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How?
Add the exact original files for this part of the record. Keep them unchanged; a different export or edit has a different fingerprint.
Add link and screenshots
The link is recorded, not fetched or verified.
logo concept record checklist
Pitch the concept with a dated version behind it.
Logo concept record checklist — Pitch the concept with a dated version behind it. Export each concept version before sharing it. Keep the brief and sending records separately.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
EXAMPLE
Logo concept before pitch
1 Nov 2026
Authority time: 14:02 UTC · example
Bitcoin block time: 14:10 UTC · example
Last checked: 15:02 UTC · example
Bitcoin block time: 14:10 UTC · example
Last checked: 15:02 UTC · example
✓ Dated◆ Permanent
Now keep it safe: three things
- Keep your photos and files unedited. The receipt only matches the originals. Put them in an album such as “My records”.
- Save this receipt to your camera roll.
Keep the receipt file too. The image is a handy copy; checking needs the file.
- Email it to yourself.Email it to myself
Your mail app opens a draft. Attach your receipt image and receipt file. Don’t attach your photos or documents. Timevolt does not send it or know whether it was sent.
Your record, one step at a time.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
Local preview: files are fingerprinted here. Notes and progress stay in this browser. Keep downloaded copies; browser storage is not a backup.
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How?
Record the date, time, place and who you spoke to. New notes are saved separately rather than editing an old note.
How to keep notes that hold upWrite it down
By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.
By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.
How to keep notes that hold up
Write notes as soon as you can. Keep the original account rather than replacing it later; the venue decides what weight it gets.
- Write it down straight away, on paper or in the box on a step.
- Put the date, time and place at the top, and who you spoke to.
- Use their words where you can; separate what you saw from what you were told.
- Sign or initial a paper note, photograph it and add the photo.
- Never edit an old note. Add a new dated entry when something changes. A device save time is not independent time evidence or proof of event order.
Logo concept before pitch
Logo concept before pitch
01 · Keep the exact files
Export each concept version before sharing it. Keep the brief and sending records separately.
Records to keep: Concepts
Logo concept before pitch
02 · Date the file’s code
Your device fingerprints the selected file or manifest. Dated follows an independent timestamp; Permanent follows Bitcoin anchoring.
An independent time, tied to the exact bytes.
Logo concept before pitch
03 · Keep the evidence
Keep the exact source and export files with the agreement governing the pitch.
Keep the originals too. A changed or compressed copy has a different fingerprint.
Try a file. It stays here.
Make a test receipt on this device.
By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.
or drop a file here
Real cases: why dated versions matter.
Real cases where dated records mattered. We don’t claim a time receipt would have changed the result.
US · 1995
Keep logo drafts before sending a pitch
An artist said a team copied a logo sent to it. The design firm had work logs that both sides agreed could not be backdated, showing earlier sketches. The court ruled for the team because no access was shown and the logs proved its own design work.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the decision ›US · 2001
Who saw a logo can matter
An artist said a team copied a logo drawing sent to people linked to it. The jury found for the artist. The appeal court kept that result, though one judge thought proof that the designers saw the drawing was too weak.
The supplied verification did not confirm the drawing’s claimed late-1995 date or that the appeal concerned only access.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the decision ›Related cases
What courts, schemes and regulators say.
Positions below refer to the cited rule or record type, not endorsement of Timevolt. This service is not represented as an eIDAS qualified timestamp provider. A non-qualified timestamp does not receive the qualified timestamp presumption.
Copyright Act, 17 USC 410(c)
A registration made before or within five years of first publication is prima facie evidence of the copyright's validity and of the facts in the certificate.
The statute gives weight to registration, not to private timestamps. A time receipt supports a dated-existence story; it does not replace registration, which is also needed before suing in US federal court for infringement of a US work.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceUSPTO trademark basics
Trademark rights start when you use the mark with goods or services; registration gives broader rights.
A dated concept file does not create trademark rights; use in commerce does. Time receipt is not a trademark registration (our draft already says so).
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceDistrict of Massachusetts design-record decision (1995)
Court relied on a design firm's work log that both sides stipulated could not be backdated.
Shows courts weigh contemporaneous, un-backdatable records for who-started-first. It is one case's reasoning on one record type, not a rule on blockchain or RFC 3161 receipts.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceCourts generally on RFC 3161 or Bitcoin anchored timestamps for design files
No rule found in the sources checked.
The cited design decisions concern other records. They do not assess Timevolt or establish a rule for accepting its receipts.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
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Proves / Doesn’t prove
Proves
A completed time receipt shows that the exact selected file existed by the independently witnessed time. You can check whether a later copy has the same bytes. It does not establish creation time, authorship, identity, event order, location or the truth of the contents.
Doesn’t prove
It does not prove you made the concepts, that they are original, that a client or other businesses saw them, or that you would win a copyright or trademark dispute; it is not a registration.
This cannot establish authorship, originality, ownership, access or infringement.
These are the bounds of a completed proof. The local tester does not establish any time. The chosen court, scheme or regulator decides what to accept.
Questions, answered plainly.
Your file stays on your device. During normal receipt creation, your device sends a randomized code made from its fingerprint, plus encrypted recovery data. It doesn't send the plain fingerprint or the random value that opens the code. Keep the original file and the complete receipt for checking. Privacy Policy.
Does a time receipt make me the owner of my logo?
No. It shows these exact files existed by a date. Who owns a design depends on who made it and on contracts; a receipt does not decide that.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerIs this a trademark or copyright registration?
No. Trademark rights come from using the mark in commerce, and registration is a separate filing. A time receipt is a dated record only.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerDoes my logo file get uploaded?
Your file stays on your device. During normal receipt creation, your device sends a randomized code made from its fingerprint, plus encrypted recovery data. It doesn't send the plain fingerprint or the random value that opens the code. Keep the original file and the complete receipt for checking.
Can a dated record show a client copied my concept?
Not by itself. Courts look at access and similarity. In one logo case the plaintiff lost because he could not show the designer ever saw his drawing. A receipt shows what existed when; keep a log of what you sent to whom and when.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerShould I still register copyright?
Registration within five years of publication gives prima facie weight in the US and is generally needed to sue. A time receipt is a quick, cheap supplement for each concept round, not a replacement.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerWhat should I date and when?
Date the concept files and the exported pitch deck before you send them, and again if you revise. Dating each version keeps the order of events clear.
Why not just email the files to myself?
It is free but the files are exposed, the date relies on one mail provider, and it is easy to dispute. A receipt dates a fingerprint with an independent authority and then anchors it in Bitcoin.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerThe file tester runs on your device. It does not issue a timestamp or take a payment.
Keep the records you already have.
Keep your original files and any existing official records while the receipt service is being prepared.