Terms of Use

Thank you for visiting the website.  This document outlines the Terms and Conditions relating to your use of the website. These Terms and Conditions are applicable to your use of this website, regardless of how you accessed it, and all content, information, and services provided on and through our website may be used only under the following terms and conditions. 


YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS. PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE WEBSITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY PART OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU MUST NOT USE OUR WEBSITE. 

1.  Who We Are.

The website www.baconuniversal.com is a URL owned and operated by Bacon-Universal Company, Inc., a Hawaii corporation.

2.  Definitions.

The terms “we” and “us” refer to Bacon-Universal Company, Inc.  The terms “you” and “user” refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing this website for any reason.  

3.  Limited License.

You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license (a) to access and use the website strictly in accordance with these Terms of Use; (b) to use the website solely for internal, personal, non-commercial purposes; and (c) to print out discrete information from the website solely for internal, personal, non-commercial purposes and provided that you maintain all copyright and other policies contained therein. No printout or electronic version of any part of the website or its contents may be used by you in any litigation or arbitration matter whatsoever under any circumstances. 

4.  Restrictions and Prohibitions of Use.

Your license for access and use of the website and any information, materials or documents therein are subject to the following restrictions and prohibitions on use: You may not (a) copy, print (except for the express limited purpose permitted by Section 3 above), republish, display, distribute, transmit, sell, rent, lease, loan or otherwise make available in any form or by any means all or any portion of the website or any content and materials retrieved from it; (b) use the website or any materials obtained from the website to develop, of as a component of, any information, storage and retrieval system, database, information base, or similar resource (in any media now existing or hereafter developed), that is offered for commercial distribution of any kind, including through sale, license, lease, rental, subscription, or any other commercial distribution mechanism; (c) create compilations or derivative works of any content and materials from the website; (d) use any content and materials from the website in any manner that may infringe any copyright, intellectual property right, proprietary right, or property right of us or any third parties; (e) remove, change or obscure any copyright notice or other proprietary notice or terms of use contained in the website; (f) make any portion of the website available through any timesharing system, service bureau, the Internet or any other technology now existing or developed in the future; (g) remove, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any website software or use any network monitoring or discovery software to determine the website architecture; (h) use any automatic or manual process to harvest information from the website; (i) use the website for the purpose of gathering information for or transmitting (1) unsolicited commercial email; (2) email that makes use of headers, invalid or nonexistent domain names, or other means of deceptive addressing; and (3) unsolicited telephone calls or facsimile transmissions; (j) use the website in a manner that violates any state or federal law regulating email, facsimile transmissions or telephone solicitations; and (k) export or re-export the website or any portion thereof, or any software available on or through the website, in violation of the export control laws or regulations of the United States. 

5.  Intellectual Property Rights

A. Copyright.
Except where otherwise indicated, all materials contained in this website are the copyrighted property of Bacon-Universal Company, Inc., its affiliated companies and/or third party licensors. We may possess intellectual property rights in other logos, words, or phrases not listed here. Intellectual property rights of third parties may apply where noted. Except where otherwise indicated, all materials on this site, including, but not limited to, graphics, website design, text, content, software, audio, video, files, selection and arrangement of elements, organization, compilation, magnetic translation, digital conversion and other matters related to the website are protected by copyright or other intellectual property laws, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The posting of any such elements on the website does not constitute a waiver of any right in such elements. You do not acquire ownership rights to any such elements viewed through the website. Except as otherwise provided herein, none of these elements may be used, copied, reproduced, downloaded, posted, displayed, transmitted, modified, or distributed in any form or by any means, including, without limitation, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without our prior written permission, which may be granted or withheld in our sole discretion.

B. Trademark.
All product names, company names, and other logos, unless otherwise noted, are trademarks and/or trade dress of the site owner in the United States, or its affiliates or other companies under common ownership or control (the "Marks"). All other trademarks, product names, company names, logos, service marks, and/or trade dress mentioned, displayed, cited or otherwise indicated on the website are the property of their respective owners. The use or misuse of any Marks or any other materials contained on the website, without the prior written permission of their owner, is expressly prohibited.

We reserve all rights to intellectual property. You may print out a single copy of pages on this site for your personal, non-commercial use provided that all copyright, trademark or other notices are retained. ALL OTHER USES ARE PROHIBITED WITHOUT OUR EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT, WHICH MAY BE GRANTED OR WITHHELD IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION.  Unless expressly permitted by us, you are not authorized to use any portion of this site or any other intellectual property on any other site, in the meta-tags of any other site or in any other materials. You may not modify, publish, create derivative works, copy, distribute, or otherwise use any of this website's content or frame this site within any other site.

6.  Termination.

7.  Disclaimer of Warranties.

8.  Limitation of Liability.

9.  Responsibility for Use of Password.

In accessing the website, you agree that:

10.  Indemnity.

11.  Links to Other Websites.

12.  Nontransferable.

You may not transfer or assign any of your rights hereunder.  Any password or right given to you to obtain information or documents is not transferable or assignable. 

13.  Modifications.

14.  Compliance with Law.

In using this website, you agree that you will comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations regarding your use of the website and the content and materials provided therein.

15.  Governing Law and Jurisdiction.

16.  Force Majeure.

17.  Survivability.

The ownership and proprietary rights provisions set forth in these Terms of Use, and any other provisions that by their sense and context the parties intend to have survive, shall survive the termination of these Terms of Use and any obligations hereunder for any reason.  

18.  Severability.

19.  Interpretation.

The fact of authorship by or at the behest of a party shall not affect the construction or interpretation of these Terms of Use.  Any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not apply in interpreting this Agreement.

20.  Entire Agreement.

These Terms of Use embodies the entire agreement and understanding of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, representations and understandings between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof.