Terms of Use
LAST UPDATED: 21.04.2020
Molecule is a proprietary software platform developed by Molecule GmbH (“Molecule”, “we”, “us”, “our”) . Molecule is an application that allows researchers to create public profiles for their projects, make them easily discoverable and tell potential collaborators about their current needs. It provides a network that connects researchers with development partners and funders to help them advance their therapeutic discoveries.
By accessing this website (the “Site”) you acknowledge the legally binding effect of the following terms and conditions (the “Terms of Use”). If you do not consent to these Terms of Use, you may not access any further pages of the Site.
Restriction of Access
By using the Site and entering into these Terms of Use, you affirm that you are a person of at least 16 years of age or older. Minors (people under the age of 18) are thus excluded from registration. You promise that you have never been suspended from the Site and that you are not accessing the Site from territories where the content is considered legal. If you are using the Site on behalf of an organization or other legal entity, you confirm to us by doing so that you have the authority to bind it to these Terms of Use.
Use of the Site
In accordance with the Terms of User, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Site and its features. Molecule may terminate this license at any time for no reason.
Site Rules
By accessing the Site, you acknowledge and agree that you:
- Can form a binding contract in your jurisdiction and will comply with all terms outlined in this document.
- Need to provide accurate and complete information when creating an account and are not allowed to use another user’s account without permission.
- Are solely responsible for the activity and content submissions that occur while signed into your account.
- Grant every Molecule user a license to access your submitted content and to use, reproduce, distribute, and prepare derivative works of it.
- Have the necessary licenses and right to authorize Molecule to use all proprietary rights around your content.
- Are not allowed to post, upload, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish any content through the Site that is obscene, indecent, defamatory, libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing, violates any laws or infringes, misappropriates or violates any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy.
- Will not not collect any personally identifiable information for commercial purposes.
- Shall not use any automated system including but not limited to robots, spiders, offline readers, scrapers to access the services of the Site.
No Liability
To the maximum permitted extent, Molecule, individual directors, employees and agents of Molecule are not liable in any form or way for direct or indirect losses, liability claims, costs, receivables, expenses or damages of any kind, whether they arise from a contract or criminal offence or other legal reason, that result from the use of this Site or in association with it. Liability due to negligence is also excluded.
No Guarantee
The Site is offered “as is” and “as available”. To the maximum permitted extent, Molecule does not assume any guarantee, either explicitly or implicitly, with regard to the content, information and functionalities of the Site. Molecule does not guarantee the accuracy, timeliness, completeness, reliability or availability of information or results that are form the use of the Site. Molecule also does not guarantee that the Site does not contain any viruses or errors.
No Professional Advice
Any professional information on the Site (eg. medical, legal, financial) is displayed for informational purposes only and it is not Molecule’s intention to provide any advisory services through the Site. No action should be taken based on any information contained in the Site.
Third Party Links
The Site can contain content from third parties or links to third party websites. Molecule does not have control over the content of said sites and does not not assume responsibility for any product or site advertised or offered by a third party through the Site or any hyperlinked website. This also applies for the accuracy and quality of the content.
Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise indicated, all intellectual property rights and any content provided in connection with the Site, are the property of Molecule or our licensors or suppliers and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws. We do not give any implied license for the use of the contents of the Site. Our intention is to protect the intellectual property of Molecule as well as of all the researchers that published their projects on the Site. All rights and information associated with the submitted research projects remain the sole property of the associated researchers.
You accept and acknowledge that the material and content contained in or delivered by the Site is made available for your personal, lawful, non-commercial use only and that you may only use such material and content for the purpose of using the Site as set forth in this agreement. Any other use of content from the Site is strictly prohibited and you agree not to infringe or enable others to infringe our intellectual property rights. You may not sell or modify materials derived or created from the Site or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute or otherwise use the materials in any way for any public or commercial purpose.
We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask you to notify us if you believe work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and is accessible via the Site.
Registration
Site visitors can browse most of the content without the need to register. To access certain features, the user needs to create a personal account. Authentication is managed through Firebase, a service provided by Google. Please refer to their Terms of Use for more details.
Molecule reserves the right to block registration or login of users at our sole discretion. You confirm that you will immediately notify Molecule if you are aware of any unauthorized use of your account.
Project Submission & Listing
Molecule’s goal is to provide a platform that increases visibility for researchers and their discoveries. The platform allows certain users (“Researchers”) to list their research projects (“Projects”) and enables other users (“Supporters”, “Contributors”, “Collaborators”) to easily connect with the responsible research leads.
Molecule is not liable for any of your interactions with other users found through our services. You hereby waive all claims against Molecule arising from such interactions. Molecule will not get involved in disputes between Supporters and Researchers and all dealings are directly between them. Molecule is not responsible for any of the actions of a Researcher and only Researchers can be held liable for fulfilling implied obligations. Molecule can at any time suspend a listed project for any reason.
Contact Requests
Collaborators can submit requests of contact through our platform if they would like to learn more about certain research projects or think that they can help the researchers advance their discoveries. By submitting your request, you give us permission to forward your contact details to the Researcher behind the project. All these requests are handled on a best-effort basis but there is no guarantee that requests will be read or answered.
Fees and Payments
It is generally free to join the Site but we might charge fees for specific services. Before being charged, you will always have the opportunity to review and accept the fees. Specific amounts may be subject to change according to our discretion. The user himself is responsible for paying all the fees and associated taxes. Fees are non-refundable in the case a listing is removed due to violations of the Terms of Use.
Partial Invalidity
If individual provisions of these Terms and Conditions of Use are considered invalid, unlawful or non-enforceable by a responsible court or a responsible authority pursuant to the respective law, this will not restrict the validity, lawfulness or enforceability of the other terms and conditions.
Applicable Law
These Terms of Use are governed by Swiss law. Molecule is developed by Molecule GmbH, Schwanenfelsstrasse 10a, 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, and the materially responsible courts in Schaffhausen are responsible for the legal judgment of these Terms of Use.
Updates to these Terms of Use
We may change these Terms of Use, and any of our policies and procedures concerning our practices for managing your information, at any time and without prior notice subject to applicable law. If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy, we will notify you by sending by prominently posting notice of the changes on the Site. The most recent version date is located at the top of this statement.
Questions and Contact
If you have any questions about Molecule, the Terms of Use or the Site, you can always contact us by email at info@molecule.to.
DISCLAIMER. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE USING THE SITE AND SERVICES AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SITE, THE SERVICES, AND ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT OR MATERIALS PROVIDED (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY RESEARCHERS OR CONTRIBUTORS GENERATED CONTENT) ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. MOLECULE, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS AND THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS, HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED AND IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY, TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY, CONDITION, GUARANTEE OR REPRESENTATION, WHETHER ORAL, IN WRITING OR IN ELECTRONIC FORM. MOLECULE, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUBSIDIARIES, IF ANY, AND ITS THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS, SUPPLIERS, AND VENDORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT ACCESS TO THE DAPP INFORMATION, THE SERVICES OR ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT OR MATERIALS PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DONOR LISTS OR USER GENERATED CONTENT) WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR THAT THERE WILL BE NO FAILURES, ERRORS OR OMISSIONS, OR LOSS OR SECURITY BREACH OF TRANSMITTED INFORMATION, OR THAT NO VIRUSES WILL BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICES OR DAPP INFORMATION. MOLECULE ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TIMELINESS, DELETION, MIS-DELIVERY OR FAILURE TO STORE ANY CONTENT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY FUNDERS OR USER GENERATED CONTENT) OR USER COMMUNICATIONS.
