Copyright & Trademark Disclaimer

 

Federal Trademark

Festival Drip is a Registered Trademark of Strong and Stable LLC. The Festival Drip logo and all branding is protected under U.S. Federal Trademark Law Statutes and USPTO.

 

Copyright Content

Strong and Stable LLC DBA Festival Drip retains the copyright to all of the original "Content" that appears on this website, www.festivaldripofficial.com, all of its sub-domains, and all other Festival Drip branded accounts, sites, stores, social media, and anywhere the trademarked Festival Drip logo may appear.

 

Content that is Federally Protected Content Defined

Under US Federal Copyright Law, "Content" is defined as all original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. This includes all intellectual property created by Strong and Stable LLC DBA Festival Drip as well as all media fixed in a tangible medium of expression, such as written, printed, photographic, digitally designed media such as all written copy, images such as original fan art created by Strong and Stable LLC DBA Festival Drip or its employees as an homage, graphics, designs, patterns, paintings, photographs, illustrations, musical compositions, sound recordings, computer programs, books, poems, movies, promotional videos, GIFs, memes, mockup images, model photography, and all other tangible creative works that originated from - or was created by - Strong and Stable LLC DBA Festival Drip.

 

Protection of Content Created by 3rd Parties & Employees

Additionally, Strong and Stable LLC DBA Festival Drip owns the rights to all intellectual property and all "Content" that was produced by - or originated from - any person, people, employees, contractors, companies, or service providers who received compensation in exchange for creating original "Content" and the intellectual rights thereof specifically for use by Strong and Stable LLC DBA Festival Drip.

 

Limited Use of Protected Content

All Federally Protected Content created by Strong and Stable LLC DBA Festival Drip or its employees may only be used by media, press, or related occupations.

 

Limited, outside use of any Festival Drip protected content may be authorized by obtaining the written and signed consent of the original artists and rights holder at Strong and Stable LLC DBA Festival Drip. Written and signed content use consent forms must be notarized by a certified notary within 3 business days of obtaining the authorized signature or it will be null and void.

 

EXCEPTIONS

Only small portions of "Content" appearing on this website may be used temporarily for the purposes of marketing, press, or publicity.

 

The Lanham Act (15 U.S.C.)

All content under Copyright is protected by The Lanham Act (15 U.S.C.) Section 32; Section 1114; Section 1125 (a), and Section 1117.

 

No Unauthorized Use of Protected Content

Any unauthorized use, copy & pasting, re-writing, editing, reproduce, counterfeit, copy or colorably imitate a registered mark and apply such reproduction, counterfeit, copy or colorable imitation to labels, signs, prints, packages, wrappers, receptacles or advertisements intended to be used in commerce upon or in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of goods or services on or in connection with which such use is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive is forbidden under federal law under 17 U.S.C. § 501.  

 

Persons in violation of these laws shall be liable in a civil action by the registrant for the remedies hereinafter provided.  Under subsection (b) hereof, the registrant shall not be entitled to recover profits or damages unless the acts have been committed with knowledge that such imitation is intended to be used to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive.  

 

As used in this paragraph, the term “any person” includes the United States, all agencies and instrumentalities thereof, and all individuals, firms, corporations, or other persons acting for the United States and with the authorization and consent of the United States, and any State, any instrumentality of a State, and any officer or employee of a State or instrumentality of a State acting in his or her official capacity.  The United States, all agencies and instrumentalities thereof, and all individuals, firms, corporations, other persons acting for the United States and with the authorization and consent of the United States, and any State, and any such instrumentality, officer, or employee, shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter in the same manner and to the same extent as any nongovernmental entity.

 

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the remedies given to the owner of a right infringed under this chapter or to a person bringing an action under section 1125(a) or (d) of this title shall be limited as follows:

 

(A) Where an infringer or violator is engaged solely in the business of printing the mark or violating matter for others and establishes that he or she was an innocent infringer or innocent violator, the owner of the right infringed or person bringing the action under section 1125(a) of this title shall be entitled as against such infringer or violator only to an injunction against future printing.

 

 (B) Where the infringement or violation complained of is contained in or is part of paid advertising matter in a newspaper, magazine, or other similar periodical or in an electronic communication as defined in section 2510(12) of title 18, United States Code, the remedies of the owner of the right infringed or person bringing the action under section 1125(a) of this title as against the publisher or distributor of such newspaper, magazine, or other similar periodical or electronic communication shall be limited to an injunction against the presentation of such advertising matter in future issues of such newspapers, magazines, or other similar periodicals or in future transmissions of such electronic communications.  The limitations of this subparagraph shall apply only to innocent infringers and innocent violators.

 

(C) Injunctive relief shall not be available to the owner of the right infringed or person bringing the action under section 1125(a) of this title with respect to an issue of a newspaper, magazine, or other similar periodical or an electronic communication containing infringing matter or violating matter where restraining the dissemination of such infringing matter or violating matter in any particular issue of such periodical or in an electronic communication would delay the delivery of such issue or transmission of such electronic communication after the regular time for such delivery or transmission, and such delay would be due to the method by which publication and distribution of such periodical or transmission of such electronic communication is customarily conducted in accordance with sound business practice, and not due to any method or device adopted to evade this section or to prevent or delay the issuance of an injunction or restraining order with respect to such infringing matter or violating matter.

 

(D)(i)(I) A domain name registrar, a domain name registry, or other domain name registration authority that takes any action described under clause

 

(ii) affecting a domain name shall not be liable for monetary relief or, except as provided in subclause (II), for injunctive relief, to any person for such action, regardless of whether the domain name is finally determined to infringe or dilute the mark.

 

(II) A domain name registrar, domain name registry, or other domain name registration authority described in subclause (I) may be subject to injunctive relief only if such registrar, registry, or other registration authority has—

 

(aa) not expeditiously deposited with a court, in which an action has been filed regarding the disposition of the domain name, documents sufficient for the court to establish the court’s control and authority regarding the disposition of the registration and use of the domain name;

 

(bb) transferred, suspended, or otherwise modified the domain name during the pendency of the action, except upon order of the court; or

 

(cc) willfully failed to comply with any such court order.

 

(ii) An action referred to under clause (i)

 

(I) is any action of refusing to register, removing from registration, transferring, temporarily disabling, or permanently canceling a domain name—

 

(I) in compliance with a court order under section 43(d); or

 

(II) in the implementation of a reasonable policy by such registrar, registry, or authority prohibiting the registration of a domain name that is identical to, confusingly similar to, or dilutive of another’s mark.

 

(iii) A domain name registrar, a domain name registry, or other domain name registration authority shall not be liable for damages under this section for the registration or maintenance of a domain name for another absent a showing of bad faith intent to profit from such registration or maintenance of the domain name.

 

(iv) If a registrar, registry, or other registration authority takes an action described under clause

 

(ii) based on a knowing and material misrepresentation by any other person that a domain name is identical to, confusingly similar to, or dilutive of a mark, the person making the knowing and material misrepresentation shall be liable for any damages, including costs and attorney’s fees, incurred by the domain name registrant as a result of such action. The court may also grant injunctive relief to the domain name registrant, including the reactivation of the domain name or the transfer of the domain name to the domain name registrant. (v) A domain name registrant whose domain name has been suspended, disabled, or transferred under a policy described under clause (ii)

 

(II) may, upon notice to the mark owner, file a civil action to establish that the registration or use of the domain name by such registrant is not unlawful under this chapter. The court may grant injunctive relief to the domain name registrant, including the reactivation of the domain name or transfer of the domain name to the domain name registrant.

 

(E) As used in this paragraph—(i) the term “violator” means a person who violates section 1125(a) of this title; and (ii) the term “violating matter” means matter that is the subject of a violation under section 1125(a) of this title. 

 

Our Artists & Designers work hard to create original content. Any parties found in violation will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!