Terms and Conditions


1. Introduction
Welcome to http://www.cottageindustree.com, the United States online store of COTTAGE INDUSTREE (hereinafter the " COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site" or “Site”), which is operated by Cottage Indus-tree Designs, LLC., 690 Glenforest Road, Sandy Springs, GA 30328 (hereinafter referred to as "COTTAGE INDUSTREE”, “we”, “us” or “our”). The following terms and conditions and any other terms and conditions, agreements or policies set forth in the Site or incorporated by reference, including without limitation, the Privacy Statement, (collectively the “Terms and Conditions”) govern your access to and use of the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site and sales of products offered on the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site.

2. Scope
These Terms and Conditions only cover the web pages at http://www.cottageindustree.com that we control and on which we display a direct link to these Terms and Conditions.

3. Liability, disclaimer
3.1
You are responsible for all your activities on and in connection with the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site.
3.2
The COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site is provided to you strictly on an “as is” basis, without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, statutory or otherwise. No written information given by COTTAGE INDUSTREE shall create any warranty.
3.3
While COTTAGE INDUSTREE continues to make every effort to ensure that the photographs displayed on the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site are faithful reproductions of the original products, variations may occur due to the technical and color resolution characteristics of your computer. COTTAGE INDUSTREE shall not be liable for the eventual inadequacy of the graphic representations of COTTAGE INDUSTREE products displayed on the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site owing to the above mentioned technical issues.
3.4 
COTTAGE INDUSTREE will ensure proper care and maintenance of the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site. However, COTTAGE INDUSTREE gives no guarantee that the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site will be accessible at all times. COTTAGE INDUSTREE also does not guarantee that the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site will always be in the most up-to-date condition and free of defects. It is possible that delays, transcription errors or even misinformation could occur. COTTAGE INDUSTREE takes all possible steps to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of the information included on the Site, but cannot absolutely guarantee the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information provided on the Site.
3.5
IN NO EVENT, SHALL COTTAGE INDUSTREE, OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS AND THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES OR LICENSORS OR SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNEES OF EACH BE LIABLE HEREUNDER, UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT LIABILITY) FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR PROGRAMMING, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT, PRODUCT LIABILITY, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE (EVEN IF COTTAGE INDUSTREE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF (A) YOUR USE OF THE SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY ANY RELIANCE ON, OR ANY DELAYS, INACCURACIES, ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN, ANY INFORMATION ACCESSED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE, (B) ANY TRANSACTION ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SITE, (C) YOUR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE FOR WHATEVER REASON, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE OR ANY OTHER FAILURE WITH TRANSMISSION OR DELIVERY OF ANY INFORMATION ACCESSED ON OR THOUGH THE SITE, (D) THE DELETION, CORRECTION, DESTRUCTION, DAMAGE, LOSS OR FAILURE TO STORE ANY INFORMATION, (E) THE USE OF ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OBTAINED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE, (F) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THE SITE AND UNAUTHORIZED ALTERATION TO TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, (G) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SITE, OR (H) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SITE.
3.6
Exclusive remedies. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY DISSATISFACTION, DEFECTS, ERRORS OR PROBLEMS REGARDING (A) THE SITE SHALL BE THAT YOU LEAVE THE SITE, AND (B) ANY PRODUCTS THAT YOU PURCHASE OR ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE VIA THE SITE SHALL BE AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OUR REFUND POLICY.
3.7
Force Majeure. Except for payment obligations, non-performance or late performance of either party shall be excused to the extent that performance is rendered impossible, commercially unreasonable, or delayed by strike, fire, flood, governmental acts or orders or restrictions, war, acts of terrorism, labor conditions, supply restrictions, communication or shipment problems, failure of suppliers, or any other reason where failure to perform is beyond the reasonable control of the non-performing or late-performing party whether or not similar to the foregoing.

4. User behavior
4.1.
As a user of the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site you are required to comply with the law of the State of Georgia and of the United States, and agree that any action resulting in connection with these Terms and Conditions will be brought in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia.
4.2
In particular, you are not permitted to send (or otherwise make available) content over the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site or make it available which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, harmful or pornographic, or promotes violence, or violates privacy, infringes commercial protected rights or offer goods or services or solicits financial funds.
4.3
User activities, the purpose of which are to render the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site functionally defective or make use of it more difficult, are prohibited and could give rise to civil and criminal proceedings.
4.4
The COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site (including its services) may also not be used for illegal purposes. It is prohibited to register third parties without their knowledge and explicit consent for the online store services or any other services, contests or sweepstakes advertised on the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site.

5. Copyright
5.1
All materials contained in the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site, including web pages, programs, graphics, images, trademarks, logos, sound, video, scripts and texts (“Content”) are intellectual property of COTTAGE INDUSTREE or its affiliates. All rights are reserved. You may not reproduce, publish, distribute, display, modify, create derivative work from, or in any way, in whole or in part, the Content without the prior express written consent of COTTAGE INDUSTREE.
5.2
Except as otherwise explicitly indicated on the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site, you should assume that everything which you see or read on this Site is subject to legal protection. Subject to these Terms and Conditions, and except as otherwise indicated on the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site, you may use, access, download, copy, store, manipulate, reformat, print or display any Content to which you have authorized access solely for your personal, informational and non-commercial use. No right, title and/or interest in any material, software or Content may be deemed assigned to you as a result of any such download or copying. Any copies must contain a copyright reference to COTTAGE INDUSTREE. References given to protected rights must not be removed. Any commercial and/or public use of the Content or any part thereof is prohibited.
5.3
COTTAGE INDUSTREE and its content providers shall have the exclusive right to authorize or prohibit, in their sole discretion, any reproduction, publication, distribution, display, modification, creation of derivative works from, or exploitation in any way of, in whole or in part, the Content. COTTAGE INDUSTREE, its affiliates, and its content providers shall have the right, at any time, to claim the authorship of any Content posted on the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site and to object to any use, distortion or other modification of such Content.
5.4
Any reproduction, publication, distribution, display, modification, creation of derivative works from, or exploitation in any way of, the Content expressly authorized in writing by COTTAGE INDUSTREE, its affiliates, or their content providers shall be carried out by you for lawful purposes only and in compliance with all applicable laws and the Terms and Conditions.
5.5
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our copyright representative the written information specified below:
(a) An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest.
(b) A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon.
(c) A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site.
(d) Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address.
(e) A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and
(f) A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
(g) Our copyright representative for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be contacted at the following e-mail address: amy@cottageindustree.com

6. Trademarks, service marks and trade dress
6.1
The trademarks and logos, whether registered or not, displayed on the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site, including, without limitation, COTTAGE INDUSTREE and all derivative trademarks, are owned by COTTAGE INDUSTREE or its affiliates. The domain names of the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site are registered domain names in the United States and in other countries owned by COTTAGE INDUSTREE or its affiliates.
6.2
These and any other trademarks, service marks and trade dress of COTTAGE INDUSTREE or its affiliates, including, but not limited to any mark that incorporates the above listed marks or the domain names of the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site, may not be used by you in connection with any product or service that does not originate with COTTAGE INDUSTREE, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among consumer, or in any manner that disparages, discredits or tarnishes COTTAGE INDUSTREE or that dilutes the distinctive character of these trademarks.
6.3
All other trademarks, service marks and trade dress not owned by COTTAGE INDUSTREE or its affiliates that appear on the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site are the property of the respective owners ("Third Party Owners"), who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by COTTAGE INDUSTREE or its affiliates.
6.4
COTTAGE INDUSTREE, its affiliates and all Third Party Owners are entitled to the exclusive use of their respective trademarks, service marks and trade dress.
6.5
You are not authorized to use any of the trademarks, service marks and trade dress that appear on the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site in any manner for any purpose without the prior express written consent of COTTAGE INDUSTREE or the respective Third Party Owner, as the case may be.

7. No license
7.1
Without the approval of COTTAGE INDUSTREE or of its relevant licensor in writing, no license or other right to the use of the contents on the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site is granted either explicitly or implicitly or in any other way. Any unauthorized use of the materials is strictly prohibited and will be subject to civil and criminal prosecution by COTTAGE INDUSTREE.
7.2
The viewing, printing or downloading of any graphic, form, document or other content from the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site grants you only a limited, nonexclusive and nontransferable license for use solely by you for your own personal use and not for republication, distribution, assignment, sublicense, sale, preparation of derivative works or other use. No part of any graphic, form, document or other content may be reproduced in any form or incorporated into any information system, electronic or mechanical, other than for your personal use (but not for resale or redistribution). Any unauthorized use of the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site and their contents terminates the license granted hereby.

8. Submissions
8.1
All notices, proposals, ideas, feedback, comments, complaints and other contents which you provide to COTTAGE INDUSTREE, will be regarded as provided on a non-confidential basis. COTTAGE INDUSTREE reserves the right to use this information at its exclusive discretion. COTTAGE INDUSTREE is not subject to any obligation (i) to treat the submissions as confidential or (ii) to respond to any submissions. You are responsible for ensuring that none of your submissions infringe the rights of third parties (including copyright, trademark, patent, commercial secrecy, privacy or other personal rights or intellectual property rights) and to that extent indemnify COTTAGE INDUSTREE from all claims of third parties, including attorneys’ fees.

9. Privacy
9.1
The terms and conditions of our Privacy Policy govern the collection, processing and use of personal data collected from you in connection with your use of the COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site.

10. Links
10.1
The COTTAGE INDUSTREE Site contains links to other websites maintained by affiliates of COTTAGE INDUSTREE (“Affiliated Sites”). These Affiliated Sites are not operated by COTTAGE INDUSTREE, the operator of this Site, but by its affiliates. Please carefully read the terms and conditions of use and other policies of such Affiliated Sites. These Terms and Conditions do not apply to any Affiliated Sites.
10.2
In some circumstances, the Site will contain links to other websites (“Third Party Websites”). COTTAGE INDUSTREE or its affiliates do not operate, control, endorse or guarantee the contents of any Third Party Websites. COTTAGE INDUSTREE is not liable either for the accuracy of the content of these websites or for the material which can be obtained from these websites. You agree that COTTAGE INDUSTREE and its affiliates are not responsible for any content, services and/or products provided by any Third Party Website. When you access any Third Party Website through a hyperlink posted on this Site, please carefully read the terms and conditions of use and other policies of such Third Party Website. These Terms and Conditions do not apply to any Third Party Website.
10.3
COTTAGE INDUSTREE provides hyperlinks to Third Party Websites only for the convenience of users. By providing hyperlinks to Third Party Websites, COTTAGE INDUSTREE does not recommend that its users access such Third Party Websites. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND BY COTTAGE INDUSTREE OR ITS AFFILIATES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL COTTAGE INDUSTREE OR ITS AFFILIATES LIABLE FOR DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE OR FOR ANY INFORMATION APPEARING ON THIRD PARTY WEBSITES.

11. Purchase of products
11.1
Private use only. By submitting your order, you represent that you are purchasing for private household use only. We do not authorize any sale of our products outside the U.S. or any commercial resale. We reserve the right to reject orders and limit order quantities in our sole discretion.
11.2
Product information and availability. Without limiting the generality of the disclaimers and limitations set forth in these Terms and Conditions, given the unique nature of our products we cannot assume any liability or responsibility for any inaccuracies or errors, or for any loss or damage caused by or arising from your reliance on information obtained from or through this Site and we may change information at any time. We determine product availability upon receipt and automatic acknowledgment of orders.
11.3
Price, payment, taxes. By submitting your order via the Site, you agree to pay the purchase price for the items you selected plus shipping and handling costs, and applicable sales tax, if any. Depending on the tax laws in your state, you may be required to pay use tax on purchases for which we do not collect sales tax.
11.4
Delivery. We will deliver the products you purchased to a common carrier at our warehouse for shipment to the destination in the continental United States that you select (we do not ship to Canada); other details regarding shipping and delivery are described in our Shipping Policy. You receive title and you bear all risks of loss and damage to the products from the time we deliver the products to the carrier at our warehouse.
11.5
Cancellations, returns. We do not accept any cancellations or returns, except as specified in our Refund Policy or required by applicable law.

12. Indemnification
12.1
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold COTTAGE INDUSTREE and its affiliates harmless from any liability, loss, claim, expense, and cost, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from or related to your use of this Site and/or your breach of these Terms and Conditions.

13. Miscellaneous
13.1
These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire, full and complete agreement between yourself and COTTAGE INDUSTREE.
13.2
COTTAGE INDUSTREE reserves the right at any time and from time to time to change the present Terms and Conditions and to modify or discontinue temporarily or permanently, the Site (or any part thereof) with or without notice. This also includes modifying or completely ceasing specific offers and services with a cost obligation. You agree that COTTAGE INDUSTREE shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Site.
13.3
Each section, paragraph, part, term, and/or provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be considered severable; and if, for any reason, any provision herein is determined to be invalid and contrary to, or in conflict with, any existing or future law or regulation by a court or agency having valid jurisdiction, such provision shall not impair the operation, or have any other effect upon, other provisions of these Terms and Conditions as may remain otherwise intelligible, and the latter shall continue to be given full force and effect to bind you and COTTAGE INDUSTREE; and said invalid provisions shall be deemed not to be part of these Terms and Conditions.
13.4
The law of the State of Georgia and of the United States, excluding their choice of law provisions, will be applicable.
13.5
The legal venue is the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia.
13.6
The present Terms and Conditions can be viewed from the site.

14. Contacting us
Please feel free to contact us with any comments, questions, complaints or suggestions you may have regarding our products or the Site by sending an e-mail to amy@cottageindustree.com or by contacting:
COTTAGE INDUS-TREE DESIGNS, LLC 
690 Glenforest Road
Sandy Springs, GA 30328