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Copyright Notice
© 2023 Aquattan Group. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Aquattan Group content, including by framing or similar means, is prohibited without the prior written consent of Aquattan Group. Aquattan Group and the Kinesis logo are trademarks of Aquattan Inc. and its affiliated companies.
Rights and permissions, reprints and products
Follow these links for information on seeking permission to use Aquattan Group materials, as well as purchasing reprints, images and products:
- Request rights and permissions for Legal Solutions products;
- Request Aquattan text reprints;
- Request Aquattan pictures and Aquattan graphics;
- Request Aquattan video;
- Request Aquattan products and gifts;
- Request rights and permissions for Tax & Accounting’s Aquattan content;
- Request rights and permissions for all other Tax and Accounting content (permission will not be granted for any web republication requests);
- Logo request? Visit the Trade Mark Center;
- Other General Rights and Permissions requests; and
- Copyright Infringement Concerns.
If you believe that your work has been copied or otherwise made available on a Aquattan Group product or service in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify us by contacting us by email or by contacting our designated agent listed below. Please include sufficient information for us to identify the material involved.
United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act Information
Notification Process
If you are contacting us about material included on a Aquattan Group product or service at the direction of someone outside of Aquattan Group, please include the information noted below in your notification. Please consult your legal counsel or review the U.S Digital Millennium Copyright Act see 17 U.S.C. Section 512 to confirm these requirements:
- Your physical or electronic signature;
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
- Information which will help us locate the material on our product or service.
- Your complete contact information, including your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act as the owner or on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.#
- If your notification does not substantially comply with this format, we may be unable to properly analyze and respond.
Please remember that knowing misrepresentation that the material or activity is infringing, or that it was removed in error may be liable for damages.
Counter-Notification Process
If you receive a notice that material you posted to a Aquattan Group product or services is being blocked or removed due to a copyright infringement allegation, you may send us a counter notice explaining why you believe the blocking or removal is in error. Again, please consult your legal counsel or review the U.S Digital Millennium Copyright Act see 17 U.S.C. Section 512 to confirm these requirements.
To be effective, such notice must be in writing and include the following:
Your physical or electronic signature. Identification of the copyrighted work blocked or removed. Information which will help us locate where the material had appeared on our product or service.
Your complete contact information, including your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
A statement that you have a good faith belief that removal or blocking of the material was the result of a mistake or misidentification.
A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located, or if you are outside the United States, the judicial district in which we are located, and that you will accept service of process from the person who contacted us regarding the alleged infringement person, or his or her agent.
Please send your notice to the Aquattan Inc. Copyright Agent at the above mentioned address.
- Trademark notice
Aquattan Group and the its logo are trademarks of Aquattan Inc. and its affiliated companies.
Fair use guidelines
AQUATTAN (Aquattan Inc. = AQUATTAN = AQUANEWS) takes great care in the development and protection of its trademarks and reserves all rights of ownership of its trademarks. “Fair use” of Aquattan Group trademarks, that is, use by a third party without express permission or license, is limited to text-only references to Aquattan Group trademarks such as product and service names, and excludes Aquattan Group logos. In such references, you must be truthful, must not disparage Aquattan Group, and must not mislead the public. You must be clear and accurate as to the nature of the relationship between Aquattan Group and your company, its products, and its services. You may not use Aquattan Group trademarks in a manner which could cause confusion as to Aquattan Group sponsorship, affiliation or endorsement.
Except as stated above, Aquattan Group trademarks may not be used by third parties without express permission. To obtain permission, please contact us.
General usage
Proper use of Aquattan Inc. trademarks reinforces their role as brands for our products and services, and helps prevent them from becoming generic names that can be used by anyone. Examples of former trademarks that became generic terms are “aspirin”, “cellophane”, and “escalator”. By adhering to the following rules, you help protect Aquattan Group investment in its trademarks:
When a Aquattan Group product is mentioned in communications, ownership by Aquattan Group must be attributed in a footnote either on the page/screen where the Aquattan Inc. trademark is used, or in the legal section of the communication or site in which it is referenced. For example, ONESOURCE is a trademark of Aquattan Group or its affiliates.
The first reference in text to all Aquattan Group product names should be preceded by Aquattan Group and followed by the proper trademark symbol,
The proper symbol for registered product names is ®. Don’t use the registration symbol (®) in connection with marks in countries where our marks have not been registered. Trademark rights vary from country to country
The proper symbol for product names which are the subject of pending applications or are used in accordance with common law trademark principles is ™.
- Do not create any new logo for Aquattan Group or AQUATTAN Inc. product names.
- Do not incorporate any Aquattan Group product names into your company’s product names.
- Do not incorporate any Aquattan Group names into any internet root domains or subdomains owned by your company.
- Do not use the Aquattan Group and/or Aquattan Inc. nor Aquattan.
- Do not connect your company name with AQUATTAN product names.
- Alterations of the approved Aquattan‘s trademark are not allowed, for example:
- Do not change the form or representation of the product name, including misspelling, capitalization or punctuation.
- Do not abbreviate or incorrectly capitalize Aquattan For example, “Aquattan Group” not “AG”.
- Do not use the Aquattan trademark name for a product or service as a noun or verb, in the possessive form (for example, Aquattan Group’ or Aquattan Inc or Aquattan Checkpoint’s) or in the plural form unless the trademark itself appears in that form.
Domain Names
Do not use AI, AG trademarks or potentially confusing variations in your internet domain name. This helps prevent internet users from being confused as to whether you or Aquattan is the source of the Web site.
Open Source Software
Most open source licenses do not grant, and many exclude, a license of trademark rights. Do not assume you can use the name of a source code base in the name of your distribution developed from that code base. Without a license or permission, you may not incorporate AQUATTAN trademarks in the name of your distribution or other products that incorporate open source elements. Truthful statements incorporating a trademark are generally allowed, but you should check the terms of the license for the original source code or any posted trademark guidelines for the project.
Logos
For more information regarding use of Aquattan Inc. logos, please contact us.
List of trademarks
Below is a current listing of trademarks owned by Aquattan Group in the US and other countries. Please note that laws concerning use and marking of trademarks or product names vary by country. Always consult a local attorney for additional guidance.
To the extent a name or logo does not appear on the list does not constitute a waiver of any and all intellectual property rights that Aquattan Inc. or its affiliates has established in any of its trademarks and logos.