Intellectual Property Policy

Effective May 22, 2026.

1. Salaaz-owned content

The Salaaz wordmark, brand system, ethics-engine framework, leaf indicators, score visuals, design tokens, editorial content, and platform code are the property of Salaaz Marketplace Inc. and are protected by Canadian, US, and international copyright and trademark law. They may not be reproduced, distributed, modified, or used to train statistical models without our prior written permission.

2. Vendor-supplied content

Vendors publish content on Salaaz under the warranties in the Vendor Agreement. In short, vendors warrant that:

• They own or have license to every photograph, illustration, and piece of text in their listing.
• Their product names, descriptions, and brand assets do not infringe any third-party trademark.
• Any third-party material (a textile mill's certification logo, a regional Geographical Indication mark) is reproduced under permission or fair-dealing/fair-use principles applicable in the relevant jurisdiction.

Vendors grant Salaaz a non-exclusive licence to host, reformat, translate, and display their content for the purpose of running the marketplace. The licence ends when the vendor removes the listing, except where retention is required by law or where the content has been quoted by another party (in which case attribution survives).

3. User-supplied content (reviews and lists)

When shoppers publish reviews, lists, list descriptions, or other content, the licence terms in section 9 of the Terms of Serviceapply. Users own their content; Salaaz hosts and reformats it under a non-exclusive licence.

4. DMCA notice-and-takedown procedure

Salaaz qualifies as a service provider under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and parallel safe-harbor regimes (Canadian Copyright Act § 41.25, EU Copyright Directive 2019/790 Art 17, where applicable). If you are a rights-holder and you believe content on Salaaz infringes your copyright, submit a notice to Salaaz's designated agent. We act on properly-formed notices promptly.

5. What your notice must include

To be effective under the DMCA, a notice must include all of the following:

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or their authorized agent.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed. If multiple works on Salaaz are covered, a representative list is acceptable.
• Identification of the allegedly infringing material (specifically, the full URL on Salaaz where it appears) and sufficient information to let us locate it.
• Your contact information: name, address, email, and (optionally) phone.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the rights-holder, its agent, or the law.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the rights-holder or authorized to act on their behalf.

False or abusive notices are penalized. Submitting a knowingly false notice exposes you to liability for damages and attorneys' fees under DMCA § 512(f). Salaaz will not act on facially insufficient notices and may report patterns of bad-faith submissions to the relevant authorities.

6. Counter-notice

If your content has been removed under a DMCA notice and you believe the removal was a mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice. The counter-notice must include:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the material that was removed and the URL where it appeared before removal.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification.
• Your name, address, phone, and email, plus a statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your address (or, if outside the US, the federal court in Toronto, Ontario, where Salaaz can be found).
• A statement that you will accept service of process from the party who sent the original notice or their agent.

On a properly-formed counter-notice, we forward it to the original notifier and restore the material within 10–14 business days unless the original notifier files a court action seeking a restraining order.

7. Repeat-infringer policy

Salaaz terminates the accounts of users and vendors who are repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances. We track DMCA strikes per account. Three sustained strikes generally lead to account termination; a single egregious infringement (commercial-scale piracy, knowing trademark counterfeiting) can lead to immediate termination at our discretion.

8. Trademark

If you believe a vendor's listing infringes your trademark (by using your protected mark in a product name, brand description, or imagery in a way that creates consumer confusion), submit a trademark notice to general@salaaz.com with: the registered mark (registration number and jurisdiction), the URL on Salaaz, and a description of the confusion alleged. Trademark notices are handled on a similar timeline to DMCA notices; we may ask for additional documentation for marks not registered in Canada, the US, the UK, or an EU member state.

9. Designated agent

10. No legal advice

This page describes Salaaz's procedure for handling IP issues; it is not legal advice. If you are considering submitting or responding to a notice, consult counsel about the substantive law that applies to your situation.

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