Last updated May 14, 2025

These Terms of Use (these “Terms”) are a legal contract between you and NTT Research, Inc. (“NTT Research,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), and govern your use of all the text, data, information, software, graphics, photographs, and more that we and our affiliates may make available to you (collectively, “Materials”), as well as any services (“Services”) we may provide through www.ntt-research.com and all associated websites linked to it (collectively referred to in these Terms as the “Website”).

You may not use the Website or accept these Terms if you are not of a legal age in the applicable jurisdiction to form a binding contract.

By using this Website, you signify that you have read these Terms and agree to be bound by and comply with them. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms, please promptly exit this Website.

Changes
We may alter the Materials and Services we offer you and/or choose to modify, suspend, or discontinue this Website at any time and without notifying you.

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. We will provide notice of any material modifications by posting an updated version of these Terms on the Website. Your continued use of this Website after such modifications constitutes your acceptance of the modified Terms. If you do not agree to the modified Terms, you must immediately cease using the Website.

Please note that these Terms may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages of this Website. These expressly designated legal notices or terms are incorporated into these Terms and supersede any provision(s) of these Terms that are identified as being superseded.

Permission for General Use

We invite you to use this Website for individual, non-commercial purposes (“Permitted Purposes”).

To access the Website or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current, and complete. If you choose, or are provided with, a username, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Website or portions of it using your username, password, or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or password or any other breach of security.

Through these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, and non-transferable license to use and display the Materials. Your right to use the Materials is conditioned on your compliance with these Terms. You have no other rights in this Website or any Materials, and you may not modify, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, alter, enhance, or in any way exploit any of this Website or any Materials in any manner. If you make copies of any part of this Website while engaging in Permitted Purposes, you must keep on the copies all of our copyright and other proprietary notices as they appear on this Website.

If you breach any of these Terms, the above license will terminate automatically, and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed Materials (and any copies thereof).

Unauthorized Activities

As between you and us, all rights in this Website remain our property. We authorize your use of this Website for Permitted Purposes only. Any other use of this Website beyond the Permitted Purposes is prohibited and, therefore, constitutes unauthorized use of this Website. Unauthorized use of this Website may result in violation of various United States and international copyright laws. Unless you have written permission from us stating otherwise, you are not authorized to use this Website in any of the following ways (these are examples only, and the list below is not a complete list of everything that you are not permitted to do):

• For any public or commercial purpose, which includes use of this Website on another site or through a networked computer environment;

• In a manner that modifies, publicly displays, publicly performs, reproduces, or distributes any of this Website;

• In a manner that violates any local, state, national, foreign, or international statute, regulation, rule, order, treaty, or other law, or in a manner that discusses or incites illegal activity;

• To stalk, harass, or harm another individual;

• To impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or an entity;

• To interfere with or disrupt this Website or servers or networks connected to this Website;

• To engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Website, or that, as determined by us, may harm the Company or users of the Website, or expose them to liability;

• To post any copyrighted or trademarked materials without the express permission from the owner;

• To use any data mining, robots, spider, or similar data gathering or extraction methods in connection with this Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website; or

• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of this Website or any other accounts, computer systems, or networks connected to this Website, whether through hacking, password mining, or any other means.

We may report to law enforcement authorities any actions that may be illegal, and any reports we receive of such conduct. When legally required or at our discretion, we will cooperate with law enforcement agencies in any investigation of alleged illegal activity related to this Website.

Linking to Websites

You may link to our Website, provided you do so in a way that is fair and lawful, and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part without our express consent or otherwise take any action with respect to the materials on this Website that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms. You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking to immediately stop. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice in our discretion.

Proprietary Rights

Unless specifically stated to the contrary in these Terms, the copyright of all documents, images, pictures, software, and other content provided on this Website belongs to NTT Research, or to third parties that have granted rights thereof to NTT Research.

All content contained in this Website may be displayed and may be reproduced by printing or other means only for personal, non-commercial use, subject to the condition that NTT Research’s copyright notice must be affixed to all such reproductions. You agree not to change or delete any ownership notices from materials downloaded or printed from the Website.

Any use other than that described above is permitted only on condition that a written request is made in advance, and NTT Research’s formal permission is obtained.

The logos, names, and slogans (e.g., UPGRADE REALITY and LET’S UPGRADE REALITY) on this Website are trademarks, service marks, or trade names owned, registered, and/or licensed by NTT Research or its affiliates. You do not acquire a license or any ownership rights to any trademarks, service marks, or trade names through your access or use of the Website or the Materials.

Disclaimer of Warranties

YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS” AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THIS WEBSITE IS WITH YOU.

We expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind (express, implied, or statutory) with respect to this Website, which includes but is not limited to, any implied or statutory warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular use or purpose, title, and non-infringement of intellectual property rights.

THIS MEANS THAT WE DO NOT PROMISE YOU THAT THE WEBSITE IS FREE OF PROBLEMS. We make no warranty that this Website will meet your requirements or that this Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or that defects in this Website will be corrected. We make no warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of this Website or as to the accuracy or reliability of any information obtained through this Website. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you through this Website or from us or our affiliates will create any warranty. We disclaim all equitable indemnities.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data, or other proprietary material due to your use of the Website or any services or items obtained through the Website, or your downloading of any material posted on it or on any website linked to it.

Limitation of Liability

We will not be liable to you for any damages resulting from your displaying, copying, or downloading any Materials to or from this Website. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will we be liable to you for any indirect, extraordinary, exemplary, punitive, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including loss of data, revenue, profits, use or other economic advantage) however arising, even if we know there is a possibility of such damage.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless NTT Research and its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and licensors from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation of these Terms by you. You alone are responsible for any violation of these Terms by you. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you and, in such case, you agree to fully cooperate with our defense of such claim.

Local Laws / Export Control

We control and operate this Website from our headquarters in the United States of America, and the entirety of this Website may not be appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you use this Website outside the United States, you are solely responsible for following applicable local laws.

Feedback

Any submissions by you to us (e.g., questions, job inquiries, suggestions, materials – collectively, “Feedback”) through any communication whatsoever (e.g., call, fax, email, message through the Website) will be treated as both non-confidential and non-proprietary. You hereby irrevocably assign and transfer to us all right, title, and interest in and to the Feedback, including all worldwide patent rights, copyright rights, trade secret rights, and other proprietary or intellectual property rights therein. We are free to use, without any attribution or compensation to you, any ideas, know-how, concepts, techniques, or other intellectual property and proprietary rights contained in the Feedback, whether or not patentable, for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, having manufactured, licensing, marketing, and selling, directly or indirectly, products, and services using such Feedback. You understand and agree that we are not obligated to use, display, reproduce, or distribute any such ideas, know-how, concepts, or techniques contained in the Feedback, and you have no right to compel such use, display, reproduction, or distribution.

Links to Third-Party Sites

We may link to other sites that are not the Website (collectively, “Third-Party Sites”). Certain areas of the Website may allow you to interact with such Third-Party Sites and, if applicable, allow you to configure your privacy settings in your Third-Party Site account to permit your activities on this Website to be shared with your contacts in our Third-Party Site account. In certain situations, you may be transferred to a Third-Party Site through a link, but it may appear that you are still on this Website. In any case, you acknowledge and agree that the Third-Party Sites may have different privacy policies and/or user guides and business practices than us, and you further acknowledge and agree that your use of such Third-Party Sites is governed by the respective Third-Party Site privacy policy and/or user guides. You hereby agree to comply with all terms and conditions, user guides, and privacy policies of any Third-Party Sites. We are providing links to the Third-Party Sites as a convenience, and we do not verify, make any representations about, or take responsibility for such Third-Party Sites, including, without limitation, the truthfulness, accuracy, quality or completeness of the content, services, links displayed, and/or any other activities conducted on or through such Third-Party Sites. YOU AGREE THAT WE WILL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY GOODS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, RESOURCES AND/OR CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH ANY THIRD-PARTY SITES AND/OR THIRD-PARTY DEALINGS OR COMMUNICATIONS, OR FOR ANY HARM RELATED THERETO, OR FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSS CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED BY OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OR RELIANCE ON THE CONTENT OR BUSINESS PRACTICES OF ANY THIRD-PARTY. Any reference on the Website to any product, service, publication, institution, or organization of any third-party entity or individual does not constitute or imply our endorsement or recommendation.

Privacy Policy

We respect the information that you provide to us and want to be sure you fully understand exactly how we use that information. Please review our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and disclose information that we obtain from and about you.

General

Violations of these Terms, as determined by us, may require immediate termination of your access to this Website without prior notice to you.

These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California and the Federal Arbitration Act, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provisions. If any of these Terms are deemed inconsistent with applicable law, then such term(s) shall be interpreted to reflect the intentions of the parties, and no other terms will be modified. By choosing not to enforce any part of these Terms, we are not waiving our rights. These Terms are the entire agreement between you and us and, therefore, supersede all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions or agreements between you and us about this Website. The proprietary rights, disclaimer of warranties, representations made by you, indemnities, limitations of liability, and general provisions will survive any termination of these Terms.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms or otherwise need to contact us for any reason, you can reach us at info@ntt-research.com or +1 (650) 579-0800, or the following mailing address:

NTT Research, Inc.
940 Stewart Drive
Sunnyvale, California 94085, USA