Abridge policy evolution

“You agree that You own or have the necessary rights, permissions and consents to all of Your Account Data and that use of the Account Data does not infringe, misappropriate or violate any third party’s intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. You are solely responsible for receiving and managing any necessary consent or authorization needed to record or transcribe your patients. You agree to grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive license to access, use, export, process, copy, distribute, perform and display the Account Data in accordance these Terms including to provide, maintain and support the Abridge Services, to prevent or respond to security issues, to provide support or respond to technical issues, as required by law, as permitted by these Terms and as permitted by Your instructions. You are responsible for safeguarding Your account login credentials. You are also responsible for all of the activity within Your account, whether or not You authorized that activity. We will not be responsible for any damages, losses or liability if credentials or any account is not kept confidential by You, or information provided by an unauthorized third party logging into and accessing the Platform. You should immediately notify us of any unauthorized access to or use of Your account. We may review activity in connection with the Platform for compliance purposes, but we have no obligation to do so.”

“Abridge and its licensors exclusively own and retain all rights, title and interest in and to, including all intellectual property rights therein and thereto the Abridge Platform including the Platform and all websites, mobile applications, software, processes, algorithms, designs, user interfaces, look and feel, branding, documentation, specifications, application programming interfaces, and other technology provided or used in connection with or that constitutes the Abridge Services (collectively, “Abridge Technology”). Abridge and its licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted in these Terms. No right or license is granted to make any improvements, derivative works, or modifications to the Platform or to any of the Abridge’s Intellectual Property related to the Platform (“Improvements”). To the extent Improvement is made by the User or otherwise arises from the User’s use of or access to the Platform, all rights in such Improvement are hereby assigned to Abridge. In the event this assignment fails for any reason, User grants to Abridge a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid up, sublicensable (through multiple tiers), transferable license to practice such Improvement to Abridge.”

“YOU AGREE TO GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO GO TO COURT TO ASSERT OR DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, EXCEPT FOR MATTERS THAT MAY BE TAKEN TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT. YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE DETERMINED BY A NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR AND NOT A JUDGE OR JURY, AND YOUR CLAIMS CANNOT BE BROUGHT AS A CLASS ACTION. PLEASE REVIEW SECTION 17 (“DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND ARBITRATION”) OF THESE TERMS FOR THE DETAILS REGARDING YOUR AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE ANY DISPUTES WITH ABRIDGE AND YOUR ABILITY TO OPT-OUT.”

“THE ABRIDGE SERVICES ARE OFFERED AND PROVIDED “AS IS” AND ON AN “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ABRIDGE HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS, THE ABRIDGE SERVICES, WHETHER IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, ACCURACY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THAT THE ABRIDGE SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE, COMPLETE, ADEQUATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED. ABRIDGE DOES NOT REVIEW, MONITOR, EVALUATE, OR ANALYZE ANY INFORMATION GENERATED FROM OR BY PATIENTS FOR ANY MEDICAL PURPOSE. ABRIDGE DOES NOT ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY MEDICAL ADVICE OR DIAGNOSES TO PATIENTS. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DISPENSE MEDICAL ADVICE TO OR MAKE DIAGNOSES FOR YOUR PATIENTS BASED ON YOUR PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT, YOUR REVIEW OF ANY USER CONTENT OR PATIENT DATA USING THE ABRIDGE SERVICES OR THE PLATFORM AND YOUR EVALUATION OF YOUR PATIENTS. BY USING THE PLATFORM, YOU CONSENT TO THE SELECTED COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS YOU CHOOSE TO USE AND TO THE PROVIDER OF SUCH SERVICES. SUCH CONSENT INCLUDES YOUR AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SELECTED SERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE USE OF CERTAIN REMOTE-ACCESS COMMUNICATION FEATURES AND/OR FUNCTIONALITY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MOBILE, VIDEO, TEXT, AND/OR AUDIO, INFORMATION AND RECORDS FOR DELIVERING THE SELECTED ABRIDGE SERVICES IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW. YOU ALSO AGREE THAT THE ABRIDGE SERVICES ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE USED IN A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.”