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By accessing, using or downloading materials from olympusprofed.com and any and all websites, mobile sites, and other features that link to olympusprofed.com (collectively, “Sites”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. The following Terms of Use should be reviewed carefully. If you cannot or do not agree to or with these Terms of Use, do not use the Sites. Olympus Corporation (“Olympus”) reserves the right to make changes or updates to these Terms of Use at any time without notice. Please visit the site periodically to review the most current terms governing your use of the Sites.

The Sites is intended for healthcare professionals only. By accepting these Terms of Use, you acknowledge that you are a healthcare professional. You are not entitled to use the Site if you are not a healthcare professional. Approved product indications, registrations, and presentations may differ between countries. When visiting the Sites, please keep in mind that not all of our products may be available for use where you live. To obtain the most current product registration details and approved product label, please visit our company's global website at www.olympus-global.com, the company website for your country, or contact your local Olympus representative or distributor.

OWNERSHIP OF CONTENT

The Sites and all of their contents, including but not limited to, all information, content, images, video, text, trademarks, product and service names, marks, slogans, interactive services, and software (collectively, “Content”) are owned by Olympus, its affiliates, subsidiaries, or sponsors (collectively, “Affiliates”) or other third-parties with all rights reserved unless otherwise noted. Content includes certain software that may be used for various purposes (“Software”) and certain specialized content, such as interactive services that allow you to post or display information and materials.

LIMITED LICENSE TO USE THE SITES

You may download Content (one machine-readable copy and one print copy per page on a single computer) only for your personal use for non-commercial purposes, provided that the copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices are not removed from the Content. You may not use, distribute, modify, transmit, reproduce, broadcast, license, transfer, sell, display, or create derivative works from the Content in any way without Olympus’ written permission. You may not post the Content for any public or commercial use. This is a limited license and does not transfer any ownership right.

You may not use the Sites or Content to: (i) post or transmit any false, misleading, abusive, harassing, infringing, threatening, defamatory, libelous, scandalous, obscene, pornographic or profane material that would constitute a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate the law; (ii) impersonate any person or entity, including any Sites moderator or Olympus representative, or to imply that Olympus endorses any statement you make; (iii) advertise or engage in commercial solicitation, or otherwise exploit the Sites for any commercial purposes; (iv) post or transmit any virus, worm, spyware, malicious code, file or program that may or is intended to damage the Sites or Content, or that may or is intended to monitor the use of any hardware, software or equipment; (v) harvest, collect or intercept any data, system, or personally identifiable information from the Sites; (vi) interrupt, interfere or restrict the operation of the Sites or the infrastructure that makes the Sites available; (vii) adapt, modify, reverse engineer, translate, or decompile any portion of the Sites or Content; or (viii) take any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Sites’ network or other infrastructure.

Certain Software may be governed by an additional end user license agreement to which you may be required to agree prior to being granted a license to use such Software.

Olympus will cooperate fully with the law enforcement authorities or any court order requesting Olympus to disclose the identity of anyone violating these Terms of Use.

WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

OLYMPUS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION, CONTAINED IN OR REFERRED TO IN THE SITES, FOR ANY PURPOSE. OLYMPUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS, WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE SITES AND/OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN OR REFERRED TO IN THE SITES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, UNLESS PROHIBITED BY LAW.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL OLYMPUS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, EITHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE SITES (COLLECTIVELY, “DAMAGES”) IN THE EVENT THIS DISCLAIMER CANNOT BE EXCLUDED AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, SHALL OLYMPUS’ TOTAL LIABILITY FOR THE DAMAGES NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY.

LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY SITES

Olympus is responsible only for content generated by Olympus on the Sites. Olympus does not review, is not responsible for, and does not endorse the contents, policies, or use of third-party web sites controlled by parties other than Olympus. Any links to other web sites are provided as merely a convenience to the users of the Sites and your decision to view or use any of such linked web sites is at your own risk.

Olympus does not control, and is not responsible for, the content, security or privacy policies of any third-party web sites. Without limiting the foregoing, Olympus specifically disclaims any responsibility for (i) intellectual property violations; (ii) inaccuracy, incompletion, and misleading information; (iii) security measures, viruses, worms and other destructive items; and (iv) offensive nature, of any content on such third-party web sites. Olympus does not endorse the content, products or services on third-party web sites, and your access to such third-party web sites is at your own risk and without the permission of Olympus.

HEALTHCARE INFORMATION

The Sites may contain information on medical and health-related topics. This information is provided for educational purposes only and is not meant to be a substitute for the medical advice provided by your own physician or other medical professional. Olympus assumes no responsibility for how this information is used. In addition, although Olympus tries to keep the Sites as current as possible, please be aware that healthcare information, by its very nature, changes quite rapidly, so some materials may occasionally be out of date.

APPLICABLE LAWS

The Sites may contain information about products which may or may not be available in any particular country, and if applicable, may have received acceptance or market clearance by a governmental regulatory body for different indications and restrictions in different countries. Each country has specific laws, regulations and practices governing the communication of information on the Internet. Nothing herein should be construed as a solicitation or promotion for any product or for an indication for any product which is not authorized by the laws and regulations of the country where the reader resides.

The Sites are developed and maintained by Olympus from its offices in Tokyo, Japan. All claims relating to the Sites shall be governed by Japanese law. You may not use any of the information contained in the Sites in violation of applicable export laws or regulations or in violation of any applicable laws or regulations.

Any dispute arising out of or in connection with the Sites shall be solely resolved through a legal proceeding before the District Court of Tokyo, which shall have the exclusive jurisdiction over the dispute.

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

©2018 Olympus Corporation -- All rights reserved.

All materials contained on the Sites are protected by Japanese and other applicable copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior written permission of Olympus. You may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright, or other notice from copies of the content.

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