Terms of Use

These Terms of Use govern access to and use of the patent information, search, analytics, intelligence, visualisation and related services made available through this website (the “Service”).

By accessing, browsing or using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these Terms of Use and agree to use the Service subject to them. If you do not agree with these Terms, you should discontinue use of the Service.

1. Nature of the Service

The Service is an independent patent information and analytics service developed from publicly available patent-related information, including information published in official bulletins and other public sources.

The Service is not an official service of TÜRKPATENT, the European Patent Office, WIPO or any other intellectual property office or public authority, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any such authority.

Information presented through the Service may be extracted, processed, reconstructed, normalised, classified, linked or analysed using automated and semi-automated methods.

References to companies, applicants, patent owners, inventors, representatives or other persons and entities are based on information appearing in the underlying sources and do not imply any relationship with, endorsement by, or participation in the Service.

2. No Guarantee of Accuracy or Completeness

While reasonable efforts may be made to process and present information accurately, Stan Advoka does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness, currency, consistency or reliability of the database or of any search result, timeline, classification, relationship, statistic, analysis or other information generated by the Service.

The Service may contain, among other things:

• errors or omissions originating from source documents;
• OCR, parsing, extraction or data-processing errors;
• incomplete or incorrectly reconstructed event histories;
• inconsistencies between different bulletins or official records;
• variations in names, addresses and other bibliographic information;
• incorrect or incomplete entity matching or name normalisation;
• incomplete patent, company or representative histories;
• delayed or missing information; and
• errors arising from automated classifications, calculations, comparisons or analytical methods.

The absence of an event, document, person, company, representative or other item from the Service must not be interpreted as confirmation that no such information or event exists.

Likewise, information displayed as an observed relationship, activity, trend or pattern should not necessarily be interpreted as establishing a complete legal, commercial or professional relationship.

3. Official Sources Prevail

The Service is intended to facilitate research and exploration. It is not a substitute for consultation of official registers, files, bulletins and records.

Where the Service provides links, excerpts, page references or other evidence relating to an official source, these are provided for convenience and traceability only.

In the event of any discrepancy, the relevant official record or source shall prevail.

Users should independently verify information against the relevant official source before relying upon it for any legal, procedural, commercial or other material decision.

4. No Legal or Professional Advice

Nothing made available through the Service constitutes legal advice, patent attorney advice, a legal opinion, a freedom-to-operate opinion, an infringement or validity opinion, or other professional advice.

In particular, the Service should not be relied upon by itself for determining:

patentability, validity, infringement, freedom to operate, ownership, legal status, procedural deadlines, renewal or annuity obligations, entitlement, representation, opposition strategy, litigation strategy or any other legal or procedural matter.

Use of the Service does not create an attorney-client, patent-attorney-client or other professional advisory relationship with Stan Advoka or any individual associated with it.

Appropriate professional advice and the relevant official records should be consulted where a decision may have legal consequences.

5. Analytics, Rankings and Inferences

The Service may provide rankings, similarity measures, technology profiles, activity indicators, trends, comparisons, alerts, unusual-event detections, relationship indicators or other analytical outputs.

Such outputs are generated according to the data available to the Service and the methodology used at the relevant time. They are intended as research and information tools rather than statements of fact concerning legal status, professional quality, commercial importance or future performance.

For example, a higher number of observed patent matters does not by itself indicate greater professional competence, commercial success, technological quality or legal strength.

Similarly, the appearance of a company and a representative in related patent records does not necessarily establish the nature, duration or current status of any professional relationship between them.

Where appropriate, the Service may distinguish between source-derived facts and analytical or inferred information.

6. Representative and Company Information

Information concerning patent representatives, companies and other entities is derived from patent-related records and may not reflect their complete activities, client relationships, portfolios, organisational structures or current status.

Rankings or comparisons of representatives or companies are based solely on the parameters and dataset described by the Service and must not be interpreted as rankings of professional quality, competence, reputation or legal capability.

Users should conduct their own assessment before selecting a professional representative, service provider, business partner or other third party.

7. Historical Coverage

The Service may cover specified publication periods, bulletin periods or datasets. Coverage may vary between information categories and over time.

References such as “first observed”, “latest observed”, “most active”, “increased”, “decreased”, “new relationship” or similar expressions refer only to observations within the dataset and methodology used by the Service unless expressly stated otherwise.

They should not be interpreted as assertions regarding events outside the available dataset.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Stan Advoka shall not be liable for any loss, damage, cost or consequence arising from or relating to reliance on information obtained through the Service, inaccuracies or omissions in the database, interruption or unavailability of the Service, or decisions made on the basis of search results, analytics or other outputs generated by the Service.

Users remain responsible for independently verifying information and determining whether it is appropriate for their intended purpose.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where such exclusion or limitation is prohibited by applicable law.

9. Availability and Changes

The Service, its datasets, methodologies, functionality, coverage and presentation may be corrected, expanded, restricted, modified, suspended or discontinued at any time.

Historical results may change as additional records are added, source information is corrected, entity names are normalised, or analytical methodologies are improved.

Stan Advoka does not undertake to preserve any particular result, ranking, statistic or analytical output indefinitely.

10. Permitted Use

The Service may be used for legitimate research, information and professional purposes.

Unless expressly authorised, users may not systematically scrape, crawl, harvest, reproduce, download or extract substantial portions of the database; circumvent technical or access restrictions; use automated means to create a competing database or service; or redistribute substantial datasets obtained through the Service.

Individual public records remain subject to the rights, terms and legal status applicable to their respective sources.

11. Third-Party and Official Content

The Service may contain information, links or references originating from third-party or official sources. Stan Advoka does not control such sources and is not responsible for their availability, accuracy or subsequent modification.

Reference to any third party does not constitute endorsement of that party by Stan Advoka or endorsement of Stan Advoka by that party.

12. Acceptance and Continued Use

By accessing, browsing or continuing to use the Service, you acknowledge the informational nature and limitations of the Service described above.

If you do not accept these Terms of Use, you should not use the Service.

For registered, subscription or other restricted services, additional terms may apply and users may be required to expressly accept those terms when creating an account or subscribing.

13. Contact

Questions concerning the Service or these Terms of Use may be addressed to:

Stan Advoka
info@stanadvoka.com

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