Effective Date: October 14, 2025

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This Intellectual Property & Counterfeit Policy ("Policy") is incorporated by reference into the Ya’Mar Terms of Service, Copyright & DMCA Policy, Trademark & Brand Usage Guidelines, Prohibited Conduct Policy, Restricted & Prohibited Items Policy, Seller Standards Policy, Account Closure & Penalties Policy, and all other applicable Ya’Mar Policies.

Ya’Mar respects intellectual property rights and is committed to maintaining a marketplace that promotes lawful commerce, authentic products, and respect for the rights of creators, brands, businesses, and intellectual property owners. Sellers are solely responsible for ensuring that items, content, listings, images, branding, digital products, and materials offered through the Platform comply with applicable intellectual property laws and do not infringe the rights of others.

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Intellectual Property Rights

Intellectual property rights may include copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, patents, publicity rights, design rights, proprietary rights, licensing rights, distribution rights, and other legal protections recognized under applicable law.

Users may not list, upload, distribute, sell, advertise, promote, transmit, display, or otherwise make available any item, content, material, or product that infringes or violates the intellectual property rights of another person, business, brand, creator, organization, or rights holder.

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Counterfeit and Infringing Products

Counterfeit products are strictly prohibited on Ya’Mar.

Counterfeit products may include items that imitate, copy, replicate, or falsely represent another brand, designer, manufacturer, creator, or rights holder without authorization.

Examples of prohibited counterfeit or infringing items include:

• Fake designer handbags, wallets, shoes, clothing, jewelry, or accessories

• Unauthorized replicas or knockoffs

• Counterfeit luxury goods

• Products bearing unauthorized logos or trademarks

• Fake branded electronics

• Unauthorized branded packaging

• Fake authentication certificates

• Products falsely represented as authentic

• Unauthorized reproductions of branded merchandise

• Items falsely advertised as genuine, official, licensed, or authentic

Listings that contain counterfeit, replica, imitation, fake, unauthorized, or misleading products may be removed immediately.

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Trademark Violations

Users may not use trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, slogans, branding, product names, packaging, trade dress, or other protected brand identifiers without authorization.

Users may not:

• Misrepresent affiliation with a brand

• Falsely claim authorization or certification

• Use protected logos without permission

• Create misleading listings that imply sponsorship or endorsement

• Use brand names in a deceptive or misleading manner

• Sell products that infringe trademark rights

Use of a brand name solely to accurately describe a lawful product may be permitted where allowed by applicable law.

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Copyright Violations

Users may not upload, sell, distribute, reproduce, copy, display, transmit, or share copyrighted materials without authorization from the copyright owner.

Examples include:

• Stolen photographs

• Copied listing images

• Unauthorized artwork

• Pirated eBooks

• Unauthorized PDFs

• Stolen digital templates

• Copyrighted videos

• Copyrighted music

• Copyrighted graphics

• Unauthorized educational materials

• Copied descriptions or written content

Copyright complaints are handled in accordance with the Ya’Mar Copyright & DMCA Policy.

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Digital Products and Licensing Rights

Sellers offering digital products are solely responsible for ensuring they possess all necessary ownership rights, licenses, permissions, commercial use rights, resale rights, distribution rights, or other legal authorization required to offer the product for sale.

Examples of digital products requiring appropriate rights may include:

• Templates

• eBooks

• Educational materials

• Workbooks

• Fonts

• Music

• Beats

• Sound effects

• Videos

• Stock photography

• Graphics

• Digital artwork

• Software files

• Presets

• Design assets

• Creative content

Unauthorized resale, redistribution, duplication, sharing, licensing, sublicensing, or commercialization of protected digital content is prohibited.

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Seller Responsibility

Sellers are solely responsible for ensuring that:

• Products are authentic

• Listings are accurate

• Images are lawfully used

• Content does not infringe intellectual property rights

• Products are legally sourced

• Digital items are properly licensed

• Branding is lawfully used

• Required permissions have been obtained

Ya’Mar does not guarantee the authenticity, legality, ownership, licensing status, or intellectual property compliance of user-generated listings, products, content, or communications.

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Proof of Authenticity and Ownership

Ya’Mar may require sellers to provide documentation demonstrating authenticity, ownership, sourcing, licensing, authorization, or distribution rights.

Documentation may include:

• Receipts

• Invoices

• Supplier records

• Purchase records

• Licensing agreements

• Distribution agreements

• Authenticity certificates

• Authorization letters

• Business records

• Other supporting documentation

Failure to provide requested documentation may result in listing removal, payout restrictions, account limitations, suspension, or termination.

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Rights Owner Reports

Intellectual property owners, authorized representatives, agents, licensors, distributors, or legal representatives may report listings, content, products, images, branding, or materials believed to infringe intellectual property rights.

Ya’Mar may investigate reported content and take action where reasonably necessary.

Submission of a report does not guarantee removal, and Ya’Mar may request additional information before taking action.

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False or Abusive Reports

Users may not knowingly submit false, misleading, fraudulent, abusive, malicious, or bad-faith intellectual property complaints.

False reports may result in:

• Rejection of the complaint

• Account restrictions

• Suspension

• Termination

• Legal action where permitted by law

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Ya’Mar Enforcement Rights

Ya’Mar reserves the right, at its sole discretion and where permitted by law, to investigate, review, remove, disable, suppress, restrict, refuse, or otherwise take action regarding content, listings, products, accounts, or transactions that may violate intellectual property rights or this Policy.

Enforcement actions may include:

• Listing removal

• Content removal

• Search suppression

• Account warnings

• Selling restrictions

• Payout holds

• Account suspension

• Account termination

• Reporting violations to rights owners

• Reporting violations to payment processors

• Reporting violations to law enforcement

• Legal action where appropriate

Ya’Mar may take action before, during, or after an investigation and may act without prior notice where reasonably necessary.

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Repeat Infringers

Users who repeatedly violate intellectual property rights, receive multiple valid infringement complaints, repeatedly sell counterfeit products, repeatedly upload infringing content, or repeatedly violate this Policy may be permanently removed from the Platform.

Repeat violations may result in:

• Permanent account termination

• Permanent selling restrictions

• Loss of marketplace privileges

• Payout restrictions

• Removal of listings

• Additional enforcement measures

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No Authentication Guarantee

Unless expressly stated otherwise by Ya’Mar, the Platform does not independently authenticate every product, listing, digital item, document, image, seller, or transaction.

Ya’Mar does not guarantee that products are authentic, licensed, lawful, original, non-infringing, or free from intellectual property disputes.

Users remain responsible for conducting their own due diligence before purchasing, selling, licensing, or distributing products through the Platform.

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Relationship to the DMCA Policy

Copyright complaints, DMCA notices, and DMCA counter-notices are governed by the Copyright & DMCA Policy.

This Policy supplements, and does not replace, the Copyright & DMCA Policy.

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Policy Updates

Ya’Mar may modify this Policy at any time to reflect changes in intellectual property laws, marketplace practices, enforcement procedures, regulatory requirements, fraud prevention practices, seller verification requirements, or business operations.

Continued use of the Platform after updates take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Policy.

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Related Policies

• Terms of Service

• Copyright & DMCA Policy

• Trademark & Brand Usage Guidelines

• Restricted & Prohibited Items Policy

• Seller Standards Policy

• Seller Verification Policy

• Prohibited Conduct Policy

• Account Closure & Penalties Policy

• Appeals & Dispute Review Policy

• Digital Items Policy

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Intellectual Property Reports

Rights owners, authorized representatives, legal agents, or users seeking to report intellectual property concerns may contact: 📧 ip@yamarapp.com