LIGHTBRINGER AB
- Terms of Service

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Last Updated on: 21 August 2025

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a legal agreement between you ("User", "you" or "your") and Lightbringer AB, a company registered under the laws of Sweden and having its registered office at Jagaregatan 4, 211 19 Malmö, Sweden, with company registration number 559426-2213 ("Lightbringer AB", "us", "we" or "our") for the use of the software service provided by Lightbringer AB (the "Service"), marketed under the name 'Lightbringer'.

Please read these Terms carefully. By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms, which contains provisions that define your limits, legal rights, and obligations related to the use of the Service. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access or use the Service.

1. The Service

The Service provided by Lightbringer AB is a cloud platform service that may include one or more of the following services:

1.1 Lightbringer Invention Preparation: This service enables the user to accurately and concisely describe the idea or invention. It may also provide suggestions on how to further develop and describe the idea.

1.2 Lightbringer Patent Creator: This service produces draft patent documents using an idea recorded by the Lightbringer Invention Preparation. Where the user is not a patent attorney, it connects an Attorney Partner, pursuant to section 6, to an idea or invention recorded by the Lightbringer Invention Preparation, allowing the Attorney Partner to produce the draft patent documents. The tool provides the Attorney Partner with AI-driven tools to assist in this process. It also enables the user to provide feedback on the draft patent documents and administrative details such as application filing details and inventorship details.

1.3. Lightbringer Portfolio Manager: This tool allows the Customer to manage and track their portfolio of Lightbringer innovations and patent applications. It offers a comprehensive dashboard that provides updates on the status of each patent application, including filing dates, and patent office actions. The Lightbringer Portfolio Manager also facilitates the analysis of the portfolio, offering insights into patent examiner objections, deadlines, and other important activities.

2. License Grant

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Lightbringer AB grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to access and use the Service solely for your internal business purposes.

3. User Account

In order to use the Service, you are required to create a user account ("Account") and provide certain information, including contact and billing information. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current, and complete throughout the duration of your use of the Service. You are responsible for all activities that occur under your Account, including compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and you agree to maintain the security and confidentiality of your Account login credentials.

4. Payment and Fees

The Service may be offered for a fee. The fees, payment terms, and conditions for use of the Service will be set forth on the website or otherwise provided to you by Lightbringer AB. Your continued use of the Service is conditional upon timely payment of all applicable fees. You agree to pay all fees for the Service in accordance with the applicable payment terms.

5. Confidentiality

By submitting your confidential customer data and invention information to the Service (the "Confidential Information"), you acknowledge and agree that you are granting Lightbringer AB a limited right to process and use the Confidential Information solely for the purpose of providing the Service to you, which includes generating a draft patent document for you to download. Lightbringer AB agrees to treat your Confidential Information with the same degree of care as it treats its own confidential information, and to not disclose it to any third parties or use it for any purpose other than providing and improving the Service, except as required by law.

6. No Legal Service Provision by Lightbringer AB

The Service is not a legal service and does not provide legal advice for patents, intellectual property, or any other legal matter. Any access of the Service by the User shall not constitute the rendering of legal advice, or the providing of legal services to the User by Lightbringer AB. Accordingly, Lightbringer AB shall not be deemed to express any legal opinions with respect to any matters affecting the User when using or accessing the Service, or otherwise. Where you are not a patent attorney, the Service may be used in conjunction with an experienced patent attorney third-party partner ("Attorney Partner") in order to create the Patent Documents for you or provide other services. The Attorney Partner is identifiable for each case within the Service and is accountable for working with you to prepare and finalize the Patent Documents ("Drafting Service").

7. Data Protection

Lightbringer AB is committed to complying with all applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR"), as well as any applicable Swedish data protection legislation. By using the Service, you agree to the collection, processing, and storage of your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You warrant that any Confidential Information you submit to the Service complies with all relevant data protection laws and regulations, as well as any patents, copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights.

For more details on how we process personal data, please refer to our Data Processing Addendum (DPA) at www.lightbringer.com/privacy/DPA and our privacy policy www.lightbringer.com/privacy.

8. Intellectual Property Rights

You retain all intellectual property rights in and to the Confidential Information you submit to the Service, and any draft patent documents generated through the use of the Service (the "Patent Documents"). Lightbringer AB does not claim any ownership or rights in your Confidential Information or the Patent Documents, except for the limited rights granted to provide and improve the Service as specified in these Terms.

9. Prohibition of Reverse Engineering

You agree not to reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or attempt to derive the source code, techniques, processes, algorithms, prompts, know-how, or other information relating to the Service, or any part thereof, except to the extent expressly permitted by applicable law. If applicable law permits such activities, any information discovered as a result of such activities shall be deemed the confidential information of Lightbringer AB, and you agree to preserve and protect the confidentiality of such information. Unauthorized reverse engineering or other attempts to access or discover the underlying structure, functionality or operation of the Service are a violation of these Terms.

10. Warranties and Disclaimer

Lightbringer AB warrants that the Service will be provided in accordance with these Terms, or as applicable in accordance with a signed Order Form and Master Service Agreement, and with reasonable skill and care. However, the Service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, and Lightbringer AB does not make any guarantees regarding the quality, accuracy, or suitability of the draft patent documents generated by the Service for obtaining a patent. You acknowledge that it is your responsibility to review and verify the Patent Documents to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with applicable patent laws and regulations.

11. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall Lightbringer AB, its officers, directors, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages or losses whatsoever, arising from or related to your use of the Service or the generated draft patent documents. This includes any liability arising from faults or inaccuracies in the User's Confidential Information or any failure of the User to review and verify the accuracy, completeness, and compliance of the Patent Documents. Lightbringer AB's entire liability in any event is limited to the amount, if any, actually paid for use of the Service.

12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Lightbringer AB and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses or expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, due to or arising out of your use of the Service or any violation of these Terms.

13. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of, or in connection with, them or their subject matter or formation shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Sweden. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of, or in connection with, these Terms or the Service, or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof, or any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Service, shall be amicably solved between the Parties. If they cannot be so amicably solved, such disputes shall be finally settled by arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of the SCC Arbitration Institute. The seat of arbitration shall be Malmö, Sweden. The language to be used in the arbitral proceedings shall be English. You hereby expressly agree to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of such institutes for the purpose of resolving any dispute relating to these Terms or the Service.

14. Changes to the Service or Terms

Lightbringer AB reserves the right to modify or discontinue the Service, or any part thereof, at any time, without notice. Lightbringer AB may also modify these Terms from time to time by publishing the changes on the website. Your continued use of the Service constitutes acceptance of any changes to the Terms.

15. Force Majeure

Either party shall be excused from the performance or punctual performance of any of its obligations (except for payment obligations) under the Terms or the Service and such obligations shall be extended by a reasonable period under the circumstances if the performance thereof is considered unreasonably onerous, prevented or delayed by any cause beyond the affected party’s reasonable control which includes, but is not limited to, whether foreseen or unforeseen, acts of God, natural disasters, earthquakes, fire, explosions, floods, hurricanes, extreme weather, riots, wars (whether declared or not), hostilities, revolutions, civil disturbance or usurped authority, accidents, terrorist acts, sabotage, nuclear incidents, pandemics or epidemics (whether declared or not), strikes or other industrial disputes over which the party has no control, embargo or other sanctions, resolution or requisition, acts (de jure or de facto) of government (including failure to act), including non-availability of an export license, currency restrictions, lack of means of transport, general lack of goods, restrictions of fuel as well as any defects or delays in deliveries from subcontractors caused by any of the aforementioned circumstances.

The right of relief shall apply irrespective of whether the cause of prevention or delay occurs before or after the agreed due time for such obligations.

16. General Provisions

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Lightbringer AB with respect to the Service and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings regarding such subject matter. If any provision of these Terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, such provision shall be changed and interpreted so as to best accomplish the objectives of the original provision to the fullest extent allowed by law, and the remaining provisions of these Terms shall remain in force and effect.

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