Intellectual Property

And Legal Notices

Copyright Notice

Unless otherwise indicated, all content made available on this website, including without limitation all text, articles, publications, graphics, logos, photographs, videos, audio recordings, software, source code, databases, compilations, designs, page layouts, educational materials, competition materials, reports, research, and other content (collectively, the “Content”) is owned by or licensed to Caribound Limited doing business under the name and style of Future Caribbean (“Future Caribbean”) and is protected by applicable copyright, database, trademark and other intellectual property laws.

No part of this website or the Content may be copied, reproduced, modified, translated, distributed, published, transmitted, displayed, sold, licensed, exploited or otherwise used for commercial purposes without the prior written consent of Future Caribbean, except as expressly permitted by applicable law.

Permission is granted to download or print individual pages solely for personal, non-commercial and informational purposes, provided that all copyright and proprietary notices remain intact.

Trademark Notice

“Future Caribbean”, the Future Caribbean logo, and all associated names, logos, slogans, programme names, event names and branding used on this website are trademarks or trade dress owned by or licensed to Future Caribbean unless otherwise indicated.

Nothing contained on this website shall be construed as granting any licence or right to use any trademark without the prior written permission of Future Caribbean or the relevant rights holder.

Unauthorised use of any trade name or trademark is strictly prohibited.

Confidentiality Notice

Information submitted to Future Caribbean through this website may be treated as confidential only where expressly stated or where the parties have entered into a separate written confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement.

Competition Materials

Competition briefs, judging criteria, educational resources, templates, evaluation methodologies and related materials published by Future Caribbean are proprietary and are made available solely for participation in Future Caribbean programmes.

Except as expressly authorised in writing, these materials may not be reproduced, adapted, republished or incorporated into any other competition, programme or commercial product.

User Submissions

By submitting any application, essay, photograph, video, presentation, software, dataset or other material through this website or in connection with any Future Caribbean programme, participants acknowledge that such submissions are governed by the applicable competition rules and terms and that Future Caribbean may exercise the rights granted to it under those rules.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, ownership of a participant’s original intellectual property remains with the participant, subject to the licence granted to Future Caribbean under the applicable competition terms.

Third-Party Intellectual Property

This website may contain references to third-party trademarks, copyrighted works and other intellectual property belonging to their respective owners. Such references are used solely for identification, informational or nominative purposes and no affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement is implied unless expressly stated.

AI and Emerging Technologies

Where Future Caribbean permits the use of artificial intelligence tools in connection with competitions or programmes, participants remain solely responsible for ensuring that any submitted materials do not infringe the intellectual property or other rights of any third party and comply with the applicable competition rules.

Future Caribbean reserves the right to require disclosure of the use of AI-assisted tools and to disqualify submissions that fail to comply with applicable requirements.

Reporting Intellectual Property Infringement

Future Caribbean respects the intellectual property rights of others.

Any person who believes that material appearing on this website infringes their intellectual property rights may notify Future Caribbean by providing:

(a) identification of the intellectual property claimed to have been infringed;

(b) identification of the allegedly infringing material;

(c) sufficient information to enable Future Caribbean to locate the material;

(d) evidence of ownership or authority to act on behalf of the rights holder; and

(e) contact details for further correspondence.

Future Caribbean reserves the right to remove or disable access to allegedly infringing material while any complaint is investigated.

Reservation of Rights

All rights, titles, and privileges not expressly granted within this Policy are strictly reserved by Future Caribbean.