Image rights · Takedown · Counter-notice

Image rights and takedown policy

This page explains how product images, brand logos, and user-submitted photos shown in Forkin are licensed, and how rightsholders can request removal. Published by Eutopix Labs P.S.A. (KRS 0001237465). Contact: legal@forkin.io.

Image sources and licensing

Forkin displays four categories of images:

1. Product images from Open Food Facts (and sibling databases)

Open Food Facts, Open Beauty Facts, Open Pet Food Facts, and Open Products Facts are open databases licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0. Forkin uses these databases as a primary source for product information and images.

Attribution: every product detail screen and any public listing of a product credits “Image © Open Food Facts contributors” (or the relevant sibling database) where the image originated there.
Compliance: we do not redistribute the underlying ODbL database. We query and display it as a data consumer.
Share-alike: Forkin's own enriched product data is not redistributed publicly. If we ever publish a public dataset derived from Open Food Facts, we will license it under ODbL.

2. Brand-owner product images (nominative use)

Product images that include brand logos, packaging design, or registered trademarks are displayed for nominative product identification— a permitted use under EU trademark law (Article 14 of Directive (EU) 2015/2436) when the trademark is used to identify the trademark owner's own goods, the use is necessary to inform consumers of the characteristics of the goods, and the use is in accordance with honest practices in industrial or commercial matters.

We do not use brand logos as our own marks, do not imply endorsement, and clearly distinguish our scoring methodology from any government label.

3. User-submitted photos

When a user submits a product photo through the in-app contribution flow, the user grants Eutopix Labs P.S.A. a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, distribute, and display the photo for the purpose of operating Forkin. The user retains ownership and may revoke the license by deleting their account. This is covered by the User-Generated Content section of our Terms of Service.

4. Eutopix Labs P.S.A. originals

Takedown procedure

If you are a rightsholder (or an authorised representative of one) and believe an image displayed in Forkin infringes your rights, please send a takedown notice to legal@forkin.io containing:

Identification of the work: a clear description of the copyrighted work or trademark you claim has been infringed.
Identification of the infringing material: the specific URL or in-app location (barcode, product name, screenshot) where the material appears.
Contact information: your name, organisation (if applicable), email address, and physical address.
Good-faith statement: a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised by the rightsholder, its agent, or the law.
Accuracy statement: a statement, under penalty of perjury (if applicable in your jurisdiction), that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are authorised to act on behalf of the rightsholder.
Signature: physical or electronic.

We acknowledge takedown notices within 5 business days and act on valid notices within 14 days of receipt. If we remove the material we will notify the user who submitted it (if applicable), and they may file a counter-notice.

Counter-notice procedure

If your image was removed and you believe the takedown was issued in error or misrepresentation, you may file a counter-notice to legal@forkin.io containing:

Identification of the material that was removed and where it appeared;
A statement, under penalty of perjury (if applicable), that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed due to mistake or misidentification;
Your name, address, email, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Polish courts for any dispute arising from the counter-notice;
Signature.

Upon receipt of a valid counter-notice, we will forward it to the original notifier. If no court order forbidding re-publication is provided within 10 business days, we will re-publish the material.

Repeat-infringer policy

Accounts that submit content that is the subject of repeated valid takedown notices will be terminated. “Repeat infringer” is assessed contextually — three valid notices within 12 months is the working threshold.

Trademark-specific note

For trademark concerns (use of a brand logo, brand name, or trade dress), we apply the same takedown procedure. Note that nominative use is a permitted defence under EU trademark law: if Forkin is using your trademark only to identify your own product (for example, showing a soft-drink can while scoring its sugar content), this is generally lawful. We will assess each notice on its specific facts.

DSA alignment

This procedure is aligned with the Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065) Article 16 (notice and action) and Article 17 (statement of reasons). Every takedown action triggers a statement of reasons to the affected user. See also our DSA contact point and illegal-content reporting page.

Contact

Image, trademark & copyright matters
Eutopix Labs P.S.A. — Forkin
Email: legal@forkin.io

For privacy / GDPR / data-subject rights, use forkin.io/privacy-request or write to privacy@forkin.io.