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Protecting Ideas and Creativity

Overview

Welcome to the Policy on Intellectual Property of The Publiks Group, a division of The Alvan Ikoku Group LLC. Polices below are provided to inform you about protections for creativity, design, ideas and innovations at Publiks, and to also guide your adherence to usage standards and requirements. The mission of Publiks, as well as the ability to do the work that fulfills such mission, is crucially dependent on intellectual property, including but not limited to copyrights, logos, names, patents, service- and trademarks.

Therefore, persons engaged in activity within, for, on behalf of, in reference to, and otherwise pertaining to Publiks is expected to uphold the following:

Your Agreement

— With respect to the Agreement you enter into with Publiks via the Policy on Intellectual Property, you understand and adhere to the following:

Persons Adhering to Agreement
that the Policy on Intellectual Property is to be adhered to by a wide range of associated individuals and communities ― including but not limited to board and committee members, leadership, management, officers, staff, employees, volunteers, representatives, agents, collaborators, partners, and visitors and users ― as they work in its capacity to establish, further develop, operate, collaborate with, carry out the mission and purposes of, and also visit, use and participate in the offerings of Publiks.
Applicability and Governance of Agreement
that the Policy on Intellectual Property governs any and all of your access, actions, activity, communication, operation, participation, or other use in, with, for, on behalf of, in reference to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, its series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and the Products and Services, and that you agree to abide by, assist, fully cooperate with and not interfere with Publiks and its sole Founder and Owner, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku in ensuring the compliance with and fulfillment of any and all terms, conditions, duties, principles, protections, rights and other requirements of the Policy on Intellectual Property.
Entry and Continuation of Agreement
that whenever you engage in any access, action, activity, communication, operation, participation, or other use in, with, for, on behalf of, in reference to, or otherwise pertaining to Publiks, the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, and the Products and Services — directly or indirectly as further described below — you are agreeing to the Policy on Intellectual Property as well as the Codes and Policies that collectively constitute The Publiks User Agreement and Code of Conduct, as they are amended from time to time.
Direct and Indirect Entry and Continuation of Agreement
that whenever you engage in the above described activities directly or indirectly — whether engaged in through Publiks, the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, and the Products and Services; or through persons and entities working with Publiks, the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, and the Products and Services; or working with such engaged activities and resulting media, materials, or otherwise — you are also agreeing to the Policy on Intellectual Property as well as the Codes and Policies that collectively constitute The Publiks User Agreement and Code of Conduct, as they are amended from time to time.
Binding Nature and Validity of Agreement
that you are also thus indicating that you understand the Policy on Intellectual Property and the Codes and Policies, that you intend them to be the legal equivalent of a signed, written contract, equally binding, and that you accept such Policy on Intellectual Property and Codes and Policies and agree to be legally bound by them (your “Agreement”).
Agreement On Behalf of Organization
that if you are engaging in any of the above described activities, communication, or uses for or on behalf of an organization, you are agreeing to this Agreement on behalf of that organization, and represent and warrant that you can do so.
In Case of Non-Agreement or Inability to Honor
that you will not engage in any of the above described activities, communication, or uses if you do not agree to all of the Policy on Intellectual Property or the Codes and Policies or if your jurisdiction will not honor them.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.

Your Consent to The Policy

— With respect to your ability to agree and consent to the Policy on Intellectual Property, you represent and warrant the following:

Your Power and Authority
that you have the power and authority to enter into the agreement entailed in the Policy on Intellectual Property, including, where applicable, the power and authority to enter into the agreement on behalf of an organization.
Required Age or Permission and Supervision
that you are at least eighteen (18) years old or if younger at least thirteen (13) years old and engage in activity, communication, operation, participation, visit, or other use in relation to Publiks, its series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and the Products and Services with the permission and supervision of an adult parent or guardian.
Reading and Understanding
that you have read and understood the Policy on Intellectual Property.
Voluntary Nature of Consent
that you understand your consent to be voluntary in nature.
Agreement and Consent
that you consented to and agreed to be legally bound by the Policy on Intellectual Property.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree that your consent meets the conditions, principles, and requirements for consent, as delineated and described in these Codes and Policies — for the specific purpose of consenting to this Policy, the Agreement and the Codes and Policies.

Your Abiding by The Policies

— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent to the Policy on Intellectual Property, you have read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by the Policy on Intellectual Property and the Codes and Policies, as they are amended from time to time, and in its entirety without modification.

Your Understanding of Intellectual Property

— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent and adherence to the Policy on Intellectual Property, you have also read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by understandings of real and intellectual property as defined in all applicable law and regulation, by Publiks in the Codes and Polices, and as further delineated below, to be respected and not harmed or misused, in any way, by you.

Your Understanding of Property Rights

— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent and adherence to the Policy on Intellectual Property, you have also read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by real and intellectual property and proprietary rights as defined in all applicable law and regulation, by Publiks in the Codes and Polices, and as further delineated below, to be respected and not infringed or violated, in any way, by you.

Your Understanding of Property Protections

— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent and adherence to the Policy on Intellectual Property, you have also read, understood, consented to, and agreed to be legally bound by and abide by understandings of real and intellectual property rights and proprietary rights as defined in all applicable law and regulation, by Publiks in the Codes and Polices, and as further delineated below, to be respected and not infringed or violated, in any way, by you.

Your Commitment to Understandings

— You also represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the aforementioned attestation, your commitment to this understanding of intellectual property, of real and intellectual property and proprietary rights, and of its protections shall entail the following:

Basis for Your Actions, Activity and Decisions
its basis for any activity you engage in with respect to Publiks — including its series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, as well as the Products and Services — and that any such actions and decisions you engage in shall be free of any incompatibility with, inconsistency with, or violation of the Policy on Intellectual Property or any equivalent or applicable guidelines, laws, policies, provisions, or regulations.
Commitment to Property Rights
that this commitment include but not be limited to upholding everywhere, for every person and for all real and intellectual property at Publiks the most humane, protective, respectful, robust and strictest interpretations of real and intellectual property and proprietary rights.
Commitment to Property Protections
that this commitment include but not be limited to upholding everywhere, for every person, and for all real and intellectual property at Publiks the most humane, protective, respectful, robust and strictest interpretations of protections for real and intellectual property and for proprietary rights and licenses in real and intellectual property.
Commitment to Respectful and Protective Practices
that you respectfully assist solely by duties described below in this Policy and in no way interfere with or impede the reasonable efforts taken by Publiks to translate the above commitments into practices for developing and maintaining real and intellectual property, associated rights and its protections.
Commitment to Protections Following and Ahead of the Law
that you also respectfully assist solely by duties described below in this Policy and in no way interfere with or impede the reasonable efforts taken by Publiks to adopt a coupled approach to legal and substantive measures and protections for real and intellectual property derived, in part, from the provision of rights and protections via advances in law and regulation, but also often beyond what the law provides for and protects.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.

Your Duty to the Policy

— With respect to your duty to the Policy on Intellectual Property, you represent and warrant that you understand and shall adhere to such duty by way of the following:

Refraining from Any Intentional Breach or Violation
avoiding, refraining from, and stopping any access, action, activity, communication, operation, or other use and any collaboration, collusion, coordination, planning, or other preparation you or any person engage in that may encourage, result in, or otherwise foster any intentional breach or violation of the Policy on Intellectual Property; any intentional breach, diminishment, disruption, impediment, interference, or pertaining to real and intellectual property guidelines, laws, policies, provisions, or regulations, or other real and intellectual property protections or rights of Publiks and the sole Founder, Owner, and President; and any intentional breach, diminishment, disruption, impediment, interference, or other violation pertaining to the independent and sole control and determination of the above by the sole Founder, Owner, and President, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
Refraining from Any Unintentional Breach or Violation
avoiding, refraining from, and stopping any access, action, activity, communication, operation, or other use and any collaboration, collusion, coordination, planning, or other preparation you or any person engage in that may encourage, result in, or otherwise foster any unintentional breach or violation of the Policy on Intellectual Property; any unintentional breach, diminishment, disruption, impediment, interference, or pertaining to real and intellectual property guidelines, laws, policies, provisions, or regulations, or other real and intellectual property protections or rights of Publiks and the sole Founder, Owner, and President; and any intentional breach, diminishment, disruption, impediment, interference, or other violation pertaining to the independent and sole control and determination of the above by the sole Founder, Owner, and President, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
Reporting Any Intentional Breach or Violation
reporting — directly and specifically to Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the Founder, Owner, and President of Publiks — any access, action, activity, communication, operation, or other use and any collaboration, collusion, coordination, planning, or other preparation you or any person engage in that may encourage, result in, or otherwise foster any intentional breach or violation of the Policy on Intellectual Property; any intentional breach, diminishment, disruption, impediment, interference, or pertaining to real and intellectual property guidelines, laws, policies, provisions, or regulations, or other real and intellectual property protections or rights of Publiks and the sole Founder, Owner, and President; and any intentional breach, diminishment, disruption, impediment, interference, or other violation pertaining to the independent and sole control and determination of the above by the sole Founder, Owner, and President, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
Reporting Any Unintentional Breach or Violation
reporting — directly and specifically to Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, sole Founder, Owner, and President of Publiks — any access, action, activity, communication, operation, or other use and any collaboration, collusion, coordination, planning, or other preparation you or any person engage in that may encourage, result in, or otherwise foster any unintentional breach or violation of the Policy on Intellectual Property; any unintentional breach, diminishment, disruption, impediment, interference, or pertaining to real and intellectual property guidelines, laws, policies, provisions, or regulations, or other real and intellectual property protections or rights of Publiks and the sole Founder, Owner, and President; and any intentional breach, diminishment, disruption, impediment, interference, or other violation pertaining to the independent and sole control and determination of the above by the sole Founder, Owner, and President, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
Determination of Compliance
not diminishing or interfering with, in any way, the ability, opportunity, and sole discretion and rights of Publiks and the sole Founder, Owner, and President, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, to determine compliance with the Policy on Intellectual Property and to have their decision be final and binding and not subject to challenge or appeal.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in their entirety without modification.

Your Accordance with Ethics

— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent to this Policy, you ensure that your abiding by and adhering to its conditions, policies, principles, requirements, and rights shall further remain in accordance with the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics.

Your Accordance with Mission

— You represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above attestation about your consent to this Policy, you ensure that your abiding by and adhering to its conditions, policies, principles, requirements, and rights shall further remain in accordance with the founding mission and purposes of Publiks and The Ikoku Group, without incompatibility, as described and delineated in the Codes and Policies and the Founder’s Agreement.

Further Considerations

Your Knowledge and Agreement

Publiks strongly recommend you develop and maintain your knowledge of all the Codes and Policies, and so ask that you read, understand, and regularly visit this section and other communications regarding the Policy on Intellectual Property, as well as the Codes and Policies. Publiks take your continued visiting and use of the Products and Services, as active indication of your knowledge, understanding, and legally binding acceptance of and agreement to this Policy as well as the Codes and Policies.

Your Duty to Company and Division Integrity

With respect to your attendant duty to company, division and organizational integrity — and your legally binding agreement to not diminish, interfere, or violate, in any way, its principles, protections, requirements, or rights — you represent and warrant that you understand and shall adhere to the following:

Your Duty to Policy
To protect the company, division and organizational integrity of Publiks and The Ikoku Group — as well as the properties, rights, and protections of the company division, corporation, and its official persons — Publiks requires all natural and legal persons concerned to read, understand, abide by and, where applicable, sign contracts and agreements delineated and described in the Policy on Company and Division Integrity.
Your Acceptance of Policy
Publiks reminds you that the Policy on Company and Division Integrity forms part of Publiks User Agreement and Code of Conduct. Thus, Publiks takes your continued access, activity, communication, engagement, operation, participation, and other use or visiting as active indication of your legally binding acceptance of this Policy as well as the Codes and Policies.
Your Acceptance of Sole Ownership
Furthermore, you represent, warrant, and covenant that, given the above, your continuation in using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, is an active indication of your legally binding acceptance of the sole administration, control, management, and ownership of Publiks by the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, as further described in the Policy on Company and Division Integrity.

And you further legally accept and agree that no application, interpretation, judgment, or other compliance, proceeding, or reading from, of, with, or otherwise relating to the Founding Ethics, the Codes and Policies, or any equivalent code, policy, or other document or material shall, in any way, entail any abrogation, diminishment, interference, or violation pertaining to any of the terms, conditions, principles, requirements, rights — including the attendant properties and protections — of company and organizational integrity.

Your Questions and Feedback

Please contact policies@publiks.org with any feedback, issues, or questions — to be addressed to and by the President, CEO and Chair, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.

Your Reporting of Violations

If you detect, notice, become aware of, or are informed of a possible breach or violation of this Policy or any of these Codes and Policies, please contact policies@publiks.org with any details you have — to be addressed to and by the President, CEO and Chair, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.

The Definitions

As with all official documents, materials, policies, and statements of Publiks, definitions for terms used here can be found in the main Codes and Policies section. Please do continue with the Policy on Intellectual Property via further reading below.

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Details of the Policy

Provision

Along with the above key principles, the Policy on Intellectual Property requires your adherence to a number of requirements, as delineated below.

A — Standard and Global Protections

Scope of Protections

— With respect to the standard and global protections for real and intellectual property and associated proprietary rights at Publiks, you represent, warrant, and covenant your adherence to the following:

Application, Ownership, Registration
that Publiks shall apply for, hold and use intellectual property including but not limited to copyrights, logos, names, patents, slogans, symbols, service- and trademarks — awarded fully and solely to Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the Founder and Owner — and such intellectual property and the above ownership shall be upheld and protected by company, corporate and divisional policy and by state, federal and international laws.
Under Copyright, Patent and Mark
that assets, content, data, information, media, material and other intellectual real and property associated with, contained within or owned by Publiks shall also be under copyright, patent, service- and trademark — fully and solely belonging to Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the Founder and Owner — and such intellectual property and the above ownership shall be upheld and protected by company policy and by state, federal and international laws.
Scope of Usage Protection
that the use of such assets, content, data, information, media, material and other real property, as well as copyrights, logos, names, patents, slogans, symbols, service- and trademarks and other intellectual property associated with, contained within or owned by Publiks shall also be protected by company, corporate and divisional policy and by state, federal and international laws.
Activities Under Usage Protection
that Publiks require and ensure such protected usage includes, but is not limited to, that occurring during administration, management, governance and operations; care, consulting, education, research, development, training, writing and other work activity; user activity, engagement, interaction, participation and visiting; affiliation, collaboration and partnership; as well as third-party and volunteer arrangements.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.

Sole Ownership And Authorization

— With respect to the standard and global protections for real and intellectual property and associated proprietary rights at Publiks, you represent, warrant, and covenant your adherence to the following:

Sole Ownership by Sole Founder
that real and intellectual property and  associated applications, proprietary rights and licenses and other equivalent protections, permissions and usages associated with, contained within and owned by Publiks shall be solely ascribed to and owned by Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the sole Founder and Owner.
Sole Authorization for Use by Founder
that any and all usage of real and intellectual property associated with, contained within and owned by Publiks shall be approved, reviewed and authorized solely by express written instrument signed and sealed of Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the sole Founder and Owner.
Adherence to Permission
that Publiks require and ensure any and all usage approved, reviewed and authorized as described above, and any person or party granted the above usage approval and authorization strictly adheres to the terms of the granted permission, those of this Policy and applicable laws and regulations.
No Rights Accrual
that Publiks require and ensure any and all usage approved, reviewed and authorized as described above, and any person or party granted the above usage authorization and approval help Publiks in protecting its valuable intellectual property assets and rights, and furthermore understands and accepts that, except for the specifically limited right to use as expressly permitted by the received written authorization and by this Policy, no other rights of any kind are granted hereunder, by implication or otherwise.
Sole Inurement to the Founder
that the property and goodwill derived from using any part of copyright, logo, name, patent, slogan, symbol, service- or trademark, or any other intellectual property associated with, contained within or owned by Publiks exclusively inures to the benefit of and belongs to Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the sole Founder and Owner.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification — and you thus also accept and agree that neither you nor any other person or entity shall acquire any right, title or interest in any of the aforementioned or Publiks-associated, -developed or -owned real and intellectual property, including by nature of permitted usage of said real and intellectual property, or by using, visiting, working for, or collaborating with Publiks, any of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, and any of the Products and Services.

Your Acknowledgment and Agreement

— With respect to the standard and global protections for real and intellectual property and associated proprietary rights at Publiks, you represent, warrant, and covenant your adherence to the following:

Acknowledgment of Sole Ownership
that whenever you use or provide — or apply for the approval, review and authorization of any usage of — any content, materials, as well as any copyright, franchise, license, logo, name, patent, slogan, symbol, service- or trademark, or any other intellectual property, protection, or right associated with, contained within or owned by Publiks, in any way, in whole or in part, you legally agree that they are acknowledging Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the sole Founder and Owner of Publiks, is the sole owner of said copyright, franchise, license, logo, name, patent, slogan, symbol, service- or trademark, or any other intellectual property, protection, or right.
Agreement to Not Interfere
you also thus legally agree and promise that you will not interfere with Publiks’, Publiks Inc’s, The Publiks Group’s or Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku’s rights in copyright, logo, name, patent, slogan, symbol, service- or trademark, or any other intellectual property associated with, contained within or owned by Publiks, including challenging Publiks’, Publiks Inc’s, The Publiks Group’s or Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku’s development, use, registration of, or application to register such copyright, logo, name, patent, slogan, symbol, service- or trademark, or other intellectual property, alone or in combination with other words, materials, or assets, anywhere in the world.
Agreement to Not Harm or Misuse
you also thus legally agree and promise that you will not harm, misuse or bring into disrepute any copyright, logo, name, patent, slogan, symbol, service- or trademark, or any other intellectual property associated with, contained within or owned by Publiks or its sole Founder and Owner, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
Adherence to Permission
you also thus legally agree that any and all usage approved, reviewed and authorized as described above and granted to you strictly adheres to the terms of the granted permission, those of this Policy and applicable laws and regulations.
No Rights Accrual
you also thus legally agree that any and all usage approved, reviewed and authorized as described above and granted to you commits you to helping Publiks in protecting its valuable intellectual property assets and rights, and that you thus furthermore understand and accept that, except for the specifically limited right to use as expressly permitted by the received written authorization and by this Policy, no other rights of any kind are granted to you or hereunder, by implication or otherwise.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.

B — Copyrights

Ownership and Permission

— With respect to content, data, information, media, material and other copyrightable real or intellectual property at Publiks, you represent, warrant, and covenant your adherence to the following:

Scope of Copyrighted Content
copyright associated with and arising from Publiks, its series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, as well as the Products and Services, is owned by Publiks and more specifically Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the sole Founder and Owner — with the exception of copyright for “External Intellectual Property” as defined below and in the Codes and Policies.
Appearance of External Intellectual Property
any and all External Intellectual Property that appears on Publiks, its series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, as well as the Products and Services, are by third parties who have granted Publiks and/or the Founder and Owner, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, permission to use the material as it appears — or such outside intellectual property appears under fair-use, unrestricted and worldwide or equivalent license to use.
Use of External Intellectual Property
with respect to any and all External Intellectual Property that appears on Publiks, its series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, as well as the Products and Services, where required, proper attribution is included, indicating the owner of the copyright and that it is reproduced with the permission of the copyright owner. If you would like to use such material, please contact the copyright owner for permission. Publiks may not grant permission for use of such copyrighted material. For specific inquiries regarding such material, please email contact@publiks.org. For more information and guidance, consult your copyright attorney.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification — and you thus also accept and agree that neither you nor any other person or entity shall acquire any right, title or interest in any of the aforementioned or Publiks-associated or -owned real and intellectual property, including by nature of permitted usage of said real and intellectual property, or by using, visiting, working for, or collaborating with Publiks, any of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, and any of the Products and Services.

Permission as Basis of Use

— Except as otherwise noted, you must request and receive expressly written authorization, review and approval and ultimately permission from Publiks — specifically via written instrument signed and sealed of Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the Founder and Owner — before you copy, distribute, display or otherwise use any Publiks content, data, information, media, material and other intellectual property or copyrighted content, data, information, media, material and other intellectual property, or variations thereof, in any way, in part or in whole.

Requirements for Permitted Uses

— With respect to copyrighted or copyrightable content, data, information, media, material, or variations thereof, and other intellectual real and property for which you obtain permission as described above (“Available Content”), and for the requested and granted authorization described above to remain valid for any uses permitted and further allowed by this Policy, you represent, warrant, and covenant your adherence to and compliance with the following requirements:

Restriction of Activities
that you only engage in the use activities described in the written authorization and approval — for example, to review, download, copy or distribute — and its attendant operations and not change the Available Content or use it commercially.
Restriction of Purposes
that you only engage in above activities solely for the purpose of furthering your permitted purpose and its attendant operations, as described in the written authorization and approval.
Restriction of Place and Time
that you only engage in above activities solely at the permitted places or venues and for the permitted period of time, as described in the written authorization and approval.
Restriction of Manner and Content Arrangement
that you only engage in above activities solely in the permitted manner and solely in accordance with any permitted or required arrangement of the Available Content, as described in the written authorization and approval.
Attribution and Linkage
that your authorized, approved and permitted use of the Available Content include your mention of and link back to Publiks and one of the Sites — or, where permitted, to a pertinent subsidiary or affiliate of Publiks and one of the Sites — and that such use must include the following statement: “Used with permission from Publiks,” where “Publiks” may also be replaced with or followed by the name of one of the above divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, if pertinent. A copyright attribution notice must also be included in the credit section giving notice of Publiks’, Publiks Inc’s and The Publiks Group’s ownership of its copyright.
Reference to Site, Product, Program or Service
that, wherever your use includes references to one of the Products or Services, you use the full name of the site, product, program, service, or equivalent good or service, and no images may be used as a link to such site, product, program, service, or equivalent good or service. You shall, instead, link to such a site, product, program, service or equivalent good or service only by using a plain text link with words like, as an example, “please see this section at Publiks.Org.”
No Commercial Use
that you shall not sell the Available Content or otherwise distribute it for a fee, for or with the accrual of material or monetary benefit, or for any other commercial purposes.
No Obscene, Pornographic or Harmful Use
that your use of the Available Content shall not be obscene or pornographic, and you shall not be disparaging, defamatory or libelous to Publiks, any of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates; any of the Products or Services; or any of its official persons or entities.
No Political Purposes or Implication
that you shall not use Available Content in any manner that implies, suggests or could otherwise be perceived as attributing a political motive, objective, opinion or its equivalent to Publiks, any of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates; any of the Products or Services; or any of its official persons or entities.
No Further Use or Disclosure
that you shall not use or disclose such Available Content — or any area, office, part, section, or property of Publiks or of the Products and Services — to any third parties except as expressly permitted by the written authorization and approval, this Policy and these Codes and Polices.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.

General Prohibition

— With respect to content, data, information, media, material and other copyrightable real or intellectual property appearing, developed, or otherwise used with, within, or in relation to Publiks, you represent, warrant, and covenant your adherence to the following prohibitions:

Exception to Prohibition
that, except as otherwise permitted herein or by separate written authorization and permission as described above, any and all uses described by or similar to the usages below are strictly prohibited.
Prohibition of Use Not in Policy or Authorized Permission
any and all use of Publiks content, data, information, media, material, any proprietary materials and other real or intellectual property, including but not limited to copyrights, logos, names, patents, slogans, symbols, service- and trademarks, or variations thereof, including appearing, contained, or otherwise in use with, within, or in relation to the Products and Services.
Prohibition of Use Connoting Affiliation or Sponsorship
any and all use of Publiks content, data, information, media, material, any proprietary materials and other real or intellectual property, including but not limited to copyrights, logos, names, patents, slogans, symbols, service- and trademarks, or variations thereof, including appearing, contained, or otherwise in use with, within, or in relation to the Products and Services, in any manner to express or imply affiliation, association, endorsement or sponsorship by or with Publiks.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.

C — Names, Marks and Logos

Sole Acquisition and Ownership

— The names and marks listed below — and all variations thereof — are the sole and exclusive property of Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, who is also the sole Founder and Owner, as well as President and Chair, of Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group:

Names and Marks of Publiks Group
— all names and marks of Publiks Group, the divisions, series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, as well as the Products and Services, including but not limited to “Publiks Group,” “The Publiks Group,” “Publiks Holdings” and “Publiks Intellectual Property.”
Names and Marks of Publiks Inc
— all names and marks of Publiks and Publiks Inc, its series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, as well as the Products and Services, including but not limited to “Publiks Company,” “Publiks Corporation,” “Publiks Inc” and “Publiks Incorporated.”
Names and Marks Using Publiks
— all names and marks using “Publiks,” including but not limited to “Publiks,” “MyPubliks,” “OurPubliks,” “Publiks App,” “Publiks Books,” “Publiks Cases,” “Publiks Center,” “Publiks Dev,” “Publiks Directory,” “Publiks Education,” “Publiks Exchange,” “Publiks Events,” “Publiks Eventsfeed,” “Publiks Eventsfeeds,” “Publiks Forums,” “Publiks Health,” “Publiks Index,” “Publiks Info,” “Publiks Live,” “Publiks Market,” “Publiks Markets,” “Publiks Monitor,” “Publiks MSG,” “Publiks Music,” “Publiks News,” “Publiks Newsfeed,” “Publiks Newsfeeds,” “Publiks Online,” “Publiks Pages,” “Publiks Podcasts,” “Publiks Portal,” “Publiks Products,” “Publiks Promo,” “Publiks Reports,” “Publiks Science,” “Publiks Sense,” “Publiks Services,” “Publiks Shop,” “Publiks Spaces,” “Publiks Sports,” “Publiks Store,” “Publiks Stream,” “Publiks Streams,” “Publiks Technology” and “Soul Publiks.”
Names and Marks Using Publiks with Linguistic Variations
— all names and marks using “Publiks” with linguistic variations, including but not limited to “MesPubliks,” “MeusPubliks,” “MisPubliks,” “NosPubliks,” “OurPubliks,” “Publiks Ciença,” “Publiks Ciencia,” “Publiks Deportes,” “Publiks Educación,” “Publiks Educação,” “Publiks Espacios,” “Publiks Espaços,” “Publiks Eventos,” “Publiks Foros,” “Publiks Foruns,” “Publiks Libros,” “Publiks Livres,” “Publiks Forums,” “Publiks Salud,” “Publiks Santé,” “Publiks Saude,” “Publiks Paginas,” “Publiks Productos,” “Publiks Rapports,” “Publiks Reportes,” “Publiks Servicios,” “Publiks Serviços” and “Publiks Tecnología.”
Names and Marks Using Publiks and Republiks with Regional Variations
— all names and marks using “Publiks” and “Republiks” with region-specific variations, including but not limited to “Publiks Africa,” “Publiks Americas,” “Publiks Asia,” “Publiks Australasia,” “Publiks Oceania,” “Publiks Europe,” “Publiks Global,” “Publiks World,” “Republiks Africa,” “Republiks Americas,” “Republiks Asia,” “Republiks Australasia,” “Republiks Oceania,” “Republiks Europe,” “Republiks Global,” “Republiks World,” as well as using national delimitations such as “Publiks Spain/España,” as well as using city or town delimitations such as “Publiks Lagos” as well as using borderless community delimitations such as “Publiks Chinatown”).
Full Scope
— all names, marks, logos, slogans, symbols, text or graphic material or any proprietary materials or its equivalent, or variations thereof, in part or in whole, associated with and arising from Publiks, the divisions, series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, as well as the Products and Services, owned fully and solely by the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku — with the exception of “External Intellectual Property” as defined above and in the Codes and Policies.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification — and you thus also accept and agree that neither you nor any other person or entity shall acquire any right, title or interest in any of the aforementioned or Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group-associated or -owned real and intellectual property, including by nature of permitted usage of said real and intellectual property, or by using, visiting, working for, or collaborating with Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group, any of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, and any of the Products and Services.

Permission as Basis of Use

— Except as otherwise noted, you must request and receive expressly written authorization, review and approval and ultimately permission from Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group — specifically via written instrument signed and sealed of Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the Founder and Owner — before you in any way use or reference any of Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group names, marks, logos, slogans, symbols, text or graphic material or any proprietary materials or its equivalent, or variations thereof, in part or in whole.

Requirements for Permitted Uses

— With respect to names, marks, logos, slogans, symbols, text or graphic material, proprietary materials, or variations thereof, and other intellectual property for which you obtain permission as described above (“Available Usage”), and for the requested and granted authorization described above to remain valid for any uses permitted and further allowed by this Policy, you represent, warrant, and covenant your adherence to and compliance with the following requirements:

Restriction of Activities
that you only engage in the use activities and its attendant operations described in the written authorization and approval and not change the name, mark, logo, slogan, symbol, text or graphic material or proprietary material or use it commercially.
Restriction of Purposes
that you only engage in above activities solely for the purpose of furthering your permitted purpose and its attendant operations, as described in the written authorization and approval.
Restriction of Place and Time
that you only engage in above activities solely at the permitted places or venues and for the permitted period of time, as described in the written authorization and approval.
Restriction of Manner and Content Arrangement
that you only engage in above activities solely in the permitted manner and solely in accordance with any permitted or required arrangement of the name, mark, logo, slogan, symbol, text or graphic material or proprietary material, as described in the written authorization and approval.
Specific Permission for Logo or Symbol Use
that any of the logos of Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group or any other Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group-associated or -owned graphic symbol, logo, icon or image shall not appear on or in any materials without express written permission, as described above, from Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
Attribution and Linkage
that your authorized, approved and permitted use of the name, mark, logo, slogan, symbol, text or graphic material or proprietary material include your mention of and link back to Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group and one of the Sites — or, where permitted, to a pertinent subsidiary or affiliate of Publiks, Publiks Inc or The Publiks Group and one of the Sites — and that such use must include the following statement: “Used with permission from Publiks,” where “Publiks” may also be replaced with or followed by the name of one of the above divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, if pertinent. A trademark attribution notice must also be included in the credit section giving notice of Publiks’, Publiks Inc’s and The Publiks Group’s ownership of its name, mark, logo, slogan, symbol, text or graphic material or proprietary material.
Reference to Site, Product, Program or Service
that, wherever your use includes references to one of the Products or Services, you use the full name of the site, product, program, service or equivalent good or service, and no images may be used as a link to such site, product, program, service, or equivalent good or service. You shall, instead, link to such site, product, program, service, or equivalent good or service only by using a plain text link with words like, as an example, “please see this section at Publiks.Org.”
No Commercial Use
that you shall not sell the name, mark, logo, slogan, symbol, text or graphic material or proprietary material or otherwise distribute it for a fee, for or with the accrual of material or monetary benefit, or for any other commercial purposes.
No Sponsorship
that your use of the name, mark, logo, or slogan shall not, in any manner, express or imply endorsement, sponsorship, affiliation, or association of you or any other user by or with Publiks, Publiks Inc or The Publiks Group, any of its series, subsidiaries, and affiliates; any of the Products or Services; or any of its official persons or entities.
Clarification of Non-Endorsement
that your use of the name, mark, logo, slogan, symbol, text or graphic material or proprietary material, and any reference to Publiks, Publiks Inc or The Publiks Group, shall not, in any manner, create a sense of endorsement, sponsorship or false association by or with Publiks, Publiks Inc or The Publiks Group, any of its series, subsidiaries, and affiliates; any of the Products or Services; or any of its official persons or entities. And a disclaimer of affiliation, endorsement, or sponsorship by or with Publiks, similar to the following, is included on all related materials: “(Title) is an independent (noun) and has not been authorized, sponsored or otherwise approved by Publiks,” where “Publiks” may also be replaced with or followed by the name of one of the above divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, if pertinent.
No Imitation of Design
that you shall not imitate any of the distinctive packaging, web site designs, logos, or typefaces of Publiks, Publiks Inc or The Publiks Group.
No Use or Imitation of Slogans
that you shall not use or imitate any of the slogans or tagline of Publiks, Publiks Inc or The Publiks Group. For example: “Views and Voices from Local and Global Publics.”
No False or Derogatory Light
that your use of the name, mark, logo, slogan, symbol, text or graphic material or proprietary material shall not show Publiks, Publiks Inc or The Publiks Group, any of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates; any of the Products or Services; or any of its official persons or entities in a false or derogatory light.
No Obscene, Pornographic or Harmful Use
that your use of the name, mark, logo, or slogan shall not be obscene or pornographic, and you shall not be disparaging, defamatory or libelous to Publiks, Publiks Inc or The Publiks Group, any of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates; any of the Products or Services; or any of its official persons or entities.
No Political Purposes or Implication
that you shall not use name, mark, logo, slogan, symbol, text or graphic material or proprietary material in any manner that implies, suggests or could otherwise be perceived as attributing a political motive, objective, opinion or its equivalent to Publiks, Publiks Inc or The Publiks Group, any of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates; any of the Products or Services; or any of its official persons or entities.
No Further Use or Disclosure
that you shall not use or disclose such name, mark, logo, slogan, symbol, text or graphic material or proprietary material — or any area, office, part, section, or property of Publiks, Publiks Inc or The Publiks Group or of the Products and Services — to any third parties except as expressly permitted by the written authorization and approval, this Policy and these Codes and Polices.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, Publiks Inc or The Publiks Group, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, Publiks Inc or The Publiks Group, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.

Subject to Inspection

— All uses of Publiks names, marks, logos, slogans, symbols, text or graphic material, proprietary materials or its equivalent, or variations thereof, in any manner shall be subject to inspection by and approval of Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the sole Founder and Owner of Publiks. Such approval may be granted or withheld by this Founder and Publiks at its sole and absolute discretion.

General Prohibition

— With respect to names, marks, logos, slogans, symbols, text or graphic material, proprietary materials or its equivalent intellectual property, or variations thereof, appearing, developed, or otherwise used with, within, or in relation to Publiks and the Products and Services, you represent, warrant, and covenant your adherence to the following prohibitions:

Exception to Prohibition
that, except as otherwise permitted herein or by separate written authorization and permission as described above, any and all uses described by or similar to the usages below are strictly prohibited.
Prohibition of Use Not in Policy or Authorized Permission
any and all use of Publiks names and marks, or variations thereof, or any proprietary logos, slogans, symbols, text or graphic materials, or variations thereof, or any proprietary materials or any other intellectual property, including appearing, contained, or otherwise in use with, within, or in relation to the Products and Services.
Prohibition of Use Connoting Affiliation or Sponsorship
any and all use of Publiks names and marks, or variations thereof, or any proprietary logos, slogans, symbols, text or graphic materials, or variations thereof, or any proprietary materials or any other intellectual property, including appearing, contained, or otherwise in use with, within, or in relation to the Products and Services, in any manner to express or imply affiliation, association, endorsement or sponsorship by or with Publiks.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.

D — Third-Party Use

Authorization and Approval

— Notwithstanding any provisions of this Policy, the Codes and Policies, other official or governance documents of Publiks, or applicable state, federal or international law, agreement and treaties, only Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the sole Founder and Owner of Publiks, shall approve, review and authorize, in rare instances and by express and written instrument signed and sealed, the provision or use of any Publiks-associated, -developed or -owned branding, franchise, license or any other use of any Publiks-associated, -developed or -owned content, content, copyright, data or information, design, logo, media, material, name, patent, slogan, symbol, text, service- or trade mark, or variations thereof,  or any other proprietary material or intellectual property belonging to or on behalf of Publiks, the divisions, series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, as well as the Products and Services.

Required Use Agreement and Guidelines

— Where such approval is granted by the above Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, Publiks shall — in addition to aforementioned requirements for giving and maintaining valid authorization and approval for permitted use — for each case craft and publicize express and written Franchise, License or Third-Party Use Guidelines, as well as an express and written Franchise, License or Third-Party Use Agreement, both also reviewed and approved by the above Founder by written instruments signed and sealed, specifying the following:

Terms of Restricted Franchise, License, Use
the explicit terms of a highly restricted franchise or license to use the specified intellectual property of Publiks.
Terms of Restricted Time Period
the explicit terms of a highly restricted time period for the franchise or license to use the specified intellectual property of TPubliks.
Terms of Restricted Activities
the explicit terms of a highly restricted set of activities and operations for the franchise or license to use and an accompanying prohibition of activities (political, unethical, etc.) in compliance with the Codes and Policies of Publiks and of the pertinent series, subsidiary, affiliate, Site, Product or Service of Publiks.
Terms of Restricted Purposes
the explicit terms of a highly restricted purposes for the franchise or license to use and an accompanying prohibition of purposes (political, unethical, etc.) in compliance with the Codes and Policies of Publiks and of the pertinent series, subsidiary, affiliate, Site, Product or Service of Publiks.
Terms of Authorized Places and Registrations
the explicit terms of the authorized places and site where such use (e.g solicitations) may occur to ensure that any required licenses and registrations for such use are properly obtained.
Terms of Notification and Deposit
the explicit terms of a highly restricted timeframe for notification of the Founder and Publiks as well as transfer and depositing of any funds, revenues and other assets generated by such use in specified accounts or holdings of Publiks.
Designated Acknowledgment
the Manager, Trustee, Director, or Officer of Publiks — along with the Founder — authorized to send the required acknowledgments of receipt of funds, revenues and other assets generated by such use.
Approval of Messaging by Founder
final inspection, review and approval of messaging by the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.

Monitoring Fundraising

— Where such approval is granted by the above Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, for fundraising on behalf of Publiks, the divisions, series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, or the Products and Services, Publiks shall — in addition to aforementioned requirements for giving and maintaining valid authorization and approval for permitted use — for each case craft and publicize express and written Third Party Fundraiser Guidelines, as well as an express and written Third Party Fundraiser Agreement, both also reviewed and approved by the above Founder by written instruments signed and sealed, specifying the following:

Terms of Restricted Franchise, License, Use
the explicit terms of a highly restricted license to use the specified intellectual property of Publiks.
Terms of Restricted Time Period
the explicit terms of a highly restricted time period for the license to use the specified intellectual property of Publiks.
Terms of Restricted Activities
the explicit terms of a highly restricted set of activities and operations for the license to use and an accompanying prohibition of activities (political, unethical, etc.) in compliance with the Codes and Policies of Publiks and of the pertinent series, subsidiary, affiliate, Site, Product or Service of Publiks.
Terms of Restricted Purposes
the explicit terms of a highly restricted purposes for the license to use and an accompanying prohibition of purposes (political, unethical, etc.) in compliance with the Codes and Policies of Publiks and of the pertinent series, subsidiary, affiliate, Site, Product or Service of Publiks.
Terms of Authorized Places and Registrations
the explicit terms of the authorized places and site where such use (e.g solicitations) may occur to ensure that any required licenses and registrations for such use are properly obtained.
Terms of Notification and Deposit
the explicit terms of a highly restricted timeframe for notification of the Founder and Publiks as well as transfer and depositing of any funds, revenues and other assets generated by such use in specified accounts or holdings of Publiks.
Designated Acknowledgment
the Manager, Trustee, Director, or Officer of Publiks — along with the Founder — authorized to send the required acknowledgments of receipt of funds, revenues and other assets generated by such use.
Approval of Messaging by Founder
final inspection, review and approval of messaging by the Founder, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
Non-Applicability to Ikoku Trusts and Foundations
None of the above is to apply to The Ikoku Charitable Trusts and The Ikoku Foundations, entities separate and distinct from Publiks that also have Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku as Founder, President and Chair.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.

E — Protected Usage on The Sites

Authorization and Management

— Notwithstanding any provisions of this Policy, the Codes and Policies, other official or governance documents of Publiks, or applicable state, federal or international law, agreement and treaties, the Sites of Publiks, as defined in the Codes and Policies section, are wholly owned by and under executive management of solely Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the sole Founder and Owner of Publiks, and only this Founder and Owner of Publiks, shall approve, review and authorize any activity, communication, operation, participation, and other use or visit of the Sites, including the submission, dissemination, and other use of any content, content, copyright, data or information, design, logo, media, material, name, patent, slogan, symbol, text, service- or trade mark, or variations thereof,  or any other proprietary material or intellectual property, either belonging to or on behalf of users, visitors and other external persons or belonging to or on behalf of Publiks, the divisions, series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, as well as the Products and Services.

Additional Protections for the Sites

— With respect to any and all real and intellectual property associated, contained, developed, or otherwise used with, within, in reference to or in relation to the Sites, as well as the Products and Services, you represent, warrant, and covenant your adherence to and compliance with the following additional protections:

Content of Sites as Protected
the Sites, and all of the content they did, currently do or in the future may contain — including but not limited to applications, articles, audio, audio files, designs, directories, goods, graphics, guides, information, music, photographs, software, text, video, as well as the code, copyrights, domain names, logos, patents, slogans, symbols, service- and trade-marks, trade dress, trade names and any other form of intellectual property that relates to the Sites — are owned by or licensed by Publiks and are protected from any unauthorized copying, dissemination or other use by copyrights, patents, service- and trade-marks, international treaties and other proprietary rights and laws of the US and other countries.
Sites Protected as Collective Work and Individual Works
the Sites are also protected and recognized as a collective work or compilation under state, federal and international intellectual property law and treaties and US copyright — wholly belonging to and owned by Publiks and specifically belonging to and owned by Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the Founder and Owner — and all individual articles, columns and other contributions and elements making up the Sites are also copyrighted works licensed to be used as part of the Sites. No appearance, provision, submission or other use or processing of individual articles, columns and other contributions and elements, or of User Content as defined in this Policy, shall affect, change, diminish or otherwise impact the recognition, protection and whole and sole ownership of the copyright of the Sites as described here and in this Policy.
Your Acknowledgement of Value and Rights
you acknowledge that the Sites have been conceptualized, developed, disseminated, managed, maintained, revised and otherwise produced by Publiks through the development and application of substantial creativity, discernment, effort, ideas, methodological attention, money, practice, research, time and equivalent resources, and constitutes valuable intellectual property of Publiks and specifically Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, the Founder and Owner, and where applicable, attributed and cited External Intellectual Property, content and sources.
Your Agreement to Abide
you agree to abide by all applicable copyright, patent, trademark, intellectual property and other laws, as well as any additional copyright and intellectual property notices or restrictions contained in the Sites.
Your Further Agreement to Protect
you agree to protect the real and intellectual property and proprietary rights of Publiks, and especially of the Founder and Owner, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, during and after the term of your access, activity, communication, operation, participation, or other use or visit in, within, with, of, for, on behalf of or otherwise pertaining to the Sites, and to comply with all reasonable written requests made by Publiks to protect real and intellectual property and proprietary rights pertaining to the Sites.
Your Further Agreement to Notify
you agree to notify Publiks, as well as this Founder and Owner, in writing promptly upon becoming aware of any unauthorized access, activity, communication, operation, participation, or other use or visit of the Sites by any individual or entity or of any claim that any person or any access, activity, communication, operation, participation, or other use of the Sites infringes upon any intellectual property or proprietary rights.
Exclusive Present and Future Rights
all present and future rights in and to copyrights, know-how, patents, service- and trademarks, trade secrets and other intellectual property and proprietary rights of any type under the laws of any governmental authority, domestic or foreign, including rights in and to all applications and registrations relating to the Sites shall, as between you and Publiks, at all times be and remain the sole and exclusive property of Publiks and especially this Founder and Owner, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.

— and all present and future rights in and title to the Sites (including the right to deploy, manage and otherwise produce or use the Sites and any portions of the Sites over any present or future technology) are reserved to Publiks and this Founder and Owner for its exclusive use.

Authorized Use of Sites
except as specifically permitted by written authorization and approval granted by this Founder and Owner, as described in prior sections of this Policy, or as permitted more generally in this Policy, or in these Codes and Policies, you may not copy or make any use of the Sites or any portion thereof.
Authorized Use of Property and Rights on Sites
except as specifically permitted herein, you shall not use any intellectual property rights of the Sites, or Publiks, or the names of any individual participant in, or contributor to, the Sites, or any variations or derivatives thereof, for any purpose, without  prior written approval and authorization of Publiks and the Founder as described above.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.

The Domains and Associated Assets

— The domains and urls listed below — and all associated assets and licenses — are wholly administered, controlled, managed and owned by Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, who is also the sole Founder and Owner, as well as President and Chair, of Publiks, Publiks Inc and The Publiks Group:

Domains of Publiks
the domains, ports, urls and other access points, as well as associated assets and licenses of the Products and Services pertaining to Publiks, including but not limited to “publiks.app,” “publiks.chat,” “publiks.cloud,” “publiks.dev,”“publiks.directory,” “publiks.events,” “publiks.exchange,” “publiks.help,” “publiks.info,” “publiks.live,” “publiks.market,” “publiks.markets,” “publiks.net,” “publiks.news,” “publiks.online,” “publiks.org,” “publiks.page,” “publiks.shop,” “publiks.store,” “publiks.stream,” “publiks.support,” “publiks.tel,” “publiks.tv” and “publiks.video.”
Domains of Publiks Regions
the domains, ports, urls and other access points, as well as associated assets and licenses of the Products and Services pertaining to Publiks with regional focus or variation, including but not limited to “publiks.at,” “publiks.be,” “publiks.ca,” “publiks.ch,” “publiks.cn,” “publiks.co.uk,” “publiks.dk,” “publiks.es,” “publiks.eu,” “publiks.fi,” “publiks.fr,” “publiks.gr,” “publiks.id,” “publiks.ie,” “publiks.in,” “publiks.it,” “publiks.lt,” “publiks.lu,” “publiks.me,” “publiks.mk,” “publiks.nl,” “publiks.pl,” “publiks.pt,” “publiks.ro,” “publiks.ru,” “publiks.se,” “publiks.si,” “publiks.tw,” “publiks.uk” and “publiks.us.”
Domains of MyPubliks
the domains, ports, urls and other access points, as well as associated assets and licenses of the Products and Services pertaining to MyPubliks with linguistic or regional focus or variation, including but not limited to “mypubliks.co.uk,” “mypubliks.com,” “mypubliks.eu,” “mypubliks.net,” “mypubliks.org,” “mypubliks.uk,” “mespubliks.com,” “mespubliks.eu,” “mespubliks.fr,” “mespubliks.org,” “meuspubliks.com,” “meuspubliks.eu,” “meuspubliks.org,” “meuspubliks.pt,” “mispubliks.com,” “mispubliks.es” and “mispubliks.org.”
Domains of OurPubliks
the domains, ports, urls and other access points, as well as associated assets and licenses of the Products and Services pertaining to OurPubliks with linguistic or regional focus or variation, including but not limited to “ourpubliks.co.uk,” “ourpubliks.com,” “ourpubliks.eu,” “ourpubliks.info,” “ourpubliks.net,” “ourpubliks.org,” “ourpubliks.uk,” “nospubliks.com,” “nospubliks.es,” “nospubliks.eu,” “nospubliks.fr,” “nospubliks.org” and “nospubliks.pt.”
Domains of Republiks
the domains, ports, urls and other access points, as well as associated assets and licenses of the Products and Services pertaining to Republiks, including but not limited to “republiks.com,” “republiks.info,” “republiks.net” and “republiks.org.”
Domains of Soul Publiks
the domains, ports, urls and other access points, as well as associated assets and licenses of the Products and Services pertaining to Soul Publiks, including but not limited to “soulpubliks.com,” “soulpubliks.info,” “soulpubliks.net” and “soulpubliks.org.”
Domains of The Body Republik
the domains, ports, urls and other access points, as well as associated assets and licenses of the Products and Services pertaining to The Body Republik, including but not limited to “bodypubliks.com,” “bodypubliks.info,” “bodypubliks.net” and “bodypubliks.org.”
Domains of Publiks Center
the domains, ports, urls and other access points, as well as associated assets and licenses of the Products and Services pertaining to Publiks Center, including but not limited to “publiks.center” and “publikscenter.com.”
Domains of Publiks Group
the domains, ports, urls and other access points, as well as associated assets and licenses of the Products and Services pertaining to The Publiks Group, including but not limited to “publiks.group” and “publiksgroup.com.”

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.

The Limited Permission to You

— With respect to the scope and nature of a limited permission Publiks grant to you during your access, activity, communication, operation, participation, and other use or visit with, within, for, on behalf of, in reference to, or otherwise pertaining to the Sites, as well as other Products and Services (“The Limited Permission”), you represent, warrant, and covenant your adherence to and compliance with the following:

The Limited Permission
that your activity, communication, operation, participation, and other use pertaining to the Sites, or other Products and Services, shall be wholly consistent with a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited permission — temporarily granted to you by Publiks — solely to access and display within the Sites authorized, public-facing, non-restricted access parts and sections of the Sites, or other Products and Services, for authorized uses as an authorized, consenting and identified browser or visitor, customer or potential customer, or user or potential user — and in a manner and mode that is viewable and reviewable by Publiks and specifically the Founder and Owner, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
No Other Rights or Licenses
that — except for the limited permission described above — Publiks do not grant you any express or implied rights or licenses, whether under any copyrights, patents or service- and trademarks, or other proprietary or intellectual property rights.
No Mirroring of Content or Section Elsewhere
that you shall not mirror any content, data and information, feedback, part or section of the Sites, or other Products and Services, on another product, service or site or in any other media.
All Software Governed by Policies
that any software and other materials made available at the Sites, or other Products and Services for your access, downloading or other use, even with its own license terms, shall also be governed by this Policy, the Codes and Policies and copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices provided by Publiks.
Continued Validity of Limited Permission
that the limited permission described above shall remain valid provided you comply with this Policy and all copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices are followed, observed and remain intact.
Not For a Purpose Deemed Illegal or Inconsistent with Policies
that your activity, communication, operation, participation, and other use pertaining to the Sites, or other Products and Services, shall not be for any illegal purpose, for the facilitation of the violation of any law or regulation, or in any manner inconsistent with the Terms, the Codes and Policies, the Founding Code of Ethics, and the cautions and prohibitions described in the Acceptable Use Policy.
Not In a Manner that Competes with Corporation, Division or Founder
that your activity, communication and other use pertaining to the Sites, or other Products and Services, shall not be for any purposes or in any manner that could compete with any of the activities, businesses and purposes of Publiks, the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, or the Founder and Owner, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku.
Termination Upon Non-Compliance
that your failure to comply with the Terms, Codes and Policies or any of the notices on the Sites, or other Products and Services, will result in automatic termination of any rights granted to you, without prior notice, and in such a case you agree that you must immediately destroy all copies of downloaded materials in your possession, custody or control.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.

User Content, Data and Feedback

— With respect to content, data and information, media, material and other real and intellectual property produced, submitted or otherwise generated during your access, activity, communication, operation, participation, and other use or visit with, within, for, on behalf of, in reference to, or otherwise pertaining to the Sites, as well as other Products and Services, you represent, warrant, and covenant your adherence to and compliance with the following:

Your User Content
that you — as a contributor, participant, user, visitor or equivalent person using and visiting the Sites, other Products and Services, as well as Publiks — may in certain expressly authorized areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties be able to curate, display, disseminate, edit, modify, share, transform or otherwise use “User Content” as defined in the main Codes and Policies section.
Your User Data and Information
that you — as a contributor, participant, user, visitor or equivalent person using and visiting the Sites, other Products and Services, as well as Publiks — may in certain expressly authorized areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties generate “User Data and Information” as defined in the main Codes and Policies section.
Your User Feedback
that you — as a contributor, participant, user, visitor or equivalent person using and visiting the Sites, other Products and Services, as well as Publiks — may in certain expressly authorized areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties be able to curate, display, disseminate, edit, modify, share, transform or otherwise use “User Feedback” as defined in the main Codes and Policies section.
Rights of User Data and Information
that Publiks and the Founder and Owner, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, solely retain all intellectual property and proprietary rights for any and all User Data and Information and User Feedback, including such sole rights to authorize, review and approve permissions, branding, franchises, licenses and other usage as describe above in this Policy.
Limited Permission for User Feedback
that Publiks solely grant to you The Limited Permission in any and all of your User Feedback, as such permission is described in this Policy.
Your Retention of Rights
that you — as a contributor, participant, user, visitor or equivalent person using and visiting the Sites, other Products and Services, as well as Publiks — retain intellectual property and proprietary rights for your User Content.
Your Granting of License to Publiks
that you — as a contributor, participant, user, visitor or equivalent person providing or otherwise using User Content on the Sites, other Products and Services, as well as Publiks — grant to Publiks and the Founder and Owner, Alvan Azinna Chibuzo Ikoku, a perpetual, nonexclusive, irrevocable, fully paid, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable (in whole or in part) worldwide right and license to exercise all now or later existing intellectual property rights or other rights of yours or others in any and all of the User Content, now known or later developed, in full or in part, for purposes of supporting the company mission and purposes (as determined by the discretion of Publiks and the Founder and Owner from time to time) and in all possible media now known or later developed. The foregoing rights include (but are not limited to), the right to adapt, copy, create derivative works based upon, curate, display, disseminate, distribute, modify, perform, publish in public or private venues (sites, newspapers or other media, brochures, reports and so on), read (on air or otherwise), reproduce, transform, translate, transmit digitally and otherwise use for any purpose whatsoever (including, without limitation, advertising, commercial, promotional and publicity purposes) in Publiks’, Publiks Inc’s and The Publiks Group’s and this Founder’s discretion without additional notice, attribution or consideration to you or to any other person or entity. Such additional uses by Publiks are made with no compensation to you with respect to your User Content as the use of the Sites and other Products and Services is hereby agreed as being sufficient compensation for your User Content and grant of rights herein.
Your Attestation to Being Original Creator
that you — as a contributor, participant, user, visitor or equivalent person providing or otherwise using User Content on the Sites — represent and warrant that you are the original author, creator or producer of the User Content (except where you specifically indicate otherwise), that neither the permission nor consent of any other person or entity is required to enable Publiks to legally use your User Content in accordance with the above license and that Publiks’, Publiks Inc’s and The Publiks Group’s use of your User Content in accordance with this license will not violate or infringe upon the rights of any person or entity, and that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the User Content that you submit.
Your Attestation to Non-Injury, Non-Violation and Indemnification
that you — as a contributor, participant, user, visitor or equivalent person providing or otherwise using User Content on the Sites, or other Products and Services — represent and warrant that the User Content you submit are truthful and accurate; that use of such User Content does not violate any of the Codes and Policies and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify Publiks, the Founder and Owner, leadership, employees, staff, contractors, volunteers, partners, representatives, agents, third parties, successors and assigns for all claims resulting from such User Content.

— Publiks, the Founder and Owner, leadership, employees, staff, contractors, volunteers, partners, representatives, agents, third parties, successors and assigns disclaim any responsibility and assume no liability for any User Content submitted by you or any third party.

Your Agreement about Non-Claim of Violation
that you — as a contributor, participant, user, visitor or equivalent person providing or otherwise using User Content on the Sites, or other Products and Services — hereby irrevocably waive, release and give up any claim that any use of such User Content violates any of your rights, including, without limitation, copyrights, service- and trademarks, moral rights, privacy rights, proprietary or other property rights, publicity rights or right to credit for the material or ideas, and forever release and discharge Publiks and its licensees from any and all claims you may have in connection with Publiks’, Publiks Inc’s and The Publiks Group’s use of your User Content in accordance with the above license.
Your Agreement about Limitation of Any Claim
that you — as a contributor, participant, user, visitor or equivalent person providing or otherwise using User Content and User Feedback on the Sites, or other Product and Services — acknowledge that, with respect to any claim you may have relating to or arising out of Publiks’, Publiks Inc’s and The Publiks Group’s and this Founder and Owner’s actual or alleged use of any User Content you submit to the Sites or Publiks, the damage, if any, thereby caused will not be irreparable or otherwise sufficient to entitle you to injunctive or other equitable relief or to in any way enjoin the exploitation or other use of any Product or Service of Publiks based on or allegedly based on the User Content, and your rights and remedies in any such event shall be strictly limited to the right to recover damages, if any, in an action at law.
Your Agreement about Non-Obligation
that you — as a contributor, participant, user, visitor or equivalent person providing or otherwise using User Content on the Sites, or other Products and Services — also agree and understand that neither Publiks nor this Founder and Owner are obligated to use or otherwise process any of the User Content you create or share on the Sites, other Products and Services or at Publiks and you have no right to compel such use.
Your Acknowledgement of Non-Fiduciary Relationship
that you — as a contributor, participant, user, visitor or equivalent person providing or otherwise using User Content on the Sites, or other Products and Services — hereby acknowledge and agree that your relationship with Publiks is not a beneficiary, confidential, controlling, decision-making, fiduciary, ownership, or other equivalent relationship, and that your decision to submit any User Content to the Sites, other Products and Services or to Publiks does not confer, provide or place you in such a relationship with Publiks or this Founder and Owner and furthermore does not place you in a position with respect to Publiks or to this Founder and Owner that is any different from the position held by members of the general public with regard to your User Content and User Feedback.
Your Attestation to Understanding
that you — as a contributor, participant, user, visitor or equivalent person providing or otherwise using User Content on the Sites, or other Products and Services — hereby agree that the above contains the full and complete understanding between Publiks, this Founder and Owner and you regarding Publiks’, Publiks Inc’s and The Publiks Group’s use of your User Content and cannot be modified except by a written instrument signed by Publiks, this Founder and Owner and you.
Authorized Use of Sites
except as specifically permitted by written authorization and approval granted by this Founder and Owner, as described in prior sections of this Policy, or as permitted more generally in this Policy, or in these Codes and Policies, you may not copy or make any use of the Sites, other Products and Services or any portion thereof.
Authorized Use of Property and Rights on Sites
and except as specifically permitted herein, you shall not use any intellectual property rights of the Sites, other Products and Services or Publiks, or the names of any individual participant in, or contributor to, the Sites or other Products and Services, or any variations or derivatives thereof, for any purpose, without prior written approval and authorization of Publiks and this Founder as described above.

And furthermore, by accessing, communicating, engaging, monitoring, transmitting, or otherwise using or visiting, in any way, Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of Publiks, any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the divisions, series, subsidiaries, or affiliates, as well as any areas, offices, parts, sections, or assets or properties of the Products or Services, you accept and agree to the terms, conditions, and requirements described above, and in these Codes and Policies, in its entirety without modification.

Questions and Violations

If you have any questions regarding this Policy, or wish to report any violations you notice (or feel may be occurring), please contact policies@publiks.org.

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Central and Associated Policies

Provision

As stated earlier, The Publiks User Agreement and Code of Conduct consist of several Codes and Policies that collectively govern all of your activity with, within, for, in reference to and otherwise pertaining to Publiks, including its series, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and the Products and Services. By continuing, you indicate that you understand that these Codes and Policies include — but are not limited to — the Founding and Mission Statement, the Founding and Governing Code of Ethics, the Policy on Company and Division Integrity, the Policy on Independence and Freedoms, the Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality, the Terms and Conditions of Use and Service, and the Acceptable Uses Policy along with all Associated Codes and Policies. Access to the aforementioned is provided below.

Founding and Mission

Statement on Founding and Mission of Publiks (HTML)

Founding Code of Ethics

Founding Code of Ethics (HTML)

Company and Division Integrity

Company and Division Integrity (HTML)

Independence and Freedoms

Independence and Freedoms (HTML)

Privacy and Confidentiality

Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality (HTML)

Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions of Use and Service (HTML)

The Acceptable Uses Policy

Acceptable Use Policy (HTML)

All Policies

All Policies (HTML)

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Also at the Division

Publiks and its parent company, The Ikoku Group, are dedicated to developing, providing and safekeeping ideas and solutions — with the mission to foster care and creativity, culture and communities, ethics and innovation in lives and societies. And so in accordance with the above, Publiks and The Ikoku Group provide the following:

I.

A Company of and about Ethics

A company and division whose ethics and policies are carefully crafted, then adhered to by a range of individuals and entities working in varied relation to Publiks and The Ikoku Group to establish, develop and operate a private company dedicated to fostering care and creativity, ethics and innovation.

II.

Built with Integrity and Respect in Mind

A company and division who take as their basis the most robust conceptions of humanity, integrity and respect as well as independence and fundamental freedoms, liberties and rights — up to and beyond what the law protects and provides for — as they carry out and embody their founding and core mission and purposes.

III.

Areas of Focus Chosen for Mission and Work

And a company and division whose areas of focus have been expressly chosen to ensure attention to issues of enduring concern to the Founder — and so committed to providing products, services, sites and spaces that remain safe, secure and respectful places to do work, to teach and learn, to form, inform and, where needed, transform local and global communities.

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