Terms and Conditions
Agreement between User and artandpen.com
Welcome to artandpen.com. The artandpen.com website (the “Site”) is comprised of various web
pages operated by Art and Pen (“AP”). artandpen.com is offered to you conditioned on your
acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the
“Terms”). Your use of artandpen.com constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Please read
these terms carefully, and keep a copy of them for your reference.
artandpen.com is an E-Commerce Site.
Art and Pen sells Art and Writing products. We also provide a forum and educational posts for
artists and writers.
Privacy
Your use of artandpen.com is subject to AP’s Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy,
which also governs the Site and informs users of our data collection practices.
Electronic Communications
Visiting artandpen.com or sending emails to AP constitutes electronic communications. You
consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices,
disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the
Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
Your Account
If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and
password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for
all activities that occur under your account or password. You may not assign or otherwise transfer
your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that AP is not responsible for third
party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account. AP and
its associates reserve the right to refuse or cancel service, terminate accounts, or remove or edit
content in our sole discretion.
Children Under Thirteen
AP does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under
the age of thirteen. If you are under 18, you may use artandpen.com only with permission of a parent or guardian..
Links to Third Party Sites/Third Party Services
ArtandPen.com may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not
under the control of AP and AP is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including
without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site.
AP is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not
imply endorsement by AP of the site or any association with its operators.
Certain services made available via artandpen.com are delivered by third party sites and
organizations. By using any product, service or functionality originating from the artandpen.com
domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent that AP may share such information and data with
any third party with whom AP has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product,
service or functionality on behalf of artandpen.com users and customers.
No Unlawful or Prohibited Use/Intellectual Property
You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use
artandpen.com strictly in accordance with these terms of use. As a condition of your use of the
Site, you warrant to AP that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited
by these Terms. You may not use the Site in any manner which could damage, disable,
overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site.
You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not
intentionally made available or provided for through the Site.
All content included as part of the Service, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the
compilation thereof, and any software used on the Site, is the property of Art and Pen or its suppliers and
protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You
agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends or other
restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto.
You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create
derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site.
AP content is not for resale. Your use of the Site does not entitle you to make any unauthorized
use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or
attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your personal use, and
will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of AP and the
copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content.
We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of AP or our
licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms.
International Users
The Service is controlled, operated and administered by Art and Pen from our offices within the USA. If
you access the Service from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance with
all local laws. You agree that you will not use the Art and Pen Content accessed through artandpen.com in
any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless AP, its officers, directors, employees, agents
and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s
fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use the Site or services, any user
postings made by you, your violation of any terms of this Agreement or your violation of any rights
of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. AP reserves the right,
at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to
indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with AP in asserting any available
defenses.
Arbitration
In the event the parties are not able to resolve any dispute between them arising out of or
concerning these Terms and Conditions, or any provisions hereof, whether in contract, tort, or
otherwise at law or in equity for damages or any other relief, then such dispute shall be resolved
only by final and binding arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, conducted by a single
neutral arbitrator and administered by the American Arbitration Association, or a similar arbitration
service selected by the parties, in a location mutually agreed upon by the parties. The arbitrator’s
award shall be final, and judgment may be entered upon it in any court having jurisdiction. In the
event that any legal or equitable action, proceeding or arbitration arises out of or concerns these
Terms and Conditions, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its costs and reasonable
attorney’s fees. The parties agree to arbitrate all disputes and claims in regards to these Terms and
Conditions or any disputes arising as a result of these Terms and Conditions, whether directly or
indirectly, including Tort claims that are a result of these Terms and Conditions. The parties agree
that the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision. The
entire dispute, including the scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision shall be
determined by the Arbitrator. This arbitration provision shall survive the termination of these Terms
and Conditions.
Class Action Waiver
Any arbitration under these Terms and Conditions will take place on an individual basis; class
arbitrations and class/representative/collective actions are not permitted. THE PARTIES AGREE
THAT A PARTY MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN EACH’S
INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY
PUTATIVE CLASS, COLLECTIVE AND/ OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, SUCH
AS IN THE FORM OF A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION AGAINST THE
OTHER. Further, unless both you and AP agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate
more than one person’s claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative
or class proceeding.
Liability Disclaimer
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE
INFORMATION HEREIN. ART AND PEN AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE
IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE SITE AT ANY TIME.
ART AND PEN AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT
THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY
OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED
GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION,
SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS
IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. ART AND PEN AND/OR
ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH
REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND
RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT
SHALL ART AND PEN AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR
ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES
FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY
CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, WITH THE DELAY
OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR
FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE,
PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE,
OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER BASED ON
CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF
ART AND PEN OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT
ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL
OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SITE, OR WITH ANY OF
THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO
DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.
Termination/Access Restriction
AP reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site and the related
services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by
law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Oregon and you hereby consent to the
exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Oregon in all disputes arising out of or relating to the
use of the Site. Use of the Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all
provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this section.
You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between
you and AP as a result of this agreement or use of the Site. AP’s performance of this agreement is
subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation
of AP’s right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements
relating to your use of the Site or information provided to or gathered by AP with respect to such
use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to
applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth
above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid,
enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the
remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.
Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user
and AP with respect to the Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications
and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and AP with respect to the
Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be
admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the
same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally
generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement
and all related documents be written in English.
Changes to Terms
AP reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which ArtandPen.com is
offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. AP
encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates.
Contact Us
Art and Pen
support@artandpen.com
March 1, 2021