Co-Branding

Both parties agree to display their branding with equal prominence, ensuring no visual hierarchy favors one party over the other.

Corporate Representation:

• Primary Branding: The operating brand (e.g., the product name or subsidiary) most familiar to the public shall be used.
• Parent Company Disclosure: If the operating brand is a subsidiary, the ultimate parent company’s name or logo must be included in a secondary, non-dominant position (e.g., "A [Parent Company] Company") to ensure full corporate transparency.
• No party shall require the other to use a parent company logo in place of their primary consumer brand unless legally mandated by the partner's internal compliance.

Joint Ventures

The Individual does not form new legal entities or share equity/liability with partners.

Notwithstanding any other agreement, document, or verbal understanding, the Individual explicitly does not enter into, and shall not be deemed to be in, any Joint Venture (JV), partnership, or joint ownership arrangement with any third party.

• No Legal Entity: No new legal entity shall be formed between the Individual and any partner.
• No Shared Liability: The individual assumes no liability for the debts, obligations, or legal actions of any partner, and no partner assumes liability for the Individual's actions.
• No Equity Sharing: No equity, profit-sharing, or ownership rights in Individual's business or its intellectual property are transferred or granted under any "partnership" or "collaboration" agreement.
• Override Clause: If any document signed by the Induvidual appears to create a Joint Venture or shared liability, this clause shall automatically override such provisions, and the relationship shall be interpreted strictly as an independent contractor, licensee, or affiliate relationship as defined by applicable law.

Product Integrations

 The Individual is open to exploring product integrations with any partner. While the Individual is flexible regarding the technical scope and business terms, all integrations must strictly adhere to the Individual's Privacy Pledge and Security Standards.

• Negotiation Scope: Both parties must negotiate the specific API access, data limits, and maintenance responsibilities on a case-by-case basis.
• Non-Negotiables: No integration shall allow access to personally identifiable information (PII) unless explicitly required by law. All data exchange must be aggregated and anonymized.
• Safety First: Any integration that compromises the security or performance of the Individual's site will be rejected, regardless of the business opportunity.

White Labeling

In a White Label arrangement, the partner acts as the primary face of the product. However, to maintain transparency and credit the original builder, the following branding rules apply:

• Size Limitation: The Individual's brand name and logo must be displayed at exactly 50% of the size (height/width) of the partner's brand name and logo.
• No Deviation: The size shall be no more and no less than this 50% ratio. The Individual's logo cannot be hidden, removed, or reduced to a footnote, nor can it be enlarged to match the partner's prominence.
• Placement: The Individual's brand must appear adjacent to or directly below the partner's brand in all customer-facing materials.
• Exception: This rule is a specific exception to the "Equal Visual Prominence" requirement found in the Co-Branding section. It applies only to White Label agreements.
• Compliance: The partner remains fully responsible for sales and customer support but must still adhere to the Individual's Privacy Pledge and all applicable Security Standards, regardless of the partner's region of operation; by extension, this includes all applicable regulations by legal authorities.

Co-Development

In a Co-Development arrangement, both parties collaborate to build a new product or feature. While financial contributions may vary, the branding and legal standards remain strict.

• Financial Split: Economic expenditures shall be shared, with the Individual's contribution held to no less than 8.3% (approximately 1/12th) and no more than 49.9% of total costs. The partner's contribution shall correspondingly range from approximately 50.1% to 91.6% of total costs.
• Ownership & Equity: Despite the disparity in funding, ownership of the underlying code and intellectual property shall be defined by a separate agreement. (Note: If you intend to keep 100% ownership and just charge for dev time, state that. If you are sharing equity, specify it here).
• Brand Parity: Regardless of the funding split, the partner may request a logo size increase of up to 20%, provided Individual's logo remains clearly visible and is not reduced below 80% of the partner's size.
• Compliance: Both parties must strictly adhere to the Individual's Privacy Pledge and global Security Standards; by extension, this includes all applicable regulations set by legal authorities.
• No Joint Venture: This arrangement does not constitute a Joint Venture. No new legal entity shall be formed, and neither party assumes liability for the other's independent actions.
• Ownership: Post-development ownership of the co-developed product or intellectual property shall belong to whichever party initiated the Co-Development partnership. Where the partner initiated the partnership, the partner retains full legal ownership post-development. Where the Individual initiated the partnership, the Individual retains full legal ownership post-development, subject to the Financial Split obligations above.