> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.antlect.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Terms of Service > Terms governing your use of the Antlect platform. **Last updated: July 2026** These terms govern access to and use of the Antlect platform, antlect.com, and docs.antlect.com (together, the "Services"), operated by Antlect Limited, formerly AcademicFellows Limited ("we", "us"), a company registered in New Zealand. By accessing the Services, you agree to these terms. Antlect is licensed to organisations. If your organisation has entered into a separate agreement or order form with us, that agreement applies to the extent it differs from these terms. If you are using the Services through a seat provisioned by your organisation, your organisation is our customer and these terms govern your individual use. ## 1. Definitions **"Trusted Data Foundation"** means the integrated, validated and entity-resolved body of research and innovation data that we compile, together with the ontologies and the descriptive digital twin that we build over it. **"Platform Data"** means the data, analysis, visualisations, and other information contained within or generated by the Services, including the Trusted Data Foundation and the descriptive digital twin built from it. **"Permitted Use"** means use of the Services and Platform Data for your organisation's internal research, due diligence, strategic analysis, policy development, and investment and funding decision support. **"Seat"** means access to the Services granted to one named individual within your organisation. **"Subscription Term"** means the subscription period set out in your organisation's agreement or order form with us. ## 2. The Services Antlect is a decision intelligence platform for research and innovation. It maps research and innovation activity, including publications, patents, clinical trials, funding, and researcher profiles, into a Trusted Data Foundation, resolves those records into consistent entities, and models them through our own ontologies into a descriptive digital twin of the innovation ecosystem. The platform provides discovery, workspace, and reporting capabilities on top of that structure. ## 3. Licence We grant your organisation and its authorised users a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to access and use the Services and Platform Data for the Permitted Use during the Subscription Term, subject to these terms. ## 4. Accounts and seats Each Seat is for one named individual and may not be shared. You must provide accurate information at registration and keep your credentials secure. You are responsible for activity under your account, and your organisation is responsible for the use of the Seats it provisions. If you believe your account has been compromised, notify us promptly. We may monitor usage to verify compliance with Seat limits and these terms, including reviewing access logs. Any such monitoring is conducted in accordance with our [Privacy Policy](/legal/privacy-policy). ## 5. Fees and payment Fees, Subscription Terms, Seat counts, and payment terms are set out in your organisation's agreement or order form with us. Fees are payable by invoice. Unless otherwise agreed, invoices are payable within 30 days of the invoice date, fees are exclusive of GST, and subscriptions renew for successive periods unless either party gives notice of non-renewal before the end of the current period. If an invoice remains unpaid after its due date, we may suspend access to the Services until payment is received, provided we have first given at least 10 working days' written notice of the overdue amount. Suspension for non-payment does not extend the Subscription Term. We may change our fees with at least 60 days' notice. Fee changes take effect from your organisation's next renewal. ## 6. Acceptable use You agree not to: * scrape, crawl, bulk export, or systematically harvest Platform Data other than through features we provide for that purpose; * resell, sublicense, or distribute the Services or substantial portions of the Platform Data to any third party without our written agreement; * create a derivative product from the Platform Data for commercial sale or distribution; * share Seat credentials or provide access to persons outside your organisation's agreement; * attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Services, other accounts, or our infrastructure; * use the Services to harass, defame, or harm any person, including researchers profiled in the platform; * interfere with the operation or security of the Services; * use the Services in breach of applicable law. We may suspend or restrict access where we reasonably believe these terms have been breached. Where practicable, we will notify you or your organisation and provide an opportunity to remedy the breach before suspension. ## 7. Data and outputs **Our data.** The Trusted Data Foundation aggregates information from publicly available sources. We hold rights in the compilation, structure, entity resolution, ontologies, enrichment, and presentation of that data, and in the software and design of the Services. The underlying public records remain subject to the rights of their original publishers, and nothing in these terms grants you rights in third-party source material beyond those you already hold. **Your content.** Your organisation retains ownership of content created in the Services, such as projects, notes, and reports. You grant us a licence to host, process, and display that content solely to provide the Services. **Outputs.** Reports and analyses generated in the platform, and reasonable extracts of Platform Data, may be used within your organisation for the Permitted Use, including incorporation into internal documents. Where Platform Data is reproduced, it must carry the attribution: "Source: Antlect Limited, \[year of access]". Public redistribution of substantial extracts of Platform Data requires our written agreement. **AI features.** The platform uses AI to interpret queries and compile reports from the underlying data. Your queries and content are not used to train third-party AI models. ## 8. Accuracy and reliance We work to keep the Platform Data accurate and current, but it is aggregated from external sources and is analytical in nature. It may contain errors, omissions, or information that has been superseded, and it should not be relied upon as a definitive statement of fact for legal or compliance purposes. The Services do not constitute legal, financial, or professional advice. In particular, outputs relating to patents are not a substitute for professional freedom-to-operate or legal advice, and outputs relating to clinical trials are not a substitute for regulatory advice. You are responsible for the decisions and conclusions you draw from the Platform Data, and for verifying information before relying on it for significant decisions. Researchers may request correction or suppression of their profile information as described in our [Privacy Policy](/legal/privacy-policy). ## 9. Availability and changes We aim to keep the Services available and will give reasonable notice of planned maintenance where practicable. We may modify features of the Services over time. If we discontinue a material feature your organisation has paid for, we will provide a proportionate refund or credit for the unused portion of the subscription. ## 10. Confidentiality Each party will keep confidential any non-public information received from the other in connection with the Services, and will use it only for the purposes of the relationship. This obligation does not apply to information that is public, independently developed, or required to be disclosed by law. Your organisation's queries, projects, and reports are treated as its confidential information. ## 11. Intellectual property The Services, including software, design, branding, documentation, and the Trusted Data Foundation compilation, including our entity resolution and ontologies, are owned by Antlect Limited or its licensors. Apart from the licence granted in section 3 and rights that cannot be excluded by law, no intellectual property rights are transferred under these terms. ## 12. Liability Nothing in these terms excludes or limits any right or guarantee that cannot be excluded or limited by law, including under the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 and Fair Trading Act 1986, and the Australian Consumer Law, where they apply. The Services are acquired for business purposes, and the parties agree that consumer guarantees legislation does not apply to the extent the law permits such an agreement. Subject to the above, and to the extent permitted by law: * our total liability in connection with the Services in any 12-month period is limited to the fees paid by your organisation in that period; * neither party is liable to the other for indirect or consequential loss, or for loss of profits, revenue, or data, except in the case of a breach of confidentiality, misuse of intellectual property, or liability that cannot be limited by law. This limitation is intended to allocate risk in proportion to the fees charged, not to avoid responsibility for the proper provision of the Services. ## 13. Termination Your organisation may cancel in accordance with its agreement with us. We may terminate access with 30 days' notice, or immediately for a material breach of these terms that is not remedied within 14 days of notice (or is incapable of remedy). On termination, we will make your organisation's projects and reports available for export for at least 30 days, unless termination was for a serious breach involving unlawful conduct. ## 14. Changes to these terms We may update these terms from time to time. We will give customers at least 30 days' notice of material changes. If your organisation does not accept a change, it may cancel before the change takes effect and we will refund any unused portion of prepaid fees. ## 15. General These terms are governed by the laws of New Zealand, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the New Zealand courts. Nothing in this clause prevents customers in Australia from relying on protections available under Australian law. If any provision is found to be unenforceable, the remainder continues in effect. These terms, together with our [Privacy Policy](/legal/privacy-policy) and any organisational agreement or order form, are the entire agreement between the parties regarding the Services. ## 16. Contact Antlect Limited \ Christchurch, New Zealand \ [hello@antlect.com](mailto:hello@antlect.com)