Rules for Complaints and Appeals of IPR Infringement
on JLC's and associated platforms

These rules apply to complaints and appeals regarding infringement of rights arising from information posted by users (including information owned by the platform) on the platforms owned by JLC and its affiliates ("JLC's and its affiliates' platforms").

JLC's and associated platforms are websites, apps and applets operated by us or associated companies, including.

JLCPCB(https://jlcpcb.com/)

LCSC(https://www.lcsc.com/)

ZXHPCB(https://www.zxhpcb.com/)

EasyEDA(https://easyeda.com/)

OSHWLab(https://oshwlab.com/)

Other platforms owned by or affiliated with JLC

This complaint channel is set up for the efficient protection of intellectual property rights, and does not mean that all suspected infringement issues on the above-mentioned platforms will be handled by JiaLiChuang (HongKong) Co., Limited and its affiliates ("we"). The complaints received from this channel will be forwarded to the corresponding platform owner or to the merchant (user) under complaint in accordance with the law. This also applies to any contact information contained by the complainant in the notice given to us.

• 1. Notice of Complaint
  
  
  • 1.1 Notification of submission of complaints to the platform
    

    If you believes that the goods sold, services provided or information displayed on JLC's and associated platforms infringe your legitimate rights and interests, you can submit relevant materials to us for complaint in accordance with the following requirements,.

    
    

    You shall submit to us a written notification which shall include, but not be limited to, the following.

    
    

    1) Information on the subject of the complaint and related materials: including the name (company name), contact information, address, business registration certificate (unit) or ID card (individual) of you, relevant authorization certificate and other materials proving the subject qualification of you.

    
    

    2) The name and web address of the allegedly infringing content: that you requests be removed or disconnected.

    
    

    3) Prima facie evidence of infringement, including

    
    
    • a) Documents proving ownership:a)including but not limited to copyright registration certificate, trademark registration certificate, patent right certificate issued by the relevant authority, documents proving the date of first public publication or issue of the work, manuscript of creation, time stamp of creation of the work issued by the authority, certificate of filing of the work, etc, which can prove that the right holder has the relevant rights. If you are not the original right holder of the intellectual property right, relevant authorization and licensing materials like licensing contract and certificate of filing are also required.
    
    
    • b) Documentary proof of infringement: including, but not limited to, valid proof of infringement of copyright, trademark or patent rights of the right holder and written statement of facts, etc.
    
    
    • c) Provide a link to the infringing content details page.
    
    

    4) The Complainant guarantees

    
    

    Your warranty shall includes the following: the statements made and materials provided by you in the notification are true, complete and legally valid. And you assumes all legal liability arising therefrom, including but not limited to any damage caused to us as a result of our taking down the relevant content in accordance with your notification.

    
    
  • 1.2 Notification of processing

    Upon receipt of the notice, we will examine the form of the notice, and if the notice does not meet the aforementioned requirements, you shall submit additional relevant evidential materials or other materials to us within 5 working days, and you shall cooperate, and if you fails to complete the notice after the deadline, we will consider the infringement notice as invalid and you has withdrawn it.

    
    

    If the notification meets the aforementioned requirements, we will process it as soon as possible in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.

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  2. Notice of Appeal

  • 2.1 The respondent submits a notice of appeal to the platform
    

    If you are the complained party, after receiving the relevant infringement complaint materials forwarded by us, and you think that the content provided by the party does not infringe the rights of the right holder, you shall submit a written complaint to us within 5 working days according to the following guidelines, and the contents of the complaint shall include but not limited to the following:

    
    
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      1) Information on the subject matter of the Respondent and related materials
      

      Include the name, contact details, address and business licence (unit), identity card (individual) of the party complained against, proof of relevant authorisation and other materials proving the subjective qualification of the party complained against.

      
      
    • 2) The Respondent requests
      

      The name and specific web address corresponding to the content or link requested by the party complained against to be restored, if any.

      
      
    • 3) Prima facie evidence of non-infringement, specifically.
      

      Proof of the Respondent's rights: including, but not limited to, copyright registration certificate, trademark registration certificate, patent right certificate issued by the relevant authority, proof of the date of first public publication or release of the work, manuscript of the creation, time stamp of the creation of the work issued by the authority, certificate of filing of the work, intellectual property rights license contract, authorization letter, etc. which can prove that the Respondent owns the relevant rights.

      
      

      Proof that the content provided by the Respondent does not constitute infringement: including, but not limited to, valid proof that the content provided by the Respondent does not constitute infringement of copyright, trademark or patent rights, written reasons for non-infringement and a statement of facts, judicial documents in force, etc.

      
      
    • 4) The Respondent guarantees that
      

      You shall expressly warrant in the Notice of Appeal that the statements and materials provided by you in the Notice of Appeal are true, complete and valid, and that you assumes all legal liability arising therefrom, including but not limited to any damages caused to us as a result of our retention or reinstatement of the content of the Notice of Appeal by you.

      
      
  • 2.2 Appeal Handling

    If the notice of appeal does not comply with the aforementioned requirements, you shall submit additional evidence or other materials to us within 5 working days and you shall cooperate with us.

    
    

    If the notice of complaint meets the above requirements, we will process it as soon as possible in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations and will forward the relevant materials provided by you to the complaining party.
    If the notice of complaint meets the above requirements, we will process it as soon as possible in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations and will forward the relevant materials provided by you to the complaining party.



• 3. The parties agree that

  • 3.1 The right holder refers to the original owner or the right holder legally authorized by the original owner of the copyright, trademark, patent and other legal rights and interests, including natural persons, legal persons or other organizations, etc.; the complained party refers to the publisher or distributor of the content under JLC and its associated platforms who is complained by the right holder of infringement.

    
    
  • 3.2 If a complaint or appeal does not meet the conditions set out in the law or in these rules, we may assume that no complaint or appeal has been made and will not deal with it.
  
  
  • 3.3 We are not an authority to deal with disputes and have no authority to determine infringement of intellectual property rights. The complaining party and the complained party agree that we will exercise our judgement and take action in accordance with these Rules in accordance with the ordinary care of a company in relation to the dispute in question, and do not dispute this and do not hold us responsible for the platform as a result.
  
  
  • 3.4 After we have taken the necessary measures or dealt with a complaint or appeal in accordance with these rules, if the parties still disagree, we recommend that you take formal legal action such as suing, reporting or filing a case, and we will give final treatment in accordance with the results of the competent authorities in accordance with the law.
  
  
  • 3.5 In order to ensure the authenticity and validity of complaints and appeals, written notifications and other relevant supporting documents from the parties concerned should, in principle, be provided in original or, if the original cannot be provided, in photocopy (on which the signature/signature of the right holder should be provided). Furthemore, if the documents are foreign, they should be notarised and transmitted in accordance with the provisions of the law, and the corresponding notarised transmission documents should be provided at the same time.
  
  
  • 3.6 If the party concerned has already filed an administrative complaint or litigation with the relevant administrative department or judicial authority in respect of the disputed matter, the relevant proof of acceptance and the evidential materials submitted to the administrative department or judicial authority should be submitted to us together with the notice in order to enhance the efficiency of handling the disputed matter.
  
  
  • 3.7 The complaining party should conduct rights protection activities in accordance with the requirements of these guidelines and relevant laws and regulations. For those who abuse intellectual property rights to make malicious complaints and crowd out competitors, they are suspected of constituting unfair competition and should bear legal responsibility according to the law, and we reserve the right to pursue their legal responsibilities if they cause losses to us as a result.


• 4. Notification submission channel
  The relevant material can be submitted to us in two ways.
  • 1) Send a legible scan of all the aforementioned paper copies to us by email to at: privacy@easyeda.com
  
  
  • 2) By sending the foregoing written notice and other relevant supporting documents by post to our designated address as follows.
  
  Address: Unit 21 on 28th Floor, Metropole Square, No.2 On Yiu Street, Shatin, New Territories, HONG KONG, China

Annex: IPR Infringement Notice template

(Note: This template is provided as a reference template to improve the efficiency of you's complaint and is not mandatory and does not constitute any promise or guarantee provided by the platform for you, who may also provide us with complaint materials in accordance with legal requirements)