Important Note: This document is a courtesy translation provided for convenience only. In the event of any contradiction, discrepancy, or ambiguity between this translation and the original French version, the French text available at https://silex.legal/terms-conditions shall prevail and remain the sole authoritative source of truth. 

1. Scope and Acceptance of the GTC

These General Terms of Use ("GTC") govern access to and use of the Silex platform (the "Platform"), operated by Ex Nunc Intelligence SA (the "Company") and accessible via the web application app.silex.legal, as well as all services available therein, and the use of the website https://silex.legal/ (the "Website"). Silex is a SaaS (Software as a Service) solution that provides artificial intelligence services (research, chatbot, etc.) designed to assist legal professionals in their legal research and tasks.

The GTC are supplemented by the Privacy Policy and, where applicable, the Specific Terms agreed upon between the Company and the client (the "Client"). These documents taken together constitute the contract between the Company and the Client (the "Agreement"). The Privacy Policy is accessible on the Website. In the event of discrepancies between the GTC and the Specific Terms, the Specific Terms shall prevail. In the event of discrepancies between the GTC and the Privacy Policy, the Privacy Policy shall prevail.

By using the Website or the Platform, either directly or through its Users (as defined hereinafter), the Client acknowledges having read, understood, and unreservedly accepted the GTC in their entirety.

The Company reserves the right to modify these GTC at any time. Amendments shall enter into force immediately upon publication on the Platform and the Website. In the event that a Client does not accept the modified GTC, it is incumbent upon the Client to immediately cease use of the Platform, or to ensure that its Users immediately cease use thereof.

Furthermore, it is the Client's responsibility to regularly monitor the Platform and the Website for any updates or modifications to the GTC.

2. Description of the Platform and Services

2.1 General Overview

The Silex Platform is a SaaS (Software as a Service) solution intended for legal professionals (attorneys, notaries, licensed business agents, in-house counsel, etc.), providing advanced legal assistance tools based on artificial intelligence technologies, public databases (primarily legislation and case law), and legal scholarship articles written by authors with whom we collaborate. The Platform is not intended for judicial authorities or law enforcement authorities, unless it is used solely to perform preparatory tasks, or research on legislation, case law, and legal scholarship articles which must then, in all cases, be supplemented by human evaluation, to the exclusion of any automated analysis, interpretation, or research of facts or law, as well as any application of law to a specific factual situation.

The Platform offers the following services (the "Services"):

• Assisted answers to legal questions;

• Document drafting assistance;

• Search assistance within a legal database;

• Access to applicable legal references;

• Automated data processing agents (email classification, audio recording processing and classification);

• Co-development of specialized modules.

  
  

The Services may evolve without notice at the Company's discretion.

The Services provided by the Company in connection with the co-development of specialized modules are custom-made and shall, where applicable, be subject to a detailed description in a separate contract.

Subject to the payment of the fees referred to in Article 9 below and compliance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement, the Company grants the Client, for the duration of the Agreement, a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable license—subject to authorized Users (as defined hereinafter) and any subcontractors of the Client duly authorized in advance in writing by the Company—for the use by the Client and/or Users of the Platform and Services under the conditions provided for in the Agreement. The Services are provided via cloud computing. The Platform is hosted on one or more servers located in Switzerland. The Client does not receive, and is not entitled to receive, a copy of the underlying software of the Platform (the "Software").

2.2 Data Storage

Under the basic plan, the history of searches performed by the Client (input/output) is not retained by the Company, nor is it synchronized or stored on external servers of the Company, but is stored solely on the User's device (computer, phone, etc.). Under this assumption, it is not possible to preserve the search history of the Client and/or Users outside of the device concerned.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the Client uses the automated processing agent services, the processed data may be temporarily stored on the Company's external servers in an encrypted form. Furthermore, subject to an explicit choice by the Client (opt-in), the history of searches performed by the Client and/or Users (input/output) may be stored on the Company's servers, where applicable in an encrypted form. Under this assumption, the Client and/or Users may access their history via their user account at any time and on any device. This history and the Client Data (as defined hereinafter) shall be processed in accordance with the conditions of Article 14 below.

3. Database

3.1 Database and Integration of Client Content – Silos Offer

Under the basic plan, the Services are provided based on the Company's legal database composed of public and freely accessible data (primarily legislation and case law) and legal scholarship articles by authors with whom we collaborate.

Subject to an explicit choice by the Client (opt-in), the Client may add non-public data to the database ("Client Content"). In this scenario, known as the "Silos" offer, the Client Content will be used exclusively to respond to searches by the Client and its Users. It will under no circumstances be used to respond to searches by other clients of the Company, nor to train the artificial intelligence systems on which the Platform relies.

3.2 Liability and Restrictions Relative to the Addition of Client Content

The Client assumes full responsibility for the Client Content it integrates into the legal database. By adding Client Content to the database, the User certifies that it possesses all rights, as owner or licensee, necessary for its use, exploitation, and reproduction within the framework of the Platform and the provision of the Services, and guarantees that the use of this Client Content does not infringe any third-party rights, particularly regarding copyright.

The addition of Client Content that:

• infringes third-party rights, including personality rights and intellectual property rights (trademark law, copyright, patents, trade secrets);

• is of a pornographic, obscene, or sexually explicit nature; or

• incites hatred, violence, or discrimination, whether based on ethnic origin, nationality, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law;

• is only authorized to the extent that the Client's search specifically relates to a document or a practical case containing or having as its object such Client Content.

  
  

3.3 Professional Secrecy and Anonymization of Client Content

It should be recalled that attorneys, notaries, and licensed business agents are subject to a strict statutory obligation of professional secrecy. Consequently, and without prejudice to the confidentiality commitments made by the Company in accordance with Article 14 below, it is strongly recommended that the Client ensure the anonymization of Client Content prior to uploading it to the Platform. To this end, the Company may recommend to the Client an anonymization tool developed by a third party, to which the Client may subscribe if they wish. In any event, the Client remains exclusively responsible for the anonymization of Client Content, and the Company cannot be held liable in this regard.

Furthermore, and in all cases, the Client is invited to inform its own clients in advance of the potential use of the Platform's Services.

4. Access to the Platform

The Company makes available to the Client, subject to payment or under a free trial period, one or a defined number of secure, password-protected access credentials that are non-transferable to third parties, enabling the Client and/or Users to access the Platform in accordance with its intended use.

"User(s)" means the Client itself (if it is a natural person), the employees, directors, and officers of the Client, as well as subcontractors to whom the Client or other Users grant access to the Services with the Company's prior authorization.

The Client's Users must open a user account to access and use all or part of the Services. The Client provides, and ensures that the Client's Users provide, accurate, current, and complete information during registration and keep their account information up to date.

The User is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of their user account credentials and may not disclose their credentials to a third party.

Only authorized Users may use the Platform. Account sharing for the purpose of reducing the actual number of Users or creating the false impression that the actual number of Users is lower is strictly prohibited.

Any fraudulent or unauthorized access or use of a user account must be reported immediately to the Company. The Client must immediately notify the Company if it suspects that credentials have been lost, stolen, and/or that its account(s) is/are otherwise compromised.

The Company reserves the right to suspend or close a user account, or even to suspend or terminate the Client's subscription when the Client is the sole User associated with a subscription, in the event of a breach of these GTC or misuse of the Platform.

5. Use of the Platform

The Client is responsible for ensuring that the use of the Platform by itself and its Users complies with applicable laws and these GTC; in particular, the Client is responsible for all activities conducted through its user account(s), including the actions of any User.

The intended use of the Platform includes legal research, displaying search results and references, direct access to content through active links, as well as any other use of the contents and results from the Company's database within the scope of strictly personal use or the fulfillment of the User's professional obligations. This includes the occasional right to save, print, or transmit search results, as well as content, references, or legal information to third parties for review and archiving purposes.

The Client is responsible for ensuring that it holds all necessary rights to upload Client Content to the Platform and use it in accordance with the Platform's intended use.

Subject to a different written agreement with the Client, any other use of the Platform's content made available by the Company is prohibited.

In particular, the following are considered unauthorized and, therefore, abusive uses of the database contents and legal information (non-exhaustive list):

• the systematic display, printing, saving, or copying of search results (results list, full text) or any part thereof without human intervention;

• the use of the Platform for unlawful purposes or purposes contrary to public decency;

• querying and displaying data using automated search or query programs without human intervention;

• copying onto data storage media for use by third parties;

• distribution on the Internet of parts of the Platform's content made available by the Company;

• damaging, disabling, or disrupting the Platform;

• use for the production of more than a single edition or copy in electronic form with a view to distribution to third parties;

• modification or use for the production of compilations in any form whatsoever;

• unauthorized or fraudulent use of the Platform;

• the systematic use of search results (results list, full text) for commercial purposes, in particular assignment or leasing.

  
  

The Company is entitled to take technical measures to detect, prevent, and prosecute any misuse. In particular, the Company may append markers to the Platform's content or implement digital protection mechanisms against copying and other unauthorized actions. Any breach by the Client and/or Users of these provisions concerning misuse constitutes a serious breach of the Agreement for which the Company reserves the right to immediately block all of the Client's access credentials.

Furthermore, for each proven case of misuse by the Client or one of its registered Users, the Client must pay a contractual penalty in the amount of CHF 50,000.00 to the Company. The Company explicitly reserves the right to claim additional damages.

6. Obligations of the Client

The Client shall not (directly or indirectly through its Users):

• bypass or attempt to bypass any security protections of the Services;

• alter or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Software and/or the Platform;

• access or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Software or the Platform;

• use the Platform and/or the Services in an illegal or fraudulent manner, or for illegal or fraudulent purposes or effects;

• exceed the subscribed number of Users;

• access the Services through any automated system or take any measure likely to impose an unreasonable load on the Services or the underlying infrastructure;

• copy or reproduce the Software;

• bypass measures that the Company may use to prevent or restrict access to or use of the Service;

• reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, and/or attempt to discover the source code, object code, or underlying structure, ideas, know-how, or algorithms relating to the Services, the Platform, and/or the Software, documentation, or data linked to the Services;

• copy, modify, distribute, reproduce, translate, disassemble, or otherwise use in an unintended manner (other than as authorized by the Agreement) any information, text, graphics, images, or software obtained from the Services, and/or any other part of the Services, except with the prior written authorization of the Company;

• sell, sub-license, permit access to, and/or make the Services or any part thereof available to third parties;

• create derivative works based on all or part of the Services or any content (other than Client Content) available on the Services, unless prior written authorization is granted by the Company;

• access the Services in order to build, or share with anyone who builds, a product or service that competes with the Services and/or any product or service offered by the Company;

• assign, sell, resell, sub-license, rent, transfer, or otherwise convey the rights granted to the Client under the Agreement to any third party; and/or

• use the Platform in a manner that infringes the intellectual property rights or privacy rights of a third party, or to store or transfer illegal data.

  
  

The Client acknowledges that the Company is authorized and potentially required by law to suspend access to the Services and/or the user account(s) of the Client based on a reasonable determination of the occurrence or potential occurrence of illegal or objectionable activity, fraudulent use, and/or attempted fraudulent activity, or a breach of the preceding obligations. In the event of suspension, the Client remains liable for all fees and charges incurred during the suspension period.

7. Other Obligations of the Client

7.1 Technical Obligations of the Client for Access and Security of the Services

The Client has the responsibility to establish internally the technical prerequisites allowing access to the Company's services. This concerns in particular the provision of the necessary computer hardware, operating system software, internet connection, and current web browser software. The use of the Company's Services further presupposes that the Client's system accepts the cookies transmitted by the Company. It is the Client's responsibility to ensure that the necessary settings are configured. It is also the Client's responsibility to take the necessary measures to protect its own system. This includes, in particular, the security settings of the browsers used, the installation of a firewall, the use of up-to-date anti-virus software, and regular data backups.

7.2 Obligations of the Client regarding Collaboration and Notification

The Client agrees to ensure the use of the Services by means of suitable equipment and with the intervention of qualified personnel.

The Client must immediately inform the Company of any situation likely to have a material negative impact on the provision of the Services. Furthermore, the Client is required to inform the Company immediately in the event of errors or defects and to support the Company in the analysis and, if necessary, the elimination of errors and defects to a reasonably expected extent.

If the provision of the Services is delayed due to circumstances for which the Client is responsible, the Client shall bear the consequences and additional costs incurred. The Client shall immediately inform the Company of all circumstances likely to endanger or be relevant to the provision of the Services, as well as any abuse or suspected abuse of the Services.

8. Financial Conditions

The amount of the fee due by the Client for access to and use of the Platform and Services, by itself and the Users, is set according to the pricing provisions set out in Appendix A or, where applicable, in the Specific Terms.

The Company reserves the right to unilaterally modify the pricing provisions subject to one month's notice for the end of a calendar month.

The fee is due upon receipt of the corresponding invoice and payable within thirty (30) days following receipt of the invoice.

If payment is not made by the due date, the creditor shall be entitled to send a reminder. This reminder will be invoiced at CHF 20.-. If payment is not made one week after this first reminder, the creditor shall be entitled to send a second reminder, at the same rate. These reminders do not affect the creditor's right to take legal action or initiate debt collection enforcement procedures (poursuite pour dettes) from the initial due date.

Furthermore, past the payment due date, the Company is authorized to charge, without notice, default interest (intérêt moratoire) of 5% per year on the invoice amount to be settled. In the event of repeated payment delays, the Company is furthermore authorized to block the Client's and Users' access to the Platform.

9. Platform Continuity and Maintenance

In principle, the Services offered by the Company are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Nevertheless, the Company may, at its discretion, perform software patches, revisions, upgrades, or releases incorporating enhancements to the Services, as well as perform maintenance or other improvements to the Services and its infrastructure, which may result in delays and temporary interruptions of the Services. The Company endeavors to ensure the availability of the Services on weekdays during standard working hours and to perform maintenance work outside of working hours. The Company shall inform the Client reasonably in advance of planned interruptions.

10. Service Levels and Disclaimer of Warranty

10.1 Nature of the Information Provided

None of the information appearing on the Website or provided by our Platform should be construed as personalized legal advice. Under no circumstances does the use of the Platform replace a consultation with a legal professional (attorney, notary, licensed business agent, in-house counsel, etc.). It is the Client's responsibility to evaluate the relevance and correctness of the response provided by the Platform before applying it to a specific case. When using answers provided by the Platform, the Client does so in its own name and under its own exclusive responsibility.

10.2 Updates and Modifications to the Services

The Platform relies on a database that the Company endeavors to update regularly. The Company reserves the right to modify or limit the contents of its database at any time, as well as to modify or limit the accessible features in order to maintain a quality standard or due to technical developments.

10.3 Disclaimer of Warranty

The Platform is provided "as is" without any warranty, express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, or relevance of the contents, information, and answers provided by the Platform, or the absence of interruptions, technical failures, or bugs on the Platform. In particular, although the Company endeavors to make available on the Platform only content that is correct at the time of publication, no assurance or warranty is given by the Company as to the accuracy and reliability of the data thus provided. Any liability is excluded concerning accuracy, completeness, and the choice of content.

Furthermore, the Company does not guarantee the security of links and references to third-party web pages made available on the Platform, nor the accuracy or relevance of the information and content contained therein.

11. Limitation of Liability

No claim for damages may be made against the Company in connection with the use of the Platform and Services, unless the damages are caused intentionally or through gross negligence on the part of the Company.

In particular, the Company cannot be held liable in the following scenarios:

• damages resulting from misuse or loss of access credentials (user ID, password) transmitted by the Company to the Client or by the Client to its Users;

• damages resulting from incompatibility between the Client's terminals and the system operated by the Company, or from the interruption of data transmission by the Client's access provider, or from faulty access security;

• damages resulting from the unavailability of the Company's database system;

• direct or indirect damage resulting from the Client's use of search results and/or information provided by the Platform;

• direct or indirect damage resulting from the use of references or links to third-party web pages made available to the User on the Platform.

  
  

Furthermore, although the Company takes appropriate measures to ensure the security of the Platform and protect Client Data from unauthorized access, theft, or destruction, no digital service is completely secure. Consequently, the Company cannot guarantee that Client Data is protected against all unauthorized access, theft, or destruction by third parties. In this regard, the Company assumes no liability except in the case of gross negligence on its part.

12. Intellectual Property

All content on the Platform, including databases, software, texts, logos, and graphics, is the exclusive property of the Company or other designated right holders, in particular authors of written and figurative content (e.g., legal scholarship articles used by and accessible from the Platform). Any unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or use is strictly prohibited and exposes the User to legal proceedings. In particular, the automated retrieval of contents and the information they include into other systems, notably for the purpose of training artificial intelligence systems, is prohibited except with the prior express authorization of the Company. Citations are permitted under copyright conditions, namely subject to indicating the source and the author, provided that they are designated therein.

In the Silos model, the Client retains all rights, titles, and interests relating to the Client Content it integrates into the legal database.

In the event that the Client provides the Company with information, comments, and/or feedback regarding complaints, errors, problems, suggestions for improvement, ideas, and other matters related to the Services ("Feedback"), the Company may or may not use any Feedback, without any obligation, financial or of any nature whatsoever, toward the Client. The Client irretrievably assigns to the Company all rights (including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights) to the Feedback and acknowledges that it has no claim in connection with the Feedback.

13. Confidentiality Clause and Respect for Professional Secrecy

In the event that the Client provides the Company with information, comments, and/or feedback regarding complaints, errors, problems, suggestions for improvement, ideas, and other matters related to the Services ("Feedback"), the Company may or may not use any Feedback, without any obligation, financial or of any nature whatsoever, toward the Client. The Client irretrievably assigns to the Company all rights (including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights) to the Feedback and acknowledges that it has no claim in connection with the Feedback.

13.1 Client's Confidentiality Commitment

The Client acknowledges that the source code, object code, or underlying structure, ideas, know-how, or algorithms relating to the Services, the Platform, and/or the Software are exclusive and confidential information of the Company. The Client agrees to treat this confidential information with at least the same degree of care it accords to its own confidential information. The Client further agrees not to provide or make available the Platform, the Services, or the Software, or any part thereof, in any form whatsoever to any person other than the Users without the prior written authorization of the Company. The Client shall be fully liable for any breach of this confidentiality commitment by any of its Users.

13.2 Company's Confidentiality Commitment

The Company expressly agrees to maintain the absolute confidentiality of all information, questions, searches, or Client Content submitted by the Client and/or Users via the Platform, brought to its attention, or accessible within the framework of the execution of the Agreement (collectively "Client Data"), including, but not limited to, information protected by the attorney-client privilege (professional secrecy), in accordance with Article 321 of the Swiss Criminal Code (SCC) and the applicable provisions of the Federal Act on the Freedom of Movement for Lawyers (LLCA).

In particular, Client Data is treated confidentially by the Company and is not processed for purposes other than responding to the searches of that Client's Users. The Company shall under no circumstances use this data for its own account; in particular, Client Data is not used to improve the performance of the Company's artificial intelligence systems.

13.3 Processing of Client Data

The Company agrees to:

• not disclose, transmit, or make accessible to third parties Client Data in any form whatsoever, unless prior written authorization is provided by the Client;

• take all appropriate technical and organizational measures to guarantee the protection of Client Data against any unauthorized access, loss, modification, or disclosure, in particular the security measures described in Appendix B;

• ensure that all of its employees, subcontractors, or third parties involved in the execution of the Agreement strictly respect the confidentiality obligations provided for in this clause;

• promptly report to the Client any security breach that may have resulted in the unauthorized loss, modification, or disclosure of Client Data.

  
  

Furthermore, the Company does not use Client Data to train the artificial intelligence (AI) and/or machine learning (ML) models underlying the Services, except in cases where prior consent has been provided by the Client.

13.4 Information Access Limits Protected

Searches by the Client and/or Users are processed in an automated manner to the exclusion of any human intervention in the generated answers, such that the Company's employees do not, in principle, have access to Client Data. If such access to Client Data is nevertheless necessary, for example to process and follow up on Feedback that a Client has submitted to the Company, the Company guarantees that only persons who need to access Client Data for the performance of their tasks will have access to it, and that these persons will be informed of their legal and contractual obligations regarding confidentiality.

13.5 Return or Destruction of Data

At the end of the Agreement, or upon express request of the Client, the Company shall return all confidential data in electronic or paper format, or, where applicable, destroy all confidential data and confirm its complete destruction in writing. [The Company shall be authorized to retain a copy of the confidential data to satisfy its statutory retention obligations, where applicable, and shall not be required to destroy off-site computer files created during automatic system backups, which are subsequently securely stored by the Company.]

13.6 Duration of the Confidentiality Obligation

The confidentiality obligation provided for by this clause survives the termination of the Agreement without limitation of duration.

14. Personal Data

The Company collects and processes the personal data of the Client and/or Users in compliance with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and, where applicable, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

For more information, please consult our Privacy Policy.

15. Duration and Termination of the Agreement

The Agreement is concluded for an indefinite duration from the acceptance by the Client of the GTC and, where applicable, the Specific Terms.

The Company may terminate the Agreement with immediate effect in the event of a breach of the GTC.

The Client may terminate the Agreement at any time for the next billing date via the Client space of the Platform.

16. General Provisions

Unless otherwise indicated in the Specific Terms, the Company may wish to use the name, logo, and a brief description of the services provided to the Client for advertising purposes on its website and on other marketing or sales collateral. Any use of the Client's name and/or logo is expressly subject to the prior written approval of the Client. This approval also applies to any use in confidential investment documents.

If one or more provisions of these GTC should be ineffective and/or incomplete or become so, they shall be replaced by one or more legally valid provisions whose content is as close as possible to the ineffective and/or incomplete provision(s). The ineffectiveness and/or incompleteness of a provision does not affect the validity of the other provisions.

17. Applicable Law and Place of Jurisdiction

These GTC are governed by Swiss law.

Any dispute relating to the interpretation or execution of these GTC shall be submitted to the ordinary courts of Lausanne (Switzerland).

Ex Nunc Intelligence SA, April 15, 2026