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Copyright Notice

The documentation, software, and other materials contained at this website are owned and copyrighted by Altera. Copyright © 1995 - 2010 Altera Corporation, 101 Innovation Drive, San Jose, California 95134, USA. All rights reserved.

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• You may distribute copies of the documentation available at this website only to customers and potential customers of Altera^® products. However, you may not charge them for such use. Any other distribution to third parties is prohibited unless you obtain the prior written consent of Altera
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• You may not use the materials in any way that may be adverse to Altera's interests.

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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. If you believe in good faith that materials hosted by Altera infringe your copyright, you (or your agent) may send us a notice requesting that the material be removed, or access to it blocked. The notice must include the following information: (a) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or if multiple copyrighted works located on the site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works); (c) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to allow Altera to locate the material on the site; (d) the name, address, telephone number, and email address (if available) of the complaining party; (e) a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. If you believe in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed against you, the DMCA permits you to send Altera a counter-notice. Notices and counter-notices must meet the then-current statutory requirements imposed by the DMCA; see http://www.loc.gov/copyright for details. Notices and counter-notices with respect to the site should be sent to Altera Corporation, 101 San Jose, California 95134, USA. We suggest that you consult your legal advisor before filing a notice or counter-notice. Also, be aware that there can be penalties for false claims under the DMCA.

Other Intellectual Property Rights

Altera, The Programmable Solutions Company, the stylized Altera logo, specific device designations, and all other words that are identified as trademarks and/or service marks are, unless noted otherwise, the trademarks and service marks of Altera Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.

Altera has the following trademarks and servicemarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and/or in other jurisdictions and countries:

ACEX®	FLEX®	Quartus®
Altera®	HardCopy®	Stratix®
Arria®	MAX®	The Programmable Solutions Company®
Avalon®	MAX+PLUS® II
Cyclone®	MegaCore®
FabMatch®	Nios®

Altera also uses the following trademarks and servicemarks that are not currently registered with the USPTO or in other jurisdictions and countries. Some of these trademarks are the subject of trademark or servicemark applications and may be registered in the future:

ACAP™	ByteBlasterMV™	Jam™	MicroBlaster™
AMPPSM	ByteBlaster™	LogicLock™	SignalTap™
APEX™	Classic™	MasterBlaster™	USB-Blaster™
Atlantic™	Excalibur™	MegaWizard™
BitBlaster™	IP MegaStore™	Mercury™

Other product and company names mentioned on this website may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Nothing contained in this Legal Notice shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel, or any other legal theory, a license or right to any patent, trademark, copyright, or other intellectual property right, except those expressly provided herein. The products, processes, software, and other technology described at this website may be the subject of other intellectual property rights owned by Altera or by third parties, and no licenses are granted herein.

Altera's United States Patents

Altera owns, among others, the following U.S. patents, which may cover products which are offered and sold by Altera:

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Altera further does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links or other items contained within this website. Altera may make changes to these materials, or to the products described therein, at any time without notice. Altera makes no commitment to update this documentation.

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