Effective Date: October 17, 2026
emotive.energy LLC (“emotive.energy,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the intellectual property rights of creators, educators, researchers, consultants, practitioners, members, and other rights holders.
This Policy establishes the ownership, licensing, permitted use, and protection of intellectual property associated with our website, educational programs, consulting services, research instruments, digital products, publications, and collaborative activities.
The Company distinguishes between independently created content, Company-owned intellectual property, shared research and consulting assets, and collaborative works governed by specific agreements.
Participation in emotive.energy does not automatically transfer ownership of independently created intellectual property to the Company or other participants.
This Policy supplements our Terms of Use and applicable member, provider, contributor, and collaboration agreements. Where a valid written agreement establishes specific rights, that agreement governs within its applicable scope.
Independent creators retain ownership of intellectual property they lawfully develop, unless ownership has been validly transferred or applicable law provides otherwise.
This includes original courses, instructional materials, publications, artwork, recordings, research instruments, consulting resources, software, and other protectable works.
Becoming a member, paying membership fees, publishing a professional profile, or offering a service through emotive.energy does not automatically transfer ownership of preexisting or independently developed intellectual property.
There is no automatic collective ownership of an individual’s independently created content.
emotive.energy LLC owns original intellectual property that it creates or lawfully acquires.
This includes, to the extent created or lawfully acquired by the Company:
The Company may also hold exclusive or nonexclusive licenses to independently owned materials. A license does not necessarily transfer ownership.
The Company identifies the following as principal Company-sponsored programs, research instruments, consulting tools, and intellectual property assets:
The Company claims ownership of its original, Company-developed versions and protectable components of these assets, including original written expression, educational content, questionnaire items, scoring documentation, interpretive resources, software, reporting materials, and other components that it created or lawfully acquired.
The Company may develop, maintain, improve, distribute, and commercialize these assets within the scope of its ownership and licensing rights.
Where an asset incorporates independently owned contributions, preexisting materials, or third-party content, those components remain subject to their respective ownership and licensing arrangements unless validly transferred.
Company sponsorship, funding, branding, or distribution does not, by itself, transfer the copyright in another person’s contribution.
The Company may establish exclusive ownership of additional project components through appropriate written assignments, qualifying work-made-for-hire arrangements, or other legally sufficient mechanisms.
The Company’s research and consulting tools may incorporate:
These materials are protected to the extent applicable copyright, trademark, trade-secret, contractual, or other law provides.
Copyright protection does not extend automatically to underlying ideas, procedures, methods, systems, or scientific principles.
emotive.energy LLC maintains ownership of the protectable components it created or lawfully acquired and may exercise the associated rights to use, license, develop, distribute, and commercialize them.
Independent contributors retain rights to components they lawfully own, subject to the licenses or assignments they have granted.
Permission to use a research instrument or consulting tool for a specified project does not automatically authorize reproduction, sublicensing, commercial redistribution, or unrelated use of protected materials.
The Company does not claim ownership of general professional knowledge, independently developed methods, publicly available research principles, or ideas merely because they are discussed or used in Company activities.
Independent practitioners retain the right to use their own lawful skills, experience, and methods, subject to valid intellectual property, confidentiality, and licensing obligations.
Ownership of research instruments is separate from rights concerning participant information, research responses, datasets, and resulting publications.
Research participants do not automatically transfer all rights in their contributions by completing an assessment.
Research materials, publications, original datasets or compilations, and associated intellectual property are governed by applicable law and agreements.
Personal information is handled under our Privacy Policy.
The Company develops, sponsors, publishes, and distributes educational programs and professional-development resources, including the Burnout Culture Survival Guide.
The Company owns original content it creates and additional rights it lawfully acquires.
Where an offering incorporates independently created contributions, the rights of those contributors are governed by their applicable agreements.
The Company may hold sufficient licenses to market, sell, and deliver an offering without necessarily owning every individual contribution incorporated into it.
The commercial designation of an offering as a Company program does not, by itself, determine copyright ownership.
Under the Company’s standard contributor arrangement, a provider who authorizes an offering through an applicable agreement grants emotive.energy LLC a nonexclusive license sufficient to:
Unless a broader license is expressly granted in an applicable written agreement, the Company’s authorization is limited to the activities identified above and those reasonably necessary to perform them.
All rights not expressly granted to the Company remain with the relevant rights holder.
The standard license does not transfer ownership or automatically authorize unrelated commercial exploitation, substantial derivative uses, translations, sublicensing beyond authorized fulfillment, or AI training.
The applicable provider or contributor agreement determines the specific content, permitted uses, territory, duration, attribution, compensation, technical modifications, and other licensing conditions.
A license to distribute one offering does not automatically extend to all materials, methods, or other intellectual property belonging to the contributor.
Unless otherwise agreed, authorization for new sales and promotion ends when the relevant offering authorization or contributor relationship terminates.
A limited continuing license may remain as necessary to fulfill existing customer purchases, previously authorized access commitments, refunds, disputes, and applicable recordkeeping obligations.
The scope and duration of surviving rights are governed by the applicable agreement.
Termination does not automatically extinguish valid rights previously granted to customers.
Members, contributors, and researchers may collaborate on courses, publications, consulting frameworks, research instruments, recordings, or other projects.
Collaboration does not automatically transfer intellectual property to the Company or establish joint ownership among every participant.
Ownership and permitted use depend on applicable law and the relevant agreements.
For substantial collaborative projects, written agreements should specify ownership of preexisting and newly created materials, licensing, publication, attribution, compensation, confidentiality, derivative works, and rights following termination.
Where a work is legally jointly owned, the rights of the joint owners are determined by applicable law and any valid agreement.
The Company may facilitate collaboration without necessarily owning every resulting contribution.
Purchasing a course, digital product, recording, publication, or other offering ordinarily provides access or usage rights rather than ownership of the underlying copyright.
Unless the relevant offering specifies otherwise, customers receive a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable right to use purchased materials for the authorized purposes and duration.
Individual purchases generally permit personal educational or professional-development use.
Broader organizational, redistribution, facilitator, or commercial rights require the appropriate authorization.
Except where permitted by law or the relevant rights holder, users may not:
Nothing in this Policy prohibits fair use, lawful quotation, independent application of learned ideas, or other rights protected by applicable law.
Individuals retain applicable intellectual property rights in original materials they lawfully create and submit.
Submitting a comment, question, reflection, or other contribution does not automatically transfer copyright ownership to the Company.
Where content is voluntarily submitted for a public or interactive feature, the Company may use it as reasonably necessary to provide the requested feature under the applicable terms.
Unrelated promotional or commercial reuse may require additional permission.
Research responses, private reflections, and educational assessments are subject to applicable research terms, privacy notices, and confidentiality requirements.
Submission does not automatically grant unrestricted publication or commercial exploitation rights.
Personal information is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Participation in a live session does not automatically authorize recording, distribution, publication, or promotional reuse by another participant.
Rights concerning authorized recordings, voice, image, likeness, editing, distribution, and promotional use are governed by applicable agreements, notices, and permissions.
Testimonials and endorsements may be used only where the Company has appropriate permissions and complies with applicable disclosure requirements.
The Company uses names, logos, and distinctive branding to identify its business, products, and services.
These may include:
Trademark rights are claimed to the extent supported by actual use, ownership, and applicable law.
The Company may use TM or SM to identify marks for which it claims trademark or service-mark rights.
These symbols do not establish federal registration.
The registered trademark symbol ® is used only for marks registered in the relevant jurisdiction and in accordance with the applicable registration.
This Policy does not represent that any listed mark is federally registered.
Members, independent providers, affiliates, and collaborators may use Company branding where authorized by an applicable agreement or written permission.
Such use must remain within the authorized scope and may be subject to reasonable brand-quality requirements.
Membership alone does not grant unrestricted trademark rights.
Except where permitted by law or the relevant rights holder, individuals may not:
This Policy does not prohibit lawful nominative fair use, accurate identification of the Company, academic citation, commentary, criticism, or other protected expression.
Third-party trademarks remain the property of their respective rights holders.
The Company protects qualifying confidential information, trade secrets, and proprietary materials associated with its research, consulting, educational, and business activities.
These may include nonpublic components of:
Protected materials may include confidential assessment items, scoring keys, interpretation guides, unpublished research instruments, original source files, software, datasets, proprietary documentation, and other information qualifying for protection under applicable law.
Access to restricted Company materials may be conditioned on written confidentiality, licensing, or limited-purpose use agreements.
Persons who receive protected materials under such agreements must comply with the applicable restrictions on unauthorized use, reproduction, disclosure, distribution, and replication.
The Company reserves its rights to prevent infringement of its protected intellectual property and misappropriation of qualifying trade secrets.
Where an applicable written agreement expressly establishes such an obligation, an authorized recipient of restricted, nonpublic Company materials may be prohibited, during the period of authorized access and for two years following the termination or expiration of that access, from:
These obligations apply only to the extent established by a valid agreement and enforceable under applicable law.
They do not prohibit lawful independent development, use of preexisting professional methods, general knowledge, independently acquired information, or activities otherwise permitted by law.
The two-year period does not shorten copyright protection or applicable trade-secret obligations, which may continue for their legally applicable duration.
Nothing in this Policy establishes a general prohibition on competition or prevents independent professionals from using their own lawful expertise, methods, professional skills, and independently developed materials.
Confidentiality and restricted-use obligations are directed toward protecting identifiable confidential information and proprietary materials, not preventing professionals from practicing their occupations.
Intellectual property and contractual restrictions also apply to relevant automated uses of protected content.
Using protected or confidential Company materials to train, fine-tune, or develop artificial-intelligence systems may require separate authorization.
Users may not reproduce, disclose, or commercially exploit Company or third-party materials in violation of applicable intellectual property rights or valid agreements.
The Company does not claim exclusive ownership of general knowledge or restrict uses permitted by law.
Company use of contributor materials, participant submissions, or research information for AI-related activities must comply with applicable intellectual property agreements, privacy requirements, and permissions.
Company offerings may include appropriately licensed third-party materials, such as images, recordings, publications, software, or other resources.
Those materials remain subject to the applicable rights and license conditions.
Availability through emotive.energy does not establish Company ownership of every underlying component.
Contributors are responsible for obtaining appropriate permissions for materials they submit, consistent with their applicable agreements and legal responsibilities.
If you believe copyrighted materials, trademarks, or other intellectual property have been used improperly through a Company-controlled service, contact us with sufficient information to identify the material and explain the concern.
The Company may investigate credible complaints and take appropriate lawful action, including:
Formal copyright infringement notices and counter-notifications are handled under our DMCA Notice and Policy.
The DMCA process does not automatically govern trademark disputes or contractual disagreements concerning ownership, compensation, or licensing.
This Policy supersedes inconsistent statements in earlier versions of the Company’s public intellectual property policies, including any statement that content developed within the emotive.energy community is automatically co-owned by the Company or its members.
It does not retroactively modify valid executed agreements, transfer existing ownership rights, or alter rights established by applicable law.
Specific agreements governing members, providers, contributors, commissioned works, research projects, customers, or licensed materials may establish additional or different rights.
Nothing in this Policy eliminates lawful copyright exceptions, fair use, trademark defenses, or mandatory legal protections.
The Company may update this Policy to reflect changes in its services, intellectual property practices, agreements, or applicable law.
The current version will be available at:
https://emotive.energy/intellectual-property-and-trademark-policy/
The effective date will be updated as appropriate.
For questions about intellectual property, trademarks, permitted uses, licensing, research tools, or suspected infringement, contact:
emotive.energy LLC
1968 S. Coast Hwy, Suite 3310
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
United States
Email: admin@emotive.energy
Website: https://emotive.energy
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