This website is operated by PIGEON CORPORATION (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) or affiliates of the Company. Before entering this website, you are requested to read the following Terms of Use. Only utilize this website if and when you agree to these terms. Terms of Use may change without notice, so you are requested to confirm the most up-to-date version of terms.
1. Copyrights and Other Rights
The rights relating to content posted in this website are vested in the Company, or used by the Company under a license. Accordingly, no content in this website may be used or reproduced without permission of the Company.
2. Trademarks
All trademarks and service marks appearing in this website are owned by the Company or affiliates of the Company, or used by the Company or affiliates of the Company under a license or other authorized powers. These marks cannot be used without permission of the Company.
3. Proposals of Ideas, etc.
The Company and affiliates of the Company from time to time receive requests from users with proposals of ideas, memos, drawings, concepts, etc., regarding new products, technologies, designs, manufacturing methods, advertising and marketing (hereinafter referred to as “Proposals”). At the same time, the Company and affiliates of the Company engage in independent research and development on a day-to-day basis, and there are cases when some yet-to-be-announced ideas independently created by the Company or affiliates of the Company are very similar to user Proposals, resulting in possible misunderstanding or dispute between the Company or affiliates of the Company and users. It is the Company's policy that, in order to avoid such unexpected circumstances, the Company does not accept any such Proposals from users in principle. User cooperation regarding these matters is highly appreciated.
It is also the Company's policy that, even if the Company has received Proposals in spite of the Company's policy stated above, the Company returns all Proposals without reviewing and evaluating their content. Moreover, the Company regards all Proposals received from users as signifying agreement with the following conditions:
- The Company is not responsible for the confidentiality of Proposals provided from users.
- The Company is not obligated to review, evaluate, or adopt Proposals provided from users.
- Even if the Company or an affiliate of the Company has adopted an idea similar in whole or in part to user Proposals, the Company does not assume any responsibility whatsoever including, without limitation, payment of consideration to a person/party who has provided such Proposals.
4. Use of Cookies
This website in part uses cookies. A cookie is a small piece of data transmitted between a website server and a user's browser. Use of cookies makes it possible to store users' access history and makes use of websites more effective. Cookies are widely used as web standard technology for improving convenience of users, distributing advertisements to users, and acquiring statistical data in a number of sites. Although cookies may identify the browser utilized by a user, the personal information of an individual user is not identified. When an affiliate's services are available on this website and access is made to an affiliate's website, that affiliate's cookies may be stored in a user's browser. Information acquired by using cookies is reported to the Company and the affiliate as collective results. Such reports contain user access status, and based on these reports, advertisements for the Company may be distributed on sites accessed by users. A user can choose to accept cookies by setting up his or her browser so that an alert is indicated when cookies are transmitted. However, if acceptance of cookies is denied, a user may not be able to utilize services in some sites. Moreover, there are certain usage instances when cookies cannot be refused (setting up a browser and/or Internet connections).
5. Disclaimer
The Company is not responsible for information on this website, or difficulty, loss or damage that may arise from use of this website. Please note that the Company may from time to time change information on this website, or discontinue or suspend the operation of this website without notice. The Company is not responsible for damages sustained because of change of information, discontinuation or suspension of the operation of this website for whatever reason. Moreover, the Company is not responsible for the content of any other websites linked from or to this website.
6. Governing Laws and Jurisdiction
The interpretation and application of this website and the Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of Japan. Unless otherwise specifically stipulated, any dispute arising out of or in connection with this website shall be brought to the Tokyo District Court as a court with exclusive jurisdiction in the first instance.
