Pitch Protection - Terms & Conditions

Please read these terms and conditions before sending us your pitch documents.

1. Please keep all file sizes to a maximum of 10MBs.

2. You should check whether registering any materials submitted to the client in the pitch with the DMA Pitch Protection Scheme will breach the terms of any non disclosure agreement (NDA)/ mutual confidentiality agreement you may have signed with the client before sending the material.

3. The DMA will not check whether the concepts or their representation in the pitch documents submitted are capable of protection under intellectual property law or whether the agency can validly claim copyright in the material submitted.

4. The DMA will not check whether there are any third party intellectual property rights in the material submitted.

5. The DMA will not check whether the material submitted complies with any legal requirements or self- regulatory requirements.

6. In the event of any allegation of infringement of intellectual property rights, the DMA is happy to provide details of law firms in membership who may be able to assist the parties. The DMA will not be able to provide detailed guidance at this stage.

7. In no event shall the DMA be liable for any loss of profit, revenue, goodwill, opportunity, business or other indirect or consequential loss of any kind in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise arising out of use of the website, save where such liability cannot be excluded by law.

8. The DMA does not give any warranty that the Pitch Protection website or storage of the documents submitted through the scheme will be free from viruses or anything else which may have a harmful affect on the documents submitted.

9. These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and any disputes are to be decided only by the courts of England and Wales.