Terms of Use
1. Aescreta Research and Design (Aescreta) is the sole proprietorship (primary Doing Business As name) of Christopher Stephen Clayton, based in Seattle, Washington State, United States; an individual residing in the Green Lake and Wedgwood neighborhoods.
A Washington State Universal Business Identifier (UBI) # 603-182-966 was originally registered under the trade name 'CSSJ' around when this website was created. This UBI and trade name were originally allowed to lapse because no revenue was being generated; let alone any revenue to the thresholds triggering a requirement for a business license under WA State law.
Because this website has more explicitly been designed and advertised around offering business consulting services since August 2020 rather than continuing to function purely as a personal portfolio website, regardless of revenue generated, the UBI number was renewed as of April 2026. The original trade name was renewed alongside additional DBA trade names added to it to meet DBA use requirements under WA State RCW 19.80.10 given that 'Aescreta Research and Design' and 'Aescreta' have been displayed on this website in association with business service offerings. The UBI was again registered under consulting services.
An 'active non-reporting' status will likely be pursued for the renewed UBI # 603-182-966; to be kept that way (if allowed) unless and until revenue reaches WA State thresholds for tax filing purposes.
2. All works published on this website (https://aescreta.com) are claimed under relevant United States copyright laws. However, if proper accreditation is given to the author of the work as listed in each sub-page of the website, the work in each instance may be used in its entirety for non-commercial purposes. Please contact us regarding the commercial use of any contents of this website. Cited works in the forms they were published belong to the respective creators under relevant distribution licenses and have in no way been copied onto this website wholesale, besides limited direct quotations in some circumstances.
3. Aescreta will draft an initial contract for mutual consideration if a customer/client inquires about commissioning a project and if mutual seriousness exists to proceed to that step (including but not limited to scope of project, how work will be completed, scope of intellectual property ownership from work production, use of work, milestone tracking plan, costs).
4. Any controversy regarding this website or its contents that cannot be solved via mutual dialog, and where one party is not satisfied with the conclusion of such discussions, must be solved via arbitration through the American Arbitration Association (AAA-ICDR) via its Consumer Rules for all claims that fall outside of an assertion under a United States Federal Question or individual State law, or relevant non-US law. Otherwise, Aescreta generally asserts that personal jurisdiction for any judicial or arbitral claims resides in Washington State unless a relevant US Federal claim (via Statute or case precedent) or relevant non-US law demonstrates that personal jurisdiction is relevant within another jurisdiction. Aescreta will assert the same within an initial contract draft regarding a given proposed project as part of mutual consideration, where Aescreta is open to discussing different terms in such a context.