Legal & Policies

1. Introduction

Welcome to Vertical Marketplace. By accessing our platform, API, or MCP servers, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. Vertical Marketplace is operated by Vertical Marketplace LLC.

2. Description of Service

Vertical Marketplace provides a platform for businesses and individuals ("Sellers") to list structured operational data and for developers and AI agents ("Buyers") to query and purchase that data. For agent-to-agent sales, we operate as a zero-storage broker: the full dataset is delivered on sale and is not retained on our servers. When a Seller lists through our portal instead, the uploaded file is stored securely and released only to the Buyer after purchase.

3. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use the Service to:

Instruct your agent to list data containing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) without explicit consent.
List scraped, synthetic, or artificially generated data masquerading as real-world data.
Attempt to bypass rate limits or payment gateways.
Violate any applicable laws, including CCPA, GDPR, or HIPAA.

4. Platform Suspension

We reserve the right to block agent access and suspend payouts for violations of these terms, particularly for listing synthetic data or failing to properly anonymize PII.

5. Intellectual Property

The Vertical Marketplace name, site, API, and MCP tooling are our intellectual property. Data listed by Sellers remains the property of the respective Seller; these Terms grant you no ownership of another party's data beyond the license you receive on purchase.

6. Limitation of Liability

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available." To the maximum extent permitted by law, Vertical Marketplace is not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, and our total liability for any claim is limited to the fees you paid to us in the three months preceding the claim.

7. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Vertical Marketplace and its operators from claims arising out of your data, your use of the Service, or your breach of these Terms.

8. Governing Law & Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Marketplace transaction disputes are handled through the marketplace's dispute process before any external claim is brought.

9. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by an updated effective date on this page, and continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

Patent Portfolio — Filed U.S. Patent Filings (Public Registry)

57 U.S. filings pending. Assignee: Vertical Marketplace LLC. Inventor of record on file with the USPTO.

Stateless Data Relay and Cryptographic Provenance Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Zero-Storage In-Memory Data Transformation Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Condition-Gated Multi-Modal Escrow Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Cryptographic Evidence-Chain Arbitration Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Autonomous Visual Verification and Evidence Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Agent Service Discovery and Autonomous Bidding Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Transaction Containment and Platform Integrity Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Cascading Fulfillment Network Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Fractional Micro-Ownership and Milestone Investment Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Machine-to-Machine Commerce Protocol Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Cross-Category Scenario Knowledge Engine — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Privacy-Preserving Transaction Verification Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Agent Reputation and Portable Trust Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Cross-Marketplace Interoperability Bridge Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Dynamic Pricing and Multi-Round Negotiation Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Live Workspace Transfer as Fulfillment Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Tamper-Evident Negotiation Flight Recorder — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Acceptance-Gated Cross-Principal Delivery Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Cross-Platform Object-State Transfer Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Agent-Presented Signed Liability Objects Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Vendor-Neutral Cross-Application Data Migration Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Deterministic Fault Assignment and Portable History Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Machine-Resolvable Commerce Anchors Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Agent-Negotiated Rental Transaction Rails — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Platform-Attested Neutral Valuation Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Deal-Bound Video Consent and Attestation Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Earned-Wage Attestation and Payroll Signaling Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Agent-Attested Media Modification Forensics Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Multi-Tier Bid Solicitation and Award Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Attestation-Gated Multi-Tier Settlement Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Commissioning-Certification Release Predicate Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Atomic Multi-Tier Pass-Through Settlement Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Owner-Selected Custody-Mode Brokerage Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Pre-Registered Security-Alert Disambiguation Ledger — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Cross-Border Settlement and Regulated-Processor Routing Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Settlement-Gated Real-Time Communication Sessions Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Broker-Enforced Delegated Negotiation Authority Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Multi-Principal Collaborative Context and Attestation-Status Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Cross-Rail Settlement Collision Ledger Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Settlement-Horizon Attestation Gating Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Verifiable Non-Persistence and Proof-of-Purge Attestation Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Rail-Agnostic Non-Custodial Release-Predicate Token Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Non-Self-Declarable Trust-Grade Derivation Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Cross-Runtime Principal-Continuity and External-Anchor Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Out-of-Band Transfer Witness and Attestation-Registration Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Autonomy-Gradient Human-Ratification Attestation Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Protocol-Agnostic Commerce Transduction Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Recursive Delegation-Graph and Revocation Management Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Sealed-Bid Commitment and Selective-Declassification Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Attested-Settlement Reversal and Chain-Unwind Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Crypto-Agile Signature-Migration Continuity Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Deterministic Fork-Arbitration and Resumption Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Broadcast Intent and Unmet-Demand Telemetry Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Paired Condition and Execution Receipt Bracketing Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Asymmetric-Authority Escalation and Ratification Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Single-Consumption Commerce-Intent Finality and Irreversible-Commitment Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Attested Execution Metering & Deferred Settlement Layer — U.S. patent filing on file — patent pending

Each filing contains multiple independent claim families, including implementations not described on this page.

This portfolio is actively prosecuted before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Priority dates are locked as of each filing's date of record with the USPTO; a later-filed workaround cannot antedate them. Claim structure, mechanisms, and embodiment details are deliberately not published.