Intellectual Property & Copyright Policy

Effective Date: 12 September 2026
Company: Vincica Miniatures Ltd
Contact Email: contact@vincicaminiatures.com
Governing Law: UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA)

1. Ownership of Vincica Brand Assets

All proprietary content displayed on vincicaminiatures.com—including but not limited to the Vincica Miniatures name, primary brand emblem (Vincica Logo 3.png), website layout, written copy, product descriptions, photography, and custom marketing graphics—is the exclusive intellectual property of Vincica Miniatures Ltd and is protected under the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA) and international trademark laws.

2. 3D Sculpting & Commercial Merchant Licensing

Vincica Miniatures Ltd manufactures physical 3D miniatures by combining full-colour multi-jet production technology with digital 3D meshes created by professional digital sculptors.

• All physical 3D printed models sold on our storefront are manufactured and distributed under valid, active, and authorized commercial merchant licenses granted directly by the respective 3D sculptors or studios.
• Vincica Miniatures Ltd does not claim ownership of the underlying 3D digital sculpt geometry (.stl, .obj, .3mf) created by our partner sculptors.

3. Prohibition of 3D Scanning, Casting, and Recasting

Purchasing a physical miniature from Vincica Miniatures Ltd grants the customer a non-exclusive license to use the physical figure for personal wargaming, collecting, and display purposes only.

Strict Legal Restrictions:

• Customers are strictly prohibited from 3D scanning, laser-digitizing, reverse-engineering, moulding, cold-casting, resin-recasting, or reproducing any physical figure purchased from Vincica Miniatures Ltd in any format, whether for commercial profit or personal distribution.
• Any unauthorized recasting, digital reproduction, or distribution of physical figures or derivative digital files constitutes a willful infringement of the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and will result in immediate legal action, shop bans, and reporting to the original digital sculptors.

4. Historical Uniform Research & Public Domain References

Vincica Miniatures Ltd is committed to academic historical authenticity in uniformology.

• Historical uniform illustrations, watercolor plates, and military costume diagrams featured on our blog or research pages originate from verified Public Domain archives (such as the New York Public Library’s H. J. Vinkhuijzen Collection of Military Uniforms, Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith’s 1814 aquatints, and Aleksandr Viskovatov’s Imperial Reconstitution).
• References to 19th-century historical uniform regulations (such as the French 1812 Bardin Regulations) are utilized for historical context and educational presentation.