Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy

MerchantCircle respects the intellectual property of others, and we expect our users to do the same. MerchantCircle has no responsibility for content on other web sites that you may find or access when using MerchantCircle's products or services. Material available on or through other web sites may be protected by copyright and the intellectual property laws of the United States and/or other countries. The terms of use of those web sites, and not the MerchantCircle Terms of Service, govern your use of that material.

It is MerchantCircle's policy, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may infringe or repeatedly infringe the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of MerchantCircle and/or others.

Notice for Claims of Intellectual Property Violations and Agent for Notice

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 MerchantCircle's Copyright Agent with the following information:

• an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;

• a specific description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
• a specific description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the MerchantCircle site, with enough detail that we may find it on the web site;
• your address, telephone number, and email address;
• a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright or intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law;
• a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.

MerchantCircle's Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:

By mail:

Copyright Agent
c/o MerchantCircle Inc.
800 W El Camino Real, Suite 330
Mountain View, CA 94040

By email:

copyright@merchantcircle.com

Effective date: 8/31/05