I. Overview
ippipk.comis committed to the protection of intellectual property rights ("IPR"). Unauthorized publishing of information and selling or offering for sale of products that may infringe IPR of others are strictly forbidden.
If users publish information violating IPR of others, sell or offer for sale of products infringing IPR of others, they may receive complaints from IPR owners or may be reported. ipipk.com will also randomly examine information posted on company profile, product details, product name etc. In case of suspected infringement, the relevant information and product listings will be rejected or deleted. Also, penalty will be imposed in accordance with the types of infringements.
| Types of Infringements | Definition | Penalty |
| Trademark Infringement | Serious violation: Unauthorized use of a mark on a product and/or on its packaging that is identical or highly similar to the registered trademark, as well as any other use as a trademark. | Membership termination upon three violations. |
| General violation: Other unauthorized and improper use of a trademark of others. | 1) No penalty point will be deducted for the first violation; 2) 6 penalty points will be deducted for each repeat violation; 3) Membership termination when 48 penalty points are deducted. | |
| Copyright Infringement | Unauthorized publishing, reproducing, selling or offering for sale of any copyrighted products (including but not limited to books, texts, images, electronic publications, audio work, visual work, software, art craft) as well as unauthorized and improper use of copyrighted materials. Some of the typical scenarios are listed below for illustration (Please visit FAQ for further information). 1) posting or selling of a product or its packaging, which is a reproduction of copyrighted materials. 2) posting or selling of a product or its packaging, which contains unauthorized use of copyrighted materials while the product or its packaging is not a reproduction of copyrighted materials; 3) unauthorized use of copyrighted image on the Product Detail Page; 4) unauthorized use of copyrighted text on the Product Detail Page. | 1) No penalty point will be deducted for the first violation; 2) 6 penalty points will be deducted for each repeat violation; 3) Membership termination when 48 penalty points are deducted. |
Patent Infringement | Serious violation: To be determined on a case-by-case basis. | Membership termination upon three violations. |
| General violation: Unauthorized posting, selling or offering for sale of products incorporating patented work (including design patent, utility model, invention etc.), as well as other unauthorized and improper use of patent of others. | 1) No penalty point will be deducted for the first violation; 2) 6 penalty points will be deducted for each repeat violation; 3) Membership termination when 48 penalty points are deducted. |
III.Our Suggestions to Sellers:
1. Respect IPR.
Sellers should immediately and diligently check your published and removed product listings. If there is any infringing act, please delete the infringing product(s) at once. Also, please closely manage the sourcing process of your products to avoid products with unknown origin. We recommend using pictures of the actual products and improving the picture quality so that buyers can intuitively understand the products which could lead to more orders being placed.
2. Develop high- quality own brands.
If your products are of high quality, you may consider developing your own brands and working with the platform to expand the influence of your brands so as to globalize your own branded products and to continuously increase your added value.
3. File intellectual property qualifications in time.
Please complete the brand qualification filing before posting branded products. Do not post branded products if you are yet to be authorized to do so.
IV. Miscellaneous