Townchest LLC - Content and Submission Guidelines

Townchest Shopping for Good Program Content & Submissions Guidelines  

These Townchest Shopping for Good Program Content & Submissions Guidelines ("Guidelines") are part of the Program Policies that govern your participation in the Townchest Shopping for Good Program (“Program”) along with relevant Participation Agreements. These Guidelines apply to the use of trademarks and content made available to you or us through your participation in the Program. "We," "us," or "our" means Townchest or any of its affiliates. "You" means the person or entity participating in the Program or using a Townchest Mark. We reserve the right to modify these Guidelines or the Townchest Marks at any time and in our sole discretion as set forth in the Participation Agreement.  
 

Definitions  

• “Townchest Marks” refers collectively to our and our affiliates trademarks and logos. Townchest Marks may be made available to you from time to time, including as part of any content you obtain from us. 

• “Your Marks” refers collectively to your trademarks and logos 

• “Your Submissions” refers to any suggestions, reviews, modifications, data, images, text, or other information or content you provide us or any of our affiliates in connection with the Participation Agreement, your participation in the Program, a product, any content we provide to you, or if you modify any content we provide you in any way. 

 
Limited License  

License to you: Subject to the terms of the Participation Agreement and solely for the limited purposes of advertising, and directing end users to, Townchest in connection with the Program, we hereby grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to copy and display the Content solely on your Site in accordance with the Participation Agreement, including these Guidelines and other Program Policies.   

License from you: Solely for the limited purposes of promoting and operating the Program, you hereby grant Townchest and its affiliates a limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to copy, display and use Your Marks.  

Termination; Wind-Down: The licenses set forth in this Limited License section will terminate upon your notification to us that you no longer want to participate in the Program, or otherwise upon termination of the Participation Agreement. For a commercially reasonable period thereafter, we reserve the right to continue using Your Marks solely to remove or disable them and to satisfy pre-existing operational or legal obligations. Already printed items, already published content, third-party caches/indexes, and backups/archives may continue to display Your Marks where removal is commercially unreasonable or technically infeasible. After the wind-down period, we will cease using Your Marks to promote or operate the Program except for factual historical references or where required by law. 
 

Reservation of Rights  

Other than the limited licenses expressly set forth in these Guidelines, we reserve all right, title, and interest (including all intellectual property and proprietary rights) in and to, and you do not, by virtue of the Participation Agreement or otherwise, acquire any ownership interest or rights in or to, the Program, Links, link formats, provided content, any domain name owned or operated by us or our affiliates, Program Policies, our and our affiliates' trademarks and logos (including the Townchest Marks), and any other intellectual property and technology that we provide or use in connection with the Program. 
 

Submissions  

Other than Your Marks, if you provide us or any of our affiliates with any suggestions, reviews, modifications, data, images, text, content, information, software, music, sound, graphics, video, email or other kinds of messages, other information, content about a product, content in connection with the Participation Agreement or your participation in the Program, or if you modify any Content in any way, (collectively, " Your Submission "), you hereby irrevocably grant us (even if you have designated Your Submission as confidential) a perpetual, paid-up royalty-free, nonexclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, freely transferable right and license to: (a) use, reproduce, perform, display, and distribute Your Submission in any manner; (b) adapt, modify, re-format, and create derivative works of Your Submission for any purpose; (c) use and publish your name in the form of a credit in conjunction with Your Submission (however, we will not have any obligation to do so); and (d) sublicense the foregoing rights to any other person or entity. Additionally, you hereby warrant that: (y) Your Submission is your original work, or you obtained Your Submission in a lawful manner; and (z) our and our sublicensees' exercise of rights under the license above will not violate any person's or entity's rights, including any publicity, privacy, copyright, trademark, patent, intellectual property, or other proprietary rights. You agree to provide us such assistance as we may require to document, perfect, or maintain our rights in and to Your Submission. You agree that you shall have no recourse against Townchest for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary or other right in or related to Your Submissions you provide to Townchest. You understand that you are solely responsible for Your Submissions. 

Trademark Usage Guidelines  

YOU ARE ALLOWED TO USE THE TOWNCHEST MARKS ONLY BY DISPLAY ON YOUR SITE WITH THE PURPOSE TO ADVERTISE THE PROGRAM AND AVAILABILITY OF PRODUCTS THROUGH TOWNCHEST, WITH A CORRESPONDING LINK TO TOWNCHEST.  

 

• Your use of the Townchest Marks must (i) comply with the most up-to-date version of these Guidelines; and (ii) comply with any other terms, conditions, requirements, and policies that we may issue from time to time that apply to the use of the Townchest Marks, including the most up-to-date version of the Participation Agreement (including the Program Policies).  

• You cannot use or display any Townchest Mark for any purpose or in any manner not specifically authorized under the Participation Agreement. For example, you cannot make any use or display (i) that implies sponsorship or endorsement by us; (ii) to disparage us, our products, or our services; or (iii) that may, as determined by us, diminish or otherwise damage our goodwill in any Townchest Mark.  

• You may display an Townchest Mark only in the exact format in which we provide it to you. You may not alter or modify any Townchest Mark in any manner. For example, you cannot change the proportion, color, or font of any Townchest Mark, or add or remove any elements from any Townchest Mark.  

• Each Townchest Mark must appear by itself, in its entirety, with reasonable spacing between each side of the Townchest Mark and other visual, graphic, or textual elements. Under no circumstance can any Townchest Mark be placed on any background that interferes with the readability or display of that Townchest Mark.  

• Together with each piece of content on your Site that includes any Townchest Marks, you must prominently include a statement stating that Townchest and the Townchest logo are trademarks of Townchest LLC or its affiliates. For example, if your Site displays the Townchest logo, you would include the following statement on the same Site component: “Townchest and the Townchest logo are trademarks of Townchest LLC or its affiliates.”  

• All rights in and to the Townchest Marks are our exclusive property, and any goodwill generated by your use of any Townchest Mark will inure to our exclusive benefit. You will not take any action that is in conflict with our rights in or ownership of any Townchest Mark.  

• You cannot display or otherwise use any trademark or logo of any third party seller on Townchest in connection with any Link unless you have obtained from that seller specific written authorization to do so.  

• You cannot use any trademark of Townchest or its affiliates (whether or not it’s an Townchest Mark), or a variant or misspelling of such a trademark:  

• In any domain name (for example, you cannot use a domain name such as "townchset.com", "townchestupplystore.com", "townchestauctions.net", "townchestmagazines.mydomain.info", "friendchest.com", "townchest.blogspot.com", "townchestfundraisingblog.wordpress.com", "www.uk.com/townchestreviews", or "johnstownchest.org"); or  

• In any username, group name, or other identifier for any social networking site (for example, you cannot register on a website such as Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube a username such as "Townchest Japan," "Ttoownchest," "Townchest For You," "Townchest Seller," or "Townchestian Bargain").  

• In any application, browser plug-in or other software name (for example, you cannot use an application name such as “Shop Townchest App”).  

 

Strict compliance with these Trademark Usage Guidelines is required at all times, and any use of a Townchest Mark in violation of these Trademark Usage Guidelines will automatically terminate any license related to your use of the Townchest Marks. You agree that we have the right to monitor the quality of your use or display of any Townchest Marks and you will facilitate such monitoring as necessary. We reserve the right to take appropriate action against any use without permission or any use that does not conform to these Trademark Usage Guidelines, at any time and in our sole discretion. 
 

Copyright & Trademark Infringement  

Copyright: If you believe in good faith that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Townchest’s copyright agent the written information as specified in the DMC Notice- Notice & Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement section of our website Terms of Use. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable laws. 

Trademark : If you believe in good faith that any of your registered trademarks or service marks have been copied in a way that constitutes trademark infringement under applicable law, please provide us with a written notice containing the following: 

•  Your name, address, telephone number, and email address; 

• A description of the trademark you claim to be infringed, including the registration number, jurisdiction(s)in which the trademark is registered, and the categories of goods and/or services covered by the registration; 

• A description of where on the Townchest Platform the trademark you claim is infringing may be found, sufficient for Townchest to locate the material (e.g., the URL); 

• A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the trademark is not authorized by the trademark owner, registration, or licensee or their respective agents, or applicable law; 

• A statement by you under penalty of perjury under applicable law that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the trademark registrant or licensee or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf; and 

• Your electronic or physical signature. 

If we remove your content because of a trademark infringement report, you will receive a notification from us that includes the name and email of the rights holder who made the report and/or the details of the report. If you believe the content should not have been removed, you can follow up with the rights holder directly to try to resolve the issue. Townchest does not provide a counter-notice or appeal mechanisms for claims of trademark infringement, and disclaims any liability for claims you might make regarding mistaken or misidentified trademark infringement notice and takedown requests.