Terms of Service

1. Agreement to Terms

By accessing or using the Jepson platform, web applications, APIs, or charting services (collectively, the “Service”), you (“Customer”, “User”, or “Subscriber”) agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”) and our Privacy Policy & Security Guarantee. If you are accepting these Terms on behalf of a law firm, corporation, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have full legal authority to bind that entity to these Terms.

2. Nature of Software & User Verification Duties

Jepson provides computational analysis, natural language parsing, and citation extraction of United States and international patent disclosures. Because patent claim construction (under Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc.) involves complex judicial discretion:

• No Guaranteed Legal Outcome: Jepson makes no representations or warranties that any generated claim chart, invalidity theory, or non-infringement contention will be adopted or upheld by the USPTO, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, or any federal district court.
• Mandatory Citation Corroboration: The User is solely responsible for reading the underlying specification, file history, and prior art disclosures to confirm that every limitation mapping and evidentiary pin citation is factually substantiated before relying on it in litigation or transactional negotiations.

3. Work Product Ownership & Intellectual Property

4. Subscriptions, Fees & Billing Terms

Access to production features of Jepson is provided on a subscription or enterprise contract basis:

• Litigation Boutique Tier: Billed at $490 per month, conferring 15 active patent charts per month, full multi-claim unrolling, editable Word (.docx) and Excel (.xlsx) exports, 2 practitioner seats, and priority processing.
• Free Trial Fair Use: The Free Trial is strictly limited to one (1) active patent chart on Claim 1 with court PDF preview only. Any automated evasion of trial limitations (including disposable email creation, script automation, or multi-account abuse) constitutes a material breach and results in immediate IP/tenant termination.
• Payment Processing & Renewals: Payments are processed securely via Stripe. Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing cycle unless cancelled prior to renewal via the User Account settings. Fees are non-refundable except where required by law.
• Enterprise Invoicing: Firm Enterprise accounts are governed by separate, executed Enterprise Service Orders with custom invoice terms, SAML SSO provisioning, and SLA guarantees.

5. Acceptable Use Policy

Customer agrees not to, and shall not permit any third party to:

• Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or derive the source code or underlying trade secrets of the Jepson platform or inference pipeline.
• Access or scrape the Service using unauthorized automated bots, crawlers, or scripts designed to circumvent rate limits (e.g., exceeding 5 charting requests per minute).
• Upload malicious software, corrupted files, or data containing viruses or unauthorized code to Jepson storage buckets.
• Sublicense, resell, lease, or distribute the platform as a competing white-label patent charting service without prior written agreement.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. JEPSON DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR ENTIRELY ACCURATE IN ITS MAPPING OF PATENT CLAIMS.

7. Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL JEPSON, ITS OPERATOR, AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, WORK STOPPAGE, OR COURT-ORDERED SANCTIONS) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THESE TERMS EXCEED THE TOTAL FEES ACTUALLY PAID BY CUSTOMER TO JEPSON IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, OR ZERO DOLLARS ($0.00 USD) IF CUSTOMER ACCESSED THE SERVICE UNDER A FREE TRIAL, EVALUATION TIER, OR WITHOUT PAYMENT.

8. Termination & Matter Purge

Customer may terminate their account at any time. Upon termination, Customer may export their matter data or request a complete cryptographic data purge pursuant to our Privacy Policy. Jepson reserves the right to suspend or terminate accounts that breach these Terms, commit unauthorized rate-limit abuse, or fail to pay subscription invoices.

9. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. Any dispute, claim, or action arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service shall be instituted exclusively in the state or federal courts located in San Diego County, California, and each party irrevocably submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts.

10. Contact Information

For legal notices, billing inquiries, or enterprise agreement questions: