Terms and Conditions

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By accessing this site (the “Site”), you agree to the following Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree, you should exit the Site and not use it further. Varel International Ind., LLC (“Varel”) reserves the right to revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting.

Limitations on Use

By using this Site, you signify your agreement to the terms set forth below. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please do not use the Site or any of our materials contained on the Site.

Any and all intellectual property rights ("Intellectual Property") associated with the Site and its contents are the sole property of Varel and its affiliates. Unless otherwise noted, all contents and materials on the Site are protected by copyright and other laws in both the United States and other countries. Elements of the Site are also protected by trade dress, trade secret, unfair competition, and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. Except as otherwise expressly authorized by these Limitations of Use, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, lease, loan, sell, create derivative works from, upload, transmit, or distribute the Intellectual Property of the Site in any way without Varel's prior written permission. Except as expressly provided herein, Varel does not grant to you any express or implied rights to Varel's Intellectual Property.

Varel grants you a limited, personal, nontransferable, nonsublicensable, revocable license to browse the Site, to download one copy of our materials on a single (non-networked) storage media for your individual use only, and to print one copy of any such downloaded material. Our permission granted in this paragraph is specifically conditioned upon your compliance with the terms of use contained in this paragraph. These limitations apply to all materials on the Site, including the text, images, audio and video. Any use contrary to these limitations is a violation of the intellectual property rights of Varel and/or its contributors. Unless otherwise noted, all materials on the Site are copyrighted. Copyright violation is a serious offense, punishable by civil and criminal penalties. Except for this limited license, Varel does not convey any interest in or to the information or data available via the Site or any other Varel property by permitting you to access the Site. Varel's grant of this license is expressly conditioned upon your compliance with the terms and conditions of use contained herein. Except to the extent required by law or as expressly provided herein, none of the content and/or information listed on this Site may be reverse-engineered, modified, reproduced, republished, translated into any language or computer language, re-transmitted in any form or by any means, resold or redistributed without the prior written consent of Varel. You may not make, sell, offer for sale, modify, reproduce, display, publicly perform, import, distribute, retransmit or otherwise use the content in any way, unless expressly permitted to do so by Varel. You agree to use the Site only for lawful purposes. You agree not to take any action that might compromise the security of the Site, render the Site inaccessible to others or otherwise cause damage to the Site or the content. Any use contrary to these limitations is a violation of the intellectual property rights of Varel and/or its contributors. Varel aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights, including via civil and criminal proceedings.

If you wish to request permission to use our materials in a manner not specifically permitted by the foregoing paragraph, please send your request to our Webmaster.

Limitations on Liability

Varel uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up to date information on the Site, but makes no warranties as to its accuracy. Varel has not reviewed any sites linked to the Site and is not responsible for the content of any off Site pages or any sites linked to the Site. Your access to, and use of, the Site, including your linking to any other off Site pages or other sites, are at your own risk. Neither Varel, nor any other party involved with the Site shall be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive or other damages or losses of any kind whatsoever arising out of your access to, or use of, the Site, including but not limited to any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect or computer virus, even if advised of the possibility of such damages or losses. Varel’s maximum liability to you for all claims, including but not limited to negligence, shall in no event exceed the amount you paid to access this Site. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Site is provided to you “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON INFRINGEMENT. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or certain forms of damages, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.

Submissions

Any communications or materials you transmit to the Site become our property. Anything you transmit or post that does not fall within the guidelines of our Privacy Policy may be used by us and our affiliates, licensees and assignees for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. We shall also be free to use any ideas, concepts, know how, or techniques you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever without compensating you.

Trademarks

The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively the “Trademarks”) displayed on the Site, including but not limited to VAREL, D-FORCE, RIDGEBACK, VAREL INTERNATIONAL and Design, DEDICATED TO DRILL BITS, and “VARELMINING.COM”, are Varel Trademarks. All other trademarks, publicity rights and other rights are the property of their respective owners. You do not have any license or right, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, to use any Trademark, image or other material displayed on the Site without the written permission of Varel or the third party that may own the relevant material.

Miscellaneous

These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to principles of the conflicts of laws. Any disputes relating hereto or to any use of this Site shall be resolved exclusively in the State or Federal Courts located in the State of Texas, and you and we both consent to the jurisdiction of such courts for any such disputes. Unless otherwise specified, this Site is made available only to provide information about Varel International Ind., LLC and its products and services. Varel controls and operates this Site from its headquarters in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A., and makes no representation or warranty that materials in the Site are appropriate or available for use in any other jurisdiction. If you use this Site from elsewhere, you are responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws. Software from this Site may also be subject to export controls imposed by the United States and may not be downloaded or otherwise exported or re exported as follows: (1) into, or to a national resident of, any country to which the United States has placed an embargo; or (2) to anyone on the United States Treasury Department’s Specially Designated Nationals List or the United States Commerce Department’s Table of Denial Orders. If you download anything from this Site, you hereby warrant and confirm that you are not doing so in violation of any such restrictions.