Terms and Conditions

Updated September 9, 2024

Welcome and thank you for visiting our Site! 

SKC allows content creators (“Creators”) the opportunity to upload, share, and license their original videos and content (collectively, “Content”) to third parties who have an interest in using this Content for their own projects (the “Service”). 

We stand behind our Service and want you to be satisfied with your experience. We make every effort to allow you to offer your Content to others. However, we make no guarantees as to the availability of that Content to third parties, or any revenue that may be generated from offering your Content for license. Your revenue is solely dependent on the specific Content submitted and the usage of such Content by third parties. 

No Legal Advice/No Attorney/Client Relationship Formed

The information provided on the Site is for educational and informational purposes only. It should not be considered legal advice for your specific situation. Every potential case is different and requires individual consideration. Users are encouraged to seek legal advice from an experienced attorney regarding their specific matter. Access to the Site and/or use of the information contained therein does not create an attorney/client relationship. Information submitted to SKC does not form an attorney/client relationship. Do not submit confidential information to SKC through social media or this Site. SKC has a specific client portal for clients to submit documents and other information. 

Acceptance of Terms

Sigman, Khan & Chubb, PLLC (“SKC”) provides its Site to you subject to the following Terms and Conditions of Use, the Agreement and the Privacy Policy found on this Site (collectively, the “Terms”). These Terms make up the entire agreement between you and SKC regarding your use of the Site. 

Your access to, and use of, the Site is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to all visitors, users and others who access or use the Site (“Users”). If you disagree with any part of these Terms, you may not access any part of the Site. 

Your affirmative act of using the Site and/or creating an account with SKC constitutes your electronic signature and consent to enter into this Agreement, which includes our Privacy Policy, and other additional terms. Further, by accessing and using our Site, you confirm that you are at least 18 years of age, and you agree to be bound by these Terms. They supersede any prior agreements.

In using our Service, you agree not to scrape, collect, search, copy or otherwise access data or content from our Site or SKC in unauthorized ways, such as by using automated means (without our express prior permission), or access or attempt to access data you do not have permission to access. 

You may not use, access, download, or otherwise make available the Site (including related software), except as authorized by applicable trade restrictions, including but not limited to US, EU and UK sanctions and export controls. You agree not to use the Site for any purpose prohibited by applicable trade restrictions.

Any use of this Site not expressly permitted by these Terms is a breach of these Terms and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. SKC and its officers, directors, and other agents are the sole interpreter of the Site, and the Terms and Guidelines detailed herein. 

We work constantly to improve our Site. As a result, we may need to update these Terms from time to time to accurately reflect our practices, to promote a safe and secure experience with our Site, and/or to comply with applicable law. SKC reserves the right to update, change or replace any part of these Terms by posting updates and changes to our Site. It is your responsibility to check this page periodically. Your continued use of our Site after the posting of any changes serves as your acceptance of those changes.

 SKC Intellectual Property

“Intellectual Property Rights” means all rights existing under patent law, copyright law, trade secret law, trademark law, unfair competition law and all other proprietary rights, and all applications, renewals, extensions, and restorations thereof, now or hereafter in force and effect worldwide. All intellectual property rights not expressly granted are reserved and protected by infringement by state and federal laws, and international legislations and treaties.

You acknowledge and agree that, as between you and us, SKC owns all right, title and interest in and to SKC and all Intellectual Property Rights as defined below (including but not limited to the copyrights, trademarks and patents) (the “SKC IP”) and you must not use any of the SKC IP, except as necessary for your permitted use of our Site and/or Service. 

The SKC name, logo, trademark and trade dress (collectively “SKC Marks”) may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not offered by SKC in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits SKC Marks or SKC. You may not use the SKC Marks or name, or any other proprietary graphic or trademark without express written permission.

All other trademarks not owned by SKC or its subsidiaries that appear on this site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by SKC or its subsidiaries.

You agree that all content included on this Site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of SKC or its content suppliers and is protected by national and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this Site is the exclusive property of SKC with copyright authorship for this collection by SKC, and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.

You agree to not remove, obscure, or alter SKC’s copyright notice, trademarks or other proprietary rights notices affixed to, or contained within, or accessed in conjunction with, or through the use of SKC’s online platform or website.

If you use SKC IP in breach of these Terms, your right to use our Site will terminate immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the SKC IP you have made. No right, title or interest in or to SKC or any SKC IP is transferred to you under these Terms, and we reserve all rights not expressly granted.

Our Service and License to Use

SKC provides information designed to education the Site’s users. The information provided should not be considered legal advice. Users should seek legal advice from an experienced attorney regarding their specific matter. Access to the Site and/or use of the information contained therein does not create an attorney/client relationship. 

Subject to your compliance with these Terms and our policies, SKC grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable license to access and use the Site as contemplated under these Terms and our policies (the “License”). You may not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of SKC. 

You may not permit our Site to be used by or for the benefit of unauthorized third parties. Nothing in these Terms will be construed to grant you any right to transfer or assign rights to access or use our Site. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by us and our licensors. 

Except as expressly stated in these Terms, we (and our third-party content providers, if any) reserve all rights to all materials and information on the Site, including, without limitation, written content, graphical and design elements (including the Site’s “look and feel”), and service marks and trademarks. You may not sell, transfer, or assign any information, content, products, or services provided by us to any third party without our express written consent. You may not copy, modify, alter, or excerpt (or encourage or help others to copy, modify, alter, or excerpt) any content made available through the Site. You may not use (or encourage or help others to use) the Site for any purpose or in any manner that is prohibited by these Terms or by applicable law. You acknowledge and agree that these Terms in no way convey any right, title, or interest to you in any materials on the Site, including, without limitation, any statutory or common law copyright, patent or other intellectual property right in such materials.

This License does not include any resale or commercial use of this Site or its contents, any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices, any derivative use of this site or its contents, any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant, or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This Site or any portion of this Site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of SKC. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of SKC and/or our associates without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing SKC IP without the express written consent of SKC. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or License granted by SKC. You are granted a limited, revocable, and non-exclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of SKC, so long as the link does not portray the SKC Marks, SKC, its associates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any SKC Marks or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.

Termination

SKC may, in its sole discretion, terminate or suspend a User’s access to the Site immediately, without prior notice or liability, for breaching any of the Terms or violating any of the rules of conduct detailed herein, based on the seriousness or repeated nature of any violative, and for any reason whatsoever.

All provisions of the Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability. 

Disclaimers

Your use of the Site, the internet in general, any materials you access via our Site (including any interactions with third party service providers) is at your own risk.

Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between us and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have between us regarding this Site.     

Privacy

By using the Service, you consent to our processing of your information consistent with our Privacy Policy. Please review the Privacy Policy for a description of how we may collect and use your personal information. The Privacy Policy is hereby incorporated into these Terms by reference and constitutes a part of these Terms.

Electronic Communications

When you visit our site or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with SKC electronically, and thus, consent to receiving such communications. Upon providing your name and email address, we will communicate with you by e-mail regarding our Service, upcoming promotions, invoices, changes to pricing or fees, termination of services, and other information regarding SKC or its third-party partners. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that SKC provides to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Infringement of Intellectual Property

If you believe your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, contact us at [email protected], and provide the following information as required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §512: (i) signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the allegedly infringing work; (ii) identification of the work claimed to have been infringed and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material on our Service; (iii) contact information of the complaining party; (iv) a statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner; and (v) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the allegedly infringed work.

Other Terms

Jurisdiction and Choice of Law.

By visiting and using this Site and SKC’s Service, you agree that the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States of America, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and SKC or its associates. You consent and agree that, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, all legal proceedings relating to the subject matter of this agreement shall be adjudicated within courts sitting within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that jurisdiction and venue shall be exclusively within these courts, except that, to the extent that you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate SKC intellectual property rights, SKC may seek injunctive relief or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the United States of America.

Entire Agreement

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and SKC concerning the Site. If any provision of these Terms is deemed invalid, then that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.

No Waiver

No waiver of any provision of these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such provision or any other provision, and our failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

Questions/Contact Information

Questions regarding our Terms and Conditions of Use, Privacy Policy, Submission Guidelines, and other policy related material can be directed to our support staff by contacting us at [email protected]

Any legal notices, including any notice of a claimed dispute, shall be sent to us by email to [email protected].