Legal Notice and General Terms and Conditions

Legal Notice

Information published under the ZEISS domains may contain references to products and services which have not been advertised or made available in your country. Such information does not imply that ZEISS intends to offer these products or services in your country at a later date. If necessary, you may contact our regional sales organization which will be pleased to provide you with information on the availability of these products and services. The presentation of the products and services on our website does not constitute a binding sales offer.

The content of this Website may be limited for use by persons located within certain geographic regions (such as the United States) and ZEISS makes no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of such region. Access to the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website in contravention of legal restrictions, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

If software is offered for download free of charge, ZEISS assumes no liability for any damages resulting from the download or the use of the software. The download and use of the software is carried out exclusively at the user's own risk and without any liability or warranty, except in the event of any wrongful intent or gross negligence on the part of ZEISS. In some areas of our websites, we also provide information about and links to third party websites. We only do this if we are totally convinced of the seriousness of the respective supplier. However, ZEISS is not responsible for the data protection stipulations or contents of these websites and accepts no liability in this regard.

Indemnification

You will indemnify, defend and hold harmless ZEISS and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, service providers, subcontractors and suppliers from and against any and all losses, liabilities, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs, arising or resulting from your use of the site and any violation of these Terms. If you cause a technical disruption of the site or the systems transmitting the site to you or others, you agree to be responsible for any and all losses, liabilities, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs, arising or resulting from that disruption. ZEISS may, at its option and own expense, assume exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you and, in such case, you agree to cooperate with ZEISS in the defense of such matter.

Limitation on Liability

Your use of this site is at your sole risk. The site is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We reserve the right to
restrict or terminate your access to the site or any feature or part thereof at any time. In no event will ZEISS, its affiliates or their licensors, service providers, employees, agents, officers or directors be liable for damages of any kind, under any legal theory, arising out of or in connection with your use, or inability to use, the website, any websites linked to it, any content on the website or such other websites or any services or items obtained through the website or such other websites, including any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, including but not limited to, personal injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of business or anticipated savings, loss of use, loss of goodwill, loss of data, and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable.

The foregoing does not affect any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

ZEISS holds and reserves all rights to the content and layout of its websites. The intellectual property contained in our websites and our brands are protected. The text, images and graphics on our websites and their layout etc., as well as animations and software are subject to copyright law and other protective legislation. Reproduction, rendition or playback of the whole or parts thereof is pr ohibited unless our written permission has been obtained in advance. This website does not grant any license for the use of the intellectual property. ZEISS reserves the right to change, suspend or close down websites at any time and without prior notice.

Despite the careful compilation of the content of our website, we assume no liability for its correctness, accuracy, completeness or for undisrupted access to it. Insofar as is legally permissible, we assume no liability for direct or indirect damages including loss of earnings arising from the use of our website, or in connection with information made available on the website. We reserve the right to change or supplement the information provided, and to do so at any time.