Terms of Service

Effective date: September 7, 2026
Last updated: September 7, 2026

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of Objection Defense, including objectiondefense.com and its related features and services (collectively, the “Service”). The Service is operated by Daniel Khan in Pennsylvania, United States (“Objection Defense,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service.

If you are under the age of legal majority where you live, you represent that your parent or legal guardian has reviewed and agreed to these Terms and has authorized your use of the Service.

You may not use the Service if you are legally prohibited from doing so.

2. The Service

Objection Defense provides educational mock-trial practice tools, which may include:

• Mock-trial questions and scenarios;
• Objection-recognition exercises;
• Rules quizzes;
• Timed practice;
• AI-generated drills;
• AI-generated rulings and coaching;
• Performance statistics; and
• Links or references to third-party rules and materials.

Features may be added, modified, limited, suspended, or removed at any time.

The Service is currently offered without charge. We may introduce optional paid features in the future, but we will disclose applicable terms and prices before charging you.

3. Educational Use Only

The Service is provided solely for educational and practice purposes.

Objection Defense does not provide legal advice, legal representation, official tournament rulings, or guaranteed competition preparation. Use of the Service does not create an attorney-client relationship or any other professional relationship.

Do not rely on the Service when making legal decisions or handling an actual legal matter. Consult a qualified attorney for legal advice.

4. AI-Generated Content

Some features use artificial intelligence to generate scenarios, questions, rulings, reasoning, explanations, and coaching.

You acknowledge that AI-generated content may:

• Be incorrect or incomplete;
• Misinterpret a question or objection;
• Apply a rule inconsistently;
• Produce a different result from an actual judge;
• Fail to reflect case-specific or tournament-specific rules; or
• Contain technical or factual errors.

You are responsible for reviewing AI-generated content before relying on it. Official competition materials and rulings from authorized tournament officials control over information provided by the Service.

You must not submit confidential, privileged, sensitive, or personally identifying information through AI features.

5. Independent Service and Mock-Trial Organizations

Objection Defense is an independent educational resource. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, endorsed by, or officially associated with the American Mock Trial Association (“AMTA”), the National High School Mock Trial Championship, Inc. (“NHSMTC”), or any state, local, school, collegiate, or invitational mock-trial organization.

Organization names, rules, case materials, trademarks, and related content belong to their respective rights holders.

Rule references, summaries, explanations, and practice scenarios available through the Service may not reflect the most recent competition rules, case-specific modifications, tournament procedures, or official interpretations. You must consult current official materials before relying on the Service in competition. If the Service conflicts with official materials, the official materials control.

6. Accounts

You agree to:

• Provide accurate account information;
• Maintain the confidentiality of your login credentials;
• Use only your own account;
• Notify us promptly if you suspect unauthorized access;
• Accept responsibility for activity occurring through your account; and
• Keep your contact information reasonably current.

You may not sell, transfer, share, or lend your account. We may suspend or restrict accounts that appear compromised or are being used in violation of these Terms.

7. Acceptable Use

You may not:

• Use the Service unlawfully or fraudulently;
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to an account, system, database, or backend function;
• Bypass authentication, rate limits, usage limits, or security controls;
• Use bots, scripts, scrapers, or automated systems to make excessive requests;
• Interfere with the availability or operation of the Service;
• Probe, scan, or test vulnerabilities without written authorization;
• Upload malicious code or content;
• Obtain or attempt to obtain another user’s information;
• Impersonate another person or misrepresent an affiliation;
• Use the Service to harass, threaten, exploit, or harm another person;
• Submit personal or confidential information belonging to another person without authorization;
• Reverse engineer or reproduce nonpublic portions of the Service except where applicable law expressly permits it;
• Use Service outputs to build, train, benchmark, or operate a competing automated service without written permission;
• Remove proprietary notices; or
• Violate the rights of Objection Defense or any third party.

We may apply technical restrictions to prevent abusive or excessive use.

8. User Submissions

You retain ownership of original content you submit to the Service.

You grant Objection Defense a limited, nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, transmit, process, reproduce, and display submitted content only as reasonably necessary to:

• Operate the Service;
• Generate requested AI responses;
• Maintain security;
• Diagnose technical problems; and
• Enforce these Terms.

You represent that you have the right to submit the content and that processing it as described in these Terms will not violate another person’s rights.

Do not submit copyrighted case materials, confidential information, student records, or other protected content unless you have authorization to do so.

9. Intellectual Property

Except for user submissions and third-party materials, the Service—including its design, original scenarios, software, organization, branding, graphics, and original written content—is owned by Daniel Khan or licensed for use in the Service and is protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

Subject to these Terms, you receive a limited, personal, revocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable right to use the Service for lawful educational purposes.

These Terms do not transfer ownership of the Service or grant permission to use Objection Defense branding outside ordinary references to the Service.

10. Third-Party Services

The Service relies on or links to third-party services, which may include Base44, Google, analytics services, AI providers, and official mock-trial websites.

Your use of third-party services may be governed by separate terms and privacy policies. We do not control and are not responsible for third-party services, content, availability, security, or practices.

11. Availability and Modifications

We do not guarantee that the Service will always be available, uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or compatible with every device.

We may modify, suspend, restrict, or discontinue all or part of the Service. Where reasonably practical, we may provide notice of material changes, but we are not obligated to maintain any particular feature.

Practice data stored in browser local storage may be erased, corrupted, or unavailable on another browser or device. You are responsible for maintaining any information you need independently.

12. Suspension and Termination

You may stop using the Service at any time. You may request account deletion by contacting daniel.setrakian@gmail.com.

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate access when we reasonably believe that:

• You violated these Terms;
• Your activity creates security, legal, or operational risk;
• Your account is being used fraudulently or without authorization;
• Your use imposes an unreasonable burden on the Service; or
• Suspension or termination is required by law.

Sections that logically should survive termination—including intellectual-property provisions, disclaimers, limitations of liability, and dispute provisions—will remain effective.

13. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”

OBJECTION DEFENSE DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, AVAILABILITY, AND SECURITY.

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT AI-GENERATED CONTENT, RULE EXPLANATIONS, PRACTICE RESULTS, OR OTHER INFORMATION WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, CURRENT, OR ACCEPTED BY A COACH, JUDGE, TOURNAMENT, SCHOOL, OR OTHER ORGANIZATION.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so portions of this section may not apply to you.

14. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DANIEL KHAN AND OBJECTION DEFENSE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF DATA, OPPORTUNITY, REPUTATION, PROFITS, OR USE ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF DANIEL KHAN AND OBJECTION DEFENSE FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF:

• THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO USE THE SERVICE DURING THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM; OR
• US $100.

These limitations apply regardless of the legal theory asserted and even if a potential loss was foreseeable. They do not exclude liability that cannot legally be excluded.

15. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Daniel Khan and Objection Defense from claims, losses, liabilities, damages, and reasonable expenses arising from:

• Your unlawful or unauthorized use of the Service;
• Your violation of these Terms;
• Content you submit;
• Your infringement of another person’s rights; or
• Your attempt to compromise or misuse the Service.

This section does not require a user to indemnify us for our own unlawful conduct and applies to minors only to the extent permitted by law.

16. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

Any dispute arising from these Terms or the Service will be brought in a state or federal court with lawful jurisdiction in Pennsylvania, unless applicable consumer law requires otherwise. You and Objection Defense consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts to the extent legally permitted.

Before filing a claim, you agree to contact daniel.setrakian@gmail.com and make a good-faith effort to resolve the dispute informally for at least 30 days. This informal-resolution requirement does not prevent either party from seeking urgent injunctive relief or pursuing a claim that legally cannot be subjected to this requirement.

17. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms to reflect changes to the Service, our practices, or applicable law.

We will post revised Terms and update the “Last updated” date. If a change materially affects users’ rights, we will provide additional notice when reasonably required.

Your continued use of the Service after revised Terms become effective constitutes acceptance to the extent permitted by law. If you do not agree to revised Terms, you must stop using the Service.

18. General Provisions

These Terms and the Privacy Policy constitute the agreement between you and Objection Defense concerning the Service.

If a provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in effect. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not transfer your rights under these Terms without our permission. We may transfer our rights and obligations in connection with a reorganization or transfer of the Service.

Headings are provided for convenience and do not affect interpretation.

19. Contact

Questions about these Terms may be sent to:

Daniel Khan
Pennsylvania, United States
Email: daniel.setrakian@gmail.com