GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE – WWW.RODRIGOCASTRO.CO

**DECLARATION OF FAIR USE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND LIABILITY DISCLAIMER REGARDING THE PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO**

**ARTICLE 1. EXCLUSIVELY INFORMATIVE, ACADEMIC, AND PROFESSIONAL SHOWCASE PURPOSE (CURRICULUM VITAE)**

The content hosted in the section designated as "Portfolio" or any other section intended for the display of previous projects on this website (rodrigocastro.co), as well as on the official digital profiles of the owner (e.g., LinkedIn, Shopify Partners Directory), has the sole and exclusive purpose of serving as a technical log, curriculum vitae, and demonstration of professional capabilities.

The display of images, screenshots, code snippets (e.g., Liquid, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, JSON), or nominative mentions of commercial brands strictly responds to the legitimate right of the owner to accredit their experience, career trajectory, and skills in the field of interface design (Frontend and Backend) and e-commerce development.

**ARTICLE 2. ABSENCE OF INTENT TO INFRINGE, CONFUSE, OR ENGAGE IN UNFAIR COMPETITION**

The owner of this website expressly declares that they have no intention whatsoever of infringing copyright, industrial property regulations, or engaging in acts of unfair competition (such as acts of confusion, deception, or exploitation of another's reputation).

The mention of third-party brands or known commercial projects is made under the following technical and good-faith commercial commitments:

**Absence of Binding Links.** This website does not maintain active links or hyperlinks to the current domains of the brands displayed. This ensures that the user or potential client does not associate the current work of optimization, administration, or modification of those portals with the owner of this page, thereby avoiding any risk of confusion in the marketplace.

**Historical Limitation (Version 1.0 / Initial).** Any reference to third-party brands is strictly limited to a historical mention of the original intervention by the owner (e.g., the development of the initial architecture and infrastructure or Version 1.0). The owner does not claim, in any way, updates, redesigns, optimizations, or subsequent maintenance performed by third-party agencies, competitors, or the brand owners themselves after the delivery of the initial contracted version.

**ARTICLE 3. NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL LEGAL BASIS**

This terms and conditions section and the owner's right to display their historical work are solidly grounded in the following regulations:

**At the National Level (Colombia).**

- **Article 25 of the Political Constitution of Colombia:** Protection of the fundamental right to work under dignified and fair conditions, which encompasses the right to accredit work experience and professional portfolio for free competition in the marketplace.
- **Law 256 of 1996 (Unfair Competition):** By acting under the principle of good faith in commerce, in a transparent, truthful manner, and expressly delimiting the historical scope of the developer's intervention, any conduct classified as unfair is outright dismissed, as there is no inducement to error, deception, or exploitation of third parties' reputation.
- **Moral Rights of Authorship (Law 23 of 1982 and Law 44 of 1993):** The inalienable right of paternity over the original software or design work (interfaces and original lines of code) is asserted, which authorizes the creator to be recognized as the author of that initial version, regardless of subsequent transformations that the code or interface may undergo by order of the client.

**At the Regional Level (Andean Community of Nations).**

- **Decision 486 of the Andean Community Commission (Common Regime on Industrial Property):** In accordance with the guiding principles of Andean trademark law, the purely nominative and informative use of a third-party trademark (without the purpose of direct commercial exploitation of the sign to identify one's own products or services in the market) does not constitute a trademark infringement. The owner does not market products under the displayed brands, nor does it intend to suggest a current link, sponsorship, license, or authorization with the current rights holders.

**At the Global Level (International Standards).**

- **Fair Use Doctrine and Nominative Use of Trademarks:** Under international intellectual property standards and the terms of global e-commerce platforms (such as Shopify Inc.), the right of partners, developers, and software designers to list in an informative manner the historical success cases in which they provided services is recognized, provided that such information is accurate, truthful, and supported by the ratings and contractual evaluations granted at the time by the same clients in public directories.

**ARTICLE 4. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS AND ERRATA**

If you are the legitimate owner, legal representative, or current licensee of any of the brands or web developments cited historically in this portfolio, and you consider that the presentation of the Version 1.0 information affects your industrial property rights or requires additional technical precision, you may contact the owner directly at the contact email address.

The owner, acting under the strictest principle of good faith, will proceed immediately to make the pertinent clarifications, modifications, or textual addenda to safeguard the factual accuracy of the portfolio, without this implying a waiver of their historical and moral authorship rights over the initial development.