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1. Acceptance of terms

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Terms of use
- Article 1 (Purpose)
  - The purpose of these Terms and Conditions (hereinafter, these “Terms”) shall be to set forth the rights and responsibilities of ** (hereinafter, the “Company”) and users in using the Internet related service (hereinafter, the “Service”) provided from “ *** “, the Internet website run by the Company (hereinafter, the “Website”).
- Article 2 (Definitions)
  1. The terms used herein shall have the following meaning:
    
    “User” shall mean a person who accesses this Site and uses the service made available hereunder by the Company.
    
    “Member” shall mean a person who obtains the membership and an ID through the procedure laid down by the Company in order to receive the service provided by the Company hereunder.
    
    “ID” shall mean a combination of characters and numbers fabricated by the User and approved by the Company so that the User may use the Service and the Company may define and identify the Members.
    
    “Password” shall mean a combination of characters and numbers fabricated by the User so that he/she may verify him/herself as the same Member as represented by ID and enjoy protection of his/her rights and interest.
  2. Definition of the term used herein shall be in compliance with commercial practice and relevant statutes except as prescribed in Paragraph (1)
- Article 3 (Presentation of Terms and Amendment)
  1. The Company shall post the contents of these Terms, tradename, the representative’s name, business registration number, contact information (phone, facsimile, e-mail address, etc.) on the initial service screen on Internet so that the Users may be able to view and read.
  2. If a User has completed the registration of a Member through the stipulated the membership procedure, he/she shall be deemed to have agreed to these Terms.
  3. The Company may amend these Terms at its own discretion to the extent not constituting a violation of the Act on the Regulation of Terms and Conditions, the Digital Signature Act, the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization, etc. (hereinafter, the “the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization”), the Act on Door-to-door Sales, etc., the Consumer Protection Act, and other relevant statutory provisions.
  4. In order to amend these Terms, the Company shall post on the initial screen the planned amendment, effective date and reason for such amendment as well as the current version of these Terms for seven [7] consecutive days until the effective date.
  5. When the Company intends to amend these Terms, the amended terms shall apply to those agreements executed after the effective date, whereas any agreement existing as of the effect date shall be subject to these Terms as before such amendment; provided that, if a user who has already executed an agreement notifies the Company of his/her intention to be subject to application of amended provisions within the notice period under Paragraph (4) and obtains the Company’s consent, such user shall be subject to application of the Terms as amended.
- Article 5 (Types of Service)
  1. The Company shall provide the following services:
    
    (1) patent exchange service;
    
    (2) transaction statuses for each patent office;
    
    (3) provision of proposal and inquiry service; and
    
    (4) other service designated by the Company.
  2. The Company may, when finding it necessary for its operation, change the contents of the services, without bearing any liability for damage incurred by any user as a result thereof.
- Article 6 (Fee-based Service)
  1. The Company may pursuant to its policy demand payment of user fee and brokerage fee for using the Website.
  2. The agency fee shall be demanded only when the brokerage has been consummated. Assessment of the brokerage fee may be differentiated according to the degree of difficulty, subject to the agreement between the Company and the User.
  3. The Company may provide paid service for fees differently set to each Member.
  4. If a Member fails to pay the fee, the Company may suspend or restrict the Member’s use of service.
  5. Where necessary for business operation, the Company may change the user fee or brokerage fee.
- Article 7 (Suspension of Service)
  1. In case where there occurs an incident beyond control such as repair, inspection, replacement or breakdown of the communication facilities including computers, disconnection of communication system, or natural catastrophe, the Company may temporarily suspend the service provision.
  2. Except in case of any natural catastrophe, national emergency or any other events beyond control, suspension of service shall be posted or announced in public in advance.
  3. In case of having suspended the service due to any natural catastrophe, national emergency or any other events beyond control, the Company shall, immediately upon such event ceasing to exist, post a message or notify the Members thereof.
  4. In case of an allied website, the terms and conditions for operation of the website shall apply.
  5. The Company shall not be liable to pay damage incurred by a User or a third party due to a temporary suspension of service provision for any of events prescribed in each Paragraph of Article 6.
- Article 8 (Service User Agreement)
  1. To use the service contemplated herein, a User shall consent these Terms and apply for joining the membership by stating his/her member information in the form prepared by the Company (hereinafter, the “Application Form”).
  2. The Company may refuse to provide the service to any User who has applied for membership as prescribed in Paragraph (1) if:
    
    the name stated in the Application Form is not the real name of the applicant; or
    
    the applicant has given false information, misstated by an error, or omitted necessary information on the Application Form; or
    
    the purpose of application is, from a society’s common perspective, deemed to disturb the public order or the society’s good morale and sound customs; or
    
    it would obstruct the Company’s legitimate business pursuit; or
    
    accepting the applicant as a registered Member is deemed infeasible for the Company’s technology or unallowable due to a fault attributable to the applicant.
  3. The agreement on membership acquisition shall be deemed to have been duly formed at the time the Company’s acceptance is communicated to the Member.
  4. In case of any change in any of the registered information, the User shall immediately notify the Company of such change by e-mail or otherwise.
- Article 9 (Member’s Responsibility)
  1. No Member may engage in communication activities relating to any of the following subparagraphs that disturb the public order or good morale and the sound customs.
    
    using another Member’s ID and password;
    
    using without the Company’s prior permission any information obtained through the service provided by the Company for any purpose other than authorized or attempting to use such information for reproduction, circulation or commercial application;
    
    infringing intellectual property right or any other right of another Member of a third party;
    
    injuring reputation of or intentionally causing disadvantage to another Member;
    
    circulating any message aimed to commit or abet and aid criminal act or vulgar or obscene contents (any act otherwise running afoul of social order)
    
    soliciting any contents or advertisement unrelated to the service without having obtained the Company’s consent or delivering such matters by posting in public or otherwise;
    
    causing harm to information service, commit hacking to disturb the order, or circulating contaminable computer viruses; or
    
    any act otherwise in contravention of relevant statues.
  2. The responsibility for management of ID and password shall be borne by each Member, who shall be fully and solely liable for any outcome generated from mismanagement thereof.
  3. As the different Members’ ID’s may not be used concurrently in connection with the Service, if it is known to any other person, the user is recommended to promptly change his/her password, which shall be notified to the Company.
  4. All the Members shall comply with the regulations and advisories prescribed hereunder.
- Article 10 (Withdrawal and Disqualification)
  1. A Member may request the Company personally or through the Website or by written notice, phone, or e-mail that he/she withdraw from the membership, upon receipt of which the Company shall suspend providing service to the Member according to its internal verification process.
  2. In case where a Member has committed any of the following acts, the Company may restrict or suspend his/her membership without a prior notice:
    
    misusing another Member’s ID and password;
    
    giving a false statements at the time of joining the membership in violation of the Service User Agreement;
    
    circulating computer viruses intentionally;
    
    obstructing other users in using this Website or misusing information or otherwise creating a threat to the digital transaction system;
    
    any act forbidden by any relevant statute or these Terms or any act running afoul of the society’s good morale and sound customs; or
    
    failure to satisfy the requirements for using the Service prescribed by the Company.
  3. The Company may withhold accepting any application for membership if:
    
    the system is full to the capacity;
    
    it is infeasible technologically;
    
    there is an inevitable cause that compels the Company to withdraw accepting the application for membership; or
    
    it would be violating the provision of these Terms.
  4. If a Member whose membership was restricted or suspended by the Company commits the same acts two times or more or remains uncorrected within 30 days, he/she may forfeit the membership at the Company’s discretion.
  5. If a Member forfeits his/her membership, the Company shall deregister his/her registration as a Member; provided that the Company shall notify the Member granting a hearing opportunity before final deregistration of the membership.
  6. In case of Paragraph (2), the Company may demand the Member for compensation of damage.
- Article 11 (Duty of the Company)
  1. The Company shall not commit any act forbidden by the relevant statutes as well as these Terms.
  2. The Company shall endeavor to provide continuous and stable Services.
  3. The Company shall promptly take action to any feedback or complaint from a Member that is deemed reasonable; provided that, if taking an immediate action is infeasible, the Company shall notify the Member of the reason and the processing timeline.
- Article 12 (Notification to Members)
  1. The Company may serve a notice to a Member at the e-mail address submitted by the Member to the Company.
  2. In case where the Company serves a notice to unidentified Members at large, it may post it in the Company’s bulletin board for one [1] week or longer, in lieu of individual notification.
- Article 13 (Collection of Personal Information)
  1. The Company shall collect personal information by legitimate and fair means, to the minimum extent necessary for constitution and performance of the Service User Agreement.
  2. In order to provide better Service to the Members, the Company may collect additional information on management of the intellectual property owned by Members and cases of patent exchange deal concluded through IOU.
- Article 14 (Scope of Collection)
  1. In the process of membership application, the Company may, to provide basic Services, collect information on personal status and affiliated offices, including without limitation the name, ID, password, e-mail, address, country of citizenship, affiliated office, number of incoming incidents, number of outgoing incidents, number of employees, title, and mobile phone number.
  2. The Company shall abstain from collecting any information the contents of which are likely to trespass the Member’s fundamental rights to a significant degree.
- Article 15 (Duration for Possession and Utilization of Personal Information; Destruction)
  - Whenever a Member the renounces the membership or withdraws consent under Article 16, the Company shall take appropriate actions such as destruction of the Member’s information in its possession immediately.
- Article 16 (No Disclosure of Personal Information to a Third Party)
  1. The Company shall not disclose personal information to any third party without the Members’ consent; except where:
    
    there is a special provision in a statute such as the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization;
    
    it is necessary for performance of the Service User Agreement; or
    
    it is necessary for preparation of statistics, academic study, or market research, on condition that such information is disclosed in a way that no individual is identifiable.
  2. The Company may utilize the Members’ personal information in a website allied to the Company.
- Article 17 (Withdrawal of Consent, Viewing and Correction)
  1. A Member (or his/her legal representative) may at any time withdraw his/her consent to collection and utilization of personal information, use for any other purpose, or disclosure to a third party.
  2. A Member (or his/her legal representative) may at any time view his/her own personal information and may correct the information or error by him/herself, the particulars of which process shall be in accordance as instructed in the public the Service User Guidelines or advisory posted on the Website.
- Article 18 (Service Provision)
  1. Unless any operational or technological issue in involved, the Company will provide the Service 365 days a year, 24 hours a day uninterrupted service, subject to change to accommodate the change in the Company’s management policy.
  2. The Company may designate the Service utilization time period for certain Members or part of the Service, which shall be posted on the Website in advance.
  3. In case of an allied website, the terms and conditions for operation of the website shall apply.
- Article 19 (Provision of Information)
  - The Company may provide the Members with various information deemed necessary for utilizing the Service by e-mail or other means; provided that each Member may express by e-mail his/her intention to refuse to receive such information.
- Article 20 (Deletion of Posting)
  - If the Company deems that any message posted or any service provided by a Member constitutes any of the following cases, the Company may delete it without a prior notice.
    
    if it slanders or defames another Member or a third party;
    
    if it transmits a bulk of information to disturb stable operation of the Service;
    
    if it disseminates untrue facts or transmits promotional information against the receiver’s will;
    
    if its contents are against the public order or the society’s good morale and sound customs;
    
    if it would infringe a third party’s intellectual property; or
    
    if it is otherwise deemed in violation of these Terms or any statute.
- Article 21 (Changing Agreement Provisions)
  - A Member who intends to change certain provisions of the Service User Agreement may request for such change by posting a message or using e-mail or phone, in accordance as instructed in the Company’s Terms and Conditions as well as the User Guidelines.
- Article 22 (Intellectual Property)
  1. Any intellectual property including copyright relating to the Service shall belong to the Company.
  2. No User may without the Company’s prior permission utilize, or permit a third party to utilize, any information obtained through the Service for any pecuniary purpose by means of reproduction, transmission, publication, circulation, broadcasting, etc.
  3. The rights and responsibilities with respect to data or message posted by each Member shall belong to the Member, and in no event may the Company use it for any pecuniary purpose without the Member’s consent.
- Article 23 (Disclaimer)
  1. The Company shall not be liable for any damage incurred due to a Member’s negligence or intent.
  2. The Company shall not be liable for any loss of profit expected by a Member from the Service of the Company or any damage incurred as a result of the Member’s selection/dismissal or use of the data acquired through the Service.
  3. The Company shall not be liable to a Member for interruption of the Service due to a fault attributable to the Member.
  4. The Company shall not be liable for any damage incurred by a Member as a consequence of message posted or data transmitted by a third party.
  5. The Company shall not be liable for any damage incurred due to a natural catastrophe or any event beyond control.
  6. In case where the Company provides Service under an agreement with an allied website, the Company shall not be liable for any loss arising in connection with the service provided by the allied website.
- Article 24 (Governing Law and Court of Jurisdiction)
  1. Both the Company and the Members shall make their best possible endeavors to settle amicably any dispute arising in connection with the Service.
  2. If the dispute leads to a lawsuit notwithstanding the endeavors in the preceding paragraph, the lawsuit shall be filed with the Seoul Central District Court located in the Republic of Korea as the court of jurisdiction.
  3. Any dispute arising between the Company and a Member shall be governed by laws of the Republic of Korea.
Collection and use of personal information
- *** (Hereinafter, “we”, or “this Company”) fully acknowledges the value of customers’ personal information and complies with the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection as well as the Criteria for Technological and Managerial Protection of Personal Information. The Personal Information Processing Policy is another embodiment of our efforts to effectively protect valuable personal information provided by the customers.
  - We display our personal information protection policy on the initial page of our Web Site to make it instantly available to customers’ inspection.
  - Whenever we need to change an important matter contained in our personal information protection policy, we announce in advance the proposed change and the reason through our Web Site (***) in advance.
- Followings are the explanation on the personal information protection policy as applied to our Web Site, which commonly applies to all the Web Sites run by this Company.
  - Collection and Utilization of Personal Information
    
    Purpose of collection and utilization of personal information
    
    Collecting information and data necessary for providing users with patent exchange brokerage service; statistical analysis for improvement or supplementation of the Web Site.
    
    Work coordination and communication between the User and the Web Site; Response to security accident
    
    Be advised that this type of information may subject to production pursuant to stator provisions.
    
    Types of Personal Information to be Collected
    
    We do not collect sensitive personal information that may involve infringement of fundamental human right (race, ethnic origin, ideology and creed, place of birth or place of initial domicile, political orientation and criminal record, health status, sexual life, etc.).
    
    The personal information collected at the time of joining membership of this Company are as follows:
    Required [country, name, affiliated company, title : identification of the member], [mobile phone number, address, number of employees, number of incoming and outgoing incidences : application for and implementation of brokerage for patent exchange, public advisory, implementation of Services], [Web Site: For identification of each Member and promotion to the public (disclosure only subject to the Member’s consent)
    
    The following are the personal information automatically collected and stored when the Web Site is visited and how to reject such collection.
    Collectibles [cookie, User’s Internet server domain, address of by-passed web site, OS types, web browser types and version]
    
    Installation and operation of mechanism for automatic collection of personal information and rejection of automatic collection: Every customer has option to allow or disallow installation of cookie. On the top part of the web browser, specifically in “Tools > Internet Option > Privacy > Advanced”, you may allow all the cookies or require a notice every time cookie is installed, or simply reject all the cookies. However, if you reject installation of cookies, you may have to tolerate some inconvenience or difficulty in using the Service. The cookie will be expired upon turning off the browser or log-out.
    
    Period for Possession and Utilization of Personal Information
    
    We will possess and utilize your personal information only for the time period beginning the day when you join us for the Service throughout the period we deliver Service to you. When you request for withdrawal of the membership or consent to collection and utilization of the personal information, the purpose of collection/utilization has been attained or the time period for possession/utilization is over, or a ground for closing the business has occurred, we immediately destroy the relevant personal information.
    
    However, we may possess personal information for a certain period if such information needs to be in further custody in preparation for settlement of fees, litigation or dispute or other necessary events.
    
    Procedures and methods for destroying personal information
    
    Once our purpose of collecting personal information has been accomplished, we destroy the information as per its possession or utilization period, as follows:
    
    How and when to destroy personal information in possession
    
    Once the purpose of the utilization (including termination of the Service), the personal information given by the customer for joining the Service will be deleted or destroyed pursuant to internal policy or other related statues.
    
    Method of destruction
    
    Personal information stated in a documentary form such as Application for Membership or printed on paper will be mechanically shredded or incinerated. Personal information stored in digital file will be deleted.
  - Consent to Collection and Utilization of Personal Information
    
    We provide customers with an option of “I Agree” or I Do Not Agree” to our personal information processing policy or the User Agreement, by clicking a relevant button. If a customer clicks “I Agree” button, he or she is deemed to have consented to collection and utilization of personal information.
Privacy, business consignment
- Delegation of Personal Information Processing Service
  1. Disclosure of Personal Information to a Third Party
    
    The Company does not use or provide or disclosure to a third party personal information of the Members beyond the scope consented or notified in the personal information protection policy, except where disclosure of information is required or allowed by law.
  2. Delegation of Personal Information Processing
    
    To facilitate the business operation including provision of better Service and customer convenience, we delegate the personal information processing service to an independent firm by outsourcing.
    
    We make it a requirement to execute and comply with service delegation agreement and confidentiality and security pledge, containing compliance with statutory provisions regarding personal information protection, confidentiality of personal information, prohibition of disclosure to a third party, liability upon accident, delegation period, duty to return or destroy personal information after completion of the mission.
  3. The businesses that we entrust the personal information for us to provide the Services are as follows:
    
    Contractor: Saltware Co., Ltd., * Services delegated (purpose): Development and operation of Website, Website hosting, * Period allowed for possession and use: Until the expiry of the term of delegation agreement.
    
    The list of the contractors may be changed to reflect changes in the Service provided and the term of the agreement. We will announce the change in advance using the advisory notice.
- Users’ Rights and How to Exercise
  1. Viewing, correction, withdrawal of consent (renunciation of membership) – Customers are free to view or directly correct his/her own personal information registered with us. Simply click ‘Updating Member Information’ to get access to your personal information.
  2. Whenever a customer needs to inspect, verify or correct his/her personal information, we will respectfully hear the customer’s request and will promptly correct or delete personal information which is found erroneous or whose possession period has been lapsed.
  3. As a customer, you may at any time withdraw your consent to collection, utilization or disclosure of your personal information that you gave us in the course of joining the membership. To withdraw the consent (or to renounce the membership), you may personally click ‘Membership Withdrawal’ and request for such withdrawal.
- Technological and Managerial Measures for Personal Information Protection
  1. To protect customers’ personal information, we put technological and managerial measures in practice as follows:
    
    Technological Protective Measures
    
    In dealing with customers’ personal information, we have established and apply the following technological protective measures so that the personal information may not be lost, stolen, revealed, tampered with, or damaged.
    
    Customers’ personal information will be protected by the password, and important data are protected by a separate security function, using codification of file and transmission data or file lock function.
    
    To prevent damage caused by computer viruses, we apply and regularly update vaccine programs. Upon emergence of new viruses, we obtain and apply new vaccine as immediately as it is available.
    
    We adopt SSL (security mechanisms) that can transmit personal information in safe mode using codified algorithms.
    
    In preparation for intrusion such as hacking, we apply to each server the blocking system and vulnerability analysis system
    
    Managerial Protective Measure
    
    We have established a set of procedures for customers to access and manage his/her personal information. We ensure that our employees fully understand and comply with the procedures, but limit the power to access customers’ personal information to the minimum number of employees involved in the following category.
    {Employees who are involved in: marketing operation directed to the users; brokerage for patent exchange; management of personal information such as personal information manager or processor; and handling of personal information as required by the nature of his/her job duty}
    
    In case of processing personal information of customers using the computer, we designate a processor authorized to access personal information and grant ID and password, which is periodically renewed.
    
    Our employees are well trained with new security technology and duty to protect personal information through in-house education as well as outsourced education by delegation. New recruits are required to sign an affidavit to protect information or personal information protection letter of pledge as a means to prevent information from being leaked by new employees. The Company also has set up and implements internal procedures to monitor the status of personal information protection and employees’ compliance with the information protection policies.
    
    When an employee joins or leaves our Company, he or she is required to sign the confidentiality pledge. This way, we make sure that a person who handles or handled personal information of customers may not damage or disclose personal information learned in the line of job duty.
    
    The personal information handler’s job hand-over to his or her successor is processed with the strict application of security measures. Such handler’s liability for accident involving personal information is clearly defined during as well as after he or she has left the Company.
    
    The computer room and data archives are designated as special protection area, with restricted access.
- Advisory to the Website Users
  1. Linked Website/Web Page
    
    When a user clicks a link or banner appearing on various web pages operated by this Company and is directed to another website or web page, protection of personal information is subject to policy announced by the web site. Accordingly, users are advised to check the newly visited web site’s policy.
  2. Acquisition of another person’s personal information while using the Web Site: Users are not allowed to collect or disseminate identifiable personal information, including e-mail address.
  3. Liabilities of Users: If a User has infringed another person’s rights or interests or disseminate false information and thereby causes damage to a related group, the one who posted the relevant literature is fully responsible and personal information of the relevant person may not be fully protected under the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection.
  4. Notes: Among the matters stated by Users on the Web Site, those not classified as confidential information may be accessed and viewed by other persons. Matters stated by Users may be shared with other persons who is in need of it, based on relevant statutes, or used for implementation of relevant laws or decrees or as an input for policy development. Any non-confidential contents may be shared with or disclosed to other institutions as necessary. Although we are always making technological/managerial efforts for security, you are advised to avoid stating sensitive information that may cause an issue upon occurrence of any infringement incident.
- Feedback Collection and Handling Complaints
  1. Customer feedback in relation to personal information is very important to us. Customers may deliver their complaints or inquiries through phone, e-mail or the contact window appearing on our Web Site on the Internet. Alternatively, contact us at the following e-mail address (***) and we will promptly reply to you.
  2. For any other inquiries on personal information you may contact the Personal Information Issue Response Center of the Korea Internet and Security Agency or the Cyber Terror Response Center of the National Police Agency.
  - Korea Personal Information Issue Response Center (Tel: 118, http://www.118.or.kr)
  - Korea Cyber Terror Response Center of the National Police Agency (Tel: 02-393-9112, http://www.netan.go.kr)
- Personal Information Manage and Processor
  - We exercise our best endeavors to ensure that customers’ information is used in a safe mode and respond to personal information inquiries promptly and diligently. The personal information manager is the one fully liable for any accident that deviates from our instructions to customers on customer protection. The following are personal information managers and processors.
  1. Personal information manager (Name: ***, Affiliation: ***, Contact: ***, E-mail: ***)
  2. Personal information processor (Name: ***, Affiliation: ***, Contact: ***, E-mail: ***)
- Date of Last Update
  - The current version of Personal Information Processing Policy was amended on _____ ____, 20_____.
  - Appendix 1. (Effective Date) These Terms and Conditions shall take effect on _____ ____, 2016.

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