Legal Terms and Conditions
This page states the Terms and Conditions under which you, the Website visitor ("You" or "Your" or "Yourself") may use this Website, which is owned by United Therapeutics Corporation ("United Therapeutics").
Please read this page carefully. By using this Website, You agree to be bound by all of the Terms and Conditions set forth below. If You do not accept these Terms and Conditions, please do not use this Website. United Therapeutics may, in its sole discretion, revise these Terms and Conditions at any time. By accessing this site, You agree that You will check this Terms and Conditions page each time You return.
Use of Site Material
The contents of this Website, such as text, graphics, images and other content (the "Site Material") are protected by copyright under the laws of both the United States and of foreign countries and are owned exclusively by United Therapeutics. United Therapeutics authorizes You to view and download a single copy of the Site Material for Your personal use. Unauthorized use of the Site Material violates copyright, trademark, and other laws. You agree to retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original Site Material on any copy You make of such material. You may not sell or modify our Site Material or reproduce, display, distribute, or otherwise use the Site Material in any way for any public or commercial purpose. Use of the Site Material on any other Website or in a networked environment is prohibited.
Trademarks
The names, marks and logos appearing in the Site Material are, unless otherwise noted, trademarks owned by or licensed to United Therapeutics or an affiliated United Therapeutics subsidiary. The use of these marks, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions, is prohibited. From time to time, United Therapeutics makes fair use in this Website of trademarks owned and used by third parties. Any such marks are clearly noted, and United Therapeutics makes no claim to ownership of those marks.
User Submissions
United Therapeutics welcomes Your comments on our Website, products, and services. However, You acknowledge that if You send us creative suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, inventions or other information, (collectively, the "Information"), the Information shall be deemed to be, and shall remain, United Therapeutics' property. By submitting any Information to us, You assign to us and we shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing rights to such Information of every kind and nature throughout the universe and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the Information for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to the provider of the Information.
As a user of this Website, You are responsible for own Your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting. Therefore, do not do any of the following things: transmit to us material that is copyrighted, unless You are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; send material that reveals trade secrets, unless You own them or have the permission of the owner; send material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; send material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; send sexually-explicit images; send advertisements or solicitations of business; send chain letters or descriptions of or invitations to participate in pyramid schemes; or impersonate another person. If United Therapeutics learns or suspects that You may have posted material that violates these rules, it will remove that material pending further investigation.
If You believe that anything posted on United Therapeutics' site infringes or may infringe the rights of others, including copyright, please notify Andy Fisher, Deputy General Counsel, United Therapeutics Corporation (); phone 301.608.9292. He will investigate Your claim and take appropriate action to respect the rights of others.
United Therapeutics reserves the right to expel users and prevent their further access to this Website for violating these terms or the law and reserves the right to remove any communications from this Site. The violation of any of the terms and conditions set forth on this Terms and Conditions page shall result in the immediate revocation of Your license to use the Site Material and obligates You to immediately destroy any copies of the Site Material in Your possession.
Forward-Looking Statements
To the extent any statements made on this Website deal with information that is not historical, these statements are necessarily "forward-looking statements" as defined in accordance with U.S. securities laws. Such statements are based on the United Therapeutics' current views and assumptions and, as such, they are subject to the occurrence of many events outside of the United Therapeutics' control and are subject to various risk factors, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause the United Therapeutics' results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. The risk factors are described in United Therapeutics' reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and include, without limitation, business conditions and the general economy, the inherent risk of technical product development failure, the risk of future clinical trial outcomes, regulatory risks and risks related to proprietary rights, market acceptance and competitive products and pricing.
Limitation of Liability
Although United Therapeutics strives for accuracy in all elements of the Site Material, it may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. Additionally, while users of this Website are bound by these terms and conditions not to submit false material, United Therapeutics cannot be responsible for the violation of these terms by users, or for the reliance by users upon false or misleading material submitted by other users. United Therapeutics makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, validity, completeness, or timeliness of the material on this Website or about the results to be obtained from using the Website or from relying on its material. You use the Website and its material at Your own risk.
The Site Material may not always be the most current source of United Therapeutics or other information, and United Therapeutics disclaims any duty to update this Website or the Site Material, and also disclaims liability for any failure to update this Website or the Site Material. In addition, the Site Material available on this Website is provided as a convenience only, and where any documents on this Website have been filed in accordance with applicable securities laws, such documents are not the official versions of the United Therapeutics' disclosure documents in accordance with securities laws, and You are directed to obtain official copies either from applicable securities regulators or from the United Therapeutics.
UNITED THERAPEUTICS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE WEBSITE AND ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES, WORMS OR OTHER HARMFUL MATERIAL. IF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE SITE'S MATERIAL RESULTS IN ANY COSTS OR EXPENSES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, UNITED THERAPEUTICS SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS OR EXPENSES.
THIS WEBSITE AND ITS MATERIAL ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, UNITED THERAPEUTICS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES' RIGHTS, AND THE WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ALTHOUGH UNITED THERAPEUTICS STRIVES TO PROVIDE THOROUGH AND ACCURATE MATERIALS ON ITS SITE, WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF THE MATERIAL, SERVICES, SOFTWARE, TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND LINKS.
Disclaimer of Damages
IN NO EVENT SHALL UNITED THERAPEUTICS, ITS AFFILIATES, OR ANY THIRD PARTIES MENTIONED ON THE SITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE MATERIAL ON THIS WEBSITE OR SITES LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT UNITED THERAPEUTICS IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Disclaimer of Medical and Nursing Practice
United Therapeutics is not licensed to and does not practice medicine or nursing. It is not a health care provider. By posting this information, United Therapeutics does not establish a health care provider-patient relationship with You. Information posted on this site is intended to be helpful, but it is not, and is not intended to be, a substitute for professional advice. United Therapeutics does not collect sufficient information about You to be in a position to render any advice, and would not be qualified to do so even if it did collect such information.
If You have a health problem, or suspect that You might have a health problem, do not rely on information posted here to make decisions about how to deal with Your problem. Instead, see a qualified, licensed health care professional. Make no health care decisions on the basis of information posted here. United Therapeutics cannot be responsible if, contrary to its express admonition, You elect to ignore these instructions and fail to seek and follow proper professional advice for any problem You may have.
Disclaimers Respecting Other Organizations
On this site, You may find occasional references to organizations other than United Therapeutics such as the American Heart Association and the Pulmonary Hypertension Association. United Therapeutics refers to these organizations because they are generally well respected and provide much useful information on a variety of topics that may be of interest to You. United Therapeutics is independent of these organizations, however, and their statements do not necessarily reflect the views of United Therapeutics or of any related United Therapeutics subsidiary or affiliate. Similarly, these organizations form their own judgments about topics they address, and in doing so need not confer with United Therapeutics or any related United Therapeutics subsidiary or affiliate or agree with the views held by those companies. United Therapeutics does not influence or control statements made or views held by organizations outside its control, and disclaims responsibility for such statements and views.
Links
This Website contains links to Websites owned by third parties. These links are provided solely as a convenience to You and are not an endorsement by United Therapeutics of the content of those other sites. United Therapeutics does not control and is not responsible for the content of any linked sites, which can change frequently and without notice to United Therapeutics, and it makes no representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials at such sites or regarding the privacy policies, if any, at such sites. If You decide to visit any third-party sites using links from this Website, You do so at Your own risk.
Indemnity
By using this Website, You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless United Therapeutics, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal and accounting fees) that United Therapeutics may become obligated to pay arising or resulting from Your use of the Site Material or your breach of these Terms and Conditions. United Therapeutics reserves the right to assume or participate, at your expense, in the investigation, settlement and defense of any such action or claim.
Privacy
Please refer to our Privacy Policy.
Miscellaneous
This Website originates from the State of Maryland. United Therapeutics does not claim that the Site Materials on this Website are appropriate or may be used outside of the United States. Access to the Site Materials by certain persons or in certain countries may not be lawful. If You access the Website from outside of the United States, You do so at Your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of Your jurisdiction.
These Terms and Conditions are governed by the substantive laws of the State of Maryland, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts situated in Maryland with respect to any dispute, disagreement, or cause of action related to or involving this Website. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Except as expressly provided elsewhere on our Website, these Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between You and United Therapeutics with respect to Your use of this Website.
