These Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms and Conditions”) apply to your use of and registration with the https://www.continuuminnovation.com (together with associated and successor websites and services, the “Site”).

These Terms and Conditions constitute a legal agreement between you and Continuum LLC (“CONTINUUM”). Your access to, and browsing, review and use of the Site is subject to these Terms and Conditions and all applicable laws. By accessing and using the Site, you accept these Terms and Conditions, without limitation or qualification. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, do not use the Site. If, at any time, any part of these Terms and Conditions is no longer acceptable to you, immediately terminate your use of the Site.

Right to Change, Modify or Delete these Terms and Conditions

CONTINUUM reserves the right to change, modify, add or delete portions of these Terms and Conditions at any time, without prior notice. Please re-review these Terms and Conditions periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Site after changes, modifications, additions or deletions are made to these Terms and Conditions will mean that you accept such changes, modifications, additions and deletions.

Privacy

Please refer to CONTINUUM’s Privacy Policy for information regarding the Company’s collection, use, and storage of users’ information. CONTINUUM’s Privacy Policy can be found here: Privacy Policy. By accessing and using the Site, you accept CONTINUUM’s Privacy Policy, without limitation or qualification. If you do not agree to CONTINUUM’s Privacy Policy, do not use the Site.

Copyright and Use of Site Content

This Site and all the information it contains, or may in the future contain, including, but not limited to, articles, memoranda, bulletins, reports, press releases, opinions, text, directories, guides, photographs, illustrations, trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos (collectively, the “Content”), is the property of CONTINUUM or its licensors, and is protected from unauthorized copying and dissemination by U.S. Copyright law, trademark law, international conventions, and other intellectual property laws. Certain of the trademarks and logos displayed on the site are owned by third parties. Except as described in these Terms and Conditions, nothing contained on this Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use this Site or any Content displayed on this Site, through the use of framing or otherwise, without the prior written permission of CONTINUUM or such third party that may own the trademark or copyright of material displayed on this Site.

CONTINUUM encourages and permits links to Content on the Site. However, CONTINUUM is an organization committed to the highest professional standards. Therefore, CONTINUUM does not grant any license or other permission for links or other use of the Site or its Content if such use or link: (a) suggests that CONTINUUM promotes or endorses any third party’s causes, ideas, political campaigns, web sites, products or services, (b) copies, displays, disseminates or otherwise uses the Content without CONTINUUM’s express written consent, or (c) uses the Content for commercial purposes. Furthermore, CONTINUUM does not grant its consent for links to the Site where the linking party engages in any Prohibited Conduct (as described in these Terms and Conditions). CONTINUUM reserves the right to withdraw permission for any link at any time.

Subject to your full compliance with these terms, CONTINUUM authorizes you to view the Content, make a single copy of it, and print that copy, but only for your own lawful, personal, noncommercial use, provided that you maintain all copyright, trademark and other intellectual property notices contained in such Content, and provided that the Content, or any part thereof, is not modified.

Responses to Online Requests

From time to time, CONTINUUM may offer to provide information or materials via e-mail or otherwise to interested persons. CONTINUUM reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to reject any requests for such information or materials, or to discontinue the provision of such information or materials to any person, for any reason whatsoever.

Prohibited Conduct

You may use the Site for lawful purposes only. You may not upload to, or distribute or otherwise publish through the Site, any Content that is any of the following:

Is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, harassing or threatening, or otherwise objectionable to CONTINUUM in the Company’s sole discretion;
contains computer viruses, worms, moles or other contaminating or destructive elements;
violates the rights of others, such as Content that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or violates any right of privacy or publicity;
contains any false or misleading statement;
contains advertising; or
otherwise violates any applicable criminal or civil law. You may not use the Site for any commercial purpose and may not distribute over the Site any solicitation of funds, goods or services. In addition, you may not use the Site to solicit subscribers to join other online information services that are competitive with the Site.
Content Management and Removal
CONTINUUM does not and cannot review generally the content posted by users of the Site (“Users’ Content”) and is not responsible for such Users’ Content. However, CONTINUUM reserves the right to cancel your access to these areas and/or delete, move, or edit any Users’ Content (including messages posted in any forum) that it may determine, in its sole discretion, violates these Terms and Conditions or is otherwise objectionable. You shall remain solely responsible for all Users’ Content posted by you or by any other person using your account. CONTINUUM shall have the right, but not the obligation, to correct any errors or omissions in any Users’ Content, as it may determine in its sole discretion. You hereby irrevocably grant to CONTINUUM the right and license to use all Users’ Content posted by you or by any other person using your account, including without limitation the right to publish, publicly display, and made derivative works of such content.

Intellectual Property Infringement Policy

CONTINUUM prohibits the posting of any information that infringes or violates the copyright rights and/or other intellectual property rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of any person or entity. If you believe that your intellectual property right (or such a right that you are responsible for enforcing) is infringed by any content on the Site, please write to CONTINUUM at the below address, giving a written statement that contains the following information: (a) an identification of the copyrighted work and/or intellectual property right claimed to have been infringed; (b) an identification of the allegedly infringing material on the Site that is requested to be removed; (c) your name, address, and daytime telephone number, and an e-mail address if available; (d) a statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted work and/or exercise of the intellectual property right is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law; (e) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that the signatory is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the right that is allegedly infringed; and (f) the signature of the intellectual property right owner or someone authorized on the owner’s behalf to assert infringement of the right. CONTINUUM will remove any posted submission that infringes the copyright or other intellectual property right of any person under U.S. law upon receipt of such a statement (or any statement in conformance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)). U.S. law provides significant penalties for submitting such a statement falsely. Under appropriate circumstances, persons who repeatedly submit infringing or unlawful material will be prohibited from posting further submissions. CONTINUUM’s contact for submission of notices under this section is: Attention: Copyright Agent, Continuum LLC, 1220 Washington Street, West Newton, Massachusetts 02465 and copyright [email protected].

Non-Endorsement

CONTINUUM does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any Users’ Content displayed, uploaded, posted on any message board, or otherwise distributed through the Site by any subscriber, information provider or any other third party. CONTINUUM expressly disclaims any liability related to Users’ Content, and you acknowledge that any reliance upon such Subscriber Content shall be at your sole risk.

The Site may contain links to sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by third parties (the “External Sites”). You acknowledge that CONTINUUM is not responsible for the availability of, or the content or software applications located on or through any External Site. You should contact the site administrator or webmaster for those External Sites if you have any concerns regarding such links or External Sites.

Subscriber Qualifications

When registering with or applying to CONTINUUM you must provide accurate, complete, and current registration information and you agree to provide CONTINUUM with any updates to that information promptly after such changes occur.
Individual subscriptions to the Site are available only to persons who are at least 18 years of age. Minors may receive access keys or user id/passwords only as part of an authorized group subscription. The Site is not designed for or directed to children under the age of 13.

Your right to use the Site is personal to you and cannot be transferred to any other person.
You shall be responsible for obtaining communication services, computer equipment and other products or services necessary to access and use the Site. You shall be responsible for all charges associated with accessing and maintaining a connection to the Site including, but not limited to, charges imposed by an Internet service provider, or your local telephone company.

Third Parties

CONTINUUM may provide you with links to third party web sites, and some of the Content appearing to originate from the Site may be supplied by third party Content providers. CONTINUUM has no responsibility for these third-party web sites, which are governed by these Terms and Conditions and privacy policies, if any, of the applicable third-party Content providers.

Access to and Availability of the Site

The Site may become unavailable to you as a result of maintenance, malfunction of computer hardware or software, or for other reasons, and may result in damages to your systems or operations. You shall be solely responsible for ensuring that any information or content obtained from the Site does not contain any virus, worm, mole or other computer software code or subroutine designed to disable, erase, impair or otherwise damage your systems, software, or data.

Restriction, Suspension or Termination

CONTINUUM reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict, suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of the Site at any time for any reason without prior notice or liability and without any obligation to refund any portion of fees paid for any product or service.

CONTINUUM may change, suspend or discontinue all or any aspect of the Site at any time, including the availability of any Site feature, database, or content, without prior notice or liability.

Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SITE AND THE CONTENT ARE DISTRIBUTED ON AN “AS IS, AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. NEITHER CONTINUUM, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS NOR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE, ANY CONTENT OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES SOLD OR DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE AND THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT IS ASSUMED SOLELY BY YOU. NEITHER CONTINUUM NOR ANY PROVIDER OF THIRD PARTY CONTENT OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS WARRANTS THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; NOR DOES CONTINUUM, ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDER, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SITE OR THE CONTENT.
IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, YOU HEREBY WAIVE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542 THAT PROVIDES: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MIGHT HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”

Limitation of Liability

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL CONTINUUM NOR ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDER NOR THEIR RESPECTIVE PREDECESSORS, SUCCESSORS, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, PAST OR PRESENT OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, INVESTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES ATTORNEYS, LICENSORS OR INFORMATION PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, THE LIABILITY OF CONTINUUM, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Indemnification

You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold CONTINUUM, and all of its predecessors, successors, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and past and present officers, directors, shareholders, investors, employees, agents, information providers, attorneys, representatives, licensors and information providers (collectively, the “CONTINUUM Representatives”) harmless from and against any and all liability, losses, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by CONTINUUM or any CONTINUUM Representative in connection with any claim arising out of any use or alleged use by you of this site or arising out of or in relation to any breach by you of these Terms and conditions, or the representations, warranties and covenants you made by agreeing to these Terms and Conditions. CONTINUUM reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate reasonably with CONTINUUM’s defense of such claim.

Choice of Law

These Terms and Conditions shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to conflict of laws principles.

Entire Agreement

These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

No Amendment or Waiver

Except as provided in the section above entitled “Right to Change, Modify or Delete these Terms and Conditions,” these Terms and Conditions may not be amended except in writing signed by both parties. No waiver by either party shall be deemed a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default, unless such a waiver is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of CONTINUUM.