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Intellectual Property Notice

Access and use of Harlequin.com are subject to the Harlequin.com Privacy Policy, the Harlequin.com Community Guidelines, and the terms and conditions set out below (together, the “Terms and Conditions”). If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, please do not access or use Harlequin.com.

We reserve the right to change these Terms and Conditions from time to time by updating this posting. Please check these Terms and Conditions periodically for changes. Your continued use of Harlequin.com following the posting of changes to these Terms and Conditions will mean you accept those changes.

Restrictions on Use of Materials

Harlequin.com and its contents are the property of Harlequin Enterprises Limited (“Harlequin”) or its licensors and are protected, without limitation, pursuant to Canadian and foreign copyright and trademark laws. Reproduction, duplication, or distribution of Harlequin.com and/or all or any part of its contents for anything other than your personal, noncommercial use is a violation not only of these Terms and Conditions but also of copyright and trademark laws (unless you have written permission from Harlequin).

Jurisdictional Issues

This site is controlled and operated by Harlequin. Its offices are located in Ontario, Canada. If you choose to access this site from another location, you are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Ontario, Canada, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions or Harlequin.com shall be filed only in the provincial or federal courts located in Ontario, and you hereby submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be void or unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and Conditions and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any remaining provisions. This is the entire agreement between us relating to the subject matter hereof.

Links to Third-Party Sites

Users may, through hypertext or other computer “links, ” gain access to other sites on the Internet which are not part of Harlequin.com and which are not controlled by Harlequin. Harlequin is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Harlequin of the site. HARLEQUIN ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY MATERIAL OUTSIDE OF HARLEQUIN.COM WHICH MAY BE ACCESSED THROUGH ANY SUCH LINK.

Unless otherwise indicated at Harlequin.com, Harlequin.com is not sponsored by or affiliated with the linked sites, and trademarks used in connection with linked sites are not trademarks of Harlequin.

User Materials and License Granted

Materials entered by users on any part of Harlequin.com (“Postings”) are the responsibility of the user entering the Postings. HARLEQUIN HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR POSTINGS. However, Harlequin retains the right, which it may or may not exercise, in its sole discretion, to review, edit, or delete any postings which Harlequin deems to be illegal, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate.

You hereby represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights in and to all Postings you provide and that such Postings shall not infringe any proprietary or other rights of third parties or contain any libelous, tortious, or otherwise unlawful information. YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY HARLEQUIN FROM ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES, COSTS, OR EXPENSES WHICH HARLEQUIN, ITS AFFILIATES, THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AND AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES MAY INCUR AS A RESULT OF POSTINGS.

By contributing Postings to Harlequin.com, you give (or warrant that the owner of such rights has expressly given) to Harlequin and its affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable and nonexclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, edit, adapt, publish, translate, broadcast, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display and publicize such content anywhere, for any purpose and in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, without any compensation to you. In addition, you acknowledge and agree that you have waived any moral rights in your Postings. You further agree that Harlequin is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any of the Postings for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information, without compensation to you.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, HARLEQUIN IS PROVIDING HARLEQUIN.COM “AS IS” AND MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, IN ANY CONNECTION WITH HARLEQUIN.COM, ITS CONTENTS, OR ANY WEB SITE OR CONTENTS WITH WHICH IT IS LINKED. HARLEQUIN DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTION OF HARLEQUIN.COM OR ITS CONTENTS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT HARLEQUIN.COM OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL HARLEQUIN BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF INCOME OR PROFIT, LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, OR FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY COMPENSATORY, INCIDENTAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES), EVEN IF HARLEQUIN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF HARLEQUIN.COM, ITS CONTENTS, OR ANY WEB SITE OR CONTENTS WITH WHICH IT IS LINKED. IN NO EVENT SHALL HARLEQUIN’S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR ACCESSING THIS SITE.

PRICE AND AVAILABILITY INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

ALL PRICES, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ARE IN U.S. DOLLARS.

ALL ORDERS ARE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL.

LAST UPDATED: AUGUST 19, 2011

Intellectual Property Notice

Copyright © 2000–2013 Harlequin Enterprises Limited. All rights reserved. All rights reserved.

Harlequin Enterprises Limited or its affiliated companies either owns the intellectual property rights in the content of this web site or has obtained the permission of the owner of such intellectual property to use the content on this site.

The content on our web site is made available to you for noncommercial, personal, or educational purposes only. The content may not be modified in any manner and the intellectual property notice must be included on every display and copy of the content. No other use is permitted. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any right under any copyright of Harlequin Enterprises Limited or any other person who owns the copyright in the content provided on our web site.

All trademarks and trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Harlequin Enterprises Limited or its affiliated companies or are the trademarks of their respective owners. The display of trademarks or trade names on this web site does not convey or create any license or other rights in these marks or names. Any unauthorized use of these trademarks and trade names is strictly prohibited.

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