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The Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority (EIPA) maintains the EIPA IP Marketplace Platform with the goal of assisting owners of Intellectual Property (IP) Rights in making listings of their IP rights and expertise available to companies or other entities interested in utilizing those IP rights, including through voluntary licensing. The platform’s content is provided for informational purposes only and does not represent legal advice of any sort, professional advice of any kind, or an endorsement by the EIPA of any specific technology or entity. The platform’s information is not guaranteed by the EIPA to be trustworthy, sufficient, current, accurate or complete nor is it guaranteed that access to it or the platform will be prompt, uninterrupted or secure.
The information found on the Platform may include commercial material from the entities who voluntarily provided the listings in addition to the basic patent information, such as Patent abstracts and titles. The published Intellectual Property (IP) Rights included on the Platform may include an indication of the availability of such IP for voluntary licensing. The platform is not meant as a platform for performing transaction, but rather as a source of information to assist contact between possible licensors and licensees or other parties to transactions. The EIPA disclaims all liability and responsibility in relation to licensing or other voluntary arrangements arrived at by utilizing the platform, including but not limited to the availability of such IP for licensing. The negotiation of any transfers or grants of rights for the IP listed on the Platform is the responsibility of the parties using it.
The EIPA may at any time update, amend, or remove the information on the Platform without notice. Therefore, users should not rely solely on the information found on the Platform and should seek independent, relevant advice from professionals before acting or relying on any information or material found on the Platform. The EIPA is not responsible for the consequences of the use of any information or material on the Platform, including any decision to act or not act on the basis of the information.
The EIPA is not responsible for any direct or indirect loss or damage suffered or incurred by users of the Platform or anyone else in connection with the Platform, or use of the Platform in any manner, including loss of profits; loss of revenue; loss of goodwill; loss of customers; loss of or damage to reputation; loss of capital; downtime costs; loss under or in relation to any other contract; loss of data; loss of use of data; or any direct, indirect, economic, special, or consequential loss, harm, damage, cost, or expense, including legal fees. The information regarding Patent, Utility Model, Industrial Design or Patent of Introduction found on the Platform and on the sites linked to the Platform may not reflect the information available on other EIPA webpages or databases, or that may be otherwise available to the EIPA.
Previous or ongoing legal actions, administrative actions, or other causes may affect the legal status of published Patent, Utility Model, Industrial Design or Patent of Introduction applications or Patent, Utility Model, Industrial Design or Patent of Introduction listed on the Platform. Transfers of rights, such as assignments and licenses affecting the published Patent, Utility Model, Industrial Design or Patent of Introduction applications or Patent, Utility Model, Industrial Design or Patent of Introduction listed on the Platform, may not be known to the EIPA and may not be reflected on the Platform. Patent, Utility Model, Industrial Design or Patent of Introduction shown as granted (Registered) on the Platform or on sites linked to the Platform may in some cases change status at a later date to abandoned, unenforceable, invalid, or rejected.