Legal
Version 1.0 · Effective 23 September 2026
1.1 These Terms of Service (the "Terms") govern all contracts between Morphica Technologies, a sole proprietorship of Dino Dervisevic, Rathenaustraße 132, 80937 Munich, Germany, trading as "ThesisDraft" (the "Provider"), and its customers (the "Customer") concerning the add-in for Microsoft Word published under the name "ThesisDraft" and the services connected to it ("ThesisDraft for Word" or the "Service").
1.2 These Terms apply to consumers within the meaning of § 13 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, "BGB") and to entrepreneurs within the meaning of § 14 BGB, unless a provision states that it applies only to one of them.
1.3 Conflicting or supplementary terms of the Customer do not become part of the contract, even if the Provider does not expressly object to them.
1.4 The analysis tools offered on thesisdraft.com (in particular the AI check, the citation and source check and the watermark check) and the Academic Rewrite are not part of the Service. They are governed exclusively by the Provider's general Terms of Service at thesisdraft.com/legal/terms/.
1.5 The Service is distributed through Microsoft AppSource. The contract for the Service is concluded exclusively between the Customer and the Provider. Microsoft Corporation and its affiliates are not a party to it and bear no responsibility for the Service, its content, its availability or its support. The use of Microsoft Word is governed by the Customer's separate agreement with Microsoft.
In these Terms:
3.1 The presentation of the Service and its Plans on the Provider's website and in the add-in does not constitute a binding offer, but an invitation to the Customer to submit an offer.
3.2 The order process comprises the following steps:
3.3 Until the order button is clicked, the Customer can identify and correct input errors at any time, using the correction functions of the checkout page or by returning to the previous step.
3.4 The contract is concluded when the Provider accepts the Customer's offer. Acceptance takes place by activating the Plan in the Customer's Account following confirmation of payment, and at the latest by the confirmation email under § 3.5.
3.5 Following conclusion of the contract, the Provider sends the Customer a confirmation on a durable medium (email) containing the essential terms of the contract, these Terms and the withdrawal notice.
3.6 The Provider does not store the individual contract text in a form accessible to the Customer. The current version of these Terms is available at any time at thesisdraft.com/legal/word-terms/; the version applicable to the Customer's contract is contained in the confirmation under § 3.5.
3.7 The contract languages are German and English.
4.1 The Service may be used by natural persons who are at least sixteen (16) years of age. A person under eighteen (18) years of age may conclude a Subscription only with the consent of their legal guardian.
4.2 An Account is created with an email address and a password, or through sign-in with an existing Microsoft or Google account. The Provider does not require the Customer's name, institution, supervisor or student identification number for any function of the Service.
4.3 The Customer shall provide accurate information, keep their sign-in credentials confidential and inform the Provider without undue delay of any suspected misuse of the Account. An Account is personal and may not be shared with or transferred to third parties.
4.4 The Customer may delete the Account at any time in the account settings. Deletion of the Account terminates any existing Subscription with immediate effect. Before confirming deletion, the Customer is informed that fees already paid for the current billing period are not refunded, unless the Customer is entitled to a refund on another legal ground. Customers who wish to use the Service until the end of the paid period should first cancel the Subscription under § 12.4 and delete the Account afterwards.
5.1 ThesisDraft for Word is a software service provided as a task pane within Microsoft Word. Depending on the Plan, it enables the Customer in particular:
5.2 The Service inserts AI Output into the Customer's document only on the Customer's instruction, and only in a form that allows the Customer to review it, namely as tracked changes or, where the Customer's version of Word does not support them, as marked passages. The Customer decides whether to accept, amend or reject each insertion.
5.3 The Service requires a version of Microsoft Word supported by the add-in, an internet connection, and a Plan. The supported versions are stated on the Provider's website.
5.4 The detailed scope of each Plan results from the description shown at the time of the order.
6.1 AI Output is generated by artificial intelligence models. The Service is designed to base statements on passages of Sources in the Customer's Library, to cite those passages, and to refrain from generating statements for which the Library provides no support.
6.2 The Customer acknowledges that, owing to the nature of the technology, AI Output may be inaccurate, incomplete or misleading, may attribute a statement to a Source passage that does not support it, and may resemble content generated for other users. The Provider does not warrant that AI Output is correct, complete or suitable for a particular purpose. Statutory liability and warranty rights under §§ 16 and 17 remain unaffected.
6.3 The Customer shall review each item of AI Output before using it, in particular whether each cited Source passage supports the statement to which it is attached and whether bibliographic information is complete and correct.
7.1 The Customer is solely responsible for complying with the rules of their educational institution and the applicable examination regulations, including any obligation to disclose the use of artificial intelligence or of the Service.
7.2 The Provider does not warrant that work produced with the Service will be accepted by any institution, will achieve a particular assessment, or will be classified in any particular way by any analysis software.
7.3 The Service is intended to support the Customer's own academic work. It may not be used to produce work that a person other than the Customer is to submit as their own.
8.1 The Customer retains all rights in Customer Content. The Customer grants the Provider a non-exclusive, non-transferable right, limited to the term of the contract and the period of storage under the Privacy Notice, to store, reproduce and process Customer Content to the extent required to provide the Service to the Customer. The Provider does not use Customer Content for any other purpose; in particular, it does not publish it, make it available to other users, or use it to train artificial intelligence models.
8.2 The Customer warrants that they are entitled to use the Sources they upload for their own academic work, and that Customer Content does not infringe the rights of third parties or applicable law.
8.3 Sources proposed by the Service are open-access publications. They are added to the Library only with the Customer's confirmation, and remain subject to the licence terms of their respective rights holders.
8.4 As between the parties, the Customer is entitled to AI Output generated for them. To the extent that rights of the Provider arise in AI Output, the Provider grants the Customer an exclusive, perpetual, worldwide and royalty-free right to use it for any purpose. The Customer acknowledges that AI Output may not be protected by copyright.
9.1 The Service is offered in the Plans Basis and Plus, each billed monthly, and Semesterpass, billed once for a fixed term of six (6) months. The price, the billing interval and the scope of each Plan are shown before the order is submitted. The price stated at the time of the order applies.
9.2 The Provider applies the small-business scheme under § 19(1) of the German Value Added Tax Act (Umsatzsteuergesetz); accordingly, no value-added tax is charged or shown.
9.3 Fees are payable in advance at the beginning of each billing period. Payment is processed by Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd., using the payment method selected by the Customer. The Provider does not receive or store payment card data.
9.4 Where the Customer uses a discount code issued by a creator cooperating with the Provider, the price of the Subscription is reduced by the percentage stated at checkout for as long as the Subscription continues without interruption. Only one code may be applied per Subscription. Codes cannot be combined, exchanged for cash or applied retroactively.
9.5 The Provider may change the price of an ongoing Subscription only with the Customer's consent. The Provider shall notify the Customer of any proposed change by email at least six (6) weeks before it is to take effect. If the Customer does not consent, the Subscription continues at the existing price; both parties retain their right of cancellation under § 12. The Customer's silence does not constitute consent.
9.6 If a payment fails, the Provider notifies the Customer and may suspend the AI functions until payment has been received. The Customer's access to their Library and projects is not affected.
10.1 Each Plan includes a Usage Allowance for the AI functions of the Service, the scope of which depends on the Plan. The Usage Allowance renews on the first day of each calendar month. Unused allowance does not carry over.
10.2 The Customer can view the remaining Usage Allowance in the Account at any time, and is notified when 80 percent of it has been used.
10.3 When the Usage Allowance is exhausted, the AI functions are paused until it renews. All other functions, in particular access to the Library, the projects and the source references, remain available.
10.4 The Usage Allowance is set so that normal use of the Service for its intended purpose does not exhaust it.
11.1 The Customer shall not:
11.2 Where there are specific indications of a breach of § 11.1, the Provider may temporarily block the Customer's access to the affected functions, having regard to the legitimate interests of the Customer, in particular the Customer's access to their own Customer Content. The right to terminate for cause under § 12.6 remains unaffected.
12.1 Subscriptions to the Plans Basis and Plus are concluded for an indefinite term with a billing period of one month. Either party may cancel them at any time, with effect from the end of the current billing period.
12.2 The Semesterpass is concluded for a fixed term of six (6) months and ends automatically on expiry of that term, without any need for cancellation. It does not renew. The Provider reminds the Customer of the end of the term by email no later than fourteen (14) days in advance.
12.3 A change of Plan takes effect immediately. Fees already paid are credited pro rata against the new Plan.
12.4 The Customer may cancel:
The Provider confirms receipt of the cancellation and the date on which it takes effect by email without undue delay.
12.5 After the Subscription ends, the AI functions are no longer available. The Account, the projects and the Library remain accessible to the Customer for reading and export until they are deleted in accordance with the Privacy Notice.
12.6 The right of either party to terminate for good cause without notice remains unaffected. Good cause for the Provider exists in particular in the event of a serious or repeated breach of § 11 despite a warning. If the Provider terminates for a reason for which the Customer is not responsible, it refunds fees paid in advance for the period after the termination takes effect.
13.1 Consumers have a statutory right of withdrawal. The withdrawal notice is set out in Annex 1, and the model withdrawal form in Annex 2.
13.2 During the order process, the Customer may expressly request that the Provider begin providing the Service before the end of the withdrawal period. In that case, if the Customer withdraws, the Customer owes compensation for the services provided up to the time of withdrawal, in accordance with Annex 1. The right of withdrawal expires once the Provider has provided the service in full.
13.3 In addition to the statutory right of withdrawal and without restricting it, the Provider refunds the full fee, without any deduction under § 13.2, to a Customer who withdraws within fourteen (14) days of concluding their first Subscription.
14.1 The Provider shall provide the Service with the care of a prudent business and strives for the highest possible availability. The Provider does not guarantee uninterrupted availability. Temporary restrictions may arise, in particular from necessary maintenance, from disruptions to services on which the Service depends (in particular Microsoft Word and the infrastructure and AI providers named in the Privacy Notice), and from security measures.
14.2 If the AI functions of a paid Subscription are unavailable for more than seventy-two (72) hours in total within one billing month for reasons within the Provider's sphere of responsibility, the Customer is entitled, at their option, to a credit or a refund of the fee in proportion to the period of unavailability. Further statutory rights remain unaffected.
14.3 Support is available at thesisdraft.com/support/, by email to contact@morphica.de and by telephone at +49 157 58540174.
14.4 The Customer may report AI Output that is unlawful, infringes rights, is harmful or is manifestly incorrect by email to contact@morphica.de. The Provider examines each report without undue delay and informs the Customer of the outcome.
15.1 The Provider shall provide the updates required to keep the Service in conformity with the contract (§ 327f BGB).
15.2 The Provider may make changes to the Service beyond § 15.1 only for a valid reason, in particular to adapt it to new technical developments, to changes in Microsoft Word or in the services of third-party providers, to changed legal requirements or for security reasons, and only where the change entails no additional costs for the Customer. The Provider informs the Customer of any such change in a clear and comprehensible manner.
15.3 If a change under § 15.2 adversely affects the Customer's access to or use of the Service to more than a minor extent, the Provider informs the Customer by email within a reasonable period before the change takes effect. The Customer may then terminate the contract free of charge within thirty (30) days of receiving the information or of the change taking effect, whichever is later. Fees paid in advance for the period after termination are refunded (§ 327r BGB).
15.4 Amendments to these Terms that affect an ongoing Subscription take effect only with the Customer's consent. The Provider shall notify the Customer of the proposed amendment by email at least six (6) weeks before it is to take effect. The Customer's silence does not constitute consent. Amendments that are exclusively to the Customer's advantage, or that are purely editorial, require no consent.
16.1 The statutory provisions on defects in digital products (§§ 327d et seq. BGB) apply to consumers.
16.2 The Customer shall report defects, with as precise a description as possible, to contact@morphica.de.
17.1 The Provider is liable without limitation:
17.2 In the event of a slightly negligent breach of a material contractual obligation, the Provider's liability is limited to the damage that was foreseeable and typical for this type of contract at the time the contract was concluded. Material contractual obligations are obligations whose fulfilment makes the proper performance of the contract possible in the first place, and on whose fulfilment the Customer may regularly rely.
17.3 Otherwise, the Provider is not liable for slight negligence.
17.4 The Provider is not liable for loss of data to the extent that the loss would have been avoided had the Customer kept appropriate backups of their own document. The Customer's document is stored exclusively on the Customer's own systems.
17.5 The above limitations of liability also apply in favour of the Provider's legal representatives, employees and vicarious agents.
18.1 All rights in the Service, in particular in its software, design, content and databases, remain with the Provider or its licensors.
18.2 For the term of the contract, the Provider grants the Customer a simple, non-transferable, non-sublicensable right to use the Service for its own purposes in accordance with these Terms.
The Provider processes personal data in accordance with the Privacy Notice for ThesisDraft for Word, available at thesisdraft.com/legal/word-privacy/.
20.1 These Terms and all contracts concluded under them are governed by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. For consumers, this choice of law applies only to the extent that it does not deprive them of the protection afforded by the mandatory provisions of the law of the state in which they have their habitual residence.
20.2 If the Customer is a merchant, a legal entity under public law or a special fund under public law, the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contract is Munich, Germany.
20.3 The Provider is neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board (§ 36 of the German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act, Verbraucherstreitbeilegungsgesetz).
20.4 Should any provision of these Terms be or become invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions remains unaffected. The statutory provisions apply in place of the invalid provision (§ 306(2) BGB).
The German text is authoritative. The English translation is provided for information.
Widerrufsbelehrung
Widerrufsrecht
Sie haben das Recht, binnen vierzehn Tagen ohne Angabe von Gründen diesen Vertrag zu widerrufen.
Die Widerrufsfrist beträgt vierzehn Tage ab dem Tag des Vertragsabschlusses.
Um Ihr Widerrufsrecht auszuüben, müssen Sie uns (Morphica Technologies, Inhaber Dino Dervisevic, Rathenaustraße 132, 80937 München, Deutschland, Telefon: +49 157 58540174, E-Mail: contact@morphica.de) mittels einer eindeutigen Erklärung (z. B. ein mit der Post versandter Brief oder E-Mail) über Ihren Entschluss, diesen Vertrag zu widerrufen, informieren. Sie können dafür das beigefügte Muster-Widerrufsformular verwenden, das jedoch nicht vorgeschrieben ist.
Zur Wahrung der Widerrufsfrist reicht es aus, dass Sie die Mitteilung über die Ausübung des Widerrufsrechts vor Ablauf der Widerrufsfrist absenden.
Folgen des Widerrufs
Wenn Sie diesen Vertrag widerrufen, haben wir Ihnen alle Zahlungen, die wir von Ihnen erhalten haben, einschließlich der Lieferkosten (mit Ausnahme der zusätzlichen Kosten, die sich daraus ergeben, dass Sie eine andere Art der Lieferung als die von uns angebotene, günstigste Standardlieferung gewählt haben), unverzüglich und spätestens binnen vierzehn Tagen ab dem Tag zurückzuzahlen, an dem die Mitteilung über Ihren Widerruf dieses Vertrags bei uns eingegangen ist. Für diese Rückzahlung verwenden wir dasselbe Zahlungsmittel, das Sie bei der ursprünglichen Transaktion eingesetzt haben, es sei denn, mit Ihnen wurde ausdrücklich etwas anderes vereinbart; in keinem Fall werden Ihnen wegen dieser Rückzahlung Entgelte berechnet.
Haben Sie verlangt, dass die Dienstleistungen während der Widerrufsfrist beginnen sollen, so haben Sie uns einen angemessenen Betrag zu zahlen, der dem Anteil der bis zu dem Zeitpunkt, zu dem Sie uns von der Ausübung des Widerrufsrechts hinsichtlich dieses Vertrags unterrichten, bereits erbrachten Dienstleistungen im Vergleich zum Gesamtumfang der im Vertrag vorgesehenen Dienstleistungen entspricht.
Withdrawal Notice (translation)
Right of withdrawal
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within fourteen days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after fourteen days from the day of the conclusion of the contract.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, you must inform us (Morphica Technologies, owner Dino Dervisevic, Rathenaustraße 132, 80937 Munich, Germany, telephone: +49 157 58540174, email: contact@morphica.de) of your decision to withdraw from this contract by an unequivocal statement (e.g. a letter sent by post or an email). You may use the attached model withdrawal form, but it is not obligatory.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we shall reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (with the exception of the supplementary costs resulting from your choice of a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us), without undue delay and in any event not later than fourteen days from the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract. We will carry out such reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
If you requested to begin the performance of services during the withdrawal period, you shall pay us an amount which is in proportion to what has been provided until you have communicated to us your withdrawal from this contract, in comparison with the full coverage of the contract.
(Wenn Sie den Vertrag widerrufen wollen, dann füllen Sie bitte dieses Formular aus und senden Sie es zurück.)
(*) Unzutreffendes streichen.
(If you want to withdraw from the contract, please complete and return this form.)
(*) Delete as appropriate.