Press Center Terms of Use

The LegalZoom Press Center (the “Press Center”), available at legalzoom.com/press-center, is a resource intended to provide journalists with quick and easy access to information for stories and articles. The Press Center includes LegalZoom fact sheets, press releases, background information, media guides, media contacts, downloadable photos and logos, press releases, and a media registration page. These Press Center Terms of Use incorporate by reference our Terms of Use Agreement (the “Terms of Use”) available at http://www.legalzoom.com/terms-of-use.html and our Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) available at http://www.legalzoom.com/privacy-policy-popup.html. Journalists and press agencies that wish to use any of the Press Center’s assets must comply with the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, as well as the legal restrictions outlined in these Press Center Terms of Use.

The Press Center is for accredited journalists and members of press agencies only (collectively, the “Authorized Users”). It is your responsibility to review these Press Center Terms of Use periodically. If, at any time, you find these Press Center Terms of Use unacceptable or if you do not agree to these Press Center Terms of Use, please do not use the Press Center. We may revise these Press Center Terms of Use at any time without notice to you. If you have any questions about these Press Center Terms of Use, please contact our legal department.

(1)   License; Responsibilities.

(a)    Grant of License. Subject to these Press Center Terms of Use, LegalZoom hereby grants you:

(1)   a limited, non-exclusive, nontransferable, royalty free, revocable license to download and use the content located in the Press Center of the LegalZoom web site, which content may include downloadable photos and logos, drawings, trademarks, and rendered images (the “LZ Licensed Property”), solely for Licensed Uses, as described in greater detail below.

(2)   No other right or license, whether express or implied, is granted to you by LegalZoom with respect to any other trademark, trade name, copyright, or other intellectual property right owned, possessed, or licensed by or to LegalZoom. You agree that you will not use the LZ Licensed Property in any manner not specifically authorized by these Press Center Terms of Use. LegalZoom shall have the right to use, edit, modify, license, assign, register, cease to use, or take any other action regarding the LZ Licensed Property at any time.

(3)   LegalZoom reserves the right in its sole discretion to terminate or modify your permission to display the LZ Licensed Property and to take action against any use that does not conform to these terms and conditions, infringes any LegalZoom intellectual property or other right, or violates applicable law.

(b)   General Responsibilities.

(1)   You agree that you will use the LZ Licensed Property only as expressly permitted in these Press Center Terms of Use and only in the manner expressly set forth herein. You agree that you will not modify, sell, create derivatives, transfer, transmit, assign, sublicense, pledge, or otherwise use any of the LZ Licensed Property except as otherwise expressly permitted herein and only in accordance with these Press Center Terms of Use.

(2)   You agree that you will not, and will not assist any third party to, register or attempt to register any portion of the LZ Licensed Property or any colorable variation thereof as a trademark, service mark, copyright, trade dress, patent, or otherwise in your own name, and that you will cooperate fully as requested by LegalZoom in connection with any registration of any portion of the LZ Licensed Property by LegalZoom.

(3)   The rights granted hereunder are conditioned on your full and complete compliance with the provisions of these Press Center Terms of Use and on your full and complete compliance (i) with the notice provisions of the trademark, copyright, or intellectual property laws of the United States, and (ii) as otherwise required by LegalZoom.

(c)    Specific Limitations.

(1)   The LZ Licensed Property may be used by Authorized Users for editorial purposes only, in close proximity to or in obvious connection with published articles, newspapers, news magazines, web pages, documentations, trade publications, and broadcast media articles or stories specifically about LegalZoom or its products or services (the “Licensed Uses”).

(2)   The LZ Licensed Property may not be copied, distributed, or used apart from the Licensed Uses or the applicable product or service. For example, you may not redistribute a logo in hard copy or electronic form or make it available online for others to copy. It may only be used in the manner set forth herein.

(3)   The LZ Licensed Property may not be used to suggest that LegalZoom owns, endorses, or sponsors products and services other than the products and services of LegalZoom.

(4)   The LZ Licensed Property must be used exactly as provided by LegalZoom, with no changes. All logos and photographs must be displayed in their entirety. Changes that distort, remove, modify, or animate the logos themselves or any of their design elements or incorporated text, including but not limited to the trade dress, the color, the proportion, the artwork, or the trademark symbols are strictly prohibited.

(5)   Minimum clearance must be maintained between the logo and the other elements. Clear space around the logo should be equal to one half the height of the logo, including any text incorporated into the logo. More detailed guidelines are available here: LegalZoom Logo Style Guide

(6)   Use of the LZ Licensed Property must be consistent with the public image of LegalZoom and community standards regarding obscenity or indecency. Use of the LZ Licensed Property in anything other than a professional manner is strictly prohibited.

(7)   Product or service vendors are not permitted to use LegalZoom logos. Logos that appear in the Press Center are intended for press agencies and journalists only.

(d)   Reproduction of Trademarks. The trademarks, service marks, trade names, and trade dress of LegalZoom are valuable assets. In following these Press Center Terms of Use, you help us protect our valuable trademark rights and strengthen our corporate and brand identities. By using a LegalZoom trademark, in whole or in part, you are acknowledging that LegalZoom is the sole owner of the trademark and promising that you will not interfere with the rights of LegalZoom in the trademark, including challenging the use, registration of, or application to register such trademark of LegalZoom, alone or in combination with other words, anywhere in the world, and that you will not harm, misuse, or bring into disrepute any LegalZoom trademark.

(1)   In Text. Media and the press may use the LegalZoom word mark in text without prior approval from LegalZoom, provided that the uses are truthful, fair, and not misleading. However, you may not use any LegalZoom logos unless specifically authorized by LegalZoom to do so.

(2)   Limitations on Trademark Use. Your use of the trademarks of LegalZoom is subject to the following additional limitations:

(i)     LegalZoom®, LegalZoom.com®, LegalZip®, the bi-colored “flying document” logo®, Proxilaw®, We Put the Law on Your Side®, all images and text, and all page headers, custom graphics, and button icons are service marks, trademarks, and/or trade dress of LegalZoom.com, Inc. All other trademarks, product names, and company names or logos cited herein are the property of their respective owners.

(ii)   PLEASE USE OUR TRADEMARKS PROPERLY. Use correct trademark form: proper spelling and capitalization, no abbreviations.

(iii) Use the registered-trademark, trademark symbol, or service mark symbol (® or ™ or ^SM) at the upper-right corner immediately following the LegalZoom trademark. If symbols are unavailable or inaccessible, use parentheses: (TM), (SM), and (R).

(iv) Use the trademark symbol for the most prominent mention of the mark, such as in an article’s title, heading, or first mention of the mark. Subsequent acknowledgements within the document are not necessary.

(v)   If possible, include the following notice somewhere in your text, such as in a footnote or small print at the bottom of the page: “LegalZoom and all other LegalZoom product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of Legalzoom.com, Inc. in the USA and other countries. ® indicates USA registration.” on materials.

(vi) Do not use LegalZoom as a noun. LegalZoom should be used as an adjective modifying a noun. Use the correct generic name or descriptor immediately after first mention of the trademark in text.

      RIGHT: My company is licensed to provide LegalZip® software.

      WRONG: My company is licensed to provide LegalZip®.

(vii)     Do not use LegalZoom trademarks in the possessive form.

      RIGHT: The executives of LegalZoom® have vast libraries of knowledge.

      WRONG: LegalZoom’s executives have vast libraries of knowledge.

(viii)   Do not make trademarks plural.

      RIGHT: Our company is conveniently located near two Post Office™ locations.

      WRONG: Our company is conveniently located near two Post Offices.

(e)    Use of Photographs. Permission for use of photographic imagery from the Press Center is granted only under the following conditions: Each use shall be accompanied by the appropriate credit line as noted below the picture. Copying of images for further distribution or commercial use is prohibited under these Press Center Terms of Use.

(f)    Use of Quotations. All quotations taken from the Press Center must be reproduced verbatim, not paraphrased or summarized. Quotations from interviews with LegalZoom representatives should be identified with the representative’s name, title, and company name.

(g)   Goodwill of the LZ Licensed Property.

(1)   You recognize the great value of the goodwill associated with the LZ Licensed Property, and acknowledge that the LZ Licensed Property and all rights therein, and goodwill pertaining thereto, belong exclusively to LegalZoom. You agree that you will not attack the title or any rights of LegalZoom in and to the LZ Licensed Property or attack the validity of the license granted hereunder. You understand that this license can be revoked by LegalZoom at any time. If LegalZoom does revoke this license, you must destroy or delete all copies of the LZ Licensed Property in your possession.

(2)   You understand and agree that the license granted herein is derived solely from these Press Center Terms of Use, and that the use of the LZ Licensed Property, as well as any goodwill established by that use, will inure to the exclusive benefit of LegalZoom.

(3)   You further agree at all times to use the LZ Licensed Property only in connection with legitimate editorial purposes. You agree to provide LegalZoom, on the request of LegalZoom, with copies of the editorial pieces with which the LZ Licensed Property is used to ensure that you are complying with the quality standards required herein.

(4)   You agree to take all commercially reasonable efforts to prevent third parties from misappropriating or obtaining unauthorized access, use or transmission of the LZ Licensed Property (collectively, the “Unauthorized Uses”). In the event that you learn of an Unauthorized Use, you shall promptly and fully inform LegalZoom of all facts known to you with respect to such Unauthorized Use. LegalZoom may, at its own expense, institute any legal action or proceeding to obtain any relief permitted in law, equity or both, against any persons or entities causing, directly or indirectly, such Unauthorized Use, and if any such action or proceeding is instituted, you shall reasonably cooperate with LegalZoom in connection therewith.

(h)   No Additional Rights.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to confer any additional rights on you by implication, estoppel, or otherwise as to the intellectual property rights of LegalZoom other than as specifically enumerated herein, regardless of whether such additional rights shall be dominant or subordinate to any intellectual property rights.

(2)   Indemnification.

You agree to defend, indemnify and save harmless LegalZoom, its officers, agents, and employees from and against any and all liability, claims, demands, fines, fees, expenses, penalties, suits, proceedings, actions, and costs of action, including attorneys’ fees for trial and on appeal, of any kind and nature arising out of or in any way connected with your use of the LZ Licensed Property.

(3)   Limitation of Liability.

THE LZ LICENSED PROPERTY IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND LEGALZOOM DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT. FURTHERMORE, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT BEING CHARGED FOR USE OF THE LZ LICENSED PROPERTY, IN NO EVENT SHALL LEGALZOOM BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THESE TERMS OF USE UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY INCLUDING FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE USE OF THE LZ LICENSED PROPERTY, EVEN IF LEGALZOOM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY STATED HEREIN. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.