A.) All participants must be at least 18
years of age to engage in the buying, selling, licensing,
trading, and investing transactions of the intellectual
property, and any of the correspondence thereof, that takes
place on this web site.
B.) All advertisement content must consist
of, and focus on existing patent, trademark, or copyright
material; or reflect, or request, or provide assistance
needed in some part of the process in moving toward obtaining,
buying, selling, licensing, trading, or investing in a patent,
trademark, or copyright.
C.) Upon request, the seller must be able
to show proof, or traceable proof, of certification of the
patented, trademarked, or copyrighted work in the form of
authentic documentation, license, and/or check number for
filed work. Certification consisting of documentation provided
by the United States Patent & Trademark Office, the
United States Copyright Office, or licensing provided by
the established certification agencies of participating
foreign countries is preferred and must be made readily
available prior to posting.
D.) The seller must be the sole legal owner
of the patent, trademark, or copyright work, and all supporting
information contained within that particular set of claims,
that is being posted. In the event that there is more than
one legal owner for a piece of intellectual property; or
in the event that an existing piece of intellectual property
contains within it's entity, an existing and additional
work belonging to another person(s), the seller must have
the written and notarized consent, and/ or legal permission
from all additional owners, before making any type
of conveyance, legal, or financial transaction on behalf
of the person(s); and prior to posting the issued work on
this web site.
E.) Upon request, the seller must be able
to show proof of ownership papers for the patented, trademarked,
or copyrighted work, in the form of authentic documentation
provided by the United States Patent & Trademark Office,
the United States Copyright Office, documentation provided
by agencies of participating foreign countries, or legal
documentation from an accredited lawyer to support the ownership
claim(s), or power of attorney claim(s); and documentation
must be readily available along with any and all accompanying
paperwork necessary for legal conveyance purposes, prior
to posting on this web site.
F.) The seller is solely responsible for the accuracy,
legitimacy and validity of all intellectual property, and
claims contained therein, while a listing is posted, considered
for purchase, when a transaction is in progress, completed,
and, or at all other times during the use of this web site.
The seller, or sellers may experience the consequences of
sever legal action taken by the buyer, or any other misinformed
party if the legitimacy rules that govern intellectual property
are violated.
G.) No person shall place outdated, or invalid patented,
trademarked, or copyrighted work on the web site. The transference
of outdated, or invalid work may result in sever legal action
taken by the buyer, or any other misinformed party. The
seller must know when that the intellectual property license,
issuance, or legal verification is due to expire, it is
the sellers responsibility to monitor, update, and renew
that verification. The updated, and renewed intellectual
property verification, along with all associated information,
must be amended by the seller upon receipt so that the listing
posted remains current at all times.
H.) The seller is solely responsible for any and all misleading,
falsified, fraudulent, invalid, stolen or felonious intellectual
property, and any and all other type of unlawful claims
contained therein, and extending to all intellectual property
that the seller may have posted on this web site. In conjunction,
the seller is solely responsible for any legal actions that
may be brought against them, due to unlawful intellectual
property and it's supporting claims, including, but not
limited to all associated legal fees, and all associated
ramifications that should arise from that legal action.
I.) The seller is solely responsible for the security and
protection of their intellectual property, and all of the
claims contained therein. It is the sole responsibility
of the seller to have all displayed work adequately and
legally protected. The IP-Exchange listing web site is a
global, public forum, and therefore, placing work on this
particular web site constitutes public disclosure. The IP-Exchange
is not responsible, or liable for any stolen Intellectual
Property, or claims contained therein, or any additional
information that may be contained on, or taken from this
web site.
J.) The seller is solely responsible for all of the content
placed within a their listing advertisement. This includes,
but is not limited to, all of the information presented
in regards to the sales representation, pricing, marketing,
personal data, product history, product summary, legal titles,
and all construction of and contents within legal contracts.
Accordingly, the seller is obligated to provide current,
valid, correct, truthful, and legally protected listing
information in the content of all advertisements. The IP-Exchange
is not responsible for the content, or the protection of
the content of any advertisement.
K.) No person shall place a link of any kind, to any additional
web site, web page, or Internet address of any type, that
contains pornographic, profane, prejudice, obscene, or offensive
material of any kind. All Internet links placed within ads
must connect to intellectual property that is for sale in
the form of Patented, Trademarked, or Copyrighted work;
or connection must lead to an individual, firm, business,
or corporate establishment that is the legal owner, and
therefore, in charge of the sale of that particular intellectual
property work. All additional Internet links must connect
to an individual, firm, business, or corporate establishment
that is ethically fostering the growth, and development
of intellectual property and the accompanying process at
some stage within that process.
L.) The IP-Exchange reserves the right, and the sole discretion,
to pull any listing advertisement, during any time of the
listing period, that contains outdated, invalid, falsified,
stolen, misleading, sexually related, foul, prejudicial,
or offensive language or material; and furthermore, participants
must acknowledge that the purchase price of that ad will
not be returned in such case that a advertisement is pulled
for any such reasons. Again, The IP-Exchange reserves
the right to exercise sole discretion in defining precisely
what information constitutes a violation , and therefore
may pull any ad that it deems to be offensive.
M.) The IP-Exchange is a listing and exchange service only,
and therefore, we do not promote, or provide any particular
prototype makers, cad drawlers, marketing establishments,
speakers, firms, or any promotional services, or any of
the advertisements listed by private users, or the services
of any of the additional clients listed on our web site.
All users are advised to choose products and services based
on their own judgment, proceed with caution, and at their
own risk.
N.) The IP-Exchange does not promote or recommend legal
council, or legal advice from any particular attorney, or
law firm that may be displayed on our web site. The job
of The IP-Exchange is to make various types of IP Services
and IP Professionals in the intellectual property field
available to our users, and to connect them with those professionals
and experts, free of charge. The IP-Exchange is not responsible
for any of the advice given by the attorneys, or any other
professional featured on our web site, or the outcome of
that advice.
O.) The 'IP Help Desk ' service is provided to assist,
free of charge, in answering general questions only .
Requests made to attorneys, or all other professionals featured
on our web site, for more detailed, specific, or involved
services will most likely result in a charge to the user.
The IP-Exchange does have any control over pricing regulations,
or the charges that may be accrued while obtaining such
legal services. Users are advised to use their own judgment,
proceed with caution, and at their own risk.
P.) The 'IP Help Desk' service, even when featuring
an attorney, should never be substituted for retaining continual,
and personal legal counsel during any stage of the intellectual
property process. The IP-Exchange is not responsible for
any of the legal or general advice given by the attorneys,
or any other professional featured on our web site, or the
outcome of that advice. As with all services provided in
all of the listings contained on our web site, users are
advised to use their own judgment, proceed with caution,
and at their own risk.
Q.) All venture capital advertisements placed on this web
site must be seeking funding to complete the process of
an intellectual property work, or directly related project.
The funding requested and accompanying business plan must
be based upon a patent, trademark, or copyright work, and
henceforth seeking funding to further develop that work
by a particular, and clearly defined method, and expressed
in writing by specific and clearly defined terms, objectives,
and goals.
R.) All persons seeking venture capital funding for an
intellectual property project, prototype, start up company,
or for any other reason must have intellectual property
work legally secured by the appropriate authorities prior
to posting an advertisement seeking funding. The documented
proof must be from a certified, legal agency or organization,
and must be made available upon request to the Venture Capitalist,
The IP-Exchange administration, or any other interested
party.
S.) The IP-Exchange is not responsible for the terms, claims,
methods, goals, objections, deadlines, financial obligations,
or any other listing information, or criteria contained in
the Business Models or Legal Contracts posted; nor can The
IP-Exchange be held liable in any way for any consequences
of any deals constructed, or the accompanying transactions
between parties on this web site. As with all services provided
in all of the listings contained on our web site, users are
advised to use their own judgment, proceed with caution, and
at their own risk. |
The IP-Exchange strives to maintain
a safe, clean, and reputable forum in order to promote the
highest level of integrity, and optimize the benefits available
to all of our clients. Therefore, The IP-Exchange does it's
best to identify, locate and pull all improper advertisements
listed on our web site. Although we do our best, we may
miss an ad that is in violation from time to time. We would
graciously like to extend the invitation for you to assist
us in this very significant task.
If you should run across an ad that we
may have missed; or discover an ad that you believe to be
in violation of our rules and regulations, please call it
to our attention. You can do so by e-mailing us at listings@theip-exchange.com
with the intellectual property type, and title of the work,
along with the search category used to locate it. Please
be sure to note “violation” in the subject of the e-mail
so that the staff can address it speedily. If we find that
there is indeed a violation, the seller will be contacted
and the ad will be revoked.
If you should run across a seller that
is in violation of one of the rules listed above, or does
not have current, valid, or legal documentation for their
intellectual property, we urge you to report it to us as
soon as possible so that the ad, and the usage privileges
of that seller can be immediately revoked. All written reports
should be marked as 'Invalid' and sent to listings@theip-exchange.com.
At The IP-Exchange, we genuinely appreciate all of our clients
efforts in making our web site the best that it can be.
Please note, in the case of serious
offenses such as all misleading, falsified, fraudulent,
stolen or felonious intellectual property, you should immediately
seek the help of a reputable attorney that is licensed in
your state, or area. Education is always the best defense
against problems of fraudulent behavior. We strongly encourage
that you take the time to investigate all of the individuals
and companies that you are considering doing business with,
before you decide to deal with them. |
