If you believe that third-party material hosted by Zinga on any of our platforms including Zinga Online and Weebly, infringes your copyright or trademark rights, please file a notice of infringement by clicking on this link. Please read this entire document before submitting a notice.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) requires hosting providers to remove or disable access to potentially infringing content upon receipt of a notice that meets certain requirements. For content hosted by Zinga, Zinga’s policy is to comply with notices alleging copyright infringement pursuant to the DMCA. Section 512 of the DMCA outlines the requirements for reporting a copyright violation for copyright owners, as well as requirements for submitting a counter-notification by an affected party. Zinga applies a similar framework to allegations of trademark infringement.
We send a copy of each notice we receive to the alleged infringer, if applicable.
To submit a notice alleging trademark or copyright infringement, you need to provide us with the following information:
If you believe that third-party material hosted by, posted on, or accessible through Zinga’s applications, websites, and services (including Zinga, Zinga Online, or Weebly) infringes your copyright or trademark rights, please send a notice of infringement to Zinga’s designated agent by filing a report here.
By submitting the infringement notice, you acknowledge and agree that Zinga or its designated agent may forward the information you provide in your notice to the person responsible for the allegedly infringing material.
Copyright laws of the United States require you to consider copyright defenses, limitations, or exceptions, such as the fair use doctrine, before sending a notice. If you are not sure whether the material infringes your copyright or whether the fair use doctrine applies, we suggest you contact an attorney. Please be aware that under 17 U.S.C. (s) 512(f) of the DMCA, you may be liable for any damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees incurred by us or our merchants, if you knowingly and materially misrepresent that an activity or material is infringing.
While the online form is the easiest and quickest way to submit your notice to us, if you prefer, you may also write to Zinga’s designated agent at the following address. If you write to us, please be sure to provide all the information listed above.
Block, Inc. Attn: Copyright/Trademark Agent 1455 Market Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94103, USA [email protected]
If your material has been removed or disabled as a result of an infringement notice and you believe that your material is not infringing, or that you have the authorization or right to post and use that material from the copyright or trademark owner, that owner’s agent, or pursuant to law, you may send a counter-notice to Zinga’s designated agent at the address above.
The counter-notice must include:
Zinga or its designated agent will forward your counter-notice to the party who submitted the infringement notice. If the copyright or trademark owner does not file an action seeking a court order to restrain you from engaging in infringing activity related to the removed or disabled material within ten business days of receiving the counter-notice from Zinga, then Zinga may reinstate the removed or disabled material.
If you believe that content hosted by, posted on, or accessible through Zinga’s applications, websites or services (including Zinga, Zinga Online, or Weebly) uses your name, voice, signature, image or likeness, or that of your minor child, without your permission and in violation of a legally recognized right of publicity, we encourage you first to contact the user directly about your concerns. If that does not resolve your concerns, you may file a notice here.
Zinga’s policy is to suspend or terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. The manner in which we apply that policy may depend on relevant aggravating or mitigating circumstances, if any, but generally we will terminate an account if it is the subject of three valid infringement notices.
We love all of the passion and enthusiasm for Zinga and our products and services, but we must be mindful of our brand identity, our reputation, and the goodwill developed under our trademarks, logos, product designs, trade dresses, user interfaces, and other assets. That means that we must ensure that these assets are used only with our permission. For example, only Zinga (and its affiliated companies) and its authorized licensees may use the Zinga Logo in advertising, promotional, and sales materials. Licensees may use Zinga assets only as specified in their agreement with Zinga and pursuant to applicable guidelines. Developers and businesses that use Zinga payment processing services on their websites may use specific Zinga trademark assets pursuant to Zinga API trademark terms.
If you have any questions, or if you see our trademarks being misused, please contact Zinga’s trademark department: [email protected]
The following is a non-exhaustive list of Zinga’s and its affiliated companies’ trademarks.
Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Other trademarks and brands are the properties of their respective owners.
