terms of use

Easy Intellectual Property Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates including but not limited to Easy Patents, Easy Trademarks, TMCA and Easy Opco (“Easy IP Group”) maintain this website. These terms of use govern your use as a (“User” and/or “Account holder”) of Easy IP Group’s websites, products and services. By using any website owned and operated by Easy IP Group you are agreeing to comply with and be legally bound by the following terms of use on behalf of yourself or the legal entity on whose behalf you wish to be granted access to the websites to adhere to the general terms of use of the website. We may change these Terms of Use at any time without notice to you. 

NO LEGAL ADVICE:

Easy IP Group are not lawyers and do not provide legal financial or professional advice. Easy IP Group provides access to data and platforms governmental and not for general information purpose. It is not intended to be considered professional or legal advice and relied on as a substitute to professional legal advice. 

You understand and agree that Easy IP Group is not a law firm. None of Easy IP Group’s officers or employees are authorized to practice law or provide legal advice to any of Easy IP Group’s clients.

• Accordingly, the user understands and acknowledges that no attorney-client relationship is created through the performance of any services by Easy IP Group. or Easy IP Group. websites content and forms.
• You understand and acknowledge that the Services, forms and online templates are not a substitute for the advice or services of an attorney. Rather, you are representing yourself in this legal matter.
• You have read and understand Easy IP Group’s website general terms including but not limited to terms of use, terms of service and privacy policy (the "Site Terms ").
• You understand that the sites general terms of use apply to any term of service
• You understand that in agreeing to these Terms of use you acknowledge that you have read the privacy policy and the terms of service.
• You understand that your purchase of any product or service may be subject to additional terms and conditions. If applicable, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the Site Terms (privacy policy, terms of service, terms of use)

If prior to purchasing you still believe that Easy IP Group. Is providing you with legal advice or recommendations about your legal rights, options, remedies, selection of forms or strategies, you will not proceed with this purchase, and any purchase that you do make will be null and void.

Ownership

All material contained on the website is owned by Easy IP Group and/or its suppliers and affiliates and is protected by copyright and trademark laws. Any material may also be the subject of other intellectual property rights of Easy IP Group and/or its suppliers and affiliates all of which rights are reserved by Easy IP Group.

Usage

Nothing on the website shall be construed as conferring any license under Easy IP Group’s intellectual property rights, whether by implication, estoppel or otherwise.

The Site and the underlying data may not be used, reproduced, duplicated, copied, downloaded, scraped, sold, resold, visited, reverse engineered, decompiled, merged, disassembled, distributed, transformed, or otherwise exploited, in whole or in part (including via hyperlink), including to create derivative works or for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of Easy IP Group. automated downloading programs and bots such as Robots, spiders, crawler, algorithms, or devices, or any similar or equivalent manual process is not allowed on our website or with our content for any purpose including learning. 

The legal and beneficial interest in all copyrights, patents, trademarks, service marks, design rights (whether registered or unregistered), database rights, proprietary information rights and all other intellectual property and proprietary rights as may exist anywhere in the world together with applications associated with any such rights (“Intellectual Property Rights”) relating to the Service belong to us at all times. The users of our site whether account holders or otherwise obtains no ownership rights in the Service or any of the Intellectual Property Rights pursuant to or arising out of any service rendered using the websites. 

Licensed products and services: 

Accounts

Easy IP Group reserves the right, at our discretion, not to accept an application to create an Account on any of our sites. This may be due to technical constraints, due to legal obligations or for any other reason.

The Account Holder and/or User must ensure that the Account Holder’s details provided to Easy IP Group are complete and accurate, and that these are updated as soon as possible, following any change in those details.

1. Registration and Account

Some of the services/products provided by Easy IP Group require the registration and creation of an account. The user will need to choose a private password with which shall be able to access the account and Service.

The user is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and it’s the sole responsibility of the user to do so for all activities which occur under the account and the use of the password

The user is responsible for immediately notifying Easy IP Group of any disclosure or unauthorized use or breach of security of the client’s account by email.

The User hereby represent and warrant that any and all information provided through the website is and will be accurate and complete and you shall keep this information up-to-date at all times.

2. Access and use of Accounts

As a condition of these Terms, when accessing and using the website, the Account Holder must not:

3. Account Data

The Account Holder must ensure that its Account Data (including any details of Intellectual property relating to services requested via the websites will be accurate and complete and free of any error, as well as the Account Holder’s full legal entity name, registered office and business address, contact details (email and telephone number), payment and billing details) is kept complete and accurate throughout the usage period of the site. The Account Holder acknowledges and agrees that Easy IP Group are wholly dependent upon the Account Data being entered and updated in a timely way, and upon any information or explanations Easy IP Group receive from the Account Holder, and that Easy IP Group only process work based upon the Account Data currently held in its Easy IP Group as entered by the account Holder. The Account Holder is wholly responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the Account Data. Failure by the Account Holder to ensure the Account Data is kept complete and accurate may lead to late or missed renewals, incurring of fines, penalties or late fees from relevant patent offices, other additional costs and expenses (such as legal fees), and/or the loss of intellectual property rights, together with losses, liabilities or costs ensuing from such loss of intellectual property rights (collectively, “Losses”). Easy IP Group will not be responsible for any Losses incurred or suffered due to inaccurate, missing or incomplete Account Data. Refer to specific terms of service for further details. 

Easy IP Group reserve the right to disclose any Account Data to law enforcement authorities in the investigation of fraud or other alleged unlawful activities but otherwise Easy IP Group will only use Account Data to provide the Service.

You may not assign or transfer these Terms of Use to anyone else without our prior written consent.

4. Suspension or termination by us

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate the Account Holder’s access to its Easy IP Group Account and/or the Service, with or without notice:

If we suspend or terminate the Account Holder’s access to its Easy IP Group Account and/or the Service in any of the above circumstances, we will not be responsible for any Losses incurred or suffered as a result. No refund will be made of any fees already paid. Following Account suspension or termination, we will have no further responsibility in relation to services rendered to you.

5. Cancellation by Account Holder

The Account Holder may close its Easy IP Group Accounts at any time by simply notification to our email address at:  help@easy-patents.com. It is the Account Holder’s responsibility to save elsewhere any Account Data held in its Easy IP Group’s Accounts prior to closure, and to ensure that ongoing patent renewals are attended to. Following closure, we will have no further responsibility in relation to any matter subject of the account.

User Generated Content

The Websites may have features which allow you to comment on, engage in discussions or otherwise upload, submit, or post content, information, graphics, videos, images, or links to the Service (collectively referred to as, "User generated content"). User generated content is subject to these Terms of Use and as applicable, the Additional Terms. By agreeing to these terms, you hereby agree not to upload, submit or post any User generated content that 

When engaging, uploading, submitting and/or posting User generated Content, it’s your responsibility to ensure that you have all the necessary legal rights to upload, submit or post your User generated content. Easy IP Group is under no obligation to separately review any User generated content to check that you have the right to carry out such activities. 

We may remove User generated content if it breaches these Terms of Use or is otherwise illegal or infringing any third party’s rights without consultation or notification. 

We acknowledge that, intellectual property rights in the User generated content are owned by you or your licensors. Where you upload submit and/or post User generated content to a private workspace on any of our websites, you grant us permission to use, store and process User generated content in accordance with applicable law, including a right to sublicense the same to our subcontractors as required. By Submitting user generated content to any of the public forums on our sites, social media platforms or blogs or communities, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, publish, broadcast, and reproduce such User generated content without limitation in any and all media, worldwide, in perpetuity, for any purpose whatsoever. Where you provide any comments, recommendation, suggestion or ideas, or any other feedback related to our products, data, or services ("Feedback") we may use and exploit such Feedback without restriction or obligation to you and you will not obtain any rights in our products, data, or services. We may retain the User generated content for the same purposes after you have ceased using the Site.

Third party content / products/ services:

You understand that if you purchased a product/service that involves third party services, you may be required to accept additional terms located on the third party’s site, and the third party may contact you by email and/or phone with instructions on how to access your benefits.

You understand that Easy IP Group is not responsible for the privacy practices, terms of use or content of those sites.

You understand it is your responsibility to review the privacy policies, terms of use and content of non-Easy IP Group websites to confirm that you understand and agree with them.

You acknowledge and agree that Easy IP Group websites shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any Third-Party websites or services.

Unlawful conduct 

Use of the Site for any purpose that is unlawful, or in any manner that could exceed your authorized access or otherwise damage, disable, overburden, or impair the operation of the Site, or any other person’s use or enjoyment of the Site, is strictly prohibited. 

Unlawful conduct may result in civil or criminal liability. We will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and co-operate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations

General

These Terms of Service, Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy describe the entire agreement between the Account Holder and us regarding the Service, and supersede any prior understandings or agreements.

We shall be entitled to assign or sub-contract our rights and/or obligations under these Terms of Use to another party. The Account Holder may not transfer any of its rights or obligations under these Terms of Service without our prior written consent.

Failure at any time to enforce any of these Terms of Use or terms of service or privacy policy or to require performance by the other party of any such term shall not be construed as a waiver of such provision or affect the right of either party to enforce the same.

If any provision is held to be invalid or unenforceable by any tribunal of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall not be affected and shall be carried out as closely as possible according to the original intent.

We will normally communicate with the Account Holder via email or by other electronic means. Electronic communication is not totally secure and there is always a risk of non-receipt, delayed receipt, inadvertent misdirection or interception by third parties. We will not be responsible for damage or loss caused by non-receipt, delayed receipt or interception of communications, or communications which are corrupted or altered after dispatch.

Disclaimers: 

The Account Holder is entirely responsible for the use it makes of the Service. The Account Holder acknowledges and agrees that the Service is an aid to the Account Holder to managing and administering its intellectual property services but that the Account Holder retains ultimate responsibility for ensuring the relevant patents and/or applications (as the case may be) are renewed correctly and on time. Use of the Service does not avoid the need for the Account Holder to oversee and take responsibility for its IP rights. 

No warranty: 

Your access to and use of the site and the products and the data is on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We make no commitment or guarantee as to the data that is made available via the site. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws, we and our affiliates and third-party suppliers make no warranty, condition, representation or undertaking, express or implied, as to performance (including standards of performance or time of performance), merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, completeness, reliability or noninfringement. 

Limitation of liability: 

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws, neither we nor any of our affiliates or third-party suppliers will be liable in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise for

Neither party shall be liable for any failure to perform any of its obligations under these Terms of Service if the performance of such obligations has been interfered with, hindered, delayed or prevented by any circumstances which are not reasonably within the control of that party. In particular, we are not responsible for the action or inaction of any governmental office, patent office or any of their officers or representatives. 

Applicable Law

These Terms of Use are governed by and construed in accordance with English Law and the parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England.

Contacting us

Any question about these Terms of Service or any problem or query concerning the Service or Website should be submitted by email to: help@easy-patents.com

Intellectual property:  The website contains proprietary technology and copyright material owned by Easy IP Group and/or our third-party licensors. All use of content accessible on our website is restricted and must comply with these Terms of Use and; 

Trademarks: “Easy IP Group” “Easy Trademarks” and “Easy Patents” “TMCA” and other product and service names cited on the website are trademarks of their respective owners.

Usage information: We may collect information related to your use of our Sites. Refer to privacy policy for more details. 

Limited access. Certain parts of websites provide you with access to products and services that may require a separate license or subscription from Easy IP Group (each a “Service”) and is accessible by using private access rights or through specific login credentials referred to as “Accounts”. If you have not been issued with access or login information to an account by Easy IP Group you should not use that Service/product. Refer to terms of use -Accounts

Expiration of service and retention of data: Should you have purchased a subscription to our data, you must cease accessing the service and delete all data and information obtained from such subscriptions once your license ends. 

permit any third party to access or use the Service or use the Service on behalf of any third party (which includes operating any form of facility on behalf of any third party or operating a software bureau or similar service);

attempt to undermine the security or integrity of our computing systems or networks or, where the Service is hosted by a third party, that third party’s computing systems and networks;

use, or misuse, the Service in any way which may impair the functionality of the Service or Website or other systems used to deliver the Service or impair the ability of any other user to use the Service or Website;

attempt to gain unauthorized access to any materials other than those to which the Account Holder has been given express permission to access or to the computer system on which the Service is hosted;

transmit, or input into the Service, any file that may cause damage (including damage to any other person’s computing devices or software), content that may be offensive, or material or data in violation of any law (including data or other material protected by copyright, trade secrets or other intellectual property rights which the Account Holder does not have the right to use);

attempt to modify, copy, adapt, reproduce, disassemble, decompile or reverse engineer any computer software used to deliver the Service or to operate the Website;

remove or alter any copyright notices and other identification disclaimers as they may appear on, or during the operation of the Service or Website, or in any print format; or

alter or change any part of the content of the Service, except as expressly permitted, and shall not permit any third party to do any of the foregoing.

if the Account Holder fails to abide by these Terms of Service;

if we have reason to believe that false or misleading information has been provided by or on behalf of the Account Holder to us, or to legal authorities;

in the event of the Account Holder’s insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, winding-up, administrative, receivership, composition or other scheme of arrangement being reached with its creditors, or undergoing any similar process in any jurisdiction in which it is incorporated, domiciled or has assets, or its ceasing to trade or threatening to do so;

if the Account Holder is not responding to notifications and deadlines set by us in a timely manner such as to enable us to provide the service effectively;

if payment of any fee due to us is not paid on time; or

if we are unable, within a reasonable time, to contact the Account Holder for instructions when required using the contact details provided to us.

is unrelated to the service;

is abusive, illegal, defamatory, indecent, obscene, offensive or threatening in any way;

violates anyone’s copyright, trademark or other proprietary right;

interferes with the privacy of another user;

contains a virus or any other harmful components;

contains false or misleading statements; or

gives rise to any liability or violates any applicable local, state, federal or international laws or regulations. 

any corruption, alteration, damage, loss or mis-transmission (as applicable) of your or any third party’s data, software, hardware or systems;

loss or damage resulting from the inadequacy of security of data during transmission via public electronic communications networks or facilities; or

Any direct, indirect, special, punitive or consequential loss or damage arising out of or in connection with these terms of use or your use of the site or data, however such loss or damage may arise, even if we have been advised of the possibility or could have foreseen any such loss or damage.