Copyright & DMCA Policy

Copyright & DMCA Policy

Effective Date: July 2, 2026

Howard Employee Services (“Howard Employee Services,” “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of https://www.howardemployeeservices.com/ (“Website”) to do the same.

This Copyright & DMCA Policy explains ownership of Website content, permitted uses, and the procedures for reporting alleged copyright infringement in accordance with the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), 17 U.S.C. § 512.

1. Copyright Ownership

Unless otherwise noted, all content available on this Website is owned by or licensed to Howard Employee Services and is protected under United States and international copyright laws.

Protected content includes, but is not limited to:

  • Website design
  • Text and written content
  • Blog articles
  • Service descriptions
  • Graphics
  • Logos
  • Icons
  • Images
  • Photographs
  • Illustrations
  • Videos
  • Audio recordings
  • Downloadable documents
  • PDFs
  • Forms
  • Software
  • Databases
  • Source code (where applicable)
  • Layout and design elements
  • Original compilations
  • Marketing materials

The compilation, organization, and presentation of Website content are also protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.

2. Trademarks

The names, logos, service marks, slogans, trade dress, and branding associated with Howard Employee Services are the property of Howard Employee Services or their respective owners.

Nothing contained on this Website grants any license or right to use any trademark without prior written permission from the applicable owner.

3. Permitted Use

Howard Employee Services grants visitors a limited, non-exclusive, revocable, and non-transferable license to access and use this Website solely for lawful personal or internal business purposes.

You may:

  • View Website content.
  • Print individual pages for your own informational use.
  • Download materials where expressly permitted.
  • Share links to Website content.

This limited license does not transfer ownership of any intellectual property.

4. Prohibited Uses

Unless expressly authorized in writing by Howard Employee Services, you may not:

  • Copy Website content.
  • Republish Website content.
  • Modify Website content.
  • Reproduce Website materials.
  • Sell Website content.
  • License Website content.
  • Create derivative works.
  • Distribute Website content commercially.
  • Remove copyright notices.
  • Use Website content for AI model training, automated dataset creation, or large-scale data extraction without prior written permission.
  • Use automated scraping tools, bots, crawlers, or similar technologies to copy substantial portions of the Website except as permitted by applicable law or recognized search engine indexing practices.

Unauthorized use may violate copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws.

5. User-Submitted Content

If you voluntarily submit content to Howard Employee Services through contact forms, email, surveys, or other communications, you represent that:

  • You own the content or have the legal right to submit it.
  • Submission does not infringe the rights of any third party.
  • The content is lawful.
  • The content does not contain malicious code.

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, submitting content does not transfer ownership of your intellectual property. However, you grant Howard Employee Services a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, store, and process the submitted content as reasonably necessary to respond to your inquiry, provide requested services, or operate our business.

6. Reporting Copyright Infringement (DMCA Notice)

If you believe that material available on this Website infringes your copyright, you may submit a written notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Your notification should include substantially all of the following:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
  3. Identification of the allegedly infringing material, including its location on the Website (URL or sufficient information to locate the material).
  4. Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
  5. A statement that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  6. A statement,