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Terms of Use

Please read the Terms of Use carefully before accessing or using this Site.

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
By accessing or using this Site in any way, including using any Services, downloading Materials or merely browsing the Site (capitalized terms defined below), you agree to and are bound by the terms and conditions set forth in this document and in any changes thereto that EDGE may publish from time to time (collectively, the “Terms of Use”). If you do not agree to all of the terms and conditions contained in the Terms of Use, do not access or use this Site.

EDGE may change the Terms of Use and other guidelines and rules posted on the Site from time to time at its sole discretion. Your continued access or use of the Site, or any Materials or Services, constitutes your acceptance of the changes. Your access and use of the Site, Materials and Services will be subject to the most current version of the Terms of Use, rules and guidelines posted on the Site at the time of such use. Please regularly check the “Terms of Use” link on the home page of think-edge.com to view the then-current terms. If you breach any of the Terms of Use, your authorization to access or use this Site, Services and Materials automatically terminates, and any Materials downloaded or printed from the Site in violation of the Terms of Use must be immediately destroyed.

THE SITE
EDGE Communication by Design, its affiliates and agents (“EDGE”) make this Web site and all other websites of EDGE with links to the Terms of Use (collectively, the “Site”), and the Materials and Services, available for your access and use subject to the Terms of Use. “Materials” means all information, data, documents (e.g. white papers, press releases, datasheets, FAQs, etc.), communications, downloads, files, text, images, photographs, graphics, videos, webcasts, publications, content, tools, resources and products made available or enabled via the Site by EDGE or users of this Site. “Services” means all services and resources offered or enabled via the Site by EDGE and users of this Site, including downloads, product and other information services and communications services such as bulletin boards, chat areas, communities, e-mail, forums, personal webpages, photo albums and other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with others (collectively, “Communications Venues”). All Materials provided by EDGE are referred to collectively as “EDGE Materials”. All user-supplied Materials are referred to collectively as “User Materials”. Certain Services may involve collaboration and file-sharing services among a specified group. Materials posted by users in such group in conjunction with such collaboration and file-sharing Services are referred to collectively as “Shared Content”. The group of persons among which such collaboration and file sharing involving Shared Content takes place is referred to herein as the “Work Group”. All User Materials that are not Shared Content shall be referred to herein as “User Content”. EDGE Materials and User Materials may have different restrictions and conditions associated with them under the Terms of Use and other guidelines and rules posted via the Site.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; LIMITED LICENSE TO USERS; TRADEMARK INFORMATION
The Materials and Services, as well as their selection and arrangement, are protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets and all other intellectual property and proprietary rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”), and any unauthorized use of the Materials or Services may violate such laws and the Terms of Use. Except as expressly provided herein, EDGE and its suppliers do not grant any express or implied rights to use the Materials and Services. You agree not to copy, republish, frame, download, transmit, modify, adapt, create derivative works based on, rent, lease, loan, sell, assign, distribute, display, perform, license, sublicense or reverse engineer the Site, Materials or Services, any portions of the Site, Materials or Services or the selection and arrangement of the Site, Materials or Services, except as expressly authorized herein. In addition, you agree not to use any data mining, robots or similar data gathering and extraction methods in connection with the Site, Services or Materials.

The trademarks, logos and service marks (“Marks”) displayed on this Site are the property of EDGE Communication by Design or other third parties. You are not permitted to use the Marks without the prior written consent of EDGE or such third party that may own the Marks.

USE OF SITE AND SERVICES
You shall pay all costs and charges, including phone charges and telecommunications equipment costs, that you incur in order to access or use the Site, Services and Materials. You must adhere to all limitations on dissemination, usage and reproduction of any Materials that you download from the Site that are subject to such limitations. You agree to use the Services only to access, download, utilize, post, send or receive Materials in an appropriate manner as related to the particular Materials or Services being accessed or used by you. As some examples of improper activities when accessing or using the Site, Services or Materials, you agree that you shall not:

• Collect, harvest, mine or engage in any other activity to obtain email addresses, phone numbers, personal information or any other information about others.
• Use or attempt to gain access to or use another’s account, password, Service, Materials or computer systems or networks connected to any EDGE server or to the Site without authorization from EDGE, whether through hacking, password mining or any other means.
• Remove or falsely add to any uploaded Materials any copyright, trademark or other legal or proprietary rights notices, author attributions or other information such as origin or source of the Material.
• Access or attempt to access any Material that you are not authorized to access or Materials through any means not intentionally made available through the Site or Services.
• Make available any files containing Materials where you do not own or control, or have not received the necessary licenses to, all Intellectual Property Rights, rights of privacy and publicity and all other rights in and to such Materials.
• Use any Materials in any manner that infringes any Intellectual Property Rights or other rights of any party.
• Disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise cause harm to, the Site, or any Services, Materials, systems resources, accounts, passwords, servers or networks connected to or accessible through the Site or any affiliated or linked sites.
• Transmit unsolicited or bulk communications to any EDGE account holder or to any Think-edge.com or affiliated email address.
• Post or otherwise submit any software, programs or files that are harmful or disruptive of another’s equipment, software or other property, including any corrupted files, time bombs, Trojan horses, viruses and worms.
• Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.
• Download any Materials posted by another that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in such manner.
• Disrupt, interfere or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Site or other affiliated or linked sites, Materials or Services.
• Breach any guidelines or other codes of conduct applicable to a particular Service or Materials.
• Access or use the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair any EDGE server or the network(s) connected to any EDGE server.
• Violate any applicable laws or regulations related to the access to or use of the Site, or engage in any activity prohibited by the Terms of Use.
• Post or otherwise submit any topic, name, material or information that is child pornography, defamatory, excessively violent, harassing, inappropriate, indecent, lascivious, lewd, obscene, profane, racist, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable.
• Prepare, compile, use, download or otherwise copy any Site user directory or other user or usage information or any portion thereof, or transmit, provide or otherwise distribute (whether or not for a fee) such directory or information to any third party.
• Engage in any chain letters, contests, junk email, pyramid schemes, spamming, surveys or any other duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise).
• Violate the rights of EDGE or any third party (including rights of prvacy and publicity) or abuse, defame, harass, stalk or threaten another.
• Use any EDGE domain name as a pseudonymous return email address.
• Market any goods or services for any business purpose (including advertising and making offers to buy or sell goods or services), unless specifically allowed to do so by EDGE.
• When using Services or Materials, you will be subject to any posted guidelines, rules or licenses applicable to such Services or Materials, in addition to the Terms of Use. Materials and Services provided by third parties (collectively, the “Third-Party Services”) are governed by separate agreements accompanying such Materials and Services. EDGE offers no guarantees and assumes no responsibility or liability of any type with respect to the Third-Party Services, including any liability resulting from incompatibility between a Third-Party Service, EDGE Materials, EDGE provided Services or another Third-Party Service. You agree that you will not hold EDGE responsible or liable with respect to the Third-Party Services.

Certain Services and Materials will only be made available to users who have paid EDGE a fee for such Services and Materials. Such users may additionally be required to enter into an agreement for that particular Service or Material. In addition to these Terms of Use, users of any Services that include Communications Venues may be required, in EDGE’s sole discretion, to agree to a separate legal agreement on the Site or otherwise. Your access to such Communications Venues will be denied for violation of either the Terms of Use or the applicable agreement.

EDGE, in its sole discretion, may (but has no obligation to) monitor or review the Materials and Services at any time. EDGE may at any time without notice and in its sole discretion: (a) terminate a Service, access to or use of any Materials or an area of the Site where Materials are posted or submitted; and (b) disclose any information related to your use of a Service or Material, or the substance of any of your posted or submitted Materials, as EDGE deems necessary to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request. You agree to use extra care when disclosing any personally identifiable information about yourself or your children in any Services or when you post or otherwise submit any Materials.

If you are required to establish an account in connection with a particular Service or Material, you must complete the designated registration process for such Service or Material. All required registration information that you provide must be current, complete and accurate and kept up to date on a prompt, timely basis. If required, you must also choose a user name and password for such account. It is your sole responsibility to keep your account number, user name, password and other sensitive information confidential. If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security, you shall notify EDGE immediately. If any Services or Materials provide password-restricted access to your sensitive information (including customer lists and contractual terms), then by accessing or using this Site and setting up a password-restricted account for such Services or Materials, you consent to EDGE’s display of such information via such Services or Materials and accept all risks of unauthorized access to such information.

USE OF EDGE MATERIALS AND USER CONTENT
EDGE Materials and the design, layout or look and feel of this Site are protected by copyright law. Such elements of the Site are protected, including trade dress, trademark, unfair competition and other laws, and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. No Mark, graphic, sound or image from the Site may be copied or retransmitted unless expressly permitted by EDGE. In addition, various sections of the Site may showcase the work of creative professionals. Such Materials (whether EDGE Materials or User Content) belong to their creators, may be protected by Intellectual Property Rights and are for display purposes only. Accordingly, you may not download or print these works unless there is a notice associated with the work expressly permitting such uses.

EDGE’S RIGHTS TO SUBMITTED USER MATERIALS
For all of your User Materials that you post or otherwise submit to the Site, including (a) comments to Communications Venues, (b) feedback, (c) bug reports, (d) piracy reports or (e) product and service suggestions, you grant EDGE and the users of this Site an unrestricted, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free and fully paid up license under all Intellectual Property Rights to use, reproduce, publicly display, publicly perform, copy, edit, modify, translate, reformat, transmit and distribute such User Materials, with or without having your name attached to such User Materials, in any manner or form and for any purpose, with full rights to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of distribution, and you also acknowledge and agree that EDGE is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you provide for any purpose without any compensation to you. You acknowledge and agree that EDGE shall not be liable for any failure to store User Materials on the Site at any time.

RESTRICTION AND TERMINATION OF USE
EDGE may block, restrict, disable, suspend or terminate your access to all or part of the Site, Services and Materials at any time in EDGE’s sole discretion, without prior notice or liability
to you.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The Site, Services or Materials may include links that will take you to other sites outside of the Site (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are provided by EDGE to you as a convenience and the inclusion of the links do not imply any endorsement by EDGE of any Linked Site. EDGE has no control of the Linked Sites and you therefore acknowledge and agree that EDGE is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, any link contained in a Linked Site or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. You further acknowledge and agree that EDGE is not responsible for any form of transmission (e.g. webcasting) received from any Linked Site.

WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS
THE SITE, SERVICES AND MATERIALS, ARE PROVIDED BY EDGE UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EDGE MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SITE, SERVICES OR MATERIALS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) THE SITE, SERVICES OR MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE; (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM. THE USE OF THE SITE, SERVICES OR MATERIALS WILL BE EFFECTIVE, ACCURATE, OR RELIABLE; (iv) THE QUALITY OF THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR MATERIALS PURCHASED OR ACCESSIBLE BY YOU WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND (v) ANY ERRORS OR DEFECTS IN THE SITE, SERVICES OR MATERIALS WILL BE CORRECTED.

THIS SITE, SERVICES AND MATERIALS MAY INCLUDE TECHNICAL OR OTHER MISTAKES, INACCURACIES, OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. EDGE MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE SITE AT ANY TIME IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE. THE SITE, MATERIALS AND SERVICES MAY BE OUT OF DATE, AND EDGE MAKES NO COMMITMENT TO UPDATE THE SITE, MATERIALS AND SERVICES.

EDGE DOES NOT CONTROL OR ENDORSE THE MATERIALS FOUND IN ANY SERVICES AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY WITH REGARD TO THE SITE, SERVICES AND ANY ACTIONS RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND MATERIALS AND PARTICIPATION IN ANY SERVICES. MANAGERS, HOSTS, PARTICIPANTS AND OTHER THIRD PARTIES ARE NOT AUTHORIZED EDGE SPOKESPERSONS, AND THEIR VIEWS DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THOSE OF EDGE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EDGE WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY RELATED TO USER MATERIALS ARISING UNDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, LIBEL, PRIVACY, PUBLICITY, OBSCENITY OR OTHER LAWS. EDGE ALSO DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE MISUSE, LOSS, MODIFICATION OR UNAVAILABILITY OF ANY USER MATERIALS.

THE USE OF THE SITE, SERVICES OR THE DOWNLOADING OR OTHER USE OF ANY MATERIALS IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND WITH YOUR AGREEMENT THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, LOSS OF DATA OR OTHER HARM THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH ACTIVITIES. EDGE ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR ANY COMPUTER VIRUS OR OTHER SIMILAR SOFTWARE CODE THAT IS DOWNLOADED TO YOUR COMPUTER FROM THE SITE OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SERVICES OR MATERIALS. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM EDGE OR VIA THE SITE, SERVICES OR MATERIALS SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS OF USE. EDGE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS THAT YOU MAY INCUR AS A RESULT OF SOMEONE ELSE USING YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR MATERIALS, EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY MAY LAST, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED TO NINETY (90) DAYS.

INTERNATIONAL USERS
This Site can be accessed from countries around the world and may contain references to EDGE services and programs that are not available in your country. These references do not imply that EDGE intends to announce such products, services or programs in your country. The Site is controlled, operated and administered by EDGE Commuication by Design from its offices within the United States of America. EDGE makes no representation that the Site or Services are appropriate or available for use at other locations outside the United States, and access to the Site from territories where the Site or Services are illegal is prohibited. If you access the Site from a location outside the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. See the section on export control laws below for further information.

PERSONAL INFORMATION AND PRIVACY
EDGE will use and protect your data, such as your name and address, in accordance with the EDGE Online Privacy Policy, the contents of which are incorporated by reference into the Terms of Use.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL EDGE, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, PARTNERS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING THOSE RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT FORESEEABLE OR IF EDGE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, INCLUDING BREACH OF CONTRACT OR WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, OR ANY OTHER CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH: (1) THE ACCESS OR USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE, SERVICES, OR MATERIALS; (2) THE STATEMENTS OR ACTIONS OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON OR VIA THE SITE, SERVICES OR MATERIALS; (3) ANY DEALINGS WITH VENDORS OR OTHER THIRD PARTIES; (4) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS, USER MATERIALS OR OTHER DATA; (5) ANY INFORMATION THAT IS SENT OR RECEIVED OR NOT SENT OR RECEIVED; (6) ANY FAILURE TO STORE OR LOSS OF DATA, FILES, MATERIALS OR OTHER CONTENT; (7) ANY SERVICES AVAILABLE THAT ARE DELAYED OR INTERRUPTED; (8) ANY WEB SITE REFERENCED OR LINKED TO FROM THIS SITE; OR (9) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE ANY LINKED SITE. SOME JURISDICTIONS PROHIBIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, THE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS SET FORTH ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

UNSOLICITED IDEA SUBMISSION POLICY
Any unsolicited ideas, including ideas for advertising campaigns, promotions, products, services, technologies, processes, materials, marketing plans or product names, that are sent to EDGE for consideration via this Site shall not be considered or accepted by EDGE, nor deemed confidential or proprietary information (including any original creative artwork, samples, demos or other works presented in connection therewith).

SPAM EMAIL AND POSTINGS
In the event of your or others’ access to or use of the Site, Services or Materials in connection with the transmission of spam newsgroup postings or unsolicited email in violation of these Terms of Use, you acknowledge and agree that EDGE would be irreparably harmed thereunder and that monetary damages would be an insufficient and ineffective remedy; therefore you agree that EDGE is entitled to obtain immediate injunctive relief against any such transmission (in addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity). EDGE may without restriction block, filter or delete unsolicited email.

INDEMNITY AND LIABILITY
You agree to indemnify and hold EDGE and its officers, co-branders, other partners and employees harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of: (a) your User Materials and any other content (e.g. computer viruses) that you may submit, post to or transmit through the Site (including a third party’s use of such User Materials or content (e.g. reliance on the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of your User Materials)); (b) your access to or use of the Site, Services or Materials (including any use by your employees, contractors or agents and all uses of your account numbers, user names and passwords, whether or not actually or expressly authorized by you, in connection with the Site or any Services or Materials); (c) your connection to the Site, Services or Materials; (d) your violation of the Terms of Use; (e) the actions of any member of your Work Group; (f) your infringement of any third party’s Intellectual Property Rights when using any of the Software made available on the Site, Services or in any Materials; (g) your violation of any rights of any third party; (h) your access to or use of Linked Sites and your connections thereto; or (i) any dealings between you and any third parties advertising or promoting via the Site, Services or Materials.

GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
This Site (excluding linked sites) is controlled by EDGE Communication by Design from its offices within the state of Arizona, United States of America. By accessing this Site, you agree that all matters relating to your access to, or use of, this Site shall be governed by the statutes and laws of the State of Arizona, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. The parties specifically disclaim the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. You also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the Superior Court of Maricopa County and the United States District Court for the Central District of Arizona with respect to such matters.

GENERAL
The Terms of Use and other rules, guidelines, licenses and disclaimers posted via the Site or in connection with the Materials and Services constitute the entire agreement between EDGE and you with respect to your access to or use of the Site, Materials and Services superseding any prior agreements between you and EDGE on such subject matter (including any prior versions of the Terms of Use). Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any terms set forth in the Terms of Use expressly contradict any terms of a written agreement between you and EDGE regarding the use of specific Services or Materials (including Service-specific terms of use and Project-specific licenses) (“Executed Agreement”), such contradictory terms set forth in the Executed Agreement shall govern. You may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use other EDGE services or third party content. You may not assign or otherwise transfer the Terms of Use nor any right granted hereunder without EDGE’s prior written consent. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the Terms of Use, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the parties as reflected by that provision, and the remainder of the Terms of Use shall continue in full force and effect. Any failure by EDGE to enforce or exercise any provision of the Terms of Use or related right shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision. The section titles used in the Terms of Use are purely for convenience and carry with them no legal or contractual effect.