1. VEDLIST Trademarks and Branding
1.1. Brand Ownership: The names and marks “VEDLIST”, “VedList Discover”, “VedMint”, the tagline “Discover. Connect. Grow.”, and all associated logos, icons, domain names (vedlist.com, vedmint.com), sister product names (including VedMint WA CRM and VedMint Stay ERP), and trade dress are the proprietary trademarks and service marks of Vedmint Consultancy Services and are protected under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and applicable common law.
1.2. Restrictions on Use: You may not use, copy, imitate, or incorporate any VEDLIST or VedMint trademark, logo, or branding in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, imply false sponsorship or endorsement by VEDLIST, or disparage Our brand, without Our prior written permission.
1.3. Permitted Badge Usage by Vendors: Claimed Vendors in good standing may reference their presence on VEDLIST (e.g., “Find us on VEDLIST”) with a direct link to their official VEDLIST Listing page, provided they do not alter the VEDLIST logo or falsely claim official certification by VEDLIST.
2. Website Design, Software, and Copyright Ownership
2.1. Proprietary Platform Elements: All original website design, layout, user interface (UI/UX), source code, stylesheets, custom graphics, category taxonomies, original editorial blog content, and the selection, coordination, arrangement, and enhancement of the VEDLIST directory database are protected as literary and artistic works under the Copyright Act, 1957 (as amended) and belong exclusively to Vedmint Consultancy Services or its licensors.
2.2. Prohibition on Extraction: Except as expressly permitted under fair dealing provisions of Section 52 of the Copyright Act, 1957, no part of the Platform’s design, proprietary software, or curated directory compilation may be reproduced, scraped, mirrored, framed, or commercially exploited without Our express written consent.
3. Open-Data and Public Registry Attributions
3.1. OpenStreetMap Attribution (ODbL): Certain geographic and business directory baseline records on VEDLIST are derived from OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and are licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0 (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Interactive map rendering incorporates MapLibre GL and Leaflet under their respective open-source licenses.
3.2. Government of India Open Data Attribution: Public institutional and regulatory baseline records integrated into the Platform are attributed to their respective public/open-data sources under the Government Open Data License – India (GODL) or public domain registries, including:
- (a) Ministry of Education, Government of India (AISHE & UDISE+ public directories);
- (b) Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE SARAS public affiliated schools directory);
- (c) All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE approved institutions via
data.gov.in); - (d) Directorate General of Training (DGT) / NCVT / NSDC public skill centre directories;
- (e) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI public FBO registry via
data.gov.in); - (f) National Health Mission (NHM) / NIC HealthGIS public health facility directory; and
- (g) Reserve Bank of India (RBI NEFT/IFSC bank branch locator open dataset).
3.3. No Government Endorsement: Use of these public datasets does not imply that any of the above government bodies or open-data contributors endorse VEDLIST or any listed Vendor.
4. Vendor-Owned Content and Third-Party Trademarks
4.1. Vendor Trademarks: All third-party company names, institutional emblems, brand names, and trade logos displayed on individual Listings remain the property of their respective owners.
4.2. Nominative / Informational Use: On unclaimed public profiles, business names and factual directory attributes are used solely for nominative, informational identification of the establishment. Any trademark owner who wishes to update, customize, or remove their brand logo from an unclaimed directory profile may either claim the profile or contact Us under Section 6 below.
5. User-Generated Content Licenses and Warranties
5.1. Retention of Ownership: Vendors and Users retain copyright ownership over original photographs, descriptions, brochures, videos, blog posts, and reviews they create and upload to VEDLIST.
5.2. License to VEDLIST: By uploading Content to VEDLIST, You grant Vedmint Consultancy Services a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable license, for the full period of copyright subsisting in the work under applicable law (until removed by You from the Platform), to host, store, reproduce, resize, adapt for display, index, publish, and distribute such Content on the Platform, in search engine results, and in VEDLIST marketing materials promoting the directory.
5.3. Non-Infringement Warranty: You warrant that You own or hold all necessary licenses, permissions, and releases for every image, logo, brochure, or text You upload to VEDLIST, and that Your Content does not infringe the copyright, trademark, design, or publicity rights of any third party.
6. Reporting Copyright or Trademark Infringement (Notice and Takedown)
6.1. Statutory Compliance: In accordance with Section 52(1)(c) of the Copyright Act, 1957 read with Rule 75 of the Copyright Rules, 2013, the Trade Marks Act, 1999, and Rule 3(1)(b)(iv) & Rule 3(2) of the IT Rules, 2021, VEDLIST responds expeditiously to valid notices of alleged copyright or trademark infringement.
6.2. Required Details in an Infringement Notice: If You are a copyright or trademark owner (or an authorized legal agent thereof) and believe that any Content hosted on VEDLIST infringes Your intellectual property rights, please send a written Infringement Notice to Our Grievance Officer containing:
- (a) Identification of the Work / Mark: A clear description of the copyrighted work or registered trademark claimed to have been infringed (including Registration Numbers or proof of ownership, where applicable);
- (b) Location of Infringing Material: The exact URL(s) on
https://www.vedlist.comwhere the allegedly infringing material is located, along with sufficient detail to identify the specific image, logo, or text; - (c) Proof of Ownership & Authority: Documentary proof that You are the owner of the right or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner;
- (d) Contact Information: Your full legal name, organization name, physical address, telephone number, and email address;
- (e) Good-Faith & Accuracy Undertaking: A statement that You have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law, and that the information in Your notice is accurate; and
- (f) Signature: Your physical or electronic signature.
7. Takedown and Dispute Process
7.1. Acknowledgment & Action: Upon receiving a complete and valid Infringement Notice:
- (a) We will acknowledge receipt of the complaint within twenty-four (24) hours;
- (b) Where prima facie infringement is established, We will disable access to or remove the infringing Content expeditiously in accordance with statutory timelines under the IT Rules, 2021 and Section 52(1)(c) of the Copyright Act, 1957; and
- (c) We will notify the Vendor or User who uploaded the material regarding the removal.
7.2. Repeat Infringer Policy: VEDLIST will terminate the accounts of Vendors or Users who are found to be repeat infringers of third-party intellectual property rights.
8. Designated Contact for Intellectual Property Notices
All Intellectual Property Infringement Notices must be sent to:
- Attention: Pratik Sahu (Grievance Officer & Compliance Head)
- Company Name: Vedmint Consultancy Services
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: +91-7408094200
- Address: Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh – 208001, India