Terms of Use

Welcome to our website and related services!

This Service Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into between you and Espressif Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (“Espressif”, “we,” “us,” or “our”) in connection with your access to and use of the services provided through this website.

To ensure a better user experience when accessing or using this website, please read this Agreement carefully and ensure that you fully understand its terms before deciding whether to register for and use this website and its services.

We may update this Agreement and/or this website and its services from time to time as necessary. If you disagree with any part of this Agreement and/or the content of this website or its services, including any updates, you should immediately discontinue use of the relevant services.

1. Scope

1.1 This Agreement applies to your access to and use of the services provided through this website, whether accessed through a web browser, third-party login interfaces, or other means. To improve user experience and service quality, we will continue to update and enhance this website. Any modifications or updates to the website’s features or services will automatically be subject to this Agreement, with notice provided through appropriate means.

1.2 This website primarily provides services including, but not limited to, information about relevant products, technical documentation, and the display and discussion of user-generated content that you create, upload, or submit (“User Content”), including but not limited to code, images, documents, comments, and other content.

1.3 Certain services provided through this website may be operated by third parties or may redirect you to third-party platforms, such as product purchasing pages or login services. You acknowledge and agree that such services are subject to the applicable terms and policies of the relevant third parties. We make no warranties regarding the availability, accuracy, or security of such third-party services and accept no liability in connection with them.

2. User Eligibility and Account Use

2.1 You confirm that, when registering for and using this website, you have reached the age of majority under the applicable laws of the country or region where you reside and have full legal capacity to independently enter into and perform this Agreement. This website and its services are not intended for minors. By accessing or using this website and its services, you represent that you meet the foregoing requirements. If we become aware that a user does not meet these requirements, we may take reasonable measures to restrict or terminate that user’s access to or use of this website and its services.

2.2 You may register for and log in to this website through email verification and, after logging in, set a password for your account. You understand and agree that:

(1) If this website supports third-party account login in the future, including but not limited to GitHub, authentication of such third-party accounts will be handled by the relevant third-party service providers;

(2) You are responsible for keeping your account name, password, and other account information secure; and

(3) We will not be liable for any account disclosure, unauthorized use, or loss resulting from your own actions or omissions, but may provide necessary assistance within a reasonable scope.

2.3 You understand and agree that we may, for security, compliance, system stability, the prevention and control of unlawful or non-compliant conduct, or other reasonable reasons restrict or suspend accounts, disable certain account features, or terminate access to or use of the services.

3. Services

3.1 This website may provide the following services, including but not limited to:

(1) Downloading technical materials, documentation, and other related resources;

(2) Displaying User Content and providing related interactive features, such as likes and comments;

(3) Displaying relevant products or redirecting users to third-party webpages; and

(4) Providing other services from time to time as necessary.

3.2 We may modify, update, suspend, or discontinue any services based on business arrangements, technical conditions, compliance requirements, or operational needs. We will make reasonable efforts to minimize the impact on users but do not guarantee that the services will be continuously available or error-free.

4. User Conduct Rules

4.1 You agree to comply with applicable laws and regulations and the rules of this website. You must not use this website to engage in any unlawful or non-compliant activities or activities that infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of third parties.

4.2 You must not:

(1) Upload, publish, or distribute any content that is unlawful, harmful, fraudulent, insulting, infringing, or otherwise inappropriate for display;

(2) Upload malicious code, computer viruses, Trojan horses, backdoor programs, or other content that may pose a security risk to this website;

(3) Infringe upon any third party’s intellectual property rights, trade secrets, data-related rights, personality rights, or other legitimate rights and interests;

(4) Falsely represent yourself as another person or make misleading statements;

(5) Scrape website content without authorization, or interfere with or disrupt the operation of this website; or

(6) Use this website in any manner that violates applicable laws and regulations.

4.3 When interacting with others through comments, likes, or other features, you must conduct yourself appropriately and must not post unlawful, infringing, harassing, misleading, or otherwise inappropriate content.

5. User Content

5.1 You are responsible for the User Content you submit, upload, or publish, and must ensure that you lawfully own the rights to such User Content or have obtained the necessary authorizations.

5.2 You undertake that your User Content will not infringe upon any legitimate rights or interests of any third party, including but not limited to copyrights, patent rights, trademark rights, trade secrets, data-related rights, reputation rights, privacy rights, or any other legitimate rights or interests.

5.3 You are solely responsible for the authenticity, legality, accuracy, and appropriateness of your User Content.

5.4 You retain the rights you lawfully hold in your User Content. By submitting, uploading, or publicly posting User Content on this website, you grant us and our affiliates a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to store, reproduce, display, distribute, translate, reformat, create summaries of, or otherwise use such User Content in a reasonable manner for the purposes of operating, maintaining, improving, and promoting this website, related products, and the community. As required by our actual operational needs, we may display User Content on websites, applications, official social media accounts, and other official promotional channels operated or managed by us. We may also engage service providers to process User Content for the foregoing purposes. Unless otherwise required by applicable laws, we are not required to obtain your separate permission for each such use or pay you any fees for such use. If User Content contains personal data, our processing and public disclosure of such personal data will be subject to applicable laws and our Privacy Policy. We will comply with any requirement under applicable laws to obtain your separate consent.

5.5 You represent and warrant that you have the right to submit, publicly post, and license us to use User Content in accordance with this Agreement, and that you have obtained the necessary legal rights or authorizations to use any third-party works, code, software, trademarks, portraits, or other protected content contained in your User Content for the purposes set out in Section 5.4. If your User Content contains material subject to open-source licenses, open-content licenses, or other third-party licenses, you must accurately identify the relevant sources and license terms. Our use of such material remains subject to the applicable license terms.

5.6 We may, based on legal or regulatory requirements, third-party complaints, website operations, security considerations, or other reasonable grounds, hide, delete, restrict the visibility of, discontinue the distribution of, suspend accounts associated with, or take other reasonable measures in relation to content suspected of being unlawful, non-compliant, inappropriate for display, or otherwise potentially risky. We will provide the relevant users with the necessary explanations or reasons for such decisions as required by applicable laws. You may use the “Feedback” option in the bottom-right corner of the page to report allegedly unlawful content or raise an objection to a relevant decision.

5.7 If a third party alleges that User Content infringes its rights or is unlawful, we may require you to provide explanations, proof of rights, or take necessary measures. User Content published by you on this website does not represent or reflect our views or policies. If you become involved in any dispute arising from your User Content, you shall bear the corresponding responsibility.

6. Intellectual Property

6.1 All content on this website, including but not limited to text, images, music, videos, animations, trademarks, designs, charts, visual interfaces, and computer code, as well as the concepts, designs, structures, forms of expression, and presentation results embodied therein, is owned or controlled by us or lawfully licensed to us for use. Unless expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement, you may not use, or authorize any third party to use, any content on this website for commercial purposes without the prior written consent of us or the relevant rights holder.

6.2 Unless otherwise provided by law or expressly authorized, you or any other third party must not, without authorization, reproduce, modify, distribute, reverse engineer, commercially exploit, or otherwise infringe rights in the content of this website. Nothing in this Agreement affects any applicable open-source licenses, third-party licenses, or other rights recognized under applicable law.

6.3 Technical materials, development documentation, reference projects, and examples provided on this website are for reference purposes only and may be used only for lawful, compliant, and authorized purposes. Unless expressly stated otherwise, we do not grant any implied intellectual property licenses.

7. Export Controls and Compliance

7.1 You are responsible for identifying and complying with the laws and regulations applicable in your country or region and other relevant jurisdictions, including but not limited to requirements relating to export controls, trade compliance, cybersecurity, and data protection.

7.2 You must not access, download, distribute, export, re-export, transfer, share, or use any content or services made available through this website, including but not limited to relevant materials, technical content, software, and projects, in any manner that violates applicable laws and regulations.

7.3 We may restrict access to certain content, features, or functions where required by applicable laws, regulations, or regulatory requirements, or where we reasonably consider such restrictions necessary.

8. Third-Party Services and Purchases

This website may contain links to or integrations with third-party websites, services, or features. Except for services expressly provided by us, such third-party services are independently provided by the relevant third parties and are subject to their own terms and privacy policies. Links to other websites and services do not constitute our endorsement of those websites or services, or of any information, advertisements, or other materials provided by such third parties. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, we shall not be liable for the accuracy or availability of any information provided by third-party services or websites. If any dispute arises or damage occurs as a result of your failure to use third-party products and/or services in accordance with applicable requirements, you shall bear the corresponding responsibility. We may display relevant content lawfully obtained from publicly available sources, including third-party websites and platforms. All rights in such content remain with the respective rights holders.

9. Limitation of Liability

9.1 This website, its services, technical materials, User Content, and related information are provided on an “AS IS” basis.

9.2 To the extent permitted by applicable laws, we make no warranties that:

(1) The website will be continuously available, error-free, or completely secure;

(2) Technical materials, User Content, or third-party information will be complete, accurate, reliable, or suitable for any particular purpose; or

(3) The website services will meet your specific requirements.

9.3 To the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, we shall not be liable for any indirect, derivative, incidental, consequential, punitive, accidental, special, or penal damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, loss of goodwill, loss of data, or other similar losses arising from your use of this website and our services.

10. Indemnification

10.1 If you violate applicable laws or regulations, this Agreement, and/or any other applicable policies or agreements governing this website, thereby infringing or potentially infringing the rights of any third party, you shall be solely responsible for handling and resolving the matter and shall assume all corresponding liabilities. If such violation results in any complaints, claims, or penalties against us, you shall indemnify us for all losses arising from such circumstances.

10.2 You agree not to enter into any settlement without our prior written consent in any legal proceedings brought by a third party in which both you and we are parties.

10.3 Notwithstanding any conflicting provisions of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, our total liability to you in any circumstances shall be limited to the fees actually paid by you to us for the relevant services during the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the relevant claim.

11. Amendments and Termination

11.1 We may update and revise this Agreement from time to time in light of business developments, technological upgrades, changes in applicable laws and regulations, or operational needs. The updated Agreement will be published on this website. General updates will take effect on the date of publication. For updates that may materially affect your rights or obligations, we will notify you in advance through on-site notifications, email, or other reasonable means, and obtain your consent again where required by applicable laws. If you do not agree to the updated Agreement, you must discontinue use of the relevant services.

11.2 If you infringe the legitimate rights or interests of a third party, we may, upon receiving notice from the rights holder or its duly authorized representative, promptly take measures including, but not limited to, notifying you and requiring you to delete the infringing content. We also reserve the right to terminate this Agreement.

11.3 You may request account deletion in accordance with the procedures provided on this website. Upon account deletion or termination of this Agreement, your right to use this website and its services will cease. We will handle your personal data and User Content in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable laws. You acknowledge and agree that, upon account deletion or termination of this Agreement, relevant content may be deleted or anonymized, except where its retention is otherwise required or permitted by applicable laws and regulations or is necessary to handle complaints or disputes, ensure security, or fulfill statutory obligations. Following account deletion or termination of this Agreement, we will cease using your uploaded User Content for new promotional activities under this Agreement, except as otherwise required or permitted by applicable laws. We may continue to retain content that has already been produced, published, or incorporated into existing promotional materials to the extent permitted by applicable laws. You may request that we cease using or delete relevant content under our control for reasonable reasons, and we will handle such requests in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable laws. We shall not be liable for taking measures to terminate accounts or delete or anonymize User Content in accordance with this Agreement or applicable laws.

12. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

12.1 The formation, validity, interpretation, performance, and dispute resolution of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the People’s Republic of China, excluding its conflict-of-law rules.

12.2 In the event of any discrepancy between the Chinese and English versions of this Agreement, the Chinese version shall prevail to the extent permitted by applicable laws. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall first be resolved through friendly consultation between the parties. If the dispute cannot be resolved through consultation, it shall be submitted to the competent People’s Court in Pudong New Area, Shanghai.

13. Contact Us

If you have any suggestions, feedback, or questions regarding this website or its services, you may contact us by returning to the homepage of this website and using the “Feedback” entry in the bottom-right corner of the page, or through other available channels. We will review your feedback and provide an appropriate response.