chemical-engineering.co intends to fully comply with the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (“DMCA”), including the notice and “take down” provisions, and to
benefit from the safe harbors immunizing chemical-engineering.co from
liability to the fullest extent of the law. chemical-engineering.co reserves the
right to terminate the account of any Member who infringes upon the copyright
rights of others upon receipt of proper notification by the copyright owner or the
copyright owner’s legal agent.
Included below are the processes and procedures that
chemical-engineering.co will follow to resolve any claims of intellectual
property violations:
A) Notice for Claims of Intellectual Property Violations.
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright
infringement, or that your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated,
please provide chemical-engineering.co Copyright Agent with the following
information:
An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the
owner (the “Complainant:) of the copyright or other intellectual property
interest that has allegedly been infringed;
A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that the
Complainant claims has been infringed;
A description of where the infringing material or activity that the Complainant is
located on the Site, with enough detail that we may find it on the Site (e.g.,
Profile ID);
The name, address, telephone number and email address of the Complainant;
A statement by the Complainant that upon a good faith belief the disputed use of
the material or activity is not authorized by the copyright or intellectual
property owner, its agent or the law; and
A statement by the Complainant made under penalty of perjury, that the
Complainant is the copyright or intellectual property owner or is authorized to
act on behalf of the copyright or intellectual property owner and that the
information provided in the notice is accurate.
chemical-engineering.co Copyright Agent for Notice for Claims of Intellectual
Property Violations can be reached as follows:
By E-Mail:
info@chemical-engineering.co
B) chemical-engineering.co Response to Notice for Claims of
Intellectual Property Violations.
Upon chemical-engineering.co receipt of a Notice for Claims of Intellectual
Property Violations, chemical-engineering.co will take the following steps:
Promptly remove or disable access to the material or activity claiming to be
infringing;
Notify the Member responsible for posting the alleged infringement of copyright or
other intellectual property rights that the material or activity has been
removed or access to it has been disabled; and
Provide the Member with a Counter Notification Form outlining the steps they are
required to follow if they wish to respond.
C) Counter Notification Form.
If a Member receives notice that a material or activity posted on the Site was
removed or disabled and the Member wishes to dispute the Notice for Claims of
Intellectual Property Violations, the Member must provide
chemical-engineering.co Copyright Agent with the following information:
An electronic or physical signature of the Member;
A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that has been
removed or disabled and the location where the material appeared before
removed or disabled;
A statement by the Member, made under penalty of perjury, that the Member has a
good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of
mistake or misidentification; and
The Member’s name, address, telephone number and email address, and a
statement that the Member consents to the jurisdiction of the United States
District Court for the judicial district in which the Member’s residence is
located if in the United States, or a similar court in the country of the
Member’s residence. The Member must also provide a statement that they will
accept service of process from the Complainant.
D) chemical-engineering.co Response upon Receipt of a Counter
Notification Form.
Upon chemical-engineering.co receipt of a Counter Notification Form,
chemical-engineering.co will take the following steps:
Promptly provide the Complainant with a copy of the Counter Notification Form;
Promptly inform the Complainant that the removed or disabled material or activity
will be replaced or re-enabled in not less than ten (10), but no more than
fourteen (14), business days unless chemical-engineering.co Copyright
Agent first receives notice that the Complainant has filed an action seeking a
court order to restrain the Member from engaging in infringing activity relating
to the material or activity on the Site; and
After the period in Section (D)(2) above has elapsed, replace or re-enable the
disabled material unless a notice of action as defined in Section (D)(2) above
has been received (unless the material is determined by
chemical-engineering.co in its sole discretion to potentially infringe any
intellectual property rights).
To the extent the notices and “take down” requirements above deviate from the
requirements under the DMCA, then the notice requirements as provided by the
DMCA shall control and are herein incorporated by reference.
In accordance with the DMCA, we have adopted a policy of terminating, in
appropriate circumstances and in the sole discretion of
chemical-engineering.co, Members who are deemed to be repeat
copyright infringers. We may also in our sole discretion limit access to the Site
and/or terminate the account of any Member who infringes upon any
intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat
infringement.
