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Terms of Use
This Statement is effective as of February 14, 2023.
Overview
The following are terms of a legal agreement between you and IPParalegals.
By accessing, browsing, or using this web site, you acknowledge
that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these
terms and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations,
including export and re-export control laws and regulations. If
you do not agree to these terms, please do not use this web site.
IPParalegals
may, without notice to you and at any time, revise these Terms
of Use and any other information contained in this web site by
updating this posting. IPParalegals may also make improvements
or changes in the products, services, or programs described in
this site at any time without notice.
General Agreements
Please be advised that the information and material contained
on this site are for informational and edutainment purposes only
and should not be construed in any way as binding counsel or legal
advice.
The
materials contained on this web site may be considered in whole
or in part as advertising for legal support services under the
laws and rules of professional conduct of the jurisdictions in
which we practice. This
web site may be considered advertising under the New York Code
of Professional Responsibility. IPParalegals has endeavored to
comply with all known legal and ethical requirements that apply
to this site. IPParalegals does not desire to form relationships
with clients based upon their review of any portions of this site
that do not comply with legal or ethical requirements.
This
web site contains proprietary notices and copyright information,
the terms of which must be observed and followed. IPParalegals,
IPP, the IPParalegals logo, IPconnect and the IPconnect logo are
trademarks of IPParalegals.
This
site and its contents, in part or in whole, may not be copied,
reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, distributed,
or used for the creation of derivative works without IPParalegals'
prior written consent, except that IPParalegals grants you non-exclusive,
non-transferable, limited permission to access and display the
web pages within this site, solely on your computer and for your
personal, non-commercial use of this web site. This permission
is conditioned on your not modifying the content displayed on
this site, your keeping intact all copyright, trademark, and other
proprietary notices, and your acceptance of any terms, conditions,
and notices accompanying the content or otherwise set forth in
this site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any software and other
materials that are made available for downloading, access, or
other use from this site with their own license terms, conditions,
and notices will be governed by such terms, conditions, and notices.
Your
failure to comply with the terms, conditions, and notices on this
site will result in automatic termination of any rights granted
to you, without prior notice, and you must immediately destroy
all copies of downloaded materials in your possession or control.
Except for the limited permission in the preceding paragraph,
IPParalegals does not grant you any express or implied rights
or licenses under any patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other
proprietary or intellectual property rights. With the exception
of social media capabilities built into this web site, you may
not mirror any of the content from this site on another web site
or in any other media.
IPParalegals.com Terms of Use
The contents of the IPParalegals.com web site ("the Site") is
intended for your personal, noncommercial use. All materials published
on IPParalegals.com (including, but not limited to news articles,
photographs, images, illustrations, audio clips and video clips
(also known as "the Content") are protected by copyright, and
owned or controlled by IPParalegals, or the party credited as
the provider of the Content. You shall abide by all additional
copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any
Content accessed through IPParalegals, IPParalegals.com or the
IPconnect blog site.
The
Content of this Site is owned by IPParalegals. IPParalegals.com
and its Contents are protected by copyright pursuant to U.S. and
international copyright laws. You may not modify, publish, transmit,
participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create new
works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit,
any of the Content in whole or in part.
You
may download or copy the Content and other downloadable items
displayed as being for personal use only, provided that you maintain
all copyright and other notices contained therein. Copying or
storing of any Content for other than personal use is expressly
prohibited without prior written permission from IPParalegals,
or the copyright holder identified in the copyright notice contained
in the Content.
IPconnect Blog Site Terms of Use
Submission Agreement
and Code of Conduct
Like IPParalegals.com, IPParalegals' IPconnect
blog site ("the Service") is intended solely for your personal,
noncommercial use. You acknowledge that any user-generated or
supplied material or content you submit, including but not limited
to: comments, messages, reviews, text, shared activities, video,
audio, graphics and photographs, as well as computer code and
applications ("Submission") to the Service to be posted may be
edited, modified, published, transmitted, displayed or removed
by IPParalegals, and you waive any rights you may have in having
the material altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you.
Submissions made to the Service may also be made available for
republishing through other formats, including but not limited
to RSS feeds, at IPParalegals sole discretion.
The
Service is an IPParalegals web-based public edutainment venue
that explores IP-centric best practices while enabling professional
discussions about them. We are all here to communicate as adults,
not engage in immature conduct or smear campaigns. QQ altercations
are better served in video game forums. Therefor, as part of your
agreement to access and use the Service, you unconditionally agree
to the following:
- You
agree to not upload, distribute or otherwise publish on to
the Service any libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic,
abusive, or otherwise illegal material.
- Be
courteous. You agree that you will not threaten or verbally
abuse others, use defamatory language, or deliberately disrupt
discussions with repetitive messages, meaningless messages
or "spam."
- Use
respectful language. Like any community, the online conversation
flourishes only when everyone feels welcome and safe. You
agree not to use language that abuses or discriminates on
the basis of race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual preference,
age, region, disability, etc. Hate speech of any kind is not
tolerated and will be grounds for immediate and permanent
suspension of access to all or part of the Service.
- Debate,
but don't attack. In a community full of opinions and preferences,
people always disagree. IPParalegals encourages lively discussion
and welcomes tactful debate on the Service. But personal attacks
are a direct violation of these Terms of Service and are grounds
for immediate and permanent suspension of access to all or
part of the Service.
Submission Agreements
As part of your agreement to these Terms of Service, you grant
IPParalegals a perpetual, nonexclusive, world-wide, royalty
free, sub-licensable license to any and all Submissions, which
includes without limitation the right for IPParalegals or any
third party that IPParalegals designates, to use, copy, transmit,
excerpt, publish, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform,
create derivative works of, host, index, cache, tag, encode,
modify and adapt (including without limitation the right to
adapt to streaming, downloading, broadcast, mobile, digital,
thumbnail, scanning or other technologies) in any form or media
now known or hereinafter developed, any Submission posted by
you on or to IPParalegals.com or any other web site owned or
operated by IPParalegals, including any Submission posted on
the Service through a third party.
You
are solely responsible for the content of your Submissions.
However, while IPParalegals is not responsible for the content
of these Submissions, IPParalegals.com reserves the right to
delete, move, or edit Submissions that it, in its sole discretion,
deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, in violation of copyright
or trademark laws, or otherwise unacceptable.
By
making a Submission, you are consenting to its display on the
site and for related online and offline promotional uses by
IPParalegals.
Representations and Warranties
You represent, warrant and covenant (a) that no materials of
any kind submitted by you will (i) violate, plagiarize, or infringe
upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark,
privacy or other personal or proprietary rights; or (ii) contain
libelous or otherwise unlawful material; and (b) that you are
at least thirteen years old. You hereby indemnify, defend and
hold harmless IPParalegals, and all officers, directors, owners,
agents, information providers, affiliates, licensors and licensees
(collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") from and against any
and all liability and costs, including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the Indemnified Parties
in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you
or any user of your account of these Terms of Service or the
foregoing representations, warranties and covenants. You shall
cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of
any such claim. IPParalegals reserves the right, at its own
expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any
matter subject to indemnification by you.
IPParalegals does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability
of any advice, opinion, statement, or other information displayed,
uploaded, or distributed through the Service by any user, information
provider or any other person or entity. You acknowledge that
any reliance upon any such opinion, advice, statement, memorandum,
or information shall be at your sole risk.
THE
SERVICE AND ALL DOWNLOADABLE SOFTWARE ARE DISTRIBUTED ON AN
"AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE
OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT
YOUR SOLE RISK.
General Disclaimers
Information
on this web site is not promised or guaranteed to be correct,
current, or complete, and this site may contain technical inaccuracies
or typographical errors. IPParalegals assumes no responsibility
(and expressly disclaims responsibility) for updating this site
to keep information current or to ensure the accuracy or completeness
of any posted information. Accordingly, you should confirm the
accuracy and completeness of all posted information before making
any decision related to any services, products, or other matters
described in this site.
IPParalegals
provides no assurances that any reported problems will be resolved
by IPParalegals, even if IPParalegals elects to provide information
with the goal of addressing a problem.
Forward-looking and cautionary statements
Except for historical information and discussions, statements
set forth throughout this web site may constitute forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 or other applicable laws. These statements
involve a number of risks, uncertainties, and other factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially.
Confidential information
We very much want to hear from you, but please use caution in
communicating over the internet. We ask that you not send confidential,
proprietary or sensitive material by e-mail or through our web
site. Please note that any information or material sent to IPParalegals
will be deemed NOT to be confidential. Unless overridden by
any official written agreement between you and IPParalegals,
by sending IPParalegals any information or material, you grant
IPParalegals an unrestricted, irrevocable license to copy, reproduce,
publish, upload, post, transmit, distribute, publicly display,
perform, modify, create derivative works from, and otherwise
freely use, those materials or information. You also agree that
IPParalegals is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or
techniques that you send us for any purpose.
However,
we will not release your name or otherwise publicize the fact
that you submitted materials or other information to us unless:
(a) we obtain your permission to use your name; or (b) we first
notify you that the materials or other information you submit
to a particular part of this site will be published or otherwise
used with your name on it; or (c) we are required to do so by
law. Personally-identifiable information that you submit to
IPParalegals for the purpose of receiving products or services
will be handled in accordance with our privacy policies. Please
see "Privacy
Statement" for information regarding IPParalegals' privacy
policies.
Global availability
Information IPParalegals publishes on the World Wide Web may
contain references or cross references to IPParalegals products,
programs and services that are not announced or available in
your country. Such references do not imply that IPParalegals
intends to announce or make available such products, programs,
or services in your country. Please consult IPParalegals for
information regarding the products, programs, and services that
may be available to you.
Business Relationships
The contents of this website or other materials supplied by
IPParalegals, and their use, do not constitute any form of IPParalegals-client
relationship or engagement of service.
This
web site may provide links or references to non-IPParalegals
web sites and resources. IPParalegals makes no representations,
warranties, or other commitments whatsoever about any non-IPParalegals
web sites or third-party resources that may be referenced, accessible
from, or linked to any IPParalegals site. A link to a non-IPParalegals
web site does not mean that IPParalegals endorses the content
or use of such web site or its owner. In addition, IPParalegals
is not a party to or responsible for any transactions you may
enter into with third parties, even if you learn of such parties
(or use a link to such parties) from an IPParalegals site. Accordingly,
you acknowledge and agree that IPParalegals is not responsible
for the availability of such external sites or resources, and
is not responsible or liable for any content, services, products,
or other materials on or available from those sites or resources.
When
you access a non-IPParalegals web site, even one that may contain
the IPParalegals logo, please understand that it is independent
from IPParalegals, and that IPParalegals does not control the
content on that web site. It is up to you to take precautions
to protect yourself from viruses, worms, trojan horses, and
other potentially destructive programs, and to protect your
information as you deem appropriate.
Linking to this site
All links to this web site must be approved in writing by IPParalegals,
except that IPParalegals consents to links in which the link
and the pages that are activated by the link do not: (a) create
frames around any page on this web site or use other techniques
that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance
of any content within this site; (b) misrepresent your relationship
with IPParalegals; (c) imply that IPParalegals approves or endorses
you, your web site, or your service or product offerings; and
(d) present false or misleading impressions about IPParalegals
or otherwise damage the goodwill associated with the IPParalegals
name or trademarks. As a further condition to being permitted
to link to this site, you agree that IPParalegals may at any
time, in its sole discretion, terminate permission to link to
this web site. In such event, you agree to immediately remove
all links to this web site and to cease using any IPParalegals
trademark.
Translations
Certain text in this web site may be made available in languages
other than English. Text may be translated by a person or solely
by computer software with no human intervention or review. These
translations are provided as a convenience to you, and IPParalegals
makes no representations or commitments regarding the accuracy
or completeness of the translation, whether or not computer-generated
or performed by a person. Please see the below Disclaimer of
Warranty for additional conditions.
Disclaimer of Warranty
USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. ALL MATERIALS, INFORMATION,
PRODUCTS, SOFTWARE, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS
IS," WITH NO WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES WHATSOEVER. IPPARALEGALS
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ALL
EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, AND OTHER WARRANTIES, GUARANTEES,
OR REPRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT
OF PROPRIETARY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. WITHOUT LIMITATION,
IPPARALEGALS MAKES NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE THAT THIS WEB SITE
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE.
YOU
UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT IF YOU DOWNLOAD OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN
MATERIALS, INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SOFTWARE, PROGRAMS, OR SERVICES,
YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL
BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT MAY RESULT, INCLUDING
LOSS OF DATA OR DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM.
SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES, SO THE
ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Limitation of Liability
IN
NO EVENT WILL IPPARALEGALS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
OF ANY TYPE WHATSOEVER RELATED TO OR ARISING FROM THIS WEB SITE
OR ANY USE OF THIS WEB SITE, OR OF ANY SITE OR RESOURCE LINKED
TO, REFERENCED, OR ACCESSED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE, OR FOR THE
USE OR DOWNLOADING OF, OR ACCESS TO, ANY MATERIALS, INFORMATION,
PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST
PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOST SAVINGS OR LOSS OF PROGRAMS
OR OTHER DATA, EVEN IF IPPARALEGALS IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS EXCLUSION AND WAIVER OF
LIABILITY APPLIES TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER BASED ON
CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORIES.
Additional
or different terms, conditions, and notices may apply to specific
materials, information, products, software, and services offered
through this web site. In the event of any conflict, such additional
or different terms, conditions, and notices will prevail over
these Terms of Use. Please see the applicable agreement or notice.
Fair Use Guidelines for Use and Reference of IPParalegals Trademarks
IPParalegals
trademarks include the IPParalegals and IPconnect logos, and
other designs and logos owned and used by IPParalegals; as well
as IPParalegal product and service names. IPParalegals takes
great care in the development and protection of its trademarks
and reserves all rights of ownership of its trademarks.
Use of IPParalegals logos
IPParalegals carefully limits the use of its logos. No other
company may use IPParalegals logos unless it has the express
written permission of IPParalegals, or is licensed by IPParalegals
to do so. To obtain permission to use any IPParalegals logo,
contact IPParalegals directly.
Fair use of IPParalegals trademarks
"Fair use" of IPParalegals trademarks, that is, use by a third
party without express permission or license, is limited to text-only
references to IPParalegals trademarks such as product and service
names, and excludes IPParalegals logos.
In such references, you must be truthful, must not disparage
IPParalegals, and must not mislead the public. You must be clear
and accurate as to the nature of the relationship between IPParalegals
and your company, its products, and its services.
General rules for proper reference to IPParalegals product and service names
Following are general rules for proper usage of IPParalegals product names:
- The
first use of each IPParalegals product name mentioned in communications
must be identified in a footnote or attribution. The attribution
must be located either on the page/screen where the IPParalegals
trademark is used, or in the legal section of the communication
or site in which it is referenced. Please note that laws concerning
use of trademarks or product names vary by country. Always
consult a local attorney for additional guidance.
- In
the United States, the first reference in text to all IPParalegals
product or service names should be preceded by IPParalegals
and followed by the proper trademark symbol. Rules for marking
product names differ by country. You may need to seek guidance
from a trademark professional.
- A
product or service name should be used as an adjective qualifying
a noun that is a generic description of the product or service.
The product name should also be used in a singular form.
- Do
not change the form or representation of the product name,
including capitalization or punctuation.
Use of "IPParalegals" as a company name
"IPParalegals", its three letter abbreviation "IPP", and IPconnect
are trademarks of IPParalegals. When a trademark such as IPP
is used to identify the company IPParalegals, it is called a
trade name. Trade name usage typically applies when referring
to a company as opposed to a particular product. It is permissible
to use IPParalegals as a possessive if you are referring to
IPParalegals the company. In that case the name does not identify
goods or services (which are legally the domain of trademarks).
Incorrect use of IPParalegals trademarks
- Do
not omit a footnote/attribution for IPParalegals trademarks.
- Do
not alter the approved IPParalegals trademark.>
- Do
not create any new logo for IPParalegals or IPParalegals product
or service names.
- Do
not incorporate any IPParalegals product or service names
into your company's product or service names.
- Do
not incorporate any IPParalegals product or service names
into the root domain of any web site owned by your company.
- Do
not misspell or alter the letter cases when using the name
IPParalegals in text.
- Do
not use the IPParalegals taglines.
- Do
not connect your company name with IPParalegals product or
service names.
- Do
not use the IPParalegals trademark name for a product or service
as a noun, or in the plural form.
- Do
not misspell or incorrectly capitalize IPParalegals trademarks.
- Always
include the trademarked IPParalegals name on the first usage.
Special Attributions
The listed trademarks of the following companies require marking and attribution:
- Adobe,
the Adobe logo, PostScript, and the PostScript logo are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated
in the United States, and/or other countries.
- Intel,
Intel logo, Intel Inside, Intel Inside logo, Intel Centrino,
Intel Centrino logo, Celeron, Intel Xeon, Intel SpeedStep,
Itanium, and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States
and other countries.
- Microsoft,
Windows, Windows NT, and the Windows logo are trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries,
or both.
- UNIX
is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United
States and other countries.
- Java
and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks of
Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States, other countries,
or both.
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