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The purpose of this document is to describe Mentor Graphics' policy regarding the collection and usage of personal data from our external web site www.PartQuest.com and from any customer satisfaction or product improvement program in which our customers choose to participate. Mentor Graphics and its agents will protect the information that is gathered as stated in this Privacy Policy. It will not be shared with, bartered, or sold to any third party. If you have any comments or questions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at partquest_feedback@mentor.com.

Your use of this web site represents your agreement to comply with all terms, including notices, of this site. Mentor Graphics may change these terms at any time and your use is subject to the changes. If you do not accept these terms, do not use this web site. Use or reproduction of the content or materials for any purpose not expressly permitted is prohibited. Mentor Graphics reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to all or part of this site, with or without notice.

Beta Features

Some features may be in beta, which means access is being granted for experimental testing and evaluation. You agree to evaluate and test the site and provide feedback on any malfunctions or suggested improvements, in addition to the strengths and weaknesses noted. You agree that any feedback provided, including all developments that Mentor Graphics conceives of or makes, based partly or wholly on your feedback, are the exclusive property of Mentor Graphics. Mentor Graphics will have exclusive rights, title and interest in all such property.

Disclaimer

All materials, information and services included in or available through this site are provided “as is” and “as available” for your use. Mentor Graphics disclaims all warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or noninfringement. Mentor Graphics does not warrant that the content of this web site is accurate, reliable or correct; that this web site will be available at any particular time or location; that any defects or errors will be corrected; or that the content is free of viruses or other harmful components. Your use of this web site is solely at your own risk.

Limitation of Liability

In no event will Mentor, its affiliates or licensors be liable for (A) any indirect, special, incidental, punitive, exemplary or consequential (including loss of use, data business or profits) damages, regardless of legal theory, or (B) loss of use, data, business, revenues or profits (in each case whether direct or indirect), even if Mentor knew or should have known of the possibility of such damages. The maximum aggregate liability of Mentor for all claims relating to its services is the total fees paid to Mentor for the services during the twelve months prior to the event giving rise to the liability.

Applicable Laws

All content and materials of this web site are protected by copyrights, trademarks or other proprietary rights and laws. These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon, excluding its conflicts of law rules. You expressly agree that the exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or action arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or your use of this site shall be filed only in the state or federal courts located in Portland, Oregon, and you further agree and submit to the exercise of personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating any such claim or action. Mentor Graphics makes no representation that materials on this site are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United States, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this site from outside the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

Copyright Policy

Mentor Graphics Corporation, its officers, employees, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, representatives and agents acting on its behalf (collectively referred to herein as “We”, “Us”, “Our” and “Mentor Graphics”) respect others’ intellectual property rights, and request that the users of PartQuest.com (“Web Site”) do the same. All content, including copyrightable works, trademarks, service marks, and patentable inventions, on the Web Site are the property of Mentor Graphics unless explicitly stated otherwise. No right, title, or interest to the content is granted by your use of the Web Site, other than a right to review the content using a conventional Internet browser (i.e., ordinary web browsing). Any other uses, including making copies of any content, are strictly prohibited.

In compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) at 17 U.S.C. § 512 et seq., Mentor Graphics does not interfere with standard technical measures identifying and/or protecting copyrighted works, implements its own technological measures to protect its own copyrighted works, and reserves the right to terminate any user account who is a repeat infringer of Mentor Graphics’ or others’ copyrights.

DMCA Notices: If you believe there is content on the site that infringes your copyright, you may submit a DMCA Notification of alleged copyright infringement to Mentor Graphics. It is Mentor Graphics’s policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement according to the DMCA promptly and responsibly. Regardless of whether or not Mentor Graphics believes that it is liable for any copyright infringement for which we are provided notice, our response may include removing or disabling access to material claimed to be the subject of infringing activity and/or terminating subscriber access to the site, at our sole discretion and operating within the parameters of the DMCA.

If you believe there is content on the site that infringes your copyright, you may submit a DMCA Notification of alleged copyright infringement by emailing the DMCA Notification to: tom_evans@mentor.com or by mailing the notice to:

Mentor Graphics Corporation
DMCA Content Manager
Thomas L. Evans
8005 S.W. Boeckman Road
Wilsonville, OR 97070-7777

• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works.
• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is requested to be removed or access to which is requested to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit Mentor Graphics to locate the material.
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit Mentor Graphics to contact you (i.e., the complaining party), such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which you may be contacted.
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed, and who is subjecting him or herself to prosecution for perjury in the event that false statements are made therein.

• Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled.
• A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled.
• Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located, or if your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district for which jurisdiction for Mentor Graphics would be appropriate, and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the DMCA notification or an agent of such person.
• A physical or electronic signature of the user whose material was removed.