Blueprint Licensing Agreement

1. Master Licensing Framework

This Blueprint Licensing Agreement governs the licensing of all engineering blueprint packages, conceptual engineering systems, technical documentation, CAD materials, diagrams, specifications, software, firmware, images, renderings, source materials, manufacturing information, and associated intellectual property made available through Blueprints Market.

All Products are licensed and are not sold as intellectual property. A purchaser receives only the limited rights expressly granted by the applicable licence tier, Product Licence Agreement, Commercial Manufacturing Licence, Enterprise Licence, or other signed written agreement.

Ownership of the underlying Product IP remains with Alpha & Omega Limited and, where expressly identified in a Product-specific agreement, the applicable creator, author, inventor, or rights owner. No purchase, payment, download, possession, construction, manufacture, modification, or commercial implementation transfers ownership unless a separate written assignment expressly states otherwise.

2. Relationship With Other Legal Documents

This Agreement forms part of the Blueprints Market legal framework and must be read together with:

• Marketplace Terms & Conditions
• Privacy Policy
• Cookie Policy
• Acceptable Use Policy
• DMCA & Copyright Policy
• Trademark & Brand Identity Policy
• Any applicable Product Licence Agreement.
• Any signed Commercial Manufacturing, Enterprise, OEM, Distributor, Government, Research, or NDA agreement.

If a Product-specific or signed agreement expressly conflicts with this master Agreement, the more specific signed agreement governs only the Product, parties, rights, territory, term, and activities covered by that agreement. All remaining provisions of this Agreement continue to apply.

3. Acceptance and Contract Formation

You accept this Agreement when you expressly agree to it, complete a purchase subject to it, sign or electronically accept a related licence, access Restricted Materials after being presented with the applicable terms, or otherwise use a Product under a licence that incorporates this Agreement.

For Restricted Materials, high-value licences, manufacturing rights, enterprise access, and royalty-bearing agreements, Blueprints Market should use an unchecked acceptance checkbox, the purchaser’s verified identity, a timestamped acceptance record, the accepted version number, the applicable order or licence identifier, and a retained copy of the agreement.

Access to public Website content alone does not grant manufacturing, construction, source-file, commercialisation, sublicensing, patent, derivative-work, or distribution rights.

4. Definitions

• “Alpha & Omega Limited” means the New Zealand company operating Blueprints Market.
• “Blueprints Market” means the Blueprints Market trading brand, Website, Product catalogue, licensing system, and associated services.
• “Product” means any blueprint package, engineering system, document, image, CAD file, specification, software, firmware, dataset, source material, or related item supplied through Blueprints Market.
• “Product IP” means all copyright, confidential information, trade secrets, know-how, design material, database rights, contractual rights, brand identifiers, and other intellectual property embodied in or associated with a Product.
• “Restricted Materials” means Products or information provided only after purchase, account authentication, licence acceptance, NDA, approval, or controlled delivery.
• “Licensor” means Alpha & Omega Limited and any additional rights owner expressly identified in the applicable Product Licence Agreement.
• “Licensee” means the individual or organisation granted rights under the applicable licence.
• “Authorised Personnel” means personnel expressly permitted to access a Product for the authorised purpose and who are bound by appropriate confidentiality and use restrictions.
• “Physical Unit” means one real-world implementation, prototype, system, device, structure, assembly, installation, or manufactured article derived from a Product.
• “Commercial Manufacturing” means manufacture, assembly, commissioning, distribution, supply, sale, lease, or commercial deployment of one or more Physical Units.

5. General Licence Grant

Subject to full payment, verification where required, and continued compliance with all applicable agreements, the Licensor grants the Licensee a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to use the purchased Product solely for the authorised purpose, term, territory, user group, site, project, and quantity specified in the applicable licence.

No implied rights are granted. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

A licence does not, by itself, grant:

• Ownership of Product IP.
• Public distribution or republication rights.
• Sublicensing or transfer rights.
• Commercial manufacturing or mass-production rights.
• Unlimited construction rights.
• Patent, design-registration, or other filing rights.
• Rights to create competing Products or derivative blueprint packages.
• Rights to train AI or machine-learning systems.
• Rights to disclose Restricted Materials outside Authorised Personnel.

6. Licence Categories

Blueprints Market may offer one or more of the following licence categories:

• Digital Edition — Personal Use: private study, review, research, and non-commercial evaluation.
• Educational or Research Licence: controlled academic, laboratory, training, or institutional use where expressly approved.
• Professional or Commercial Evaluation Licence: internal engineering analysis, simulation, feasibility work, and organisational review without construction or manufacturing rights unless expressly stated.
• Enterprise Construction Licence: construction of the number of Physical Units expressly stated in the applicable agreement.
• Commercial Manufacturing Licence: authorised commercial manufacture, distribution, and sale subject to the applicable term, territory, royalties, reporting, audit, and quality obligations.
• OEM Licence: controlled manufacture by an approved original equipment manufacturer under a signed OEM agreement.
• Distributor Licence: authorised marketing or distribution under a signed Distributor Agreement.
• Government Licence: controlled use by an approved public-sector or state entity under a signed agreement.
• Strategic Partnership Licence: specifically negotiated rights defined in a signed strategic agreement.

The licence shown on the relevant Product page is a summary only. The complete Product Licence Agreement and signed commercial terms govern the actual rights granted.

Block 1 Implementation Note

The commercial fees, royalty rates, Product names, and Product Licence links above preserve the current terms displayed in the existing Blueprints Market licensing page. Before publication, verify that the current pricing and royalty figures remain commercially approved and that the linked Product Licence Agreements use identical figures and definitions.

7. Digital Edition — Personal Use

A Digital Edition licence permits the named Licensee to access and use the purchased Product for private study, personal research, non-commercial evaluation, conceptual understanding, and other internal purposes expressly stated on the Product page.

Unless a Product-specific agreement expressly states otherwise, a Digital Edition licence does not permit:

• Commercial manufacture or construction.
• Creation of any Physical Unit.
• Use by an organisation, team, or employer.
• Commercial consulting or engineering services.
• Redistribution, resale, sublicensing, or public posting.
• Creation of derivative blueprint packages.
• Use in AI training, datasets, or machine-learning systems.
• Use as the basis of a patent, design, or other intellectual-property filing.

The licence is personal to the purchaser and may not be shared with another individual.

8. Educational and Research Licence

An Educational or Research Licence may permit controlled use by an approved school, university, laboratory, training organisation, research institution, or other approved body.

Permitted activities may include:

• Teaching and supervised classroom review.
• Internal academic analysis.
• Simulation and modelling.
• Feasibility research.
• Non-commercial prototype evaluation where expressly authorised.
• Internal reports and assessments.

Educational or research access must be limited to Authorised Personnel and does not automatically permit publication, public repositories, open datasets, conference distribution, commercialisation, manufacture, construction, or intellectual-property filings.

9. Professional and Commercial Evaluation Licence

A Professional or Commercial Evaluation Licence may permit an approved organisation to use a Product internally for engineering analysis, technical review, feasibility work, simulation, budgeting, risk assessment, procurement evaluation, commercial planning, and other internal decision-making.

This licence may permit access by a limited number of Authorised Personnel within the licensed organisation, but it does not grant:

• Construction rights.
• Commercial manufacturing rights.
• Mass-production rights.
• Rights to distribute the Product outside the organisation.
• Rights to use the Product as a deliverable for an unrelated customer.
• Rights to incorporate the Product into a competing commercial package.
• Rights to file patents, design registrations, or similar claims.

10. Enterprise Construction Licence

An Enterprise Construction Licence grants only the number of physical construction rights expressly stated in the applicable signed agreement.

Unless the Product Licence Agreement states otherwise, one Enterprise Construction Licence authorises the construction of one (1) Physical Unit of the purchased system.

A separate Enterprise Construction Licence is required for each additional Physical Unit, prototype, test rig, demonstration system, research unit, commercial unit, replacement unit, modified unit, derivative unit, or functionally equivalent implementation.

The licence does not permit serial manufacture, OEM production, resale, distribution, or commercial product-line development unless those rights are expressly granted in a separate signed agreement.

11. One-Unit Construction Limitation

Unless expressly stated otherwise in the specific licence accompanying a purchased blueprint package, all Blueprints Market engineering blueprint Products are licensed strictly for the construction of one (1) single Physical Unit under one valid Enterprise Construction Licence.

This limitation applies to current and future Products, including conceptual, mechanical, electrical, optical, structural, thermal, software-integrated, and complete system designs.

The Licensee must not construct, commission, fabricate, assemble, reproduce, duplicate, mass-produce, or procure any additional Physical Unit without obtaining the required additional licence.

No implied right, engineering necessity, operational requirement, research purpose, organisational need, change of scale, change of location, or alteration of configuration expands the authorised build quantity.

12. Purpose-Locked Design and Permitted Adjustments

Engineering teams may make technical adjustments, refinements, substitutions, or modifications only where reasonably necessary to validate, safely implement, manufacture, install, or operate the authorised Physical Unit for the purpose described in the Product documentation.

No part, subsystem, assembly, section, software component, firmware function, structural feature, optical element, or engineering method may be repurposed into a different product, use case, commercial system, or competing design without separate written authorisation.

Authorised technical adjustments do not create ownership, sublicensing, patent, derivative-product, or additional manufacturing rights.

13. Commercial Manufacturing Licence

A Commercial Manufacturing Licence grants the approved Licensee only the rights expressly stated in the applicable signed agreement to manufacture, assemble, distribute, supply, and sell authorised Physical Units.

A Commercial Manufacturing Licence must identify:

• The licensed Product and approved configuration.
• The authorised manufacturer and manufacturing sites.
• The permitted territory.
• The term and renewal conditions.
• The licence fee.
• The royalty rate and royalty base.
• Reporting and payment dates.
• Audit rights.
• Approved suppliers and subcontractors.
• Quality, testing, certification, branding, and traceability requirements.
• Confidentiality and source-file security controls.
• Termination and post-termination obligations.

No commercial manufacturing right arises from a Digital Edition, Professional Licence, general Website access, public Product preview, or Enterprise Construction Licence.

14. OEM, Distributor, and Subcontractor Rights

No OEM, distributor, reseller, fabricator, subcontractor, consultant, engineer, supplier, or third-party manufacturer may access or use Restricted Materials unless expressly approved and bound by appropriate written obligations.

Appointment of an OEM, distributor, or subcontractor does not transfer the Licensee’s rights and does not reduce the Licensee’s responsibility for compliance.

The Licensee must ensure that approved third parties:

• Receive only the information strictly required for their role.
• Are bound by confidentiality and use restrictions.
• Do not retain or reuse Product materials outside the authorised project.
• Do not file intellectual-property claims based on Product IP.
• Comply with security, quality, audit, and destruction obligations.

15. Permitted Internal Uses

Subject to the applicable licence, permitted internal uses may include:

• Engineering analysis and simulation.
• CFD, FEA, thermal, optical, electrical, structural, and mechanical modelling.
• Internal CAD development for the authorised project.
• Technical feasibility studies.
• Costing, scheduling, procurement, and manufacturing planning.
• Professional review by authorised engineers, architects, contractors, and advisers.
• Regulatory and certification preparation.
• Internal training of Authorised Personnel.
• Factory testing and quality-assurance planning.

Any permitted copy, extract, conversion, or internal working file remains subject to this Agreement and must retain appropriate ownership, confidentiality, revision, and licence information.

16. Universal Restricted Uses

Except where expressly authorised in writing, the Licensee must not:

• Resell, redistribute, publish, upload, share, lease, or sublicense Product files.
• Provide Product materials to unapproved third parties.
• Use the Product to create a competing blueprint package, marketplace listing, or consultancy product.
• Remove or alter copyright notices, licence notices, document numbers, watermarks, or metadata.
• Use Product content in AI training, fine-tuning, machine learning, vector databases, or datasets.
• Scrape, OCR, extract, reconstruct, trace, vectorise, or recreate Product content for unauthorised purposes.
• Reverse engineer software, firmware, devices, models, or physical implementations except where law prevents restriction.
• File or assist with patents, design registrations, utility models, or similar rights based on Product IP.
• Create unauthorised derivative products, modified products, or functionally equivalent systems.
• Use Product materials for unlawful, unsafe, deceptive, sanctioned, prohibited, or misleading purposes.

17. Professional Engineering Validation Requirement

All conceptual engineering systems require full independent professional validation before real-world construction, manufacture, installation, commissioning, sale, operation, or public use.

Validation must be performed by appropriately qualified professionals and should address, where relevant:

• Structural analysis and load verification.
• Mechanical fit, tolerances, and failure modes.
• Electrical and electronic safety.
• Optical and thermal performance.
• Software and firmware safety.
• Materials and manufacturing suitability.
• Environmental conditions and service life.
• Human factors, maintenance, and accessibility.
• Fire, seismic, wind, pressure, vibration, and other project-specific risks.
• Applicable laws, codes, standards, approvals, permits, and certifications.

No Product may be represented as construction-ready, certified, professionally approved, or safe for a particular implementation unless the required independent validation has been completed.

Block 2 Integration Note

This block preserves and expands the current licence types, permitted-use rules, restricted-use rules, one-unit construction limitation, purpose-locked design clause, intellectual-property restrictions, and engineering-validation requirement from the existing `licensing.html`.

Do not retain the older duplicated “License Types”, “Permitted Use”, “Restricted Use”, “Physical Construction Rights”, or “Engineering Validation Requirement” panels after inserting this rebuilt version, because this block replaces them.

18. Ownership of Product IP

All Product IP remains owned by Alpha & Omega Limited and, where expressly identified, the applicable author, creator, inventor, contributor, or licensor.

The Product IP includes, without limitation:

• Blueprint files and technical drawings.
• CAD, BIM, mesh, parametric, and manufacturing files.
• Engineering specifications and calculations.
• Mechanical, electrical, optical, structural, software, and firmware architectures.
• System logic, assembly methods, manufacturing sequences, and test procedures.
• Images, renderings, animations, diagrams, schedules, and written documentation.
• Source code, object code, scripts, configuration files, and interface designs.
• Confidential information, trade secrets, and engineering know-how.
• Document numbers, naming systems, revision systems, and controlled-document structures.
• Product names, model identifiers, visual identity, and associated branding.

No ownership right is transferred by purchase, licence, payment, delivery, possession, access, review, modification, construction, manufacture, or sale of an authorised Physical Unit.

19. Ownership of Physical Units

Subject to full payment and compliance with the applicable licence, ownership of an authorised Physical Unit may belong to the person or organisation that lawfully commissions, purchases, or manufactures that Physical Unit.

Ownership of a Physical Unit does not transfer or create ownership of the underlying Product IP, blueprints, source files, design logic, engineering know-how, software, firmware, manufacturing methods, or any other protected material used to create that unit.

The owner of a Physical Unit may not use that ownership as the basis for unauthorised replication, reverse engineering, resale of Product files, sublicensing, derivative product development, or intellectual-property filings.

20. Copyright and Rights Notices

The Licensee must retain all copyright notices, ownership statements, licence notices, document identifiers, revision numbers, watermarks, metadata, authorship information, confidentiality markings, and rights-management information supplied with a Product.

The Licensee must not:

• Remove, crop, conceal, blur, replace, or alter any notice.
• Falsify authorship, ownership, revision, or provenance.
• Distribute a copy after rights information has been removed.
• Replace Blueprints Market identifiers with the Licensee’s own branding in a way that misrepresents ownership.
• Use altered title blocks or document-control markings to create the appearance of independent authorship.

Where a technical workflow unintentionally removes metadata or notices, equivalent ownership, licence, confidentiality, and revision information must be restored before any further authorised use.

21. Confidential Information

Confidential Information includes all non-public Product materials and all information that is marked confidential or that a reasonable person would understand to be confidential in the circumstances.

Confidential Information may include:

• Restricted Materials and unreleased Product documentation.
• Native CAD files and editable source documents.
• Software and firmware source code.
• Manufacturing methods, tolerances, tooling, fixtures, and test procedures.
• Supplier, contractor, and approved-manufacturer information.
• Pricing, commercial proposals, royalties, and negotiation records.
• Security information, credentials, keys, access controls, and system architecture.
• Customer, order, audit, manufacturing, and compliance records.
• Private support, technical, engineering, and legal communications.

The Licensee must use Confidential Information solely for the authorised purpose and disclose it only to Authorised Personnel with a strict need to know.

22. Confidentiality Safeguards

The Licensee must protect Confidential Information using safeguards appropriate to its sensitivity. These safeguards should include, where relevant:

• Least-privilege access controls.
• Multi-factor authentication.
• Encryption in transit and at rest.
• Controlled repositories and version management.
• Access logging and periodic permission review.
• Endpoint, network, and malware protection.
• Secure backups and recovery controls.
• Confidentiality agreements for Authorised Personnel.
• Secure transfer, printing, storage, and disposal procedures.
• Immediate revocation when personnel change roles or leave.

Confidential Information must not be placed in public repositories, personal cloud accounts, unapproved collaboration tools, public AI systems, or any service that may retain, index, train on, or disclose the information.

23. Exclusions From Confidential Information

Confidentiality obligations do not apply to information that the Licensee can prove:

• Became lawfully public without breach of this Agreement.
• Was already lawfully known without confidentiality restriction.
• Was independently developed without use of Product IP or Confidential Information.
• Was lawfully obtained from a third party authorised to disclose it.
• Must be disclosed by law, court order, or compulsory legal process.

Where disclosure is legally compelled, the Licensee must, where legally permitted, give prompt notice, disclose only the minimum required, and cooperate with reasonable protective measures.

24. Trade Secrets

Trade secrets include non-public engineering, manufacturing, commercial, software, firmware, security, and operational information that derives value from not being generally known and is subject to reasonable secrecy measures.

The Licensee must not:

• Disclose or publish trade-secret information.
• Use trade secrets outside the authorised purpose.
• Upload trade secrets to public AI, cloud, or repository services.
• Teach, sell, license, or transfer trade-secret methods to another person.
• Use trade secrets to create a competing product, process, service, or consultancy offering.
• Attempt to defeat security or confidentiality controls protecting trade secrets.

Trade-secret obligations continue for as long as the information remains legally protectable as a trade secret.

25. Engineering Know-How

Engineering Know-How includes practical knowledge embodied in or learned from a Product, including design logic, system relationships, tolerances, material selection, assembly methods, calibration processes, manufacturing sequences, test methods, performance tuning, failure controls, service procedures, and integration techniques.

No right is granted to reuse Engineering Know-How outside the authorised project or licence scope. The Licensee must not use it to create:

• A competing blueprint or engineering package.
• A competing product line.
• A training course or technical publication.
• A commercial consultancy or licensing service.
• An unauthorised manufacturing process.
• A separate intellectual-property portfolio.

Nothing in this section prevents lawful use of general professional skill and experience, but it does not permit disclosure or reuse of protected Product IP, Confidential Information, or trade secrets.

26. Derivative Works and Adaptations

The Licensee must not create, publish, sell, license, distribute, register, or commercially exploit any derivative blueprint package, adapted design, modified documentation set, translated package, converted model, reconstructed file, or substantially similar Product except to the limited extent expressly authorised in writing.

Authorised project modifications remain subject to:

• The original Product Licence Agreement.
• The authorised build quantity and purpose.
• Confidentiality and security restrictions.
• No-sublicensing and no-redistribution obligations.
• Patent and design-filing restrictions.
• Audit, reporting, and destruction obligations.

An authorised modification does not become an independently licensable or freely reusable Product.

27. Improvements and Enhancements

Improvements, refinements, optimisations, corrections, manufacturing adaptations, performance enhancements, and other developments created through use of Product IP must be handled under the applicable Product Licence Agreement or a separate signed agreement.

No party may assume ownership of an improvement merely because it funded, designed, tested, manufactured, suggested, or implemented the improvement.

Before development begins, the parties should document:

• Ownership of the improvement.
• Licence-back rights.
• Confidentiality obligations.
• Patent and design-filing responsibility.
• Commercialisation and royalty rights.
• Access to supporting source files and test data.

Unless a signed agreement states otherwise, no improvement grants a right to sublicense, manufacture beyond scope, compete using the underlying Product IP, or file intellectual-property claims.

28. Source Files and Editable Materials

Native CAD files, editable engineering documents, source code, firmware source, high-resolution masters, manufacturing data, parametric models, and other source materials are Restricted Materials and are not included unless expressly listed in the applicable licence.

Where source-file access is granted, the Licensee must:

• Store source files in controlled repositories.
• Limit access to named Authorised Personnel.
• Use secure transfer and encryption.
• Maintain access and version records.
• Prevent copying to unmanaged devices or personal accounts.
• Prevent public repository, AI, dataset, and cloud-training use.
• Return or securely destroy source files when required.

29. Working Copies, Conversions, and Project Files

The Licensee may create only those working copies, extracts, conversions, CAD models, BIM files, simulation files, manufacturing files, and project documents reasonably necessary for the authorised purpose.

All working materials:

• Remain subject to this Agreement.
• Must be marked with appropriate ownership and confidentiality information.
• Must not be reused on another project or Physical Unit.
• Must not be distributed outside Authorised Personnel.
• Must not be sold or licensed as standalone assets.
• Must be securely archived, returned, or destroyed when no longer required.

Block 3 Integration Note

This block replaces and substantially expands the short Intellectual Property section from the original `licensing.html`. It introduces the ownership, confidentiality, trade-secret, know-how, derivative-work, improvement, and source-file controls required for a master licensing agreement.

30. Patent Cooperation

Where the parties expressly agree in writing to pursue patent protection relating to new inventions that are genuinely developed independently of, or jointly with, Blueprints Market Products, both parties agree to cooperate in good faith regarding documentation, inventorship, confidentiality, filing strategy, jurisdiction, ownership allocation, prosecution, licensing, maintenance, enforcement, and commercialization.

Nothing contained in this Agreement grants the Licensee any ownership interest, inventorship rights, patent rights, or filing rights in any existing Product, Blueprint Package, engineering architecture, manufacturing methodology, software, firmware, documentation, CAD model, rendering, design language, or other Product IP supplied by Alpha & Omega Limited.

Any patent cooperation shall exist only where documented by a separate written agreement signed by both parties.

31. Patent Restrictions

Except where expressly authorised by a separate written agreement, the Licensee shall not directly or indirectly:

• File any patent application based upon any Product or Product IP.
• File provisional patents.
• File utility patents.
• File design patents.
• File continuation applications.
• File divisional applications.
• File PCT applications.
• File national phase applications.
• Register industrial designs derived from Product IP.
• Register utility models.
• Register innovation patents or similar rights.
• Seek inventorship over any Product supplied by Blueprints Market.
• Assist another person or organisation in making any prohibited filing.
• Use Product documentation as prior drafting material for another filing.
• File patents based upon modified versions of the Products.
• File patents using reconstructed CAD, reverse engineered models, rendered images, measurements, extracted metadata, engineering calculations or manufacturing information obtained from any Product.

Any filing made contrary to this section shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement.

32. Patent Challenge

The Licensee agrees not to challenge, contest, oppose, invalidate, seek re-examination of, or otherwise attack the ownership, validity, copyright, trade secret protection, licensing rights, or other intellectual property rights associated with any Blueprints Market Product.

Commencement of any such action may result in immediate termination of every licence granted under this Agreement, without prejudice to any additional legal remedies available.

33. Artificial Intelligence Training Restrictions

No Product, Blueprint, CAD file, drawing, image, render, diagram, document, software, firmware, audio, video, metadata, or engineering information supplied by Blueprints Market may be used to train, fine-tune, improve, benchmark, evaluate, validate, or otherwise develop any Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Generative AI, Large Language Model, Computer Vision System, Image Generation Model, or similar automated system, without prior written permission from Alpha & Omega Limited.

• No dataset creation.
• No model training.
• No reinforcement learning.
• No synthetic dataset generation.
• No feature extraction.
• No embedding generation.
• No vector database creation.
• No AI indexing.
• No retrieval dataset creation.
• No foundation model training.

34. Data Mining Restrictions

Except where required by applicable law, the Licensee shall not perform, or permit others to perform, data mining, automated extraction, bulk downloading, systematic scraping, knowledge graph generation, index creation, semantic extraction, or automated information harvesting from any Product or Website content.

This restriction applies regardless of whether the extraction is performed manually, through scripts, bots, crawlers, AI agents, browser automation, API emulation, OCR, computer vision, or similar technologies.

35. Machine Learning Restrictions

Products may not be used to develop, improve, benchmark, test, validate, or calibrate any Machine Learning system, whether commercial, academic, government, or open-source, without prior written authorisation.

• No supervised learning.
• No unsupervised learning.
• No reinforcement learning.
• No transfer learning.
• No neural network training.
• No computer vision training.
• No geometry recognition.
• No blueprint classification.
• No engineering knowledge extraction.
• No automated reasoning datasets.

36. AI-Generated Derivative Works

The Licensee shall not use any Artificial Intelligence system to generate derivative blueprints, engineering drawings, CAD models, schematics, software, firmware, architectural designs, manufacturing documentation, or similar outputs that reproduce, imitate, or substantially derive from Blueprints Market Products, except where expressly authorised in writing.

Use of AI-assisted tools for internal drafting or editing does not remove or diminish the ownership of the underlying Product IP, nor does it create any independent ownership interest in AI-generated outputs derived from the Products.

37. Reverse Engineering

Except to the limited extent that applicable law expressly prevents this restriction, the Licensee shall not reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, analyse, reconstruct, emulate, decode, inspect, benchmark, or otherwise attempt to discover the internal architecture, algorithms, engineering methodology, manufacturing logic, or protected intellectual property embodied within any Product.

This restriction applies to, without limitation:

• Blueprint documents.
• CAD models.
• Parametric models.
• BIM files.
• Engineering calculations.
• Source code.
• Firmware.
• Compiled software.
• Electronic assemblies.
• Mechanical assemblies.
• Optical systems.
• Electrical systems.
• Manufacturing methods.
• Physical products manufactured under licence.

38. Blueprint Extraction

The Licensee shall not extract, reproduce, digitise, redraw, trace, scan, copy, vectorise, photograph, screen capture, or otherwise recreate any Blueprint, Engineering Drawing, Diagram, Illustration, Exploded View, Cross Section, Assembly Drawing, or Technical Layout except where expressly authorised under the applicable licence.

Partial extraction of measurements, layouts, dimensions, routing paths, layer structures, annotations, or engineering logic is considered extraction of Product IP.

39. CAD Recreation

The Licensee shall not recreate, redraw, model, parameterise, or otherwise reproduce any Product within CAD, CAM, CAE, BIM, or other engineering software for any purpose outside the authorised licence.

• SolidWorks
• AutoCAD
• Inventor
• Fusion
• CATIA
• NX
• Creo
• Rhino
• Blender
• Revit
• ArchiCAD
• FreeCAD
• OpenSCAD
• Any equivalent engineering platform.

Permitted engineering modifications performed solely for an authorised licensed project remain governed by this Agreement and do not create any ownership rights.

40. Image Reconstruction

The Licensee shall not reconstruct engineering drawings, CAD geometry, 3D models, or manufacturing data from screenshots, renders, marketing images, animations, videos, photographs, or published illustrations.

This restriction applies whether reconstruction is performed manually, algorithmically, or through artificial intelligence.

41. OCR and Text Extraction

The Licensee shall not use Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR), Large Language Models, Computer Vision, or similar technologies to extract engineering specifications, measurements, annotations, tables, or documentation from any Restricted Materials except where expressly authorised.

Extraction of engineering knowledge through OCR or AI-assisted analysis constitutes copying of Product IP.

42. Metadata Removal

The Licensee shall not intentionally remove, modify, replace, conceal, or falsify metadata associated with any Product.

Protected metadata includes, without limitation:

• Author information.
• Document identifiers.
• Revision history.
• Creation dates.
• Ownership notices.
• Copyright notices.
• Licence identifiers.
• Embedded security identifiers.
• Digital signatures.
• Audit identifiers.
• Internal tracking codes.

43. Watermark Removal

The Licensee shall not remove, obscure, crop, mask, blur, paint over, replace, or otherwise interfere with any watermark, ownership notice, copyright notice, serial number, QR code, tracking identifier, licence notice, or security marking contained within any Product.

Watermarks include visible, hidden, embedded, cryptographic, forensic, digital, steganographic, or machine-readable identifiers.

Removal or attempted removal of any watermark or security identifier constitutes a material breach of this Agreement.

44. Digital Fingerprinting & Traceability

Blueprints Market may embed visible or invisible identification technologies into Products for ownership verification, licence management, security, audit, and enforcement purposes.

These technologies may include:

• Digital fingerprints.
• Embedded identifiers.
• Cryptographic signatures.
• Invisible watermarking.
• Document serial numbering.
• Customer-specific identifiers.
• Hash verification.
• Revision identifiers.
• Integrity verification markers.
• Forensic tracing information.

The Licensee agrees not to interfere with, remove, modify, or attempt to defeat any security, identification, tracking, or forensic mechanism incorporated into any Product.

Block 4B Integration Note

This block significantly expands the intellectual-property protection provisions by covering reverse engineering, blueprint extraction, CAD recreation, image reconstruction, OCR extraction, metadata protection, watermark protection, and digital fingerprinting. These provisions are intended to work together with the Intellectual Property, Confidential Information, and Trade Secrets sections elsewhere in this Agreement.

45. Licence Audits

Where a Product Licence Agreement provides for audit rights, the Licensee shall maintain complete and accurate records demonstrating compliance with this Agreement and shall make those records reasonably available for verification in accordance with the applicable licence terms.

Audit records may include:

• Licence purchase records.
• Authorised users.
• Construction records.
• Manufacturing quantities.
• Project allocation records.
• Engineering change logs.
• Source file access logs.
• Security logs.
• Version history.
• Distribution records.

Failure to maintain adequate records may be treated as evidence of non-compliance where permitted by applicable law and the relevant licence agreement.

46. Royalty Audits

Where a Commercial Manufacturing Licence or Enterprise Agreement requires royalty payments, the Licensee shall maintain accurate royalty records for the period specified in the applicable agreement.

Royalty records may include:

• Production quantities.
• Serial numbers.
• Sales quantities.
• Returns.
• Warranty replacements.
• Territory of sale.
• Wholesale values where relevant.
• Royalty calculations.
• Payment confirmations.
• Supporting accounting records.

Audit rights shall be exercised only as provided in the applicable Commercial Manufacturing Licence or Enterprise Agreement.

47. Manufacturing Records

Commercial manufacturers shall maintain appropriate production documentation sufficient to demonstrate compliance with authorised manufacturing rights.

Records may include:

• Production batches.
• Component traceability.
• Material certificates.
• Inspection records.
• Calibration records.
• Quality assurance reports.
• Serial number allocation.
• Shipment records.
• Manufacturing locations.
• Authorised subcontractors.

48. Product Authentication

Blueprints Market may implement authentication mechanisms intended to help distinguish authorised Products from unauthorised copies.

Authentication methods may include:

• Serial numbers.
• Licence identifiers.
• Revision identifiers.
• Digital signatures.
• Cryptographic hashes.
• Watermarks.
• Embedded ownership identifiers.
• Controlled document numbers.

Licensees shall not remove or falsify authentication information.

49. Counterfeit Products

The manufacture, distribution, marketing, sale, or supply of counterfeit Products, counterfeit blueprint packages, altered licence documents, or unauthorised copies is prohibited.

A counterfeit Product includes any Product that falsely represents itself as authorised, licensed, genuine, approved, or originating from Blueprints Market or Alpha & Omega Limited.

50. Export Controls

The Licensee is responsible for complying with all applicable import, export, trade, customs, sanctions, and technology-transfer laws that apply to its use of Products.

Nothing in this Agreement authorises export or transfer where prohibited by applicable law.

51. Distributor Requirements

Authorised distributors shall:

• Sell only authorised Products.
• Maintain accurate distribution records.
• Preserve licence documentation.
• Provide accurate Product descriptions.
• Not alter Product documentation.
• Not misrepresent licensing rights.
• Cooperate with legitimate product authentication requests.

52. OEM Manufacturing

Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) may manufacture Products only where expressly authorised by a signed Commercial Manufacturing Licence or Enterprise Agreement.

OEM approval does not transfer Product IP ownership and does not permit sublicensing, redistribution of source materials, or independent commercialisation beyond the written agreement.

53. Enterprise Agreements

Enterprise Agreements may provide customised commercial terms that differ from the standard licensing framework, including:

• Authorised build quantities.
• Manufacturing territories.
• Royalty structures.
• Support obligations.
• Audit procedures.
• Confidentiality arrangements.
• Source file access.
• Service-level commitments.

Where an executed Enterprise Agreement expressly conflicts with these standard licensing terms, the Enterprise Agreement governs only the subject matter specifically addressed by that agreement. All remaining provisions of this Agreement continue to apply.

54. Government Licensing

Any licence granted to a government, public authority, state-owned enterprise, or public institution shall be governed by the applicable written agreement together with these Terms, except where mandatory law requires otherwise.

No implied public-sector rights arise solely because a Product is supplied to a government entity.

Block 5 Integration Note

This block establishes the commercial governance framework for licensed manufacturing, including licence audits, royalty audits, manufacturing documentation, product authentication, counterfeit prevention, export compliance, distributor obligations, OEM manufacturing, enterprise licensing, and government licensing.

55. Source File Security

Where editable source files are supplied under an authorised licence, the Licensee shall implement commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect those files from unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, alteration, destruction, or distribution.

Security controls should include, where appropriate:

• Role-based access control.
• Named authorised users only.
• Multi-factor authentication.
• Encryption during storage and transfer.
• Secure version control.
• Access logging.
• Secure backups.
• Periodic permission reviews.
• Prompt removal of former user access.
• Secure destruction where required.

Source files shall not be uploaded to public repositories, public AI systems, public file-sharing services, or other uncontrolled environments.

56. Engineering Validation

Unless expressly stated otherwise, Products are supplied as engineering concepts, reference designs, technical studies, or design packages and may require independent validation before real-world manufacture, construction, deployment, or commercial use.

The Licensee is solely responsible for obtaining all engineering, structural, electrical, mechanical, optical, software, environmental, fire, health, and safety reviews required for the intended application.

Where applicable, validation should be performed by suitably qualified professionals licensed or authorised within the relevant jurisdiction.

57. Regulatory Compliance

The Licensee is responsible for ensuring that any manufacture, construction, deployment, installation, sale, or operation of a Product complies with all applicable laws, codes, standards, permits, approvals, and regulatory requirements.

Compliance responsibilities may include, where applicable:

• Building codes.
• Electrical regulations.
• Fire safety requirements.
• Structural engineering requirements.
• Environmental approvals.
• Health and safety legislation.
• Import and export requirements.
• Industry certification.
• Product safety standards.
• Local authority approvals.

Nothing contained within a Product constitutes regulatory approval or certification.

58. Evidence Preservation

Where the Licensee becomes aware of suspected infringement, unauthorised distribution, counterfeiting, licence abuse, or misuse of Product IP, the Licensee shall take reasonable steps to preserve relevant evidence.

Evidence may include:

• Emails.
• Purchase records.
• Server logs.
• Version histories.
• Audit records.
• Source file access logs.
• Photographs.
• Screenshots.
• Digital files.
• Correspondence.

Nothing in this section requires the Licensee to perform forensic investigations or actions prohibited by law.

59. Injunctive Relief

The parties acknowledge that unauthorised disclosure, distribution, copying, or misuse of Product IP, Confidential Information, or Trade Secrets may cause harm that cannot be adequately compensated by monetary damages alone.

Accordingly, where permitted by applicable law, Alpha & Omega Limited may seek appropriate equitable remedies, including temporary, interim, or permanent injunctive relief, in addition to any other remedies available under law or contract.

Nothing in this section limits any defence or remedy available to either party under applicable law.

60. Survival of Obligations

Termination, expiry, revocation, or completion of a licence does not affect obligations that are intended by their nature to survive.

These continuing obligations include, without limitation:

• Intellectual property ownership.
• Copyright protection.
• Confidentiality obligations.
• Trade secret protection.
• Engineering know-how restrictions.
• Royalty obligations accrued before termination.
• Audit rights where applicable.
• Record retention obligations.
• Dispute resolution provisions.
• Applicable indemnities.
• Limitations of liability.
• Governing law provisions.

The duration of any surviving obligation shall be determined by this Agreement, the applicable Product Licence, or the governing law, as applicable.

Block 6 Integration Note

This block establishes operational security requirements, engineering validation responsibilities, regulatory compliance, evidence preservation, equitable remedies, and the survival of continuing legal obligations after licence termination.

61. Electronic Signatures

Where permitted by applicable law, electronic acceptance of this Agreement, including acceptance through a website, customer portal, payment process, download portal, electronic signature platform, or similar electronic method, shall have the same legal force and effect as a handwritten signature.

Acceptance may be evidenced by:

• Clicking an "I Agree" checkbox.
• Completing an online purchase.
• Digitally signing a Product Licence Agreement.
• Accessing restricted Product downloads following acceptance.
• Execution through an approved electronic signature platform.
• Written acceptance by authorised email where expressly agreed.

The Licensee represents that any individual accepting this Agreement has authority to bind the relevant individual, company, organisation, government body, or other legal entity.

62. Version Control

Blueprints Market maintains controlled versions of all Product documentation, licence agreements, engineering specifications, and legal policies.

Each controlled document may include:

• Document identifier.
• Revision number.
• Issue date.
• Effective date.
• Approval status.
• Revision history.
• Controlled document owner.
• Applicable Product references.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, the version accepted by the Licensee at the time of purchase or licence grant continues to govern that transaction, subject to any later amendments accepted by the parties or required by applicable law.

63. Legal Notices

Formal legal notices relating to this Agreement should be provided using the contact details published by Blueprints Market or otherwise agreed in writing between the parties.

Where permitted, legal notices may be delivered by:

• Email.
• Courier.
• Registered post.
• Personal delivery.
• Electronic signature platform notification.
• Another method agreed in writing.

Each party remains responsible for keeping its contact information current.

64. Assignment

The Licensee may not assign, transfer, delegate, sell, or otherwise dispose of any rights granted under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Alpha & Omega Limited.

Alpha & Omega Limited may assign this Agreement as part of a merger, restructure, sale of assets, corporate reorganisation, or other legitimate business transaction, subject to applicable law.

65. Waiver

Failure or delay by either party to enforce any provision of this Agreement does not constitute a waiver of that provision or of any other provision.

Any waiver shall be effective only if made in writing and signed by an authorised representative of the party granting the waiver.

66. Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, that provision shall be interpreted, modified, or severed only to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

67. Entire Agreement

This Agreement, together with the applicable Product Licence Agreement, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Copyright Policy, Patent Policy, Engineering Disclaimer, Acceptable Use Policy, and any other documents expressly incorporated by reference, constitutes the complete agreement between the parties concerning the relevant Product.

It supersedes all prior discussions, representations, drafts, proposals, communications, or understandings relating to the same subject matter.

68. Amendments

Blueprints Market may revise this Agreement from time to time to reflect legal, technical, commercial, or operational changes.

Updated versions will be published on the Website together with a revised effective date.

Changes do not retroactively alter rights already granted under a previously accepted licence, unless required by law or separately agreed in writing.

69. Contact Information

Questions regarding this Agreement, licensing, commercial manufacturing, enterprise licensing, royalties, or intellectual property should be directed through the official Blueprints Market contact channels.

Blueprints Market
Trading Brand of Alpha & Omega Limited

70. Final Agreement

By accessing, purchasing, licensing, downloading, using, manufacturing from, constructing from, or otherwise relying upon any Product, the Licensee confirms that they have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by this Agreement, the applicable Product Licence Agreement, and all policies incorporated by reference.

All rights not expressly granted remain reserved. No licence shall be implied by estoppel, conduct, silence, delivery, payment, or any circumstance other than an express written grant.

Blueprints Market, its engineering systems, blueprint packages, documentation, software, firmware, design methodologies, manufacturing methodologies, and all associated intellectual property remain protected by applicable copyright, trade secret, confidential information, contract, and other intellectual property laws.

© Alpha & Omega Limited.
All Rights Reserved Worldwide.

Master Licensing Agreement Complete

This document forms the master licensing framework for all Blueprints Market Products unless a Product-specific Licence Agreement or Enterprise Agreement expressly provides otherwise. It should be read together with the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Acceptable Use Policy, Engineering Disclaimer, Copyright Policy, Patent Policy, Trademark Policy, Commercial Manufacturing Licence, Enterprise Licence, NDA, Enforcement Policy, and other legal documents published by Blueprints Market.

Appendix A — Legal Definitions

Unless the context requires otherwise:

• Agreement means this Master Licensing Agreement together with all incorporated policies.
• Blueprint means any engineering drawing, schematic, rendering, diagram, illustration, CAD model, exploded assembly, manufacturing drawing, specification, calculation, software architecture, firmware architecture, optical architecture, mechanical architecture or engineering documentation supplied by Blueprints Market.
• Product means every digital product supplied through Blueprints Market.
• Restricted Materials means any Product not expressly released into the public domain.
• Intellectual Property includes copyright, confidential information, trade secrets, know-how, engineering methodologies, software, firmware, documentation, CAD models, databases and related rights.
• Licensee means the purchaser or authorised organisation receiving a licence.
• Licensor means Alpha & Omega Limited.

Appendix B — Licence Matrix

Appendix C — Engineering Document Hierarchy

Master Agreement ↓ Website Policies ↓ Product Licence Agreements ↓ Enterprise Agreements ↓ Manufacturing Agreements ↓ Product Documentation ↓ Blueprint Packages ↓ Engineering Specifications ↓ CAD Models ↓ Manufacturing Files

Appendix D — Security Classification

• Public
• Customer Only
• Licensed Material
• Restricted Engineering Material
• Commercial Manufacturing Material
• Enterprise Restricted
• Confidential
• Highly Confidential
• Trade Secret

Appendix E — Compliance Checklist

• ✔ Licence accepted
• ✔ Correct licence purchased
• ✔ Copyright notices retained
• ✔ Watermarks retained
• ✔ No AI training
• ✔ No OCR extraction
• ✔ No CAD recreation
• ✔ No reverse engineering
• ✔ No patent filings
• ✔ Confidential information protected
• ✔ Trade secrets protected
• ✔ Manufacturing rights verified
• ✔ Royalty obligations satisfied (where applicable)
• ✔ Regulatory compliance completed

Appendix F — International Intellectual Property Notice

Blueprints Market Products are protected by applicable copyright, confidential information, trade secret, contract, and other intellectual property laws. Unauthorised copying, distribution, reproduction, manufacture, or commercial exploitation may constitute infringement and may be pursued through the remedies available under applicable law.

Appendix G — Acceptance Record

For electronically accepted licences, Blueprints Market may retain:

• Licence version.
• Acceptance timestamp.
• Purchaser identity.
• Order reference.
• Accepted Product.
• Applicable licence type.
• Acceptance method.

Appendix H — Revision History

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