Introduction

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Trademarks

Cross, Cross Pen Computing Group, Penatia, Gelicious, Tattoodles, DigitalWriter, NetPen, Cross NetPen, Cross :Convergence, Century, Cross Townsend, Pinnacle, Solo, Classic, Medalist, Morph, Ion, ATX, Cross Matrix, Selectip, Classic Black, Write Back, Verve, and Vice are registered or unregistered trademarks of A.T. CROSS Company and its subsidiaries. The absence of a trademark from this list does not constitute a waiver of Cross's trademark or other intellectual property rights concerning that trademark. Other product and company names mentioned in this web site may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Nothing in this web site should be construed as granting, by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use any Cross trademark displayed on the site without the written permission of Cross.

Use Restrictions

Materials contained in this web site are copyrighted and are protected by worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions. Except as otherwise stated herein, none of the material contained in this site may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Cross. Permission is granted to display, copy, distribute and download the materials on this web site for personal, informational, or non-commercial use only, provided that you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the materials. This permission terminates automatically if you breach any of these terms or conditions. Upon termination, you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed materials.

Submissions

Cross appreciates hearing from its customers and welcomes your comments regarding its products, including its on-line services. However, our company policy does not allow us to accept or consider creative ideas, suggestions, inventions or materials other than those we have specifically requested. Accordingly, we must insist that you do not send us any original creative materials, inventions or ideas. While we do value your feedback on our services and products, we request that you be specific in your comments on those services and products, and not submit any creative ideas, inventions, suggestions or materials.

If, despite our request that you not send us any creative materials, you send us creative suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, inventions or other information (collectively, the "Information"), the Information shall be deemed, and shall remain, our property. None of the Information shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on our part, and we shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Information. Without limitation of the foregoing, we shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing rights to the Information of every kind and nature throughout the world 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.

Warranties and Disclaimers

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Cross does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics or other items contained within these materials. Cross may make changes to these materials, or to the products described therein, at any time without notice. Cross makes no commitment to update these materials.

Although Cross may, from time to time, monitor or review the discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards and other dialogue ("Dialogue"), if any, on its sites, it is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the Dialogue contained in its sites, or for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger or inaccuracy contained in any information within our sites. Cross does not monitor or review the content of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to its sites, and it assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the contents of such off-site pages or sites, or for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger or inaccuracy contained in any information contained therein.

You shall not post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or would otherwise violate the law.

Any material, information or idea that you transmit to or post on this web site will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and may be disseminated or used by Cross or its affiliates for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing or marketing products.

Third Parties

This web site may contain links which will allow you to leave Cross's web site. Any such linked sites are not under the control of Cross and Cross is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. Cross is providing these links to you only as a convenience and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Cross of the linked site.

Mention of third-party products and companies on this web site is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. Cross assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance or use of these products or companies. There are dangers inherent in the use of any software found on the internet and Cross assumes no responsibility with regard to the performance or use of these products. It is up to you to take precautions to insure that whatever you select for your use is free of viruses and other items of a destructive nature.

Information published on this web site may contain references or cross-references to products, programs and services that are not announced or available in your country. Such references do not imply that Cross intends to announce such programs, products, or services in your country.

Jurisdiction

This site is controlled and operated by Cross from its offices within the United States of America and is to be viewed by residents in the United States only. We make no representation that materials in this site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. Software from this site is further subject to United States export controls. No software from this site may be downloaded or otherwise exported or reexported (i) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Syria or any other country subject to United States export control restrictions; or (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Denial Orders. By downloading or using the software, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.

Termination

This agreement is effective until terminated by you or Cross. You may terminate this agreement at any time by destroying all materials obtained from any and all of our site(s) and all related documentation and all copies and installations thereof, whether made under the terms of this agreement or otherwise. This agreement will terminate immediately without notice from Cross if in its sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of this agreement. Upon termination, you must destroy all materials obtained from this site and any and all other of our sites and all copies thereof, whether made under the terms of this agreement or otherwise. Cross reserves the right to alter or delete material from this site at any time and may, at any time, revise the terms of this agreement by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revision and should, therefore, periodically visit this page to review the then current terms of agreement.