The agreement prohibits users from using the service in ways that are unlawful, harmful, infringe third-party rights, disrupt the service infrastructure, or develop competing products.
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This provision establishes enforceable use restrictions that may result in account suspension or termination, and includes a prohibition on using the service to develop competing products, which is operationally significant for software companies evaluating competitive risk.
Interpretive note: The scope of the prohibition on developing competing products is not defined in the document, creating interpretive uncertainty regarding what activities may trigger enforcement.
Significantly expanded prohibitions to include broad behavioral restrictions (harmful, fraudulent, deceptive, threatening, abusive, harassing, etc.) and removed specific prohibitions on reverse engineering and automated access, though excerpt appears truncated in current version.
View full change record →Under this clause, users are prohibited from a specified range of uses, including any use that infringes third-party intellectual property rights or involves developing competing products or services using the Tabnine platform.
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"You agree not to use the Services in any way that: (i) is unlawful or violates any applicable laws or regulations; (ii) is harmful, fraudulent, deceptive, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, or otherwise objectionable; (iii) violates any third party's rights, including intellectual property rights; (iv) interferes with or disrupts the Services or servers or networks connected to the Services; (v) uses the Services to develop competing products or services.— Excerpt from Tabnine's Tabnine Terms of Use
1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The prohibition on unlawful use engages applicable law in each user's jurisdiction. The restriction on developing competing products may engage antitrust or competition law review in certain jurisdictions, particularly where Tabnine holds market power in the AI code assistant segment. EU competition law and US antitrust frameworks may be relevant if this restriction is applied in a manner that forecloses market participation. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The anti-competitive use restriction is notable for enterprise users who may develop internal AI tooling or competing developer products. The scope of what constitutes a competing product or service is not further defined in this provision, creating interpretive ambiguity. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU competition law may scrutinize broad anti-competitive use restrictions in software licensing agreements, particularly where the provider holds a significant market position. US antitrust review may be relevant in similar circumstances. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise procurement teams developing internal developer tooling or AI-assisted coding products should assess whether their intended use falls within the prohibition on developing competing products. The ambiguity of the term competing products warrants legal review in contexts where the boundary between internal tooling and a competing product is unclear. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should document acceptable use obligations and communicate them to relevant development and IT teams to avoid inadvertent violations that could trigger account suspension under the at-will termination provision.
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This provision establishes enforceable use restrictions that may result in account suspension or termination, and includes a prohibition on using the service to develop competing products, which is operationally significant for software companies evaluating competitive risk.
Under this clause, users are prohibited from a specified range of uses, including any use that infringes third-party intellectual property rights or involves developing competing products or services using the Tabnine platform.
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