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Terms of Use

§ 1 General

• Löwenstein Medical SE & Co. KG – hereinafter referred to as "LM" – operates a platform for eLearning under the domain www.academy.hul.de. The service offering covers LM's own content and content from third parties. The offer on the platform is targeted exclusively to users, technicians and dealers of our product portfolio. The use of the services on the platform is permitted to registered participants only.

• These business terms apply to all contractual relationships between the training participant and LM.

§ 2 Usage Agreement

• Use of the platform is possible only after the user has registered on the platform. 

• LM provides a form online for registration.

• The training participant agrees to provide truthful information and to keep that information up to date at all times.

• The use of the platform is free of charge.

§ 3 Providing Access to the Portal

• LM provides an eLearning platform for the use of digital learning offers.  

• LM does not guarantee the availability and accessibility of the platform in individual cases. The eLearning offers for self-directed learning are available continuously via the Internet for the duration of the training. All eLearning offers with live participation options are available from the start of the designated event. The training participant is responsible for meeting the prerequisites for use of the eLearning Center, particularly, an Internet connection, use of a current Internet browser and functional equipment for online presentations. Exceptions to platform availability occur during brief maintenance periods or failures attributed to force majeure.  

• Without giving advance notice, LM is entitled to expand the functional scope of the platform, make technical adjustments, change menu navigation or layouts, or impose restrictions in a reasonable manner.

§ 4 Rights and Obligations of the User

• After registering, the training participant receives LM access data for purposes of using the platform. The training participant is obliged to keep the access data confidential and to inform LM immediately of the loss of the access data or of its unauthorized use by third parties. The access data may not be made available to third parties. In the case of a well-founded suspicion, LM is entitled to block the access data. In the event of misuse, LM is entitled to block individual user accounts in consideration of justifiable customer interests and, if applicable, permanently prevent use of the platform. 

§ 5 Cancellation, Blocking

• Access authorization to the platform ends at the time of cancellation.

• Cancellation may be made in writing (on paper) or in electronic text.

§ 6 Liability

• If not otherwise regulated by these terms, including the following provisions, LM is liable according to the relevant legal regulations.  

• LM is liabale for claim damages – regardless of the legal grounds – only for intent and gross negligence. In cases of ordinary negligence, LM is liable only for damages resulting from injury to life, body or health.   

• The above-mentioned limitations to liability do not apply if LM is charged with fraudulent intent or in the case of warranty or within the scope of product liability law.   

§ 7 Rights of Use

• The participant acquires a simple, non-sublicensable and non-transferable rights of use to the documents, downloads, evaluation tools, databases and compilations made avaailable on the platform, exclusively for his or her own purposes. The rights are granted only to the extent required to achieve the training objective. Use includes – as far as technically approved – permanent storage and reproduction (paper copies) in compliance with copyright law. The transfer of copyright-protected content to third parties is prohibited.

• Any use beyond the scope of the aforementioned scope and not permitted by mandatory legal regulations requires prior, separate and express consent of LM in written form. This requirement covers, in particular, forwarding of content or parts thereof or granting access to the content to third parties. LM is entitled to use technical measures to prevent unauthorized use. The participant may not use any means to overcome or circumvent such measures.

• Upon cancellation, the granted rights of use revert in full to LM.  

§ 8 Changes to Terms of Use

• LM may at its discretion change the content of the service to be provided after taking technical requirements and market conditions into consideration.

• Changes to the terms of use are published on the platform and integrated in the electronic processes in accordance with § 2.

§ 9 Applicable Law, Jurisdiction

• The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies.