we are delighted with your interest in our IPC@CHIP® and in the IPC@CHIP® software which we offer. Various IPC@CHIP®software programs are available for you to download and use with the IPC@CHIP®; you will also have the opportunity to download software for other IPC@CHIP® applications. Good software is expensive to develop and we therefore trust that you will understand why - in your interests as well as ours - we must insist that you abide by the following contractual terms.

Insofar as you take advantage of this offer, the use of IPC@CHIP® software downloaded by you shall be regulated by the contract detailed below between you as a natural person or legal entity and BECK IPC GmbH. By downloading IPC@CHIP® software you declare your agreement to be bound by the terms of this contract. Our general terms and conditions of business. shall additionally apply. If you do not agree to the terms of this contract, you are not entitled to install and commission the following software on your IPC@CHIP®.

IPC@CHIP® software shall be used exclusively on the basis of the following terms; any terms which deviate herefrom are expressly repudiated.

You shall receive a non-exclusive, non-transferable right unrestricted in time to use IPC@CHIP® software of whatever kind in conjunction with the IPC@CHIP®. Copyright and all other protected industrial rights to the software and the associated documentation shall remain with BECK IPC GmbH. The right to make duplicate copies of the software exists only in respect of data security backups. Copyright notices must not be removed. In the event that the documentation is passed on to third parties, their attention must be drawn to the copyrights held by BECK IPC GmbH.

The software is suitable for use in conjunction with the IPC@CHIP®. No guarantee is given that the software and its data structure are free from errors. Nor is the compatibility or suitability of IPC@CHIP® software for any specific purpose guaranteed. Liability for loss or damage of whatever kind is excluded as far as the law allows; in particular no liability is accepted for loss or damage arising from the use of IPC@CHIP® software or from the fact that IPC@CHIP® software cannot be used.

In the event of the export or re-export of the IPC@CHIP® and/or the IPC@CHIP® software, you alone will be exclusively responsible for compliance with all relevant provisions under foreign law; BECK IPC GmbH accepts no liability - irrespective of on what legal grounds - for any claims arising from infringements of the provisions of foreign laws.

The court whose jurisdiction covers our business headquarters in 35578 Wetzlar shall be competent for all disputes arising from this contractual relationship.

This contractual relationship shall be subject to the law of the Federal Republic of Germany; all bilateral or multilateral agreements concerning the purchase of movable property are excluded.