General Terms & Conditions

Updated October 22, 2025

These Terms and Conditions of Use only apply to this website (this “Website”) operated and managed by Nikon AM Synergy Inc. This Website is the property of Nikon AM Synergy Inc. (“Nikon”, “we”, “our” or “us”).

Please read these Terms and Conditions of Use carefully before using this Website. By using this Website, you agree to and accept without limitation or qualification these Terms and Conditions of Use. If you do not agree, do not use this Website.  Nikon may revise these “Terms” without notice.  Please confirm the latest update of the “Terms” as they may be revised on this Website.

Please note that these “Terms” do not apply to any website operated by any other Nikon group companies.  Nikon recommends that you review terms of use for those respective Nikon group companies prior to using such other Nikon group company websites.

Nikon reserves the right in its sole discretion, to change, revise, add to, remove from and otherwise edit these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time by removing these Terms and Conditions of Use or posting updated Terms and Conditions of Use on this Website. Any removal of and/or changes, revisions, or additions to these Terms and Conditions of Use are effective at the time they are posted or removed unless you are using this Website at the time of such posting or removal. In this event any removal, change, revision, or addition will be effective the next time that you access or use this Website. For this reason it is your responsibility and Nikon encourages you to check these Terms and Conditions of Use each time you visit this Website. Your continued use of this Website following the removal of or the posting of any changes, revisions, and/or additions will mean that you accept and agree to them.

Contents

  1. Ownership
  2. Links to Non-Nikon Websites
  3. Submissions
  4. Products and Services
  5. Disclaimers of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
  6. Indemnification
  7. Reservation of Rights
  8. Governing Law
  9. Dispute Resolution
  10. Entire Agreement

 

  1. Ownership

All material(s) and content including but not limited to images, text, graphics, software, user interfaces, visual interfaces, sounds, trademarks, logos, artwork and computer code (collectively “Content”) contained on this Website are owned, controlled or licensed by or to Nikon, and are protected by trade dress, copyright, patent and trademark laws, and various other intellectual property or proprietary rights and laws.

You may use information on Nikon products and services purposely made available by Nikon for downloading from this Website, provided that you (1) do not remove or change any copyright, trademark, patent and/or other intellectual or proprietary notice or registration language, (2) use such information only for your personal, noncommercial, informational purposes and do not duplicate, modify, upload, present, transmit, distribute, license, sale, publicize, copy or post such information on any networked computer or broadcast it in any media, (3) make no revisions to any such information, and (4) do not make any additional representations or warranties relating to such information.  If you want to use any Content from this Website in conflict with the preceding, you need to obtain the prior written permission from Nikon.

There are a number of Nikon or Nikon group proprietary logos, company names, product names, trademarks and service marks (collectively “Trademarks”) displayed on this Website. All such Trademarks (whether registered or not registered) are the property of Nikon and/or the Nikon group. By displaying any Trademarks on this Website, Nikon is not granting and does not grant you a license or the right to use any of the Trademarks nor should anything contained on this Website be construed or interpreted as granting you by implication or otherwise a license or any right to use any of the Trademarks without the prior express written permission of Nikon in each instance.

Except as expressly provided in these Terms and Conditions of Use, no part of this Website and no Content and/or software may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted or distributed in any way to any other computer, server, website or other medium for publication or distribution or for any commercial purpose, without Nikon’s prior express written consent in each instance.

  1. Links to Non-Nikon Websites

This Website may provide links to other websites which are not owned or operated by Nikon and are owned by companies or parties which are either affiliated or unaffiliated with Nikon (collectively, “Non-Nikon Websites”). These links to Non-Nikon Websites are provided to you solely as a matter of convenience and for informational purposes. If you access any of these links, you will no longer be on this Website. We do not endorse or make any representation about Non-Nikon Websites, and we are not responsible for and we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, as to the privacy, content or security of such Non-Nikon Websites. You are responsible for reviewing, and we encourage you to review, the policies and terms and conditions of use of such Non-Nikon Websites.

  1. Submissions

Except for personal data as covered and defined online in Nikon’s Privacy Policy, any communications, materials or other information sent or submitted electronically or otherwise by you (collectively “Information”) to Nikon or this Website shall be deemed and treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. Nikon shall not have any obligation or responsibility with respect to such Information, and Nikon shall have the right and be free with respect to any such Information to broadcast, alter, change, edit, copy, disclose, publish, post, send or otherwise use such Information anywhere in the world without compensation being paid to you in any medium in perpetuity for any and all purposes. In addition, Nikon shall have the right and be free to use for any purposes whatsoever without any compensation being paid to you, any concepts, know-how, ideas or techniques contained in any Information that you send or submit to Nikon or this Website. You agree, however, that Nikon is under no obligation or requirement to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any Information. It is Nikon’s policy and practice not to accept or consider unsolicited materials or other works from the public including but not limited to ideas for advertising campaigns, products, promotions, and processes (collectively “Submissions”). Please do not send or submit any Submissions to Nikon through this Website or otherwise as Nikon does not wish to receive them and strongly advises you not to send or submit them. The purpose of Nikon’s policy and practice is to avoid misunderstandings and/or disputes when Nikon’s, our parent company’s or any of our affiliate companies’ products, technologies or strategies are or appear to be similar to Submissions sent or submitted to Nikon. In the event that despite Nikon’s above stated policy and practice, you send or submit Submissions to Nikon that are not covered by a U.S. patent or are not public information, regardless of what you may state to the contrary, your Submissions shall automatically become the property of Nikon without any compensation being paid to you, and Nikon shall have the right and be free to use such Submissions and any concepts, know-how, ideas or techniques contained in any Submissions for any and all purposes whatsoever. All information provided on this Website is subject to change without notice. Under no circumstance are you permitted to send or submit to or from this Website any Information that is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, libelous, offensive or otherwise in violation of any laws.

By using this Website, you acknowledge and agree that internet transmissions are never completely private or secure and that any Information you send or submit to this Website may be intercepted and read by third parties, unless there is a specific indication or notice that a particular transmission (e.g., credit card information) is encrypted.

  1. Products and Services

Any products and services displayed for sale on this Website does not mean and should not be interpreted to mean that such products and services will be available at any given time. Any specifications, descriptions or other information pertaining to any products and services on this Website are subject to change without notice.

  1. Disclaimers of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

Nikon does not represent or warrant that this Website including but not limited to any of the content and software contained on or accessible to you from this Website will be error-free, free of viruses, contamination or other destructive features, or uninterrupted, or that any defects will be corrected, or that this Website or any portions of this Website will be continuously available for use, or that your use of this Website or any portions of this Website will provide specific results. This Website, including but not limited to the content and the software contained on or accessible from this Website are delivered on an “As-is” and “As-available” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, with regard to this Website and any of the content and software contained on or accessible from this Website, Nikon disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including any warranties of non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. You assume all responsibility for your use of this Website and any linked Non-Nikon Websites. Your sole remedy against Nikon for dissatisfaction with this Website or any content contained on or accessible from this Website is to stop using this Website or such content.

Under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, shall Nikon be liable for any special, incidental, direct, indirect, punitive or consequential damages that result or arise out of your use or inability to use this Website including but not limited to any content contained on or accessible from this Website, even if Nikon has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Please note that some states may not allow the limitation or exclusion of implied warranties or the limitation or exclusion of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you.

Notwithstanding the limitation of liability set forth above, in no event shall Nikon’s total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in contract, tort, negligence, or otherwise) exceed $100.00.

  1. Indemnification

You agree to be liable to and to indemnify Nikon, its parents, affiliates, licensors, licensees and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents (collectively “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and costs (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) arising out of or related to (i) any breach of these Terms and Conditions of Use by you or anyone acting under your direction, authority and/or control, and/or (ii) your misuse of this Website.  You agree that Nikon shall have the right to select its own attorneys, at your expense, to defend any of the Indemnified Parties regarding any claims subject to indemnification by you. You also agree that you shall not settle any claim involving any of the Indemnified Parties without the written consent of Nikon.

  1. Reservation of Rights

Nikon reserves the right to do any of the following, at any time, without notice: (1) to revise, change, suspend, interrupt or terminate operation of or access to this Website, or any portion of this Website, for any reason whatsoever as shall be determined by Nikon in its sole discretion; and (2) to revise, add to, remove or change this Website, or any portion of this Website, and any applicable policies or these Terms and Conditions of Use.

  1. Governing Law

You agree that these Terms and Conditions of Use and any dispute or action relating to this Website or any Content contained on or used in connection with this Website will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California and the United States, as such laws are applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within California State between California State residents, without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

  1. Dispute Resolution

You agree that any claims, disputes or controversies relating or arising from your use of this Website, or any Content contained on or used in connection with this Website or the interpretation, enforceability or applicability of these Terms and Conditions of Use shall be filed, and that venue shall exist, only in the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles County, California, and that you consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating any such disputes, claims or controversies.

  1. Entire Agreement

These Terms and Conditions of Use, and any additions, changes, edits, and/or revisions thereto by Nikon, constitute the entire agreement between you and Nikon and supersede in entirety any and all written or oral agreements previously existing between you and Nikon.