Site materials and marks belong to Starbucks, its licensors or users
Unless otherwise indicated, the Sites and their content and materials (including the Starbucks logo, designs, text, graphics, pictures, information, data, software and sound files) are the property of Starbucks, its licensors or users, and are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Starbucks marks and third-party marks may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from Starbucks or the trademark holder. All rights not expressly granted are reserved. The separate User Content section says Starbucks claims no ownership or control over User Content, except as otherwise provided in the Terms, on the Sites or in a separate agreement, while also granting Starbucks a broad license to it.
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are the property of Starbucks or its licensors or users and are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws
may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Starbucks or the applicable trademark holder
All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
Starbucks claims no ownership or control over any User Content, except as otherwise provided herein, on the Sites or in a separate agreement.
Qualifications & exceptions
"Unless otherwise indicated" qualifies the ownership statement.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Limited personal-use license to the Sites
Starbucks grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited and revocable license to use the Sites for personal use only, in accordance with the Terms. Any other use, including resale, transfer, modification or distribution of the Sites or their content (text, pictures, music, barcodes, video, data, hyperlinks, displays and other associated content), is prohibited. Nothing in the Terms transfers title, ownership or exclusive use rights in any intellectual property, unless explicitly stated. The Terms and license also cover updates, supplements and replacements of the Sites unless separate terms come with them, in which case the separate terms apply.
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Starbucks grants the User a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited, and revocable license to use the Sites for personal use only
Any use of the Sites in any other manner, including, without limitation, resale, transfer, modification or distribution of the Sites
Unless explicitly stated herein, nothing in these Terms shall be construed as conferring in any manner
unless separate terms accompany such updates, supplements, or replacements, in which case the separate terms will apply
Qualifications & exceptions
The license is expressly subject to the Terms and can be revoked.
Content & IP Rights · Procedure
How to report copyright infringement to Starbucks
If you believe material on the Sites infringes a copyright you own or control, you may file a notification with Starbucks' Designated Agent, whose postal address, phone number and email are listed in the Terms (Starbucks Corporation Law & Corporate Affairs, Seattle, dmca@starbucks.com). The Terms point to 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3) for the requirements of a proper notice and warn that if you knowingly misrepresent that material is infringing, you will be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, incurred by Starbucks or the alleged infringer from relying on the misrepresentation.
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you may file a notification of such infringement with our Designated Agent as set forth below
dmca@starbucks.com
Please see 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3) for the requirements of a proper notification.
if you knowingly misrepresent in your notification that the material or activity is infringing, you will be liable for any damages, including costs and attorneys' fees
Qualifications & exceptions
The Terms cite 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3) by name only; the statute text is not supplied.
Content & IP Rights · User right or choice
Counter-notification if your posted material is taken down
If a copyright infringement notice has been filed against material you posted on the Sites, you may file a counter-notification with the Designated Agent, provided it meets the requirements of 17 U.S.C. §512(g)(3). If Starbucks receives a valid counter-notification, it may reinstate the removed or disabled material in accordance with the DMCA.
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you may make a counter-notification with our Designated Agent listed above, provided that such counter-notification complies with the requirements of 17 U.S.C. §512(g)(3)
If Starbucks receives a valid counter-notification, it may reinstate the removed or disabled material in accordance with the DMCA.
Qualifications & exceptions
"May reinstate" is permissive; no commitment to reinstate is stated.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Starbucks takes no responsibility for User Content; interactive areas are public
Starbucks says it does not control, take responsibility for or assume liability for any User Content posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party, or for loss or damage to it, and is not liable for user conduct or for things you may encounter such as mistakes, defamation, falsehoods, obscenity or profanity. The Terms describe interactive areas as generally open and public community areas, and tell you that certain information and content you choose to post may be displayed publicly. You are solely responsible for your use of the Sites and agree to use the interactive areas at your own risk.
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Starbucks does not control, take responsibility for or assume liability for any User Content posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party
The interactive areas are generally designed as open and public community areas for connecting and sharing with other people.
certain information and content you choose to post may be displayed publicly
You are solely responsible for your use of the Sites and agree to use the interactive areas at your own risk.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Starbucks may remove or edit User Content at any time; you keep your own backups
You can report User Content you believe violates the Terms with the "Report Abuse" or "Flag" links below each item; copyright infringement is handled through the separate DMCA notice process. Enforcement is solely in Starbucks' discretion, and not enforcing in one instance does not waive enforcement in others. The Terms create no private right of action for third parties and no expectation that the Sites will not contain prohibited content. Starbucks has no obligation to screen, edit or monitor User Content, but reserves the right, with absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit any User Content at any time, for any reason, without notice. You are solely responsible, at your own cost, for creating backup copies and replacing any User Content you post or store on the Sites.
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you may report it by clicking on the "Report Abuse" or "Flag" links located just below each piece of User Content
you may file a notification of such infringement with our Designated Agent as set forth below
Enforcement of these Terms however, is solely in our discretion and absence of enforcement in some instances does not constitute a waiver
these Terms do not create any private right of action on the part of any third party
Starbucks has no obligation to screen, edit or monitor any of the User Content posted on the Sites
Starbucks reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit any User Content on the Sites at any time and for any reason without notice
You are solely responsible for creating backup copies and replacing any User Content you post or store on the Sites at your sole cost and expense.
Qualifications & exceptions
The reporting links are described as located below each piece of User Content.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
You warrant you have the rights to the User Content you post
You represent and warrant that your User Content is not subject to any confidentiality obligations and that you own and control all rights to it, have the lawful right to distribute and produce it, or otherwise have the right to grant Starbucks the rights described in the Terms.
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You represent and warrant that your User Content is not subject to any confidentiality obligations and that you own and control all of the rights to the User Content
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Broad license to Starbucks over your User Content, name and likeness
By submitting or posting User Content on the Sites, you grant Starbucks and its designees a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully paid-up and royalty-free license to use, sell, reproduce, prepare derivative works, combine with other works, alter, translate, distribute copies, display, perform, publish, license or sub-license the User Content and your name and likeness provided in connection with that use. By posting, you also release Starbucks and its agents and employees from claims that such authorized use violates your rights, and you understand you are not entitled to compensation for any use of your User Content.
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by submitting or posting User Content on the Sites, you grant Starbucks and its designees a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid up and royalty free license
to use, sell, reproduce, prepare derivative works, combine with other works, alter, translate, distribute copies, display, perform, publish, license or sub-license the User Content and your name and likeness provided in connection with such use of your User Content
you hereby release Starbucks and its agents and employees from any claims that such use, as authorized above, violates any of your rights
you will not be entitled to any compensation for any use of your User Content
Qualifications & exceptions
The license is stated as non-exclusive.
The name-and-likeness grant is limited to what is provided in connection with the User Content use.
Cross-references
qualifies (model-proposed): Site materials and marks belong to Starbucks, its licensors or users — qualifies: The ownership card says Starbucks claims no ownership of User Content except as provided; the User Content license is the provided exception that gives Starbucks a broad, perpetual license to it.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Ideas you send are voluntary and non-confidential
Separately from User Content, you may submit questions, comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, plans, drawings or other materials about Starbucks, the Sites and its products ("Ideas"). The Terms say Ideas are voluntary, non-confidential, gratuitous and non-committal, and ask you not to send Ideas if you expect to be paid or want to keep owning or claiming rights in them. You must also tell Starbucks if you have a pending or registered patent on the Idea. You represent and warrant that the Idea is not subject to confidentiality obligations or third-party intellectual property encumbrances and that you own and control the rights to it and can grant Starbucks the rights described.
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The Ideas you submit are voluntary, non-confidential, gratuitous and non-committal.
Please do not send us Ideas if you expect to be paid or want to continue to own or claim rights in them
You must also inform us if you have a pending or registered patent relative to the Idea.
You represent and warrant that your Idea is not subject to any confidentiality obligations or third party intellectual property encumbrances
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Starbucks gets a broad license to Ideas and owns what it creates from them
By submitting an Idea, you grant Starbucks and its designees a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully paid-up and royalty-free license to use, sell, reproduce, prepare derivative works, combine, alter, translate, distribute, display, perform, publish, license or sub-license the Idea. Starbucks is entitled to unrestricted use and dissemination of Ideas for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation. You release Starbucks and its agents and employees from claims that such use violates your rights. Starbucks owns exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, in any work it creates or has created from the Idea or a similar idea of its own.
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By submitting your Idea, you grant Starbucks and its designees a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid up and royalty free license
shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of Ideas for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you
you hereby release Starbucks and its agents and employees from any claims that such use violates any of your rights
Starbucks shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, to any work it creates or has created from the Idea or a similar idea of its own.
Qualifications & exceptions
The ownership sentence covers works Starbucks creates "from the Idea or a similar idea of its own".
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Limited, revocable right to link to the Sites
You are granted a limited, non-exclusive right to create text hyperlinks to the Sites for noncommercial purposes, provided the links do not portray Starbucks in a false, misleading, derogatory or defamatory way and the linking site has no obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit or illegal material or material that is offensive, harassing or otherwise objectionable. Starbucks can revoke this limited right at any time.
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You are granted a limited, non-exclusive right to create text hyperlinks to the Sites for noncommercial purposes
provided such links do not portray Starbucks in a false, misleading, derogatory or otherwise defamatory manner
the linking site does not contain any obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit or illegal material or any material that is offensive, harassing or otherwise objectionable
This limited right may be revoked at any time.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
No logo links or framing; Starbucks not responsible for linking sites
You may not use the Starbucks logo or other proprietary graphics to link to the Sites, or use framing techniques to enclose any Starbucks trademark, logo or proprietary information (including images, text content or page layout and design), without Starbucks' express written permission or consent. Except as noted, no right or license is conveyed by implication, estoppel or otherwise in any patent, trademark, copyright or proprietary right of Starbucks or any third party. Starbucks makes no representation about, and accepts no responsibility for, the quality, content or reliability of sites that link to the Sites, which it does not control.
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you may not use Starbucks' logo or other proprietary graphics to link to our Sites without our express written permission
you may not use, frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any Starbucks trademark, logo or other proprietary information
Except as noted above, you are not conveyed any right or license by implication, estoppel or otherwise
Starbucks makes no claim or representation regarding, and accepts no responsibility for, the quality, content, nature or reliability of websites linking to the Sites.
Qualifications & exceptions
The permission or consent must be express and written.