Intellectual Property Rights Policy

Flinque Intellectual Property Rights Policy

The short version, so you know who owns what

Our platform, technology, brand, content, and algorithms belong to Flinque. Your content (lists, campaigns, outreach templates you create) belongs to you. Creator content on social platforms belongs to the creators themselves. Brands own their logos and trademarks. Everyone respects everyone else’s rights, and we give you a reasonable way to challenge infringement.

This policy explains how these ownership lines work, what you can and cannot do with our brand, how we handle your IP, and what to do if you believe someone has infringed IP through our platform.

For DMCA takedown procedures specifically, see our DMCA and Copyright Takedown Policy.

1. Purpose and Scope
2. Flinque’s Intellectual Property
3. Your Intellectual Property
4. Creator Content and Rights
5. Brand Logos and Third-Party Trademarks
6. License to Use Our Service
7. License You Grant to Us
8. Using the Flinque Brand
9. Aggregated and Derivative Data
10. AI-Generated Content
11. API and Developer Content
12. Infringement Claims
13. Our Response to Claims
14. Repeat Infringer Policy
15. Contact for IP Matters

1. Purpose and Scope

This Intellectual Property Rights Policy covers the ownership and licensing of intellectual property connected to the Flinque influencer marketing platform, including:

• Our platform, code, algorithms, design, content, and trademarks
• Your content and materials uploaded, created, or stored in the platform
• Third-party creator content that flows through our platform
• Brand trademarks belonging to our customers and partners
• Procedures for handling IP infringement claims

This policy should be read alongside our Terms and Conditions, User Agreement, and DMCA and Copyright Takedown Policy.

2. Flinque’s Intellectual Property

Flinque owns all rights, title, and interest in its intellectual property, including:

2.1 Platform and technology

• Platform source code, front-end and back-end applications
• Database structures, schemas, and architecture
• Algorithms for scoring, ranking, and audience analysis
• Proprietary metrics such as Authenticity Score, Voice Match Score, AI Visibility Score, Niche Saturation Index, Creator Burnout Risk Flag, and Sponsored Content Fatigue Score
• APIs and developer tooling documented on our Developer API page
• Data models and derived data sets

2.2 Brand assets

• “Flinque” name, logo, logomark, and all visual brand elements
• Taglines, slogans, and marketing messaging
• Product names and feature names
• Website design, layout, and UI components

2.3 Content we publish

• Blog posts, articles, and industry research
• Webinar content, including sessions listed on Upcoming Webinars, Recordings, and On-Demand
• Guides, templates, and educational materials, including our Do’s and Don’ts Guide
• Case studies and customer story content on our Case Studies page
• Release notes published on our Release Notes page

All rights not expressly granted to you in our Terms, this policy, or separate agreements are reserved.

3. Your Intellectual Property

You retain ownership of the content you create and upload to Flinque. This includes:

• Creator lists you build and organize
• Outreach templates you write
• Campaign briefs, notes, and tags you create
• Reports you generate and export
• Integration data you import from third-party tools
• Your logo, brand assets, and company information added to your workspace
• Any proprietary research you input into the platform

Flinque does not claim ownership of your content. You grant us a limited license to store, process, and display your content solely as needed to operate the Service for you (see Section 7).

You are responsible for ensuring that content you add to Flinque does not infringe third-party rights. If you upload content you do not have the right to use, you are liable for any resulting claims.

4. Creator Content and Rights

Content created by social media creators (posts, photos, videos, captions, reels, stories) belongs to those creators. Flinque indexes and references this content for search and analysis, but we do not claim ownership.

4.1 What Flinque displays

We display:

• Public profile information (username, bio, profile photo, follower count)
• Links and thumbnails to public posts
• Derived metrics and analysis we compute from public content
• Public post captions and engagement data

4.2 What customers must do with creator content

When customers want to repurpose or reuse creator content:

• Get explicit written permission from the creator first
• Follow any licensing terms stated in the creator’s content or bio
• Respect platform-specific content licensing rules (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X)
• Always credit the creator when reusing their content
• Do not download and redistribute creator content without authorization

4.3 Creator content rights on Flinque

Creators can request removal of their content references from our platform per our Data Removal and Right to Erasure Policy. If a creator believes we are displaying their copyrighted content outside permitted use, they can file a DMCA notice per our DMCA and Copyright Takedown Policy.

5. Brand Logos and Third-Party Trademarks

Various third-party trademarks, logos, and brand assets appear on Flinque:

• Customer brand logos on our Brands and Testimonials pages, displayed with customer permission
• Social platform marks (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X), used for identification only
• Partner and integration logos on our Integrations page
• Award badges on our Awards page, used with permission from the awarding organizations

All third-party marks, logos, and brand names remain the property of their respective owners. Their appearance on Flinque does not constitute endorsement by those parties unless explicitly stated.

If you are a brand or platform owner and want to be removed from our display, contact us through the contact page.

6. License to Use Our Service

Subject to your compliance with our Terms and applicable fees, Flinque grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to:

• Access and use the platform for your internal business purposes
• View and download publicly available content (blog posts, guides, case studies)
• Use data you obtain from the platform for your own campaigns and reports
• Use our API as documented on our Developer API page within published rate limits

This license does not allow you to:

• Resell, rent, sublicense, or distribute our platform or data
• Build a competing product using our data, algorithms, or platform
• Reverse engineer our code, algorithms, or data models
• Remove or alter our copyright, trademark, or proprietary notices
• Use automated means beyond our API to extract data in bulk
• Create derivative products that compete with Flinque

The license terminates when your Flinque account ends. See our Terms and Conditions for full termination terms.

7. License You Grant to Us

To operate the Service, you grant Flinque a limited license to your User Content.

7.1 Standard operational license

You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, transmit, adapt, and display your User Content solely as necessary to:

• Provide the Service to you and your authorized team members
• Back up your data for resilience
• Improve our service and train our AI models on anonymized, aggregated patterns
• Meet our legal and security obligations

7.2 Testimonial and case study license

When you provide a testimonial, case study, quote, or similar material to us with the intention of Flinque using it publicly, you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to reproduce, display, and distribute that material in our marketing. You can revoke this license by asking us to stop using specific content through the contact page.

7.3 No broader rights

We do not acquire any broader rights to your content. We do not sell your content, do not license it to third parties beyond the sub-processors we use to operate the Service, and do not republish your private content.

8. Using the Flinque Brand

You may want to reference Flinque in your own marketing, presentations, case studies, or other materials. The following rules apply.

8.1 Permitted uses without prior approval

• Referring to Flinque by name in editorial, educational, or journalistic content
• Mentioning you are a Flinque customer in your own marketing
• Writing reviews, testimonials, or comparisons (good or bad) of our product
• Using our logo as required by our Affiliate Program rules when you are an approved affiliate

8.2 Uses requiring our written permission

• Using our logo in your own product, packaging, or merchandise
• Claiming partnership, integration, or endorsement that does not exist
• Using “Flinque” in your business name, domain, or product name
• Producing branded co-marketing materials without a signed agreement
• Using our name or logo in a way that implies we sponsor your content

8.3 What you must not do

• Alter, distort, or recolor our logo
• Combine our logo with other logos in ways that suggest a merger or formal partnership that does not exist
• Use our name in a way that is misleading, defamatory, or damaging to our reputation
• Register trademarks, domains, or social media handles that incorporate “Flinque” or confusingly similar variations

To request permission for uses requiring written approval, contact us through our contact page.

9. Aggregated and Derivative Data

Flinque may create aggregated, anonymized, or statistical data derived from platform usage, customer content, and creator data. Examples include:

• Industry benchmarks and performance averages
• Trend reports and market analyses
• Usage pattern insights for product development
• Training data for our AI and scoring models
• Aggregated content for industry publications and studies

Aggregated data is owned by Flinque, provided it does not identify any individual customer, user, or creator. We may use aggregated data without restriction, including publishing it in our Release Notes, blog posts, and marketing materials.

We do not publish aggregated data in ways that allow reasonable re-identification of individuals or expose confidential business details of our customers.

10. AI-Generated Content

The influencer marketing platform uses AI models to generate various outputs including outreach suggestions, content analysis, score explanations, and campaign recommendations.

10.1 AI-generated content you receive

When Flinque generates AI output for you (for example suggested outreach copy, AI-written campaign briefs, or automated recommendations), you may use that output for your campaigns, subject to:

• Your obligation to review and verify the output before using it
• Your responsibility for any claims the output makes to creators or consumers
• Disclosure of AI generation where required by law (for example when advertising to consumers)

10.2 AI-generated content ownership

To the extent that AI-generated content is eligible for copyright, ownership is determined by applicable law. Flinque does not claim ownership of AI outputs you use for your campaigns. Underlying AI models, training data, and generation systems remain Flinque’s property.

10.3 Data used for AI training

We may use anonymized and aggregated customer data to improve our AI models. We do not train on your confidential content in ways that would expose it to other customers. For details, see our Privacy Policy and Data Privacy Policy.

11. API and Developer Content

Users of our Developer API receive data for their own business use, subject to:

• Published rate limits per plan
• Prohibition on resale, sublicensing, or public redistribution
• No use of API data to build a competing product
• No scraping beyond API permissions
• Attribution requirements where stated in documentation

Developers building on top of Flinque retain ownership of their own code and integrations. They do not acquire any ownership rights to our API or underlying data.

Misuse of the API, including systematic scraping, resale, or building competing products, results in access termination and potential legal action.

12. Infringement Claims

If you believe intellectual property rights have been infringed through Flinque, you can submit a formal claim.

12.1 Copyright infringement

For copyright claims, follow our DMCA and Copyright Takedown Policy. This covers:

• DMCA notice submission process
• Counter-notice procedure
• Our Designated Agent for receiving claims
• Required information for valid takedown notices

12.2 Trademark infringement

For trademark claims, contact us through the contact page with:

• Your trademark registration details and jurisdiction
• Specific URLs or content showing the alleged infringement
• Description of why the use constitutes infringement
• Your contact information as rights holder or authorized representative

12.3 Other intellectual property claims

For other IP claims (patent, trade secret, publicity rights), contact our legal team through the contact page with as much detail as possible.

13. Our Response to Claims

When we receive an IP infringement claim, our typical process is:

• Acknowledgment: we confirm receipt within 2 business days
• Initial review: our team evaluates the claim for completeness and merit
• Investigation: we gather relevant facts, contact the accused party if appropriate, and review the evidence
• Action: we remove infringing content, restrict access, or dismiss the claim based on findings
• Notification: we notify both parties of the decision with reasons
• Appeal path: either party can contest the decision via counter-notice or further documentation

Most claims are resolved within 10 business days. Complex disputes may take longer.

We reserve the right to seek legal counsel, report material fraudulent claims to authorities, and hold submitters liable for knowingly false claims under applicable law.

14. Repeat Infringer Policy

Flinque maintains a repeat infringer policy consistent with the DMCA and similar international frameworks. Users who repeatedly violate intellectual property rights through the platform face escalating consequences:

• First substantiated infringement: warning and removal of infringing content
• Second substantiated infringement: feature restriction and mandatory review of account activity
• Third substantiated infringement: account suspension
• Additional infringements or willful violations: account termination and ban from future use

We may move faster to termination where infringement is willful, large-scale, or causes significant harm.

Counter-notices and successful appeals do not count against a user’s infringement record.

15. Contact for IP Matters

Direct IP-related inquiries, permission requests, licensing conversations, and general questions to the contact details below.

For formal DMCA notices, use the procedure specified in our DMCA and Copyright Takedown Policy, which identifies our designated agent and submission format.