The agreement prohibits use of Boston Dynamics' name, trademarks, service marks, or copyrighted materials in any advertising, hyperlinks, publicity, or promotional materials without prior written permission, with a narrow exception for URL links to the site that comply with the terms.
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This provision asserts broad IP enforcement rights and explicitly states that Boston Dynamics aggressively enforces these rights, which is relevant for developers, partners, journalists, and researchers who reference or link to Boston Dynamics content.
Interpretive note: Nominative fair use and descriptive use doctrines under US trademark law may permit certain uses of Boston Dynamics' name not authorized by the terms; applicable law governs the scope of permissible use.
Under this clause, use of Boston Dynamics' name, trademarks, or copyrighted materials in any promotional or advertising context requires prior written permission, with the only stated exception being the use of the name as part of a URL link to the site for third-party websites that comply with these terms.
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Compare across platforms →"Boston Dynamics aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights. Neither the name of Boston Dynamics nor any of Boston Dynamics' other trademarks, service marks or copyrighted materials may be used in any way, including in any advertising, hyperlink, publicity or promotional materials of any kind, whether relating to the Site or otherwise, without Boston Dynamics' prior written permission, except that a third party website that desires to link to the Site and that complies with the requirements of these Terms of Use may use the name 'Boston Dynamics' in or as part of that URL link.Excerpt from Boston Dynamics's Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Trademark and copyright enforcement provisions engage the Lanham Act (federal trademark law) and the Copyright Act.
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This provision asserts broad IP enforcement rights and explicitly states that Boston Dynamics aggressively enforces these rights, which is relevant for developers, partners, journalists, and researchers who reference or link to Boston Dynamics content.
Under this clause, use of Boston Dynamics' name, trademarks, or copyrighted materials in any promotional or advertising context requires prior written permission, with the only stated exception being the use of the name as part of a URL link to the site for third-party websites that comply with these terms.
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