Terms of Use
These Terms of Use ("Terms of Use")
explain the contractual agreement between you, who uses this web site
and agrees to these Terms of Use ("you", "your"), and Knoll, Inc.
("Knoll", "we", "us", "our") regarding your use of this web site
("Knoll Web Site" or "this web site") and activities and purchases
conducted through the Knoll Web Site.
We recommend that you print a copy of
these Terms of
Use for your records. If you have any questions about these Terms of Use,
please call us at 1-877-61-KNOLL or send an email to customerservice@knoll.com.
1. "Agree"
By using this web site, you signify your
acceptance of these Terms of Use. Furthermore, at various times
within the Knoll Web Site you may be required to click certain
buttons to register and participate in certain activities or to make
purchases. Your act of "clicking" the button(s) signifies your
further acknowledgement and agreement with these Terms of Use. We
will try to remind you at various times of these Terms of Use and
your agreement with them, and you are encouraged to review them
often. Please note, however, that our failure on any web page to
make specific notice of these Terms of Use does not mean that they
are not applicable. These Terms of Use apply to the entire web site
and all functionality and features offered by us through this web
site. If you are dissatisfied with these Terms of Use, your sole
remedy is to discontinue your use of this web site.
2. Privacy
We recommend that you review our Privacy
Policy which is part of these Terms of Use. If at any time you are not
in compliance with the policy, we have the right to terminate your rights
of use and access to the Knoll Web Site. Unfortunately, we
cannot insure that
all personal information will never be disclosed in ways not
otherwise described
in the Privacy Policy. We may be
required by law
to disclose information to government authorities, law
enforcement or to third
parties upon subpoena, and you authorize us to disclose information as we
believe, in our sole discretion, is necessary or appropriate.
3. Knoll Shop Selling Policy
We, and our affiliates may offer
various products,
programs and services for use and/or
purchase through the Knoll Web Site.
Some of these products, programs and
services may be governed by the Knoll Shop Selling Policy, which
supplements and is a part of these Terms
of Use as applicable. We recommend
that you review the Knoll Shop Selling Policy.
4. Updates and Changes to the Terms of
Use
We reserve the right, at any time, to
modify, alter,
update, or remove portions of these
Terms of Use, so please check them (including
our Privacy
Policy and the Knoll Shop Selling Policy) from time
to time as your continued use of this
web site after a change has been made
signifies your acceptance of any changed
items. We may also add, delete or
modify some or all of our products, programs
or services at any time. You may only
amend these Terms of Use with a writing
signed by both of us.
5. Disclaimers of Warranties
Web Site. THIS WEB SITE IS PROVIDED BY US
"AS-IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY FOR INFORMATION, DATA,
SERVICES, UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS, OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED THROUGH OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE. WE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (1) ANY WARRANTIES
CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, USEFULNESS, OR CONTENT OF
INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AND (2) ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE,
WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR WARRANTIES ARISING FROM USAGE OF
TRADE OR COURSE OF DEALING.
Products, Programs and Services.Products, programs
and services sold by Knoll, or its
affiliates through the Knoll Web Site are
subject to the terms, warranties and
representations, if any, outlined in
the Knoll Shop Selling Policy. Unless otherwise
expressly provided for in the
applicable Knoll Shop Selling Policy, WE MAKE NO
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
WITH RESPECT TO ANY PRODUCT, PROGRAM
OR SERVICE SOLD, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO: (1) ANY WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE
AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, USEFULNESS,
OR CONTENT OF INFORMATION, PRODUCTS
OR SERVICES AND (2) ANY WARRANTIES OF
TITLE, WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT,
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR
WARRANTIES ARISING FROM USAGE OF TRADE OR COURSE
OF DEALING. Furthermore, termination,
return or cancellation of any product,
program or service and refunds, if
any, are governed by the applicable Knoll Shop Selling Policy.
THESE DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES APPLY TO
ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR,
OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR
TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR
DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF THE
KNOLL WEB SITE, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTUOUS BEHAVIOR,
NEGLIGENCE, PRODUCT LIABILITY OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION.
BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW SOME OR ALL OF THESE DISCLAIMERS,
THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES,
WARRANTIES SHALL BE DISCLAIMED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
SUCH STATE LAW.
6. Limitation of Liability
Web Site. NEITHER WE NOR ANY OF OUR
EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, OR
AFFILIATES SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR OTHER THIRD PARTY FOR ANY
DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
ARISING OUT OF USE OF THE KNOLL WEB SITE OR INABILITY TO GAIN ACCESS
TO OR USE THE KNOLL WEB SITE. FURTHERMORE, IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR
LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE KNOLL WEB SITE EXCEED US$100.
Products, Programs
and Services. Products, programs
and services sold by us, or our
affiliates through the Knoll Web Site are
also subject to the limitation of
liability provisions outlined in the Knoll Shop Selling Policy. To the
extent of any conflict between these Terms
of Use and the Knoll Shop Selling Policy, these
Terms of Use shall control. Unless
otherwise expressly provided for in the
Knoll Shop Selling Policy, NEITHER WE NOR ANY
OF OUR EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS,
OFFICERS, AGENTS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, OR AFFILIATES
SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR OTHER THIRD
PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
ARISING AS A RESULT OF SUCH PRODUCTS, PROGRAMS
OR SERVICES, AND IN NO EVENT SHALL
OUR LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PRODUCTS,
PROGRAMS OR SERVICES EXCEED THE
AMOUNTS ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU TO US FOR SUCH
PRODUCT OUT OF WHICH LIABILITY AROSE.
THESE DISCLAIMERS OF TYPES OF DAMAGES AND
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY APPLY TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY
FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION,
DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS,
COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF THE KNOLL WEB SITE, WHETHER FOR
BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTUOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, PRODUCT LIABILITY
OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW
SOME OR ALL OF THESE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS, THE ABOVE
DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES,
DAMAGES SHALL BE DISCLAIMED AND LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY SUCH STATE LAW.
7. Links
(a) This site may contain links to other
sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by third party
vendors and other third parties. We are providing these links solely
as a convenience. The appearance of a link does not imply our
endorsement, nor are we responsible for the content of any linked
site. You access linked sites at your own risk.
(b) You may only provide a hypertext link
to the Knoll Web Site on another web site, if you comply with all of
the following: (a) the link must be a text-only link clearly marked
"knoll.com" or "www.knoll.com"; (b) the link must "point" to the URL
"www.knoll.com" and not to other pages within the Knoll Web Site; (c)
the link, when activated by a user, must display the Knoll Web Site
full-screen and not within a "frame" on the linking web site; and (d)
the appearance, position and other aspects of the link must not be
such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with our name and
trademarks or create the false appearance we are associated with or
sponsor the linking web site. We reserve the right to revoke our
consent to any link at any time in our sole discretion.
8. System Integrity
You may not use any device, software or
routine, including but not limited to any viruses, trojan horses,
worms, time bombs or other malicious code, intended to damage or
interfere with the proper working of the Knoll Web Site or to
surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal
information from the Knoll Web Site. You may not take any action
which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our
infrastructure, including but not limited to denial of service
attacks or "spam" or similar unsolicited mass e-mailing
techniques.
9. Compliance with Laws
You agree to comply with all applicable
laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of the
site and your purchase of the items on the site. You must be 18 years
or older to use this web site.
10. User Content, User Communications, Feedback and Submissions
(A) Interactive Areas. Our website may contain comments sections, discussion forums, bulletin boards, or other interactive features ("Interactive Areas") in which you may post or upload comments or user-generated content such as video, photos, messages, other materials or items (collectively, "User Content"). You are solely responsible for your use of any Interactive Areas and you use them at your own risk. By submitting User Content to an Interactive Area, you represent that you are 18 years of age or older.
(B) Community Guidelines. If you submit any User Content or participate in an Interactive Area within or in connection with the Knoll Website, you agree not to submit, publish, distribute, or transmit through the Knoll Website any content that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal, hateful, racially or ethnically discriminatory, or that would constitute or encourage a criminal or civil offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law. You also agree that you will not submit, publish, distribute, or transmit anything through this web site that will violate any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights. We do not endorse any information posted or content contained on the Knoll Web Site and we are not liable for any information posted on the Knoll Web Site, including but not limited to any information posted about you. We reserve the right to take any action with respect to information posted on the Knoll Web Site which we believe is appropriate in our sole discretion, including but not limited to removal. However, we cannot, nor do we, control the information provided by users or content providers which is made available through our system. By its very nature, other people's information may be offensive, harmful, inaccurate, or in some cases may be mislabeled or deceptively labeled.
(C) Monitoring. Knoll shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor User Content posted or uploaded to the Knoll Web Site to determine compliance with these Terms of Use and any operating rules established by Knoll and to satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request. Although Knoll has no obligation to monitor, screen, edit or remove any of the User Content posted or uploaded to the Knoll Web Site, Knoll reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to screen, edit, refuse to post or remove without notice any User Content posted or uploaded to the Knoll Web Site at any time and for any reason, and you are solely responsible for creating backup copies of and replacing any User Content posted to the Site at your sole cost and expense.
(D) License to User Content. By submitting User Content to the Knoll Web Site, you automatically grant Knoll and its subsidiaries and affiliates, the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, publish, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, translate, create derivative works from, incorporate into other works, distribute, sub-license and otherwise exploit such User Content (in whole or in part) worldwide in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such User Content. You warrant that such User Content is accurate and not misleading, and that use and posting or other transmission of such User Content does not violate these Terms of Use and will not violate any rights of or cause injury to any person or entity. You further grant Knoll the right to pursue at law any person or entity that violates your or Knoll's rights in the User Content by a breach of these Terms of Use.
(E) Moral Rights. If it is determined that you retain moral rights (including rights of attribution or integrity) in the User Content, you hereby declare that (a) you do not require that any personally identifying information be used in connection with the User Content, or any derivative works of or upgrades or updates thereto; (b) you have no objection to the publication, use, modification, deletion and exploitation of the User Content by Knoll or its licensees, successors and assigns; (c) you forever waive and agree not to claim or assert any entitlement to any and all moral rights of an author in any of the User Content; and (d) you forever release Knoll, and its licensees, successors and assigns, from any claims that you could otherwise assert against Knoll by virtue of any such moral rights. You also permit any other user to access, view, store or reproduce the User Content for that user's personal use.
(F) User Content submitted by you will be considered non-confidential and Knoll is under no obligation to treat such User Content as proprietary information. Without limiting the foregoing, Knoll reserves the right to use any User Content as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, deleting, editing, modifying, rejecting, or refusing to post it. Knoll is under no obligation to offer you any payment for User Content that you submit or the opportunity to edit, delete or otherwise modify User Content once it has been submitted to Knoll. Knoll shall have no duty to attribute authorship of User Content to you, and shall not be obligated to enforce any form of attribution by third parties.
11. Product Information, Sales,
Availability, Payment and Returns
All prices displayed on this web site are
quoted in U.S. dollars and are valid and effective only in the United
States. We charge sales tax on all shipments delivered to addresses
within the following states:
Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
We reserve the right without prior notice
to discontinue
or change specifications and prices
on products, programs and services offered
on this web site without incurring
any obligations (although changes to specifications
and pricing will not affect orders
placed prior to the change). All products
displayed on this web site are
available while supplies last. Furthermore,
not all products, programs and
services are available in all areas. Please
confirm availability prior to
purchasing any product, program or service.
We reserve the right to cancel a sale
and issue a return authorization for
merchandise that is unexpectedly out
of stock, does not conform to specifications,
or is advertised or shipped in error.
We reserve the right to limit the order
quantity on any item and/or refuse
service to any customer without prior notification.
Please note that while we have tried
to accurately display the appearance
of products, the actual colors and
images you see will depend on your monitor
and may not be accurate. Descriptions
of, or references to, products or services
on the Knoll Web Site do not imply
endorsement of that product, program or
service, or constitute a warranty, by
us. If you are having a problem with
product, program or service purchased
through the Knoll Web Site, please refer
to the procedures outlined in the Knoll Shop Selling Policy. If an exception to the Knoll Shop Selling Policy applies to a particular
product, program or service, it will be
noted on the corresponding page of
the Knoll Web Site. You should carefully
review the Knoll Shop Selling Policy before
purchasing products, programs or
services from us.
12. Ownership
The Knoll Web Site and all intellectual
property rights included in or related to the Knoll Web Site
(including but not limited to copyrights, trademarks, service marks,
domain name rights, patents and data rights), are owned or licensed
by us, and all right, title and interest in the Knoll Web Site and
the intellectual property rights remain our property. Please note
that pictures of Knoll products on the Knoll web Site are NOT in the
public domain and you are NOT permitted to copy, download, modify or
redistribute or redisplay these images without our prior written
consent. You may not, and these Terms of Use do not give you
permission to, reproduce, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble,
modify or create derivative works with respect to the Knoll Web Site.
Furthermore, you may not remove any copyright, trademark or other
intellectual property or proprietary notice or legend contained on
the Knoll Web Site or its content.
Furthermore, the following hyperlink
contains a list
of Knoll, Inc. trademarks and registered
trademarks.
Our trademarks may not be used by you for any purpose.
13. Termination of Usage
These Terms of Use are in force until
terminated by either you or us. You may terminate these Terms of Use
solely by discontinuing your use and access to the site. We may
terminate these Terms of Use, or suspend your access to all or part
of the Knoll Web Site, without notice, for any conduct that we, in
our sole discretion, believe is disruptive to the site or is in
violation of any applicable law or these Terms of Use. In the event
of termination or expiration of these Terms of Use for any reason,
the provisions of Sections 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and
18 shall survive.
14. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us
harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, actions,
costs, liabilities, losses and damages of any kind (including
attorneys' fees) resulting from your breach of any provision of these
Terms of Use and/or any intentional wrongdoing by you. Any such
indemnification shall be conditioned on our: (a) immediately
notifying you in writing of any such claim, demand, action, cost,
liability, loss or threat of any thereof; (b) cooperating with you in
the defense or settlement thereof; and (c) allowing you to control
such defense or settlement. We shall be entitled to participate in
such defense at our own cost and expense.
15. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
This site is controlled and operated by us
from our offices within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United
States of America. Although it may be technically accessed from all
50 states as well as from other countries around the world, you agree
that your use of the Knoll Web Site shall be construed to be made
from within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and you agree that these
Terms of Use and your use of the Knoll Web Site shall be governed in
all respects by the internal substantive laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, without regard to conflict of laws provisions. We
specifically disclaim the applicability of the United Nations
Convention on the International Sale of Goods and the Uniform
Computer Information Transactions Act. You further submit to
jurisdiction and venue in the state and federal courts located in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Montgomery County and further agree
that any cause of action you may bring arising under your use of the
Knoll Web Site or any product, service or program purchased by you
through the Knoll Web Site shall be brought by you exclusively in a
state or federal court located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Montgomery County.
16. State Specific Legal Notices
Pursuant to California Civil Code Section
1789.3 and California Business and Professions Code Section 17538,
residents of California are hereby advised of the
following:
Knoll, Inc., located at 1235 Water
Street, East Greenville,
Pennsylvania 18041, is the provider
of the electronic commercial service on
this site. Although Knoll, Inc.
reserves the right to begin charging for use
of all or any portion of this site,
currently there are no charges to the
consumer imposed by Knoll, Inc. for
use of this site, other than the cost
of any products purchased on or
through the site and any applicable taxes
and shipping fees associated with
such purchases. These charges appear for
each purchase on the web pages
relating to each purchase. The purchase rules
are contained in these Terms of Use
and the Knoll Shop Selling Policy. The
Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of
Consumer Services of the Department
of Consumer Affairs in California may
be contacted in writing at 400 R.
Street, Suite 3090, Sacramento, CA 95814
or by calling 1-800-952-5210.
Upon your request, you may have this
Agreement sent to you by e-mail. Please feel free to contact Knoll,
Inc. to resolve a complaint regarding any aspect of service relating
to this site by writing to the above address, or contacting our
customer service department at: 1-877-61-KNOLL.
17. Other General Provisions
No agency, partnership, joint venture,
employee-employer or franchisor-franchisee relationship is intended
or created by these Terms of Use between you and us. These Terms of
Use are an agreement between you and us and are not intended to be
for the benefit of any third party. If any provision of these Terms
of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be
struck and the remaining provisions enforced. Headings are for
reference purposes only. Our failure to act with respect to a breach
by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to
subsequent or similar breaches. We reserve the right to report any
wrongdoing, if we become aware of it, to the applicable government
agencies or otherwise. These Terms of Use, and all writings and web
pages incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use, set forth
the entire understanding and agreement between us with respect to the
subject matter hereof.
18. How to Contact Us
E-mail: customerservice@knoll.com
Toll-free phone: 1-877-61-KNOLL
U.S. Mail: Knoll, Inc.
1235 Water Street
East Greenville, PA 18041
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