IP-Screen Terms of Use

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.

IP-Screen is a free online service provided by Sheldon Mak & Anderson, a California IP law firm. BUT the services provided on the IP-Screen website do not make us your attorneys, and do not constitute legal advice. For any legal advice or legal services, please contact a licensed lawyer.

By using the IP-Screen.com website (the "Site"), you agree to follow and be bound by these terms of use (the "Terms of Use") and agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including United States export and re-export control laws and regulations. In these Terms of Use, the words "you" and "your" refer to each customer or Site visitor, "we", us" and "our" refer to IP-Screen.com (a Sheldon Mak & Anderson property) and "Services" refers to all services provided on this website (IP-Screen). It is your responsibility to review these Terms of Use periodically. If at any time you find these Terms of Use unacceptable or if you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not use this Site. We may revise these Terms of Use at any time without notice to you. If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us.

Please also refer to IP-Screen's Privacy Policy and Full Disclaimer, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

1. IP-Screen.com provides an easy way for the user to quickly screen, by entity name, the U.S. intellectual property owned by the entity. IP-Screen acts only as a conduit to make doing a particular type of search in third party (public access) databases perhaps easier. However, we do not maintain any of the databases being searched, and so we have no idea whether the data you are searching is kept accurate, current or up-to-date. IP-Screen not provide any advice, legal or otherwise. If you need legal advice for your specific problem, you should consult a licensed attorney.
   
   
2. IP-Screen is our home, and you the user is here as our guest. IP-Screen reserves all rights to refuse access to anyone for any reason or no reason at all.
   
   
3. Privacy Policy. IP-Screen respects your privacy. A complete statement of IP-Screen's current Privacy Policy can be found on this Site. IP-Screen's Privacy Policy is expressly incorporated into this Agreement by reference.
   
   
4. Use of certain portions of the Site or the Services requires opening an account. You must provide complete and accurate information as requested on the registration form. You will also be asked to provide a user name and password. You are entirely responsible for the maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You may not use a third party's account, user name or password at any time. You agree to notify IP-Screen immediately of any unauthorized use of your account, user name or password. IP-Screen shall not be liable for any losses you incur as a result of someone else's use of your account or password, either with or without your knowledge. You may be held liable for any losses incurred by IP-Screen, our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents and representatives due to someone else's use of your account or password.
   
   
5. In connection with the use of certain IP-Screen products or services, you may also be asked to provide personal information in a questionnaire, application, form or similar document or service. This information will be protected pursuant to our Privacy Policy. In addition, you grant IP-Screen a worldwide, royalty-free, nonexclusive, and fully sublicensable license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, publish and translate this personal information solely for the purpose of enabling your use of the applicable service. You may revoke this license and terminate IP-Screen's rights at any time by removing your personal information from the applicable service.
   
   
6. Ownership. This Site is owned and operated by Sheldon Mak & Anderson PC (a California IP law firm), doing business as IP-Screen. All right, title and interest in and to the materials provided on this Site, including but not limited to information, documents, logos, graphics, sounds and images (the "Materials") are owned either by IP-Screen or by respective third party authors, developers or vendors ("Third Party Providers"). Except as otherwise expressly provided by IP-Screen, none of the Materials may be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, uploaded, posted, displayed, transmitted or distributed in any way and nothing on this Site shall be construed to confer any license under any of IP-Screen's intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by IP-Screen.
   
   
7. Limited Permission to Download. IP-Screen hereby grants you permission to download, view, copy and print the Materials on any single, stand-alone computer solely for your personal, informational, non-commercial use provided that (i) the copyright and trademark notice appearing below appears in such Materials, (ii) the Materials are not used on any other Web site or in a networked computer environment and (iii) the Materials are not modified in any way. This permission terminates automatically without notice if you breach any of the terms or conditions of these Terms of Use. On any such termination, you agree to immediately delete and obliterate all copies of any downloaded or printed Materials.
   
   
8. Intellectual Property. When accessing IP-Screen or using IP-Screen's legal document preparation Service, you agree to obey the law and you agree to respect the intellectual property rights of others. Your use of the Service and the Site is at all times is governed by and subject to laws regarding copyright, trademark and other intellectual property ownership. You agree not to upload, download, display, perform, transmit or otherwise distribute any information or content in violation of any third party's copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property or proprietary rights. You agree to abide by laws regarding copyright ownership and use of intellectual property, and you shall be solely responsible for any violations of any relevant laws and for any infringements of third party rights caused by any content you provide or transmit or that is provided or transmitted using your IP-Screen user account. All Site design, text, graphics, the selection and arrangement thereof, Copyright 2011 Sheldon Mak & Anderson. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. IP-SCREEN and IP-SCREEN.COM, and the logos and custom icons are trademarks and service marks of Sheldon Mak & Anderson doing business as IP-SCREEN. All other trademarks, product names and trade names or logos on this Site are the property of their respective owners.
   
   
9. Links to Third Party Sites. This Site may contain links to Web sites controlled by parties other than IP-Screen (each a "Third Party Site"). IP-Screen does not endorse any of these sites, and IP-Screen is not responsible for and does not endorse or accept any responsibility for the availability, contents, products, services or use of any Third Party Site, any Web site accessed from a Third Party Site or any changes or updates to such sites. IP-Screen provides these links to you only as a convenience. You bear all risks associated with access to and use of content provided on a Third Party Site and agree that IP-Screen is not responsible for any loss or damage of any sort you may incur from dealing with a third party.
   
   
10. Additional Terms . Some IP-Screen Services may be subject to additional posted guidelines, rules or terms of service ("Additional Terms") and your use of such Services will be conditioned on your agreement to the Additional Terms. The Additional Terms shall control in case of conflict with these Terms of Use.
    
    
11. User Content. At various locations on the Site, IP-Screen may permit visitors to post forum entries, such as reviews, comments, and other content (the "User Content"). IP-Screen is not the author of the User Content. It is a passive service for storage and dissemination of the ideas and opinions that IP-Screen members may choose to post and distribute as User Content. IP-Screen does not screen works before they are posted, but IP-Screen reserves all rights to set policies regarding such User Content (e.g., courtesy, no threats, no commercial use, no advertising, etc.), and IP-Screen reserves all rights to delete User Content that violate the policies set by IP-Screen, and IP-Screen may also block access by anyone to User Content and/or to the Site. IP-Screen has the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to (i) edit, redact or otherwise change any User Content, (ii) re-categorize any User Content to place it in a more appropriate location or (iii) pre-screen or delete any User Content that is determined to be inappropriate or otherwise in violation of these Terms of Use, including but not limited to User Content containing offensive language and advertisements and commercial messages. The use of your IP-Screen user account or posting User Content for any activity illegal under the laws of California and the United States is a violation of these Terms of Use. All User Content submitted to IP-Screen through or in association with this Site shall be considered non-confidential and IP-Screen's property. By providing such submissions to IP-Screen you hereby assign to IP-Screen, at no charge, all worldwide right, title and interest in and to the submissions and any intellectual property rights associated therewith. IP-Screen shall be free to use and/or disseminate such submissions on an unrestricted basis for any purpose. You acknowledge that you are responsible for the submissions that you provide, including their legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality and content.
    
    
12. If you have a complaint about the behavior or posts of another user, it is your responsibility to attempt to resolve the conflict, typically by contacting that person directly, if possible. Normally, IP-Screen staff will not take a role in mediating conflicts between you and other users. IP-Screen does not take responsibility for your behavior or that of other users. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such a complaint or conflict arises, the user or users may request that IP-Screen moderator intervene and attempt to resolve any such dispute. Any such request is not a guarantee that a moderator will (i) intervene, (ii) intervene in a timely manner, (iii) resolve the dispute in favor of one party or the other or (iv) successfully resolve the situation. The decision to intervene rests with IP-Screen, in our sole and absolute discretion.
    
    
13. NO WARRANTY. THE SITE AND ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IP-SCREEN EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IP-SCREEN MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT: (A) THE SITE OR THE MATERIALS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (B) THE SITE OR THE MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE BASIS; (C) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SITE, OR ANY MATERIALS OFFERED THROUGH THE SITE, WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; OR (D) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SITE OR IN RELIANCE ON THE MATERIALS WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS. ANY USE OF THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND AT YOUR OWN RISK. IP-SCREEN SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY DATA, MATERIALS OR INFORMATION.
    
    
14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT SHALL IP-SCREEN, OUR OWNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF BUSINESS, REVENUE, PROFITS, USE, DATA OR OTHER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE), HOWEVER IT MAY ARISE, WHETHER IN AN ACTION ON CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORT, OR ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE OR MATERIALS AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE, EVEN IF IP-SCREEN HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. YOU ASSUME ALL RISKS FOR USE OF MATERIALS AND SERVICES FROM THIS SITE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
    
    
15. Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless IP-Screen, our officers, directors, shareholders, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses or expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, arising out of or in any way connected with your access to or use of the Site and the Materials.
    
    
16. IP-Screen has a policy that provides for the timely removal of any content, article or materials that have infringed on the rights of IP-Screen or of a third party or that violate intellectual property rights generally. IP-Screen's policy is to remove such infringing content or materials and investigate such allegations immediately.
    
    
17. Governing Law; Venue. By using this Site, you expressly agree that your rights and obligations shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California, excluding its choice of law rules. Any legal action or proceeding relating to your access to or use of the Site or Materials shall be instituted in a state or federal court in California, and in the County of Los Angeles. You and IP-Screen agree exclusively and irrevocably to submit to the jurisdiction of, and agree that venue is proper in, these courts in any such legal action or proceeding. These Terms of Use expressly exclude and disclaim the terms of the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, which shall not apply to any transaction conducted through or otherwise involving this Site.
    
    
18. User Acknowledgement. BY USING IP-SCREEN'S SERVICES OR ACCESSING THE IP-SCREEN SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THESE TERMS OF USE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM.