Use of Rights
- All applications for the use of Ed Hillary intellectual property and naming rights must come to ED HILLARY IP Ltd. Applications should be made by email to the address listed under Contacts and must include the following:
a) which Hillary IP or naming right is to be utilised;
b) a detailed description of the intended purpose of this use, eg, advertising, book publication, school award, etc, and the extent of its use, eg, number of school fundraising events or frequency of advertising;
c) the duration of use of the IP or naming rights that is being applied for. - Applications will take about two weeks to process.
- We may charge a fee for IP and naming rights use depending on the application. For example: Educational and philanthropic use of Hillary IP and naming rights may require a nominal processing fee. In some cases a donation to an appropriate Himalayan charity will be accepted in lieu of a fee. In other situations such as advertising applications for Hillary IP and naming rights, market rates will apply.
- Applications to register Ed Hillary related trademarks must be registered in the name of ED HILLARY IP Ltd (and therefore belong to ED HILLARY IP Ltd) and their use will be subject to the conditions imposed by ED HILLARY IP Ltd. The trademark registration and prior use of any Hillary IP and naming rights does not create a right for renewal of use nor any moral precedent.
- All uses are to be subject to time limitations for use after which all rights are forfeited. Unless specified, the maximum duration of rights is one year.
- Additional use of the rights granted by ED HILLARY IP Ltd requires a new application and the acceptance of new conditions.
- All IP and naming rights users must acknowledge permission from ED HILLARY IP Ltd by printed, transmitted, verbal or other means.
- The decision of the managers of Ed Hillary IP Ltd in respect to any application for use of IP and naming rights is final including refusal and no correspondence will be entered into.