Terms of service.
These terms govern access to and use of PatentOS, operated by IP Rich, Inc. (株式会社IPリッチ). By signing the order form or using the platform, the customer accepts these terms.
1. The service
PatentOS is an AI-native software platform for patent discovery, valuation, infringement detection, and monetization, with optional licensed patent attorney review workflows. The service includes the web application, council workflows, the documentation, and any review workflow ordered or routed by the customer.
2. Accounts and access
Customer is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of credentials and the actions of users in its tenant. Customer must notify us promptly of unauthorised access at security@patentos.app. Account sharing across legal entities is not permitted.
3. Acceptable use
Customer agrees not to:
- Use the platform to draft, send, or file documents the customer is not legally permitted to send or file.
- Reverse engineer, decompile, or extract model weights or prompts.
- Use outputs to train a competing AI system.
- Submit content that infringes third party rights or violates applicable law.
- Probe, scan, or attempt to disrupt the platform.
4. No legal advice from the platform
The platform generates evidence and analysis, not legal advice. Any legal advice attached to a reviewed deliverable comes from a licensed patent attorney or the customer's own counsel who has reviewed and signed the output. Without that signature, an output is a draft. Customer is responsible for confirming jurisdictional applicability with its own counsel.
5. Intellectual property
- Platform IP
- IP Rich retains all rights in the platform, council workflows, the underlying models, the documentation, and any improvements. No license other than the limited usage rights granted under the order form is transferred.
- Customer content
- Customer retains all rights in the patents, products, and supporting documents it provides. Customer grants IP Rich a non-exclusive license to process that content solely for the purpose of delivering the service.
- Output
- Customer owns the deliverable artifacts produced for it (DD sheets, claim charts, demand letters), subject to the platform IP retained by IP Rich.
6. Confidentiality
Each party will protect the other's confidential information with at least the same care it applies to its own confidential information, and not less than reasonable care. Customer documents are confidential by default. Attorney review staff operate under written confidentiality obligations.
7. Data protection
Personal information is handled per our Privacy Policy. Customer tenant data is processed under our Data Processing Addendum, which is incorporated by reference. We do not train models on customer tenant content.
8. Fees and term
Fees, term, and renewal are set in the order form. Late payments accrue interest at the lower of 1.5 percent per month or the maximum rate permitted under Japanese law. Customer may terminate for material uncured breach after 30 days written notice; IP Rich may terminate for non-payment or use that violates Section 3.
9. Warranty and disclaimer
IP Rich warrants that the service will perform substantially as described in the order form. Otherwise, the service is provided as is. No warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement is made. The platform's outputs are decision support, not a substitute for licensed legal counsel.
10. Limitation of liability
Except for breach of confidentiality, willful misconduct, or indemnification obligations, each party's aggregate liability is capped at the fees paid by Customer in the 12 months preceding the claim. Neither party is liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages.
11. Indemnification
IP Rich will defend Customer against third party claims that the platform, as provided, infringes IP rights, and pay damages finally awarded. Customer will defend IP Rich against third party claims arising from Customer content or use of the platform in violation of these terms.
12. Governing law and venue
These terms are governed by the laws of Japan, without regard to conflict of laws principles. The Tokyo District Court has exclusive jurisdiction as the court of first instance. The parties may agree in writing to arbitration.
13. Changes
We may update these terms. For active customers, material changes take effect 30 days after written notice and apply to renewals or extensions of the order form.
14. Contact
Legal contact: legal@patentos.app. Operating entity: IP Rich, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.