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Atlassian's duty to defend provides the customer with legal protection and defense costs coverage when a third party alleges that Atlassian's own products infringe intellectual property rights, but only to the extent the customer used them as authorized.
Interpretive note: The excerpt captures only sub-clause (a); additional obligations (e.g., indemnification, settlement duties) are likely present in sub-clauses (b) and beyond but are not captured here.
If a third party claims that Atlassian's products infringe intellectual property rights and you were using the products as authorized by the Agreement, Atlassian must provide your defense against that claim.
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"Atlassian must: (a) defend Customer from and against any third-party claim to the extent alleging that the Products, when used by Customer as authorized by this Agreement, infringe any intellectual property right of a third party...Excerpt from Atlassian's Cloud Terms
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Atlassian's duty to defend provides the customer with legal protection and defense costs coverage when a third party alleges that Atlassian's own products infringe intellectual property rights, but only to the extent the customer used them as authorized.
If a third party claims that Atlassian's products infringe intellectual property rights and you were using the products as authorized by the Agreement, Atlassian must provide your defense against that claim.
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