Intellectual Property & DMCA

1. Our position

We respect intellectual property and expect our users to do the same. We respond to valid notices of claimed infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and to well-founded trademark complaints, and we terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

2. Reporting infringement

Send a notice to legal@slapyourbrand.com that includes all of the following:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the copyrighted work or trademark you claim is infringed, including a registration number where one exists.
• The URL of each listing, photo, or page you say is infringing, specific enough for us to locate it.
• Your name, postal address, telephone number, and email address.
• A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the rights holder, its agent, or the law.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorised to act for them.

Notices that do not contain these elements may be ineffective. Knowingly making a material misrepresentation in a notice can make you liable for damages under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).

3. What happens next

If a notice is valid, we remove or disable access to the material and tell the user who posted it, passing on the notice.

4. Counter-notice

If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to legal@slapyourbrand.com containing your signature, identification of the material and where it appeared, a statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith it was removed by mistake, your name, address, and phone number, and your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if you are outside the United States, for our district) and to accept service from the person who sent the original notice.

If we receive a valid counter-notice we may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days, unless the original complainant tells us they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the activity.

5. Repeat infringers

We keep a record of notices. Accounts that repeatedly infringe are closed.