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Originally issued: April 7, 2026 (4:42 PM) Revised: May 28, 2026 (10:11 PM) Revised: August 19, 2026 (4:17 PM) Revised: August 25, 2026 (3:38 PM) Revised: August 27, 2026 (9:31 PM)
Subject: Formal Declaration of Ownership for "Payton Murdock™" and "Dukoa™"
I. IDENTIFICATION OF OWNER AND MARKS
I, Payton Camden Murdock (hereinafter referred to as "the Owner"), do hereby declare and affirm my exclusive ownership, rights, and title to the brand names, digital personas, and all associated content under the designations Payton Murdock™ and Dukoa™ (hereinafter referred to collectively as "the Marks").
Except where a provision is expressly limited to a single designation, every section of this document applies to both Marks equally.
"Official Channel" means any website, platform account, profile, storefront, distribution service, archival record, or publication operated by or under the direct authority of the Owner.
II. SCOPE OF OWNERSHIP
This declaration covers all digital and physical manifestations of the Marks, including but not limited to:
Original Intellectual Property: All original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression by the Owner, in any medium now known or later developed, including without limitation media, musical compositions, sound recordings, 3D assets (models, materials, textures, shaders, lighting setups, and scene files), level and environment design data, moving-image and animated works, written work, characters and original designs, industrial and product designs, and technical data (code, scripts, and configuration). These works are protected from the moment they are fixed in a tangible medium of expression under 17 U.S.C. § 102, and the exclusive rights of reproduction, distribution, public display, public performance, and the preparation of derivative works are reserved to the Owner under 17 U.S.C. § 106.
Trademark and Trade Name Rights: The exclusive right to the names "Payton Murdock" and "Dukoa" together with their associated logos, marks, and stylizations, as used in commerce. The Marks are used in commerce in connection with, among other things, musical compositions and sound recordings; recording, performing, and songwriting services; audiovisual and animated works; interactive software and video game content; three-dimensional modeling, environment, and level design assets; and the publication and distribution of the foregoing. These rights are established through First Use and protected under the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)), which prevents "unfair competition" and "trademark infringement" by third parties. As of the revision date stated above, the Marks are asserted as common-law marks established by continuous public use.
Digital Identity and Presence: The Marks function as source identifiers across all digital contexts, including domain names, account handles, channel names, artist and creator profiles, archival records, and distribution listings. Use of either Mark, or of any name confusingly similar to either Mark, as the identity of an account, channel, page, or release not operated by the Owner constitutes unauthorized use.
III. STATEMENT OF INTENT AND CONTROL
The Owner asserts that they are the owner and administrator of the "Payton Murdock™ and Dukoa™" Internet Archive page, and of all Official Channels operating under either of the Marks. Any content published therein is curated by, or under the direct supervision of, the Owner.
This document serves as public notice to prevent unauthorized duplication, impersonation, or claims of ownership by third parties. Any account, page, release, or publication bearing either of the Marks that does not originate from a website, account, profile, storefront, or distribution channel operated by the Owner is unauthorized and is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or attributable to the Owner.
IV. LEGAL AFFIRMATION AND ENFORCEMENT
The Owner maintains all rights reserved under 17 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 106, and under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). Unauthorized use of the designations "Payton Murdock™" or "Dukoa™," or of the original contents associated with either Mark, is strictly prohibited.
While the Owner prioritizes collaborative integrity, the Owner reserves the right to pursue all legal remedies available under applicable law — including but not limited to injunctive relief and, where eligible, statutory damages and attorney's fees — against any party found to be acting in bad faith, or those who engage in misrepresentation or disparaging use of the Owner's intellectual property.
The Owner's failure to enforce any right at any time shall not constitute a waiver of that right or of any other right. No provision of this document constitutes a waiver of any right not expressly addressed herein. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force.
V. HUMAN AUTHORSHIP
Payton Murdock™ and Dukoa™ are built on a foundation of original creative authorship.
The Owner asserts full ownership over all original 3D models, materials, environments, animated works, musical compositions and recordings, written work, and designs as works "fixed in a tangible medium of expression," authored by a human being.
Every work released under either Mark is the product of direct human creative decision-making. Authorship, concept, composition, arrangement, and execution originate with the Owner.
Collaborative Works:
Where a work incorporates contributions by another party — including featured performances, commissioned elements, or co-authored material — the Owner's assertion of authorship extends to the Owner's own contributions and to the selection, arrangement, direction, and production of the work as a whole. Collaboration does not diminish the Owner's rights in the Owner's own contributions, and the allocation of rights in any collaborative work is governed by the agreement between the contributing parties.
VI. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DISCLAIMER
The following disclosures describe the Owner's use — and non-use — of artificial intelligence in works released under the Marks. They are stated affirmatively and are intended to be relied upon.
A. Visual Marks, Logos, and Brand Identity
Zero artificial intelligence (AI) generative synthesis models, generative text-to-image algorithms, or AI-assisted content generators were utilized in the creation, concept design, or execution of any visual mark, logo, wordmark, or brand identity element for Payton Murdock™ or Dukoa™. Each was drawn, vectored, and arranged manually by the Owner.
B. Creative Works
Zero generative AI models were used to produce, synthesize, or complete the creative substance of any 3D model, texture, material, environment, animation, image, musical composition, sound recording, or written work published as creative authorship under the Marks. This includes, without limitation, generative image synthesis, generative video synthesis, generative audio and music synthesis, generative 3D and texture synthesis, and AI-generated text presented as the Owner's writing. No subject matter, composition, design, or expressive content of any work originates from a prompt, from a generative model, or from a dataset-derived synthesis of existing works.
Non-Generative Processing: The Owner does utilize machine-learning-assisted processing tools that reconstruct, clean, or optimize imagery the Owner has already authored — including but not limited to render denoising, sampling reconstruction, and comparable post-processing operations. Such tools do not generate, invent, or introduce subject matter, composition, or design. They operate solely upon output produced by the Owner's own scenes, models, materials, and lighting, and the creative substance of the resulting work remains entirely human-authored. This use is disclosed in the interest of complete accuracy and does not constitute generative AI content creation.
Assisted Solving: The Owner utilizes machine-learning-assisted solving tools that compute physically plausible joint configurations, balance, and weight distribution for character rigs authored or licensed by the Owner, including assisted pose solving within the Owner's animation software. These tools operate by direct manipulation of a rig by the Owner rather than by prompt or textual description, and function as an extension of conventional inverse-kinematics solving. They do not originate subject matter, staging, performance, or timing. Poses, keyframes, timing, camera, and all expressive decisions are selected and set by the Owner, and any solved result is reviewed and adjusted manually. This use is disclosed in the interest of complete accuracy and does not constitute generative AI content creation.
C. Third-Party Software Containing AI Features
Third-party photo editing, modeling, audio, and development software containing AI capabilities has been used, and such programs may generate software-branded window titles, tab names, or file metadata referencing those capabilities. Any such software was used as a manual creative workspace for direct human creation — including manually drawing, vectoring, modeling, arranging, and mixing. No generative AI feature of any such software was used to produce, synthesize, or complete the creative substance of any work, save for the non-generative processing and solving operations expressly disclosed in Subsection B. The presence of an AI feature within a tool does not constitute its use.
D. Scope Limited to Creative and Expressive Works
The disclosures in Subsections A through C address creative and expressive works released under the Marks. They do not address, and make no representation concerning, non-expressive technical materials — including source code, scripts, build tooling, and configuration — or administrative, correspondence, research, or drafting materials not published as creative work under the Marks.
E. Scope of Disclosure
This disclaimer reflects the Owner's practice as of the revision date stated at the head of this document, and applies to all works released under the Marks as of that date. Any material change to this practice will be published as a dated revision to this notice rather than applied silently.
VII. THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS AND NON-CLAIM
The Owner recognizes and acknowledges the intellectual property rights of others.
In instances where productions include third-party samples, libraries, plugins, engines, toolsets, or external tools, the Owner makes no claim of ownership over the underlying third-party IP. Use of these elements does not imply endorsement by the original rights holders, nor does the Owner's branding extend to the individual third-party components themselves.
Where a work is released under, or produced with, a platform or toolset governed by its own license or workshop agreement, that agreement governs the platform-specific components of the work.
Where third-party material is incorporated, the Owner asserts rights only in the Owner's own original contributions, arrangement, and recording thereof, and does not assert any right in, or grant any license to, the underlying third-party work.
VIII. ADDENDUM: DUKOA™
The Owner formally declares the establishment and exclusive ownership of the designation Dukoa™.
Trademark Claim: The Owner claims exclusive rights to the name Dukoa™ as a house mark identifying goods and services originating with the Owner.
Present Fields of Use: As of the revision date, the Mark is used in commerce in connection with computer software, video games and interactive entertainment content, animated and moving-image works, digital assets, original characters and fictional properties, and music and sound recordings.
Intended Fields of Expansion: The Owner intends to extend use of the Mark to further goods and services, including without limitation film, printed and merchandised goods, apparel, hardware and physical products, and technical frameworks, together with any further goods or services in which the Mark is placed in use. Rights in any such field arise upon use in commerce in that field, and the identification of intended fields is not a representation of present use therein.
Brand Integration: Dukoa™ is a proprietary asset of the Payton Murdock™ brand. Ownership of both Marks rests solely with the Owner, and the relationship between them does not create, imply, or transfer any third-party interest in either.
IX. CONSTRUCTION AND CONTINUING SCOPE
A. Non-Exhaustive Enumeration
Every enumeration of works, goods, services, categories, media, formats, platforms, or fields of activity in this document is illustrative and not exhaustive. Where general language is followed by specific examples, the examples do not limit the general language, and no enumerated item shall be construed to exclude any item of a different kind, class, or field. The absence of a category from any enumeration shall not be construed as a disclaimer, abandonment, or limitation of rights in that category. This subsection governs the construction of enumerations relating to the Owner's assertion of rights and does not operate to broaden the scope of any disclosure, representation, or disclaimer made in Section VI.
B. Fields of Use Stated as of Date
The categories of goods, services, and works identified in this document describe the Owner's fields of use as of the revision date stated at the head of this document. They are stated to identify present use and are not a limitation on the fields in which either Mark may be used, nor a representation that the Owner's activity is confined to them.
C. House Marks
Each Mark functions as a house mark and source identifier for the goods, services, and works of the Owner generally, rather than as a designation tied to any single product line, medium, industry, or technology. Use of either Mark in connection with goods, services, or works in a field not enumerated herein is a continuation of the same Mark under the same ownership, and not the adoption of a separate or distinct mark.
D. Expansion of Use
The Owner intends to extend use of the Marks to additional goods, services, and fields over time, including fields related to and unrelated to those presently enumerated, and reserves the full scope of rights available in such fields, including any natural zone of expansion recognized at common law. Where expansion materially alters the fields of use identified herein, that change will be published as a dated revision to this notice.
E. Independence of Provisions
Rights asserted under copyright, trademark, and unfair competition law are independent of one another. A limitation or qualification affecting rights under one body of law shall not be construed to limit rights asserted under another.
F. Scope of Trademark Assertion
The Marks are asserted as common-law marks. Rights in a mark arise from use in commerce and extend to the goods and services with which the mark is used, to related goods and services within the natural zone of expansion, and to the geographic area of the Owner's use and reputation. Nothing in this document asserts a right in gross; a right to prevent another individual's good-faith use of that individual's own personal name otherwise than as a source identifier for competing or confusingly similar goods or services; or a right to prevent nominative, descriptive, editorial, commentary, or other lawful fair use of either Mark.
X. STATUS AND PRIORITY OF THE MARKS
A. Registration Status
As of the revision date, neither Mark is the subject of a federal registration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The symbol "™" is used throughout this document and across Official Channels to denote a claim of common-law rights arising from use in commerce. No representation of federal registration is made or implied. The Owner reserves the right to seek registration of either Mark at any time, and any such registration shall be additional to, and not in substitution for, the common-law rights asserted herein.
B. First Use
The Mark "Payton Murdock" has been in continuous public use as a source identifier since November, 2025. The Mark "Dukoa" has been in continuous public use as a source identifier since May, 2026. Use has been continuous since the stated dates and has not been abandoned.
C. Evidence of Use
The Owner maintains dated records substantiating the foregoing, including published works and release histories, channel and account records, third-party archival captures, domain registration records, and the documented development and evolution of the visual marks. The Owner further maintains continuous records of creative publication under Official Channels predating the adoption of the present Marks, evidencing an unbroken history of authorship and channel operation by the same individual. These records are available in connection with any bona fide dispute regarding priority or ownership.
D. Prior Designations
Prior to the adoption of the present Marks, the Owner published creative works under one or more earlier designations. Such prior use is disclosed for completeness of the Owner's publication history. The Owner asserts no continuing rights in any prior designation, and the first use dates stated in Subsection B refer solely to the present Marks.
Signed: Payton Camden Murdock
Contact: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7ZLS3rrVlWZEynW_6PR4nvjZVoyae6TWnayLh316UclZIgQ/viewform
The following constitute some of the Official Channels of the Owner as of the revision date stated above:
https://paytonmurdock.com
https://www.youtube.com/@paytonmurdockofficial
https://paytonmurdock.itch.io/
https://steamcommunity.com/id/paytonmurdock/
https://www.instagram.com/paytonmurdockofficial/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2DR89McznIUE9au57DBuy7
https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCevq-mkOEbSUl3WM7_pc5XQ
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