Terms of Services
This Website (as defined in Clause 1 below) is an electronic publication of and a service provided by Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets (hereinafter referred to as “Publisher”).
Any and all access to and use of this Website are subject to, and constitute each Visitor’s (as defined in Clause 1 below) acknowledgment and acceptance of, the following terms (“Terms of Use”).Each Visitor also agrees to accept and comply with any and all other guidelines, notices, operating rules, policies and instructions pertaining to the access and use of this Website, as well as any amendments to the aforementioned, issued by Publisher (and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets (as defined in Clause 1 below)) and posted in this Website, from time to time. If any Visitor does not accept these Terms of Use (and such guidelines, notices, operating rules, policies and instructions), the Visitor must stop accessing and using this Website. Publisher (and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets (as defined in Clause 1 below), as the case may be) may amend or update these Terms of Use (and other guidelines, notices, operating rules, policies and instructions) at any time and Publisher may post the amended or updated version thereof on this Website. Such amended or updated version shall automatically be effective upon its posting on this Website and Visitors are deemed to be aware of and bound by any changes to these Terms of Use upon posting on this Website. The right of Publisher (and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets (as defined in Clause 1 below), as the case may be) to amend or update these Terms of Use (and such guidelines, notices, operating rules, policies and instructions) in the manner aforesaid may be exercised without the consent of the Visitor or any other person or entity. If any Visitor does not accept any such amendments or updates, the Visitor must stop accessing and using this Website.
1. Definitions and interpretation
a. Definitions: In these Terms of Use, the following words and expressions shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following respective meanings:
“Affected Provision” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Clause 19 below.
“Force Majeure Event” in relation to a person or entity, shall mean an event or a failure which is beyond that person's or entity's reasonable control, including but not limited to: acts of God; fire; flood; explosion; storm; hurricane; typhoon; tsunami; earthquake; natural or other disasters; vandalism; power surge or outage; cable cut; disruptions or failures in telecommunication systems or equipment or electrical power or supply; server crashes; back-up failures; disruptions to or failure of Internet access or connectivity; serious accidents; disease outbreaks, epidemics or quarantine or travel restrictions; any law, order, regulation, direction, action or request of any government (including state and local governments) or any civil or military authority, or of any dependent agency, commission, court, bureau, corporation or other instrumentality thereof; allocation regulations or orders affecting materials and/or the supply thereof; national emergencies, insurrections, riots, civil commotion, war or warlike operations; acts of terrorism; strikes, lockouts, work stoppages or labor disputes, troubles or difficulties; delays in transportation; supplier failures, shortages, breaches or delays; or inability after due and timely diligence to procure materials, accessories, equipment or parts.
“SJGLE.com Content” shall mean this Website, and all content, information, applications, programmes, texts, images, links, sounds, graphics, videos, software and other materials displayed or made available on this Website, and all files within and attachments transmitted through this Website and all data within such files and attachments, but excluding Third Party Content. “Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets” shall mean Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets International Exhibition Co Ltd., a Shanghai corporation, and its subsidiaries (including Publisher) from time to time. “Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets Indemnitees” shall mean Publisher and other members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets, and any directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, service providers and/or assigns thereof.
“Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean all copyright, patents, utility innovations, trade marks and service marks, geographical indications, domain names, layout design rights, registered designs, design rights, database rights, trade or business names, rights protecting trade secrets and confidential information, rights protecting goodwill and reputation, and all other similar or corresponding proprietary rights and all applications for the same, whether presently existing or created in the future, anywhere in the world, whether registered or not, and all benefits, privileges, rights to sue, recover damages and obtain relief or other remedies for any past, current or future infringement, misappropriation or violation of any of the foregoing rights.
“Liabilities” shall mean claims, demands, damages, losses, liabilities, settlement sums, suits, actions, proceedings, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs and expenses (including but not limited to legal costs and expenses on a full indemnity basis.
“Overall Content” shall mean the SJGLE.com Content and the Third Party Content, collectively.
“Password” shall refer to the valid password that is used in conjunction with the Username to access and use password-protected and/or secure areas of this Website that are restricted to authorized users only.
“Publisher” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the first paragraph of the opening section above.
“Relevant Activity” in relation to any product appearing in this Website and/or any of the Overall Content, shall mean any one or more of the following (as the context requires): the import, export, storage, transportation, transit, customs clearance, delivery, use, advertising, display, reproduction, offer, sale, supply, purchase, provision or re-sale of such product or any transaction, activity or dealing in respect of any such product.
“Specific Services” shall mean those services, provided by relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets in or through this Website.
“Specific Terms” shall mean the respective terms and conditions applicable to Specific Services, including those prescribed or imposed by relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets in relation to such Specific Services, or those contained in respective agreements entered into between Visitors and relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets in relation to such Specific Services.
“Terms of Use” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the second paragraph of the opening section above.
“Third Party Content” shall mean those content, information, applications, programs, texts, images, links, sounds, graphics, videos, software and other materials displayed in or made available in or through, included in, posted through, or linked through, this Website (including all files within and attachments transmitted through this Website and all data within such files and attachments), which are submitted by, originate from, are provided by, are obtained from or pertain to third party websites or other third parties, and in or to which the Intellectual Property Rights are not owned by members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets.
“Third Party Licensors” shall mean the respective owners (not being members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets) of the titles, rights and interests in or to the Third Party Content.
“Trade Marks” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Clause 3 below.
“Username” shall refer to the unique login identification name or code which identifies a Visitor who registers with this Website. “Visitor” shall mean the individual or entity who, or the individual or entity whose agent or representative, accesses and/or uses this Website, or the services, features and functionalities provided in or through this Website, or any of the Overall Content.
“Website” shall mean the website on the Internet owned and/or operated by Publisher and the homepage of which is presently located at www. SJGLE.com.
b. Interpretation: Any reference in these Terms of Use to any provision of a statute shall be construed as a reference to that provision as amended, re-enacted or extended at the relevant time.Any references herein to “Clauses” are references to the clauses of these Terms of Use.In these Terms of Use, whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used, they will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”. Clause headings are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of these Terms of Use.
2. Application of other terms and conditions
These Terms of Use shall apply to each Specific Service, in addition to any and all other Specific Terms applicable to such Specific Service; provided however that:- a. in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between any provision of the Specific Terms and any provision of these Terms of Use, such conflict or inconsistency shall (except as otherwise expressly provided or agreed) be resolved in a manner favorable to Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets; and
b. only to the extent that such conflict or inconsistency cannot be so resolved, the provisions of the Specific Terms shall prevail.
3. Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights Unless otherwise expressly stated:
a. all titles, rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) in respect of the SJGLE.com Content are owned by, licensed to or controlled by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets, and nothing herein confers on Visitors any title, right or interest in respect thereof;
b. all titles, rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) in respect of the Third Party Content are owned by, licensed to or controlled by the relevant Third Party Licensors, and nothing herein confers on Visitors any title, right or interest in respect thereof. The trade marks, service marks, trade names and logos used and displayed on this Website (collectively the “Trade Marks”) are registered and unregistered trade marks of Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets and/or other third parties. No right or licence is given to Visitors to download, reproduce or use such Trade Marks. Nothing on this Website shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any licence or right to use any Trade Marks, without the written permission of Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets and/or other third parties. The names of Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets may not be used in any way without the prior written permission of Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets. Any other names of third party companies, products, programs, applications, systems and solutions mentioned or referred to in this Website are or may be the trade marks of the respective owners/licensors or licensees, and in such cases, Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets are not and should not be deemed to be connected or associated or affiliated in any way with such other owners/licensors or licensees.
4. Restricted use of Overall Content
Visitors may use, download, reproduce and/or distribute internally non-substantial portions of the SJGLE.com Content, on an occasional ad-hoc basis, solely and exclusively for personal or internal and non-commercial purposes, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT:
a. such use, downloading, reproduction and/or distribution of such SJGLE.com Content (either in hard copy or electronic form) is not done in any manner which might be competitive with or prejudicial to Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets and/or their businesses, and/or their use, downloading, reproduction and/or distribution of such SJGLE.com Content or other content similar thereto;
b. such SJGLE.com Content is used, downloaded, reproduced and/or distributed, without modification, and with retention or inclusion of the appropriate notices, including copyright notices and other applicable proprietary notices, indicating Publisher (and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets, as the case may be) as the source of such SJGLE.com Content and prohibiting any further use, downloading, reproduction and/or distribution of such SJGLE.com Content; and
c. such use, downloading, reproduction and/or distribution of any SJGLE.com Content do not and shall not be deemed to transfer any title, right or interest in or to such SJGLE.com Content, and such SJGLE.com Content may be used, downloaded, reproduced and/or distributed only in accordance with Clauses 3, 4 and 5.
Except as expressly permitted in this Clause 4, Visitors may not use, download, copy, reproduce, modify, alter, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, separate, sell, transfer, rent, licence, publish, republish, display, broadcast, hyperlink, mirror, frame, transmit, store, install, distribute, disseminate in any form or in any manner or by any means, or otherwise allow access to or in any other fashion re-use, all or any part or parts of this Website, the SJGLE.com Content and/or the Third Party Content, without the prior written permission of Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets and/or the relevant third party owners/licensors or licensees of the relevant Intellectual Property Rights, as the case may be.
5. Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Visitors acknowledge that this Website and the SJGLE.com Content (or the Third Party Content, as the case may be) were prepared by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets (or the Third Party Licensors, as the case may be) through the application of methods and standards of judgment developed and applied through the expenditure of substantial time, effort and money.
Visitors agree to protect all rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) of Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets (or the Third Party Licensors, as the case may be) in or to this Website and the SJGLE.com Content (or the Third Party Content, as the case may be).
In addition, Visitors shall honor and comply with reasonable written requests made by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets (or, as the case may be, the Third Party Licensors) in connection with the protection, enforcement or exercise of Publisher’s and/or other relevant members’ of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets (or, as the case may be, the Third Party Licensors') contractual and other legal (whether statutory or common law) or equitable rights and remedies in respect of this Website and the SJGLE.com Content (or the Third Party Content, as the case may be).
6. Updates
All updates to or addition of SJGLE.com Content and Third Party Content, and all new versions of this Website shall be subject to these Terms of Use as if each such update, addition and/or new version were the original SJGLE.com Content, Third Party Content or Website (as the case may be) referred to herein.
7. Modifications
Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets reserve the right to control the look and feel of this Website and shall be entitled to publish any notices or disclaimers on this Website in the manner and to the extent deemed necessary by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets at their sole discretion.
Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets reserve the right to update, suspend, discontinue, alter or modify this Website or any information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content provided in or through this Website, including portions thereof, from time to time and without giving any reason or prior notice. Such updates, suspensions, discontinuations, alterations or modifications may include, without limitation, changes to, additions of or withdrawals of information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content. Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets shall not be liable if any such updates, suspensions, discontinuations, alterations or modifications prevent or disrupt Visitors from accessing this Website or associated information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content.
Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets reserve the right (but shall not be obliged) to:
a. monitor, screen or otherwise control any activity, content or material on or accessible through this Website, or investigate any violation of these Terms of Use and take any action they deem appropriate;
b. prevent, suspend or restrict any Visitor’s access to (i) any password-protected or secure areas of this Website and/or (ii) any particular service, functionality or feature provided in or through this Website; and/or
c. report any activity it suspects to be in violation of any applicable law, statute or regulation to the appropriate authorities and to co-operate with such authorities.
8. No endorsement of third parties
a. Without prejudice to Clause 9, Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets do not endorse or make any representation or warranty whatsoever (whether express, implied or statutory), and shall not be responsible or liable under any circumstances whatsoever, in respect of :
i. monitor, screen or otherwise control any activity, content or material on or accessible through this Website, or investigate any violation of these Terms of Use and take any action they deem appropriate;
ii.prevent, suspend or restrict any Visitor’s access to (i) any password-protected or secure areas of this Website and/or (ii) any particular service, functionality or feature provided in or through this Website; and/or
iii. report any activity it suspects to be in violation of any applicable law, statute or regulation to the appropriate authorities and to co-operate with such authorities.
Such third party websites, third party information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content (whether provided or offered in or through such third party websites or in or through this Website) and Third Party Content are the sole responsibility of independent third parties and are not under the control of Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets, and as against Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets, Visitors’ access and/or use thereof and/or reliance thereon is solely at such Visitors’ own risk (and Visitors are advised not to act and/or rely thereon without first independently verifying the same).
Visitors’ rights and remedies in respect thereof are governed solely by other applicable agreements or terms (if any) between the relevant Visitor and the relevant third party. For the avoidance of doubt, the agreements or terms pertaining to the foregoing are agreements or terms entered into directly and only between the relevant Visitor and the relevant third party. In no event shall Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets establish or be required to establish any such agreement or terms with such Visitor.
b. Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 8.a above:-
i. a description or reference to a product or service in this Website (including any description or reference via hyperlink) does not imply endorsement by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets of that product or service;
ii.Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets do not make any representation or warranty as to the quality, accuracy, reliability, currency, suitability or lack of defects or deficiencies of any third party websites, third party information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content (whether provided or offered in or through such third party websites or in or through this Website) and Third Party Content;
iii. Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets shall not be liable or responsible for any defects, deficiencies, errors, omissions or inaccuracies or any delays, defamation, libel, slander, misrepresentation, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, or any other objectionable, offensive, indecent or illegal material contained in any third party websites, third party information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content (whether provided or offered in or through such third party websites or in or through this Website) and Third Party Content; and
iv. any third parties submitting or providing Third Party Content:
1. are solely responsible for such Third Party Content;
2. without prejudice to Clause 12, warrant and represent that they have the right and authority to submit or provide such Third Party Content and that such Third Party Content do not infringe the rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) of any third party; and
3. hereby grant to Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free, irrevocable licence and right to host, transmit, distribute or use (which will include the right to copy, reproduce and/or publish) such Third Party Content in connection with the operation of this Website and for the purposes such third parties have instructed or requested.
9. Exclusion of representations and warranties
Information displayed on this Website may be from a variety of sources. All data and/or information (including Overall Content) contained in this Website is provided for informational purposes only.
This Website and the Overall Content are made available "as is" and “as available”, without any representation or warranty of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, given by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets in conjunction with this Website and the Overall Content, including but not limited to:
a. a description or reference to a product or service in this Website (including any description or reference via hyperlink) does not imply endorsement by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets of that product or service;
b. Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets do not make any representation or warranty as to the quality, accuracy, reliability, currency, suitability or lack of defects or deficiencies of any third party websites, third party information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content (whether provided or offered in or through such third party websites or in or through this Website) and Third Party Content;
c. Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets shall not be liable or responsible for any defects, deficiencies, errors, omissions or inaccuracies or any delays, defamation, libel, slander, misrepresentation, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, or any other objectionable, offensive, indecent or illegal material contained in any third party websites, third party information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content (whether provided or offered in or through such third party websites or in or through this Website) and Third Party Content; and
d. any representation or warranty that this Website and/or any of the Overall Content will be provided uninterrupted, secure or free from errors, omissions, computer viruses or other malicious, destructive or corrupting code, agent, program or macros, or that any identified defect will be corrected;
e. any representation or warranty of the security of any Overall Content transmitted by or to Visitors through this Website;
f. any representation or warranty that the Overall Content transmitted or received through this Website by Visitors will not be accessed by unauthorised third parties and/or disclosed by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets or their directors, officers, employees, representatives or agents to third parties purporting to be such Visitors or purporting to act under such Visitors’ authority (and Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets neither endorse nor assume any responsibility for the contents of such Visitors’ transmissions or communications through this Website and such Visitors are solely responsible therefor); and
g. all representations and/or warranties, to the extent capable of being excluded under applicable law, are hereby expressly excluded by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets, their licensors, dealers, distributors, representatives, agents, directors, officers and employees, and all third parties (if any) involved in the creation, production or delivery of this Website and/or any of the Overall Content.
In particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets, their licensors, dealers, distributors, representatives, agents, directors, officers and employees, and all third parties (if any) involved in the creation, production or delivery of this Website and/or the Overall Content, make no representations or warranties as to (and Visitors assume the entire risk as to):-
a. anything contained in, the performance of, or the results that may be obtained by using, this Website or any of the Overall Content;
b. the consequences in connection with the downloading, installing or using of any of the Overall Content transmitted through this Website;
c. the quality, accuracy, reliability or suitability for any purpose whatsoever of this Website or any of the Overall Content; and
d. the standing, credit or otherwise of any person or entity mentioned in this Website or in any of the Overall Content.
10.Exclusion of liability
In no event nor for any reason whatsoever shall Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai Sinoexpo Informa Markets, their licensors, dealers, distributors, representatives, agents, directors, officers or employees, or any third party involved in the creation, production or delivery of this Website or any of the Overall Content be liable, even if foreseeable or if the foregoing parties may have been advised of, or otherwise might have anticipated, the possibility or likelihood of such loss, damages or expenses, for any loss, damages or expenses (including direct, indirect, special, incidental, secondary, consequential, punitive or exemplary damage, or economic or financial loss, or any claims for loss of profits, loss of data, loss of business information, loss of use, loss of anticipated revenue, profits or benefits or business interruption or delay), whatsoever or howsoever caused (regardless of the form of action, including tort or strict liability), arising directly or indirectly from or in connection with:-
a. any access, use, misuse or inability to access or use, or any information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content obtained or downloaded from or through, this Website, other website or webpage linked to this Website or any other party referred by this Website, or reliance on any of the Overall Content, whether based upon contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise;
b. any consequences or damages arising in connection with the downloading, installing or using, or the inability to download, install or use, of any Overall Content transmitted through this Website by Visitors or other third parties;
c. any failure, delay, disruption or interruption in, of or to this Website, howsoever caused or arising;
d. any