Blueshift IP, LLC is a patent law firm. The website and mobile application at blueshiftip.com (the “Site”) is owned and controlled by Blueshift IP, LLC (“Blueshift IP,” “we,” “us” or “our”). These Terms of Use describe the conditions under which this Site is made available to you and the way you may or may not use materials you find on this Site. These Terms of Use are a binding agreement (“Agreement”) between Blueshift IP and you (“you” and “your”) regarding your use of this Site.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING, DOWNLOADING, OR USING ANY OF THE WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO BECOME BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL THE TERMS OF USE, THEN YOU MAY NOT ACCESS AND USE THIS WEBSITE.

Legal Disclaimer

Our Site provides general information about Blueshift IP, our legal services, and intellectual property law. The content of this site may be considered Attorney Advertising under the laws and rules of professional conduct of the jurisdictions in which we practice. This Site is for informational purposes only. The legal landscape is constantly evolving, and any legal information we post on this website is based on our understanding at the time of the post. This website and its contents are provided ‘AS IS’ without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. The Site does not constitute or contain legal advice and should not be considered a legal opinion or a substitute for legal counsel. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. This is not an offer to represent you, nor is it intended to create an attorney-client relationship.

You should not rely on any of the materials in the Site when making decisions with legal implications, and you should not act or refrain from acting based on any content included in this site without seeking appropriate legal advice from a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction. Before making such decisions, you should consult with a qualified legal professional who can provide advice tailored to your individual situation. Your use of the Site, or transmission of information to us via text, email, or through this Site, does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and Blueshift IP or any of the firm’s attorneys. While we will take reasonable measures to ensure the confidentiality of information sent to us in the absence of an attorney-client relationship, any information sent via email or text message may not be secure, and we cannot guarantee that it will remain confidential. Blueshift IP does not solicit anyone to seek representation based upon viewing this Site.

This material may contain technical or typographical errors and does not guarantee its accuracy, completeness, or suitability. Blueshift IP expressly disclaims all liability with respect to actions taken or not taken based on any or all of the information or other content of this site. IN NO EVENT SHALL BLUESHIFT IP OR ANY OF ITS RESPECTIVE ATTORNEYS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RELATING TO THIS MATERIAL, FOR ANY USE OF THIS WEBSITE, OR FOR ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED WEBSITE.

Requesting Blueshift IP Services

If you are seeking Blueshift IP’s legal services or if you have legal questions, please contact us directly.  Our contact information is provided in the section titled “Contact Us” below.  You may sign up to receive a free subscription to our blog updates directly through the Site.  If you retain our legal services and become a client (“Client“) or if you subscribe for our Blog updates (legal services and subscription services, collectively, our “Services“), you shall be subject to any posted notices, guidelines, or rules applicable to our Services that may be posted on this Site from time to time, including these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. In addition, our Client (legal) Services will be subject to the terms of our engagement letter, which also will set out the terms of our fees.  

Setting Up Payment Accounts for Clients through the Site

If you become a Client of our legal services and want to create an account for payment processing through our Site, you shall be subject to any signed agreements with us, as well as any terms and conditions of our payment processors, and posted notices,  guidelines, or rules applicable to such services or features that may be posted on this Site from time to time, including these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.

Third-Party Links and Third-Party Content

This Site may provide links or otherwise direct you to other websites of third parties. Blueshift IP does not control or operate any such third-party websites. Any information you provide to these third-parties websites is subject to the respective policies of those third parties. Blueshift IP will not be responsible or liable for, and does not endorse any content, advertising, goods or services provided on or through these outside websites or for your use or inability to use such websites. You further acknowledge that Blueshift IP has no obligation to screen, preview, monitor or approve any content published by you, any Client, or a third party. However, Blueshift IP reserves the right to review and delete any content that, in its sole judgment, violates these Terms and Conditions.

Site Visitor Conduct

You may access and use the Site for your personal use.   But you shall not access, reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, re-sell, modify, distribute, transmit, or otherwise exploit the Site or any of its content.   As a condition of your access and use of the Site, you agree not to use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, or any other purpose not reasonably intended by Blueshift IP. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree: 

• use of the Site is provided only if you are age eighteen (18) or older;
• you will not use the Site in any manner that violates any relevant law or that infringes, misappropriates or violates any third party’s rights, including, but not limited to, transmitting any content that may infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s rights of publicity, contractual rights, fiduciary rights or intellectual property rights;
• you will not use the Site or its content for any purposes not authorized by these Terms of Use, including commercial, promotional or political purposes or any other form of solicitation;
• you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, modify, sell, re-sell or exploit the Site or its content for any commercial, educational or any other non-personal purpose or any for any purpose unrelated to your personal purchasing decisions;
• you will not post (through our “Contact Us” page or our “Sign Up” page for subscriptions), any irrelevant content, repeatedly post the same or similar content or otherwise impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure, interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any activities conducted on the Site;
• you will not harass, threaten, intimidate, impersonate, or attempt to impersonate, any other person, falsify your contact or other information, misrepresent a relationship with any person or entity, including misrepresenting a relationship with Blueshift IP, or otherwise attempt to mislead others as to the identity of the sender or the origin of a review or rating;
• you will not knowingly provide or submit false or misleading information;
• you will not take any action that would undermine the review and rating process under the Site;
• you will not use the Site in any way that could interfere with the rights of Blueshift IP or the rights of other users of the Site;
• you will not transmit or submit any transmission or other materials that are encrypted or that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, spiders, cancelbots or other computer programming routines that is likely or intended to damage, interfere with, disrupt, impair, disable or otherwise overburden the Site;
• you will not access, download, monitor, or copy any information contained on our Site through artificial means (including but not limited to use any ‘deep-link’, ‘scraper’, ‘robot’, ‘bot’, ‘spider’ or other automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology, or any similar or equivalent automatic or manual process, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Site or any content, to obtain or attempt to obtain any content, materials, documents or information through any means not purposely made available through the Site.

Trademarks And Copyrights

BLUESHIFT IP is the trade name and service mark of Blueshift IP, LLC.  Other trade names, trademarks, service marks, domain names, email addresses, graphics, logos, designs, page headers, icons, slogans, names and trade dress used on this Site (collectively the “Trademarks“) are owned by us and/or our licensees in the U.S. and/or other countries. These Trademarks may not be used by you or any third party, or in connection with any product or service in any manner that is likely to cause confusion, including without limitation, as part of other trademarks, domain names, keyword advertisements, or email addresses.

You should assume all content and material made available on the Site is protected by copyright law. Other than contact information and other information that you may submit to our “Contact Us,” login, or account registration pages, all other materials and other information on the Site, including, but not limited to, all text, reviews, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio and video clips, downloads, data compilations and software are the exclusive property of Blueshift IP and/or its licensors and are protected by all United States and international copyright laws.

Privacy

The Site does not collect personally identifiable information that is not voluntarily provided to Blueshift IP. Blueshift IP uses the information collected by the Site to provide its legal services and to improve the usability and other features of the Site, as described in our Privacy Policy. 

DMCA

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, Title 17 of the United States Code, Section 512 (“DMCA”), Blueshift IP will respond promptly to claims of copyright or trademark infringement that are reported to the agent that we have designated to receive notifications of claims infringement (its “Designated Agent”). 

Our Designated Agent is:
Name: Cynthia Gilbert
Address:  1 Broadway, 14th Floor, Cambridge, MA  02142
Email: management@blueshiftip.com

If you are a copyright or trademark owner (or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright or trademark owner) and believe that your work’s copyright or trademark has been infringed, please report your notice of infringement to us by providing our Designated Agent with a written notification of claimed infringement that includes substantially the following:

• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
• Identification of the copyrighted work or trademark claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works or trademarks at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which you may be contacted;
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright or trademark owner, its agent, or the law; and
• A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Blueshift IP will investigate notices of copyright and trademark infringement and take appropriate actions under the DMCA. Inquiries that do not follow this procedure may not receive a response.

Modifications to These Terms of Use and the Site

Blueshift IP may, in its sole discretion, modify these Terms of Use at any time and the modified Terms of Use will take effect when posted on the Site.  We may alter, suspend, or discontinue this Site at any time for any reason, without notice or cost. The Site may become unavailable due to maintenance or malfunction of computer equipment or other reasons.

Communications

Unless you inform us to the contrary, we may communicate with you in connection with any matter (including confidential and legally privileged matters) by whatever means we consider appropriate, including by email or other electronic communications over the Internet and with such persons we reasonably believe are authorized by you.  However, you acknowledge that electronic communications are not secure nor free from error or virus and we cannot provide any guarantee that such communications have been received, are complete and have not been intercepted or their content otherwise disclosed and we accept no liability in respect of any claim or loss arising in connection with such communications.

Contact Us

All notices to Blueshift IP may be sent either by email or regular mail to the following:

Name: Cynthia Gilbert
Address:  1 Broadway, 14th Floor, Cambridge, MA  02142
Email: management@blueshiftip.com