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This clause establishes a baseline operational requirement within the acceptable use framework, restricting the category of goods permissible for sale through the Shopify platform. The provision functions as a gatekeeping mechanism that aligns platform operations with statutory intellectual property protections.
Users are prohibited from listing or selling products that constitute counterfeits or infringe third-party intellectual property rights on the platform. Violation of this restriction exposes the user to account suspension or termination under the acceptable use policy enforcement structure.
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You may not automatedly crawl or query the Services for any purpose or by any means (including, without limitation, screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) unless you have received prior exp...
relate to transactions involving (f) the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory or the financial exploitation of a crime... (i) involve offering or receiving payments for the purpose of bribery or corruption.
You must not, and must not allow others to: Facilitate illegal or harmful activity through the End User Services; Cause harm to us or others through the End User Services;
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"You may not use the Shopify Services to sell counterfeit goods or goods that infringe on the intellectual property rights of others, including trademark, copyright, or patent rights.— Excerpt from Shopify's Shopify Acceptable Use Policy
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This clause establishes a baseline operational requirement within the acceptable use framework, restricting the category of goods permissible for sale through the Shopify platform. The provision functions as a gatekeeping mechanism that aligns platform operations with statutory intellectual property protections.
Users are prohibited from listing or selling products that constitute counterfeits or infringe third-party intellectual property rights on the platform. Violation of this restriction exposes the user to account suspension or termination under the acceptable use policy enforcement structure.
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