Automotive Community Network & Shared Technology

Intellectual Property & Brand Rights Legal Notice

CruisinStreet™ | Cruisin Street™ | Cruz™ | Automotive Community Network

1. Ownership and Purpose of This Notice

CruisinStreet, also presented as Cruisin Street, is an automotive enthusiast brand, website, and digital community developed and operated under the Inspired American business name, together with its Rhino Media Group media-development initiative.

Inspired American has invested substantial time, resources, and creative and technical effort in developing the CruisinStreet brand, its original artwork, software, visual presentations, community features, terminology, and associated experiences. This notice publicly identifies those elements as important to our business and records our intention to protect the intellectual property and brand rights that applicable law recognizes.

Inspired American expressly reserves all applicable rights in the original works, protected branding, proprietary software, creative assets, and other intellectual property it owns or is authorized to enforce. Publication or public access does not, by itself, grant a license to reproduce or commercially exploit protected materials.

2. Protection Across Our Automotive Network

CruisinStreet is part of a broader initiative to develop specialized automotive websites, applications, and digital communities for Corvette enthusiasts and owners of additional vehicle makes, models, and enthusiast interests. Future communities may use their own names, domains, logos, designs, and member experiences while sharing original technology, software components, design systems, characters, and creative works developed within our business.

Our rights are not confined to the CruisinStreet website, the Corvette community, or one domain name. We reserve applicable rights in qualifying original works and protected branding that we own and use across current and future automotive communities, websites, applications, and related services. Reusing or adapting those materials across different brands does not, by itself, waive or transfer those rights.

3. Primary Brands, Names, Marks, and Identifiers

Our principal brand identities and related identifiers include:

CruisinStreet / Cruisin Street; CruisinStreet Community / Cruisin Street Community; and CruisinStreet.com.
The official CruisinStreet wordmark, winding-road symbol, road-design logo, and authorized visual versions of those marks.
Cruz, the official CruisinStreet mascot, character, and Community Assistant identity.
Car Buffs / CarBuffs and Car Buff / CarBuff, used to identify people participating in our automotive community.
The Inspired American and Rhino Media Group business or initiative identities, to the extent owned and used by our business.

We expressly document the association of these names and identifiers with our business. We reserve applicable trademark, service-mark, and related rights arising from legally qualifying use, including protection against confusing commercial impersonation or misleading suggestions of affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement.

References in this notice to spellings with or without spaces, plural and singular forms, or capitalization variants are intended to document their association with our brand, not to suggest that each variation has a separate registration.

4. Cruz — Official Mascot and Character Identity

Cruz is the official mascot and recognizable character identity of CruisinStreet. His approved presentation is an important part of our brand experience and promotional identity.

The Cruz portfolio includes, to the extent protected and owned by us:

The Cruz name as used in our branded services and character presentations.
Approved Cruz illustrations, character sheets, original graphic compositions, facial expressions, proportions, clothing graphics, official insignia, and recognizable visual presentations.
Approved poses, gestures, animations, motion sequences, and interactive appearances.
Cruz promotional illustrations, advertising, social-media artwork, videos, and audiovisual productions.
Original human-authored scripts, recordings, editing, animation, and other qualifying creative contributions used in Cruz productions.
Cruz — Your Community Assistant, Cruz Community Guide, Cruz Interactive Assistance, and related Cruz-branded help and navigation experiences.
Cruz Parts Finder and future Cruz-branded automotive assistance experiences, as and when developed and used.

We reserve applicable copyright, trademark, and other rights in qualifying Cruz materials and in the Cruz identity when used to identify our services. Unauthorized copying of protected Cruz artwork or misleading commercial imitation of Cruz-associated branding may violate applicable law.

5. Community Terminology, Member Identities, and Features

Every name and feature identity below is listed deliberately because of its importance to the structure, presentation, and evolving identity of our Community. This inventory includes existing public features, internal terminology, and identified development initiatives; inclusion does not represent that every feature is publicly released or independently registered as a trademark.

Membership, Profiles, and Social Connections

Car Buffs, CarBuffs, Car Buff, CarBuff
Buddies; Member Connections; Followers; Member Profiles; Car Buff Profiles
Community Feed; Activity Feed; Community Activity; Convos
Messenger; Community Notifications; Community Guide
Pioneer Era; Pioneer Recognition; Pioneer Gold; Pioneer Silver; Pioneer Bronze; Pioneer Badges; Generation Status

Lounges, Discussions, and Community Areas

Lounges; CruisinStreet Lounges; Generation Lounges; Corvette Generation Lounges
Open Lounge; Modified Lounge
Pit Stop / PitStop; General Pit Stop; Generation Pit Stop
Corvette C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, and C8 generation discussion areas
Community Discussions and generation-specific discussion presentations

Garages, Showcases, and Sharing

Garages; CruisinStreet Garages; Corvette Garages; Member Garages; My Garage; Public Garage
My Corvette Story; My Setup; Vehicle Showcases; Vehicle Stories
Show Mode; Show Cards; Garage Show Cards
Garage Sharing; Public Garage QR; Close Corvette Matches
Original Garage cards, page artwork, layouts, visual treatments, and branded presentations

Builds, Parts, and Documentation

Builds; Build Center; Build Journal / Build Journals
Parts & Fitment; Installed Parts; Fitment Records
Vehicle Modification Records; Build Progress; Build Documentation; Build Histories
Original Build interface graphics, documentation templates, and creative presentations

Clubs, Events, Marketplace, and Discovery

CruisinStreet Clubs; Clubs; Community Events; Events discovery
CruisinStreet Marketplace; Marketplace; CruisinStreet Articles; Articles
Original event-discovery, club, and listing interface artwork and related creative presentations

Guest Participation and Gallery

Show Off Your Vette!; Show Off Your Vette
Guest Corvette Gallery; Guest Corvette Showcase; Guest Gallery
Guest Corvette photo submissions, showcase presentations, and promotional gallery artwork
Associated original promotional tiles, gallery designs, and branded invitations to create a full-featured Garage

Cruz Assistance and Future Branded Experiences

Cruz Community Assistant; Cruz Community Guide; Cruz Interactive Assistance
Cruz Parts Finder and authorized future Cruz-branded functions
Related original character integrations, animations, presentations, and creative materials

We expressly identify these names, terms, feature identities, graphics, and associated original presentations as important elements of the CruisinStreet experience and our wider automotive initiative. We reserve all rights that arise from their distinctive use, protected creative expression, original implementations, and legally recognized branding. This list is illustrative and may be expanded as our business develops.

6. Original Website Design, Artwork, and Creative Presentation

We reserve applicable rights in original works owned by our business, including:

Official logos, wordmarks, the CruisinStreet road symbol, and authorized original brand artwork.
Original website and Community illustrations, banners, promotional graphics, icons, and visual compositions.
Original Garage, Build, Lounge, Pit Stop, Marketplace, Club, Event, and Guest Gallery graphics and creative presentations.
Original Pioneer badges, recognition graphics, and achievement artwork.
Original Cruz artwork, character compositions, animations, and promotional presentations.
Original written copy, articles, marketing content, photography, videos, and audiovisual productions owned by our business.
Original and protectable creative selection or arrangement of content, and distinctive nonfunctional brand presentation where recognized by applicable law.

We reserve applicable rights in these elements when displayed on CruisinStreet or reused across other automotive websites and applications. Our claims do not depend on a particular color, layout, or graphic appearing on only one site.

7. Original Software, Source Code, and Shared Technology

Our automotive platform incorporates custom development and may include original code and components for member profiles, Garages, Builds, discussions, messaging, events, galleries, notifications, content management, and other features.

To the extent owned and legally protectable, our rights include original source code, software expression, interface graphics, original integration code, documentation, and original improvements, adaptations, and versions of those works. We also document our investment in the platform's structure, functionality, and implementation.

Protected software and original creative materials may be reused in future automotive communities without waiving applicable rights. Access to a functioning website does not grant permission to copy protected source code or other protected content.

Third-party frameworks, Joomla, licensed software, open-source components, third-party libraries, and other material owned by others remain subject to their respective rights and licenses.

8. Advertising, Slogans, and Promotional Identity

Our automotive initiative develops original advertising, promotional artwork, scripts, photography, and audiovisual productions. Identified CruisinStreet promotional expressions and campaign presentations include, where used:

A New Era In Community Is Here!
Build Your Corvette Garage
Show Off Your Vette!
Your Corvette. Your Story.
Real Vettes. Real Owners.
Find The Show. Find Your People.

We document these expressions as associated promotional terminology and reserve applicable rights in legally protectable advertising artwork, original written or audiovisual expression, and qualifying branding. This list is not exhaustive.

9. Use Across Existing and Future Brands

Our original materials may be adopted, adapted, or expanded into separate automotive communities for other vehicle interests. Such communities may share original platform components while maintaining independent consumer-facing brands.

No current or future platform, app, domain, or automotive brand is excluded from our reservation of applicable rights merely because it does not use the CruisinStreet name. Nothing in this notice grants a third party ownership of our qualifying original work by reason of its appearance in multiple community products.

10. Unauthorized Copying, Impersonation, and Enforcement

We take our branding and original work seriously. We reserve the right to investigate suspected infringement involving legally protected CruisinStreet or associated network materials, including:

Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of protected code, artwork, original content, or audiovisual works.
Unauthorized use of our protected logos, mascot artwork, and recognizable commercial brand identifiers.
Use of confusingly similar branding that unlawfully suggests endorsement, partnership, ownership, authorization, or affiliation with us.
Other conduct that violates applicable copyright, trademark, unfair-competition, or related laws.

Where supported by law, we may request corrective action or removal, send notices to relevant service providers, and pursue available remedies. We expressly reserve all legally recognized rights and remedies.

11. Community Member and Guest Contributions

Members and guests may submit photographs, descriptions, and other content. The respective creators and rights holders retain their applicable rights in that content. Uploading a photograph or other work does not, by itself, transfer its copyright to Inspired American.

The permissions granted to host, display, share, and promote submissions are governed by our Terms of Service and any applicable submission agreement. We reserve our separate rights in the original platform, Community branding, graphics, software, and other materials surrounding member and guest content.

12. Independent Automotive Community and Third-Party Rights

CruisinStreet is an independent automotive enthusiast community. Chevrolet, Corvette, General Motors, other automotive brand names, badges, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. References to manufacturers and vehicles are for identification, discussion, and community purposes.

Unless expressly stated, CruisinStreet is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by General Motors, Chevrolet, or any other automotive manufacturer. Our rights claims relate to the original materials and branding owned by our business, not manufacturer-owned marks or member-owned submissions.

13. Reservation of Rights

Inspired American expressly reserves all applicable intellectual-property rights in its original software, source code, artwork, designs, wordmarks, logos, Cruz character materials, protected commercial identifiers, branded creative presentations, and other qualifying works throughout its current and future automotive network.

All names, feature identities, and creative elements listed in this notice are intentionally documented as important to our business and to the history of our platform's development. This inventory is illustrative, not exhaustive, and may be supplemented as new original works and brand identities are created or adopted.

Our rights are reserved to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. No failure or delay in asserting a right should be interpreted from this notice alone as a waiver of that right.

14. Intellectual Property Inquiries

For intellectual-property inquiries, permission requests, or reports of suspected infringement, contact Inspired American through the official contact information published at CruisinStreet.com.

CruisinStreet™ / Cruisin Street™
An Inspired American automotive community initiative associated with Rhino Media Group