Terms of Service

Welcome to SonoSite's Web site (the "Site")! These terms of use ("Site Terms") apply exclusively to your access to, and use of, the Site so please read them carefully. They do not alter in any way the terms or conditions of any other agreement you may have with SonoSite for other products or services.

SonoSite reserves the right to change or modify any of the terms and conditions contained in the Site Terms or any policy or guideline of the Site, at any time and in its sole discretion. Any changes or modification will be effective upon posting of the revisions and notice of such changes to the Site. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of its changes or modifications will constitute your acceptance of such changes or modifications. Therefore, you should frequently review the Site Terms and applicable policies from time-to-time to understand the terms and conditions that apply to your use of the Site.

BY ACCESSING, BROWSING, AND USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED BELOW, ALL POLICIES AND GUIDELINES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, AND ANY SUBSEQUENT CHANGES TO THE FOREGOING. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE SITE TERMS OR ANY SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATION, DO NOT ACCESS, BROWSE OR OTHERWISE USE THIS SITE.

If you have any question regarding the use of the Site or its content, please direct any questions or comments to our webmaster.

Incorporated Policies or Terms

Privacy Policy. SonoSite believes strongly in protecting user privacy and providing you notice of SonoSite's collection and use data, including personally identifying information, collected from the Site. Therefore, SonoSite is has adopted a Privacy Policy that you should refer to fully understand how SonoSite uses and collects information.

License and Site Access

SonoSite grants you a limited license to make personal use only of the Site. Such grant does not include, without limitation: a.) any resale or commercial use of the Site or content therein; b.) the collection and use of any product listings or descriptions; c.) making derivative uses of the Site and its contents; or d.) use of any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction methods. Except as noted above, you are not conveyed any right or license by implication, estoppel, or otherwise in or under any patent, trademark, copyright, or proprietary right of SonoSite or any third party.
You may not use, frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any SonoSite trademark, logo or other proprietary information (including the images found at this Site, the content of any text or the layout/design of any page or form contained on a page) without SonoSite's express written consent. Further, you may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing a SonoSite name, trademark, or product name without SonoSite's express written consent.
Any unauthorized use of this Site will terminate the permission or license granted by these Site Terms and may violate applicable law including copyright laws, trademark laws (including trade dress), and communications regulations and statutes. All violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Copyright

All copyrighted and copyrightable materials on this Site, including, without limitation, the SonoSite logo, design, text, graphics, pictures, sound files and other files, and the selection and arrangement thereof and products and services for sale such as video tutorial downloads and seminar registrations (the "Services") (the Services and other content on the Site are collectively referred to In these Terms as the "Materials") are ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Copyright © 2007, SonoSite, Inc. and/or its licensors. Except as stated herein, none of the Materials may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means, including, but not limited to, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SonoSite or the respective copyright owner. Permission is granted to display, copy, distribute and download the Materials on this Site for personal, non-commercial, and informational use only; provided that, you may not, without the permission of SonoSite or the respective copyright owner, a.) copy, publish, or post any Materials on any computer network or broadcast or publications media, b.) modify the Materials, and c.) remove or alter any copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the Materials.

Copyright Complaints

SonoSite respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied and has been posted to this Site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide SonoSite's copyright agent the following written information:
An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;
A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site;
Your address, telephone number, and e-mail 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;
A statement by you, made 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.
SonoSite's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on this Site is SonoSite's Legal Department which can be reached as follows:

Legal Department
SonoSite Inc.
21919 30th Drive SE
Bothell WA 98021-3094
425-951-1200
425-951-1201

Trademarks and Service Marks

SonoSite, the SonoSite logo, and the products and services described in this Site, including without limitation, 180, 180PLUS, SonoHeart, SonoHeart Elite, iLook, Titan, SonoSite Titan, MicroMaxx, SonoCalc, SonoMB, SonoIQ, Imaging Physical, SONOPAC, SiteCharge, SiteStand, and SitePack are either trademarks, service marks or registered trademarks of SonoSite and its suppliers and licensors, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of SonoSite or its suppliers or licensors. In addition, all page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts are service marks, trademarks, and/or trade dress of SonoSite, and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of SonoSite. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and SonoSite names or logos mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

Linking

Links to the Site. You are granted a limited, non-exclusive right to create a hyperlink to this Site provided such link does not portray SonoSite or any of its products and services in a false, misleading, derogatory or otherwise defamatory manner. You may not use a SonoSite logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark of SonoSite to link to this Site without the express written permission of SonoSite. This limited right may be revoked at any time.

Third-Party Links. SonoSite makes no claim or representation regarding, and accepts no responsibility for, the quality, content, nature or reliability of sites accessible by hyperlink from this Site, or sites linking to this Site. The linked sites are not under the control of SonoSite and SonoSite is not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, or any review, changes or updates to such sites. SonoSite is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply affiliation, endorsement, or adoption by SonoSite of the site or any information contained therein. When leaving the SonoSite site, you should be aware that SonoSite's terms and policies no longer govern, and, therefore, you should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of that site.

Submissions

You agree that any materials, including but not limited to questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, plans, notes, drawings, original or creative materials or other information, provided by you in the form of e-mail or submissions to SonoSite, or postings on this Site, are non-confidential (subject to SonoSite's Privacy Policy) and shall become the sole property of SonoSite. SonoSite shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use of these materials for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. The submission of any materials to SonoSite, including the posting of materials to any forum or interactive area, irrevocably waives any and all "moral rights" in such materials, including the rights of paternity and integrity.

Video Tutorial Download and Seminar Registration Services

Purchase of Services. You can select video tutorial downloads for purchase at the Shop. At the time of checkout, you will be directed to PayPal where you can pay by credit card or with your PayPal account. Once PayPal confirms that payment Is authorized, you will see a "Complete Purchase" button appear on your screen. When you click that button, the download will begin. In addition, you will receive an email from admin@site-institute.com with Instructions for downloading the video tutorial If you prefer to complete the downloading process at another time. If the transmission Is Interrupted In any way during download, please click the link In the email again to Initiate another download attempt.

You can also register for medical education seminars sponsored by SonoSite at the Shop using PayPal.

Please read the product Information for the Services carefully prior to purchase since software downloads are non-refundable.

Applicable sales tax Is Included In the prices for Services where required by local law In the jurisdiction where the purchaser resides.

License for Services. This license permits you to Install and use the Services on one computer and one MP3 mobile device. Except to the extent permitted by applicable law, you may not copy, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, distribute, modify or create derivative works of the Services or any part thereof. You may not rent, lease, lend or sublicense the Services. No portion of the Services may be reproduced In any form or by any means. You agree that the Services, Including but not limited to graphics, audio clips, and editorial content, contain proprietary Information and material that Is owned by SonoSite and/or Its licensors, and Is protected by applicable Intellectual property and other laws, Including but not limited to, copyright, and that you will not use such proprietary Information or materials In any way whatsoever except for the permitted use of the Services contained in this license.

Disclaimers

"AS IS" BASIS. THIS SITE AND THE MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING ALL CONTENT, DATA OR SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTED BY, DOWNLOADED OR ACCESSED FROM OR THROUGH THIS SITE, IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

WARRANTY DISCLAIMER. SONOSITE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT AS TO THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS, CONTENT, SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ON THE SITE. SONOSITE DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT MATERIALS IN THIS SITE ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, OR ERROR-FREE. SONOSITE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS RELATING TO PRICING, TEXT, OR PHOTOGRAPHY. WHILE SONOSITE ATTEMPTS TO ENSURE YOUR ACCESS AND USE OF THE SITE IS SAFE, SONOSITE CANNOT AND DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THIS SITE OR ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

SonoSite reserves the right to change any and all content contained on this Site at any time without notice. Reference to any products, services, processes, or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by SonoSite.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL SONOSITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS, OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THIS SITE OR THE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN, OR ACCESSED THROUGH, THIS SITE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF SONOSITE (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE WHETHER ACTIVE, PASSIVE OR IMPUTED), PRODUCT LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF SONOSITE'S SITE EXCEED $5.00 OR THE COMPENSATION YOU PAID SONOSITE, WHICHEVER IS LESS.

Certain laws do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If these laws apply, some or all of the above disclaimers, exclusions, or limitations, may not apply to you, and you may have additional rights to those contained herein.

Applicable Law and Venue

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, applicable to agreements made and entirely to be performed within the State of Washington, without resort to its conflict of law provisions. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these terms and conditions shall be filed only in state or federal court located in the state of Washington, and you hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of these terms and conditions.

Termination

Notwithstanding any of these terms and conditions, SonoSite reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, to terminate your license to use the Site, and to block or prevent future access to and use of the Site.

Severability

If any provision of these Site Terms shall be deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms and conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.