Reminder: Owners selling Rickenbacker clones.

[Kiwi]

Ads for Rickenbacker copies are being placed in the classifieds which include images that overlook [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/173238-notice-for-owners-of-rickenbacker-copies/"]John Hall's claim on trademark rights[/url].
It's the responsibility of all members using the classifieds to ensure they don't infringe on those trademark rights.

I'm sure this isn't being done deliberately, but its not something the site can afford to be complacent on. Or, for that matter, members given the [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?app=forums&module=extras&section=boardrules"]terms and conditions[/url].

[indent=1][i]"You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrator and the Administrator's subsidiaries, affiliates, related parties, officers, directors, employees, agents, independent contractors, advertisers, partners, and co-branders, from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney's fees, that may be made by any third party, due to or arising out of your conduct or connection with this web site or service, your provision of content, your violation of these terms of use, or any other violation of the rights of another person or party."[/i][/indent]

This means that if court action is bought against Basschat as a result of a members advert, the forum has a right to seek compensation from that member. If we find ads that contain content that puts the forum at risk, that content may be edited or deleted and a warning issued (or worse, if it attracts another complaint from John Hall before a mod has seen it).

We'd be grateful for co-operation from classified users on this, it'll help everyone concerned avoid the risk of unnecessary complication.

[Hamster]

I've been asked to 'Police' the issue of potential copyright infringement of Rickenbacker designs and trademarks.

Kiwi has made our position clear. We will respect the wishes of the copyright owner in these cases. Despite this notice being made as public as possible, it seems that some members - new & established have not read it, or have read it and chosen to ignore it.

To make the position of the owners of Basschat clear, please take notice that ANY infringement of copyright against Rickenbacker - such as displaying any form of representation of the copyrighted trademarks or designs (which are clearly detailed in the communications from John Hall attached to the pinned topic in the bass guitar section of the marketplace and are pictorially represented below); and/or any reference, either by the topic starter or by any person posting in that topic;[list=1]
[*]To any advertised goods being in any way a Rickenbacker product when they are not a genuine product originally manufactured by Rickenbacker or under licence from them;
[*]To any such advertised goods bearing any resemblance to any copyrighted design or trademark owned by Rickenbacker;
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Will result in:[list]
[*]The advert or post being deleted without notice.
[*]The offending topic starter or poster will receive a warning and will be banned from that section of the forum where the advert or comment was posted for 14 days.
[*][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]After the 14 day ban, the topic starter or poster will be allowed access to that forum again[/font][/color] IF a clear understanding is received by the Moderation team by the topic starter/poster that they will not act in the same or similar way again, and that they fully understand the property rights being owned and exerted by Rickenbacker.
[*]If the same person then goes on to commit any other infringement against the designs or copyrights owned by Rickenbacker, they will be banned from the whole forum permanently.
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The copyrighted designs and trademarks are as follows:

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