GENERAL PROVISIONS AND SUBMISSION PROHIBITION
Konstantin Chaykin LLC (hereinafter referred to as the Company) and its employees do not accept, review, or execute any transactions regarding ideas, text proposals, concepts, sketches, drawings, blueprints, three-dimensional models, watch design variations, or other creative and technical materials submitted on the personal initiative of users (hereinafter referred to as the User) (hereinafter collectively referred to as the Materials)[cite: 4]. Please do not send any Materials to the Company, its employees, or contractors via website feedback forms, email, social networks, or any other communication channels[cite: 4].
LEGAL STATUS OF TEXTUAL IDEAS AND CONCEPTS
In accordance with Paragraph 5 of Article 1259 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (CC RF), copyrights do not extend to ideas, concepts, principles, methods, processes, systems, means, or solutions to technical problems[cite: 4]. Any text descriptions and concepts submitted by the User contrary to this Policy are recognized as unprotected ideas[cite: 4]. The Company is entitled to use such ideas in any manner, including during the development of watch lines and watch movements, on a free basis and without obtaining any consent from the User[cite: 4].
GRANT OF ROYALTY-FREE LICENSE FOR DRAWINGS AND SKETCHES
In the event that the User, contrary to the prohibition, sends Materials to the Company that constitute objects of copyright or potential industrial designs (including, but not limited to: watch drawings, dial renders, case sketches, graphic elements), such action is recognized as a conclusive act expressing the User's will to conclude a license agreement under the terms of a public offer in accordance with Articles 434, 438, and 1286 of the CC RF[cite: 4]. By submitting such Materials, the User grants the Company a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use the Materials worldwide for the entire duration of the copyright[cite: 4]. This license includes the Company's right to use the Materials in any manner provided for by Article 1270 of the CC RF, including: the right to reproduce, distribute, publicly display, practically implement the project, incorporate into complex objects, as well as the right to adapt (modify) the Materials and create production watch models based on them without payment of any remuneration or compensation to the User[cite: 4].
REPRESENTATIONS OF FACT AND LIABILITY
In accordance with Article 431.2 of the CC RF, the User represents and warrants to the Company that they are the lawful author or rightsholder of the submitted Materials, possess all necessary rights to provide them, and that the Materials do not infringe upon the rights of third parties (including copyrights, patent rights, and related rights)[cite: 4]. In the event that third parties bring claims, lawsuits, or demands against the Company related to the use of the submitted Materials, the User is obliged to settle such claims independently and at their own expense, as well as to indemnify the Company for all incurred losses in full[cite: 4].
DISCLAIMER OF CONFIDENTIALITY AND OBLIGATIONS
All Materials submitted by the User are recognized as public and non-confidential[cite: 4]. The Company does not assume any obligations to maintain commercial secrecy or confidentiality regarding the submitted files and texts[cite: 4]. The Company is under no obligation to review the Materials, perform an expert evaluation of them, store the submitted files, return them to the User, or provide responses to the User's inquiries[cite: 4].
DISCLAIMER OF CLAIMS REGARDING COINCIDENCES
The Company conducts continuous independent activities to develop new watch models, design elements, trademarks, and marketing campaigns using in-house designers and third-party contractors[cite: 4]. The User acknowledges and agrees that future products, design elements, or marketing strategies of the Company may partially or fully coincide with the Materials that the User has ever sent to the Company[cite: 4]. Such coincidences are recognized as the result of the Company's independent creative activity and cannot serve as a ground for claims, demands for payment of author's royalties, or challenging the Company's patent rights[cite: 4].