

Certain areas of the HP Websites (e.g., chat rooms or customer ratings and review areas) may permit you to submit feedback, information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, or other materials (each, a 'User Submission'). By submitting a User Submission, you grant to HP an irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide, license (sublicensable through multiple tiers) to (a) use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform, and publicly display your User Submissions (or any modification thereto), in whole or in part, in any format or medium now known or later developed and (b) use (and permit others to use) your User Submission in any manner and for any purpose (including, without limitation, commercial purposes) that HP deems appropriate in its sole discretion (including, without limitation, to incorporate your User Submission or any modification thereto, in whole or in part, into any technology, product, or service). HP reserves the right to display advertisements in connection with User Submissions and to use User Submissions for advertising and promotional purposes. HP may, but is not obligated to, pre-screen User Submissions or monitor any area of the HP Websites through which User Submissions may be submitted. You agree that you are solely responsible for all of your User Submissions. HP is not required to host, display, or distribute any User Submissions on or through the HP Websites and may remove at any time or refuse any User Submissions for any reason. HP is not responsible for any loss, theft, or damage of any kind to any User Submissions. HP does not want to receive any User Submission that is confidential. You understand and agree that any User Submission will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary and that HP will be free to disclose your User Submission to any third party absent any obligation of confidence on the part of the recipient. HP does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through HP or any third party to edit or delete any User Submission you have submitted.

By submitting any User Submission, you represent and warrant that:

1. you are at least 13 years old;
2. you own all rights in your User Submissions (including, without limitation, all rights to the audio, video, or digital recording and the performance contained in your User Submissions) or, alternatively, you have acquired all necessary rights in your User Submissions to enable you to grant to HP the rights in your User Submissions described herein;
3. you have paid and will pay in full all license fees, clearance fees, and other financial obligations, of any kind, arising from any use or commercial exploitation of your User Submissions;
4. you are the individual pictured and/or heard in your User Submissions or, alternatively, you have obtained permission from each person (including consent from parents or guardians for any individual under the age of eighteen (18)) who appears and/or is heard in your User Submissions to grant the rights to HP described herein;
5. your User Submissions do not infringe the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or any other legal or moral rights of any third party;
6. you voluntarily agree to waive all 'moral rights' that you may have in your User Submission;
7. any information contained in your User Submission is not known by you to be false, inaccurate, or misleading;
8. your User Submission does not violate any Law (including, but not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination, or false advertising);
9. your User Submission is not, and may not reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially, ethnically, religiously, or otherwise biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening, or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership, or corporation, vulgar, pornographic, obscene, or invasive of another's privacy;
10. you were not and will not be compensated or granted any consideration by any third party for submitting your User Submission;
11. your User Submission does not incorporate materials from a third party web site, or addresses, email addresses, contact information, or phone numbers (other than your own);
12. your User Submission does not contain any viruses, worms, spyware, adware, or other potentially damaging programs or files;
13. your User Submission does not contain any information that you consider confidential, proprietary, or personal; and
14. your User Submission does not contain or constitute any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation.

Links on the HP Websites to third-party websites are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave the HP Websites. HP is not obligated to review such third-party websites, does not control such third-party websites, and is not responsible for any such third-party websites (or the products, services, or content available through the same). Thus, HP does not endorse or make any representations about such third-party websites, any information, software, products, services, or materials found there or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to from the HP Network, you do this entirely at your own risk.

You may create links to this Site from other websites, but only in accordance with the following terms and in compliance with all applicable laws.

Absent HP's written authorization otherwise, a website that links to this Site:

1. may link to, but shall not replicate, any Materials (including any HP logo);
2. shall not create a browser or border environment around any Materials;
3. shall not imply that HP endorses such website or any products, services, or content available through such website;
4. shall not misrepresent its relationship with HP;
5. shall not present false or misleading information about HP, its products, or its services;
6. shall not contain content that could be construed as distasteful, offensive, or controversial; and
7. shall contain only content that is appropriate for all age groups.

HP, HEWLETT-PACKARD and the HP Logo (shown below) are registered trademarks that belong to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

You may use HP trademarks, in text, to refer fairly and accurately to HP, its products and its services, subject to the guidelines below.

The HP Logo is reserved for use by HP and those HP partners and licensees that have a written agreement with HP that specifically authorizes logo use. No other use of HP logos is permitted.

You may not use HP trademarks in a manner likely to mislead consumers as to your relationship with HP, as to HP’s sponsorship or endorsement of your company, products or services, or as to the origin of your products or services. Any use of HP trademarks that is likely to confuse or mislead the public is unlawful and expressly prohibited.

Trademark Use by Authorized HP Partners and Licensees

If you have an existing relationship with HP, please adhere to the specific trademark use guidelines and terms provided in your written agreement.

If you are an HP AllianceOne Partner or an HP PartnerOne Partner please refer to the following links for additional information, including trademark guidelines specific to your HP AllianceOne or HP PartnerOne program:

Alliance one: http://www.hp.com/go/allianceone

Partner One: http://www.hp.com/partners/us

If your existing agreement with HP authorizes you to display HP trademarks, but does not contain specific trademark use guidelines, please follow the trademark use guidelines on this page.

If you have questions you should contact your account representative or other HP business contact.

HP General Trademark Guidelines

The following general trademark guidelines are intended for use by companies who are authorized users of HP’s trademarks, including for example HP’s partners, licensees, alliances and authorized resellers under contract with HP.

• •    HP does not use or require the use of trademark symbols, legends or acknowledgements
        with HP trademarks, unless otherwise agreed in writing.
• •    HP trademarks should be presented as adjectives modifying generic nouns for example:
        HP computers, HP support services, LASERJET printers.
• •    Do not use variations, plural or possessive forms of HP trademarks.
• •    Do not use HP trademarks in a manner likely to mislead or confuse the public as to the
        origin of any goods or services, or as to sponsorship or endorsement by HP.
• •    Do not use HP trademarks to make false statements about HP or its products
       or services.
• •    Do not incorporate HP trademarks in your trade names, business names,
        product names, service names, social media user names, or domain names.
• •    Do not adopt or imitate HP’s distinctive product designs, product packaging, trade dress,
        advertising materials, slogans, taglines or website layouts.
• •    When referring to HP in formal documentation (i.e., annual reports, financial reports) the
        full name Hewlett-Packard Company is preferred. In other contexts, HP is preferred.

Additional Guidelines for Authorized Users of the HP Logo

IMPORTANT: THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT AUTHORIZE LOGO USE. IN ORDER TO DISPLAY THE HP LOGO, A SEPARATE, WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH HP IS REQUIRED AND THE AGREEMENT MUST SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZE LOGO USE. SUCH AGREEMENTS ARE ONLY MADE AVAILABLE TO SELECT PARTNERS AND LICENSEES.

Our preferred HP Logo is:

On color or dark backgrounds, our inverse logo may be used:

Our black and white logo should be used when full-color printing is not available:

Keep the logo clear of competing text, images and graphics by maintaining, at a minimum, a 20 percent circumference of clear space on all four sides of the logo:

The minimum size for print use of the HP Logo is 0.25” square or 6.35mm square:

The minimum size for digital use of the HP Logo is 20 x 20 pixels at 72dpi:

The HP Logo should not be altered in any way.

Do not:

• •    Use the HP Logo other than in accordance with express,
        written authorization from HP;
• •    Place the logo on a complicated or patterned background;
• •    Apply reflections or gradients to the logo;
• •    Treat the logo as a dimensional object;
• •    Alter the shape of the logo;
• •    Skew or rotate the logo;
• •    Add a keyline to the logo;
• •    Separate the HP letterforms from the circle element of the logo;
• •    Apply color to the HP letterforms within the logo;
• •    Outline the logo;
• •    Change the colors of the logo;
• •    Animate the logo;
• •    Place type/text within the logo or its clear space; or
• •    Place an image within the logo.

THESE GUIDELINES MAY BE REVISED FROM TIME TO TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HP’S PARTNERS, LICENSEES, ALLIANCES AND AUTHORIZED RESELLERS TO REGULARLY CHECK THIS PAGE AS WELL AS CHECK WITH THEIR APPROPRIATE HP BUSINESS CONTACTS TO ENSURE CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH HP’S TRADEMARK USE GUIDELINES.

HP respects the intellectual property rights of others. Accordingly, HP has a policy of removing User Submissions that violate copyright law, suspending access to the HP Websites (or any portion thereof) to any user who uses the HP Websites in violation of copyright law and/or terminating in appropriate circumstances the account of any user who uses the HP Websites in violation of copyright law. Pursuant to Title 17 of the United States Code, Section 512, HP has implemented procedures for receiving written notification of claimed copyright infringement and for processing such claims in accordance with such law. If you believe your copyright or other intellectual property right is being infringed by a user of the HP Websites, please provide written notice to the following HP agent for notice of claims of infringement:

Attn: DMCA Copyright Agent

Hewlett-Packard Company
3000 Hanover Street, MS 1050
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1112

Tel: 650-857-2709

Fax: 650-857-5409

Email: dmca_copyright_notice@hp.com

Your written notice must: (a) contain your physical or electronic signature; (b) identify the copyrighted work or other intellectual property alleged to have been infringed; (c) identify the allegedly infringing material in a sufficiently precise manner to allow HP to locate that material; (d) contain adequate information by which HP can contact you (including postal address, telephone number, and e-mail address); (e) contain a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material or other intellectual property is not authorized by the owner, the owner's agent or the law; (f) contain a statement that the information in the written notice is accurate; and (g) contain a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright or other intellectual property right owner. Please do not send notices or inquiries unrelated to alleged copyright or other intellectual property right infringement to HP’s designated agent, as they will be deleted upon receipt.

Any Materials that are downloaded by or on behalf of the United States of America, its agencies, and/or instrumentalities ('U.S. Government'), are subject to the provisions of FAR 12.211 - 'Technical Data', and FAR 12.212 - 'Computer Software' , or to clauses providing HP equivalent protections in DFARS or other agency specific regulations.