Terms and Conditions

Last updated on 12/14/2009 at 14:26.

 

The Patient Medical Association, Inc. ("PAMEAS") created and maintains the U.S.-based websites http://pameas.org, http://medical-showcase.com/, http://trans-radial.org/, http://neuroendovascular.org/, http://pames.org/ipt, and http://pameas.org/consulting/ (hereafter known as the “websites”) to provide information to, and communicate better with, patients, family, friends, physicians, healthcare professionals, healthcare policy makers, supporters, job seekers, and others who may be interested in learning more about PAMEAS and the products and services it offers.

The information provided on these websites is not intended nor recommended as a substitute for professional medical advice, is for general information only, and is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between you and your physician. PAMEAS does not provide medical services or advice as part of these websites and nothing contained on these websites is intended to be used for medical diagnosis or treatment. Always talk with your doctor if you have questions about your symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Acceptance of Terms and Conditions

Please take a few minutes to carefully review these terms and conditions. By accessing and using these websites, you agree to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions, you may not access, use, or download materials from these websites.

These Terms and Conditions May Change

PAMEAS reserves the right to update or modify these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice. We will post modified versions of the terms and condition on our website and revise the “last updated” notice at the top of this web page. Your use of these websites—following any such change—constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the terms and conditions as changed. For this reason, we encourage you to review these terms and conditions every time you use these websites.

Modifications to These Websites

PAMEAS reserves the right to modify or discontinue these websites (or any portion of these websites), temporarily or permanently, with or without notice to you, and is not obligated to support or update these websites. PAMEAS shall not be liable to you or any third party in the event that we exercise our right to modify or discontinue these websites (or any portion of these websites). Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current websites shall be subject to these terms.

Resume Submission

PAMEAS allows online submission of resumes in response to job postings on these websites. Your personal information is subject to our privacy policy. You agree not to post any false or inaccurate biographical information. Recruiters representing candidates may not submit resumes in response to job postings on these websites and PAMEAS will have no obligations to recruiters for unsolicited submissions. There is a risk that your resume may be lost or intercepted by a third party if you submit it to PAMEAS through these websites. PAMEAS cannot be held responsible for any loss arising from the transmission or use of resumes obtained through these websites. In addition, PAMEAS may contract with a third-party service provider to host the resume submission page.

Use of Content

Except as expressly prohibited on these websites, you are permitted to view, copy, print, and distribute documents within these websites, such as Frequently Asked Questions, white papers, technical documentation, data sheets, and so on, subject to your agreement that:

  • Your use of the information is for informational, personal, and non-commercial purposes only.
  • You do not modify the documents or graphics.
  • You do not copy or distribute graphics separate from their accompanying text and you will not quote materials out of their context.
    You display the Patient Medical Association, Inc. copyright notice and any trademarks on all documents or portions of documents and retain any other copyright and other proprietary notices on every copy you make.
  • You agree that PAMEAS may revoke this permission at any time and you shall immediately stop your activities related to this permission upon notice from PAMEAS.
  • The permission above does not include permission to copy the design elements, look and feel, or layout of these websites. Those elements of the website are protected by law, such as trade dress, trademark, unfair competition, and other laws, and may not be copied or imitated in any manner.

Content is protected by U.S. and foreign copyright and trademark laws. The Content owner, unless otherwise indicated, is Patient Medical Association, Inc. If you use the materials or trademarks on these websites in a way that is not clearly allowed by these Terms and Conditions, you are violating your agreement with us and may be violating copyright, trademark, and other laws. In that case, we automatically revoke your permission to use these websites. Content and features are subject to change or termination without notice in the editorial discretion of PAMEAS. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to PAMEAS and its licensors.

Additional rules for the use of other services accessible on the website may be included elsewhere within the website and are incorporated into these Terms and Conditions by reference.

Disclaimer of Liability

PAMEAS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THIS WEBSITE OR ITS CONTENTS, WHICH ARE PROVIDED FOR USE “AS IS.” PAMEAS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE WEBSITE AND ANY WEBSITE WITH WHICH IT IS LINKED.

WHILE PAMEAS USES REASONABLE EFFORTS TO INCLUDE ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE, PAMEAS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO WHETHER THE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE VIA THIS WEBSITE, OR ANY WEBSITE WITH WHICH IT IS LINKED, IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR CURRENT. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE IS NOT TAILORED TO YOUR SPECIFIC FACTUAL CIRCUMSTANCES. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING THAT THE GENERAL INFORMATION PROVIDED IS APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR SPECIFIC FACTUAL SITUATION BEFORE RELYING ON IT.

PAMEAS, ITS PARENTS, AND AFFILIATES TOGETHER WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, CONTRACTORS, DIRECTORS, AND OFFICERS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN OR FOR THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THIS INFORMATION.

USE OF THE WEBSITE AND THE MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. Some portions of the website are hosted by third-party service providers. PAMEAS cannot be held responsible for any loss arising from the transmission, use of data, or inaccurate data provided by these service providers. PAMEAS cannot be held responsible for any loss arising from the transmission, use of data, or inaccurate data provided by these service providers.

PAMEAS, its parents, and affiliates together with their respective employees, agents, suppliers, and contractors, directors, and officers makes no representations or warranties that use of the website will be uninterrupted, error-free, or completely secure. You are responsible for taking all necessary precautions to ensure that any material you may obtain from the website is free of viruses or other potentially harmful devices.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws, PAMEAS and its employees, agents, suppliers, and contractors shall in no event be liable for any claims, charges, demands, damages, liabilities, losses, and expenses of whatever nature and howsoever arising, including without limitation any compensatory, incidental, direct, indirect, special, punitive, or consequential damages, loss of use, loss of data, loss caused by a computer or electronic virus, loss of income or profit, loss of or damage to property, claims of third parties, or other losses of any kind or character, even if PAMEAS has been advised of the possibility of such damages or losses, arising out of or in connection with the use of these websites or any website with which it is linked. This limitation on liability applies to, but is not limited to, the transmission of any disabling device or viruses which may infect your equipment, failure or mechanical or electrical equipment or communication lines, telephone or other interconnect problems (for example, you cannot access your Internet Service Provider), unauthorized access, theft, bodily injury, property damage, operator errors, strikes or other labor problems or any act of God. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability. Accordingly, some of the above limitations may not apply to you.

Indemnification

You hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless PAMEAS from and against any and all claims, charges, demands, damages, liabilities, losses, expenses, and liabilities of whatever nature and howsoever arising (including but not limited to any legal or other professional fees and the costs of defending or prosecuting any claim and any loss of profit, goodwill, and any other direct or consequential loss) incurred or suffered by PAMEAS directly or indirectly by reason of any act or omission which you commit in breach of these terms and conditions and the obligations and warranties contained in them.

Any information that you submit to PAMEAS is governed by our Privacy Policy which is incorporated here by reference.

User Submissions

You hereby represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights in and to all information you submit to PAMEAS. In addition you agree that any information you post in public areas of the website shall not:

  • be fraudulent;
  • infringe any third party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
  • violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation;
  • be defamatory, libelous, abusive, threatening or harassing;
  • be obscene, vulgar, profane, indecent or contain, pornography, child pornography, or photographs of unclothed person(s);
  • transmit content that encourages or provides instructional activities about illegal activities, in particular hacking or phishing;
  • solicit other users to join, become members of, or contribute money to any online service or other organization, advocate or attempt to get users to join in legal or illegal schemes or plan or participate in scams involving other users;
  • attempt to resell, redistribute, broadcast or transfer the information or use the information derived from the website in a searchable, machine-readable database;
  • use the website to collect personal information about users of the website in violation of our Privacy Policy;
  • contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or other computer programming routines that may damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information;
  • create liability for us or cause us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our ISPs or other suppliers;

or

  • link directly or indirectly to any materials to which you do not have a right to link to or include.

PAMEAS reserves the right (but not the obligation) to monitor all user postings and to remove any which it considers in its absolute discretion to be offensive or otherwise in breach of these Terms of Use or any applicable law or regulation.

You grant PAMEAS a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right to exercise, commercialize, and exploit the copyright, publicity, and database rights (but no other rights) you have in your submission, in any media now known or not currently known, with respect to your submissions.

Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement

You also agree to comply with prevailing United States laws regarding copyright and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“DMCA”).

If you believe that either (1) any material contained in the website, or (2) any material or activity contained on a website to which PAMEAS has referenced or linked, infringes your copyright, you should notify PAMEAS of your copyright infringement claim in accordance with the procedure set forth below.

We will process notices of alleged infringement which it receives and will take appropriate actions as required by the DMCA and other applicable intellectual property laws. Pursuant to the DMCA, notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to PAMEAS’s Designated Agent.

General Counsel
PAMEAS
PO Box 484
Frederick, MD 21705-0484
1.888.508.8554

To be effective, the notification must be in writing and contain the following information (DMCA, 17 U.S.C. §§512(c)(3) and 512(d)):

  1. Physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online side are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that website;
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material (or in the case of references or links that are claimed to have infringing material or activity, identification of the reference or link, to material or activity claimed to be infringing, that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate that reference or link);
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
  5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

E-mails or notices sent to PAMEAS without a proper subject line, or for purposes other than communication about copyright claims, may not be acknowledged or responded to.

Links to Third Party Websites

Some web sites listed on the PAMEAS websites are not managed or monitored by PAMEAS. These website links are provided only for your convenience. PAMEAS makes no representation regarding the information presented on any external website, linked pages, or other site listed or any such site's compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

PAMEAS is not responsible or liable for any damage or loss caused, or alleged to be caused by, or in connection with use or of reliance on any such content or goods or services available through any such website.

Feedback, Comments, and Ideas

If you transmit any ideas, information, concepts, know-how, techniques, or materials to us through this site, you hereby grant PAMEAS an unrestricted, royalty-free, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit, and distribute them in any medium, and agree that PAMEAS is free to use them for any purpose.

If you have any questions regarding these terms or the PAMEAS websites, please email us.