Intellectual Property Online
Intellectual property is any product created from human intellect that this category of property law protects from unauthorized use by others. Intellectual property can include patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets.
Domain Names
Domain name intellectual property refers to a company’s property regarding its domain name, or the unique internet address used to find its website. Domain names act similarly to trademarks in identifying and distinguishing a company and its products or services.
Facebook Pages
Intellectual property on Facebook can include any content from artwork, photographs, videos, written posts, articles, and comments, to logos, trademarks, software, graphics, or designs.
Website Takedowns
A website takedown is the removal of any website content that infringes on the owner of the content. The content does not have to be copyrighted in order to process the website takedown or for the content to be taken down by the owner.
Website Terms and Conditions
A website’s terms and conditions can range from general to specific policies required by a contract or agreement. A website’s terms and conditions can be used to inform customers of their rights and obligations to the company’s intellectual property.
Website Disclaimers
A website disclaimer is a notice placed on a website as an attempt to limit the company’s liability in relation to any legal conflict that could occur as a result of using the website. A disclaimer can be used specify warnings or expectations to the public in relation to the use of company’s intellectual property.
UDRP (Uniform Domain-Name Resolution Policy)
The Uniform Domain-Name Resolution Policy is a mandatory process agreed to by all registrants of a domain name in their initial agreement. In the policy, the registrant agrees not to infringe on the intellectual property of another person, and if someone makes such a claim, the registrant agrees to take part in an arbitration process.