Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Notice and Procedure

Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement in Accordance with DMCA

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the text of which may be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website at http://www.copyright.gov, Wells Fargo will respond expeditiously to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement that are reported to Wells Fargo’s designated copyright agent identified below. As part of our response, we may remove or disable access to material residing on a site that is controlled or operated by Wells Fargo that is claimed to be infringing, in which case we will make a good-faith attempt to contact the person who submitted the affected material so that they may make a counter notification, also in accordance with the DMCA. This page describes the information that should be present in these notices.

Wells Fargo promises a prompt response to clear infringement notices Content & IP Rights
Wells Fargo may remove or disable access to material claimed to infringe Content & IP Rights
After removal, Wells Fargo will try to contact the content submitter Content & IP Rights

Notice of Infringing Material

If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of an owner of the copyright or of any exclusive right under the copyright, and believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please report your notice of infringement to Wells Fargo by providing Wells Fargo’s designated copyright agent listed below with the following information:

A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- An infringement notice needs an authorized person’s signature Content & IP Rights
Identify in sufficient detail the copyrighted work that you believe has been infringed or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
- Identify the copyrighted work in sufficient detail Content & IP Rights
Identify the material that you claim is infringing the copyrighted work listed in #2 above and that is to be removed or access disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit Wells Fargo to locate the material;
- Identify the allegedly infringing material and how to locate it Content & IP Rights
Provide information reasonably sufficient to permit Wells Fargo to contact you, including a name, address, telephone number and email address;
- Provide contact details with the infringement notice Data Access & Collection
- A copy of the infringement notice will go to the content provider Sharing & Disclosure
If possible, provide information sufficient to allow Wells Fargo to notify the owner/administrator of the allegedly infringing content;
- If possible, help Wells Fargo notify the content owner or administrator Content & IP Rights
Include the following statements:
"I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above as allegedly infringing is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law."
- State a good-faith belief that the use is unauthorized Content & IP Rights
"I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."
- Swear to the notice’s accuracy and your authority under penalty of perjury Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Sign the notice;
- An infringement notice needs an authorized person’s signature Content & IP Rights
Send the notice to: Wells Fargo & Company ATTN: Copyright Attorney Wells Fargo Legal Department 90 S. 7th Street Minneapolis, MN 55402-3903 Email: intellectualproperty@wellsfargo.com
- Send infringement notices to Wells Fargo’s copyright attorney Content & IP Rights
Please note that a copy of this legal notice will be forwarded to the person who provided the allegedly infringing content.
- A copy of the infringement notice will go to the content provider Sharing & Disclosure

Counter Notification

The administrator of an affected site or the provider of affected content may make a counter notification pursuant to sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. When we receive a counter notification, we may reinstate the material in question.

Affected site administrators or content providers may counter-notify Content & IP Rights

To file a counter notification with us, you must provide a written communication by fax or regular mail that sets forth the items specified below:

Counter notifications must be written and sent by fax or regular mail Content & IP Rights
Sign and send the counter notification to the copyright attorney Content & IP Rights

Identify the specific URLs or other unique identifying information of material that Wells Fargo has removed or to which Wells Fargo has disabled access.
- Identify the material Wells Fargo removed or disabled Content & IP Rights
Provide your name, address, telephone number, email address, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or the Northern District of California if your address is outside of the United States), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under subsection (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.
- Provide contact details with a counter notification Data Access & Collection
- Counter-notifiers must consent to federal court jurisdiction and service Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Include the following statement:
"I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I have a good faith belief that the material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled, or that the material identified by the complainant has been removed or disabled and will no longer be shown."
- Include the specified sworn counter-notification statement Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Sign the notice;
- Sign and send the counter notification to the copyright attorney Content & IP Rights
Send the notice to: Wells Fargo & Company ATTN: Copyright Attorney Wells Fargo Legal Department 90 S. 7th Street Minneapolis, MN 55402-3903 Email: intellectualproperty@wellsfargo.com
- Counter notifications must be written and sent by fax or regular mail Content & IP Rights
- Sign and send the counter notification to the copyright attorney Content & IP Rights

DMCA Notice

View or download the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Notice and Procedure (PDF).

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