Terms & Conditions

www.uominnovationfactory.com is a site operated by University of Manchester Innovation Factory Limited (“we, our“). We are a company registered in England under company number 05177409 and have our registered office at Core Technology Facility, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester, M13 9NT.

Please read these terms and conditions carefully. Together with our privacy policy, they govern our relationship with you in relation to this website. If you have any questions about them, you can reach us at contact@uominnovationfactory.com.

By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them.

All the information, views and opinions set out on this website our are representative of our views and opinions. Nothing on this website represent the views and opinions of The University of Manchester. We are a distinct legal entity from The University of Manchester.

We may change these terms and conditions at any time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to review these terms and conditions to ensure you are happy with any changes. Using or accessing this website indicates your acceptance of these terms and conditions. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, please do not continue to use this website.

• IP and your use of material from our site
• Disclaimer
• IP advice disclaimer
• Our liability to you
• Linking
• Contracting online
• Transfer of this agreement
• Governing law and jurisdiction

IP and your use of material from our site

We have made this website available to you for your use. We may modify, withdraw or deny access to this website at any time.

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

You may not copy, redistribute, republish or otherwise make the materials on this website available to anyone else without our consent in writing. You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.

You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a license to do so from us or our licensors.

If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

Disclaimer

The information on this website has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable.

The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely

No representation or warranty, either express or implied, is made nor is responsibility of any kind accepted for the accuracy or completeness of any information on this website or that material facts have not been omitted or for any loss or damage consequent on action taken in reliance of the information on this website. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.

We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

Nothing in this literature should be construed as investment advice to anybody on the investment merits of acquiring or disposing of particular investments or as an invitation or inducement to anybody to engage in investment activities as described in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (” the Act”). To the extent that this literature does inadvertently contain or refer to matters regulated by the Act such information is only intended to be received by you or to be dealt with by you on the basis that you are either authorised or exempt under or pursuant to the Act. Further the distribution of such information may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. We do not intend that such information is circulated in such jurisdictions. If you are not so authorised or exempt or receive the information in a prohibited jurisdiction you must not act on or deal with such information.

To the extent that this website contains or refers to matters regulated by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (” the Act”) such information is only intended to be received by you or to be dealt with by you on the basis that you are either authorised or exempt under or pursuant to the Act. Further the distribution of such information may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. We do not intend that such information is circulated in such jurisdictions. If you are not so authorised or exempt or receive the information in a prohibited jurisdiction you must not act on or deal with such information.

IP advice disclaimer

We act solely as agent for The University of Manchester in relation to any matter relating to intellectual property and know-how created at the University of Manchester. This is whether such intellectual property is created by employees, students and/or others.

We do not represent anyone else in such matters. If you are not within the group that we represent and require advice in relation to such intellectual property, you must take your own independent legal advice.

Our liability to you

Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as our approving that linked websites or the information that you may obtain from them. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.

These terms and conditions do not exclude our liability (if any) to you for:

• personal injury or death resulting from our negligence;
• fraud; or
• any matter which it would be illegal to exclude or to attempt to exclude.

We do not guarantee that this website will be compatible with all or any hardware and software which you may use. We do not guarantee that this website will be available all the time or at any specific time. We reserve the right to withdraw or modify this website at any time.

We are only liable to you for losses which you suffer as a result of our breach of these terms and conditions. We are not responsible to you for any losses which you may incur which were not a foreseeable consequence of our breaching these terms and conditions, for example if you and/or we could not have contemplated those losses before or when you access this website.

If you are a business user:

• we exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our site or any content on it; and
• we will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
  • use of, or inability to use, our site; or
  • use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site.

In particular, we will not be liable for:

• loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
• business interruption;
• loss of anticipated savings;
• loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
• any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

Linking

We may link to other websites which are not within our control. If we do this, we will try and make it as clear as possible that you are leaving our website. We are not responsible for these websites in any way and do not endorse them. It is your responsibility to check the terms and conditions and privacy policy on any other website which you visit.

You may not link to this website from another website without our consent in writing unless you comply with the following guidelines:

• links must be to the homepage of the website at uominnovationfactory.com;
• you may not create a frame or any other border around the website;
• the site from which you wish to link must comply with all relevant laws and regulations and must not contain content which may be considered to be distasteful or offensive; and
• you must not imply that We endorse or are associated with any other website, product or service.

Contracting online

Nothing on this website is intended to be nor should be construed as an offer to enter into a contractual relationship with you or anyone else, except for these terms and conditions which govern the relationship between us in relation to your use of the website.

If you make a contract with a third party who is named or referred to on this website, it is your responsibility to ensure that you are comfortable with the terms of that contract and to take legal advice if necessary.

Transfer of this agreement

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the contract.

Governing law and jurisdiction

The formation, existence, construction, performance, validity and all aspects whatsoever of these terms and conditions or of any term of these terms and conditions will be governed by the law of England. The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with these terms and conditions or use of the website.