13. Content Removal Policies - GitHub Trademark Policy
This document outlines GitLaw's Trademark Policy, detailing what constitutes a trademark policy violation and what does not. It provides clear instructions for trademark holders on how to report alleged violations, including the specific information required for an investigation and the actions GitLaw may take in response.
GitLaw Trademark Policy
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What is a GitLaw Trademark Policy Violation?
What is not a GitLaw Trademark Policy Violation?
How Does GitLaw Respond To Reported Trademark Policy Violations?
How Do I Report a Trademark Policy Violation?
What Information is Required When Reporting Trademark Policy Violations?
What is a GitLaw Trademark Policy Violation?
Using a company or business name, logo, or other trademark-protected materials in a manner that may mislead or confuse others with regard to its brand or business affiliation may be considered a trademark policy violation.
What is not a GitLaw Trademark Policy Violation?
Using another's trademark in a way that has nothing to do with the product or service for which the trademark was granted is not a trademark policy violation. GitLaw user names are available on a first come, first served basis and may not be reserved. A GitLaw account with a user name that happens to be the same as a registered trademark is not, by itself, necessarily a violation of our trademark policy.
How Does GitLaw Respond To Reported Trademark Policy Violations?
When we receive reports of trademark policy violations from holders of federal or international trademark registrations, we review the account and may take the following actions:
When there is a clear intent to mislead others through the unauthorized use of a trademark, GitLaw will suspend the account and notify the account holder.
When we determine that an account appears to be confusing users, but is not purposefully passing itself off as the trademarked good or service, we give the account holder an opportunity to clear up any potential confusion. We may also release a username for the trademark holder's active use.
How Do I Report a Trademark Policy Violation?
Holders of registered trademarks can report possible trademark policy violations to GitLaw via Submit a Trademark Policy Violation Report. Please use the contact form and submit trademark-related requests using your company email address and include all the information requested below to help expedite our response. Also be sure to clearly describe to us why the account may cause confusion with your mark or how the account may dilute or tarnish your mark.
What Information is Required When Reporting Trademark Policy Violations?
In order to investigate trademark policy violations, please provide all of the following information:
Username of the reported account
Your company name
Your company GitLaw account (if there is one)
Company website
Your trademarked word, symbol, etc.
Trademark registration number
Trademark registration office (e.g., USPTO)
Description of confusion (e.g., passing off as your company, including specific descriptions of content or behavior)
Requested Action (e.g., removal of violating account or transfer of trademarked username to an existing company account)
Include the following statement: "I have a good faith belief that use of the trademark described above is not authorized by the trademark owner, or its agent, or the law. I have taken nominative and other fair uses into consideration."
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