Have a question? Get answers to the most common questions and learn how to use Ranx to create, respond to, share, discuss and interact with multimedia-rich dynamic snap-surveys.
A. NEW USERSRanx is a social platform for crowdsourcing and understanding public opinion. Whether you are deciding where to travel, what to buy or who to vote for, the ability to discover and analyze what people think is crucial to making sense of the world we live in. Anyone can use our platform to easily create multimedia rich snap-surveys to gather responses from anyone and everyone. Explore rankings, ratings and predictions about the things you care about and share your reviews, ideas and preferences with our growing community.
To create an account on the Ranx platform:
To finish creating your account, verify your email address by clicking the link in the email sent by us.
Ranx platform refers to the Ranx website, the Android and iOS Mobile applications and associated services that allow our users to create, respond, share, discuss, discover and interact with user-generated snap-surveys.
No. Creating an account on Ranx is free. In fact, our core products and services are absolutely free of cost. But some third-party sites prompted from Ranx platform may charge you for their products or services (e.g. Amazon).
Yes, you can create multiple accounts on Ranx but you must use a different email address and username for each of them. There are no current ways to merge multiple accounts together. However, you must not create multiple accounts in order to spam other users, impersonate someone, manipulate results of a survey and/or item(s) on a survey or violate our policies and community guidelines in any way.
To sign in your account for a new session (after having logged out):
You can also sign in using your Facebook or Google account.
To sign out of your account:
When you create a Ranx account with an email, a confirmation email is sent to your inbox to verify that you are indeed the owner of that email address. To confirm that you own this email, click on the link in the confirmation email.
Ranx will send you emails when you create a new account, when there are updates to any of our terms or policies, when we notice unusual activity on your account, when your content is flagged and/or removed, when we receive legal or formal complaints about your account or content, when your account is at risk of suspension or ban (warning), when your account is suspended or banned, when a content or profile flagged by you is removed, when you update your account settings (including changing your password), when you ask for link to reset your password, when you deactivate/delete your account, when we require more information regarding a report you filed and other mandatory email services as stated in our terms, guidelines and policies.
Ranx may also send you notifications of activities on your account and other regular updates about our platform. You can opt out of some of these emails by clicking on "Unsubscribe" links found in the email or by editing your account Settings.
The Beta version is an early stage of the development of the Ranx platform that we are releasing to the public. Some functionality of this version might be missing, broken or incomplete. And a number of known or unknown bugs might surface. We thank all of the users who have signed up as an alpha or beta user for bearing with us and would appreciate any feedback and suggestions for the improvement of the site. Learn more about feedback and contributions in our Terms of Service.
Your chosen username is either already taken by someone else or reserved or contains inappropriate words that are not in accordance with our Community Guidelines. Usernames are unique and can be assigned to a single account only. Try using a variation of the username or add a number to it.
You simply need an internet connection on your computer or mobile device and a valid email address to use Ranx. You can sign up here.
You can create multimedia-rich snap-surveys for free on any topic, respond to surveys created by other users, compare items within a survey, share profiles and responses to surveys and items created by any user across multiple social media platforms. You can also comment, message and follow other users and manage and edit content that you have created.
Anyone who is over 13 years of age and has a valid email address can create an account on Ranx.
Your Home page is what you see after you sign in to your account on Ranx. It shows you content created by users you follow, trending and suggested content, (either as a grid or as a list), featured, popular and latest content, channels that you follow, trending channels and suggested channels. You can browse through the content on your Home page or search for content based on topic, keywords or username of the creator. The Ranx logo at the top left corner of any page on Ranx will always navigate you to your Home Page after you have signed in.
Ranx has several features that present trending surveys or suggestions based on your interests and history and a search bar that will help you find content that you are looking for or those that you might be interested in. Read more about it here.
To sign in your account for a new session (after having logged out):
You can also sign in using your Facebook or Google account.
To sign out of your account:
No. Your user accounts are identified by the email address associated with the account and presently there is no way to merge multiple accounts or automatically transfer content, likes, dislikes, followers and other metrics from one account to another.
To change your password:
Ranx defines a "user" as anyone who has created a Ranx account. "User account" refers to the unique credentials that allow the user access to our platform. A "profile" refers to the collection of information, settings and features that identifies a user, such as username, profile image, privacy settings etc. A "channel" is the totality of all the information and content originating from a user including content, comments, followers, activities etc. A user who has created content may also be referred to as a "content creator".
To find your Settings, go to your avatar on the upper right corner of any Ranx page and click to find the Settings tab.
Presently Ranx services are only available in English and language settings cannot be changed. Please check back in the future as we expand to offer our services in more languages.
Your Ranx account is identified using your email address and so unfortunately it cannot be changed. You may open another Ranx account using a different email address and username. However, there is no way to merge multiple accounts or automatically transfer content, likes, dislikes, followers and other metrics from one account to another at this time.
Your public activities will be visible to any viewer who visits your profile. You can see all your activities (private and public) on your profile page.
You can change the settings of your activities, by using the make Public/Private functionality, or by going to your Settings and then opening the Privacy Preferences tab and choosing one from the four following options for any given activity:
Following a channel will allow you to get notifications on any updates to content published by the channel owner as well as any of the channel owner's other public activities. You will be notified when a content creator you are subscribed to publishes a new content, removes or edits any of their content. Content created by channels that you follow will appear on the navigation bar on the left-side of your Home Page.
You can see the users who follow you provided the user has made this activity public.
You can find all the channels you follow by going to the navigation bar on the left-side of your Home Page or by opening the Following tab on your Profile page.
If you think a survey is missing an item that should have been there, you can let the content creator know about it through our Suggestion feature at the bottom of the survey. You can also go through the suggestions made by other users and Like (if you agree) or Dislike (if you disagree) them. If your suggestion is added to the survey by the content creator, a green tick will appear beside it on the suggestion list. If you think a suggestion is inappropriate or hateful or is against our Community Guidelines, you can flag and report it anonymously.
Your suggestions to any survey are public (but anonymous). All viewers can see your suggestions and like or dislike it.
You can have multiple channels on Ranx using different email addresses and usernames. But any channel created with the intent of username squatting, spamming, impersonation, average result manipulation or other violation(s) of our Community Guidelines and/or Terms of Services may result in suspension or ban from our platform.
We use three specific terms that to describe our actions in response to a policy violation: warning, suspension and ban. Following a flag or a report about your content or profile, you will receive a warning via email and on our platform. Unless you explain or correct your action/behavior within the time specified in the warning, we will follow through with banning or suspending your account. This process may be accompanied at any time with the removal of the offending content or, if necessary, all your content from our platform. When you have been warned about a policy violation, you will have access to your account as well as to all functionalities of Ranx during the warning period. When your account is suspended, you will no longer be able to access your account or other features of our platform for a given period of time. Public access to your content, or part thereof, may also be blocked during that period. Your account access and content will be restored after the suspension period. Ranx reserves the right to determine the duration of the suspension period based on the nature of the policy violation. If a policy violation results in a ban of your account, you will lose access to your account permanently and your content, or part thereof may no longer be accessible by public on our platform. A permanent ban of this nature can be either a ban of the user account (where another account can be created by the same individual with a different email address) or a ban of the IP address (where no users from the banned IP address can access our platform).
Accounts can be suspended or banned in response to flagging and reporting by other users, or due to violations of our Community Guidelines and/or Terms of Services. Users may be warned before a suspension or ban of their account. This may be accompanied at any time with the removal of the offending content or, if necessary, all your content from our platform, with or without any notification.
Both suspensions and bans prevent the user from accessing their account. Public access to the user's content (or part thereof) may also be blocked. However, a suspension is temporary in nature whereas a ban will block the user's account and/or content permanently. A ban may be applied to a user account as well as an IP address, whereas suspensions are only applicable to user accounts.
To change your email notifications settings you can to go Settings and select the Email Notifications tab from the navigational menu on the left. You can then choose one of the following 4 options:
You can turn off notifications (on platform and by emails) for activities for an individual content or for all content by going to your account Settings. You can choose among the following 4 options for notification of all or each of your activities.
You can also control your notification by using the Turn Notification On/Off function for individual activity, content, or comment thread.
You will receive notifications immediately on our platform as well as through emails. You will be notified when:
To deactivate your account:
You can change your username to another available username either by clicking on the Edit Profile link on your profile page or by going to your Settings and selecting the Edit Profile tab. Simply type in your new preferred username in place of the old one and wait for the green check to appear to indicate that it is indeed valid and available. If a red error message appears, you will need to choose a different username. Then click on Save changes at the bottom of the page.
Your username will be retained for you when you deactivate an account and will be restored to your account should you choose to reactivate it. However, if you delete your account permanently your username becomes available to others.
No. Ranx is a free and open sharing platform and will not pay its users for their content or their channel. Nor will the users be charged for using our core services. But users may get paid by third-party to create content on Ranx as long as they are transparent about sponsorship for the purposes of objectivity.
Any user of Ranx can comment on your published content (after Sign in). Users can also comment on your profile without Following you. You can like, dislike or flag a comment, but cannot delete comments made by others.
If you deactivate your account:
If you delete your account:
To permanently delete your account from Ranx, go to Settings, select the Deactivate tab from the left hand menu and click on the Delete Account button. Then follow the instructions sent to your email. When you choose to delete your account, your account is not deleted immediately but deactivated and put in a deletion queue should you choose to change your mind. You will typically have a few days to change your mind and reactivate your account. However, after it is permanently deleted from our system, you will not be able to access it again. Once deleted, your previous username will become available for a new account and you will be able to create a new account with the email, Facebook ID or Google ID you used with your deleted account.
You can reactivate a temporarily deactivated account by simply Signing In with your email and password. Your content and profile will be restored and be visible to all again when you reactivate your account.
You can appeal for restoring your content or your account using our appeal form. A link to the appeal form will also be provided in the notification email sent to you informing about the removal, suspension or ban.
Any user of Ranx can comment on your published content (after Sign in). You can like, dislike or flag a comment on your content, but cannot delete comments made by others.
Creating content on Ranx is easy and free. You only need an account on Ranx to be able to save, preview or publish content.
To create a survey, click the create button on the top right hand corner of any Ranx page. Choose the type of snap survey your want to create from the dropdown menu and click to go to the create page. Each survey requires a name by which other users can find it, and a minimum number of options or items which users can respond to. For most survey types, you will be a able to add a content description and an introduction image or video. You can also select what topic your survey is on and add tags to make them more searchable. You can typically add descriptions and images/videos to your items as well depending on the survey type.
If you have previously submitted a response to a survey, the My Response tab on a survey will show the items or options according to your response. You can see this tab as soon as you respond to the items and click on Submit and the response shown changes accordingly every time you re-respond to a survey. The Current Average Result of an item will be displayed on the right side of each item. If you are the content creator, your My Response tab will initially show the items in the order in which you published them, until you change your response. The Current Average Result represents the responses submitted by all the responders of the survey and the items are arranged according to their scores. Multiple items with the same score in a survey are arranged in alphabetical order. Learn more about our Methodology here. You can toggle between "My Response" and "Current Average Result" when you are signed into your Ranx account.
You can response a respondable survey by dragging and dropping the items on the survey to arrange them in an order that reflects your preference for the items. You can click on reset to get back to the Current Average Result and start your response again. Your response will only be counted when you click on the Submit button. You can reset/submit your response unlimited times; these subsequent submissions will be considered as "re-responding".
If you change your mind after submitting your response of a survey (for any reason whatsoever) you can respond to the items of the survey again (by dragging and dropping items to arrange them in your preferred order) and resubmit. This is called "re-responding". Doing so will remove your previous response from the system and only your most recent submitted response will be counted (in the Current Average Result and your response). Re-responding will have no effect on the total number of responders of an item or a survey.
A content creator can also re-respond to a survey by editing the survey.
You can make your content Respondable, Unrespondable or Respondable until a certain date. Respondable content are ordered by the creator when they publish it. But the creator can edit the survey and/or re-respond to it any time after publishing. Other users can submit their responses/ re-respondings any time after publishing as well.
Unrespondable content cannot be ordered by anyone other than the creator. The creator may edit the survey after publishing and can only re-respond to the survey through the edit feature.
Content creators can make content that are Respondable until a certain date. The minimum period of this deadline is 24 hours. Users may respond and re-respond to such a survey only till this deadline. Creator can re-respond to or edit the survey up to 24 hours of the deadline. No changes can be made to the responses or the items after the deadline. The type of content is not changeable after publishing.
You can submit your responses for any survey if the survey is currently respondable and public. You can respond to a survey that cannot be responded to by anyone if the Content creator has sent you a private link of the survey for submitting your response.
You cannot submit your responses for a survey in three cases:
All your published content can be viewed by anyone who visits our platform even if the survey is unrespondable. Limitations may apply if the survey is age or area restricted.
As a content creator, you can control who can respond to your content and when. If you can choose to make your survey completely unrespondable, respondable at all time or until a certain date. You can further decide if your content are respondable by anyone or respondable by selected users only (by sending private links) when you publish the survey. You can see the total number of responders of a survey above the Image/Video/GIF.
All your published content can be shared by any user of Ranx whether they can or did respond to it or not.
You can share your content and content by any other creator in Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, MySpace, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Digg, and Tumblr. You can choose to share your own response of an item or a survey or the current average result of an item or a survey. To share, click on the widget of your desired social media site from the content page. There are no limits to the number of times you can share an item or a content.
There are currently no limitations on any features of Ranx. You can create unlimited content, respond to a survey as many times you want, share unlimited times in any platform, make unlimited number of comments, suggestions and subscribe to unlimited number of channels. However, you must not use any of this features in a manner that could be considered as spamming.
Yes, you can edit content created by you. But there are certain elements of a survey you cannot change for the sake of transparency and to limit the possibilities of response manipulation. For content that are respondable up to a certain date, the ability to edit the survey ends from 24 hours before the deadline. Learn more about editing content here.
When you add a new item to an already published survey, the added items will be clearly marked as new in the survey and will be automatically assigned a median position in the survey showing Current Average Result by all users. Your response for the new item will only be visible to you as Your Response unless you share your responses for the item/survey with others. When you add multiple new items to an already published survey and they have the same score, they will appear in alphabetical order.
You cannot edit the title of a survey or an item once you have published the survey for the sake of transparency and to limit the possibility of response manipulation. You can remove the item/survey and add a new item/survey with corrected title if you want. However, the responses submitted to the previous survey or items will not be transferred to the new survey or item.
Removed items will be shown at the bottom of the survey as "items removed" with the response at the time of removal and the number of people who responded that item.
Newly added item will be marked to distinguish it and will be assigned median position in the survey showing Current Average Result (Learn more about methodology). Removed content can be restored by the creator of the content.
We define a content as "complete" when it has the following features:
The more a content exploits our features, such as use of dynamic media, use of multiple images/GIFs, character limit for descriptions, number of items, use of tags and topics etc. , the more "complete" it becomes.
Survey types (respondable, unrespondable, and respondable until certain date) are not interchangeable. You cannot switch your content type once you have published it. However, you can create a new survey with the same items but make it a different type of survey.
You cannot remove the topics or tags to your content after publishing it. But you can add new topic or tag unless you have reached the maximum limit (4 topics and 2 tags per content).
Saving content or an edit to content will save the changes made or content created that can accessed by the creator in a later session. But saved content and changes will not be visible by other users. Publishing a change or a content will make it visible to other viewers.
A tag is a keyword that you can use to further specify the content and the type of your content. It will make your content more discoverable when our users search for relevant content in our platform. You can use up to 2 tags for each of your content. Each tag can be between 2 to 8 characters.
If your content or channel was flagged by a certain percentage of viewers, it will be automatically removed from the platform. Ranx Team will review such content and may override the automated decision. We may also remove content in response to intellectual property infringement reports and other policy violation reports when appropriate. If you think your content was not in violation with our Community Guidelines and Policies, email us at support@ranx.com or appeal to us using our online form.
If your content is tagged NSFW, area-restricted or age-restricted by Ranx, it may appear different to users that are not signed in, are not adults (18 years of age) and/or are trying to access it from an area that does not allow such content. In such cases, a fall back image will replace your image(s) or video(s) and any potentially objectionable words will be modified using asterisks (e.g. Ranx will appear as R**x)
A topic reflects the general broad subject matter of your content. You can choose up to 4 topics to classify your content. This will make your content more specific and findable by our other users.
Details of the methodology can be found here.
Yes. Although you cannot upload videos directly to our platform at the moment, you can embed videos uploaded and hosted on various third-party sites directly into your content. We support video embed links from the following sites: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Vimeo, Dailymotion, ESPN, BBC News, Al-Jazeera, IMDb, RT, Smule, Soundcloud, NDTV, and Youku.
You can use the following image file formats: jpg, jpeg, bmp, png, x-png, gif and pjpeg.
Content with the highest number of views, responses, likes and shares (in that order) in the last 7 days are highlighted in our Trending page accessible through the Trending tab of your Home Page.
The more complete a content is, the greater chances it has to appear in our search result. We define completeness of a content based on the amount of content it holds. To make your content "complete", you should include an images/video/GIFs and a decent length of description for your introduction and items. Adding tags and topic to the content improves its completeness and search results. You should have a respectable number of items (with description and image(s)/ GIF(s)/video /audio clip). The more you exploit our features, such as character limit, number of items, use of multiple images, GIFs or embedding of video/audio clips, tags and topics etc. the more complete your content becomes.
You can flag and report channel(s), content, comment(s) and suggestion(s) by clicking on the Flag icon (). We encourage you to flag any content if you find it to be:
The flagged content will be taken down automatically when a certain percentage of the viewers has flagged the content. If you believe that any content is infringing your intellectual property and or violating other legal rights, you can report it to us using our web-form or through mail or email (intellectualproperty@ranx.com).
You can anonymously Flag and Report items, content, profiles, comments and suggestions. To flag content on our platform:
You can unflag a content or change the reporting options of an already flagged content from the same place by simply unticking and/or ticking the reporting options and clicking Report button to register your updated flag/unflag.
Ranx has web-forms for reporting specific complaint(s) like copyright, trademark and other legal issues We also accept free-form complaints emailed (at intellectualproperty@ranx.com) or mailed to us. However, our web-forms are the fastest and simplest way to bring such issues to our attention.
Our policy requires all users to be at least 13 years old before they can create an account (in some jurisdictions, this age limit may be higher). If your child is younger than 13 and created an account on Ranx, you can show them how to delete their account. You may also write to us at reportaccount@ranx.com with proof of your child's age.
If you'd like to report an account belonging to someone under 13 or if you believe someone is impersonating your child who's under 13, please fill out our Impersonation Report web-form with supporting documents. We will need to verify the age of the account owner in order to delete the account from our system.
To learn more about our policies, read our Terms of Service.
Posting, sharing or downloading images that sexually exploit children for any reason can be criminal. We report all apparent child pornography to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
If you ever encounter this type of content on Ranx:
Important: Never download or save this content for any reason. You will not be asked to provide a copy of the image or video in any report.
If someone gains access to your account and changed your password, you can recover your account by clicking on Forgot your password? during Sign in. A link to reset your account will be emailed to you. However, if your email account has been hacked as well and/or you have lost access to the email associated with your account, you can recover your Ranx account by answering the security questions (set up by you) or entering your account PIN. If you haven't set any of our security measures for recovering account, you can still verify whether the account belongs to you through our online questionnaire.
If someone creates an account to pretend to be you or someone else, you can flag and report the account. We also encourage you to flag accounts that represent fake people, celebrities or organizations. You can also report impersonation using our web-form which is the simplest and fastest way to bring it to our attention.
An individual must be uniquely identifiable by image, voice, full name, Social Security number, bank account number or contact information (e.g. home address, email address) for a content to be considered for removal by our complaint process. Gamer tags, avatar names, and address information in which the individual is not named are some examples of what does not qualify as uniquely identifiable data about a person. Factors like public interest, newsworthiness etc. are considered when determining if content should be removed for a privacy violation. Ranx reserves the right to make the final determination of whether a violation of its privacy guidelines has occurred and can override any automated decision brought about by flagging and reporting a content.
For an information to be considered as uniquely identifiable, there must be enough details in the content or comment that allows others to recognize you. It should be noted that just because you can identify yourself in the content, does not make it uniquely identifiable to others. A first name without additional context, for example, would not likely be considered as uniquely identifiable.
If a privacy complaint is filed, Ranx provides a unique report number to the complainant and acts on it systematically. The user is sent a notification of potential violation and provided an opportunity to remove or edit the private information within their content or other content within 48 hours. If this order is complied with, the complaint filed will be closed. If not, Ranx will then review the complaint.
Ranx cannot accept or review agreements granting consent before the content was posted. So, your content may still be removed based upon the complaint.
Your privacy as the complainant is respected in this process and your identity or contact information will not be released to the other party without your consent.
We only accept first-party claims except in the following situations:
We will not consider privacy complaints filed on behalf of:
When you need to confirm your name on Ranx or if you want to file an Impersonation report, you may be asked to send us a copy of something with your name on it. There are several different options for this, including photo IDs issued by the government, IDs from non-government organizations, official certificates or licenses that include your name or other physical items like a magazine subscription or a piece of mail.
Any time you send us something that confirms your name or identity, please cover up any personal information that are not needed to confirm your ID (ex: credit card number, Social Security number).
We will usually accept one item from Category One or four items from as Category Two. In special cases, we may only accept items from Category 1. Anything that you send us should contain either your name and date of birth or your name and photo.
One of the items from this category can be sent to confirm your name or to file an Impersonation report.
If you don't have anything from Category 1, you can send us two different items from this category. The name on the items that you send us should be the same name of the allegedly impersonating profile.
Send us your feedback and let us know the problems you face while using our platform through our web-form or by emailing us at support@ranx.com.
To sign into your account, make sure you have the correct email address and password. If you cannot remember your password, click on Forgot your Password? to receive an email with a link to your account. If you are unable to sign in with correct email address and password, then your account might have been suspended or banned. You will receive a message of suspension or ban when you try to sign in in such cases. You can appeal to a suspension or ban.
Make sure that you are checking the email address associated with the Ranx account in question. Check your spam or junk mails. If you still haven't received any emails, contact us at support@ranx.com.
If you cannot remember your password, go to Sign in option on the upper-right corner of Ranx page and click on "Forgot your password?". An email will be sent to you with a link to reset your password for the account.
No. Ranx will at no point send your password to you or any other email address. But a link to reset your password can be sent to the email address associated with the account.
You can edit or delete any comment you have made. But you cannot remove comments made my others. You can, however, flag and report a comment if you find it hateful, abusive, harassing or violating our Community Guidelines in any way.
You cannot delete an entire thread of comment if there are replies to your comment. Your deleted comment will be indicated in the thread in such cases. If there are no replies to your comment, it will be deleted entirely without any indicator.
Check if your comment was successfully posted. If you have problems with posting a comment, send us a troubleshooting report using our web-form or write to us at support@ranx.com.
If your comment was posted successfully and disappeared later, it may have been taken down because of flagging and reporting by other users.
Your content will not appear in search results if it is not complete. It may also be inaccessible to users who are not signed-in or are minors if the content is age-restricted and tagged NSFW. Area restrictions may also apply depending on from where the user is signing in.
It is possible that you did not save or publish your content correctly or successfully. Learn more about publishing your content here. If your content was saved or published successfully it may have been taken down for a number of reasons such as:
Reposting of content removed for such reasons may result in suspension or ban from our platform. We advise you to review our Community Guidelines and Terms of Services to know more about this.
The purpose of this section is to provide some information about copyrights and Fair Use, including protecting your own copyrighted works and avoid infringing the copyrights of others when publishing content on Ranx, as well as how Ranx addresses reports of copyright infringement. If you believe your copyright-protected work is being used on our platform by another user without your permission, you can flag and report the content/channel and file a DMCA complaint by writing at intellectualproperty@ranx.com. It should be noted that laws vary in different countries. For more information on copyright law, you can visit the website of the U.S. Copyright Office or the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Ranx is unable to advise you on whether your use of copyrighted material may be fair or not or to provide you any legal advice, so you may want to contact a lawyer if they have more questions about copyright. Ranx will respond to reports and notices of alleged infringement of intellectual property according to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
In most jurisdictions, copyright is a legal right that protects the ownership of original works. When a person creates an original work that is fixed in a physical medium, he or she generally automatically owns copyright to the work from the moment of creation. The copyright owner has the exclusive right to use the work in certain, specific ways.
Copyright covers a wide variety of types of works, including:
In order to be eligible for copyright protection, an original work needs to be created by the authors themselves, must have some minimal amount of creativity and be fixed in a tangible medium. Copyright does not protect ideas, facts and processes, but may protect original words or images expressing a fact or idea. Names, titles, slogans or short phrases are not generally, by themselves, subject to copyright protection.
Generally, the creator of an original work is the copyright owner of the work, such as an artist owns the copyright of his/her paintings or a photographer owns the copyright of the photos taken by him/her.
Examples of creative work where you may not own the copyright includes:
To learn more about the extent of your copyright in an original work, you may want to contact an attorney to advise you on your rights.
Copyright owners have certain legal rights to stop others from copying or distributing their original work(s) or creating new works based on the originals. Such activities without the copyright owner's permission is considered a copyright infringement. As a copyright owner, you have the right to grant permission to use as well as prevent unauthorized use of your copyrighted work.
No. Ranx is not able to mediate disputes of copyright ownership. Ranx will remove a content upon receiving a complete and valid takedown notice as per legal requirements. When a valid counter notification is received, it is forwarded to the person who requested the removal. Thereafter, the parties involved need to resolve the issue in court.
Copyright and Trademark are different forms of intellectual property and the corresponding laws serve different purposes. Trademark protects brand names, slogans, mottos, logos, and other identifiers that help consumers distinguish the source of goods and services whereas Copyright protects original works like photos, videos, movies and music. Copyright is also different from patent law, which protects inventions. In the United States., the application of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is limited to copyrights and does not apply to trademarks.
Trademark law serves to prevent consumer harm because it prohibits someone other than the rights owner from using a trademark which may confuse the consumers. Ranx offers a separate removal process for content that infringes trademarks.
Copyright law does not allow protection forever. The law is meant to foster creativity and encourage people to create original works, so it gives a copyright owner certain rights, but only for a limited time. Works eventually lose their copyright protection and are said to become part of the "public domain" which makes them freely available for anyone to use. This balance brought about by the existence of public domain gives the author an incentive to create, but also gives other people the ability to use the work without permission after the copyright expires.
There are many factors that determine when a work fall into the public domain and it typically takes many years. The length of a term of copyright protection varies depending on where and when the work was published, the type of the work, the publisher, whether the work was commissioned as a work for hire etc. According to the Berne Convention, an international treaty, the copyrights for most types of works must last at least 50 years after the author's death, but countries are free to set longer copyright terms in their own laws. Certain works by US federal government agencies become public domain immediately upon publication. Before you publish something on Ranx that is not your original work, it is your responsibility to verify that it is in the public domain.
There is no official list of works in the public domain. Some useful online resources include Columbia University Libraries and the Copyright Information Center at Cornell University which offer helpful guides to works that may fall in the public domain. Neither Ranx, nor either university, guarantee that all the works linked to are free from copyright protection.
Helpful guidance and links about copyright in European Union countries can be found in the European Commission's website. A list of international intellectual property and copyright offices is provided by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for information about copyright laws applicable for different countries. The WIPO also provides a database of copyright laws around the world.
The above links are referred to for educational purposes only and are not endorsed by Ranx.
In the U.S. copyright law, Fair Use is a legal doctrine that allows brief excerpts of copyright-protected material, under certain circumstances, to be quoted verbatim or reused for purposes such as commentary, criticism, news reporting, teaching, and research, without the need for permission from or payment to the copyright holder.
Fair Use is determined by the court in the United States, which analyzes a specific case based on a set of principles. The rules for Fair Use may vary in different countries. For example, in the United States, works of commentary, criticism, research, teaching, or news reporting might be considered Fair Use. Other countries have related laws, such as fair dealing, that authorize the use of copyrighted works in certain circumstances.
There are no clear instructions that determine what falls within the Fair Use doctrine. If you have queries about whether your usage falls within the boundaries of Fair Use, you may want to consult a lawyer. The final decision in the evaluation of Fair use of a copyrighted material rests with the judge. The law offers some factors that you can consider:
Courts focus on whether the use transform or change the original work by adding new meaning, context or expression. Commercial, or for-profit, uses are less likely to be considered Fair Use compared to purely personal or non-profit uses.
The use of materials from primarily factual works is more likely to be Fair Use than the use of purely fictional and highly creative works.
Borrowing small portions of a copyrighted work is more likely to be Fair Use than copying a large segment or an entire work. But even the use of a small bit may not be considered Fair Use in some situations if the part used is the most important piece — the "heart" of the work.
Uses that replace the original work and harm the copyright owner's ability to profit from the original work such are less likely to be Fair Use. Learn more about Fair Use in the U.S. by visiting the U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index.
Uses that do not particularly comment on or criticize the content used and can be considered a substitute for the original work are unlikely to be considered Fair Uses. Your usage of copyrighted material does not automatically fall under "Fair Use", even if you:
It is possible to infringe copyright unknowingly or without intending to. You should not use someone else's work unless you have the permission from the copyright owner. You are not automatically protected from claims of copyright infringement by the following:
Under Ranx's Terms of Service and Content Policy, you can only publish or post on Ranx if the content does not violate the intellectual property of another party. To make sure that your content does not infringe someone else's copyright, you can do the following:
Please note that Ranx is unable to help you obtain permission to use copyrighted material or to advise you on whether your use falls within Fair Use.
A derivative work is a work based upon preexisting work(s), and includes works like translation, spin-off, sequels, adaptations, musical arrangement, dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any other form in which a work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. To create a derivative work based on an original material, you need the copyright owner's permission. It is probably a good idea to get consultation from a lawyer before publishing content based on characters, storylines, and other elements of copyright-protected material.
You will need to ask permission if you intend to use copyright-protected material in your content. Ranx cannot grant you such permission itself and is unable to assist you in finding or contacting those who can grant you these rights. You will have to research and manage this issue on your own or with the assistance of a lawyer. However, we do offer features to help you discover materials that you can incorporate into your content:
content can be removed from the platform for reasons other than copyright infringement such as for being hateful or violating Ranx's Content Policy and Community Guidelines. Our flagging system automatically takes down content that has been flagged by a certain percentage of the viewers for violations other than IP infringement. If you have obtained the rights to use certain copyright-protected material in your content, you should make the copyright owner aware of your content title and URL on Ranx to avoid removal by mistake. If your content was mistakenly removed by a copyright takedown, you may:
Before you send a counter notification, you may want to ensure the following:
1. Do you own the copyright of the material in your content?
2. Do you have permission to all third-party material in your content from the appropriate copyright owner(s)?
3. Does your use of copyrighted material fall within the boundary of fair use, fair dealing, or a similar exception under the applicable copyright law?
If one of the conditions above applies to your content you may want to speak to a lawyer to find out the most suitable way to dispute the claim. If none of the above conditions apply, you may have violated copyright laws.
Purchasing a content does not necessarily give you the right to distribute it or publish it on Ranx. Publishing content that contain copyrighted material may violate copyright law even if credit is given to the copyright owner. Moreover, recording something yourself does not always mean you own the right to publish it on Ranx as your recording may include someone else's copyrighted content, such as copyrighted music playing in the background. In such cases, you would require permission from the appropriate rights owners.
Ranx has an automatic takedown system which depends on the percentage of viewers flagging and reporting the content. Although this does not apply for infringement of Intellectual Property, you content may have been removed for violation of the Content Policy. If you believe your content was taken down in error by our flagging system, contact us at support@ranx.com to bring it to our attention. If your content was removed due to a DMCA copyright complaint and you believe you are not in violation of copyright law, you can resolve it by contacting the claimant or send a counter notice.
Ranx acts to address abuse and misuse of copyright takedown processes. Ranx investigates cases of abuse of the copyright tools and processes, and have a zero-tolerance policy for claimant(s) who are deemed abusive. Misuse of the copyright process (for both takedown and counter notification) may result in permanent ban of an account.
When Ranx receives a complete and valid complaint from a copyright owner / authorized personnel claiming content on Ranx infringes their copyright, it is legally required to promptly remove the content in question without contacting you first. If the content you published was removed because of a copyright complaint through our online form, a notification email will be sent to you from Ranx that includes the name and email address of the rights owner who made the report and/or the details of the report. If you believe the content was removed because of a wrongful copyright claim, you can contact them directly to try to resolve the dispute. If the content was removed under the notice and counter-notice procedures of the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), you may be able to file a DMCA counter-notification. There is no specific time limit for submitting a counter-notice, but you should not delay unreasonably in doing so. You must not republish the content in question after it has been removed.
If you believe that your content was removed wrongfully and if the content was removed under the notice and counter-notice procedures of the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), you may be able to file a DMCA counter-notification. Although there is no specific time limit for submitting a counter-notice, but you should not delay unreasonably in doing so. Ranx will provide links to instructions on how to file a counter-notice in the email notifying you about the removal of your content in response to a copyright claim.
You can do so through our online form (the easiest and fastest way) or by sending the following information to us via email, mail or fax:
It should be noted that there are legal and financial consequences for fraudulent or bad faith counter-notices. Before submitting a counter-notice, make sure you have a good faith belief that we removed the content in error, and that you understand the repercussions of submitting a false claim.
Repeatedly publishing content that infringe someone else's intellectual property rights, or get taken down by our flagging system may result in suspension or permanent ban of your account. The actions taken may depend on the nature of the reported content and where it was posted. Ranx will resolve such issues on case by case basis.
Ranx complies with the notice-and-takedown procedures of the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which is applicable to content reported and removed for infringing U.S. copyrights. If your content is removed under the DMCA, an email will be sent you with information regarding filing a counter-notification. You should only submit a counter-notification if the content was mistakenly removed. When we receive an effective DMCA counter-notification, it will be forwarded to the party that reported the content. The information they receive includes your contact information, which they can use to contact you. If your counter-notification is provided to the party that reported the content, and they do not notify Ranx that they have filed a court action seeking an order to keep the content down, Ranx will restore or cease disabling eligible content under the DMCA. This process can take up to 14 business days. Please note that in some cases restoring the content may not be possible due to technical limitations. If this happens, an update will be sent informing you that you may republish the content at your discretion. Content that is restored based on an effective DMCA counter-notification will not be counted against you under our repeat offender policy.
If you believe your copyright is infringed by a content on Ranx, you can flag and report it for Intellectual property infringement using the flagging system which will take you to our complaint form, or you can directly send a DMCA notice by filling our online form to start the pre-defined legal process that may take down the content. Before you submit a notice of copyright infringement, you may contact the person who posted the content to resolve the issue without involving Ranx. You can also notify us sending us a free form with all the relevant information and legal affirmations through email(intellectualproperty@ranx.com) or mail. Only the copyright owner or their authorized representative may file a notice of copyright infringement. It should be noted that the rights owner's name, email address and the details of the report will be provided to the person who posted the content in question. When an authorized representative submits a report, the name of the organization or client that owns the right in question is provided as well. It is advised to provide a valid generic business or professional email address for this reason.
Please note that intentionally submitting a misleading or fraudulent report may lead to liability for damages under section 512(f) of the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) or similar laws in other countries.
The fastest and easiest way to submit a copyright infringement complaint to Ranx is to use the online form. The following information is needed to process your complaint regardless of your manner of submission:
It should be noted that your name, contact information and the content of your report will be provided to the person who posted the content you are reporting. If you are an authorized representative submitting a report, the name of the organization or client that owns the right in question will be provided. It is advised that you provide a professional or business email address for this reason.
You can flag a profile for Intellectual property infringement which will take you to our complaint form. However, when you file a DMCA complaint form you must identify the specific content (entire content, content item, video, image, item description, channel description, profile image, comment etc.) that allegedly infringes your copyright by providing specific content URL and description of how your copyright is violated. The content in question will be promptly removed after an effective DMCA notice is received by Ranx, but the channel may not be taken down. If a profile is impersonating you, you can report it using our Impersonation report form.
Only an intellectual property rights owner or their authorized representative may report a suspected infringement. If you believe content on Ranx infringes someone else's copyright or trademark rights, you can inform the rights owner about this.
The following information is provided to the users when we remove their content following a copyright infringement report through our online form:
If the report is submitted through fax, mail or email, Ranx will provide the users the report number and a description of the removed content, and additional information upon request. For any content that was removed under the notice and counter-notice procedures of the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), information about how to submit a counter-notification under the DMCA will be included.
When we receive your copyright infringement complaint form (via our web-form or email), you will be sent an automated email with information about your report, including a unique report number. This number should be saved and mentioned in case you need to contact Ranx about your report. Your complaint will be reviewed for validity and completeness. In some cases, Ranx might respond to your report and ask for more information if needed. If you receive an email from Ranx team asking for more information about your report, you can and should respond directly to that email which is received by the team. When a content is removed in response to a report of copyright infringement, the person who published the reported content is notified to inform about the removal. Your contact information, including your email address and the name of your organization or client, and/or the content of your report will be provided to the said person.
If the person who published the content believes that the copyright claim was wrongful, they may contact you directly to try to resolve the issue. If the content was removed under the notice and counter-notice procedures of the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), they may also be able to submit a counter-notification under the DMCA.
Copyright requests (both notice and counter-notice) are formal, legal requests that require specific elements in order to be complete and actionable. A complete and valid copyright notification in accordance with the copyright law is required for each removal request. It is possible that your copyright request was incomplete or otherwise invalid, especially if you use a free form and send us through email, mail or fax. In such cases, Ranx is unable to act on your request until you resend a valid request. You should also ensure that you provide all the relevant information each time you submit a new complaint. The easiest way to submit a complaint is to sign into your Ranx account and use our online copyright complaint form.
When a counter notification against your removal request is received, you will be sent an email informing you about the counter-notice. The content in question might be restored unless you submit evidence that you have filed a court action against the user seeking to restrain the allegedly infringing activity. If we do not receive that notice from you within 14 business days, we may restore the content on Ranx.
If you have reached an agreement with the user who published the content after having submitted a copyright notice, or if you reported a content by mistake, you can withdraw your copyright report. You can respond to the email that you received from Ranx after submitting your report if you would like to withdraw your report and include identification of the content related to your report. Upon receiving your notice withdrawing your complaint, the content will be restored if it has already been removed and an email confirmation will be sent to you. In some cases, Ranx may be unable to restore the content either due to technical limitations or if the content was removed for other reasons unrelated to your copyright complaint report.
The most effective way to inform Ranx about content that includes information allowing others to bypass access restrictions to your software, such as passwords, key generators, or cracks, is through the Other Legal Issues form.
If you believe an advertisement infringes your intellectual property rights, you can submit a report via our online form including either a direct link to the ad or a screenshot of the ad to your report.
If you find your copyrighted content (that you generated using Ranx) on another website without your permission (shared by someone as their own content and not as content created by you using Ranx's share function), you will have to follow the respective website's process for requesting the removal of the content. Ranx cannot do this for you.
Most sites that allow users to share content depend on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA) Safe Harbor, thus when a complete and valid copyright takedown notice from a content owner is received, they should comply and remove the content. If you are certain that the copy of your work is not protected under fair use, you can request the removal of the copy.
A short list of email addresses is provided below where you could send your copyright takedown notice, if you find your content on one of these sites without your permission. If the platform you are looking for is absent below, you can to locate appropriate contact information in the Copyright Office's database.
A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others. A trademark is specifically acquired by a company or other entity through a legal process or established by use as representing a company or a product. The trademark owner has exclusive rights to its usage with respect to those goods.
Ranx respect the trademark rights of others. Trademark infringement is improper or unauthorized use of a trademark in a way that is likely to cause confusion as to the source of that product. Ranx prohibits content and channels that infringe trademarks. Accounts with usernames, profile picture, channel description, content, or any other content that misleads others or violates another's trademark may be updated, suspended or permanently banned.
If you are concerned that your trademark is being infringed on Ranx site, you can inform us through our trademark complaint form. It should be noted that Ranx is not in a position to mediate trademark disputes between user and trademark owner and encourages trademark owners to resolve such disputes directly with the user who published the content in question. Contacting the uploader may resolve things more quickly in a way that is more beneficial to you, the uploader, and the Ranx community.
In cases where an agreement cannot be reached with the user in question, you can submit a complaint through our Trademark complaint form . We will also accept free-form trademark complaints with required information, submitted by email and mail. A limited investigation of reasonable complaints will be performed by Ranx followed by removal of content in clear cases of infringement.
If you receive trademark complaint notification from Ranx, you can contact the complainant to resolve the trademark dispute. If the content was removed based on U.S. trademark rights, you can contest it by emailing to intellectualproperty@ranx.com with sufficient information and evidence that prove complaint invalid. Please include the trademark complaint reference ID from the notification.
If your complaint relates to the sale or promotion of counterfeit goods, please file a complaint in our Trademark infringement form. If your complaint relates to a protected original work, such as an image, text, or video, please file a Copyright complaint.
The purpose of this section is to provide information about trademarks including what trademarks do and don't protect, how you can avoid infringing the trademarks of other people on Ranx and reports of trademark infringement are addressed here. If you believe someone is infringing your trademark, you can fill out this form.
For more information on trademark law, you can visit the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It should be noted that the laws vary in different countries. If you have more question about trademarks, you may want to contact an attorney. Ranx is not your attorney and cannot provide you legal advice. The information presented here is for educational purposes and are not legal advice.
A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, (e.g. a brand name or a logo), that a person or company uses to identify and distinguish the source of products and services of one party from those offered by others. A trademark is specifically acquired by a company or other entity through a legal process or established by use as representing a company or a product. The trademark owner has exclusive rights to its usage with respect to those goods.
Generally, the purpose of trademark law is to protect consumers from being misled about who provides, endorses or is affiliated with a product or service. A trademark owner can stop other parties from using or imitating their trademark without permission if it can lead to confusion in consumers.
A variety of factors determine trademark protection, including how unique, generic or descriptive the trademark is and the manner that it is used. Trademark owners may register their trademarks under relevant law, but a trademark may be protected in some cases without registration.
Please note that Ranx cannot mediate trademark disputes and are not in a position to act on trademark reports that require an in-depth trademark analysis including those that involve a real-world dispute that would not be resolved by any action that Ranx could take. In these situations, Ranx strongly encourages the trademark owner to reach out directly to the allegedly infringing party, or seek any resolution in court or by other judicial means.
Trademark infringement is most likely to occur when there is a "likelihood of confusion,". Whether the use of trademark can lead to confusion in consumers depends on many factors such as relevance of goods and services, first use etc. Limitations to trademark rights include geographic limitations, and the ability to comment on or criticize your goods or services using the trademark. Trademark protection and laws vary in different countries. You should consult an attorney to make sure that your use is not a trademark infringement.
In the United States, a trademark registration can be obtained from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) which establishes trademark rights as of a certain date and provides a presumption that the registrant owns a valid trademark, among other things, which is why, USPTO registrations are common among trademark owners. Other countries have similar systems for trademark owners to register their trademarks. However, a trademark owner may still have some rights under relevant laws, both in the U.S. and in other countries, without a registration. Generally, such rights are weaker than rights that are subject to a registration. It should be noted that registering a company with a government office or getting a business permit in a specific country or state usually does not provide trademark protection.
A business might be able to register with a government office, or obtain a business permit or license for a specific country or state. These registrations are not usually the same as a trademark registration, and may not themselves create trademark rights for the business. In the U.S., trademark ownership is generally established by registration issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
If the trademark owner continues to use the trademark commercially to identify their goods the trademark rights may last indefinitely. However, if the trademark owner stops using the trademark, or if it isn't used properly, trademark rights may be lost. For trademarks that are registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), periodical renewal of issued registration is required. The laws may vary in different states and countries.
Copyright and Trademark are different forms of intellectual property and the corresponding laws serve different purposes. Trademark protects brand names, slogans, mottos, logos, and other identifiers that help consumers distinguish the source of goods and services whereas Copyright protects original works like photos, videos, movies and music. Copyright is also different from patent law, which protects inventions. In the United States, the application of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is limited to copyrights and does not apply to trademarks.
Trademark law serves to prevent consumer harm because it prohibits someone other than the rights owner from using a trademark which may confuse the consumers. Ranx offers a separate removal process for content that infringes copyrights.
Trademark rights are only infringed if the use of a trademark (or similar trademark) is likely to confuse people regarding the source, endorsement or affiliation of products or services, i.e., use of a trademark in a way that is unlikely to cause consumer confusion is generally not considered infringing.
Particularly, reference to a trademark for discussing the product or service offered will not be an infringing use of the trademark Such use of trademark will fall within the boundary of nominative fair use, that generally permits such uses as commentary, criticism, parody, reviews and, in some countries, comparative advertising. Trademark rights also often do not prevent:
Trademark rights are usually subject geographical limitations.
A counterfeit good is a fake or replica version of another company's goods that usually copies the trademark (name or logo) and/or distinctive features of that other company's goods to imitate a genuine product. The fabrication, marketing or sale of such product is a kind of trademark infringement that is unlawful in most countries, and is recognized as being harmful to consumers, trademark owners and honest sellers. Counterfeit goods may be illegal even if the vendor explicitly declares the counterfeit nature of the products, or otherwise disclaims authenticity of the goods.
If you believe content on Ranx is selling or promoting counterfeit goods, you may report that content by filling out Trademark Infringement form.
Under Ranx's Terms of Service and Content Policy, you can only publish or post on Ranx if the content does not violate the intellectual property of another party. You, as a Ranx user, are solely responsible for the content you post. To make sure that your content does not infringe someone else's copyright, you can do the following:
If you are not sure whether your content infringes another party's trademark rights or of you want to consult an attorney.
If the content you published was removed because of a complaint through our online form, a notification email will be sent to you from Ranx that includes the name and email address of the rights owner who made the report and/or the details of the report. Ranx is not in a position to adjudicate trademark disputes between parties and will only perform minimum investigation if a trademark infringement complaint is received. content will be removed only in case of clear infringement. Ranx strongly encourages the parties to reach out to each other directly to try to resolve the dispute. if the content was removed based on U.S. trademark rights, and if you believe the content should not have been removed, you will be provided an opportunity to submit an appeal. In these cases, you'll receive further instructions about this process in the notification you receive from Ranx.
Repeatedly publishing content that infringe someone else's intellectual property rights, or get taken down by our flagging system may result in suspension or permanent ban of your account. The actions taken may depend on the nature of the reported content and where it was posted.
Submitting a trademark infringement report is a serious matter with legal and financial consequences. Before you submit a claim of trademark infringement, Ranx strongly encourages the trademark owner to reach out to the person who posted the content and try to resolve the issue without contacting Ranx.
Ranx is unable to adjudicate disputes between the parties and will perform a limited investigation of reasonable complaints followed by removal of content in clear cases of infringement. It should be noted that abuse of our legal process may result in permanent ban of Ranx account.
The fastest and easiest way to file a Trademark infringement report is through our online form. You can also access this form by flagging the content in question for Intellectual Property Infringement. Ranx also accept free-form trademark complaint via email, postal mail, with all relevant information.
Please note that the complainant's name, email address and the details of the submitted report will be provided to the person who posted the content in question. In the case of an authorized representative submitting a report, the name of the organization or client that owns the right in question will be provided.
Reports of suspected infringement can only be submitted by an intellectual property rights owner or their authorized representative. If you believe content on Ranx violates someone else's copyright or trademark rights, you can inform the right owner about it.
Ranx usernames are unique and are usually claimed on a first-come, first-served basis. It is possible that you may find usernames in Ranx that includes your trademark. However, it should be noted that not all use of your trademark is necessarily an infringement of your rights. The same word used in a different context may not violate your trademark.
If you believe that a username infringes your trademark rights, you may want to reach out to the responsible person and try to resolve the issue directly. If you want to report a username on Ranx that you believe infringes your trademark, you can do so by completing our online form, by flagging the content for Intellectual Property infringement or by sending us a free-form via email (intellectualproperty@ranx.com) or mail.
Whether you submit your trademark infringement report through our online form or another method, Ranx will require the following information to be able to process your report.
The following information is provided to the person whose content is reported and/or removed following trademark infringement report through our online form:
In cases when the complaints are submitted by fax, mail or email, Ranx only provides the report number and a description of the removed content. Additional information can be provided upon request. For content that was removed based on U.S. trademark rights, Ranx will include instructions for how to appeal if the affected user believes the content was wrongfully removed.
When we receive your trademark infringement complaint form (via our webform or email), you will be sent an automated email with information about your report, including a unique report number. This number should be saved and mentioned in case you need to contact Ranx about your report.
In some cases, Ranx might respond to your report and ask for more information if needed. If you receive an email from Ranx team asking for more information about your report, you can and should respond directly to that email which is received by the team.
Ranx is not in a position to mediate disputes between the parties, and may be unable to remove the reported content for trademark infringement. You are strongly encouraged to contact the person who posted the reported content to try to resolve your issue.
When we receive a report of trademark infringement, we notify the person who was reported to inform them the content was reported and maybe removed. We also provide them with your contact information, including your email address and the name of the trademark owner, and/or details of your report.
If the person who posted the content believes that the content should not have been removed, they may reach out to you directly to try to resolve the issue. If the content was removed based on U.S. trademark rights, they may also be able to submit an appeal.
If you believe an advertisement infringes your intellectual property rights, you can submit a report via our online form including either a direct link to the ad or a screenshot of the ad to your report.
If you have reached an agreement with the user who published the content after having submitted a trademark report, or if you reported a content by mistake, you can withdraw your report.
You can respond to the email that you received from Ranx after submitting your report if you would like to withdraw your report and include identification of the content related to your report.
Upon receiving your notice withdrawing your complaint, the content will be restored if it has already been removed and an email confirmatio n will be sent to you. In some cases, Ranx may be unable to restore the content either due to technical limitations or if the content was removed for other reasons unrelated to your copyright complaint report.
Ranx is not in a position to mediate trademark disputes between user and trademark owner. A limited investigation of reasonable complaints will be performed by Ranx followed by removal of content in clear cases of infringement. It should be noted that abuse of our legal process may result in permanent ban of Ranx account. The fastest and easiest way to file a Trademark infringement report is through our online form. If you prefer to submit free-form trademark complaint via email, postal mail, make sure to include the requirements below.
The following elements must be included in Trademark infringement notifications. Without this information, Ranx may be unable to act on your request:
This information will be provided to the user allegedly infringing your Trademark to be able to contact you regarding your complaint.
You must agree to and include the following statements:
Complete complaints require the physical or electronic signature of the trademark owner or a representative authorized to act on their behalf. To satisfy this requirement, you may type your full legal name to act as your signature at the bottom of your complaint.
If you prefer to contact us via email, postal mail, or fax, here is information about how to do so:
For more information see our Trademark Infringement FAQs.