Conditions of Use

GEM Paper Company provides its services to you subject to the following terms and conditions. If you visit or shop at GEMpaper.com, you accept these terms and conditions. Please read them carefully.

BY ACCESSING THE GEMPAPER.COM SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE.

Please review our Privacy Notice, which also governs your visit to our website, to understand our practices.

Electronic Communications
When you visit GEMpaper.com or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

While visiting GEMpaper.com, you may not: post, transmit or otherwise distribute information constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability, or otherwise use GEMpaper.com in a manner which is contrary to law or would serve to restrict or inhibit any other user from using GEMpaper.com or the Internet; post or transmit any information which contains viruses, worm, trojan horse, or other harmful or disruptive component; publish, transmit, reproduce, or distribute in any way, information, or other material obtained through GEMpaper.com which is protected by copyright, or other intellectual property right, or derivative works with respect hereto, without obtaining permission of the copyright owner or rightholder.

Copyright and Trademarks
All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of GEM Paper Company or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of GEM Paper Company, and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. The software application provider and author for "osCommerce", is used under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE and all original authorship and credit for osCommerce remains the intellectual rights of www.oscommerce.com.

GEM Paper Company trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not authorized by GEM Paper Company/, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits GEM Paper Company or GEMpaper.com. All other trademarks not owned by GEM Paper Company or its subsidiaries that appear on this site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by GEM Paper Company or its subsidiaries.

License and Site Acess
GEM Paper Company grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of GEM Paper Company. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents: any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices: any derivative use of this site or its contents: any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant: or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of GEM Paper Company. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of GEMpaper.com and our associates without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other hidden text utilizing the GEM Paper Company name or trademarks without the express written consent of GEM Paper Company. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by GEM Paper Company. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of GEMpaper.com so long as the link does not portray GEM Paper Company or GEMpaper.com, its associates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any GEM Paper Company logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.

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. If you are under 18, you may use our website only with involvement of a parent or guardian. GEM Paper Company and its associates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in their sole discretion.

When making purchases or other transactions through GEMpaper.com, you may also be asked by the Merchant or information or service provider to supply certain information, including credit card or other payment mechanisms. You agree that all information you provide any merchant or information or service provider through GEMpaper.com will be accurate and complete. You agree to pay all charges incurred by you Or other users of your account and credit card or other payment mechanisms at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You also will be responsible for paying all applicable taxes, if any, relating to purchases on GEMpaper.com. GEM Paper Company is in no way responsible for any charges you or any user of your account incurs when making purchases or other transactions in this manner.

Risk of Loss
All items purchased from GEMpaper.com are made pursuant to a shipment contract. This basically means that the risk of loss and title for such items pass to you upon our delivery to the carrier.

Product Descriptions
GEM Paper Company attempts to be as accurate as possible. However, GEM Paper Company does not warrant that product descriptions or other content of this site is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. If a product offered by GEM Paper Company or GEMpaper.com itself is not as described, your sole remedy is to return it in unused condition.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitations of Liability
THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY GEMpaper.COM ON AN ":AS IS": AND ":AS AVAILABLE": BASIS. GEMpaper.COM MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, GEMpaper.COM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. GEMpaper.COM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR E-MAIL SENT FROM GEMpaper.COM ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. GEMpaper.COM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

Applicable Law
By visiting GEMpaper.com, you agree that the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and GEM Paper Company or its associates.
Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to GEMpaper.com or to products you purchase through GEMpaper.com shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Massachusetts, except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate GEM Paper Companys intellectual property rights, GEM Paper Company may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrators award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.

Site Policies, Modifications and Severability
Please review our other policies, such as our Shipping and Returns policy, posted on this site. These policies also govern your visit to GEMpaper.com. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

Questions
Questions regarding our Conditions of Usage, Privacy Policy, or other policy related material can be directed to our support staff by clicking on the Contact Us link in the side menu.