Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy
The American Bar Association, an Illinois non-profit corporation (the “ABA” “we” or “us”), respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. The ABA has no responsibility for content on other web sites that you may find or access while using its Services (as defined in the Terms of Service (“TOS”)). Material available on or through other web sites may be protected by copyright and the intellectual property laws of the United States and/or other countries. The terms of use of those web sites and applicable intellectual property laws, and not the TOS, govern your use of that material.
It is the ABA’s policy in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may be repeat infringers of the copyright and intellectual property rights of others.
Notice For Claims Of Intellectual Property Or Copyright Infringement; Agent For Notice Of Infringement
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide ABA's Copyright Agent the following information:
(a) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
(b) a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
(c) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the ABA site;
(d) your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
(e) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; AND
(f) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.
The ABA's Agent for notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:
By mail:
Office of the General Counsel
American Bar Association
Attn: Catherine Daubard
321 N. Clark Street, 21st Floor
Chicago, IL 60654-4714
By phone: (312) 988-5214
By fax: (312) 988-5217
By e-mail: daubardc@staff.abanet.org