Terms of Service & Intellectual Property

Intellectual property ("IP") refers to creations of the mind — including inventions, artistic and literary works, designs, symbols, names, and images — for which exclusive rights are recognized under law. These rights grant creators exclusive legal rights to use, sell, or license their inventions, artistic works, and commercial symbols, and they are protected under federal and state law.

Categories of intellectual property protected by these Terms include:

• Patents — Exclusive rights granted to inventors for novel and non-obvious inventions, processes, or functional designs for a fixed term (typically 20 years). Patent holders have the exclusive right to make, use, sell, or license the patented invention within the jurisdiction of grant.
• Copyrights — Automatic legal protection for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium, including software code, written content, UI design, graphics, and audiovisual works. Copyright grants the creator exclusive rights to reproduce, distribute, display, perform, and create derivative works.
• Trademarks — Distinctive signs, symbols, logos, brand names, slogans, and trade dress used in commerce to identify and distinguish the source of goods or services. Trademark rights protect commercial symbols that consumers associate with a specific origin, preventing consumer confusion and unauthorized use.
• Trade Secrets — Confidential business information, formulas, processes, methods, techniques, or compilations that derive economic value from their secrecy. Trade secret protection is maintained as long as reasonable steps are taken to preserve confidentiality. Misappropriation of trade secrets is prohibited under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) and applicable state law.
• Moral Rights — The right of creators to be recognized as the author of their works and to object to modifications that would harm their reputation, as recognized under applicable international treaties and law.

Platform IP. The FieldBidder platform — including its software, source code, algorithms, AI models, user interface, visual design, branding, trademarks, and all related content — is the exclusive intellectual property of FieldBidder and its licensors. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved. You may not copy, reproduce, modify, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, create derivative works of, publish, distribute, sublicense, or sell any part of the platform without our prior written consent.

Your Content. You retain full ownership of all bid data, estimates, line items, project notes, and other content you create within the platform ("User Content"). By using the Service, you grant FieldBidder a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to store, process, and transmit your User Content solely to deliver the Service to you. We do not sell, license to third parties, or use your User Content to train AI models without your explicit consent.

Infringement. FieldBidder respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users to do the same. If you believe any content on the platform infringes your intellectual property rights, please contact us at legal@fieldbidder.com with a description of the claimed infringement. We comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and will respond to valid takedown notices.