Intellectual Property & Licensing
Effective Date: January 2026
1. Ownership of Intellectual Property
All content, frameworks, methodologies, white papers, and documentation published on aivisibilityarchitects.com and cv4students.com, including but not limited to the AI Visibility Lifecycle™ framework and Signal Mesh Architecture™, are the exclusive intellectual property of AI Visibility Architecture Group Limited, a New Zealand registered limited company (Company Number: 9395521, NZBN: 9429053354075, Incorporated: 5 January 2026).
IP Assignment Note: All intellectual property, frameworks, and methodologies developed prior to 5 January 2026 by founder Bernard Lynch have been formally assigned to AI Visibility Architecture Group Limited upon incorporation. This ensures continuous ownership and protection of all IP assets from their original creation date through present day.
This includes:
- The 11-stage AI Visibility Lifecycle™ framework
- Signal Mesh Architecture™ methodology
- All white papers, documentation, and research materials
- Career guidance content and industry-specific materials
- Website design, structure, and technical implementation
2. Architectural Use & Implementation Scope
AI visibility frameworks published by AI Visibility Architects document structural principles and system-level patterns identified through sustained experimentation and real-world implementation. They are not plug-and-play tactics, checklists, or guaranteed methods.
Effective implementation requires architectural reasoning, organizational and technical context, disciplined execution, and ongoing adaptation as AI discovery systems evolve. Outcomes described within this body of work are contingent on the quality of interpretation and implementation, not on mechanical replication of individual components.
Organizations or individuals applying these frameworks as isolated techniques, templates, or procedural shortcuts should not expect to reproduce the results documented in associated case studies or research outputs.
3. Permitted Uses
You may:
- Reference our frameworks in academic or professional work with proper attribution
- Link to our white papers and cite them as sources
- Quote brief excerpts (under 100 words) with attribution
- Access and use career guidance materials for personal, non-commercial purposes
- Implement the concepts and methodologies on your own projects
- Teach from the frameworks in educational settings (non-commercial)
4. Prohibited Uses
You may NOT:
- Reproduce, republish, or redistribute our frameworks or white papers without written permission
- Create derivative works based on our methodologies
- Use our frameworks for commercial purposes without a license
- Remove or obscure copyright notices or attribution
- Present our work as your own or claim independent development
- Train AI models on our proprietary frameworks without authorization
5. Licensing Terms
The AI Visibility Lifecycle™ and related white papers are licensed under:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
What this means:
✓ Attribution (BY): You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
✗ NonCommercial (NC): You may not use the material for commercial purposes without permission.
✗ NoDerivatives (ND): If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
6. Attribution Requirements
When referencing our work, you must include:
- Full citation: “AI Visibility Lifecycle™ framework by AI Visibility Architecture Group Limited”
- Active hyperlink to the source page on aivisibilityarchitects.com or cv4students.com
- Copyright notice: “© 2025-2026 AI Visibility Architecture Group Limited”
7. Commercial Licensing
AI Visibility Architecture Group Limited offers structured commercial licensing for organisations that require rights to use the AIVA framework and reporting methodology beyond the permitted uses described in Section 3 above.
Two distinct intellectual property assets are available for licensing:
| Asset | Scope |
| The AIVA Framework | The 11-Stage AI Visibility Lifecycle — stage definitions, progression logic, tier structure, and architectural principles. |
| The Reporting Methodology | The measurement taxonomy, evidence structures, source mapping, synthesis framework, and client-facing reporting architecture. |
Five commercial licence types are available, each designed for a distinct use case:
| Licence Type | Designed For |
| Practice Licence | Agencies and consultancies delivering AI visibility services to clients |
| Enterprise Licence | Organisations applying AIVA internally across their own digital properties |
| Technology Licence | SEO and marketing platforms integrating AIVA methodology into their products |
| Platform Licence | CMS, hosting, and e-commerce platforms embedding AIVA at scale across their user base |
| Alignment Licence | Tools and platforms declaring compatibility with the AIVA framework |
Certification and training programmes are licensed separately.
All commercial licences are issued on an annual basis and negotiated directly. Published pricing is not available. All licence agreements are governed by the laws of New Zealand.
Full licensing details, scope definitions, agreement framework, and included/excluded rights are documented on the Commercial Licensing page.
For licensing enquiries: support@aivisibilityarchitects.com
8. Enforcement
AI Visibility Architecture Group Limited reserves the right to pursue legal action against any unauthorized use, reproduction, or misappropriation of our intellectual property. Violations will be documented with timestamped evidence and may result in cease and desist notices, DMCA takedown requests, and legal proceedings.
- Consulting firms implementing our frameworks for clients
- Training companies developing educational programs
- Software companies building tools based on our methodologies
- Enterprise organizations requiring commercial implementation rights
9. ARCHIVAL & PUBLICATION RECORD
The intellectual property, frameworks, and white papers referenced on this site have been publicly published and independently archived to establish verifiable authorship and publication dates.
Core pages and all AI Visibility white papers have been submitted to the Internet Archive creating immutable third-party records of their existence at the time of publication.
These archival records support authorship claims, priority of publication, and licensing integrity. Subsequent revisions or updates do not alter the original authorship or publication dates established by these records.
Contact & Licensing Inquiries
For commercial licensing, partnership inquiries, or permission requests:
Email: support@aivisibilityarchitects.com
Website: https://aivisibilityarchitects.com
Legal Entity: AI Visibility Architecture Group Limited
Company Number: 9395521
NZBN: 9429053354075
Incorporated: 5 January 2026
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Unauthorized use will be pursued to the fullest extent of applicable law.