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The terms governing access to and use of Pattern Pony, including accounts, membership, user content, safety, and disputes.

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1. Welcome

Welcome to Pattern Pony. Pattern Pony is a membership-based platform for creating, organizing, viewing, and sharing equestrian patterns. We built it for the people who design, run, judge, and ride patterns, and we want using it to be as pleasant as possible. Part of that is being clear about the rules.

These Terms of Service (these "Terms") are a binding legal agreement between you and Pattern Pony. "Pattern Pony," "we," "us," and "our" refer to Pattern Pony LLC, a Texas limited liability company and the operator of the Pattern Pony platform.

Please read these Terms carefully. They include, among other things, a license you grant us to your content (Section 9), important safety and assumption-of-risk provisions for equestrian activity (Sections 18 and 25), disclaimers of warranties (Section 23), limitations on our liability (Section 24), and a dispute-resolution section (Section 27).

2. Acceptance of These Terms and Incorporated Policies

By accessing or using the Platform, creating an Account, or purchasing a Subscription, you agree to these Terms and to the following policies, each of which is incorporated into these Terms by reference (collectively, the "Policies"):

  • Privacy Policy
  • Community Guidelines
  • Marketplace Policy
  • Subscription & Billing Policy
  • Acceptable Use Policy
  • Copyright & DMCA Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Any additional rules, guidelines, or supplemental terms we publish for specific features

If you do not agree to these Terms and the Policies, do not use the Platform.

If a Policy conflicts with these Terms, these Terms control unless the Policy expressly states that it supplements or modifies these Terms on a specific subject.

3. Definitions

Capitalized terms used in these Terms and the Policies have the meanings below.

  • "Platform" means Pattern Pony's websites, web applications, any mobile applications we may later offer, software, interfaces, content, features, and related services.
  • "Services" means the functions, tools, Subscriptions, Marketplace access, content, and other services provided through the Platform.
  • "Member," "user," or "you" means a person who accesses or uses the Platform.
  • "Account" means a registered user account.
  • "Subscription" or "Membership" means paid access to some or all of the Services under the applicable plan.
  • "User Content" means the creative and expressive materials a user submits, creates, uploads, or makes available through the Platform — Patterns, drawings, instructions, legends, images, listings, titles, descriptions, tags, show and template structures, profile images, and show logos. User Content does not include Account Information or payment information.
  • "Account Information" means the personal information associated with your Account — such as your name, email address, birth year, ZIP code, display name/username, authentication information, and billing metadata. Account Information is handled as described in the Privacy Policy, not licensed as creative content under Section 9.
  • "Feedback" means suggestions, ideas, feature requests, mockups, and similar input about the Platform, addressed in Section 13.
  • "Pattern" means a user-created or user-submitted arrangement, course, exercise, diagram, layout, instruction set, or related content for equestrian use.
  • "Private Pattern" means a Pattern not published to the Marketplace. Private Patterns are not visible to other ordinary Members but may be accessed by Pattern Pony personnel and service providers as necessary to operate, secure, support, improve, moderate, enforce, and comply with law, as described in the Privacy Policy.
  • "Published Pattern" means a Pattern that a user elects to make available in the Marketplace, subject to review, moderation, and removal.
  • "Marketplace" means the member-accessible discovery area where Published Patterns and related collections may be viewed, organized, ranked, recommended, featured, or otherwise presented. The Marketplace is not currently a sales marketplace, and no payments occur between Members.
  • "Third-Party Services" means payment processors, authentication providers, hosting, analytics, monitoring, communication, infrastructure, and other external providers integrated with the Platform.

4. Eligibility and Minors

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Platform. By using the Platform, you represent that you are at least 13 and that you are not barred from using the Platform under any applicable law.

The person who purchases a Subscription and accepts these Terms must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority where they live, if higher). If you are between 13 and 17, you may use the Platform only under a Subscription purchased by a parent or legal guardian who accepts these Terms, authorizes the recurring charges, is responsible for all charges associated with the Account, and is responsible for your use of the Platform. By purchasing a Subscription, you represent that you are at least 18 years old and, if you are purchasing for a minor's use, that you are the minor's parent or legal guardian.

A parent or legal guardian who permits a minor between 13 and 17 to use the Platform is responsible for supervising that use and for all activity conducted through the Account. You may not permit a child under 13 to access or use the Platform. If we reasonably believe that an Account was created by or is being used by someone who is not eligible, we may request age or guardian verification and may suspend or terminate the Account without a refund, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

5. Account Registration and Security

To use most of the Services, you must create an Account. You agree to:

  • provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration and keep it up to date;
  • keep your login credentials confidential and not share them with anyone, except that a parent or legal guardian may permit and supervise use by a minor between 13 and 17 as allowed by Section 4;
  • notify us promptly at support@patternpony.com if you suspect unauthorized access to your Account; and
  • accept responsibility for all activity that occurs under your Account.

You may not sell or transfer your Account or Subscription access or share it except as expressly allowed for supervised use under Section 4. The adult Account holder remains responsible for activity conducted through the Account. We may require verification of your identity, age, guardian authority, or account information at any time. We may not be able to recover Accounts, content, or data where credentials are lost or the Account has been compromised, and we are not responsible for losses caused by your failure to protect your credentials.

6. Usernames, Display Names, and Identity

You may not choose or use a username or display name that impersonates another person; is misleading about your identity or affiliation; infringes a trademark or other right; suggests affiliation with Pattern Pony or with any equestrian organization, brand, event, or public figure without authorization; or is offensive, deceptive, or otherwise objectionable as we determine in our discretion.

We may reject, reclaim, rename, or remove any username or display name at any time, in our discretion. You do not acquire any ownership right in a username or display name.

7. Subscriptions and Billing

Access to the Services requires a paid Subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically at the stated interval until cancelled. By subscribing, you authorize recurring charges to your payment method until you cancel.

Payments are processed by Stripe; your payment information is subject to Stripe's own terms and privacy practices. Payments are generally non-refundable except where required by law or expressly granted by Pattern Pony. If you cancel, your cancellation stops future renewals, and your access generally continues through the end of your current paid billing period. Prices may change with reasonable advance notice where required.

Full billing details — renewals, cancellation, failed payments, taxes, price changes, trials, and promotions — are set out in the Subscription & Billing Policy, which is part of these Terms.

8. Private and Published Patterns; User Content Ownership

Private by default. Patterns you create are private by default. Private Patterns are not visible to other ordinary Members. However, Private Patterns are stored and processed on our systems, and authorized Pattern Pony personnel and service providers may access them as necessary to operate, support, secure, improve, and moderate the Platform, to enforce our agreements, and to comply with law, as described in the Privacy Policy. We do not promise that any content is invisible to Pattern Pony itself.

Publishing is your choice. You may elect to publish a Pattern (or a Collection, Course Layout, or Show Package built from Patterns) to the Marketplace, where it becomes visible to other Members. Publication is subject to the Marketplace Policy, including our review, moderation, and removal rights.

Deletion has limits. If you delete or unpublish content or close your Account: the user-facing copy is removed, but copies may persist in backups, archives, logs, and moderation, legal, security, and fraud records; content other Members have already saved or forked through Platform features may remain in their libraries; uses already made under Section 9 remain authorized; and our license to your content continues as described in Section 9. We do not promise that deletion removes all copies from all systems. Pattern Pony will not begin new public or promotional uses of a Private Pattern after you delete it, except as Section 9.1 permits.

You own your content. As between you and Pattern Pony, you retain ownership of your original User Content. You represent and warrant that you own or have all rights, permissions, and consents necessary to submit your User Content and to grant the license below, and that your User Content does not violate law or the rights of any person.

9. Licenses You Grant to Pattern Pony

This section is important. Please read it carefully. The rights you grant us depend on whether your content is private or published. Private content gets an operational license so we can run the service; published content gets a broader public-facing license so the Marketplace can work.

9.1 License to Private Content

For User Content that is not published to the Marketplace (including Private Patterns), you grant Pattern Pony a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid license — transferable to an affiliate, successor, purchaser, or acquirer, and sublicensable to our service providers — to host, store, cache, copy, reproduce, format, back up, migrate, secure, and process the content; to display and deliver it to you; to generate previews, exports, and prints you request; to analyze it internally; to moderate and enforce our agreements; to comply with legal obligations; and to preserve historical, fraud, moderation, security, and legal records.

Pattern Pony will not publicly publish, publicly display, market, or promote your private content, or publicly identify it as yours, unless: (a) you publish it; (b) you separately authorize the use; (c) it has been anonymized or aggregated so it no longer identifies you or reveals your specific content; or (d) disclosure is required by law.

This license continues after deletion of the content or closure of your Account to the extent needed for the operational, security, record-keeping, and legal purposes above and permitted by applicable law, and is irrevocable as to uses already made, copies already created for those purposes, and records already generated.

9.2 License to Published Content

For User Content you elect to publish to the Marketplace (including Published Patterns and published Collections, Course Layouts, and Show Packages), you grant Pattern Pony everything in Section 9.1 plus a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, transferable, sublicensable (through multiple tiers, including to Members as described in Section 12), perpetual, and irrevocable license to publish, publicly display, distribute, transmit, communicate, market, promote, feature, advertise, demonstrate, reformat, translate, adapt for display, create previews and derivative presentations of, index, search, rank, recommend, and otherwise use the content in connection with the Platform, the Services, related products, and Pattern Pony's business operations.

This license survives unpublishing and deletion. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, it continues after you unpublish or delete the content, cancel your Subscription, or your Account is closed, suspended, or terminated — allowing us, among other things, to maintain backups and archives, preserve legal and safety records, keep the Platform functioning for Members who saved or forked the content, retain promotional and historical materials already created, and continue uses already underway.

9.3 No Obligation

Pattern Pony has no obligation to use, publish, display, or maintain any User Content.

10. Name, Likeness, and Attribution

When you publish content to the Marketplace, the identity you have chosen to make public on the Platform — your display name, username, profile image, and creator attribution — may be displayed with that content and in Platform features and promotion reasonably related to that content or to Pattern Pony (for example, featured rows, creator spotlights, and marketing that showcases Marketplace content). You grant us permission for these uses. This permission applies only to published content and your public Platform identity; it does not extend to your private content or private identity, does not imply that you personally endorse Pattern Pony beyond being a member or creator, and does not permit use of your name or likeness to endorse unrelated third-party products without your separate consent.

11. Pattern Pony's Materials

Pattern Pony owns the Platform and everything we create, including our software, interfaces, visual design, branding, trademarks, logos, databases, compilations, documentation, analytics, aggregate statistics, rankings, recommendations, and other materials. Pattern Pony owns the software, templates, visual systems, and formatting technology used to generate previews, exports, and other presentations of User Content — but ownership of the underlying User Content itself remains with you as described in Section 8. Except for the limited right to use the Services as intended under these Terms, no rights in Pattern Pony's materials are granted to you.

12. Marketplace

The Marketplace is a member-only discovery area, not a store:

  • No payments between Members. The Marketplace does not currently process sales, royalties, peer-to-peer payments, or any other transfers of money. Creators are not paid for Published Patterns. If paid Marketplace features are ever introduced, they will be offered under separate or updated terms.
  • No promise of publication or visibility. We may review, approve, decline, rank, feature, promote, reclassify, unpublish, hide, or remove any Marketplace item at any time, in our discretion, with or without explanation, subject to law.
  • No endorsement. Availability of a Pattern in the Marketplace is not an endorsement, a safety certification, or a representation of accuracy or rule compliance.
  • Details govern. The Marketplace Policy contains the full rules for publishing, saving, forking, attribution, and removal.

License between Members. When you publish content to the Marketplace, you grant each other Member a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable (except through supported Platform features), non-sublicensable license to: view the content; save it to their Pattern Pony library; print or export it for personal equestrian use (for example, pattern handouts and show books); modify or fork it through supported Platform features; republish an authorized fork with the attribution the Platform preserves; and continue using a copy they previously saved or forked if you later unpublish, subject to removal by Pattern Pony for legal, safety, or policy reasons. This member license is limited to personal and internal equestrian use within and through the Platform. It does not permit selling the content, scraping or bulk-extracting it, redistributing it outside the Platform except through features designed for that purpose, removing attribution, or using it to build a competing pattern library, and it is subject to the Acceptable Use Policy and the Marketplace Policy.

13. Feedback

If you send us suggestions, ideas, feature requests, mockups, or other feedback about the Platform, you grant us the right to use it without restriction, compensation, attribution, or any obligation to you. Feedback does not include personal information you share in private support communications, which is handled under the Privacy Policy.

14. Acceptable Use and Community Standards

Your use of the Platform must comply with the Acceptable Use Policy and the Community Guidelines. We may investigate suspected violations and take any enforcement action described in Section 22, in the Policies, or otherwise available to us.

We respect intellectual property rights and expect Members to do the same. Copyright complaints are handled under the Copyright & DMCA Policy, which includes our notice-and-takedown process, counter-notice process, and repeat-infringer policy. We may terminate the Accounts of repeat infringers. We have no obligation to adjudicate ownership disputes between users beyond legally required procedures.

16. Third-Party Services

The Platform depends on Third-Party Services, including payment processing, authentication, hosting, analytics, monitoring, and communications. Those services are governed by their own terms and privacy practices. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Pattern Pony is not responsible for the acts, omissions, content, policies, availability, or failures of Third-Party Services. This allocation of risk does not limit Pattern Pony's own obligations under these Terms and the Privacy Policy, including our responsibility for selecting and instructing the service providers that process personal information on our behalf.

17. Beta, Preview, and Changing Features

Pattern Pony is an evolving product. Features may be added, changed, limited, suspended, or removed at any time. Features identified as beta, preview, experimental, or early access may be unstable, may contain errors, may be provided "as is," and may be discontinued without notice. You should not rely on the continued availability of any feature.

18. Equestrian Activity and Safety

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT ADDRESSES THE INHERENT RISKS OF EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITY.

Horses are large, powerful, and unpredictable animals. Riding, handling, training, arena work, equipment use, and all other equestrian activity are inherently dangerous and can result in serious bodily injury, death, injury to horses, and damage to property, even when everyone involved acts carefully. Arena conditions, footing, surfaces, weather, equipment, facilities, rider ability, horse temperament and behavior, spacing, speed, and supervision vary widely and are entirely outside Pattern Pony's knowledge or control.

Patterns on the Platform are informational drawings and instructions. Pattern Pony does not inspect arenas, supervise activity, evaluate horses or riders, certify or approve Patterns, or guarantee that any Pattern is safe, suitable, or appropriate for any horse, rider, arena, or situation.

Before using any Pattern, you must independently evaluate it — including arena size and spacing, footing, equipment, weather, the experience and ability of horse and rider, and the need for qualified supervision — and you alone decide whether and how to use it. You are responsible for adapting or declining to use any Pattern.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY ASSUME ALL RISKS ARISING FROM EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITY AND FROM THE USE OF ANY PATTERN OR OTHER CONTENT OBTAINED THROUGH THE PLATFORM, INCLUDING RISKS OF BODILY INJURY, DEATH, INJURY TO ANIMALS, VETERINARY EXPENSE, AND PROPERTY DAMAGE.

[COUNSEL REVIEW: Confirm conspicuousness requirements and any required statutory language under Texas law, including the Texas Equine Activity statute (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code ch. 87) and whether a separate signed/clickwrap acknowledgement is advisable.]

19. No Professional Advice or Rule Compliance

Content on the Platform — including Patterns, instructions, and tips — is provided for informational and organizational purposes only. It is not veterinary, medical, legal, safety, coaching, competition, or other professional advice.

Pattern Pony does not guarantee that any Pattern complies with the current rules of AQHA, APHA, Color Breed Congress, or any other association, event, facility, insurer, or governing body. These organization names are used only to identify them; Pattern Pony is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sanctioned by any of them. You are responsible for verifying current rules and obtaining advice from qualified professionals.

20. Member Interactions

Where the Platform allows Members to view one another's profiles or content or otherwise interact, you are solely responsible for those interactions and should use good judgment. Pattern Pony does not verify the identity, credentials, or claims of every Member.

21. Service Availability

We strive to keep the Platform available, but we do not promise uninterrupted or error-free operation. Maintenance, outages, security events, Third-Party Service failures, legal requirements, and business decisions may affect availability, features, or your access, temporarily or permanently.

22. Suspension, Termination, and Content Actions

We may investigate suspected violations of these Terms or the Policies and may, at any time and in our discretion, subject to applicable law: issue warnings; edit, label, hide, reclassify, unpublish, restrict, or remove content; limit features; suspend or terminate Accounts; refuse service; and preserve or disclose information as described in the Privacy Policy. We may act immediately and without prior notice where we believe there is risk to any person, animal, the Platform, or Pattern Pony, or in cases of abuse, fraud, illegality, nonpayment, or policy violation.

You may stop using the Platform and cancel your Subscription at any time through your Account or the payment processor's customer portal. You may also request cancellation or Account closure by emailing memberships@patternpony.com. Cancellation and access effects are described in the Subscription & Billing Policy. Upon termination of your Account for any reason, your right to access the Services ends; Sections that by their nature should survive — including Sections 9, 10, 11, 13, 18, 19, and 23 through 29 — survive termination.

23. Disclaimers of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE PLATFORM, THE SERVICES, AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, SAFETY, AVAILABILITY, OR RESULTS. PATTERN PONY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE PLATFORM WILL BE SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED, OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ANY CONTENT, INCLUDING ANY PATTERN, IS ACCURATE, SAFE, OR SUITABLE FOR ANY PURPOSE.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.

24. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, PATTERN PONY AND ITS OWNERS, OPERATORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, LICENSORS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY BODILY INJURY, DEATH, INJURY TO ANIMALS, VETERINARY EXPENSE, PROPERTY DAMAGE, LOSS OF DATA, LOST PROFITS, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PLATFORM, THE SERVICES, ANY CONTENT, OR THESE TERMS, EVEN IF PATTERN PONY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, PATTERN PONY'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PLATFORM, THE SERVICES, OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO PATTERN PONY IN THE [TWELVE (12)] MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) [ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US $100)].

[COUNSEL REVIEW: Confirm the cap amount, lookback period, and enforceability of these exclusions under Texas law, including as applied to personal-injury claims.]

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability, so some of the above may not apply to you.

25. Assumption of Risk and Release

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you release Pattern Pony and its owners, operators, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, and service providers from all claims, demands, and damages arising out of or relating to (a) equestrian activity undertaken in connection with any Pattern or other content obtained through the Platform, and (b) the acts, omissions, or content of other Members or third parties. This release works together with, and does not limit, Sections 18, 23, and 24.

[COUNSEL REVIEW: Texas fair-notice doctrine (conspicuousness and express-negligence rule) applies to releases and indemnities. Confirm formatting, wording, and whether a separate affirmative acknowledgement at signup is required for enforceability.]

26. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Pattern Pony and its owners, operators, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, and service providers from and against claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of: your User Content; your intentional misuse of the Platform; your violation of applicable law; your infringement or violation of the intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights of any person; fraud committed through your Account; unauthorized commercial activity using the Platform; or your material violation of these Terms or the Policies. We may assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you (at our expense), in which case you agree to cooperate with our defense and not to settle any such matter without our written consent.

[COUNSEL REVIEW: Confirm the scope of this consumer indemnity under Texas law, including whether a duty to defend (rather than indemnify and hold harmless) is appropriate, and fair-notice/conspicuousness requirements.]

27. Dispute Resolution: Arbitration and Class-Action Waiver

[PROPOSED PROVISION — NOT FINAL. The business has tentatively selected individual arbitration with a class-action waiver, but this is a significant business and legal decision that requires Texas counsel review before publication. A courts-only alternative is provided at the end of this Section for counsel to consider. Whichever version is selected, the other must be deleted, and this bracketed note removed, before these Terms are published. If arbitration is retained, it also requires operational implementation: conspicuous clickwrap reference at signup, a monitored opt-out channel with permanent opt-out records, linked provider rules, consumer-rule fee alignment, and re-acceptance by existing members.]

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT AND TO HAVE A JURY TRIAL.

27.1 Informal resolution first. Before filing any claim, you and Pattern Pony agree to try to resolve the dispute informally. Either party may start this process by sending a written notice describing the dispute to the other (legal@patternpony.com for notices to us). The parties will attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute within sixty (60) days of the notice. Neither party may begin arbitration or litigation before this period ends.

27.2 Binding individual arbitration. Except as provided in Sections 27.4 and 27.5, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Policies, or the Platform will be resolved by final and binding arbitration administered by [ARBITRATION PROVIDER — e.g., the American Arbitration Association] under its consumer arbitration rules. The arbitration will be conducted by a single arbitrator, in English, and — unless the parties agree otherwise or the rules require otherwise — in [COUNTY], Texas, or remotely by videoconference. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Section.

27.3 Class-action and jury-trial waiver. YOU AND PATTERN PONY EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY AND THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION, CLASS ARBITRATION, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. CLAIMS MAY BE BROUGHT ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. If this waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim (and only that claim) must proceed in court under Section 27.6.

27.4 Small-claims carve-out. Either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court in [COUNTY], Texas (or, for you, the county where you live) if the claim qualifies.

27.5 Injunctive relief. Either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in court to protect intellectual property or prevent unauthorized access to or abuse of the Platform.

27.6 Governing law and venue. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas and applicable U.S. federal law, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. For any matter not subject to arbitration, you and Pattern Pony consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in [COUNTY], Texas.

27.7 Opt-out. You may opt out of the arbitration and class-waiver provisions of this Section by sending written notice to legal@patternpony.com within thirty (30) days of first accepting these Terms. Opting out does not affect any other provision of these Terms.

[ALTERNATIVE FOR COUNSEL — COURTS-ONLY VERSION: If counsel recommends against arbitration, replace Sections 27.1–27.5 and 27.7 with the following and retain Section 27.6: "Before filing any claim, you and Pattern Pony agree to attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute informally for sixty (60) days after written notice (legal@patternpony.com for notices to us). Any dispute not resolved informally will be resolved exclusively in the state and federal courts located in [COUNTY], Texas, and you and Pattern Pony consent to their jurisdiction and venue. Either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court if it qualifies. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas and applicable U.S. federal law, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules."]

[COUNSEL REVIEW: Confirm the arbitration-vs-courts choice, arbitration provider, consumer-rule fee allocation, opt-out mechanics, mass-arbitration exposure, and overall enforceability under Texas and federal law.]

28. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms and the Policies from time to time. For material changes, we will provide reasonable advance notice — for example, by email, an in-product notice, or a re-acceptance prompt at login — as appropriate or as required by law. For changes that materially affect the content licenses (Section 9), dispute resolution (Section 27), recurring billing terms, how we use personal information, or the allocation of liability, we will require affirmative re-acceptance rather than relying on continued use alone. Minor updates (such as clarifications or corrections) may take effect when posted. Each version will show its effective date. Your continued use of the Platform after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms, to the extent permitted by law. If you do not agree to a change, you must stop using the Platform and may cancel your Subscription.

29. General Provisions

  • Assignment. You may not assign these Terms or your Account. Pattern Pony may assign these Terms, in whole or in part, to an affiliate, successor, purchaser, or acquirer without your consent where legally permitted.
  • Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Policies, are the entire agreement between you and Pattern Pony regarding the Platform and supersede all prior agreements on that subject.
  • Severability. If any provision is held unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary or severed, and the remaining provisions remain in effect.
  • No waiver. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later.
  • Force majeure. We are not liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond our reasonable control.
  • Survival. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination survive, as described in Section 22.
  • No agency. Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, employment, or agency relationship.
  • Electronic communications. You consent to receive notices and communications from us electronically, including by email and in-product messages, and you agree that electronic acceptance of these Terms has the same force as a physical signature.
  • Headings and interpretation. Headings are for convenience only. "Including" means "including without limitation."
  • Notices. Legal notices to Pattern Pony must be sent to legal@patternpony.com and/or [BUSINESS MAILING ADDRESS]. We may provide notices to you via your Account email or the Platform.

30. Contact

Questions about these Terms can be sent to legal@patternpony.com.