Common Law Copyright Notice
Common Law Copyright Notice
Common Law Copyright Notice
Copyright Notice: All rights reserved re common-law copyright of tradename/trade-mark, JOSEPH MICHAEL DECOTA-as well as any and all
derivatives and variations in the spelling of said trade-name/trade-markCommon Law Copyright 1976, 1978, 2012 by Joseph Michael DeCota. Said
common-law trade-name/trade-mark, JOSEPH MICHAEL DECOTA, may
neither be used, nor reproduced, neither in whole nor in part, nor in any manner
whatsoever, without the prior, express, written consent and acknowledgment of
Joseph Michael DeCota as signified by the red-ink signature of Joseph
Michael DeCota. hereinafter Secured Party. With the intent of being
contractually bound, any juristic person, as well as the agent of said j, uristic
person, consents and agrees by this Copyright Notice that neither said juristic
person, nor the agent of said juristic person, shall display, nor otherwise use in
any manner, the common-law trade-name/trade-mark JOSEPH MICHAEL
DECOTA, nor the common-law copyright described herein, nor any derivative
or, nor any variation in the spelling of, JOSEPH MICHAEL DECOTA without the
prior express, written consent and acknowledgment of Secured Party, as
signified by Secured Party's signature in red ink. Secured Party neither grants,
nor implies, nor otherwise gives consent for any unauthorized use of JOSEPH
MICHAEL DECOTA, and all such unauthorized use is strictly prohibited.
Secured Party is not now, nor has Secured Party ever been, an accommodation
party, nor a surety, for the purported debtor, i.e. JOSEPH MICHAEL DECOTA,
nor for any derivative of, nor for any variation in the spelling of, said name, nor
for any other juristic person, and is so-indemnified and held harmless by Debtor,
i.e. JOSEPH MICHAEL DECOTA, in Hold-Harmless and Indemnity Agreement
No. JMD-030678-HHIA dated the Sixth Day of the Third Month in the Year of
Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Eight against any and all
summonses, lawsuits, costs, fines, liens, levies, penalties, damages, interests,
and expenses whatsoever, both absolute and contingent, as are due and as
might become due, now existing and as might hereafter arise, and as might be
suffered by, imposed on, and incurred by Debtor for any and every reason,
purpose, and cause whatsoever. Self-executing Contract/Security Agreement
in Event of Unauthorized Use: By this Copyright Notice, both the juristic
person and the agent of said juristic person, hereinafter jointly or severally
User, consent and agree that any use of JOSEPH MICHAEL DECOTA other
than authorized use as set forth above constitutes unauthorized use,
counterfeiting, of Secured Party's common-l, aw copyright property, contractually
binds User, renders this Copyright Notice a Security Agreement wherein User is
Debtor and Joseph Michael DeCota is Secured Party, and signifies that User:
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(1) grants Secured Party a security interest in all of User's assets, land, and
personal property, and all of User's interest in assets, land, and personal
property, in the sum of $500,000.00 per each occurrence of use of the commonlaw-copyrighted trade-name/trade-mark JOSEPH MICHAEL DECOTA, as well
as for each and every occurrence of use of any and all derivatives of, and
variations in the spelling of JOSEPH MICHAEL DECOTA, plus costs, plus
triple damages: (2) authenticates this Security Agreement wherein User is
Debtor and Joseph Michael DeCota is Secured Party, and wherein User
pledges all of User's assets, land, consumer goods, farm products, inventory,
equipment, money, investment property, commercial tort claims, letters of credit,
letter-of-credit rights, chattel paper, instruments, deposit accounts, accounts,
documents, and general intangibles, and all User's interest in all such foregoing
property, now owned and hereafter acquired, now existing and hereafter arising,
and wherever located, as collateral for securing User's contractual obligation in
favor of Secured Party for User's unauthorized use of Secured Party's commonlaw-copyrighted property: (3) consents and agrees with Secured Party's filing of
a UCC Financing Statement in the UCC Filing Office, as well as in any other
county recorder's office, wherein User is Debtor and Joseph Michael DeCota is
Secured Party: (4) consents and agrees that said UCC Financing Statement
described above in paragraph (3) is a continuing financing statement, and
further consents and agrees with Secured Party's filing of any continuation
statement necessary for maintaining Secured Party's perfected security interest
in all of User's property and interest in property, pledged as collateral in this
Security Agreement and described above in paragraph (2), until User's
contractual obligation theretofore incurred has been fully satisfied: (5) consents
and agrees with Secured Party's filing of any UCC Financing Statement, as
described above in paragraphs (3) and (4), as well as the filing of any
Security Agreement, as described in paragraph (2), in the UCC filing office, as
well as in any county recorder's office: (6) consents and agrees that any and all
such filings described in paragraphs (4) and (5) above are not, and may not
be considered, bogus, and that User will not claim that such filing is bogus; (7)
waives all defenses; and (8) appoints Secured Party as Authorized
Representative for User, effective upon User's default re User's contractual
obligations in favor of Secured Party as set forth below under Payment Terms
and Default Terms, granting Secured Party full authorization and power for
engaging in any and all actions on behalf of User including, but not limited by,
authentication of a record on behalf of User, as Secured Party, in Secured
Party's sole discretion, deems appropriate, and User further consents and
agrees that this appointment of Secured Party as Authorized Representative for
User, effective upon User's default, is irrevocable and coupled with a security
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interest. User further consents and agrees with all of the following
additional terms of Self-executing Contract/Security Agreement in Event of
Unauthorized Use: Payment Terms: In accordance with fees for unauthorized
use of JOSEPH MICHAEL DECOTA as set forth above, User hereby consents
and agrees that User shall pay Secured Party all unauthorized-use fees in full
within ten (10) days of the date User is sent Secured Party's invoice, hereinafter
invoice, itemizing said fees. Default Terms: In event of non-payment in full of
all unauthorized-use fees by User within ten (10) days of date of invoice is sent,
User shall be deemed in default and; (a) all of User's property and property
pledged as collateral by User, as set forth in above paragraph (2), immediately
becomes, i.e. is, property of Secured Party: (b) Secured Party is appointed
User's Authorized Representative as set forth above in paragraph (8); and (c)
User consents and agrees that Secured Party may take possession of, as well
as otherwise dispose of, in any manner that Secured Party, in Secured Party's
sole discretion, deems appropriate, including, but not limited by, sale at auction,
at any time following User's default, and without further notice, any and all of
User's property and interest, described above in paragraph (2), formerly
pledged as collateral by User, now property of Secured Party, in respect of this
Self-executing Contract/Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use, that
Secured Party, again in Secured Party's sole discretion, deems appropriate.
Terms for Curing Default: Upon event of default, as set forth under Default
Terms, irrespective of any and all of User's former property and interest in
property, as described above in paragraph (2), in possession of, as well as
disposed of by, secured Party, as authorized above under Default Terms, User
may cure User's default only re the remainder of User's said former property and
interest property, formerly pledged as collateral that is neither in the possession
of, nor otherwise disposed of by, Secured Party within twenty (20) days of date
of User's default only by payment in full. Terms of Strict Foreclosure: User's
non-payment in full of all unauthorized-use fees itemized in invoice within said
twenty (20) day period for curing default as set forth above under Terms for
Curing Default authorizes Secured Party's immediate non-judicial strict
foreclosure on any and all remaining former property and interest in property,
formerly pledged as collateral by User, now property of Secured Party, which is
not in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of by, Secured Party upon
expiration of said twenty (20) day default-curing period. Ownership subject to
common-law copyright and UCC Financing Statement and Security Agreement
filed with UCC filing office, Record Owner: Joseph Michael DeCota, Autograph
Common Law Copyright 1976, 1978, 2012. Unauthorized us of Joseph
Michael DeCota incurs same unauthorized-use fees as those associated with
JOSEPH MICHAEL DECOTA, as set forth above in paragraph (1) under
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