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BioPortfolio RSS Feed: Standard Licence Terms

By downloading a BioPortfolio RSS Feed ( "BioPortfolio Feed") from the BioPortfolio Limited ("BioPortfolio") you agree to be bound by the terms set out below (the "Standard Licence Terms"). These Standard Licence Terms may be updated by the BioPortfolio from time to time. Please review these Standard Licence Terms each time you download a BioPortfolio Feed.

Your download and/or use of a BioPortfolio Feed indicates your agreement to these Standard Licence Terms.

1. Licence

1.1 Subject to the terms of this Agreement the BioPortfolio grants you a non-transferrable, non-sublicensable, royalty free non-exclusive licence to display on your website ("Site") the headlines, active links or other source identifiers and other information or materials that you specifically select to receive from the BioPortfolio via the BioPortfolio Feed ("BioPortfolio Content").

1.2 All title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to the BioPortfolio Feed shall remain the property of the BioPortfolio.

1.3 Nothing in these Standard Licence Terms grants you any right to use the BioPortfolio trade mark on your Site or elsewhere.

2. Use of BioPortfolio Content

2.1 You may not use the Feed or display any BioPortfolio Content on any Site that is a web site that is excluded by the BioPortfolio (scroll down for the list of Excluded Websites as may be amended by the BioPortfolio from time to time).

2.2 YOU MUST ENSURE THAT ALL BioPortfolio CONTENT ON YOUR SITE HAS AN ACCREDITATION TO THE BioPortfolio IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BioPortfolio ACCREDITATION GUIDELINES FROM TIME TO TIME (SCROLL DOWN FOR THE BioPortfolio ACCREDITATION GUIDELINES AS MAY BE AMENDED BY THE BioPortfolio FROM TIME TO TIME).

2.3 YOU MAY NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CHARGE USERS SPECIFICALLY FOR ACCESSING BioPortfolio CONTENT OR OTHERWISE COMMERCIALISE SUCH CONTENT, NOR ATTEMPT TO RE-SELL THE BioPortfolio CONTENT IN ANY WAY.

2.4 Where possible you must create a functional link back to the BioPortfolio News story(ies) summarised by the BioPortfolio Content . If you are displaying the BioPortfolio Feed where a functional link back to the BioPortfolio is not possible, you must display on-screen the URL from which the BioPortfolio Content can be obtained (scroll down to the accreditation section below.) You may not directly or indirectly change, edit, add to or produce summaries of the BioPortfolio Content or any content on the BioPortfolio website nor place any full-story BioPortfolio content in an HTML frame-set.

2.5 You may not directly or indirectly suggest any endorsement or approval by the BioPortfolio of your Site or any non-BioPortfolio entity, product or content or any views expressed within your site or service.

2.6 You acknowledge that the BioPortfolio has absolute editorial control over all BioPortfolio Content and you accept that the BioPortfolio is editorially independent and that the editorial integrity of the BioPortfolio Content is the sole responsibility of the BioPortfolio.

2.7 Should you receive any enquiries which relate to the BioPortfolio or the BioPortfolio Content you should promptly refer such enquiries to peter.barfoot@bioportfolio.com .

3. Warranties & Liability

3.1 You warrant to the BioPortfolio that:

(i) you have fully complied with, and shall continue to comply fully with, all applicable laws and regulations;
(ii) the Site shall contain no material which is libellous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or which brings the BioPortfolio into disrepute, or which is in breach of any third party intellectual property rights; and
(iii) users of the Site shall be required to comply with terms that are equivalent to the Standard Licence Terms in relation to their use of BioPortfolio Content.

3.2 The BioPortfolio Feed is made available by the BioPortfolio on an "as is" and "as available" basis and the BioPortfolio gives no warranty of any kind in relation to the BioPortfolio Feed, the BioPortfolio Content, or any content on the BioPortfolio website. The BioPortfolio disclaims all implied warranties, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, and accuracy regarding the BioPortfolio Content, the BioPortfolio Feed and the BioPortfolio website and any content thereon.

3.3 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW THE BioPortfolio EXCLUDES ALL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE HOWSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY LIABILITY ARISING IN RELATION TO THE BioPortfolio FEED, THE BioPortfolio CONTENT OR ANY CONTENT ON THE BioPortfolio WEBSITE, ANY VIRUS OR OTHER CONTAMINATION OR ANY UNAVAILABILITY OF BioPortfolio CONTENT.

3.4 Each provision of this Clause 3 operates separately in itself and survives independently of the others.

4. Indemnity

4.1 You hereby agree to indemnify, hold harmless and defend the BioPortfolio in respect of all damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and litigation expenses, arising out of or as a result of any breach of the Standard Licence Terms or otherwise in connection with your use of the BioPortfolio Feed (including the BioPortfolio Content).

5. Termination

5.1 You may terminate this Agreement and the licence granted herein at any time by destroying or removing all copies of the BioPortfolio Feed (including the BioPortfolio Content) from your Site, all hard drives, networks and other storage media.

5.2 The BioPortfolio may restrict, suspend or terminate the BioPortfolio Feed, this Agreement, the licence granted herein or your access to the BioPortfolio Feed at any time without liability. You agree to destroy all copies of the BioPortfolio Feed (including the BioPortfolio Content) upon receiving notice of termination from the BioPortfolio.

5.3 Clauses 3, 4 and 6 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

6. General

6.1 Neither party may assign, charge, sublicense or otherwise deal with its rights or obligations in this Agreement in whole or in part to any third party.

6.2 This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements and understandings between the parties concerning its subject matter. Each of the parties acknowledges that it has not relied on any statement made by the other in the course of entering into this Agreement.

6.3 Any failure or delay by either party in exercising its rights under any provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of those rights at any time now or in the future.

6.4 This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and take effect in accordance with English law and the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any claim or dispute which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement.

Excluded Websites

The BioPortfolio's RSS feeds and any BioPortfolio content contained in the BioPortfolio RSS feeds may only be displayed on websites that do not fall into any one or more of the categories listed below. A site will be deemed to fall within one of the following categories where there is a material and prominent section of the Site that falls within such category.

1. Sites that incite hatred whether based on race, religion, gender, sexuality or otherwise, or promote encourage or facilitate anti-social behaviour
2. Sites that promote, encourage or facilitate violence
3. Sites that promote, encourage or facilitate terrorism or other activities that risk UK national security
4. Sites that discriminate against any specific social group or otherwise exploit vulnerable sections of society
5. Sites that promote, facilitate or encourage illegal activity
6. Sites which are misleading, pornographic, defamatory, or that contain illegal, or otherwise actionable content under UK law
7. Sites which infringe individual privacy

Accreditation Guidelines

Any BioPortfolio RSS feed or BioPortfolio content on your site must incorporate an attribution (credit) to the BioPortfolio in one of the following forms:

  • "From BioPortfolio News / BioPortfolio.com" (delete as applicable), or
  • "This content / article is from BioPortfolio News / BioPortfolio.com" (delete as applicable)

If you are displaying a BioPortfolio RSS feed in a context where a functional link back to the article on the BioPortfolio's website is not possible then you must use the following attribution (credit)

  • From BioPortfolio.com news

 

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