FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SUBJ: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
MAY 6, 2024
As indicated on August 24, 2021, the success of Village Resorts Hospitality
Group, LLC, is measured by Our attempt to develop products, goods, and services
that are aligned with Our Company's goals and strategies.
Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC, to include The
Afri Bar, LLC, and the companies we may manage, own, and operate, from time to
time may use the World Wide Web, websites, and social media as a form of
advertising, marketing, and promotion. The use of the World Wide Web, websites,
and social media has been known to create and invite vulnerabilities in fraud creating unfair competition where employees and
consumers can be misled or result in deceptive trade practices that can alter
or restrict a company's attempt to engage in the exchange of trade and
commerce.
Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC, and the companies
we may manage, own, and operate, through the submission, posting, or displaying
of content on the world wide web, websites, or through social media services retain
its rights worldwide, and does not grant any non-exclusive, royalty-free
license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, and distribute
Our content in any media or distribution methods now known or later developed
whether that may result in a material change of control or negatively impact Our
business operations to the detriment of Our business as an entrant into the
field of hospitality, media, and
entertainment thereof.
Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC, and the companies
we may manage, own, and operate, represent, and warrant that we retain all
rights, licenses, consents, permissions, power, and/or authority necessary to
the rights of any Content we may submit, post, or display on the World Wide Web,
websites, or through social media services and that Our material is subject to
copyright, trademark, intellectual, or other proprietary rights as applicable.
While combating fraud and dishonesty in the conduct
of trade and commerce, The Afri Bar, LLC, continues to address systemic issues
related to the conduct of Our business. This vulnerability to fraud and
dishonesty can sometimes result in unsolicited and hostile takeover attempts
which can influence the operations of Our organization and influence corporate
decision-making hindering our success and long-term goals.
Acts of unfair competition are generally
characterized by acts of deception, bad faith, fraud, and oppression severe
enough that the victim is thwarted or prevented from successfully engaging in
trade. Unfair competition covers many subjects; however, a variety of the most
common is trademark infringement, false advertising, unauthorized substitution,
bait and switch, the misappropriation of trade secrets, and
rumor-mongering to name a few.
Intellectual property theft refers to the robbing
of ideas, inventions, and creative expressions (intellectual property). The
most common types of Intellectual Property theft include trade secrets,
trademarks, copyrights, and patents. Intellectual Property can include
everything from proprietary products, goods, services, and parts, to movies, music, web content, business processes, inventions, literary, artistic works,
symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce and software that are
considered “creations of the mind.” The robbing of intellectual property can
result in dishonest and fraudulent rivalries in trade and commerce and damage
intellectual property.
Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC, and the companies
we may manage, own, and operate, reserve and retain all Intellectual Property
Rights to any Content specific to Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC, The
Afri Bar, LLC, and the companies we may manage, own, and operate.
From time to time, we may submit, post, or display
on or through the World Wide Web, websites, and social media services and we
retain all rights to all content whether they may be incorporated audio,
photos, videos, depictions, ideas, concepts, advertisements, promotions, and
marketing materials specific to Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC, The
Afri Bar, LLC, and the companies we may manage, own, and operate.
From time to time Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC, and the companies we
may manage, own, and operate, through the World Wide Web, websites, and social
media services, may express views and opinions expressed by Village Resorts
Hospitality Group, LLC, through the submission, posting, or displaying of
content, to include images and/or images of products, goods, services, and properties nonrelated to Village
Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC, and The Afri Bar, are the views and expressions
of Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC, depicted for the purpose or
reference made by Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC.
The submission, posting, or displaying of content, to include images and/or
images of properties, expressions, comments, and concepts, to include
incorporated audio, photos, videos, depictions, advertisements, promotions, and
marketing materials nonrelated to Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC, are
the viewpoints of Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC, and the companies we may manage, own, and operate, do not necessarily
represent, warrant, and endorse the viewpoints of those that may be depicted
for the purpose or reference made by Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC.
Preventing intellectual property theft is a
priority for Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC, and the companies we may
manage, own, and operate. Intellectual property is protected by both state and
federal laws and intellectual property theft can result in acts of unjust enrichment
and infringement to name a few.
Unfair competition and the effect can negatively
impact our business model, severely impacting our goals and strategies
resulting in an inferior product limiting our ability to fulfill our Mission
Statement. Unfair competition and leaked information can result in a change of
control. Such a coercive tactic can negatively impact our business operations,
giving our rivals an opportunity to prepare a competitive response to the
detriment of our business as a new entrant into the field of hospitality.
The impact of unfair competition goes far beyond
Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC, and the companies we may manage, own,
and operate, including our CEO, Mr. Mitchell. Village Resorts Hospitality
Group, LLC, and the companies we may manage, own, and operate, have reasonable
grounds to believe that hostile actions or an attempt at a hostile takeover of
Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC, or any of the companies we may own,
operate, and manage, may be present, resulting in acts of intellectual property
theft resulting in infringement and unjust enrichment.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
establishes protections for copyright infringement. In 1998, Congress passed
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which amended U.S. copyright law
to address important parts of the relationship between copyright and the
internet. Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC, and the companies we may
manage, own, and operate, reserve and retain all Intellectual Property Rights
to any Content specific to Village Resorts Hospitality Group, LLC, and the companies
we may manage, own, and operate, and does not grant any non-exclusive, royalty-free
license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt,
modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute Our content in any media or distribution
methods now known or later developed.
From time to time, at our sole discretion The Afri
Bar, LLC, reserves the right to implement, modify, cancel, or change any
Agreement as necessary.
Thank you for your interest in the Afri Bar.
We reserve all rights in our sole and absolute discretion.