Terms define mutual studio and client commitments

1. Effective Date and Applicability

These pages take effect on 2026-10-30 and govern all interactions with oakmerton.com, project inquiries submitted through our intake mechanisms, exploratory strategy sessions, and commercial agreements executed with Oak Merton. Prior agreements executed under earlier iterations remain governed by their specific written contract schedules.

2. Parties to the Agreement and Operating Entity

These terms constitute a binding legal agreement between the client or website visitor and Oakmerton, trading at oakmerton.com, with registered physical studio operations located at 300 East 17th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80203, Denver, Colorado, United States. Telephone: +1 (803) 555-5338. Email: [email protected]. The studio is owned and directed by brand consultant Anna Kozlova, operating in Denver, Colorado since 2021.

3. Studio Service Scope and Deliberate Boundaries

Oak Merton provides bespoke brand identity design, strategic positioning frameworks, one-on-one brand consultations, and editorial copywriting for independent businesses, architectural practices, regional producers, and professional firms. Deliverables take the form of comprehensive vector mark libraries, bound and digital brand guideline volumes, messaging hierarchies, naming validation reports, and press-ready typographic mechanical art.

The studio expressly declines software development, website hosting administration, paid ad media buying, PR crisis dispatch, and speculative pitch labor. Our work defines the strategic narrative and visual discipline of an enterprise; implementation remains governed by the specific scope agreed upon in writing.

4. Inquiry-Only Catalogue and Formation of Orders

This website operates strictly on an inquiry-only basis. Oak Merton operates no digital shopping cart, processes no automated web checkout, and captures no credit card or banking information online. No figure, rate range, or schedule presented on oakmerton.com constitutes a binding commercial quotation or an offer capable of immediate electronic acceptance.

A commercial engagement is formed solely when a prospective client completes an inquiry via gifa6dd.php or direct email, completes an initial consultation diagnostic, and subsequently countersigns a formal written Letter of Engagement specifying exact deliverables, calendar milestones, payment schedules, and mutual obligations.

5. Studio Fees, Currencies, and Scope Drivers

All studio professional fees are denominated and payable in United States Dollars (USD). Our baseline published schedules reflect verified historical pricing: Branding Packages range from 2,500 to 7,500 USD per project; Brand Strategy projects range from 3,500 to 9,500 USD per project; private diagnostic Brand Consultations are billed at 198 to 200 USD per 60-minute session; and Editorial Copywriting is billed at an hourly rate of 45 to 80 USD per hour.

Every customized formal quotation depends strictly upon six objective variables: the required depth of qualitative and market research; the total volume and physical complexity of client deliverables; the target completion timeline; the number of distinct brand audiences or market tiers; the count of physical collateral and packaging touchpoints; and whether naming generation is included. Any modification to agreed scope during production requires an executed written change addendum.

6. Acceptable Use of Digital Assets and Infrastructure

Visitors to oakmerton.com agree to utilize the site solely for legitimate evaluation of our studio capabilities and authorized communication with Anna Kozlova. You agree not to submit automated spam through our inquiry handler or support chat interface, not to probe our infrastructure for security vulnerabilities, and not to deploy automated crawlers, scrapers, or language model ingestion bots against our editorial essays, project case studies, or photography archives without express written permission.

We reserve the right to immediately terminate communication sessions, invalidate inquiry requests, and block server access for any party attempting to subvert form security fields, honeypot inputs (office, site), or server routing rules.

7. Intellectual Property Ownership and Assignment

All proprietary content hosted on oakmerton.com—including the Oak Merton mark, custom typographic compositions, editorial essays, case documentation, photographic frames, and the turnable 3D brand book asset—remains the exclusive intellectual property of Oakmerton and Anna Kozlova, protected under United States and international copyright statutes.

For commissioned client engagements, full exclusive commercial copyright in finalized approved deliverables (such as final primary logos, chosen tagline copy, and tailored brand guidelines) transfers irrevocably to the client upon full payment of all invoiced fees. Preliminary unused conceptual directions, sketch sheets, rejected naming matrices, and underlying modular studio frameworks remain the perpetual property of Oak Merton.

8. Warranty Disclaimers and Operational Limitations

The materials, portfolios, and editorial guidance presented on oakmerton.com are provided strictly on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warranties of any kind, whether express, statutory, or implied. Oak Merton makes no guarantee that website access will be uninterrupted, error-free, or compatible with obsolete browser software.

While our brand strategy frameworks and copywriting are crafted with thorough diligence, Oak Merton does not guarantee specific commercial revenue targets, customer acquisition volumes, trademark registration approval by government trademark bodies, or market dominance resulting from brand adoption. Commercial outcomes remain subject to broader economic forces and the client’s operational execution.

9. Limitation of Studio Liability

To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, Oakmerton, its principal Anna Kozlova, and any associated contractors shall not be held liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages arising from the use of this website, project delays resulting from third-party vendor default, printing press registration errors outside our press-check scope, or data transmission failures.

In all circumstances relating to commissioned commercial projects, Oak Merton’s aggregate financial liability under contract, tort, or statutory claim shall be strictly capped at the total professional fees actually received by Oak Merton from the client under the specific engagement contract in dispute during the twelve-month period preceding the claim.

10. Termination of Engagements and Access Rights

Either party may terminate an active studio engagement upon fourteen (14) days written notice should the other party materially breach contractual covenants and fail to cure such breach within the notice window. In the event of early termination, the client remains obligated to remunerate Oak Merton for all completed milestones, verified hourly copywriting increments, and non-refundable vendor commitments incurred prior to the effective termination date.

Oak Merton reserves the right to immediately refuse inquiry intake, decline project onboarding, or restrict access to our digital tools for any individual displaying abusive conduct, bad-faith negotiations, or violations of acceptable use provisions.

11. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution Venue

These Terms of Engagement, their interpretation, and any commercial disputes arising from or relating to your use of oakmerton.com or commissioned studio projects shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the State of Colorado, United States, without regard to conflict of law principles.

Any legal action, suit, or proceeding arising under these terms shall be instituted exclusively in the state or federal courts located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado. Both Oak Merton and the client irrevocably submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of such Denver courts.

12. Modifications and Announcement of Amendments

Oak Merton reserves the right to revise these Terms of Engagement periodically to reflect changes in studio operating models, statutory requirements, or legal standards. Amendments take effect immediately upon publication to this page, marked with an updated revision date in the header clause.

Your continued access to oakmerton.com following the posting of amended terms constitutes unconditional acceptance of the revised conditions. Active client commissions remain governed by the terms in effect at the moment of contract execution unless an explicit written addendum is signed by both parties.

13. Official Legal Address and Inquiries

For questions regarding contract interpretation, intellectual property release certificates, or official legal notices, please contact our Denver studio office in writing:

Oakmerton
300 East 17th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80203, Denver, Colorado, United States
Direct Studio Desk: [email protected]
Direct Telephone: +1 (803) 555-5338

All contractual notices must be transmitted via certified mail with receipt tracking or via direct electronic mail to Anna Kozlova with verified acknowledgment of receipt.