Terms of Service

Last updated: April 22, 2026

Welcome to IP Feed. These Terms govern your use of the IP Feed website and services (the "Service"). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, don't use the Service.

1. What IP Feed is

IP Feed is a tracking and notification service for U.S. federal intellectual-property lawsuits. We aggregate publicly-available information from CourtListener's RECAP archive (a project of the Free Law Project), which mirrors federal PACER dockets. We add AI-generated summaries, curated news links, and user-configurable watchlists.

IP Feed is not a law firm, and nothing on the Service is legal advice. Dockets, summaries, and articles are provided as informational signals only. Do not rely on IP Feed for legal decisions. Consult a lawyer for legal matters.

2. Accuracy and data sources

• Case information comes from CourtListener and PACER. Those systems occasionally have lag, errors, or gaps. We surface what's available; we don't warrant completeness or accuracy.
• AI-generated summaries (including "deep summaries" of purchased complaints) are produced by large language models and can be wrong. Always read the underlying complaint before relying on any summary.
• News articles are fetched from public sources (Google News) and user submissions. We do not endorse article content and do not verify it.

3. Your account

• You must be at least 18 and legally able to enter a contract.
• You must provide accurate information at sign-up. One account per person.
• You are responsible for activity under your account. Keep your login secure. Notify us promptly at the support email if you suspect unauthorized access.
• We may suspend or terminate accounts for abuse, violation of these Terms, or legal compliance reasons.

4. Subscriptions and payment

• IP Feed has a free tier and a paid "Pro" tier. Pro is billed monthly in U.S. dollars via Stripe. You authorize recurring charges to your payment method until you cancel.
• Cancel anytime via the customer portal. Cancellation stops future renewals; you retain Pro access until the end of the current billing period. No refunds for partial months.
• Prices may change. We'll notify active Pro subscribers by email before any price increase; continued use after the change is your acceptance.
• We do not store your card details. Stripe handles all payment processing under their terms.

5. PACER purchases

Pro users may trigger on-demand purchases of PACER documents (typically complaints) via CourtListener's RECAP Fetch API. These purchases incur real costs, which we absorb up to a monthly spending cap. Documents purchased this way are contributed back to the public RECAP archive — meaning they become freely available to other users of CourtListener. You acknowledge and consent to this contribution when you trigger a purchase.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Scrape, mirror, or bulk-download IP Feed content.
• Resell, sublicense, or rebrand IP Feed data as your own service.
• Reverse engineer, probe, or attack the Service.
• Use the Service to harass, defame, or unlawfully target any person.
• Submit articles or content you don't have the right to submit.
• Circumvent rate limits, spend caps, or entitlement checks.

Violations may result in immediate termination.

7. User contributions

When you attach articles, create watchlists, or submit any content to IP Feed, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store, display, and process that content solely to operate the Service for you. You retain ownership of your content. You represent that you have the right to submit anything you submit.

8. Intellectual property

The IP Feed website, software, designs, summaries, and aggregations are owned by the operator of IP Feed. Underlying case data is public record. Nothing in these Terms grants you rights to our trademarks or source code.

9. Privacy

• We store the email address and name your authentication provider (Google) shares with us, plus your settings and subscription state.
• We log basic request metadata for debugging and abuse prevention.
• We do not sell your personal data to third parties.
• Subprocessors we rely on: Google (authentication), Stripe (payments), Vercel (hosting), Neon (database), Resend (email), CourtListener / Free Law Project (case data), Anthropic (AI summaries), Google News (article search).
• You can request deletion of your account and associated data at any time via the support email. Case and article data may be retained in aggregate for Service integrity.

10. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ANY SUMMARY, ARTICLE, OR ALERT IS ACCURATE OR TIMELY.

11. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IP FEED AND ITS OPERATOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIM RELATED TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

12. Indemnification

You agree to defend and indemnify IP Feed and its operator against claims arising from your violation of these Terms, misuse of the Service, or content you submit.

13. Termination

You may terminate by cancelling your subscription (if any) and contacting support to close your account. We may suspend or terminate at any time for violation of these Terms, non-payment, or legal reasons. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (IP, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, dispute resolution) survive.

14. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms. Material changes trigger a version bump, and you'll be asked to accept the new Terms before continuing to use the Service. Your continued use after acceptance constitutes agreement to the updated Terms.

15. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in New York County, New York, and you consent to personal jurisdiction there. The parties waive any right to a jury trial.

16. Contact

Questions, data requests, or complaints: use the Contact button in the app, or email the support address listed there.

By clicking I agree, you confirm that you have read and accept these Terms.