DMCA & Intellectual Property Takedown

Protected Materials

The following are proprietary works of Carbon Mandate Ltd, registered in England (Reg 07221424), and constitute its intellectual property under Regulation (EU) 2019/790 (DSM Directive), the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (United Kingdom), and 17 U.S.C. § 102 et seq. (United States):

• Brand assets.The wordmark “Carbon Mandate” and the registered tagline “The CBAM Sovereign OS”, together with the CM-mark logo and its derivative variants in /public/brand/.
• Editorial copy. All briefings, articles, and analyses published under the /insights/ path; all hero, methodology, and solution copy published under /, /about, /sovereign,/solutions/*, and /plans; the calibration tables and regulatory commentary surfaced through the public API.
• Visual systems. The SectorChart, RampTrack, FlipStep, and SectorEmblem visualisations on the home page; the topographic SVG hero composition; the entire brutalist visual language including but not limited to colour palette#050505/#00F294, fluid clamp typography stack, motion-physics curves on sector emblems, and methodology flip-card geometry.
• Codebase. All TypeScript / React source for the Carbon Mandate platform, including server-component data fetchers, intrinsic-grid layout utilities, and the proprietary CSS animation keyframes governing sector-chart transitions.
• Regulatory positioning. The published interpretations of EU Regulation 2023/956 and Implementing Regulation 2025/2621, the markup-ramp model, the Cost-of-Ignorance calculation, and the EBITDA-defence framing — all of which are original analytical works.

Filing a Notice of Infringement

To submit a takedown notice for content reproducing Carbon Mandate’s protected materials without authorisation, send a written notice to our designated agent containing each of the elements set out in 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3). A compliant notice MUST include:

1. Identification of the protected work. A specific URL onhttps://www.carbonmandate.comhosting the original, or a clear description of the protected material (e.g. “the SectorChart cement vertical-bar visualisation as published on the home page Section 03”).
2. Identification of the infringing material. The precise URL where the infringing reproduction appears, plus screenshots, archive links (web.archive.org), or other forensic capture.
3. Contact information. Your full legal name, organisation, postal address, telephone number, and email address. Pseudonymous submissions are not accepted.
4. Good-faith statement. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised by the rights-holder, its agent, or the law.
5. Accuracy statement. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are authorised to act on behalf of the rights-holder.
6. Signature. A physical or electronic signature of the person authorised to act on behalf of the rights-holder.

Designated Agent

All notices must be sent to:

Notices submitted by any other channel — comments on social media, replies to marketing emails, contact-form submissions — are not deemed received and will not trigger the procedure below.

Response Timeline

• Acknowledgement — issued within two (2) UK business days of receipt of a compliant notice.
• Initial assessment — completed within five (5) UK business days. We may request additional evidence.
• Action — where infringement is confirmed, we will (i) issue a cease-and-desist to the alleged infringer, (ii) submit takedown requests to relevant intermediaries (Cloudflare, AWS, GitHub, hosting providers, search engines, social platforms), and (iii) where appropriate, instruct LCIA London arbitration counsel.
• Counter-notice handling — counter-notices submitted under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g) will be evaluated within ten (10) UK business days; the moving party will be informed of the disposition.

Governing Law & Jurisdiction

Disputes arising under this notice are governed by the law of England and Wales, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. The parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the LCIA (London Court of International Arbitration) for binding resolution, save where injunctive relief is sought before a court of competent jurisdiction in England, Wales, or any other jurisdiction in which the infringement occurs.

Carbon Mandate reserves the right to pursue all remedies available at law and in equity, including but not limited to: monetary damages (statutory and actual), permanent injunctive relief, recovery of legal costs, profit disgorgement, and reputational remedies including public retraction and apology.

False or Misleading Notices

Submitting a knowingly false notice of infringement is a serious matter.

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing shall be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, incurred by the alleged infringer, by Carbon Mandate, and by intermediary service providers. Equivalent penalties apply under English law for tortious interference and abuse of process. We document and pursue every frivolous, abusive, or competitive-malice notice through counsel.