Intellectual Property Policy

This policy is a general draft. The accepted quotation, statement of work, or rights agreement should identify the exact deliverables, permitted uses, payment condition, exclusions, third-party assets, source-file treatment, and whether rights are assigned or licensed.

No general website statement should promise ownership of material that MOUHA STORE LLC does not own or have authority to transfer.

The business should create original project work and should not knowingly reproduce another party's protected design, logo, illustration, photograph, text, or other content without authorization. Similarities caused by common ideas, functional requirements, public-domain material, licensed assets, or standard design conventions require context-specific review.

Trademark clearance, patent review, regulatory approval, and legal availability searches are not graphic design services unless expressly added through a qualified provider and written scope.

The client represents that it owns or has sufficient permission to provide and use every submitted name, logo, image, font, text, data set, photograph, illustration, video, template, reference, or other asset for the requested project.

References may guide mood, composition, or business context, but they do not authorize copying. The business may reject materials or instructions that reasonably appear unauthorized, deceptive, infringing, or unlawful.

Where the project documents provide for assignment of final approved work, the assignment should occur only after full cleared payment and should identify the specific final deliverables covered. Drafts, unused concepts, preliminary directions, internal methods, reusable tools, and excluded materials remain outside the transfer unless expressly included.

Payment alone should not be assumed to transfer every possible right unless the written agreement says so. The final documents must distinguish between ownership of a delivered file, copyright ownership, trademark rights, and a license to use third-party material.

An assignment transfers specified rights from one party to another. A license permits defined uses while ownership remains with the rights holder. The selected structure should match the project, price, jurisdiction, and intended use.

A license should describe permitted media, territory, term, exclusivity, modification rights, sublicensing, transfer, attribution, and any usage limit. An assignment should state retained rights, third-party exclusions, and when the transfer becomes effective.

Editable source files are not automatically included. If source files are purchased or included, the scope should identify the file types, software version, linked assets, technical limitations, and whether future compatibility or support is included.

Working files may contain internal organization, licensed elements, reusable systems, exploratory work, or software-dependent effects. The business may provide a cleaned or packaged source file rather than every internal working document, if that is what the written scope states.

Font software is commonly licensed separately from the design that uses it. A client may need its own desktop, webfont, application, document-embedding, server, or other license depending on how the font will be used.

The business should not transfer font files unless the license permits transfer. The project documents should identify whether the client must purchase a font, whether a freely licensed alternative is used, or whether text is converted to outlines for a limited deliverable.

Stock photography, mockups, icons, illustrations, templates, plugins, software, and other third-party materials remain subject to the provider's license. The license may limit users, impressions, resale, templates, merchandise, trademarks, or redistribution.

The final scope should identify material third-party assets, who obtains the license, who pays the fee, and which restrictions remain after delivery. A preview or comp asset must not be used as a final licensed asset.

After permitted rights are delivered, a client may modify the work only to the extent allowed by the assignment, license, and third-party restrictions. The business should not be represented as approving a later modification it did not review.

The client remains responsible for lawful use, required notices, trademark and regulatory review, correct reproduction, and licenses needed for new media or uses outside the original scope.

The project documents should state whether MOUHA STORE may display final public work for portfolio, award-submission, social, educational, or promotional purposes. Portfolio use should not imply performance results, endorsement, partnership, or confidential access.

If a project is confidential, subject to an embargo, or covered by a nondisclosure agreement, the restriction should be documented and followed. The business should obtain separate permission before displaying private or unreleased client material where required.

A person who believes material on the website infringes a right should submit a detailed notice through the Contact page, including identification of the protected work, the challenged material, contact information, and a good-faith explanation of the claim.

The business should preserve relevant records, review the claim promptly, avoid making unsupported admissions, and obtain legal advice where appropriate. A formal statutory notice process should be added only if it accurately matches the hosting and legal requirements that apply.

Questions about ownership, source files, licensing, portfolio permission, or submitted materials can be raised during quotation and through the Contact page. Project-specific rights must be confirmed in writing before work begins.