Copyright Policy

This copyright policy applies to www.istedafah.com operated by Istedafah, Salalah, Al Najah Street, P.O. Box 1348 Code 211, Sultanate of Oman (“we,” “us,” “our,” “Istedafah”).

Use of Copyright

This is a statement of Istedafah’s copyright and its policy and guidelines relating to use of copyright owned by Istedafah. For purposes of this document, references to copyright or marks include all trade and images and logos owned by Istedafah.  Istedafah’s copyright, images and logos represent intellectual property rights owned by Istedafah and as such are valued assets of Istedafah.

Any licensed use by you of an Istedafah copyright must be authorized by us and requires proper acknowledgement and strict compliance with our requirements. Requests for a copyright license may be submitted to us using info@istedafah.com

By using any Istedafah copyright, you are acknowledging that Istedafah is the sole owner of the copyright and agreeing not to interfere with Istedafah’s rights in the copyright, including challenging our use, registration of, or application to register such copyright.

You agree that you will not harm, misuse, or bring into disrepute any Istedafah copyright and that the goodwill, if any, derived from your use of any Istedafah copyright exclusively inures to the benefit of and belongs to us.

You may not use any Istedafah copyright in meta-tags, search fields, hidden text, or any other form that has the purpose or effect of diverting or confusing consumers without our prior written permission.

Other product names or copyrights, including those appearing on Istedafah’s websites, that are not owned by us are for identification purposes only and may be the registered or unregistered copyright of their respective owners. No license or right is granted by us by implication, estoppel or otherwise to any such third party names or copyright or to the Istedafah copyright hereby.

Compliance with Copyright Law

We take the intellectual property rights of others seriously and are asking our users, visitor, guests and hosts to do the same. Istedafah prides itself to be in full compliance with Oman`s Royal Decree No 132/2008 and subsidiary legislation and other copyright and intellectual property protection laws.

If you own a copyright or if you are officially acting on behalf of a copyright owner and want to report a claim that a copyright is infringed on or through our website, please send us a notice outlining the following to the email address below.

• A description of the copyrighted work that you claim is being infringed;
• A link or the URL or other location of the material you claim is infringing;
• Your name, address, telephone number, and email address;
• An electronic or physical signature of the owner of the copyright or a person authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

Please also include the following statements:

• “I have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted material I am complaining about is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law”

• “The information in this notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, I am the owner, or authorised to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyright or of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed”

Our Email address for Copyright Notices is info@istedafah.com

Validity and questions

This Copyright Policy was last updated on Sunday, 22 October 2023 and is the current and valid version. However, we point out that from time to time due to actual or legal changes a revision to this policy may be necessary.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.