Terms and Conditions
Last Updated: July 2026
1. Who We Are
This website, inkbotdesign.com (the “Site”), is operated by Inkbot Design (“Inkbot Design”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), a strategic branding agency based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Business details: Inkbot Design is the trading name of Stuart Crawford, trading from 2 Lord Warden’s Court, Northern Ireland.
Email: hello@inkbotdesign.com Contact: https://inkbotdesign.com/contact/
In Plain English: This is who you’re dealing with. A real business, in Belfast, with a real address and a real inbox.
2. What These Terms Cover (and What They Don’t)
These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of the Site and its content. By accessing or using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Site.
These Terms apply only to the Site. If you engage Inkbot Design for branding, design, or consultancy services, that engagement is governed by a separate written agreement between us, not by these Terms. Nothing on this Site constitutes an offer capable of acceptance; all client engagements are subject to a signed proposal or agreement.
In Plain English: This page is the rulebook for using the website — reading articles, browsing the portfolio, and filling in a form. If you hire us, the deal is set out in a proper contract that we both sign. This page is not that contract.
3. Intellectual Property
The Site and its original content, features, and functionality — including all articles, images, graphics, logos, frameworks, and branded methodologies such as the Brand Equity System™, Brand Equity Audit™, Brand Equity Blueprint™, and Brand Equity Partnership™ — are and will remain the exclusive property of Inkbot Design and its licensors. The Site is protected by copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws of the United Kingdom and other jurisdictions.
Our trademarks, trade names, and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service without our prior written consent.
In Plain English: We made this. The articles, the logo, the frameworks, the portfolio — all of it belongs to Inkbot Design. Don’t copy our posts wholesale, don’t lift our client work into your portfolio, and don’t pretend to be us.
4. How You May Use the Site
We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use the Site for your personal and internal business reference.
You agree that you will not:
- copy, reproduce, republish, or create derivative works from our content, other than brief quotations with clear attribution and a link to the original;
- scrape, harvest, or systematically extract content or data from the Site, whether manually or by automated means (including bots, crawlers used beyond standard search indexing, and AI training pipelines), without our prior written consent;
- remove any copyright or proprietary notices from our materials;
- mirror or frame the Site or any part of it on another server or website;
- use the Site in any way that damages it, impairs its availability, or interferes with any other person’s use of it; or
- attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Site, its server, or any connected database.
Sharing links to our content on social media, in newsletters, or anywhere else is welcome and encouraged.
In Plain English: Read the articles. Learn from them. Share links freely — we like that. But don’t scrape the site to build your own database, don’t feed our content into your product, and don’t copy our portfolio and claim you made it.
5. No Professional Advice
The content on this Site — including articles, guides, and resources on branding, design, and marketing — is provided for general information only. It does not constitute professional, legal, financial, or business advice, and it is not a substitute for advice tailored to your specific circumstances.
While we work to keep content accurate and up to date, we make no warranty that any content is complete, up to date, or applicable to your situation. Any reliance you place on Site content is at your own risk.
In Plain English: Our articles are opinions and general guidance, not bespoke advice. What worked for one brand may not work for yours. If you want advice specifically about your business, that’s what the paid work is for.
6. Links to Other Websites
The Site contains links to third-party websites and services that we do not own or control. We have no control over, and accept no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party website or service. We are not liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with your use of any third-party site or service.
In Plain English: We link to useful things across the web. Once you click away from our site, you’re on your own — read their rules, not ours.
7. Comments and User Content
Where the Site allows you to post comments or other content, you are responsible for what you post. You must not post anything unlawful, defamatory, infringing, obscene, or spammy, and you must not impersonate any person or misrepresent your affiliation with anyone.
By posting content on the Site, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual licence to use, reproduce, and display that content in connection with the Site. We may remove or edit any user content at our sole discretion, without notice.
In Plain English: Comment away — but you own your words, and you’re responsible for them. Spam, abuse, and link-dropping get deleted. If you post something good, we may keep it displayed on the site.
8. Suspension and Termination
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Site immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason, including if you breach these Terms.
All provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including ownership provisions, disclaimers, and limitations of liability.
In Plain English: If you hack, scrape, or spam, we block you. No warning required.
9. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
The Site is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Inkbot Design, its directors, partners, employees, agents, suppliers, and affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages — including loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses — resulting from:
- your access to, use of, or inability to access or use the Site;
- any conduct or content of any third party on the Site;
- any content obtained from the Site; or
- unauthorised access to, use of, or alteration of your transmissions or content.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under the law of Northern Ireland. Nothing in these Terms affects your statutory rights as a consumer.
In Plain English: The website content is free, and we can’t be responsible for what you do with it. If the site goes down, or a design tip doesn’t pan out for your brand, you can’t sue us for millions of pounds. The bold bit above is there because the law rightly says some responsibilities can never be signed away — and we’re not trying to.
10. Privacy
Your use of the Site is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which explains what data we collect and how we use it: https://inkbotdesign.com/privacy-policy/
In Plain English: What we do with your data lives on its own page. Short version: we’re not creeps about it.
11. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the law of Northern Ireland. The courts of Northern Ireland shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms or your use of the Site — except that if you are a consumer resident elsewhere in the United Kingdom or in the European Union, you may also be entitled to bring proceedings in your local courts.
In Plain English: Any legal dispute about this website is handled under Northern Irish law, in Northern Irish courts. If you’re a consumer elsewhere in the UK or EU, the law may let you use your local courts too — that’s your right, not ours to take away.
12. General
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, that provision will be severed, and the remaining provisions will continue in full force. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms is not a waiver of that right or provision. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Inkbot Design regarding your use of the Site, and supersede any prior agreements on that subject.
In Plain English: If a court knocks out one clause, the rest still stands. If we let something slide once, that doesn’t mean we always will. And this page is the whole deal when it comes to website use.
13. Changes to These Terms
We may modify or replace these Terms at any time, at our sole discretion. When we do, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Site after revisions take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
In Plain English: We’ll update this page when we need to, and the date at the top will always show when we last updated it. Keep using the site after a change, and you’ll be considered to have accepted it.
14. Contact
Questions about these Terms:
- Email: hello@inkbotdesign.com
- Contact page: https://inkbotdesign.com/contact/