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Free tier: parsed sender, deadline ruler, escalation flags.

Note: We are not your lawyer. This tool triages the letter and, where our nine hardcoded rules fire, escalates to counsel — it never generates a response draft in those cases. Rules are published on the About page so you can audit them.
Section 01 · The Receipts

How this tool decides.

Nine hardcoded escalation rules. Not AI-judged. If any of them match your letter, we do not write you a response draft — we hand you a pre-meeting brief for the lawyer instead. That is the whole product philosophy.

  1. 01
    Federal registered trademark cited
    15 U.S.C. § 1114 — Lanham Act infringement.
  2. 02
    Statutory copyright damages + registration cited
    17 U.S.C. § 504(c) — statutory damages up to $150K per work.
  3. 03
    Any patent claim
    35 U.S.C. § 271 — federal court + registered patent bar only.
  4. 04
    Defamation, libel, or slander
    State common law + anti-SLAPP statutes with tight windows.
  5. 05
    DMCA counter-notice request
    17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3) — consents to federal jurisdiction.
  6. 06
    Settlement demand ≥ $5,000
    Fed. R. Evid. 408 — settlement communications are quotable.
  7. 07
    Criminal referral language
    Statements to opposing counsel are not privileged.
  8. 08
    Government / agency signer
    APA-governed responses require specialized counsel.
  9. 09
    Non-compete enforcement
    State law changed dramatically in 2024–2025.
Section 02 · A Redacted Example

What the brief looks like.

Input
Higbee & Associates
Santa Ana, CA

Re: Copyright Infringement — Photograph
Registration No. VA0002123456

Statutory damages under 17 U.S.C. § 504(c)
range from $750 to $150,000 per work.

Remit $8,500 within 30 days.

— Mathew K. Higbee, Esq.
Brief
COPYRIGHT
Rule 2 fires — escalate

Statutory-damages language paired with a specific USPTO registration. Under 17 U.S.C. § 504(c), timely-registered works can support statutory damages from $750 up to $150,000 per work.

Legitimacy signals
  • ▲ Specific registration number cited
  • ▲ Signing attorney with bar-active name
  • ▼ Boilerplate settlement multiplier — verify actual damages theory

A skeptical buyer should be able to see the actual output before paying. That is the point of this section.

Section 03 · Direct Answers

Questions worth asking.

Is this legal advice?
No. Nothing here creates an attorney-client relationship. Where our nine rules fire we escalate you to a licensed attorney in your state; where they do not, we hand you a template and cite every statute we reference. If you need a formal opinion of law, engage counsel.
What if the tool is wrong?
Every citation in the brief resolves to a real statute, procedural rule, or state-bar advisory — never a fabricated case name. The escalation rules are deliberately conservative: we would rather send you to a lawyer for a boilerplate letter than the opposite. If you spot a factual error, delete the brief from your account and email us.
Why $29 instead of a full lawyer?
For the escalation cases you should still hire a lawyer — the brief exists to compress your first-consult intake and save 30–60 minutes of billable time (roughly $150–$250). For the non-escalation cases, the $29 draft beats the current alternative of paying $350–$500 for an initial consult to hear "this looks like boilerplate."
Where does my letter go?
Analysis happens server-side. If you are not signed in and do not pay, we do not store the letter — only a short hash for de-duping. If you pay and check the box to save, we store the letter body under your Clerk user id for 30 days. Delete-on-demand button is in the paid brief.
Do you save my letter?
Only if you pay and explicitly click Save. Otherwise no — the analysis is generated, returned to your browser, and discarded server-side.
Can I share the brief with my attorney?
Yes — paid users generate a share link with a toggleable redaction of names, dates, and dollar amounts. The share page is public but the ID is unguessable.