Terms & Conditions

Calplates.com terms and conditions for website use

Please read these Terms and Conditions For Website Use (the “Terms and Conditions”) carefully before using this website and any Calplates.com content on social media sites (including without limitation Facebook and Twitter) (together, the “Site”). These Terms and Conditions apply to all visits and use of the Site, as well as to the Content (as defined below), information, recommendations, products and/or services provided to you on or through the Site. If you choose to continue to use or access this Site after having the opportunity to read these Terms and Conditions, you recognize that Calplates.com has provided valuable consideration by offering this Site free of charge, and in exchange for that valuable consideration, you agree to the Terms and Conditions hereof. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions in their entirety, please do not use or access the Site. These terms include an agreement to submit claims exclusively to individual (non-class) arbitration. See below.

Operator of the Site

The Site is operated by Calplates.com LLC. 2035 Sunset Lake Road, Suite B-2, Newark, DE 119702 (“Calplates.com”).

Content on the Site

All of the content featured or displayed on the Site, including, but not limited to, logos, icons, trademarks, text, graphics, photographs, images, moving images, sound, illustrations and software (“Content”), is owned by Calplates.com, LLC. All elements of the Site including, but not limited to, the general design and the Content, can be protected by copyright, moral rights, database rights, trade mark and other laws relating to intellectual property rights. No portion or element of the Site or its Content may be copied or retransmitted via any means without our permission. The Site, its Content and all related rights shall remain the exclusive property of Calplates.com LLC. All such rights are reserved.

Use of Products Purchased on Calplates.com

All products sold on Calplates.com are sold for novelty and artistic purposes only and purchasers or persons and/or entities receiving products marketed by Calplates.com shall not use products for official purposes. This means license plates sold on Calplates.com can be only used as photography props, wall hangers, applies to motor vehicles in museums, automotive show vehicles, vehicles filmed for advertisements, Television shows and serials and motion pictures. Art galleries and car collectors may also use products sold on Calplates.com as an application on motor vehicles which are not driven on public roads or highways. Art galleries may also use products marketed on Calplates.com or individually or multiple units as works of art for display. Purchasers are responsible for customization which can be letters, words, symbols or a combination thereof. Calplates.com and its affiliates and/or Assigns are not responsible for any misuse of products purchased from this website.

Copyright and Trade marks

The copyright in all Content is and remains owned by Calplates.com LLC. Except as may be otherwise indicated in specific documents within the Site, you are authorized to view, play, print and download Content found on the Site for personal, informational, and non-commercial purposes only. You may not modify any of the materials and you may not copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any Content. You may not re-use any Content without first obtaining the consent of Calplates.com LLC. For purposes of these Terms and Conditions, the use of any such Content on any other website or networked computer environment is prohibited. You may not remove any copyright, trade mark or other proprietary notices from Content found on the Site.

In the event you download software (including but not limited to screensavers, smart phone applications, icons, videos and wallpapers) from the Site, the software, including any files, images incorporated in or generated by the software, and data accompanying the software (collectively, the “Software”) are licensed to you by Calplates.com LLC. Calplates.com does not transfer title to the Software to you. You own the medium on which the Software is recorded, but Calplates.com LLC l retains full and complete title to the Software, and all intellectual property rights therein. You may not redistribute, sell, de-compile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce the Software to a human-readable form. All trademarks, service marks, logos and trade names which appear on Calplates.com, whether registered or not (including but not limited to: the word mark “Calplates”, (Trade Marks”) remain the exclusive property of Calplates.com LLC and are protected by applicable trade mark laws and treaties. You may not use, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute, or modify any of the Trade Marks in any way, including in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of materials on the Site, without Calplates.com International’s prior written consent. The use of any of the Trade Marks on any other website or network computer environment, for example the storage or reproduction of (a part of) the Site in any external internet site or the creation of links, hypertext, links or deep links between the Site and any other internet site, is prohibited without the express written consent of Calplates.com International.

Establishing an Account/Profile

In order to purchase products or services from the Site or to access or use certain features on the Site, you may be required to establish and use a profile or account. When you register for an account or establish a profile, you may be asked to create a user ID and choose a password. You are responsible for keeping your user ID and password secret and confidential and restricting access to that information. You agree that you are solely responsible for all activities that occur using your user ID and password.

Disclaimer of Warranties

This disclaimer (“Disclaimer”) applies only to your free use of the Site. This Disclaimer does not apply to, for example, your purchase of any product or service from Calplates.com. This Disclaimer also does not apply to, for example, our offer or advertisement of any Calplates.com product or service including the content of any offer or advertisement on the Site. Calplates.com is not offering this Site, in whole or in part, for sale to you. These Terms and Conditions are not a contract for sale, and this Site is not a “good” within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code. Instead, the Site and the Content are free of charge and provided “as is” and without any warranties of any kind. Calplates.com disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. There are no warranties which extend beyond the description on the face hereof. The information on the Site is for general information purposes only and does not constitute advice. Calplates.com does not represent or warrant that the functions contained in this Site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the server that makes the content available will be free of viruses or other harmful components. Further, Calplates.com will not provide for specific IT infrastructure or connectivity.

Limitation of Liability

This limitation of liability (“Limitation”) applies only to your free use of the Site. This Limitation does not apply to, for example, your purchase of any product or service from Calplates.com. This Limitation also does not apply to, for example, our offer or advertisement of any Calplates.com product or service including the content of any offer or advertisement on the Site. Your use of the Site is at your own risk. You agree that our sole obligation to you is to provide the Site “as is.” Neither Calplates.com nor any of its employees, officers, directors nor any of its agents or any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the Site shall be liable to you or to any third party for your use of, or the inability to use, the Site and its Content except in cases of (a) gross negligence, recklessness, or an act of knowing or intentional willful misconduct; or (b) a violation of a consumer protection statute in connection with the Site.

Links to Third Parties

For your convenience and to improve the usage of the Site, links to websites that are owned and controlled by third parties may be provided from time to time. These links take you outside Calplates.com service and off the Site and are beyond Calplates.com control. This includes links to partners that may use the Trade Marks as part of a co-branding agreement. The sites you can link to have their own separate terms and conditions as well as a privacy policy. Calplates.com is not responsible and cannot be held liable for the content and activities of these sites. You therefore visit/access these sites entirely at your own risk. Please note that these other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data or solicit personal information, and you are therefore advised to check the terms of use and/or privacy policies on those websites prior to using them.

Misuse of the Site

You are prohibited from using the Site to post or transmit any User Generated Content (as defined below) which infringes or may infringe third party intellectual property rights or which is threatening, false, misleading, inflammatory, defamatory, invasive of privacy, obscene, pornographic, abusive, discriminating, illegal or which could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, violate the rights of any party or which may otherwise give rise to civil liability or violate any law. Calplates.com may deny you access to the Site at any time in its sole discretion and which shall include situations where Calplates.com believes that your use of the Site is in breach of any of these Terms and Conditions and/or applicable laws. You are further prohibited from using the Site to impersonate another person, user or Calplates.com staff, employee, or representative, imply that any statements you make are endorsed by Calplates.com, or post or transmit any material that could damage or disparage Calplates.com or any of its affiliate entities in any manner. You are also prohibited from using the Site to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation. You may not, while accessing or using the Site: request, or otherwise attempt to harvest, obtain or store, personal information, passwords, account information or any other type of information relating to other users; access or use another person’s account; disguise the origin of any communications; alter, modify, frame, or “mirror” any Content; create a deep-link to our Site by by-passing our Site’s homepage; use any data mining, robots, or similar data-gathering and extraction tools in connection with the Site; inhibit, disrupt, or otherwise prevent anyone from using or accessing the Site or interrupt any user’s experience on the Site, including, but not limited to, acting in any manner that disrupts users’ real-time exchanges; interfere with or disrupt the Site, or servers or network connections to the Site, disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Site; modify, adapt, sublicense, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Site; or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site (or any portion thereof).

User Generated Content

All opinions, remarks, comments, artwork, graphics, photographs, links, questions, suggestions, information, videos and other materials that you or other users of the Site post to the Site or transmit using the Site (“User Generated Content”) will be deemed non-confidential and non-proprietary. Accordingly, Calplates.com, and its successors and/or assigns, parent and affiliate entities and those acting at their direction, shall have the non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any User Generated Content for any purpose, in any medium and throughout the world (license grant). You acknowledge and agree that Calplates.com only acts as a passive conduit for the distribution of the User Generated Content and is not responsible or liable to you or to any third party for the content or accuracy of the User Generated Content. Calplates.com does not continuously monitor User Generated Content published by you or moderating between users, nor shall Calplates.com be under an obligation to do so. Without limit to the generality of the foregoing, you acknowledge and agree that any remarks, opinions, comments, suggestions and other information expressed or included in the User Generated Content do not necessarily represent those of Calplates.com. Any use by you of the User Generated Content is entirely at your own risk. You represent that any User Generated Content posted or transmitted by you is original to you and does not copy the work of any third party or otherwise infringe any third party intellectual property rights, rights of privacy or moral rights and does not contain any defamatory or disparaging statements. Furthermore, you represent that you have the capacity to grant the license as stipulated in this paragraph. You understand that you and any other persons that are included in any of your Content may be requested by Calplates.com to sign documents acknowledging agreement to these Terms and Conditions. You acknowledge and agree that Calplates.com is not responsible for any content, including, user generated content, that purports to give advice, including medical advice, regarding diet, training, fitness or exercise or the use of any products or services. Calplates.com reserves the right at its sole discretion, but has no obligation, to block or remove (in whole or part) any User Generated Content posted or transmitted by you and which Calplates.com believes is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions (including materials which infringe or may infringe third party intellectual property rights, rights of privacy or moral rights), or is otherwise unacceptable to Calplates.com. Calplates.com reserves the right, but has no obligation, to suspend or terminate user accounts or user IDs and to take technical and legal steps to prohibit access to the Site if we think that those users are creating problems, possible legal liabilities, or acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms and Conditions or our policies. Calplates.com reserves the right to cancel unconfirmed user accounts. You agree to promptly notify Calplates.com in writing (see “How you can contact us” below for contact details) of any User Generated Content (or other Content) which breaches these Terms and Conditions. You agree to provide to Calplates.com sufficient information to enable Calplates.com to investigate whether such User Generated Content (or other Content) breaches these Terms and Conditions. Calplates.com agrees to make good faith efforts to investigate such complaint and shall take such action as Calplates.com in its sole discretion decides. However, Calplates.com does not warrant or represent that it will block or remove (in whole or part) such User Generated Content or other Content. Submissions Calplates.com maintains a policy of not reviewing or accepting any unsolicited submissions of ideas, inventions, designs and/or other materials related to Calplates.com business and product line whether consisting of texts, images, sounds, software, information or otherwise (the “Materials”) from persons external to Calplates.com. You should therefore not post any Materials on the Site or send these to Calplates.com by e-mail or otherwise. Other than personally identifiable information, which is subject to the Privacy Policy, any Materials you transmit or post to the Site in any form or manner (i) are and will be considered non-confidential, non-personal, and non-proprietary to you or anyone else and (ii) may be disseminated or used by Calplates.com or its affiliates for any commercial or non-commercial purposes in any media, now known or hereafter created, as Calplates.com may determine, in its sole discretion, including, but not limited to, in the development, manufacturer or marketing of products for commercial use, without (a) compensation to you or anyone else or (b) acknowledgement of you or anyone else as the source of the submission. Therefore, do not transmit or post to the Site any Materials you would like to keep confidential or for which you would like or expect acknowledgement or compensation.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Calplates.com and its affiliated companies against all costs, expenses, damages, losses and liabilities incurred or suffered by Calplates.com or its affiliated companies resulting from any User Generated Content posted or transmitted by you or from any violation by you of these Terms and Conditions.

Web Site Disputes

“Web Site Disputes” include: (a) any claim you may have against Calplates.com in connection with the Site, (b) any claim Calplates.com may have against you in connection with the Site, and (c) any action to enforce the Terms and Conditions or to object to the Terms and Conditions. All other disputes are Non-Web Site Disputes. Any claim arising from your purchase of a Calplates.com product or service is a Non-Web Site Dispute. Any claim arising from the content of any offer or advertisement on the Site is a Non-Web Site Dispute. Web Site Dispute resolution – arbitration, jury trial waiver, and class action waiver Neither you nor we will be able to sue in court in connection with a Web Site Dispute. All Web Site Disputes must be resolved through individual (non-class) arbitration. You indicate your acceptance to these Terms and Conditions, including this agreement to arbitrate, by continuing to use the Site after having the opportunity to review these Terms and Conditions. You and Calplates.com intend for this to be an agreement for arbitration that can be enforced under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 9 U.S.C.A. §§ 1–16. You and Calplates.com waive any rights to maintain other available resolution processes for Web Site Disputes, such as a court action or administrative proceeding, to settle disputes. You and Calplates.com waive any right to a jury trial for Web Site Disputes. Instead of suing in court, we each agree to settle Web Site Disputes only by arbitration. The rules in arbitration are different. There’s no judge or jury, and review is limited, but an arbitrator can award the same damages and relief, and must honor the same limitations stated in the agreement as a court would. To the extent a party commences any action with includes both Web Site Disputes and Non-Web Site Disputes, consideration of the Non-Web Site Disputes shall be stayed until the Web Site Disputes are fully arbitrated. Then, any Non-Web Site Disputes will be considered by any court of competent jurisdiction. You agree that you will not file a class action against Calplates.com and its affiliated companies, or participate in a class action against Calplates.com and its affiliated companies, in any Web Site Dispute. You agree that you will not file or seek a class arbitration, or participate in a class arbitration against Calplates.com and its affiliated companies, in any Web Site Dispute.

How You Can Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about the Site or these Terms and Conditions or in the event that you wish to make a complaint regarding the Site (or its Content), then please click here.

Changes to the Terms and Conditions

Calplates.com reserves the right, at its discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms and Conditions at any time. If you continue to use the Site, check the footer for notice of changed Terms and Conditions. If the footer indicates that the Terms and Conditions have been changed, immediately read them. Your continued use of the Site after we have posted notice of such modifications, alterations or updates, and after you have had the opportunity to read the revised Terms and Conditions means you accept those changes.

Severance

Each provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be construed separately and independently of each other. If any provision is deemed invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severable from and shall not affect the enforceability of any of the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions.

Purchases

If you want to purchase products or services via the Site, please also read the Delivery Terms. Additional policies regarding orders are found in the Frequently Asked Questions on the Customer Service page. It is your responsibility to ascertain and obey all applicable local, state, federal and international laws (including minimum age requirements) in regard to the possession, use and sale of any service or product purchased from this Site.

Applicability of Additional Terms and Conditions

Additional or different terms and conditions (“Other Terms”) may apply in connection with certain features (e.g. community pages, testimonials, sweepstakes or contest entries). If applicable, these Other Terms will be set forth (i) where you are permitted to submit Content, access or use features, or purchase products and services, or (ii) in a link adjacent to where you are permitted to submit Content, access features, or purchase products and services. These Other Terms are incorporated into and made a part of these Terms and Conditions by reference. In the event Other Terms conflict with these Terms and Conditions, the Other Terms shall control with respect to the subject matter to which such Other Terms apply.

Export Control

Software and other materials from the Site may be subject to applicable export control laws that prohibit the export of certain technical data and software to certain territories. No software from the Site may be downloaded or exported (a) into any other country to which the United States has embargoed goods; or (b) anyone on the United States Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department’s Table of Deny Orders. Calplates.com does not authorize the use, downloading or exportation of any software or technical data from the Site to any jurisdiction prohibited by applicable export laws and regulations.

Applicable law and jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by the laws of Delaware. You and Calplates.com hereby submit to jurisdiction and venue in courts of the State of Delaware.