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Copyright 2020 Canon U.S.A.
#CanonMemories 
Submission Terms and Conditions
Updated: August 1, 2020

1.     For each headshot, photo, and story #CanonMemories submission (each a "Submission") you submit to Canon U.S.A., Inc. ("CUSA"), CUSA recommends that the photos must be no larger than 20 MB, and formatted as a JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, or BMP and the story must be no more than 1500 characters (including spaces). You must upload your Submission at canon.us/canonmemories and complete the submission form located on the submission website ("Site"). There is a limit of five (5) Submissions, per person, per day. CUSA, in its sole discretion, may discontinue #CanonMemories at any time.

2.     BY UPLOADING A SUBMISSION AND CLICKING THE CHECKBOX ON THE SITE YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND, WITHOUT LIMITATION OR QUALIFICATION, TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THE CUSA ONLINE PRIVACY STATEMENT, AVAILABLE AT http://Canon.us/privacystatement, AND MAY USE OUR SITE AS LONG AS YOU COMPLY WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 

3.     A Submission which CUSA, in its sole discretion, deems to be inappropriate for publication will not be considered. 

4.     The Submission cannot (a) be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, contain nudity or any materially dangerous activity; (b) promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message; (c) be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group; (d) defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about CUSA or its products, or other people, products or companies; (e) contain trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others, or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind; (f) contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses; (g) contain copyrighted materials owned by others; (h) communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which CUSA wishes to associate; (i) depict, or itself be, in violation of any law; (j) contains a virus or any other harmful or potentially harmful component; or (k) contain false or misleading statements of fact or descriptions of the origin of the material or the communication.

5.     By uploading a Submission you represent and warrant that: (a) the Submission is your sole and original creation and has not been copied in whole or in part from any other work; (b) the Submission does not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark/tradename, or other proprietary right of any person (including but not limited to rights of privacy or publicity or portrayal in a false light) or entity; (c) the Submission is your sole and exclusive property; (d) the subject(s) and/or persons depicted in the story has given written consent to its submission into the program; (e) the Submission has not been previously published in connection with another promotion; and (f) publication/distribution of the Submission, or a portion thereof, on the CUSA social media accounts (including but not limited to Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter), CUSA’s website (www.usa.canon.com), the Canon Memories submission page, the Canon Creative Hub, or for CUSA email marketing campaigns, will not infringe on or violate the rights of any third party, including, without limitation, copyrights, trademarks or rights of privacy or publicity, or contain material that is defamatory, threating, indecent, obscene, offensive or that is unlawful, in violation or contrary to any applicable laws or regulations or whose use would require a license or permission from or payment to any third party. You will indemnify and hold harmless CUSA and Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, any other social media property from any claims arising out of CUSA's use of Submission as authorized hereunder or arising out of any breach or alleged breach of any of the covenants, representations and warranties of entrant hereunder.

6.     #CanonMemories is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or any other social media property.

7.     By uploading a Submission, you hereby grant to CUSA, a royalty free, irrevocable, perpetual and worldwide license to use and display the Submission, in whole or in part, together with the information you enter into the submission form on CUSA social media accounts (including but not limited to Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter), as a post or on the CUSA website (www.usa.canon.com) or as a homepage banner, the Canon Memories submission page, the Canon Creative Hub, or for CUSA email marketing campaigns, without compensation of any kind or further notice to or approval from you or any third party. CUSA will include your headshot in the post on our social media properties.  Additionally, CUSA will credit your Submission on Instagram by tagging your Instagram handle.  CUSA will credit your Submission on the CUSA website, Canon Memories submission page, the Canon Creative Hub or any other social media property with your First Name and Last Initial. CUSA is not responsible for any unauthorized third party use of any Submission. CUSA does not guarantee that any Submission will be posted. Subject to the rights granted to CUSA, all participants retains all copyrights in the Submission. 

8.     By uploading a Submission, you agree that CUSA can modify your Submission, including but not limited to, altering, and editing your story. By uploading a Submission, you agree that you shall have no right of approval, no claim to additional compensation and no claim (including without limitation, claims based upon invasion of privacy, defamation, right of publicity or copyright) arising out of any use, alteration, modification, editing any or all of the Submission. 

9.     By uploading a Submission, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications relating to the Submission from us electronically. We may communicate with you by e-mail, by other electronic method, or by posting notices on the Site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. When uploading your Submission to the Site, you may be asked to consent to receive e-mails regarding information about Canon and its products. Consenting to receive such e-mails is optional and does not have to be agreed to in order to upload your Submission and does not improve your chances of being selected.

10.  CUSA and its parent company, subsidiaries and affiliates have been actively engaged in research and development in diversified scientific and business areas for many years. In order to protect the interests of CUSA, its parent company, affiliates and subsidiaries in the ideas and information which have been conceived or developed internally, and to avoid possible future misunderstandings with you or others, CUSA does not solicit ideas, inventions, and the like or agree to receive any confidential information from persons or entities outside the Canon group of companies. CUSA maintains a strict policy of not accepting or considering any creative ideas, suggestions or materials from the public ("Unsolicited Idea(s)") and therefore you should not submit any Unsolicited Ideas to CUSA in any User Generated Content through this Site or otherwise. CUSA does not wish to receive Unsolicited Ideas from you and has expressly advised you not to submit them. If you nonetheless intend to submit an Unsolicited Idea, CUSA strongly recommends that you first consult an attorney in order to evaluate the effect that submitting such an Unsolicited Idea would have on any rights that you might otherwise have.

Nonetheless, if you do send CUSA an Unsolicited Idea that is not already protected by a United States patent or is not public information, it immediately becomes the property of CUSA. By submitting an Unsolicited Idea to CUSA, you agree to convey your ownership interest in the Unsolicited Idea to CUSA, and that CUSA will exclusively own all rights, title and interest therein. Furthermore, CUSA will be free to use, without any compensation to you whatsoever, any concepts, ideas, know-how or techniques contained in any Unsolicited Idea for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing, and marketing products using such information. CUSA will not be liable for such use or disclosure of such Unsolicited Idea or for any similarities in the Unsolicited Idea and any future CUSA uses or activities. 

11.  CUSA trademarks, logos, and service marks and those trademarks, logos, and service marks licensed CUSA by Canon Inc. (collectively, the "Trademarks") displayed on the Site, including but not limited to the Canon logo, are registered and unregistered marks of CUSA or Canon Inc. All other trademarks, trade names, product names, service marks and all other non-CUSA marks are the property of their respective owners. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Site without the written permission of CUSA or such third party that may own other trademarks displayed on the Site. The absence of a product or service name or logo anywhere in the text of the Site does not constitute a waiver of any trademark or other intellectual property rights concerning that name or logo.

12.  NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
If you believe in good faith that your copyrighted work has been reproduced by CUSA without authorization in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide CUSA's designated copyright agent with the following information:

(a)   identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;

(b)  identification of the allegedly infringing material on the Site that is requested to be removed;

(c)   your name, address and daytime telephone number, and an e-mail address if available, so that CUSA may contact you if necessary;

(d)  a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the copyrighted work is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;

(e)   a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the signatory is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive copyright right that is allegedly infringed; and

(f)   an electronic or physical signature of the copyright owner or someone authorized on the owner's behalf to assert infringement of copyright and to submit the statement.

CUSA's copyright agent for notice of claims of infringement is:

By U.S. Mail:
Copyright Agent
Legal Division
Canon U.S.A., Inc.
One Canon Park
Melville, New York 11747

By Email:
copyrightagent@cusa.canon.com

By Fax:
631-330-4450

This contact information is only for suspected copyright infringement. Contact information for other matters is provided elsewhere. Upon receipt of such a notice of claimed infringement (or any statement in conformance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)), CUSA will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to any content that is claimed to be infringing upon the copyright of any person under the laws of the United States, and will terminate the Site privileges of those who repeatedly infringe on the copyright of others. United States law imposes substantial penalties for falsely submitting a notice of copyright infringement.

13.  CUSA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. CUSA ALSO ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR, ANY DAMAGE TO OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY, OR FOR ANY LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING IN THE SITE, OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS, DATA, TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO, OR AUDIO FROM THE SITE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY CONTAINED HEREIN, IN NO EVENT SHALL CUSA'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THE SITE.

14.  By uploading a Submission, you agree that you are at least 18 years of age.

15.  All Submissions are administered by CUSA from its offices in Melville, New York, United States of America. These Terms and Conditions are governed and interpreted under the laws of the State of New York. You agree that any claim or dispute against CUSA arising out of or relating to the use of the Site must be resolved by a court located in the Eastern District of New York, unless otherwise agreed upon by all parties. Any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to your Submission must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose, regardless of any statute or law to the contrary. In the event any such claim or cause of action is not filed within such one (1) year period, such claim or cause of action shall be forever barred.

16.  These Terms and Conditions and the CUSA Online Privacy Statement, which are part of this agreement and are incorporated herein by reference, set forth the entire understanding and agreement between you and CUSA with respect to your Submission. You acknowledge that any other agreements between you and CUSA with respect to you Submission are superseded and of no force or effect. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be determined to be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable by a court or other legal authority of competent jurisdiction, then that provision will be severed from these Terms and Conditions and will be deemed replaced by an equivalent enforceable provision that, as nearly as possible, reflects the intent of the parties. The severance of any individual provision of these Terms and Conditions will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

BY UPLOADING A SUBMISSION, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

Copyright 2020 Canon U.S.A.

#CanonMemories 
Submission Terms and Conditions

Updated: DATE OF POST

1.     For each headshot, photo, and story #CanonMemories submission (each a "Submission") you submit to Canon U.S.A., Inc. ("CUSA"), CUSA recommends that the photos must be no larger than 20 MB, and formatted as a JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, or BMP and the story must be no more than 1500 characters (including spaces). You must upload your Submission at canon.us/canonmemories and complete the submission form located on the submission website ("Site"). There is a limit of five (5) Submissions, per person, per day. CUSA, in its sole discretion, may discontinue #CanonMemories at any time.

2.     BY UPLOADING A SUBMISSION AND CLICKING THE CHECKBOX ON THE SITE YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND, WITHOUT LIMITATION OR QUALIFICATION, TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THE CUSA ONLINE PRIVACY STATEMENT, AVAILABLE AT http://Canon.us/privacystatement, AND MAY USE OUR SITE AS LONG AS YOU COMPLY WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 

3.     A Submission which CUSA, in its sole discretion, deems to be inappropriate for publication will not be considered. 

4.     The Submission cannot (a) be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, contain nudity or any materially dangerous activity; (b) promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message; (c) be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group; (d) defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about CUSA or its products, or other people, products or companies; (e) contain trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others, or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind; (f) contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses; (g) contain copyrighted materials owned by others; (h) communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which CUSA wishes to associate; (i) depict, or itself be, in violation of any law; (j) contains a virus or any other harmful or potentially harmful component; or (k) contain false or misleading statements of fact or descriptions of the origin of the material or the communication.

5.     By uploading a Submission you represent and warrant that: (a) the Submission is your sole and original creation and has not been copied in whole or in part from any other work; (b) the Submission does not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark/tradename, or other proprietary right of any person (including but not limited to rights of privacy or publicity or portrayal in a false light) or entity; (c) the Submission is your sole and exclusive property; (d) the subject(s) and/or persons depicted in the story has given written consent to its submission into the program; (e) the Submission has not been previously published in connection with another promotion; and (f) publication/distribution of the Submission, or a portion thereof, on the CUSA social media accounts (including but not limited to Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter), CUSA’s website (www.usa.canon.com), the Canon Memories submission page, the Canon Creative Hub, or for CUSA email marketing campaigns, will not infringe on or violate the rights of any third party, including, without limitation, copyrights, trademarks or rights of privacy or publicity, or contain material that is defamatory, threating, indecent, obscene, offensive or that is unlawful, in violation or contrary to any applicable laws or regulations or whose use would require a license or permission from or payment to any third party. You will indemnify and hold harmless CUSA and Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, any other social media property from any claims arising out of CUSA's use of Submission as authorized hereunder or arising out of any breach or alleged breach of any of the covenants, representations and warranties of entrant hereunder.

6.     #CanonMemories is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or any other social media property.

7.     By uploading a Submission, you hereby grant to CUSA, a royalty free, irrevocable, perpetual and worldwide license to use and display the Submission, in whole or in part, together with the information you enter into the submission form on CUSA social media accounts (including but not limited to Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter), as a post or on the CUSA website (www.usa.canon.com) or as a homepage banner, the Canon Memories submission page, the Canon Creative Hub, or for CUSA email marketing campaigns, without compensation of any kind or further notice to or approval from you or any third party. CUSA will include your headshot in the post on our social media properties.  Additionally, CUSA will credit your Submission on Instagram by tagging your Instagram handle.  CUSA will credit your Submission on the CUSA website, Canon Memories submission page, the Canon Creative Hub or any other social media property with your First Name and Last Initial. CUSA is not responsible for any unauthorized third party use of any Submission. CUSA does not guarantee that any Submission will be posted. Subject to the rights granted to CUSA, all participants retains all copyrights in the Submission. 

8.     By uploading a Submission, you agree that CUSA can modify your Submission, including but not limited to, altering, and editing your story. By uploading a Submission, you agree that you shall have no right of approval, no claim to additional compensation and no claim (including without limitation, claims based upon invasion of privacy, defamation, right of publicity or copyright) arising out of any use, alteration, modification, editing any or all of the Submission. 

9.     By uploading a Submission, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications relating to the Submission from us electronically. We may communicate with you by e-mail, by other electronic method, or by posting notices on the Site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. When uploading your Submission to the Site, you may be asked to consent to receive e-mails regarding information about Canon and its products. Consenting to receive such e-mails is optional and does not have to be agreed to in order to upload your Submission and does not improve your chances of being selected.

10.  CUSA and its parent company, subsidiaries and affiliates have been actively engaged in research and development in diversified scientific and business areas for many years. In order to protect the interests of CUSA, its parent company, affiliates and subsidiaries in the ideas and information which have been conceived or developed internally, and to avoid possible future misunderstandings with you or others, CUSA does not solicit ideas, inventions, and the like or agree to receive any confidential information from persons or entities outside the Canon group of companies. CUSA maintains a strict policy of not accepting or considering any creative ideas, suggestions or materials from the public ("Unsolicited Idea(s)") and therefore you should not submit any Unsolicited Ideas to CUSA in any User Generated Content through this Site or otherwise. CUSA does not wish to receive Unsolicited Ideas from you and has expressly advised you not to submit them. If you nonetheless intend to submit an Unsolicited Idea, CUSA strongly recommends that you first consult an attorney in order to evaluate the effect that submitting such an Unsolicited Idea would have on any rights that you might otherwise have.

Nonetheless, if you do send CUSA an Unsolicited Idea that is not already protected by a United States patent or is not public information, it immediately becomes the property of CUSA. By submitting an Unsolicited Idea to CUSA, you agree to convey your ownership interest in the Unsolicited Idea to CUSA, and that CUSA will exclusively own all rights, title and interest therein. Furthermore, CUSA will be free to use, without any compensation to you whatsoever, any concepts, ideas, know-how or techniques contained in any Unsolicited Idea for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing, and marketing products using such information. CUSA will not be liable for such use or disclosure of such Unsolicited Idea or for any similarities in the Unsolicited Idea and any future CUSA uses or activities. 

11.  CUSA trademarks, logos, and service marks and those trademarks, logos, and service marks licensed CUSA by Canon Inc. (collectively, the "Trademarks") displayed on the Site, including but not limited to the Canon logo, are registered and unregistered marks of CUSA or Canon Inc. All other trademarks, trade names, product names, service marks and all other non-CUSA marks are the property of their respective owners. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Site without the written permission of CUSA or such third party that may own other trademarks displayed on the Site. The absence of a product or service name or logo anywhere in the text of the Site does not constitute a waiver of any trademark or other intellectual property rights concerning that name or logo.

12.  NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
If you believe in good faith that your copyrighted work has been reproduced by CUSA without authorization in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide CUSA's designated copyright agent with the following information:

(a)   identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;

(b)  identification of the allegedly infringing material on the Site that is requested to be removed;

(c)   your name, address and daytime telephone number, and an e-mail address if available, so that CUSA may contact you if necessary;

(d)  a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the copyrighted work is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;

(e)   a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the signatory is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive copyright right that is allegedly infringed; and

(f)   an electronic or physical signature of the copyright owner or someone authorized on the owner's behalf to assert infringement of copyright and to submit the statement.

CUSA's copyright agent for notice of claims of infringement is:

By U.S. Mail:
Copyright Agent
Legal Division
Canon U.S.A., Inc.
One Canon Park
Melville, New York 11747

By Email:
copyrightagent@cusa.canon.com

By Fax:
631-330-4450

This contact information is only for suspected copyright infringement. Contact information for other matters is provided elsewhere. Upon receipt of such a notice of claimed infringement (or any statement in conformance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)), CUSA will act expeditiously to remove or disable access to any content that is claimed to be infringing upon the copyright of any person under the laws of the United States, and will terminate the Site privileges of those who repeatedly infringe on the copyright of others. United States law imposes substantial penalties for falsely submitting a notice of copyright infringement.

13.  CUSA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. CUSA ALSO ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR, ANY DAMAGE TO OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY, OR FOR ANY LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING IN THE SITE, OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS, DATA, TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO, OR AUDIO FROM THE SITE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY CONTAINED HEREIN, IN NO EVENT SHALL CUSA'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THE SITE.

14.  By uploading a Submission, you agree that you are at least 18 years of age.

15.  All Submissions are administered by CUSA from its offices in Melville, New York, United States of America. These Terms and Conditions are governed and interpreted under the laws of the State of New York. You agree that any claim or dispute against CUSA arising out of or relating to the use of the Site must be resolved by a court located in the Eastern District of New York, unless otherwise agreed upon by all parties. Any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to your Submission must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose, regardless of any statute or law to the contrary. In the event any such claim or cause of action is not filed within such one (1) year period, such claim or cause of action shall be forever barred.

16.  These Terms and Conditions and the CUSA Online Privacy Statement, which are part of this agreement and are incorporated herein by reference, set forth the entire understanding and agreement between you and CUSA with respect to your Submission. You acknowledge that any other agreements between you and CUSA with respect to you Submission are superseded and of no force or effect. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be determined to be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable by a court or other legal authority of competent jurisdiction, then that provision will be severed from these Terms and Conditions and will be deemed replaced by an equivalent enforceable provision that, as nearly as possible, reflects the intent of the parties. The severance of any individual provision of these Terms and Conditions will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

BY UPLOADING A SUBMISSION, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS