Terms of Service

Last updated: October 15, 2025

Terms and conditions governing your use of KAIGA services.

These Terms of Service govern your use of the website located at https://kaiga.org and any related services provided by KAIGA.

By accessing https://kaiga.org, you agree to abide by these Terms of Service and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree with these Terms of Service, you are prohibited from using or accessing this website or using any other services provided by KAIGA.

We, KAIGA, reserve the right to review and amend any of these Terms of Service at our sole discretion. Upon doing so, we will update this page. Any changes to these Terms of Service will take effect immediately from the date of publication.

These Terms of Service were last updated on 15 October 2025.

Limitations of Use

By using this website, you warrant on behalf of yourself, your users, and other parties you represent that you will not:

modify, copy, prepare derivative works of, decompile, or reverse engineer any materials and software contained on this website;
remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from any materials and software on this website;
transfer the materials to another person or "mirror" the materials on any other server;
knowingly or negligently use this website or any of its associated services in a way that abuses or disrupts our networks or any other service KAIGA provides;
use this website or its associated services to transmit or publish any harassing, indecent, obscene, fraudulent, or unlawful material;
use this website or its associated services in violation of any applicable laws or regulations;
use this website in conjunction with sending unauthorized advertising or spam;
harvest, collect, or gather user data without the user's consent; or
use this website or its associated services in such a way that may infringe the privacy, intellectual property rights, or other rights of third parties.

Intellectual Property

The intellectual property in the materials contained in this website are owned by or licensed to KAIGA and are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law. We grant our users permission to download one copy of the materials for personal, non-commercial transitory use.

This constitutes the grant of a license, not a transfer of title. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions or the Terms of Service, and may be terminated by KAIGA at any time.

User-Generated Content

You retain your intellectual property ownership rights over content you submit to us for publication on our website. We will never claim ownership of your content, but we do require a license from you in order to use it.

When you use our website or its associated services to post, upload, share, or otherwise transmit content covered by intellectual property rights, you grant to us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly display, translate, or otherwise create derivative works of your content in a manner that is consistent with your privacy preferences and our Privacy Policy.

The license you grant us can be terminated at any time by deleting your content or account. However, to the extent that we (or our partners) have used your content in connection with commercial or sponsored content, the license will continue until the relevant commercial or post has been discontinued by us.

You give us permission to use your username and other identifying information associated with your account in a manner that is consistent with your privacy preferences, and our Privacy Policy.

User-Uploaded Images

When you upload images to our platform (including but not limited to profile pictures, banner images, and product photos), you represent and warrant that:

You own the rights to the uploaded images or have obtained all necessary permissions to upload and display them;
The images do not violate any third-party intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or other rights;
The images do not contain illegal, obscene, defamatory, or otherwise inappropriate content;
You are solely responsible for all images you upload to the platform.

Platform Disclaimer: KAIGA does not take responsibility for the content, accuracy, appropriateness, or legality of images uploaded by users. While we reserve the right to remove any content that violates this policy or applicable laws, we are not obligated to monitor or review user-uploaded images. You acknowledge that you upload images at your own risk and agree to indemnify KAIGA against any claims arising from your uploaded content.

By uploading images to our platform, you acknowledge that these images may be publicly visible (depending on your privacy settings) and that you are solely responsible for any consequences resulting from your uploads.

Liability

Our website and the materials on our website are provided on an 'as is' basis. To the extent permitted by law, KAIGA makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties including, without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property, or other violation of rights.

In no event shall KAIGA or its suppliers be liable for any consequential loss suffered or incurred by you or any third party arising from the use or inability to use this website or the materials on this website, even if KAIGA or an authorized representative has been notified, orally or in writing, of the possibility of such damage.

In the context of this agreement, "consequential loss" includes any consequential loss, indirect loss, real or anticipated loss of profit, loss of benefit, loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of goodwill, loss of opportunity, loss of savings, loss of reputation, loss of use and/or loss or corruption of data, whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity, or otherwise.

Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.

Accuracy of Materials

The materials appearing on our website are not comprehensive and are for general information purposes only. KAIGA does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on this website, or otherwise relating to such materials or on any resources linked to this website.

Links

KAIGA has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its website and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement, approval, or control by KAIGA of the site. Use of any such linked site is at your own risk and we strongly advise you make your own investigations with respect to the suitability of those sites.

Trademark and Intellectual Property Disclaimer

KAIGA is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, Game Freak, or Creatures Inc.

Copyright and Trademark Notice

All Pokémon-related intellectual property, including:

Trademarks: Pokémon character names, logos, and game titles
Copyrighted Visual Content: Character sprites, card artwork, card designs, card scans, packaging images, and all visual representations of Pokémon characters and products

Are the exclusive property of The Pokémon Company and its affiliates.

Our Use of Pokémon Content

KAIGA operates as an independent platform for Pokémon trading card collection and e-commerce. We display Pokémon visual content (including character sprites, card images, and product photographs) solely for:

Product identification: To accurately identify cards available for purchase or in user collections
E-commerce functionality: To facilitate commerce in authentic, legally purchased Pokémon products
Collection management: To enable users to catalog and track their personal collections

This use is protected under:

Fair use doctrine (for product identification and e-commerce)
Nominative fair use (for identifying genuine products)
First sale doctrine (for facilitating sale of authentic products)

What We Don't Claim

We do not claim any ownership rights to:

Pokémon intellectual property (trademarks, copyrights, or designs)
Card artwork, character sprites, or any visual assets created by The Pokémon Company
Product names, logos, brands, or registered trademarks owned by third parties

Disclaimer

The use of Pokémon names, images, character sprites, card artwork, and trademarks on this website is for identification and reference purposes only and does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by The Pokémon Company or its affiliates.

For complete details on our use of Pokémon intellectual property, see our Trademark & Intellectual Property Notice.

Right to Terminate

We may suspend or terminate your right to use our website and terminate these Terms of Service immediately upon written notice to you for any breach of these Terms of Service.

Severance

Any term of these Terms of Service which is wholly or partially void or unenforceable is severed to the extent that it is void or unenforceable. The validity of the remainder of these Terms of Service is not affected.

Governing Law

These Terms of Service are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Singapore. You irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in that State or location.

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