Intellectual Property Policy

Effective date: [To be confirmed]Version: Draft 1.0

1. Platform intellectual property

EscrowSign and its licensors own all intellectual property rights in the Platform, including software, design, trade marks, logos, service marks, database rights, and content created by EscrowSign. Nothing in these terms grants you any rights in EscrowSign’s intellectual property except the limited licence to use the Platform as permitted under the Terms of Service.

You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, modify, create derivative works from, reverse-engineer, decompile, or extract source code from the Platform without our prior written consent.

2. User content

You retain ownership of intellectual property rights in content you upload to the Platform (e.g., asset descriptions, documents, images). By uploading content, you grant EscrowSign a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to store, process, and display that content for the purpose of providing the Platform service.

This licence is limited to what is necessary to operate the Platform and does not authorise EscrowSign to use your content for any other purpose, including marketing, without your separate consent.

3. Prohibited intellectual property conduct

You must not use the Platform to:

Sell or transfer assets that infringe third-party intellectual property rights
List counterfeit goods, pirated software, or unlicensed copyrighted works
Misrepresent the intellectual property status of an asset (e.g., claiming you own IP you do not own)
Use EscrowSign trade marks, logos, or branding without prior written consent
Upload content that infringes the copyright, trade mark, or other IP rights of any third party

Transactions involving IP assets should include evidence of ownership (registration certificates, assignment deeds, licence agreements) as part of the transaction documentation.

4. IP infringement claims (notice and takedown)

If you believe that content on the Platform infringes your intellectual property rights, you may submit an infringement notice to [PLACEHOLDER — IP notice contact / email to be confirmed]. Your notice must include:

Your name, address, and contact information
A description of the intellectual property right you claim has been infringed
Identification of the infringing material on the Platform
A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorised
A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorised to act on behalf of the rights owner

We investigate valid notices promptly. Submitting a knowingly false notice may result in liability for damages.

5. Counter-notice

If your content has been removed following an infringement notice and you believe the removal was in error, you may submit a counter-notice to the same contact address above. Counter-notices are subject to applicable law. [PLACEHOLDER — process to be confirmed by legal counsel.]

6. Repeat infringers

We will terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers of intellectual property rights.