Terms & Conditions

Last Updated: 22 June 2026

These Terms & Conditions constitute a legally binding agreement governing the access, usage, and evaluation frameworks provided on design2market.mt (the “Website”). This Website is owned, managed, and operated by I+A Limited (“we”, “our”, “us”), a limited liability company registered under the laws of Malta.

By accessing or using this Website, its diagnostic tools, or applying for peer guidance, you explicitly agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms & Conditions. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, you must immediately cease using the platform.

1. Nature of the Service

Design2Market operates strictly as an educational resource, a diagnostic framework based on Technology Readiness Levels (TRL), and an entry gateway to the Design2Market Support Board. The resources, funding trees, guidelines, and diagnostic tool outputs provided on this site are for general informational, structural, and educational guidance purposes only. They do not constitute formal architectural, technical, engineering, commercial, legal, or intellectual property advice.

2. A Zero-Monetary, Fully Free System

The Design2Market framework is built entirely on a non-commercial, zero-permission, community-driven philosophy.

  • No User Fees: Access to the Website, the TRL self-evaluation tool, and applications to the Support Board are completely free of charge. No user will ever be asked to pay to utilize this platform.
  • No Provider Remuneration: There is no exchange of money between the Design2Market brand (or I+A Limited) and any external third-party service providers, workshops, makerspaces, or institutions listed in our resource directories.
  • No Board Compensation: No individual operating under or collaborating with the Design2Market brand—including institutional leaders, industry mentors, and practitioner peers serving on the Support Board—is paid for their participation or guidance.

This platform operates strictly as a “no one pays, and no one is paid” ecosystem.

3. Proprietary Rights and User Obligations

A. Platform Content

All text, graphics, data architectures, methodologies, and visual interfaces displayed on this Website are the intellectual property of I+A Limited and its collaborating partners, unless stated otherwise.

B. User Submissions & Sensitive Data Restriction

You retain ownership of the high-level concepts and metrics you submit through our forms. However, by submitting information, you grant I+A Limited the temporary, necessary right to review and share this data internally to process your request.

As explicitly detailed in our Privacy Policy, you are under a strict obligation not to submit:

  1. Special categories of personal data (such as health or financial records).
  2. Highly sensitive, unpatented intellectual property (IP), proprietary technical data, or trade secrets that would otherwise require a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to be disclosed.

4. Total Exclusion of Liability & Assumption of Risk

Because this service is provided completely free of charge on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis, you explicitly acknowledge and agree to the following liability limitations:

  • No Liability for Guidance: You agree to never hold I+A Limited, its directors, employees, collaborators, or any entity or individual related to the operation of design2market.mt liable for any outcome, decision, design flaw, financial loss, or development setback resulting from the use of the website or any advice received from the Support Board.
  • Support Board Independent Risk: When requesting direct guidance, you understand that your project data is transferred to a collaborative board of independent peer practitioners and institutional leaders. You accept full knowledge of, and responsibility for, the professional and disclosure risks involved once data leaves I+A Limited’s direct technical environment.
  • Maximum Financial Cap: Given the entirely free nature of this ecosystem, the maximum aggregate financial liability to be assumed by I+A Limited for any claim, damage, or cause of action arising out of or in connection with this Website and/or service received shall never exceed exactly zero (€0.00).

5. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms & Conditions are governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Malta. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with the use of this Website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Malta.