Terms & Conditions

Introduction

The Intellectual Property Verification (IPV) platform (referred to as the “Service Provider”) associated with the domain (ipverification.org) is owned by Creative NextGen Solutions and is technically operated and managed by WebDBTech, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Purpose of the Platform

To provide secure and reliable digital services that establish and verify authorship and rights ownership of digital content through priority date documentation, timestamp-based validation, and advanced verification processes, including enhanced registration services with documentary review and rights assessment, in accordance with applicable terms and conditions.

The following terms and conditions are built around:

(a) The IPV Verification service model; and the IPV Validation service model.

(b) The data fields required by the attached application form, including title of work, type of work, derivative status, date of creation / first publication, author details, rights holder details, deposit materials, supporting documents, valuation and limitations.

(c) The 20 legal-recognition criteria extracted from the Berne/UAE framework document, including date of creation, type of work, country of origin, genuineness, distinctiveness, author verification, first publication, publication form, public availability, evidentiary fact of publication, rights holder verification, legal status of rights holders, date of acquisition of rights, Berne membership, author nationality, public access, publication with author consent, international publication, and verification of accession of the country of origin to the Berne Union.

(d) The “IP” referred to as the “intellectual property”.

(e) IPV referred to as the “Service Provider”.

(f) Both verification and validation registration services are conducted via blockchain technology, using international standards for verification procedures.

(g) Use of the platform and services are also subject to our Privacy Policy, which forms an integral part of these Terms.

1A. Use of the Platform and Acceptance

1A.1. By using this platform, you are automatically agree to these terms and conditions, if you do not fully agree, please refrain from using the platform.

1A.2. Continued use of the platform after updates to these terms and conditions will constitute your acceptance of such updates.

2A. Provided Services

2A.1. Verification Registration, the digital service aimed at establishing authorship of digital content through the documentation of priority date and advanced digital verification processes

2A.2. Validation Registration, in-addition to the timestamp-based verification service, the Platform offers enhanced validated registration service that include documentary review of authorship, rights holding, protectability-related indicators, uniqueness searching, supporting credentials, and rights-transfer chain, all subject to these terms and any supplementary application requirements and service-specific conditions.

2B. Definitions

2B.1. Definitions relating to the Verification Service

2B.1.1. “Verified Registration”, that means the standard service by which the Platform records a digital fingerprint (QR Code), timestamp, blockchain entry, and related technical verification data evidencing the existence of a submitted file at a specific date and time.

2B.1.2. “Verified Registration”, ensures time-stamped, immutable proof of publication—facilitating legal protection and ownership validation in the digital environment.

2B.1.3. “Verified Registration”, Verifies and documents literary, artistic, and industrial creations.

1B.1.4. “Verified Registration”, Mint tamper-proof NFTs for immutable digital ownership records.

2B.2. Introduction of the Validation Service

2B.2.1. The Platform may offer, in addition to its standard verification service, an optional Validated Registration service for submitted copyright works and related materials.

2B.2.2. The Validated Registration service is intended for users seeking an enhanced level of documentary review for purposes that may include, without limitation, authorship recognition, ownership clarification, enforcement support, capitalization, monetization, licensing, assignment structuring, investment preparation, due diligence, and evidentiary preservation.

2B.2.3. The Applicant acknowledges that Validated Registration is a private-sector evidentiary and due-diligence service and does not constitute governmental registration, statutory adjudication, or a binding judicial determination of ownership, authorship, subsistence, validity, enforceability, or infringement.

2B.2.4. The Platform reserves the right to determine, at its sole but reasonable discretion, whether a submission is eligible for Validated Registration, whether supplementary evidence is required, and whether the scope of review shall be limited, conditional, suspended, or refused.

2B.3. Definitions relating to the Validation Service

2B.3.1. “Validated Registration” means an enhanced registration service under which the Platform, in addition to the Verified Registration functions, performs a structured documentary and procedural review of the submitted materials and supporting information for the purpose of assessing the apparent authorship, rightsholding, protectability, originality-related indicators, publication data, chain of title, and formal eligibility of the submitted work for recognition and evidentiary support.

2B.3.2. “Validation File” means the complete package of materials submitted by the Applicant for Validated Registration, including without limitation the application form, deposited files, copies of identity documents, corporate documents, powers of attorney, declarations, assignment instruments, licensing documents, publication evidence, and any supplementary materials requested by the Platform.

2B.3.3. “Applicant” means the natural person or legal entity submitting the work for Verified Registration or Validated Registration, whether acting as author, nominal holder, actual rightsholder, assignee, licensee, representative, or authorized agent.

2B.3.4. “Author Credentials” means identifying and supporting materials relating to the author, including name, date of birth, nationality, contact details, identification documents, authorship share, pseudonym declaration if applicable, and any other documents reasonably required to support authorship review.

2B.3.5. “Rightsholder Credentials” means identifying and supporting materials relating to any nominal holder, actual rightsholder, assignee, publisher, producer, employer, commissioner, licensee, or company claiming rights in the submitted work, including constitutional documents, authorization documents, and chain-of-title evidence.

2B.3.6. “Protectability Analysis” means a non-judicial and non-governmental assessment by the Platform or its appointed experts of whether the submitted materials, on their face, appear to satisfy the declared criteria for copyright-related registration support, including work type, originality-related indicia, authorship traceability, publication facts, and supporting documentation.

2B.3.7. “Uniqueness Search” means a search process, whether manual, AI-assisted, database-assisted, or expert-assisted, intended to identify apparently relevant prior materials, conflicting titles, similar submissions, or other potentially relevant works; such search shall not constitute a guarantee of global exclusivity, absolute novelty, or non-infringement.

2B.3.8. “Validation Certificate” means the certificate, report, registration extract, or equivalent document issued upon completion of Validated Registration, reflecting the scope of review actually carried out and the status assigned by the Platform.

2C. Scope of the Validation Review

2C.1. As part of Validated Registration, the Platform may review the following, to the extent applicable to the work and to the materials provided by the Applicant:

2C.1.1. the title and identified name of the work;

2C.1.2. the stated type and category of the work;

2C.1.3. whether the work is original, composite, collective, derivative, adapted, commissioned, anonymous, pseudonymous, or unpublished;

2C.1.4. the stated date of creation and, where applicable, the first publication date;

2C.1.5. the country of origin and place of first publication, where declared;

2C.1.6. the identity, authorship share, and credentials of each author;

2C.1.7. the identity, legal status, and rights share of each nominal holder and actual rightsholder;

2C.1.8. the apparent chain of title, including assignments, licenses, work-for-hire arrangements, employment relationships, waivers, permissions, and other rights transfer instruments;

2C.1.9. the apparent genuineness, authenticity, and distinctiveness-related indicators of the work;

2C.1.10. the existence and sufficiency of supporting documentation attached to the application;

2C.1.11. the form and mode of publication, if any;

2C.1.12. the existence of apparent public availability evidence;

2C.1.13. the author’s nationality and the apparent relevance of Berne Convention membership of the relevant country or countries;

2C.1.14. any declared limitations, encumbrances, restrictions, liens, disputes, prior grants, or co-existing rights affecting the work;

2C.1.15. the valuation-related information submitted by the Applicant, solely for recordal purposes unless an independent valuation engagement is separately agreed in writing.

2C.2. The Applicant acknowledges that the application form presently requires, among other fields, the work name, work type, derivative status, date of creation / first publication, author information, rightsholder information, deposited materials, attached documents, valuation, limitations, and signed authorship declarations; such information shall form the minimum documentary basis for a Validated Registration review.

2C.3. The Applicant further acknowledges that the Platform may map the review against the declared legal-recognition criteria applied by the Platform, including creation date, type of work, country of origin, genuineness, distinctiveness, author verification, publication facts, rightsholder verification, right-acquisition date, nationality of author, public access, author-approved publication, international publication, and Berne-membership review.

2D. Mandatory Submission Package for Validated Registration

2D.1. An Applicant requesting Validated Registration shall submit a complete and truthful application package in the form required by the Platform.

2D.2. Without limitation, the Platform may require the following documents and information:

2D.2.1. full title of the work and description of its nature;

2D.2.2. classification of the work, including whether it is literary, artistic, scientific, software, brand-related, logo-related, domain-related, composite, derivative, unpublished, anonymous, or pseudonymous;

2D.2.3. statement of date of creation and date of first publication, if any;

2D.2.4. statement of country of origin and place(s) of publication, if any;

2D.2.5. full author data, including authorship shares;

2D.2.6. passport, national ID, corporate registration, incorporation certificate, power of attorney, board authorization, or equivalent credentials;

2D.2.7. details of nominal holders and actual rightsholders, including rights shares;

2D.2.8. source materials or deposit copies of the work;

2D.2.9. evidence of authorship, development history, drafts, source files, sketches, design files, coding repositories, working files, publication screenshots, or other creation evidence;

2D.2.10. assignment agreements, employment agreements, commissioning agreements, licenses, consents, waivers, NOCs, succession documents, merger documents, or any other chain-of-title records;

2D.2.11. evidence of publication, if publication is claimed;

2D.2.12. declaration regarding AI-generated content, including the extent of AI assistance and the extent of human authorship;

2D.2.13. declaration of non-infringement, accuracy, and authority;

2D.2.14. disclosure of any known conflict, dispute, challenge, opposition, takedown, prior registration, or adverse claim.

2D.3. The Platform may refuse to commence or complete Validated Registration where the submission package is incomplete, internally inconsistent, manifestly unreliable, forged, misleading, fraudulent, or insufficient to support the requested level of review.

2E. Applicant Representations and Warranties for Validation

2E.1. By submitting a request for Validated Registration, the Applicant represents and warrants that:

2E.1.1. all information and documents supplied are true, accurate, complete, and not misleading;

2E.1.2. the Applicant has lawful authority to submit the work and all accompanying materials;

2E.1.3. the identified authors and rightsholders have been disclosed fully and correctly;

2E.1.4. all rights transfers, assignments, licenses, consents, and approvals relevant to the claimed ownership status have been disclosed;

2E.1.5. the deposited work does not knowingly infringe the copyright, moral rights, trademark rights, design rights, contractual rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, trade secret rights, or any other rights of a third party;

2E.1.6. any publication claimed in the application took place with the consent of the author or other duly authorized person;

2E.1.7. where the work is derivative, adapted, composite, collaborative, or based upon prior materials, the Applicant has disclosed the legal basis permitting such use;

2E.1.8. any AI-assisted content has been accurately disclosed and the Applicant remains solely responsible for the lawfulness and protectability of the submission;

2E.1.9. the Applicant understands that the Platform does not independently verify all external facts unless expressly stated in the Validation Certificate or accompanying report.

2E.2. These representations shall survive issuance, refusal, suspension, withdrawal, or termination of the registration.

2F. Protectability Analysis

2F.1. Under the Validated Registration service, the Platform may conduct a protectability analysis limited to the materials submitted by the Applicant and any sources the Platform reasonably elects to review.

2F.2. The protectability analysis may include review of whether the submitted material appears, on its face, to satisfy declared indicators of a copyright work, including existence of a created work, type of expression, apparent originality-related indicia, distinctiveness-related indicia, identifiable authorship, and documentary support.

2F.3. Any protectability analysis issued by the Platform shall constitute a reasoned private opinion for evidentiary and due-diligence purposes only and shall not constitute legal advice to third parties, a state examination, a judicial finding, or a guarantee that any court or authority will recognize, register, enforce, or protect the work in the same manner.

2F.4. The Platform may classify the outcome of protectability analysis as, for example, “validated,” “validated with reservations,” “provisionally validated,” “additional evidence required,” or “refused,” depending on the sufficiency and consistency of the submission.

2G. Uniqueness Search and Similarity Review

2G.1. The Platform may perform a uniqueness search and/or similarity review as part of Validated Registration.

2G.2. Such search may cover titles, visual elements, textual elements, deposited files, metadata, publication references, publicly available materials, internal archives, partner archives, expert collections, and any other sources selected by the Platform.

2G.3. The Applicant acknowledges and agrees that any uniqueness search is limited by the accessibility, completeness, language, indexing, territorial coverage, algorithmic limitations, and legal availability of searchable databases and materials.

2G.4. A favorable uniqueness search result shall not constitute a guarantee that the work is globally unique, non-infringing, non-derivative, unchallengeable, or free from prior rights.

2G.5. The Platform may identify potentially relevant prior materials, but shall have no duty to determine definitively whether any such material is legally conflicting unless separately retained for a written expert legal opinion.

2H. Author Credentials Verification

2H.1. For Validated Registration, the Platform may require each stated author to submit sufficient credentials to support the claimed authorship.

2H.2. The Platform may require government-issued identity documents, declarations of authorship, authorship share statements, contact verification, signature pages, pseudonym disclosure documents, proof of creative contribution, and other evidence reasonably required to verify the author profile.

2H.3. Where multiple authors are named, the Platform may require a breakdown of each author’s contribution and authorship share.

2H.4. Where authorship is claimed anonymously or pseudonymously, the Platform may retain confidential identity records and may issue the registration in a manner that preserves confidentiality, subject to applicable law, court order, or lawful disclosure procedure.

2H.5. If the Platform identifies material inconsistency, doubt, or conflict regarding authorship, it may suspend the registration, request additional materials, note reservations in the Validation Certificate, or refuse the application.

2I. Rightsholder Credentials and Legal Status Verification

2I.1. For Validated Registration, the Platform may require all claimed rightsholders to provide sufficient credentials confirming their legal status and claimed entitlement to the rights identified in the application.

2I.2. Where a rightsholder is a legal entity, the Platform may require constitutional documents, trade license, incorporation certificate, registered address, authority of signatory, contact person details, and documentation linking the entity to the claimed rights.

2I.3. Where the application distinguishes between a nominal holder and an actual rightsholder, the Applicant must clearly disclose that distinction and provide documentary grounds for each claim.

2I.4. The Applicant shall disclose the date and legal basis on which each rightsholder acquired its rights, including assignment, inheritance, employment, commission, merger, acquisition, operation of law, or other lawful basis.

2I.5. The Platform may refuse Validated Registration where the chain of title is incomplete, contradictory, unsupported, or facially defective.

2J. Chain of Title and Rights Transfer Chain

2J.1. Any Applicant seeking Validated Registration for capitalization, monetization, licensing, enforcement, collateralization, or investment purposes shall provide a complete and chronological chain of title for the submitted work to the extent reasonably applicable.

2J.2. The chain of title shall identify each material transfer, vesting event, assignment, license, work-for-hire arrangement, contribution agreement, succession event, or other rights-changing event affecting the submitted work.

2J.3. Each link in the chain of title shall be supported by documentary evidence satisfactory to the Platform, which may include signed agreements, corporate resolutions, employment contracts, invoices, acceptance certificates, succession records, notarized statements, or equivalent evidence.

2J.4. Where the Platform determines that the chain of title is incomplete but partially supportable, it may issue a conditional or limited-scope validation reflecting only the rights sufficiently evidenced.

2J.5. The Platform shall have no liability for hidden claims, undisclosed encumbrances, forged transfers, undisclosed co-authors, undisclosed heirs, or rights defects not reasonably apparent from the materials submitted.

2K. Publication, Country of Origin, and Berne-Related Declarations

2K.1. Where the Applicant seeks Validated Registration, the Applicant shall declare, to the extent applicable:

2K.1.1. whether the work is unpublished or published;

2K.1.2. the date of first publication;

2K.1.3. the place and country of first publication;

2K.1.4. whether publication occurred in one or more countries within thirty (30) days;

2K.1.5. whether publication was made under the author’s real name, anonymously, or under a pseudonym;

2K.1.6. whether publication occurred with the author’s consent;

2K.1.7. whether copies were made available to the public in a manner appropriate to the nature of the work;

2K.1.8. the nationality or nationalities of the author(s).

2K.2. The Platform may review the apparent relevance of Berne Convention protection based on the author’s nationality, the country of origin, and the claimed publication facts; however, the Platform does not warrant that any specific court, registry, authority, or third party shall accept such characterization.

2K.3. Any reference by the Platform to Berne Convention eligibility, member-state status, or country-of-origin analysis shall be informational and evidentiary in nature and shall not constitute a sovereign determination of treaty entitlement. The criteria relied on by the Platform may include nationality of author, country of origin, public access, author-approved publication, simultaneous international publication, and verification of accession of the country of origin to the Berne Union.

2L. Validation Outcomes and Statuses

2L.1. Following review, the Platform may issue one of the following outcomes:

2L.1.1. Validated Registration;

2L.1.2. Validated Registration with Reservations;

2L.1.3. Provisional Validation Pending Additional Evidence;

2L.1.4. Documentary Review Completed – No Validation Granted;

2L.1.5. Rejected / Refused.

2L.2. The Platform may include in any Validation Certificate or related report a statement of scope, assumptions, limitations, unresolved issues, missing evidence, documentary reservations, and restricted reliance language.

2L.3. A Validation Certificate may be withdrawn, suspended, corrected, annotated, or reissued if the Platform later discovers that the submission was incomplete, inaccurate, fraudulent, misleading, or materially changed.

2M. Legal Effect and Evidentiary Nature of Validation

2M.1. The Applicant acknowledges that Validated Registration creates an evidentiary record and expert-reviewed registration status within the Platform’s system, but does not by itself create copyright, replace statutory law, cure substantive legal defects, or extinguish adverse claims.

2M.2. The Platform’s validation record may be used by the Applicant as part of a supporting evidence package in enforcement, negotiations, due diligence, valuation, transactions, investment presentations, or dispute resolution, subject always to the applicable law and admissibility rules of the relevant forum.

2M.3. No statement in a Validation Certificate shall be interpreted as a guarantee that the Applicant owns all rights worldwide, that the work is enforceable in every jurisdiction, or that no third party may challenge authorship, originality, publication facts, or ownership.

2N. Additional Fees, Expert Review, and Third-Party Costs

2N.1. Validated Registration is a premium service and may be subject to fees separate from and higher than the fees applicable to Verified Registration.

2N.2. Additional fees may apply for multi-author submissions, chain-of-title review, foreign-language documents, notarization review, urgent review, expert committee review, extensive similarity search, international publication analysis, evidentiary report preparation, or dispute-support files.

2N.3. The Platform may require full prepayment before commencing the Validation review.

2N.4. Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing, fees paid for commenced documentary review are non-refundable, save where the Platform elects otherwise or where refund is required by mandatory law.

2O. Applicant Duty to Cooperate

2O.1. The Applicant shall promptly provide any additional documents, clarifications, declarations, translations, notarizations, apostilles, or confirmations requested by the Platform.

2O.2. Failure to cooperate within the time period stated by the Platform may result in suspension, closure, refusal, or issuance of a limited-scope result.

2O.3. The Platform may rely on documents submitted in electronic form unless it specifically requests originals, certified copies, or legalized copies.

2P. Confidentiality of Validation Materials

2P.1. The Platform shall use commercially reasonable measures to preserve the confidentiality of non-public validation materials submitted by the Applicant.

2P.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Platform may disclose submitted materials or registration data:

(a) to its personnel, experts, technical providers, and professional advisers on a need-to-know basis;

(b) where required by law, court order, regulatory request, or lawful governmental demand;

(d) where the Applicant has expressly authorized disclosure.

2P.3. The Applicant acknowledges that certain metadata, status data, certificate identifiers, or non-confidential registry data may be displayed, indexed, certified, or shared as part of the functioning of the Platform.

2Q. Adverse Claims, Challenges, and Post-Registration Disputes

2Q.1. If any person submits a bona fide challenge, adverse claim, takedown request, or authorship/ownership objection regarding a Validated Registration, the Platform may place the registration under review.

2Q.2. During such review, the Platform may annotate the record, suspend public visibility, request further evidence, refer the matter to an expert committee, or freeze further service actions pending clarification.

2Q.3. The existence of a Validated Registration shall not prevent the Platform from noting a dispute or from revising the status where justified by subsequently produced evidence.

2Q.4. The dispute-resolution language already contained in the current Terms should expressly apply to both Verified Registrations and Validated Registrations. The current Terms already contemplate referral to a specialized committee of intellectual property experts before court escalation, and this mechanism should be extended expressly to validation disputes as well.

2R. Reservation of Rights by the Platform

2R.1. The Platform may at any time revise its validation criteria, documentary standards, review workflows, fraud-screening procedures, expert-review methods, or certificate formats.

2R.2. The Platform may reject categories of works that it considers inappropriate, unlawful, manifestly abusive, technically unverifiable, defamatory, privacy-violating, or outside the Platform’s operational competence.

2R.3. The Platform may impose enhanced scrutiny for high-risk submissions, including anonymous works, pseudonymous works, posthumous works, disputed works, AI-assisted works, composite works involving multiple contributors, and works intended for investment or tokenization purposes.

2S. Limitation of Liability specific to Validation

2S.1. Without prejudice to the general limitation of liability already stated in these Terms, the Platform shall not be liable for any loss arising from:

(a) reliance on incomplete or false information submitted by the Applicant;

(b) the existence of hidden third-party rights or undisclosed adverse claims;

(d) judicial or administrative disagreement with any validation assessment;

(e) commercial, investment, enforcement, or monetization decisions taken by the Applicant based on a Validation Certificate.

2S.2. To the maximum extent permitted by law, any validation-related assessment, certificate, status, report, or note is provided on an “information and evidence support” basis and not as an absolute warranty of title or enforceability.

2S.3. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Service Provider shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from the use or inability to use the verification service, including but not limited to loss of profits, loss of data, or reputational damage.

2T. Suggested amendment to the existing "Provided Service" section

To keep the document internally consistent, I strongly recommend adding the following bridging paragraph into the existing Section 2. Provided Service:

2.3. In addition to the timestamp-based verification service, the Platform may offer enhanced Validated Registration services that include documentary review of authorship, rightsholding, protectability-related indicators, uniqueness searching, supporting credentials, and rights-transfer chain, all subject to these Terms and any supplementary application requirements and service-specific conditions.

2U. Suggested amendment to the existing "Rights and Compliance" section

The current rights/compliance language already requires non-infringement, accuracy, authority, and AI disclosure. For Validation, this should be expanded as follows:

Where the user applies for Validated Registration, the user further undertakes to disclose all known co-authors, co-rightsholders, predecessors in title, assignees, licensees, publication facts, existing disputes, and any limitation affecting the claimed rights, and accepts full responsibility for any omission, concealment, or misrepresentation in this regard.

2V. IP and Usage Rights

2V.1 All intellectual property rights related to the creation, development, interfaces, and content of the platform are the exclusive property of the Service Provider, it is prohibited to copy, modify, translate, or create derivative works from the platform’s source code without prior written consent from the Service Provider.

2VI. Data and Privacy

2VI.2.1. The content is stored in a private database owned by the website, with full respect for user privacy. The encrypted fingerprint and timestamp data are retained to ensure the possibility of future verification.

2VI.2.2. Personal data is processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy, and users are encouraged to review it carefully.

2VII. Modifications and Fees

2VII.1. The Service Provider reserves the right to modify the platform or impose fees for certain services in the future, users will be clearly informed before any fees are applied.

2VII.2. We also reserve the right to amend these Terms, and updates may be published on this page. Users are encouraged to review them periodically.

2VX. Service Termination

We may suspend or terminate the services at any time without prior notice, while preserving the user’s right to prove the verification of their content and the blockchain contracts registered by their name, if the service is terminated without user fault, any unused prepaid balances or wallet funds shall be refunded within thirty (30) days.

2VIX. Rights and Compliance

2VIX.1. All IP rights are fully reserved to the Service Provider, and the Service Provider is committed to providing the service efficiently and securely, and reserves the right to modify the website or application or impose fees for its services at any time and for any reason, provided that the user is informed of any new fees, while maintaining the user’s right to utilize their wallet balance.

2VIX.2. For Validation service, where the user applies for Validated Registration, the user further undertakes to disclose all known co-authors, co-rightsholders, predecessors in title, assignees, licensees, publication facts, existing disputes, and any limitation affecting the claimed rights, and accepts full responsibility for any omission, concealment, or misrepresentation in this regard.

2VIX.3. By using the platform, you confirm your commitment to the following:

2VIX.3a. Not infringing on the rights of any third party (in accordance with international intellectual property law), and acknowledging the accuracy of the information you provide, along with your official capacity to request content verification.

2VIX.3b. Acknowledging your official capacity as required for content verification and accepting full legal responsibility if such capacity is not proven.

2VIX.3c. The User acknowledges and warrants that the content submitted for verification is original and has not been wholly generated by artificial intelligence technologies, and that it constitutes a creation attributable to a natural or legal person, and the full legal responsibility for the accuracy of this acknowledgement rests solely with the User.

2VIX.3d. The User acknowledges and agrees that any content submitted for verification may be subject to review, screening, and analysis through a proprietary artificial intelligence model owned and operated by the Platform, for the purpose of verifying that such content has not been previously registered on the Platform and/or is not wholly or partially derived from any work previously registered through the IPV Platform. The User further consents to the use of such mechanisms for verification purposes and to ensure compliance with these Terms and Conditions.

2VIX.2e. The Service Provider has the right to suspend a user’s services immediately upon detecting any form of infringement on third-party intellectual property rights.

2VIIX. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

2VIIX.1. These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the country from which the verification is issued.

2VIIX.2. In case of a dispute arising between two users about verified contents right, the parties shall first attempt to reach an amicable settlement by referring the matter to a specialized committee of intellectual property experts duly appointed and authorized by the Service Provider, based on the information provided by both parties the experts will try to solve the conflict, in exchange for a nominal fee.

2VIIX.3. If an amicable resolution is not reached, the right owner may resort to the competent judicial authorities, in such a case, the Service Provider shall provide the Right Holder with a copy of the decision issued by the Committee of Experts. The Right owner may also request to obtain the evidentiary contracts, where applicable, through a judicial order.

2VIIX.4. Any dispute relating specifically to a Validated Registration, including disputes over authorship, rightsholding, chain of title, or the scope of validation, may be reviewed by the Platform’s appointed intellectual property expert committee as a preliminary non-binding evidentiary procedure, without prejudice to the right of any party to refer the matter to a competent court or authority.