Terms of Service.
This document outlines the governing protocols, operational agreements, and financial structures for initiating enterprise partnerships with IMITATOR.
Agreement Overview
By engaging with IMITATOR for design, engineering, artificial intelligence integration, or digital transformation services, the Client agrees to be bound by the protocols stipulated within this document. These terms govern all project pipelines and serve to ensure absolute clarity, precision, and mutual protection throughout the lifecycle of our partnership.
Payment Terms
To guarantee the allocation of our elite engineering and design resources, IMITATOR operates on a dual-phase financial protocol. Work does not commence until the initial deposit is secured. INITIALIZATION RETAINER — 50% Advance Required to secure project scheduling, initiate discovery phases, and begin architectural development. This deposit is strictly non-refundable once architectural work commences. DEPLOYMENT HANDOVER — 50% on Completion The remaining balance is due immediately upon project completion, prior to the migration of final assets to the Client's live production servers and the transfer of Intellectual Property rights. Delays in the clearance of the final 50% invoice will result in the suspension of deployment protocols. The Agency retains full ownership of all assets until the financial ledger is cleared.
Project Timelines & Client Responsibilities
Project schedules outlined in the initial proposal are estimates based on continuous workflow. Should the Client delay in providing necessary data, feedback, or approvals (exceeding 5 business days), the project timeline will be recalibrated. IMITATOR reserves the right to pause the project and reassign resources, which may incur a project restart fee.
Intellectual Property Rights
Upon full clearance of the final 50% invoice, the Client is granted 100% exclusive ownership of the final deliverables, bespoke source code, and design assets engineered specifically for their project. However, IMITATOR retains the right to utilize underlying, pre-existing libraries, algorithms, and non-bespoke foundational code developed prior to the engagement. We also reserve the right to feature the completed project within our portfolio, unless a strict Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) overrides this clause.
Revisions & Scope
Revisions are permitted within the boundaries of the approved initial scope documentation. Requests for additional features, structural redesigns after architectural approval, or AI model scope expansions will be classified as Scope Creep. These will be paused, audited, and billed under a separate addendum at our standard hourly engineering rate before implementation.
Limitation of Liability
While IMITATOR engineers highly secure, autonomous systems, the digital landscape is inherently volatile. The Agency shall not be held liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, including data loss or business interruption, arising post-deployment. Once the system is handed over and accepted by the Client, routine maintenance, security patching, and server health become the Client's liability, unless a continuous maintenance retainer has been actively secured.
Termination
Either party may terminate the partnership with written notice if a material breach of these terms occurs. If the Client terminates the project prematurely without cause, the 50% initialization retainer is forfeited. If the work completed exceeds the value of the retainer, IMITATOR will invoice for the uncompensated architectural labor.