Copyright, Registered Trademark, and Terms of Use

COPYRIGHT, REGISTERED TRADEMARK, AND TERMS OF USE of CoachingAmericanSoccer.com

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COPYRIGHT

Coaching American Soccer, Coaching American Soccer.com, CoachingAmericanSoccer.com®, www.CoachingAmericanSoccer.com, and the full content of the Website www.coachingamericansoccer.com (including the full content of the Master Glossary as published in The ULTIMATE SOCCER DICTIONARY of American Terms) are protected by Copyright under the laws of the United States of America and other countries and all other laws worldwide regarding intellectual property.  This includes, but is not restricted to, pictures, logos, images, illustrations, audio, video, and text in electronic or printed form.  All rights, express or otherwise, are reserved to the author, John Harves (John C. Harves).  Rights regarding registered trademarks, logotypes, service marks, third-party content, or references to common-use names of other companies or products, if not otherwise noted, are reserved to the originating author or company, if legally valid.

REGISTERED TRADEMARK

For Coaching  American  Soccer, CoachingAmericanSoccer.com, and www.CoachingAmericanSoccer.com, www.CoachingAmericanSoccer.com®, CoachingAmericanSoccer.com®, and Coaching American Soccer.com® and the associated silhouette of a soccer player about to kick a ball (in all combinations of colors) is an official Registered Trademark ® with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO #45211115) and is only available for the exclusive use of Coaching American Soccer.com®.  Any other use without permission constitutes a violation of Federal law.

TERMS OF USE

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The user has access to, and use of, the Website and its content on an “as-is” or “as-available” basis with absolutely no warranties or liability on the part of the Website or its contributors  expressed, suggested, or implied.  The Website includes facts, views, opinion, and recommendations with no control over their application.  Therefore, the author and this Website specifically disclaims any representation or warranty to anyone acting or relying on the content of the Website and shall not be held liable for any loss or damages.

Further, names given to the “Soccer Fun Games” contained within this Website are common, generic names, most of which have existed and been in use throughout the United States since approximately 1972.  Because of this, no claim is made by CoachingAmericanSoccer.com® to have invented or trademarked any of these names, except where specifically noted.  To do so would be to find that the name is clearly associated with a specific entity as the particular, and original, source.  No such valid evidence has been found to date.   This is equally true for the thousands of words and terms associated with the sport of soccer itself as contained within the Website.

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