Article 1: Members' Agreement
　　This agreement made between Designtope Company Limited (hereinafter called the "Designtope") and members who are prescribed under Article V (hereinafter called the "members") and their use of information services provided by Designtope.

Article 2: Scope of Agreement
　　 2-1 Members shall agree at all times with the rules and regulations prescribed by Designtope to the members as a part of this agreement.

2-2 Members shall agree with the rules and regulations regarding information services to which members are accessed as a part of this agreement.

Article 3: Revision of Agreement
3-1 Designtope shall revise rules and regulations at all times without prior notice to the members, and members shall agree with the revision made.

3-2 Designtope may inform the revisions to the members through the Designtope's Website. Members shall agree with the revisions at the time when the revisions are made on the Website.

Article 4: Announcement made by Designtope
　　Designtope shall make announcements including Article III to the members whenever they are required.

Article 5: Member
5-1 Designtope shall grant membership to those who have applied and registered in accordance with Designtope's designated procedure and to those who have acknowledged this agreement.

5-2 Members are expected to have agreed and read thoroughly this agreement upon their registration of membership.

Article 6: Acceptance and termination of membership
6-1 An applicant hereto shall be deemed to be in default under this agreement if such applicant:

(1) Has found that his/her membership was dismissed due to the violation of this agreement.

(2) Has made a false application.

(3) Has not existed in reality.

(4) Has disrupted Designtope's Site operation.

(5) Has violated any of this agreement.

(6) Has been deemed by Designtope as an undesirable member.

6-2 Without a prior warning, Designtope shall disqualify temporally or cancel his/her membership if the member has violated one of the items listed on Article 5 (1) through (6).

6-3 Such members entitled on Article 5 (1) through (6) shall perform payment of debts of such membership fees and other debts incurred at termination, to Designtope.

6-4 Designtope discharge membership and shall charge the damage made by members who have violated any of the items in Article 6.

Article 7. Notice of change

7-1 A member shall immediately inform Designtope of the change of name, address, postal code, birth date and e-mail address with which the member has registered with Designtope.

7-2 Designtope is not responsible for the disadvantage of the members created by not informing the changes listed in the Article VII items one.

Article 8: Withdrawal of membership or discontinuation

8-1 Members shall inform by the designated procedure to Designtope by 20th of the month when they plan voluntarily to withdraw or discontinue from the information services. Designtope shall designate the date of withdrawal or discontinuation when Designtope completes the process of termination.

8-2 Upon withdrawal or discontinuation, members shall not request the reimbursement of membership fees that they had paid already.

Article 9: Equipment and others

9-1 Members shall provide the telephone lines, communication equipment, computers, and software, which are required to receive information services.

Article 10: Members' confidential information
　　Designtope are responsible for not releasing such confidential information as member's name, address, telephone number to any third party, excluding the following conditions.

(1) With member's permission

(2) The disclosure of confidential information is required by a request of legal authority.

(3) With the request of the government or of court

(4) With disclosure under anonymous names

(5) When the third party's assets or rights or the security of life except members' are required to be protected.

(6) With other reasons that are categorized into the above items (1) through (5)

Article 11: Copyrights
　　All copyrights in information services and contents on the Designtope's Site shall remain the property of Designtope and of the person who provides the information.

Article 12: Prohibition of copying and broadcasting

12-1 Using information services is restricted only to the members.

12-2 Information obtained by Designtope's e-mail shall not be re-transmitted to any third party except among the members. E-mail addresses listed on the mailing address shall not be used for an application of membership.

12-3 Articles, photographs, illustrations, drawings, graphs and any form of contents supplied by the information services shall not be copied, reprinted, changed, edited, rendered, translated or transmitted for other purposes other than members' private uses.

Article 13: Prohibition of selling rights
　　Members shall not market or lend the right of receiving information services to any third party.

Article 14: Contents of information services and service fees

14-1 Designtope shall provide information services to the members who have accepted this agreement.

14-2 Designtope specifies member fees, service fees of information services and calculation method on a separate attachment.

Article 15: Change of service contents
　　Members shall agree with the changes made by Designtope without prior notice to members on the contents of the Site and the provision of information services.

Article 16: Liability of the contents
　　Designtope is not liable for the perfection, accuracy, dependability, adaptability, application, and effectiveness of provided information.

Article 17: Temporary halt of services
　　Designtope is not liable for a temporal halt of Designtope's Site or, of providing information services without prior notice to the members due to the following circumstances:

(1) Routine system maintenance or emergency maintenance

(2) Fire or the malfunctions of the electrical supply causing the halt of Site operations or of providing information services.

(3) The operations of the Site and of providing information services are in default due to a natural disaster such as earthquake, volcanic eruption, floods, or tidal wave.

(4) The Site operations and providing the information services are in default due to war, revolution, riots, or labor dispute.

(5) Other operational, technical or marketing reasons that suspend the operation of the Site and the provision of information services.

Article 18: Closing the services
　　Designtope shall be able to cease the Site operations and the provision of information services with a month prior notice.

Article 19: Immunity
　　Designtope shall not be liable for the damage made to members or a third party due to the change of the contents, temporal suspension or ceasing of services.

Article 20: Indemnity
　　Designtope shall be able to charge the equal amount of compensation for the damage made to Designtope, incurred due to the members' violation of this agreement or any illegal act against the agreement.

Article 21: Miscellaneous Provisions

21-1 The materialization, enforcement, execution, and interpretation of the agreement are subject to the Law of Japan.

21-2 All disputes or controversies arising between Designtope and its members shall be subject to arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration Court located at the registered address of Designtope's headquarters.