LegisGate™ Free Plan Agreement

Effective Date: The date on which you create a free account (or otherwise accept this Agreement) for the LegisGate^™ platform.

Parties: LegisGate™ Inc., a Delaware corporation (“LegisGate^™,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) and you, the individual accepting this Agreement on behalf of yourself and the organization you represent (“Participant,” “you,” or “your”).

By creating a free account or otherwise accepting this Agreement, you represent that (a) you have read and understood this Agreement, (b) you have authority to bind the organization you represent, and (c) you agree to be bound by all terms of this Agreement. If you do not agree, do not use the free plan.

1. Free plan access

1.1 Grant of access

Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, LegisGate^™ grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the LegisGate^™ platform (“Platform”) solely for internal evaluation purposes during the Free Plan Period (“Free Plan Access”). Free Plan Access is limited to the use of the Platform for your organization's own internal evaluation of regulatory obligations, within the allowance in Section 1.3.

1.2 Free plan period

The Free Plan Period begins on the Effective Date and continues for as long as your organization remains on the free plan, unless earlier terminated by either party in accordance with Section 9, or changed by LegisGate^™ in writing.

1.3 Free plan scope

Free Plan Access is limited to up to five (5) AI use cases, as published on the pricing page. LegisGate^™ reserves the right to modify the scope of Free Plan Access at any time with reasonable notice.

1.4 No commercial use

You may not use Free Plan Access, the Platform, or any LegisGate Obligation Reports generated during the Free Plan Period for any commercial purpose, including resale, redistribution, or use on behalf of third-party clients, without LegisGate^™'s prior written consent.

2. Proprietary methodology and intellectual property

2.1 LegisGate™ IP

The Platform, including without limitation the regulatory intelligence engine, deterministic rules architecture, obligation mapping layer, jurisdiction footprint detection methodology, EU AI Act classification sequence, SSOT intelligence library, citation verification, report structure, output format, scoring methodology, and all underlying software, algorithms, data structures, regulatory datasets, and documentation (collectively, “LegisGate^™ IP”) are and remain the exclusive property of LegisGate^™ Inc. LegisGate^™ IP includes methodology that is the subject of a pending patent application (USPTO Priority Date: March 2026).

2.2 No license to IP

Nothing in this Agreement grants you any right, title, or interest in or to LegisGate^™ IP beyond the limited Free Plan Access described in Section 1.

2.3 No reverse engineering

You agree not to: (a) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive the source code, architecture, or methodology of the Platform; (b) attempt to replicate, recreate, or build a competing product based on observations of the Platform's output structure, finding logic, classification methodology, or report format; (c) use the LegisGate Obligation Reports generated during the Free Plan Period as training data or input for any artificial intelligence system; or (d) permit any third party to do any of the foregoing.

2.4 Free plan output ownership

LegisGate Obligation Reports generated during your Free Plan Period are provided for internal evaluation purposes only. You may retain copies for your organization's internal compliance records. You may not share, publish, or distribute report content to any third party except your own legal or privacy counsel bound by professional confidentiality obligations.

3. Mutual confidentiality

3.1 Definition

“Confidential Information” means any non-public information disclosed by one party to the other that is designated as confidential or that reasonably should be understood to be confidential. LegisGate^™'s Confidential Information includes the Platform architecture, engine methodology, finding injection logic, regulatory dataset structure, scoring formulas, pricing terms, and product roadmap. Your Confidential Information includes the specific AI applications you submit for intelligence reporting and your organization's compliance decisions.

3.2 Obligations

Each party agrees to hold the other party's Confidential Information in strict confidence, use it solely for purposes of this Agreement, and not disclose it to any third party without prior written consent.

3.3 Duration

Confidentiality obligations survive termination for three (3) years. Obligations with respect to trade secrets survive indefinitely.

4. Feedback license

4.1 Feedback

If you provide LegisGate^™ with any suggestions, comments, corrections, ideas, or other feedback regarding the Platform or LegisGate Obligation Reports (“Feedback”), you hereby grant LegisGate^™ a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up, sublicensable, transferable license to use, reproduce, modify, and exploit such Feedback in any form and for any purpose, including incorporation into the Platform, without any obligation of compensation, attribution, or accounting to you.

4.2 No obligation

LegisGate^™ is under no obligation to use, respond to, or implement any Feedback.

5. No legal advice — important disclaimer

5.1 Intelligence reports are not legal advice

LegisGate™ LegisGate Obligation Reports combine the LegisGate Meridian™ — a curated regulatory intelligence reference — deterministic regulatory rules, and citations verified to primary statutory source; regulatory findings are never AI-authored, and AI assists with live vendor documentation research only. Reports do not constitute legal advice, legal opinions, or the practice of law. LegisGate^™ is not a law firm and does not provide legal services.

5.2 No attorney-client relationship

Your use of the Platform does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and LegisGate^™.

5.3 Verification required

You are solely responsible for verifying all findings, citations, and regulatory interpretations in any LegisGate Obligation Report before making compliance determinations or taking action based on report outputs. LegisGate^™ strongly recommends that qualified privacy counsel review any report before your organization makes compliance decisions.

6. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

6.1 “As is” basis

THE PLATFORM AND ALL AI TOOL REGULATORY OBLIGATION REPORTS ARE PROVIDED DURING THE FREE PLAN PERIOD ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.

6.2 Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, LEGISGATE'S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00).

7. Participant representations

You represent that: (a) you are at least 18 years of age; (b) you have full authority to bind the organization you represent; (c) your use of the Platform will comply with all applicable laws; and (d) you will not share your Free Plan Access credentials with any person outside your organization.

8. Data and privacy

LegisGate^™ will handle information you provide in accordance with its Privacy Notice at legisgate.com/privacy. If your use of the Platform involves processing personal data subject to GDPR or other data protection law, contact legal@legisgate.com to request a Data Processing Agreement before submitting any personal data.

9. Term and termination

LegisGate^™ may terminate this Agreement and your Free Plan Access immediately if you breach any provision. Upon termination, Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10 survive.

10. General provisions

10.1 Governing law

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

10.2 Dispute resolution

Any dispute shall be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association, with proceedings conducted in Wilmington, Delaware.

10.3 Injunctive relief

A breach of Sections 2 or 3 would cause LegisGate^™ irreparable harm, and LegisGate^™ is entitled to seek injunctive relief without bond.

10.4 Entire agreement

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to Free Plan Access.

10.5 Patent pending notice

The LegisGate^™ regulatory intelligence engine methodology is the subject of a pending United States patent application with a priority date of March 2026.