IP & Takedown Policy

1. Ownership and licence

You retain ownership of your designs and files. You grant Makr3D a limited, non-exclusive licence to use them solely to manufacture and fulfil your orders. We do not sell, publish or sub-license your files. Catalogue production files are always kept private and are never made available for sellers to download.

2. Rights attestation at upload

When you upload a file you must confirm, via a mandatory tick-box, that you own the design or are licensed to manufacture and sell it. This attestation is a condition of using the platform and forms part of our Terms of Service.

3. Fan, character and brand-IP designs

Makr3D permits fan, character and brand-IP designs because we act as the contract manufacturer, not the seller or advertiser; responsibility for rights sits with you as the seller. We may, at our discretion, request licence or proof documents, and we may remove or suspend products or accounts on complaint or takedown. We recommend leading with original, public-domain-safe, customer-authorised or functional designs.

4. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify Makr3D and Yorkshire3D Limited against claims, losses and costs arising from your designs, your rights warranties, or your breach of this policy, including third-party IP claims and marketplace takedown actions. Final indemnity wording is subject to legal review before launch.

5. Confidential files

You can mark a file as confidential to apply additional restrictions (no catalogue use, no reuse). Confidential and catalogue files are handled with stricter access controls.

6. Submitting a takedown notice

If you are a rights holder and believe content on Makr3D infringes your rights, send a notice to [email protected] including:

• Your name, organisation and contact details.
• Identification of the work or right you say is infringed.
• Identification of the specific product or file in question.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorised by the rights holder, its agent or the law.
• A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, where applicable, that you are authorised to act for the rights holder.

7. Our process

On receiving a valid notice we may remove or disable the relevant product, notify the seller, and request the seller’s rights documentation. The seller may submit a counter-statement. We operate a repeat-infringer process and may suspend products or accounts. We may retain records of notices and actions for legal and audit purposes.

8. Erasure and retention

File retention and erasure (including takedown-driven deletion) are handled in line with our Privacy Policy.