Intellectual Property Rights

This Intellectual Property Rights Policy explains the ownership, permitted use, restrictions, and protection of intellectual property related to the Ridgeborne website, brand, products, content, designs, and online services.

By accessing or using the Ridgeborne website, customers and visitors acknowledge and agree to respect the intellectual property rights described in this policy.

1. Ownership of Website Content

All content displayed on the Ridgeborne website is owned by Ridgeborne or used with authorization, unless otherwise stated.

Such content may include, but is not limited to:

• Brand names

• Logos

• Product names

• Product images

• Product descriptions

• Website text

• Graphics

• Icons

• Page layouts

• Banners

• Advertisements

• Videos

• Photographs

• Illustrations

• Design elements

• Website structure

• Marketing materials

• Packaging designs

• Slogans

• Product feature descriptions

• Other visual, written, or digital materials

All such content is protected by applicable intellectual property laws, including copyright, trademark, design, and related laws.

2. Brand Names, Trademarks, and Logos

The Ridgeborne name, Ridgeborne logo, product names, slogans, brand identity, and related visual elements are valuable brand assets.

Customers, visitors, competitors, affiliates, partners, resellers, or third parties may not use Ridgeborne brand assets without prior written authorization.

Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to:

• Using the Ridgeborne name in a misleading manner

• Copying or modifying the Ridgeborne logo

• Creating confusingly similar brand names, product names, or logos

• Using Ridgeborne branding in advertisements without permission

• Registering domain names, social media accounts, store names, or marketplace listings that imitate or misuse the Ridgeborne brand

• Suggesting sponsorship, endorsement, partnership, or affiliation with Ridgeborne without authorization

• Using Ridgeborne trademarks in a way that may damage, dilute, or weaken the brand

Nothing on the Ridgeborne website grants any license or right to use Ridgeborne trademarks, logos, trade names, or brand elements without express written permission.

3. Copyrighted Materials

All original content on the Ridgeborne website, including product photography, lifestyle images, videos, written descriptions, product page copy, website layout, banners, graphics, and marketing materials, is protected by copyright and related rights.

Customers and visitors may view website content for personal, non-commercial shopping purposes only.

No content from the Ridgeborne website may be copied, reproduced, downloaded, modified, published, distributed, transmitted, displayed, sold, licensed, scraped, extracted, reused, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission.

This restriction applies to both complete content and partial content.

4. Product Images and Marketing Materials

Ridgeborne product images, lifestyle photographs, detail images, comparison images, feature graphics, advertising creatives, and promotional visuals are created for Ridgeborne’s official website and authorized marketing use.

Third parties may not use Ridgeborne images or marketing materials for their own websites, advertisements, online stores, marketplace listings, social media posts, catalogs, product pages, or promotional activities without authorization.

Unauthorized use of Ridgeborne images may result in removal requests, legal claims, account complaints, platform enforcement actions, or other remedies available under applicable law.

5. Product Designs and Trade Dress

The overall appearance, presentation, packaging style, product display format, website design, visual identity, and brand experience of Ridgeborne may be protected by applicable intellectual property, unfair competition, trade dress, or related laws.

Third parties may not copy, imitate, reproduce, or create confusingly similar versions of Ridgeborne’s product presentation, visual style, brand layout, packaging appearance, advertising style, or website design in a way that may mislead customers or create confusion.

6. Permitted Personal Use

Ridgeborne allows customers and visitors to access and use the website for ordinary personal shopping purposes.

Customers may:

• Browse products

• Save product pages for personal reference

• Share official product links

• Print order-related information for personal records

• Use website content as reasonably necessary to complete a purchase or communicate with customer support

These limited permissions do not grant ownership, license, resale rights, commercial use rights, or any right to copy, modify, or exploit Ridgeborne intellectual property.

7. Prohibited Use

Customers, visitors, and third parties may not:

• Copy or reproduce Ridgeborne website content

• Use Ridgeborne images for another store or listing

• Modify Ridgeborne logos, photos, or graphics

• Use Ridgeborne product descriptions for competing products

• Scrape, extract, or collect website content through automated tools

• Reverse engineer, copy, or imitate website design or product presentation

• Use Ridgeborne branding in paid advertisements without authorization

• Register similar domain names, social media handles, or brand names

• Create counterfeit, imitation, or misleading products using Ridgeborne branding

• Remove copyright, trademark, or proprietary notices

• Claim ownership of Ridgeborne content or designs

• Use Ridgeborne intellectual property in a way that is unlawful, misleading, defamatory, harmful, or damaging to the brand

Ridgeborne reserves the right to take appropriate action against unauthorized use of its intellectual property.

8. User-Submitted Content

Customers may submit reviews, photos, comments, feedback, questions, or other content through the Ridgeborne website or related communication channels.

By submitting content to Ridgeborne, the customer grants Ridgeborne a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable right to use, reproduce, display, publish, translate, edit, adapt, distribute, and promote such content for business, marketing, customer service, website, advertising, and brand-related purposes, subject to applicable law.

Customers represent that any content they submit:

• Is accurate to the best of their knowledge

• Does not infringe the rights of any third party

• Does not contain unlawful, harmful, misleading, offensive, or defamatory material

• Does not contain unauthorized copyrighted material, trademarks, images, or personal information of others

• May be used by Ridgeborne in accordance with this policy and other website terms

Ridgeborne may remove, edit, refuse, or moderate user-submitted content where reasonably necessary.

9. Third-Party Intellectual Property

Ridgeborne respects the intellectual property rights of others.

Customers and visitors may not upload, submit, post, or transmit content that infringes or may infringe the copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, design, or other rights of any third party.

If Ridgeborne becomes aware of potentially infringing content, Ridgeborne may remove or restrict access to such content, suspend related accounts, cancel related activity, or take other appropriate action.

10. Intellectual Property Complaints

If a rights owner believes that content on the Ridgeborne website infringes their intellectual property rights, they may submit a complaint through the contact methods made available on the website.

A complaint should include sufficient information for Ridgeborne to review the matter, such as:

• Identification of the rights owner or authorized representative

• Description of the intellectual property claimed to be infringed

• Location or URL of the allegedly infringing content

• Explanation of why the content is believed to be infringing

• Contact information for follow-up

• A statement that the information provided is accurate

• A statement that the complainant is authorized to act on behalf of the rights owner

Ridgeborne may request additional information before taking action.

Ridgeborne reserves the right to remove, disable, restrict, or restore content based on its review, applicable law, platform requirements, or other relevant circumstances.

11. Counterfeit and Unauthorized Sales

Ridgeborne does not permit counterfeit products, misleading listings, unauthorized brand use, or unauthorized resale activities that may confuse customers or harm the brand.

Third parties may not sell products using the Ridgeborne name, logo, product images, product descriptions, or brand identity without authorization.

Ridgeborne reserves the right to report counterfeit, infringing, misleading, or unauthorized activity to relevant platforms, service providers, payment processors, domain providers, search engines, social media platforms, customs authorities, or legal authorities where appropriate.

12. No Transfer of Rights

Purchasing a Ridgeborne product does not transfer any intellectual property rights to the customer.

Customers receive ownership of the physical product purchased, but do not receive any ownership, license, or commercial use rights in Ridgeborne trademarks, copyrights, product images, designs, marketing materials, website content, or brand assets.

13. Reservation of Rights

All rights not expressly granted in this policy are reserved by Ridgeborne.

Failure by Ridgeborne to enforce any intellectual property right at any time does not constitute a waiver of such right or any other rights.

Ridgeborne may take legal, technical, platform-based, or commercial action to protect its intellectual property rights where necessary.

14. Relationship With Other Policies

This Intellectual Property Rights Policy should be read together with Ridgeborne’s Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Return and Exchange Policy, Shipping Policy, Payment Methods Policy, and any other policies posted on the website.

If there is a conflict between this policy and another policy, Ridgeborne may interpret the policies in a manner that best protects its intellectual property rights and complies with applicable law.

15. Updates to This Policy

Ridgeborne may update this Intellectual Property Rights Policy from time to time to reflect changes in business operations, website content, brand assets, legal requirements, enforcement practices, or intellectual property protection measures.

The updated policy will be posted on the Ridgeborne website. Continued use of the website after the updated policy is posted means that customers and visitors acknowledge the revised policy.