Version: 2026.05 · Effective: May 19, 2026
Scope and acceptance
By visiting the site, using the submission form, uploading files, or querying a submission, you agree to these terms. These terms apply to applicants, visitors, and anyone submitting material on their own behalf or on behalf of a person or business they are authorized to represent.
What the platform does
Fikrinle Kazan provides a digital first-contact channel for idea, patent, and project submissions. It is not a public marketplace, open listing board, or automated matching engine. Submissions are reviewed individually by people.
Submission conditions
When you submit an application, you confirm that: - you are legally authorized to share the information and files you provide; - the information is accurate, current, and not misleading; - your files do not contain unlawful material, harmful code, or content that infringes third-party rights; - you allow the submission to be reviewed for evaluation purposes. All content, files, and documents you submit are entirely your own responsibility. Sole responsibility for the accuracy, originality, completeness, and lawfulness of submitted materials rests with you as the applicant. We do not verify whether submitted content infringes third-party rights, trade secrets, copyright, or patent rights.
Applicant's sharing responsibility
If you, as the applicant, distribute, publish, or otherwise disclose ideas, projects, patents, or technical materials you have submitted to the platform on social media accounts, blogs, the press, forums, or any other public channel, any resulting legal, financial, and criminal responsibility is exclusively yours. The platform cannot be held responsible for any damage arising from such disclosures carried out at your own initiative. The submission content, attachments, and contact details you share with us are not published on the platform's official addresses, social media accounts, press communications, or any third-party channel without your express written consent.
Nature of review
Submitting material through the platform does not create any guarantee of acquisition, investment, licensing, partnership, or other commercial outcome. We may accept, reject, leave unanswered, or request more information about a submission. Any deeper discussion or transaction would require separate communication and, where relevant, a separate written agreement.
Nature of the legal relationship and written agreement requirement
Submitting an application through the platform does not, by itself, automatically establish a comprehensive non-disclosure agreement (NDA), partnership, joint venture, representation, agency, or any similar legal relationship between the parties. That said, unless expressly agreed otherwise in writing, any information, documents, data, files, technical content, project details, software, designs, commercial plans, customer information, methods, ideas, and similar materials shared between the parties through forums, messaging platforms, email, online meetings, or similar digital communication channels may be treated as the disclosing party's confidential information and/or trade secret. Each party agrees not to use such information outside the purpose of the disclosure, not to share it with third parties, not to copy or distribute it, and not to exploit it for personal or commercial benefit without the disclosing party's express written consent. Even if the parties intend to sign a more comprehensive NDA later, the confidentiality rules above apply in the meantime as a binding preliminary statement of intent. The following do not count as a breach of confidentiality: 1. Information that can be proven to be public. 2. Information that the receiving party can prove it already lawfully possessed before the disclosure. 3. Information that must be disclosed due to a binding legal obligation or an order from a competent authority. 4. Information disclosed with the disclosing party's written consent. The parties acknowledge that correspondence, electronic records, emails, and message content exchanged through digital communication channels may constitute evidence. Any relationship that would create additional obligations between the parties takes effect only through agreements that have been separately negotiated and signed in writing. In the absence of such a written agreement, the mere act of submitting an application imposes no additional obligation on the platform beyond what is expressly stated in these terms. Within the same framework, submitting an application through the platform does not mean that the ideas, projects, patents, designs, or other intellectual property elements contained in the submission have been automatically transferred or that any right of use, licence, or disposition over them has been granted to the platform. Transfer of rights, licensing, purchase, and any similar transaction shall only take effect through a separate written agreement signed between the parties. This section operates as a binding preliminary statement aimed at preserving confidentiality during the information-sharing process, but it shall not by itself be interpreted as creating a full partnership, licence, assignment, or employment relationship. Submissions are not reviewed solely by automated systems; they are evaluated through human review carried out by authorized personnel.
Patent research and third-party rights
As part of the evaluation process, submissions may be researched against the European Patent Office (EPO) database and other international patent registries. If the research reveals that the idea, invention, or technical solution submitted has already been patented by a third party, this outcome cannot have been known or prevented by the platform in advance. Such a finding does not indicate that the submitted content carries any legal guarantee. If your submission is found to infringe an existing patent or to fall within the scope of a registered patent, any resulting legal consequences are solely your responsibility. The platform is not a party to any third-party claims, infringement proceedings, or damages actions arising from such a situation and accepts no liability in this regard.
Intellectual property and confidentiality
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, ownership of your ideas, files, brand assets, code, designs, and other intellectual property remains with you. Submitting material through the platform does not by itself grant us a license, transfer, or right of commercial use. Unless a separate written understanding is reached, submitted material is not used for a commercial purpose. Submission content is not published publicly, although limited internal reviewers and technical providers may access it to the extent necessary for the review process and platform operations.
Similar ideas and independent development
The applicant acknowledges and accepts that any idea, project, patent application, or technical solution submitted to the platform may show similarities to work that has previously been independently developed by the platform, is currently under evaluation, is being planned, or has been submitted to the platform by third parties. A similarity between the submission content and the platform's existing or future services, projects, software, business models, or commercial activities does not, by itself, mean that the submission has been used without authorization, copied, commercialized, or that the applicant's rights have been infringed. The platform cannot be held liable for overlaps that may arise from general industry knowledge, information obtainable from publicly available sources, independent development processes, or similar concepts and notions. The applicant represents and warrants that they hold the right to use the submitted content, that the content does not infringe any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other rights of third parties, and that all permissions required to share such content have been obtained in advance. Any legal liability arising from the inaccuracy of these representations rests exclusively with the applicant.
Submission confidentiality and platform rights
Fikrinle Kazan has the right to keep all received submissions, idea descriptions, attachments, and any related information confidential. Such information is not shared with the public, competitors, or unauthorized third parties unless the applicant has given express written consent or there is a legal obligation to do so. The platform reserves the right to determine, at its sole discretion, how submitted applications are stored, archived, and processed. Whether a submission is admitted to the evaluation pipeline, the order in which submissions are reviewed, and when a decision is reached are matters entirely within the platform's discretion. Every submission received by the platform is accepted solely for evaluation purposes. The right to decide whether any offer or collaboration will result from an evaluation — and, if so, under what conditions — rests exclusively with the platform. The platform is under no obligation to respond to, make an offer on, or initiate any process regarding any submission.
Evaluation authority and offer determination
The evaluation, classification, and determination of any financial offer, collaboration model, or related terms for any submission rests exclusively with Fikrinle Kazan. Applicants have no right to set a price, valuation, offer amount, or any financial condition for the idea, patent, or project they submit. Price expectations, valuation claims, or proposed terms put forward by an applicant — whether before or during the process — are not binding on the platform and shall not be deemed accepted. All evaluation criteria, offer amounts, and collaboration terms are determined exclusively by the platform once a concrete process is initiated, and are communicated to the applicant in writing at that stage.
Files, access, and cancellation
Uploaded files form part of the submission and are made available only through authorized admin interfaces. If you cancel your submission through the public tracking-code flow, the system removes the submission content and uploaded files while retaining only a limited cancellation record for administrative visibility. If a submission has already moved into a concrete offer or deeper commercial process, cancellation and deletion requests may need to be assessed in light of that process.
Liability limits
The platform is provided on an as-is basis. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability, a particular turnaround time, or a positive review outcome. We accept no responsibility for the content of submissions transmitted through the form. Accuracy, originality, and legal compliance of submitted ideas, documents, and files are entirely the submitter's responsibility. We are not a party to any third-party claims arising from submitted content and accept no liability in that regard. Any intellectual property disputes, patent objections, trade-secret infringement allegations, or similar third-party claims arising from a submission remain the sole responsibility of the applicant and cannot be directed at the platform. The parties acknowledge that, due to the technical nature of forums, community platforms, messaging applications, email systems, and similar digital communication environments, information may spread beyond intended control because of unauthorized access, data copying, screenshots, account security breaches, third-party sharing, infrastructure-based leaks, or user behavior. Accordingly, if information, documents, or content shared through digital communication channels are obtained, shared, disseminated, disclosed, or reproduced by third parties without the intentional act or gross negligence of the receiving party, the receiving party shall not be held directly or indirectly liable on legal, commercial, or criminal grounds. The parties further acknowledge that no absolute confidentiality or complete data security is guaranteed in digital-platform communications. The disclosing party therefore remains responsible for assessing the sensitivity of the information and the related risk before sharing it. If the information involves critical trade secrets, highly confidential data, or materials requiring special protection, the disclosing party is responsible for ensuring that a separate written NDA is executed beforehand. This limitation of liability applies to technical infrastructure failures, platform security vulnerabilities, third-party attacks, user-caused leaks, and disclosures occurring outside the receiving party's control. To the extent permitted by mandatory law, we disclaim liability for indirect losses, loss of opportunity, loss of data, or consequences arising from third-party actions. Nothing in these terms removes rights that cannot be waived under applicable law.
Changes and governing framework
We may update the technical structure of the platform, submission criteria, and these terms from time to time. The version published on this page becomes effective on its publication date. These terms are interpreted within the framework of the laws of the Republic of Turkey. For privacy-related matters, contact kvkk@fikrinlekazan.com; for general questions, contact iletisim@fikrinlekazan.com. This English text is provided for convenience, and the Turkish text prevails if there is any conflict.