TERMS AND LEGAL
General terms and conditions of use
Last updated: June 2021
Welcome to our website ("Montblanc.com"). These General Terms and Conditions of Use govern the access to and use of Montblanc.com. The access to and use of this website as well as the purchase of products on Montblanc.com are based on the assumption that these General Terms and Conditions of Use have been read, understood and accepted by you. This website is managed and maintained by YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP S.p.A. ("YNAP"), company with sole shareholder subject to direction and coordination of LuxExperience B.V., with registered office in Italy at Via Morimondo, 17, Milan 20143, business register number, tax code and VAT number 02050461207, fully paid share capital of EUR 1,384.207,41.
If you need any assistance, please go to the Customer Service area, where you will find information on orders, shipping, refunds and returning products purchased on Montblanc.com, a form for registration to the site, tips and suggestions, and other general information on the services provided by Montblanc.com. Remember that you can always contact Montblanc.com through Customer Service. For any other legal information, please read the General Terms and Conditions of Sale, Return Policy and Privacy Policy of Montblanc.com. YNAP may amend or update all or part of these General Terms and Conditions of Use. Any amendments or updates to the General Terms and Conditions of Use will be binding upon publication in this section of the website. We therefore ask that you regularly access this section to check for the publication of the most recent and up-to-date General Terms and Conditions of Use of Montblanc.com. If you do not agree to all or part of the General Terms and Conditions of Use of Montblanc.com, please do not use our website.
The access to and use of Montblanc.com, including viewing web pages, communication with YNAP, downloading product information and making purchases on the website are carried out by our users exclusively for personal purposes which should in no way be connected to any trade, business or professional activity. Remember that you will be liable for your use of Montblanc.com and its contents. YNAP shall not be considered liable for any use of the website and its contents by any of its users that is not compliant with the laws and regulations in force, without prejudice to YNAP's liability for wilful misconduct and gross negligence. You will specifically be liable for communicating information or data which is incorrect, false or concerning third parties without the latter’s consent, as well as for any improper use of such data or information.
Lastly, since all material will be downloaded or obtained otherwise via use of the service chosen at the user's own risk, the user is responsible for any damage to computer systems or loss of data as a consequence of downloading, and YNAP will not be held responsible. YNAP accepts no responsibility for any damage resulting from inaccessibility to website services or from damage caused by viruses, corrupt files, errors, omissions, service interruptions, content deletion, problems with the network, with providers or telephone and/or data transmission connections, unauthorised access, data alteration, failure and/or malfunction of the user's electronic equipment.
The user is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and the proper use of his or her personal information, including the credentials for accessing restricted services, and is also responsible for any damage or harm which might arise against YNAP or third parties as a result of the improper use, loss or removal of such information.
1. Privacy Policy
We recommend that you read the Privacy Policy, which also applies to users who access Montblanc.com and use the relevant services without making purchases. The Privacy Policy will help you understand how and for what purposes Montblanc.com collects and uses your personal data.
2. Intellectual Property Rights
Montblanc.com's contents, including but not limited to, works, images, pictures, dialogues, music, sounds, videos, documents, drawings, figures, logos and any other material published on Montblanc.com, including menus, web pages, graphics, colours, schemes, tools, the website's fonts and design, diagrams, layouts, methods, processes, functions and software which are part of Montblanc.com, and are protected by copyright and by all other intellectual property rights of YNAP and the relevant rights holders. The reproduction, wholly or in part, and in any form whatsoever, of Montblanc.com and of its contents is forbidden without YNAP's written consent. YNAP has the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit any reproduction, be it direct or indirect, temporary or permanent, or in any other manner or form, and in whole or in part, of Montblanc.com and its contents. As far as the use of Montblanc.com is concerned, you are only authorised to view the website and its contents. You are also authorised to carry out all the other temporary acts of reproduction, devoid of economic significance, which are transient or incidental and an integral and essential part of viewing Montblanc.com and its contents. You are also authorised to browse the website for the lawful use of Montblanc.com and its contents. You are not authorised to reproduce Montblanc.com and its contents by any means or in any form, neither in whole nor in part. Any reproduction must be authorised each time by YNAP in writing or, if necessary, by the authors of the work posted on the website. Such reproductions must be carried out for lawful purposes in compliance with the copyright and other intellectual property rights of YNAP and of the authors of the works posted on the website. The individual authors of works published on Montblanc.com are entitled at any time to claim the authorship of their work and to object to any distortion or any other modification of the works, including any damage to the works which may harm their honour or reputation. You undertake to comply with the copyright of the artists who publish their work on Montblanc.com or who have cooperated with Montblanc.com in the creation of new forms of expression or new artistic forms which are intended for exclusive or non-exclusive publication on the website or that are an integral part of it. On no account are you authorised to use, in any manner or form whatsoever, the contents of the website or any single work protected by copyright or any other intellectual property right. By way of example, you may not alter or modify content or any protected work without YNAP's consent and, where necessary, the consent of each author of the works published on Montblanc.com.
3. Trademarks and Domain Names
All signs distinguishing products sold on Montblanc.com and posted on the website are registered trademarks of the respective owners and are used on Montblanc.com strictly for distinguishing, describing and advertising the products sold on Montblanc.com. YNAP and all other registered trademark owners are entitled to the exclusive use of the trademarks they respectively own. Any unlawful or unauthorised use of such trademarks is prohibited and entails serious legal consequences. Such trademarks and any other distinctive mark posted on Montblanc.com must in no way be used for obtaining an unfair advantage from their distinctive character or reputation or in such a way as to damage them and their owners.