Linked Sites.  The Virginia State Bar Intellectual Property Section provides links to many Web sites that are not controlled, maintained, or regulated by the Virginia State Bar or any organization affiliated with the Virginia State Bar, and as such the Virginia State Bar is not responsible for the content of those Web sites. Use of information obtained from those Web sites is voluntary, and reliance on that information should only be undertaken after an independent review of its accuracy. Reference at those Web sites to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Virginia State Bar.

Not Legal Advice.  None of the content on this Web site is legal advice to anyone, including you.  No attorney client-relationship is formed with anyone by virtue of the content on this Web site.

Don't Seek Legal Advice.  Please do not send email to anyone listed on this Web site disclosing confidential information.  This Web site is not a solicitation for the legal services of any attorney.  If you wish to contact any attorney listed on this site about potential legal representation, please call that person instead of contacting him by email.

Privacy Policy.  The IP Section, the operator of this Web site, gains personally identifying information from you only if you take action to disclose it by sending an email or by otherwise communicating to the IP Section, such as by registering for an IP Section activity listed on this site.  Also, we may gain your email address if you sign up for the email list.  In addition, we annually try to place all of the email addresses for IP Section Members in the possession of the Virginia State Bar into our email list, so that we can better communicate with our section members.  We provide a means for unsubscribing in the body of each email list email.  The IP Section uses information it gathers from and about IP Section members solely to do the business of the IP Section.

Changes to These Terms. We may modify and supplement these terms of use and privacy policy (collectively, the “Terms”) in the future. If we do so, we will do so by posting the new Terms on this Web site and by indicating the date of the revision. We will provide notice of any change in our Terms that is adverse to your interests by notifying all surfers on the top page of our Web site. Any changes in these Terms take effect on the date we post the revised Terms.

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Last revised April 29, 2005