Intellectual Property Rights Policy

The following methodologies and frameworks are original intellectual property developed by Sahayogi One Private Limited and its founders. They are protected as original literary and creative works under the Copyright Act, 1957, and may be the subject of future IP registration applications.

The Business Doctor Methodology — Sahayogi’s proprietary 5-step framework for diagnosing and transforming business operations: Diagnose → Design → Compare & Select → Deploy → Drive. The methodology, its structure, terminology, application framework, and associated documentation are original IP belonging to Sahayogi One Private Limited.

The 3C Framework — Connected, Controlled, Consistent. The framework describing Sahayogi’s ecosystem design philosophy, its articulation, and application across the product suite.

The 9-Product Ecosystem Architecture — The specific design, structure, integration logic, and product interconnection map of the Sahayogi ecosystem as a unified business operating system.

Passive User Detection (Tax Sahayogi) — The approach to calibrating tax and compliance responses based on the inferred profile of the user without requiring a formal profile submission.

Business Health Check Diagnostic Framework — The structured diagnostic approach used in Office Sahayogi engagements, including the categories, sequencing, and output structure of the Business Health Check.

Reproduction, adaptation, or commercialisation of any of these methodologies — in whole or in part — without Sahayogi’s express written permission is prohibited.

All text, graphics, icons, photographs, video, audio, data compilations, page layouts, and other content on sahayogi.in and across all Sahayogi product platforms — including product pages, help content, onboarding materials, and any other written or visual content — is copyright Sahayogi One Private Limited, unless otherwise attributed.

This includes:

• All product descriptions, taglines, and copy across sahayogi.in
• All locked brand copy and key messaging phrases used across products
• All visual design, user interface layout, and iconography created by or for Sahayogi
• All blog posts, articles, and educational content published on sahayogi.in
• All case study frameworks and client-facing documentation templates

The software underlying all Sahayogi products — including BoSS, Sahayogi Cloud, Chat with Sahayogi, Sahayogi AI, Tax Sahayogi, My Sahayogi, and Studio Sahayogi — is proprietary software owned by Sahayogi One Private Limited or licensed to Sahayogi by its developers. This includes:

• All source code, object code, and compiled software
• Database schemas and data models
• APIs and integration architectures
• AI model configuration, prompts, and integration logic
• Automation workflows and business logic

You are granted a limited licence to use Sahayogi software products as a subscriber or authorised user. This licence does not transfer any ownership rights to you and does not permit reverse engineering, decompilation, or redistribution.

Sahayogi’s trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, and brand elements are described in the Trademark Policy at /legal/trademark-policy. They are listed here for completeness as part of Sahayogi’s overall IP portfolio.

Deliverables produced by Sahayogi One Private Limited in the course of Office Sahayogi consulting engagements — including Business Health Check reports, system design documents, SOP documentation, and MIS templates — are created works owned by Sahayogi One Private Limited. Upon full payment of the engagement fee, Sahayogi grants the client a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use those deliverables for the client’s own internal business operations. This licence does not permit the client to reproduce, adapt, or commercialise the deliverables for use with third parties without Sahayogi’s written consent.

Note: Where an engagement agreement specifies different IP ownership terms (for example, work-for-hire arrangements), those specific terms prevail.

You may access and use content on sahayogi.in for personal, informational, and non-commercial purposes, provided you do not remove copyright notices, reproduce the content in its entirety, or represent Sahayogi’s content as your own.

You may share links to sahayogi.in pages. You may quote brief excerpts from sahayogi.in content (not exceeding a reasonable portion) for the purpose of commentary, criticism, or education, provided you clearly attribute the source to Sahayogi One Private Limited and link back to the original page.

Members of the press may reproduce Sahayogi’s name, product names, and brief factual descriptions for journalistic purposes. For use of Sahayogi logos or brand assets in press coverage, write to info@sahayogi.in with subject “Media Request — IP Use”.

As described in Section 2.5, Office Sahayogi clients have a licence to use engagement deliverables for their own internal purposes following full payment. This licence is internal only and does not extend to redistribution or commercialisation.

Where sahayogi.in references or displays third-party content (such as client logos, partner marks, or technology provider names), those marks and content remain the property of their respective owners. Their appearance on sahayogi.in does not imply any ownership claim by Sahayogi.

Sahayogi’s software products may incorporate open-source software components, each of which is used under the terms of its respective licence. Sahayogi complies with the obligations of applicable open-source licences. A list of significant open-source components used in Sahayogi products is available on request by writing to info@sahayogi.in.

Tally, Busy, Microsoft 365, and Azure — hosted or resold through Sahayogi Cloud — are products of their respective owners. Sahayogi does not claim any IP rights in these products. Your use of these products through Sahayogi Cloud is subject to the respective software licensor’s terms.

If you discover that Sahayogi’s intellectual property is being infringed — content reproduced without permission, the Business Doctor Methodology being used commercially by another party, Sahayogi trademarks misused, or software copied — please report it to us.

We take IP infringement seriously and will pursue appropriate action under the Copyright Act, 1957 and the Trade Marks Act, 1999 where infringement is confirmed.

If you believe that content on sahayogi.in or in any Sahayogi product infringes your intellectual property rights, write to us with the following information:

• Your name, contact details, and your relationship to the IP owner (if you are acting as an agent)
• A description of the intellectual property you claim has been infringed
• The specific URL or location on sahayogi.in where the allegedly infringing content appears
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised by the IP owner, its agent, or applicable law
• A statement, under penalty of applicable law, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the IP owner or authorised to act on behalf of the IP owner

We will review all legitimate claims promptly and, where infringement is confirmed, remove or disable access to the infringing content within a reasonable time.