Copyright & Intellectual Property Policy
Last updated: July 3, 2026
OpenKitchen.Food ("OpenKitchen") respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of the Platform to do the same. This policy explains how copyright and trademark owners can report content that infringes their rights, and how OpenKitchen responds to those reports.
1. What May Be Reported
- Copyrighted photos used without permission (including stolen menu or food photography)
- Copied menu descriptions or other copyrighted text
- Copied or confusingly similar logos, wordmarks, or trade dress
- Registered or common-law trademarks used without authorization
- Other content that infringes your intellectual property rights
2. How to Submit a Notice
Send a written notice to our designated agent at ip@openkitchen.food that includes all of the following:
- Your physical or electronic signature
- Identification of the copyrighted work or trademark claimed to be infringed
- Identification of the material on the Platform that you claim is infringing, with enough detail (URL, Cook profile, listing name) to allow OpenKitchen to locate it
- Your contact information (name, address, phone number, email)
- A statement made in good faith that the use is not authorized by the rights owner, its agent, or the law
- A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the rights owner or authorized to act on the rights owner's behalf
3. Counter-Notice
If you believe your content was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice to the same address including your contact information, the material at issue, and a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the removal was in error.
4. Repeat Infringers
OpenKitchen will terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are determined to be repeat infringers.
5. Misrepresentations
Knowingly making a material misrepresentation in a notice or counter-notice may result in liability for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, under applicable law (including 17 U.S.C. § 512(f)).
6. Contact
Designated agent: ip@openkitchen.food.
Directory-Only Platform · Hold Harmless · Assumption of Risk
OpenKitchen.Food ("OpenKitchen," "we," "us," or the "Platform") operates solely as an online directory and technology platform that connects independent home cooks, personal chefs, caterers, and food businesses ("Cooks") with end users ("Customers"). OpenKitchen is not a restaurant, ghost kitchen, commissary, food service provider, manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or seller of food.OpenKitchen does not prepare, handle, package, store, transport, deliver, inspect, test, or warrant any food, ingredient, allergen disclosure, licensing status, health permit, insurance status, or regulatory compliance of any Cook.
All food safety, licensing, permitting, insurance, cottage-food compliance, labeling, allergen disclosure, sanitation, temperature control, and regulatory compliance are the sole and exclusive responsibility of the Cook. Customer expressly acknowledges and assumes all risk arising from ordering, receiving, consuming, or otherwise interacting with any food, beverage, service, or item offered by any Cook through the Platform, including without limitation the risk of foodborne illness, allergic reaction, cross-contamination, injury, illness, or property damage.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Customer agrees to release, waive, discharge, indemnify, defend, and hold harmlessOpenKitchen.Food, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, members, managers, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, and successors and assigns (collectively, the "Released Parties") from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, proceedings, damages, judgments, losses, liabilities, illnesses, injuries, allergic reactions, foodborne illness, wrongful death, personal injury, property damage, costs, and expenses of any kind or nature (including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs) arising out of or in any way related to (a) any food, beverage, service, catering, or item offered, sold, prepared, or delivered by any Cook; (b) any interaction between Customer and any Cook; (c) any information posted by any Cook; (d) Customer's use of or inability to use the Platform; or (e) any breach of these terms by Customer.
The Released Parties make no representations or warranties, express or implied, regarding the quality, safety, wholesomeness, freshness, ingredients, preparation, nutritional content, allergen content, legality, licensure, or regulatory compliance of any food or Cook, and disclaim all such warranties to the maximum extent permitted by law, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
Contact
Legal notices: legal@openkitchen.food · General: hello@openkitchen.food