The agreement prohibits posting content that infringes patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, rights of publicity, or other proprietary rights, covering the full range of intellectual property categories.
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This provision establishes user obligations regarding intellectual property across all content posted to GitHub, and violations may trigger content removal or account suspension under GitHub's DMCA takedown process and the broader AUP enforcement authority.
Under this clause, users are prohibited from posting content that infringes any intellectual property right, and infringing content is subject to removal under both this policy and GitHub's DMCA takedown procedures. The agreement does not limit this obligation to copyright; it extends to patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and rights of publicity.
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"You may not post any information that infringes or violates someone else's patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other proprietary right.Excerpt from GitHub's Acceptable Use Policies
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), under which GitHub operates a notice-and-takedown process.
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This provision establishes user obligations regarding intellectual property across all content posted to GitHub, and violations may trigger content removal or account suspension under GitHub's DMCA takedown process and the broader AUP enforcement authority.
Under this clause, users are prohibited from posting content that infringes any intellectual property right, and infringing content is subject to removal under both this policy and GitHub's DMCA takedown procedures. The agreement does not limit this obligation to copyright; it extends to patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and rights of publicity.
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