Terms of Service

These Terms are entered into between Specter AI (operated by Nikhil Kadian, Bangalore, Karnataka, India) and the person or entity accessing or using the Specter platform (“you” or “User”).

By clicking “Request Access,” submitting a waitlist form, or otherwise using any part of the Specter platform, you represent that: (a) you are at least 18 years of age and legally competent to contract under the Indian Contract Act, 1872; (b) you are a practising advocate, law firm, legal professional, or in-house legal team; and (c) you have read and agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy.

Specter is an AI-powered legal-work assistant designed for Indian legal professionals. The platform provides:

• Template-based legal document drafting using AI.
• Legal research referencing Indian statutes, regulations, and judgments.
• Document comparison, redlining, and review assistance.
• Matter knowledge graph and memory features.
• Regulatory and compliance tracking (DPDP, SEBI, RBI, MCA, and others).
• Email drafting and (future) e-signature dispatch integrations.

Specter is a legal productivity tool. It is not a lawyer, does not provide legal advice, and does not create an advocate-client relationship between you and Specter or Specter's personnel. Every output of Specter is an AI-generated draft that must be reviewed, verified, and approved by a qualified, enrolled advocate before any use in a professional or legal context.

You agree to:

• Provide accurate, current, and complete information when registering or requesting access to Specter.
• Use Specter solely in connection with legitimate legal work and in compliance with the Bar Council of India Rules, all applicable professional conduct regulations, and applicable Indian law.
• Review, verify, and take professional responsibility for all AI-generated outputs before use in any client matter, filing, or communication.
• Maintain the confidentiality of your account credentials and notify us immediately upon any unauthorised access.
• Ensure that any client documents uploaded to Specter are uploaded with the client’s knowledge and under applicable professional privilege and confidentiality obligations.

You must not use Specter to:

• Engage in any activity that violates applicable law, court orders, or Bar Council of India Rules.
• Draft, generate, or distribute content that is fraudulent, defamatory, or intended to mislead any court, tribunal, or authority.
• Circumvent or attempt to circumvent any access controls, rate limits, or security measures.
• Attempt to extract, reverse-engineer, scrape, or replicate the underlying AI models, prompts, or proprietary methodologies of Specter.
• Upload content that you do not have the right to process, including third-party confidential documents without appropriate authorisation.
• Resell, sublicense, or otherwise commercialise access to Specter without our express written consent.
• Use Specter to harass, discriminate against, or harm any individual or group.

Specter’s Platform: All rights, title, and interest in and to the Specter platform, including its software, AI models, methodologies, interface designs, trademarks, and trade secrets, are owned exclusively by Specter AI. Nothing in these Terms grants you any intellectual property rights in the platform.

Your Content: You retain ownership of all documents, data, and content you upload to Specter. By uploading content, you grant Specter a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to process such content solely to provide the service to you. We do not use your content to train underlying AI models.

AI Output: Subject to these Terms, you own the output generated by Specter based on your inputs. You are responsible for ensuring such output does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party.

Specter is currently in early access / waitlist stage and is provided at no charge to select users. When commercial pricing is introduced, we will notify you with at least 30 days’ advance notice. Applicable taxes (including GST at the prevailing rate) will be charged on all commercial subscriptions. All fees are payable in Indian Rupees and are non-refundable unless otherwise stated.

We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any feature or the entire Specter service at any time, with reasonable notice where practicable. We will endeavour to maintain service availability but make no guarantee of uptime or uninterrupted access. Scheduled maintenance will be communicated in advance wherever possible.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable Indian law, Specter and its personnel shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or exemplary damages arising from your use of the service, including but not limited to loss of data, loss of profit, loss of goodwill, or professional liability arising from reliance on AI-generated outputs.

Specter’s total aggregate liability for any direct damages shall not exceed the amount paid by you to Specter in the three months immediately preceding the event giving rise to liability, or ₹10,000 (Indian Rupees Ten Thousand), whichever is lower.

This limitation does not apply to liability arising from gross negligence, wilful misconduct, fraud, or death or personal injury caused by our negligence.

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Specter AI and its founders, employees, and agents against any claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from: (a) your use of Specter in violation of these Terms; (b) your violation of applicable law or professional conduct rules; (c) any claim by a third party arising from work product you produced using Specter; or (d) your infringement of any intellectual property or data protection right.

You may stop using Specter at any time by writing to us and requesting account deletion, which we will process within 30 days.

We may suspend or terminate your access immediately, without notice, if you breach these Terms, engage in prohibited use, or if we are required to do so by applicable law or a competent authority.

Upon termination, your right to use the service ceases. Sections 3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, and 14 of these Terms survive termination.

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India. The courts at Bangalore, Karnataka shall have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms, subject to the arbitration clause below.

Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising under or in connection with these Terms, including any question regarding their existence, validity, or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by binding arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, as amended.

• Seat of Arbitration: Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
• Language: English.
• Number of Arbitrators: One (1), jointly appointed by the parties.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may seek urgent interim or injunctive relief from a competent court in Bangalore without prejudice to the right to arbitration.

If you are a consumer as defined under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, you retain the right to approach the appropriate Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.

We may revise these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be communicated to you at least 15 days before the revised Terms take effect, via email or a prominent notice on the website. Your continued use of Specter after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop using the service before the effective date.

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Specter AI with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, representations, and understandings. If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

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