Trademarks & disclaimers

GodOfBoost is an independent marketplace for game accounts, items, currencies, top-ups and game-related services. This notice explains our relationship with game developers and publishers, how their names, marks and artwork appear on the site, the rights in GodOfBoost’s own brand and content, and how rights holders can tell us about a concern. It supplements the Terms of Service.

1. Who we are

GodOfBoost is operated by GODOFBOOST LTD, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 16736674, whose address is 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom. In this notice, “GodOfBoost”, “we”, “us” and “our” mean GODOFBOOST LTD. “Publisher” means any developer, publisher or platform holder of a game, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates.

2. Independence from game publishers

GodOfBoost is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored or authorised by any publisher — including, for example, Riot Games, Epic Games, Valve, Roblox, Electronic Arts, Blizzard Entertainment or Jagex — unless we say otherwise in writing for a specific product. No publisher reviews, approves or is responsible for the listings, sellers or services on GodOfBoost.

• A Verified or Official Seller badge means the seller has passed GodOfBoost’s own checks, or that the storefront is operated by GodOfBoost. It does not mean a publisher has approved the seller or the product.
• The official GodOfBoost store is GodOfBoost’s own storefront. It is not an official store of any game.
• Where a game page links to a publisher’s website, the link is there so you can find the official source. It does not indicate any partnership.

More generally, a reference on GodOfBoost to any game, product, service or company by name, trade mark or otherwise does not mean that the company concerned endorses, sponsors or recommends GodOfBoost, or that GodOfBoost endorses, sponsors or recommends that company.

3. How we use third-party trade marks

Game titles, character names, logos and emblems shown on GodOfBoost are trade marks or registered trade marks of their respective owners. We use them for one purpose: to identify the game that a category, listing, guide or service relates to — for example, to tell you that an account is a VALORANT account or that a coaching service is for Fortnite. Customers cannot find or describe these products without the name of the game, and game names appear in page titles, web addresses and search for the same reason.

In return, we hold ourselves and our sellers to the following standards:

• We use a publisher’s mark only as far as needed to identify its game, and never as our own brand, logo, company name or domain name.
• We do not present GodOfBoost, any seller or any listing as official, authorised, licensed or endorsed by a publisher, or suggest any other commercial connection with it.
• We do not present products as replicas or imitations of a publisher’s products, and we do not use a publisher’s marks to disparage it or its games.
• Sellers may not use a publisher’s name or logo in their store name, avatar or branding, or describe their listings as “official”.
• Sellers may not copy or imitate a publisher’s logo, artwork, page layout or other branding to make a listing look official, and may only use images, names and logos they are entitled to use (see section 9).

4. Legal basis for referring to trade marks

A registered trade mark lets its owner stop others from using the mark in the course of trade without consent. That right has deliberate limits, which exist so that businesses can tell customers truthfully what their goods and services relate to. GodOfBoost’s use of game names relies on those limits, as explained below.

United Kingdom. Section 11(2)(c) of the Trade Marks Act 1994, in the form in force since 14 January 2019, provides that a registered trade mark is not infringed by the use of the mark for the purpose of identifying or referring to goods or services as those of its proprietor — in particular where that use is necessary to indicate the intended purpose of a product or service. Section 11(2)(b) separately covers the use of signs or indications that concern the kind, quality, intended purpose or other characteristics of goods or services. Both apply only where the use is in accordance with honest practices in industrial or commercial matters.

What “honest practices” means. The condition is judged objectively. It expresses a duty to act fairly in relation to the legitimate interests of the trade mark owner. Following the Court of Justice’s judgment in Gillette Company v LA-Laboratories Ltd Oy (Case C-228/03), courts in the UK and the EU treat a use as not honest where, in particular:

• it gives the impression of a commercial connection between the user and the trade mark owner;
• it affects the value of the mark by taking unfair advantage of its distinctive character or repute;
• it discredits or denigrates the mark; or
• the user presents its product as an imitation or replica of the product bearing the mark.

Whether a use is honest depends on an overall assessment of all the circumstances, including how the mark is presented and whether the user has done what it reasonably can to make clear that it has no connection with the owner. The standards in section 3 are drawn from these principles, and it is also why every game page carries a statement of non-affiliation that names the rights holder, where known, and links to its official website.

Services for a named game. In BMW v Deenik (Case C-63/97), the Court of Justice accepted that an independent business may use a trade mark to tell the public that it deals in, or provides services for, the owner’s products, provided it does not suggest that it belongs to the owner’s network or has a special relationship with the owner. Game-related services on GodOfBoost — such as coaching or boosting for a named game — are referred to on that basis.

European Union. Article 14(1)(c) and 14(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 on the European Union trade mark set out the same limitation, subject to the same honest-practices condition, for EU trade marks. Article 14 of Directive (EU) 2015/2436 requires EU member states to apply the same limitation to national trade marks.

Other countries. Most legal systems recognise a comparable principle. In the United States, for example, federal courts have developed the doctrine of nominative fair use, which allows a business to use another’s mark to refer to the owner’s products where they cannot readily be identified without it, no more of the mark is used than reasonably necessary, and nothing suggests sponsorship or endorsement. Where the law of another country applies, its own rules govern — but we apply the standards in section 3 everywhere.

Unregistered marks and passing off. In England and Wales, names and get-up that are not registered can still be protected by the law of passing off, which is concerned with misrepresentations that lead the public to believe that one business’s goods or services are connected with another’s. Section 11 does not apply to passing off. Our answer to it is simply not to make any such misrepresentation — which is the purpose of section 2 and the standards in section 3.

Copyright is separate. Section 11 is a rule of trade mark law only. Game artwork, logos as artistic works, screenshots and other creative material are protected by copyright — in the UK under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 — and are dealt with in section 5.

5. Logos, artwork and screenshots

Copyright in game artwork, logos, character designs, screenshots, music and other creative material belongs to its owners. The trade-mark rules described in sections 3 and 4 concern names and marks; they are not copyright permissions, and we do not rely on them for artwork.

• Images supplied by sellers — such as screenshots of an account’s inventory — are uploaded under the seller’s responsibility. By uploading, a seller confirms that the image shows the actual product and that they are entitled to use it.
• Images on category and game pages illustrate the game the page relates to. They are not used to suggest that GodOfBoost produces, owns or is endorsed for the game.
• If you own the rights in an image shown on GodOfBoost and object to its use, tell us using the procedure in section 8. Where an objection is made by or for the rights owner, we will remove or replace the image promptly.

6. Publishers’ terms and the law

Every game is governed by its publisher’s own terms of service or end-user licence agreement. Many of these terms restrict selling, transferring or sharing accounts, items or in-game currency, or using third-party boosting or coaching services. Those terms are a contract between the player and the publisher. GodOfBoost is not a party to them and cannot waive or vary them.

Breaching a publisher’s terms is not the same as breaking the law. It is a matter between the player and the publisher, and the publisher may enforce its terms — for example by restricting, suspending, resetting or closing an account. GodOfBoost does not represent that any publisher permits a particular purchase, transfer or service, and buyers and sellers should read the terms of the game concerned before trading.

• Separately from publishers’ terms, the law itself prohibits some things, and so do we: accounts or items obtained through unauthorised access, stolen or fraudulently obtained goods, stolen payment methods, and any trade that is unlawful where the buyer or seller is located. These are never allowed on GodOfBoost — see the Terms of Service.

Publishers can change, restrict, suspend, reset or close game accounts and their content at any time — through game updates, region or platform changes, or enforcement of their own terms — and sometimes for reasons unconnected with any purchase on GodOfBoost. GodOfBoost has no control over these decisions and cannot reverse them. Buyers should take this risk into account before buying.

What happens if a publisher takes action against an account after purchase depends on the cause. Problems caused by the seller or the product — for example, an account recovered by its previous owner — are handled under Buyer protection and the Refund & cancellation policy. Action a publisher takes because of the buyer’s own conduct after delivery is not covered. None of this affects any rights you have under consumer law that cannot be excluded.

7. GodOfBoost’s own intellectual property

The GodOfBoost name and logo are trade marks of GODOFBOOST LTD. The design of the site, its original text, graphics, icons, illustrations and software are owned by GODOFBOOST LTD or used under licence. You may refer to GodOfBoost by name — for example in a review, news article or link — but you may not use our name or logo in a way that suggests we endorse you. Do not add ® to the GodOfBoost name when referring to us.

Unless we agree otherwise in writing, you may not:

• use bots, spiders, scrapers or other automated means to access, monitor, copy or extract content or data from GodOfBoost — other than search-engine indexing that follows our robots.txt instructions;
• use content or data from GodOfBoost to train, fine-tune or develop machine-learning or generative AI systems;
• copy, republish or frame substantial parts of the site, or use it as the basis for a competing product or service.

These restrictions do not stop you from doing anything the law allows regardless of a contract — for example, text and data analysis for non-commercial research that section 29A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 permits and which a contract term cannot override.

You keep ownership of the content you post on GodOfBoost, such as reviews, listing descriptions, messages and images. You give GodOfBoost a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to host, store, reproduce, display and adapt that content (for example, resizing an image) as needed to operate the platform, show your listing or review, and promote it on GodOfBoost, and to let our service providers do so on our behalf. The licence ends when the content is removed, except for copies we need to keep in backups, order and dispute records, or to meet legal obligations.

If you send us ideas, suggestions or feedback about GodOfBoost, we may use them to improve our services without any obligation to you. You keep any rights you have in what you send, and you give us a perpetual, royalty-free licence to use it for that purpose.

8. Reporting an infringement

If you own a trade mark, copyright or other intellectual property right — or are authorised to act for the owner — and believe that content on GodOfBoost infringes it, email support@godofboost.com with the subject line “IP notice”, or open a ticket from My tickets. To let us act quickly, please include:

• Your name, organisation, email address and telephone number.
• Whether you are the rights owner. If not, your relationship to the rights owner and confirmation that you are reporting on its behalf.
• The rights owner’s name and the country where it is based.
• The right concerned — for a registered trade mark, the mark, registration number and territory; for copyright, a description of the work and, where possible, a link to the original.
• The type of content you are reporting (for example a listing, image, store name, review or message) and the exact web address (URL) of each item.
• Why you believe the content infringes your right, and any other information that will help us understand the report.
• A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the rights owner, its agent or the law, and that the information in your notice is accurate and you are entitled to act.
• Your physical or electronic signature — for an electronic signature, your full name.

Sellers who repeatedly list infringing content may have their listings restricted or their accounts suspended or closed under the Terms of Service. We handle the personal data in a notice as described in the Privacy Policy. Notices that are knowingly false or abusive may be disregarded, and misuse of the reporting procedure may lead to action against the account concerned.

9. Sellers’ responsibility for listing content

Sellers are responsible for everything they publish on GodOfBoost — listing titles and descriptions, images, store names, avatars and messages. By publishing it, a seller confirms that:

• they have every permission, licence and consent needed to publish the content and to offer the product or service, and doing so does not infringe anyone’s rights or break the law where they or the buyer are located;
• images show the actual product being sold, and descriptions are accurate;
• they will remove or correct content promptly when GodOfBoost asks them to because of a rights-holder notice or a breach of this notice.

If a third party makes a claim against GodOfBoost because content a seller published infringes its rights, the seller will compensate GodOfBoost for the reasonable losses, costs and legal expenses that result, except to the extent the claim is caused by GodOfBoost’s own act or omission. Where an infringement leads to refunds to buyers, the amounts may be recovered from the seller as set out in the Seller agreement.

10. Information on the site

• Listing details — rank, region, skins, items and screenshots — are provided by the seller, who is responsible for their accuracy under our listing accuracy rules.
• Game information, such as names, release details and in-game data, comes from public and third-party sources. Games change through updates and seasons, and we cannot guarantee that this information is always complete or current.
• Links to third-party websites, including publishers’ sites, are provided for convenience. We don’t control those sites and their own terms and privacy policies apply.

11. How this notice fits with our other terms

This notice forms part of, and should be read with, the Terms of Service. If the two conflict, the Terms of Service apply. Nothing in this notice limits any rights you have under applicable law that cannot be excluded by contract. We may update this notice from time to time; the date at the bottom of the page shows the latest version.

12. Contact

Questions about this notice, or intellectual property concerns: support@godofboost.com, or a ticket from My tickets. Post: GODOFBOOST LTD, 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom.