Intellectual Property Rules

1) 0 points will be deducted for the first violation.

2) 3 points will be deducted for each subsequent violation.

3) If 24 points are accumulated in a year, the account will be closed.

Infringements at the physical level:

1) The physical product or its packaging is pirated.

2) The physical product or its packaging is not pirated, but unauthorized copyrighted works are included.

Information level infringements:

The situations that the product and its packaging are not infringing, but the pictures, texts, and other copyrighted works used in the store are unauthorized.

2) 2 points will be deducted for each subsequent violation.

3)  If 24 points are accumulated in a year, the account will be closed.

2) 2 points will be deducted for each subsequent violation.

3)  If 24 points are accumulated in a year, the account will be closed. (If the circumstance is serious, the account will be closed after three violations).

2. The cumulative deduction of all general violations and copyright infringement complaints within the same day, including all established complaints (trademark or patent rights: the respondent was complained by the same intellectual property owner and did not send a counter-notification within the specified period, or sent the counter-notification which was not established; Copyright: The respondent was complained by the same copyright owner and did not send a counter-notification within the specified period, or sent the counter-notification which was not established) and the random inspections on SILVRR, did not exceed 6 points;

3. SILVRR will regard the following situation as one violation: all serious violations within the same three days, including all established complaints (that is, the respondent was complained by the same intellectual property owner and did not send a counter-notification within the specified period; or sent the counter-notification which was not established) and the random inspections on SILVRR; the account will be closed for three serious violations, and the total number of serious violations is recorded without distinguishing the type of infringement;

4. SILVRR reserves the right to impose penalties on the product violations and infringements in the seller’s store, including but not limited to (i) returning or deleting products/information; (ii) restricting product release; (iii) temporarily freezing the account; and (iv) closing the account. For users whose accounts have been closed, SILVRR reserves the right to take measures to prevent the users from registering on SILVRR again.

5. Each violation is valid for 365 days from the start of penalty;

6. If a user infringes, based on the principle of safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the right holder, SILVRR has the right to take the measures that are considered applicable by the platform to deal with the user and its related accounts. When the user’s infringement is particularly significant or extreme, SILVRR has the right to unilaterally terminate the SILVRR merchant service agreement and free membership agreement with the user, and directly close the user’s account.

Under such circumstances, SILVRR has the right to freeze funds in SILVRR account in addition to the right to close the account directly. It is to ensure that the legitimate rights and interests of the consumers or right holders can be protected when they exercise their rights to complain, report, and litigate. “The particularly significant or extreme infringements” include but are not limited to the following situations:

The circumstances of user infringement are particularly serious;

The right holder filed a lawsuit or launched a legal request against SILVRR;

The user was sued by the right holder for infringement, and was filed and handled by judicial, law enforcement, or administrative agencies;

In response to the requirements from the judicial, law enforcement, or administrative agencies, SILVRR deals with accounts or takes other related measures;

The products sold by users have a great impact on the factors such as product attributes, sources, sales scales, influences, damages, etc;

Other situations constitute serious infringements (for example, misplacement of categories, use of anagram words, concealment of trademarks, and other means to attract traffic).

7. SILVRR reserves the right of final interpretation and decision on the above handling measures, etc., and also reserves all rights related to them.

8. If there are inconsistencies, ambiguities, or conflicts between the Chinese and non-Chinese versions of these rules, the Chinese version shall prevail.