Terms and Conditions

These Terms and Conditions (the "Terms") constitute an agreement between ‘Applied Researches’, ("Applied Researches"), and you. By clicking the "I Accept" button, placing an order for content or services or by creating an account, signing in via a web browser or mobile app or otherwise or accessing and/or using all or a portion of the Content or Services (defined below), you acknowledge and agree that you have read and understand the Terms, that the provisions, disclosures and disclaimers set forth in the Terms are fair and reasonable and that your agreement to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions is voluntary and not the result of fraud, duress or undue influence exercised upon you by any person or entity. If the Terms are considered an offer by you, ‘Applied Researches’ acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. Written approval is not a prerequisite to the validity or enforceability of the Terms.

For purpose of the Terms:

"Services" means the subscription portals and the services made available through access to and use of the one or more of Applied Researches' web sites, including but not limited to appliedresearches.com (collectively, the "Site").
"Content" means the reports, articles, papers, news, and other materials made available through the Services, including but not limited to, all charts, graphs, presentation slides, infographics, audios, videos, pictures, and tables.

If your use of the Services or Content includes the registration by you of individuals in addition to yourself ("Other Registrants") you hereby represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind such Other Registrants to the Terms. By registering, you further represent and warrant to ‘Applied Researches’ that all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate, and that you will update such information as and when necessary to keep it accurate and up to date. In addition, you agree that each use of the term "you" in the Terms will include you and each of such Other Registrants and that you shall be responsible for ensuring that each such Other Registrant complies with the Terms. If you are acting on behalf of an entity, you hereby represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind such entity and that you and each of the Other Registrants is an employee of such entity. You agree further that each use of the term "you" in the Terms shall refer to such entity.

The definition of "Terms" shall include any terms describing additional obligations or restrictions accompanying your order of the Content or Services, including, without limitation, any payment obligations, specified Service period and usage restrictions. If you are deemed to have ordered the Content or Services, Applied Researches' acceptance is expressly conditional on your assent to the Terms to the exclusion of all other terms. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Terms, if you have executed a separate written agreement with ‘Applied Researches’ that governs access to or use of the Content or Services, then the terms of such agreement and not these Terms shall govern and control. If the Terms are considered an offer by you, Applied Researches' acceptance is expressly limited to the Terms.

The Terms contain warranty disclaimers and other provisions that limit Applied Researches' liability to you. Please read the Terms carefully and in their entirety. If you do not agree to be bound to each and every term and condition set forth herein, please do not use or access the Services.

By using the Content or Services, you hereby grant ‘Applied Researches’ permission to send you messages regarding the Content or Services, its features, service alerts, and network activity.

‘Applied Researches’ reserves the right to modify the Terms from time to time with or without notice, and Applied Researches will post the modified Terms at www.appliedresearches.com or other interfaces through which you have ordered the Content or Services. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review the Terms periodically to familiarize yourself with any modifications. With respect to such modified Terms, ‘Applied Researches’ may, at its sole discretion, require you to execute a "click accept" agreement incorporated into or as a condition of accessing Content or Services after initial delivery. Even without such "click accept" agreement, your continued use of the Content or Services after such modifications will constitute your acknowledgement and agreement of the modified Terms.

If you do not agree to any changes in the Terms as they may occur, your continued right to access and use such Content or Services shall immediately terminate and you agree that you shall discontinue your use of the Content or Services. You agree that ‘Applied Researches’ is not liable to you or to any third party for any modification of the Terms or termination of your access to the Services except as specifically set forth herein.

Age Restriction

The Services are intended for persons eighteen (18) years or older. Persons under the age of eighteen (18) should not access or use the Services. By using the Services, you represent and warrant to us that you are eighteen (18) years of age or older and that your use of the Services does not violate any applicable law.

Use of Content

‘Applied Researches’ may provide certain Content (e.g. Report Overviews) at no cost and certain Content for a cost (e.g. full reports).

You may view free Content online at the Site, download it onto the drive of one hardware device or print one copy of it, and use it for your own reference purposes in connection with your internal business purposes only; provided that you keep intact any and all copyright and proprietary notices. All other rights in the free Content are reserved by ‘Applied Researches’.

You may also purchase from the Site Content made available at a cost (the "Purchased Content"). The "Purchased Content may be available for download and use in certain specified formats, for example, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint, or Adobe PDF. It is your responsibility to determine which format suits your needs best and which format will enable you to successfully receive and access any Purchased Content prior to your placement of an order. Please note that from time to time ‘Applied Researches’ may modify the formats in which Purchased Content is made available, so you should always check before making a purchase.

With Purchased Content, you may:

view the Purchased Content online at the Site;
download one copy of the Purchased Content in an available electronic format;
store the Purchased Content in electronic format on the drive of one hardware device; and
print out one copy of the Purchased Content;
incorporate 10% or less of a report or article contained within the Purchased Content (a "Limited Extract") within material developed by you or an Other Registrant ("New Material") and use the Limited Extract together with the New Material for your internal business purposes only and not for resale, distribution or disclosure to third parties.

provided that you keep intact all and any copyright and proprietary notices on and within the Purchased Content and such New Material is accurate, fair and reasonable.

With Purchased Content, you may not:

assign your rights under the Terms;
offer the Purchased Content for resale or sublicense;
scan, photocopy, fax, or in any other way reproduce or copy the Purchased Content other than as permitted;
distribute or disclose the Purchased Content to any third party, whether by electronic mail or over a network or otherwise;
upload the Purchased Content to any database or server or display or make available the Purchased Content to any third party or unregistered parties;
except as specifically provided for elsewhere in these Terms, you may not knowingly permit anyone other than an Other Registrant to access or use the Purchased Content or the Services; or
use Purchased Content that has been updated or revised by ‘Applied Researches’ in its original form.

Access; Duration; Deletion of Content

You are responsible for obtaining and maintaining all of the hardware, software, Internet access, and other products and services that you may need to use the Services and the Content. You are responsible for protecting and safeguarding any keys, certificates, passwords, access codes, user IDs or other login information (collectively, "Passwords") that are provided to you or that are generated in connection with your use of the Services and the Content. You are fully and solely responsible for all activities that occur using your Passwords.

The Terms shall be effective as of the date you accept them or first access or use the Content or the Services (the "Effective Date") and shall remain in effect until such acceptance or access is terminated in accordance with these Terms. ‘Applied Researches’ shall have the right to terminate the Terms at any time with or without cause. The terms herein that contemplate obligations after termination, include but not limited to Indemnification, Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability, Controlling Law and Severability, and Confidentiality, shall survive termination.

You agree that the access you have been granted prohibits you from using the Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. You will make every reasonable effort to prevent unauthorized third parties from accessing the Services. You represent and warrant that you will not breach the security of the Software or Services or attempt to gain unauthorized access to or interfere with operation of the Software or Services or with any other person's use of the Services. You agree not to use the Services in excess of or beyond the maximum number of registered users and/or devices for which you have been registered. If you are an employer, you will not attempt to circumvent such limitation by permitting your employees or agents to share the same account regardless of whether such sharing occurs at different times. For clarity, and by way of example, if you are an employer you will not allow one of your employees to login with name1/password2 in the morning and then later in the same day, allow a different employee to login with the same name1/password2. For purpose of the Terms, "Software" means (i) the server, platform and application software hosted by or on behalf of ‘Applied Researches’ underlying and used to deliver the Services and the Content, (ii) all server, platform and application software of third parties used to host, support or connect the software referred to in subsection (i) and accessible by you as part of the Services, and (iii) all underlying algorithms, user interfaces and network and database designs and schemas, architecture, class libraries and objects, the unique expressions of the selection, organization and presentation of user visible functions, all updates, upgrades, patches, maintenance releases and bug fixes and all documentation relating to any of the foregoing, whether in read only memory, on any other media or in any other form.

Upon termination of the Terms, you shall no longer be permitted to use or access the Services or the Content. You and any Other Registrants agree to permanently delete all stored copies of any Purchased Content within 30 days following termination; provided that your right to continue to use the Limited Extract within the New Materials which were created prior to such termination shall survive.

‘Applied Researches’ Intellectual Property Rights

The Content, the Software, the Services and all processes, analyses and methodologies, know-how, and trade secrets used by ‘Applied Researches’ in performing the Services and creating the Content and any related Intellectual Property rights throughout the world and all modifications thereto and derivative works thereof developed solely by ‘Applied Researches’, or by or with the input of another party (the "‘Applied Researches’ Intellectual Property") are protected by Indian copyright act and other intellectual property laws, belong to ‘Applied Researches’ and may not be used or reproduced by you without the express written permission of ‘Applied Researches’. ‘Applied Researches’ hereby reserves any and all intellectual property rights in the ‘Applied Researches’ Intellectual Property.

You agree that, except as specifically permitted in these Terms, you will not: (a) alter, modify, adapt, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or hack the Software or Services, or create derivative works from the ‘Applied Researches’ Intellectual Property; (b) license, share, resell, sell, provide for service bureau use, or otherwise transfer the ‘Applied Researches’ Intellectual Property or access to such ‘Applied Researches’ Intellectual Property to any third party; (c) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the ‘Applied Researches’ Intellectual Property; (d) remove or alter any copyright notices or other notices included in the ‘Applied Researches’ Intellectual Property; (e) access or use the Services to offer, build or support, or assist a third party in offering, building or supporting, products or services competitive with ‘Applied Researches’; (f) perform or disclose any benchmark or performance tests of the Services without ‘Applied Researches’'s prior written consent; or (g) perform or disclose any of the following security test activities related to the Services or associated infrastructure without ‘Applied Researches’'s prior written consent: network discovery, port and service identification, vulnerability scanning, password cracking, remote access testing or penetration testing.

Privacy

Your use of the Services is subject to your acceptance of the terms and conditions set forth in Applied Researches' Privacy Policy, the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein, and which can be found at https://www.appliedresearches.com/privacypolicy (the "Privacy Policy"). The terms and conditions set forth in the Privacy Policy may be changed by ‘Applied Researches’ in its sole discretion and those changes become effective upon posting. It is your responsibility to review the Privacy Policy for revisions thereto.

Disclaimer

You acknowledge and agree that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Terms or the Content, the Content and Services are for information purposes only and do not constitute managerial, legal or accounting advice, nor do they serve as a corporate policy or guide, laboratory manual or an endorsement of any product, service or process. The information contained in the Content and Services are intended to be as accurate as possible at the time of publication, but ‘Applied Researches’ assumes no responsibility for any losses or damages that might result because of their use by you or any acts taken or not taken by you based on the Content.

Third Party Links, Payments

The Services may, from time to time, contain embedded access and links to third party web services and web sites including but not limited to embedded access to third party payment applications. This access and these links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as a guarantee, warranty, or recommendation by ‘Applied Researches’ of the security, services, information, content and/or data on such third-party web services or sites or as an indication of any affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement of such third party web sites. ‘Applied Researches’ is not responsible for the content of linked third party web sites or embedded services you access and does not make any representations or warranties regarding the privacy practices of, or the content or accuracy of materials on or available through, such third-party services and websites. If you decide to access linked third-party web sites or use embedded third-party services, you do so at your own risk. Your use of third-party websites and embedded services is subject to the terms of use for such sites and services, respectively.

Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties; Limitation of Liabilities

The services and content are provided on an "as is," "as-available" basis. ‘Applied Researches’ makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the services or content. ‘Applied Researches’ assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in providing the services or content or any losses or damages arising from the use of the services or content.

The content provided through the services is general and may not be suitable for your particular needs. You should verify critical information before taking action with respect to the content generated by the services. ‘Applied Researches’ expressly disclaims all representations and warranties relating to the services, including but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, quality, accuracy, authenticity, title and non-infringement, that the services will function without interruption or errors in functioning, that any update will continue to be made available, that defects in the services or content will be corrected, or that the services will be compatible or work with any third party software, applications or third party services. The operation of the services may be interrupted due to maintenance, updates, or system or network failures. ‘Applied Researches’ disclaims all liability for damages caused by any such interruption or errors in functioning. Furthermore, ‘Applied Researches’ disclaims all liability for any malfunctioning, impossibility of access, or poor use conditions of the services due to inappropriate equipment, disturbances related to internet service providers, cellular service providers, cellular network operators, to the saturation of the internet network and for any other reason.

You acknowledge that the services rely upon data communication mediums which are not controlled by ‘Applied Researches’ and which may be vulnerable to data or security breaches, including, without limitation, networks used by your carriers and the databases and servers controlled by your internet providers. ‘Applied Researches’ shall not be liable for any such breaches.

You acknowledge that the services are not intended or suitable for use in situations or environments where the failure or time delay of, or errors or inaccuracies in, the content or information provided by the services could lead to death, personal injury, or severe physical, financial or environmental damage. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, ‘Applied Researches’ makes no representations or warranties with respect to any content offered or provided within or through the software or services.

Under no circumstances, as a result of your use of the services, will ‘Applied Researches’ or any other contributor or other user be liable to you or to any other person for any direct, indirect or speculative damages (including, without limiting the foregoing, consequential, incidental, and special damages) including, but not limited to, loss of use, business interruptions, and loss of profits, regardless of whether these parties had advance notice of the possibility of any such damages. ‘Applied Researches’ and its affilates' and contributors and their respective officers', directors', shareholders', employees', and agents' total liability (in the aggregate) to you for any claim arising out of or relating to your use or inability to use the services or the content and the terms, whether in contract or in tort, shall not exceed one hundred dollars (us$100). Each provision of the terms that provides for a limitation of liability, disclaimer of warranties, or exclusion of damages is to allocate the risks under the terms between the parties. This allocation is an essential element of the basis of the bargain between the parties. Each of these provisions is severable and independent of all other provisions of the terms. The limitations in this section will apply notwithstanding the failure of essential purpose of any limited remedy under the terms.

No oral or written information or advice given by ‘Applied Researches’ or an approved representative shall create a warranty. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitations on applicable statutory rights of a consumer, so the above exclusions and limitations may not apply.

The following applies to end users who live within Australia, the UK and the EU:

‘Applied Researches’ uses reasonable care and skill to ensure the accuracy of the content provided through the services. Information contained on the site may not be fully accurate and is provided "as is".

Release

In the event that you have a dispute with one or more other users of the Services you agree that the dispute is between you and such other user and you hereby release ‘Applied Researches’ (and its officers, directors, employees and agents) from claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such dispute(s). If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code 1542, which says: "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 must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold ‘Applied Researches’ and its officers, directors, employees and agents harmless from any charges, complaints, damages, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees and expert fees) due to, arising out of or relating in any way to (1) any Content, (2) any violation by you of the Terms or any applicable rule, regulation or law, and (3) your access or use of the Services and/or the Content.

Export

Your access to and use of the Services and Content shall comply with all applicable export laws of India, including, without limitation, the Indian Export Administration Regulations and the prohibitions and restrictions mandated by agencies of Indian government. Without limiting the foregoing, the Services and Content may not be exported or re-exported into (or to a resident or national of): (a) any country sanctioned by Indian government identified on the list published by Indian government and may be updated from time to time; (b) or any other prohibited country, person, end-user or entity specified by the Indian government. You will not use any Content for any purpose prohibited by these laws including, without limitation, nuclear, chemical or biological weapons proliferation, or the development of missile technology.

Force Majeure

‘Applied Researches’ will not be responsible for a breach of the Terms caused by any failure or delay of performance if caused by: an act of war, hostility, or sabotage; an act of God; a pandemic; an electrical, internet, cellular network or telecommunication outage that is not caused by ‘Applied Researches’; government restrictions (including the denial or cancelation of any export, import or other license); or another event outside the reasonable control of ‘Applied Researches’.

Invalidity

If any provision of the Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, then that provision shall be deemed ineffective in such jurisdiction but shall have no effect on the enforceability of the remaining provisions.

Claims of Copyright Infringement

‘Applied Researches’ respects the intellectual property rights of others. It is the policy of ‘Applied Researches’ to respond promptly to claims of intellectual property misuse. If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible through the Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify us by providing the following information in writing to the copyright agent of ‘Applied Researches’:

The electronic or physical signature of the owner of the copyright or the person authorized to act on the owner's behalf;
Identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
Your name, address, telephone number, and email 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; and
A statement made under penalty of perjury that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

If ‘Applied Researches’ receives such a claim, it reserves the right to refuse or delete Content and to terminate a user's account.

The designated agent of ‘Applied Researches’ to receive notification of claimed infringement under the Copyright (Amendment) Act (of India) 2012. is: Applied Researches’, C-73A, Hanuman Nagar, Line Par, Moradabad 244001. Uttar Pradesh, India. Attn: Copyright Infringement.

After receiving a claim of infringement, ‘Applied Researches’ will process and investigate notices of alleged infringement and will take appropriate actions under the Copyright Act and other applicable intellectual property laws. Upon receipt of notices complying or substantially complying with the Copyright Act, ‘Applied Researches’ will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to any material claimed to be infringing or claimed to be the subject of infringing activity, and will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to any reference or link to material or activity that is claimed to be infringing. ‘Applied Researches’ will take reasonable steps promptly to notify the user that ‘Applied Researches’ has removed or disabled access to such material.

Upon receipt of a proper counter notification under the Copyright Act, ‘Applied Researches’ will promptly provide the person who provided the initial notification of claimed infringement with a copy of the counter notification and inform that person that ‘Applied Researches’ will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to it in 10 business days. Unless ‘Applied Researches’ designated agent first receives notice from the person who submitted the initial notification that such person has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the user from engaging in infringing activity relating to the Software, Content or Services, ‘Applied Researches’ will replace the removed material and cease disabling access to it.

You may provide ‘Applied Researches’ with a counter notification by providing ‘Applied Researches' copyright agent the following information in writing:

Your physical or electronic signature;
Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and
Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction for the judicial district in which your address is located, or if your address is outside India, for any judicial district in which ‘Applied Researches’ may be found and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the initial notification of infringement.

In the event that any such claim relating to copyright infringement is asserted against ‘Applied Researches’, such claim shall be resolved through binding arbitration in accordance with the Terms provided above.

Notices

Any notice required or permitted to be given in accordance with the Terms shall be in writing. Notices to ‘Applied Researches’ shall be sent by personal delivery, registered or certified mail (return receipt requested, postage prepaid) or commercial express courier (with written verification of receipt) to: ‘Applied Researches’, C-73A, Hanuman Nagar, Line Par, Moradabad 244001. For contractual purposes, you consent to receive communications from ‘Applied Researches’ electronically. Notices sent to you shall be sent by personal delivery, electronic mail, registered or certified mail (return receipt requested, postage prepaid) or commercial express courier (with written verification of receipt) to the address listed on your account. All notices will be deemed given: (i) when delivered personally; (ii) 24 hours after electronic mail is sent, unless ‘Applied Researches’ is notified that the email address is invalid; (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail (or ten (10) days for international mail); or (iv) one (1) day after deposit with a commercial express courier specifying next day delivery (or two (2) days for international courier packages specifying 2-day delivery). Either party may change its address for receipt of notice by notice to the other party in accordance with this Section.

General

Applied Researches’ failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such right or provision. ‘Applied Researches’ is excused for any failure to perform to the extent that its performance is prevented by any reason outside of its control. The Terms contain the entire agreement between you and ‘Applied Researches’ and supersedes all prior agreements between the parties regarding the subject matter contained herein, except as otherwise specifically noted herein. In no event shall you seek or be entitled to rescission, injunctive or other equitable relief, or to enjoin or restrain the operation of the Services or use of the Content, exploitation of any advertising or other materials issued in connection therewith, or exploitation of the Services or Content. You may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under the Terms. Any purported assignment and delegation shall be ineffective. ‘Applied Researches’ may freely assign or delegate all rights and obligations under the Terms, fully or partially without notice to you. ‘Applied Researches’ may also substitute, by way of unilateral novation, effective upon notice to you, which you agree may be electronic communication, ‘Applied Researches’, Inc. for any third party that assumes ‘Applied Researches’ rights and obligations under the Terms.

Access to the Site and the Content is licensed on a per-seat basis. This means that unless otherwise agreed upon in writing by ‘Applied Researches’, each individual accessing the Site and the Content must obtain either individual log-in credentials or domain authorization for IP authentication from their company or university. By accessing the Site and the Content, you agree not to share your log-in credentials. You further agree to notify ‘Applied Researches’ if you become aware of any unauthorized use of your login credentials or other breach of security of the Site.

‘Applied Researches’ reserves the right to conduct an audit to verify whether your use of the Site and the Content complies with ‘Applied Researches’ licensing terms, including but not limited to, its prohibition on sharing login credentials. In the event there has been any underpayment, then you agree to promptly pay the amount of the shortfall plus a late fee of 2% per month or the highest rate allowed by law.