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Terms of Use
Otis Elevator Company (referred to hereinafter together with its affiliates and subsidiaries as “Otis”) reserves the right to alter these Terms of Use without advance notice by posting a revised Terms of Use. Accordingly, you should review the Terms of Use each time you grant permission for Otis to use your Content. For the purposes of this agreement Content shall mean an image, video, or other graphical content in addition to any accompanying text description.
License
You hereby grant to Otis a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully-paid up, non-exclusive, transferable, right and license to Otis to use, display, reproduce, distribute, transmit, modify, and create derivative works from your Content in any manner, including but not limited to use on webpages and social media pages and for any purpose including without limitation marketing, promotional and advertising, and in any media now or hereafter known.
You also agree to allow Otis to use your username, real name, image, likeness, or other identifying information, in connection with the use of your Content, including without limitation in any social media posts.
You hereby represent and warrant that (i) the Content that you provide was created and developed by you, (ii) you own all rights in and to your Content (iii) you are at least 18 years of age, and (iv) Otis’s use of your Content pursuant to the license granted herein will not violate the rights, including but not limited to copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy, publicity, moral, proprietary or other rights, of any third party, and will not violate any law, rule or regulation.
You hereby release, discharge and agree to hold the Otis, and any person acting on their behalf, harmless from any liability related in any way to the Otis’s use of your Content in compliance with the license granted herein.
Otis has no obligation to use your Content and may use such content at its sole discretion.
Ownership
You retain all ownership to your original Content. To the extent that Otis uses your Content to create a derivative work, Otis shall own the derivative work exclusive of your Content. By granting Otis a license to your Content you are not receiving a license or ownership rights to any Otis intellectual property including Copyrights or Trademarks.
Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and no effect shall be given to any choice of laws, statutes or principles that would require this Agreement to be interpreted under the laws of any other jurisdiction. OTIS and Company agree that all disputes arising from this Agreement shall be adjudicated in the federal and state courts of Delaware, to the exclusion of any other venue.
Miscellaneous
If any court of law, having the jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms of Use are invalid, then that provision will be removed without affecting the rest of the Terms of Use. The remaining provisions of these Terms of Use will continue to be valid and enforceable.
Data privacy is important, here is our policy: www.otis.com/privacy