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Niantic Copyright Policy

Niantic, Inc. (“Niantic”) respects the
intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same.

It is Niantic’s policy, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, to
disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe or are
repeatedly charged with infringing the copyrights or other intellectual property
rights of others.

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, the text of
which may be found on the U.S. Copyright Office website at
http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf,
Niantic will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed
using the Niantic website or other online network accessible through a mobile
device or other type of device (the “Sites”) that are reported to Niantic’s
Designated Copyright Agent, identified in the sample notice below.

If you are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, or
authorized to act under any exclusive right under copyright, please report
alleged copyright infringements taking place on or through the Sites by
completing the following DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement and delivering it
to Niantic’s Designated Copyright Agent. Upon receipt of the Notice as described
below, Niantic will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems
appropriate, including removal of the challenged material from the Sites.

DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement (“Notice”)

  1. Identify the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, or — if
    multiple copyrighted works are covered by this Notice — you may provide a
    representative list of the copyrighted works that you claim have been
    infringed.

  2. Identify the material that you claim is infringing (or to be the subject of
    infringing activity) and that is to be removed or access to which is to be
    disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the
    material, including at a minimum, if applicable, the URL of the link shown
    on the Site(s) where such material may be found.

  3. Provide your mailing address, telephone number, and, if available, email
    address.

  4. Include both of the following statements in the body of the Notice:

    • “I hereby state that I have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the

copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the
law (e.g., as a fair use).”

* “I hereby state that the information in this Notice is accurate and, under

penalty of perjury, that I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the
owner, of the copyright or of an exclusive right under the copyright that is
allegedly infringed.”

  1. Provide your full legal name and your electronic or physical signature.

Deliver this Notice, with all items completed, to Niantic’s Designated Copyright
Agent:

Copyright Agent
c/o Niantic, Inc.
1 Ferry Building Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94111
Email Address: legal@nianticlabs.com
Telephone Number: (415) 570-8871