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The agreement requires Customer to defend and indemnify Baseten at Customer's expense against third-party claims arising from Customer's use of Baseten products outside permitted parameters (Exclusions), Customer trademarks, or Customer's breach or alleged breach of the content and data warranties in Section 5.2.
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This provision places defense and indemnification obligations on Customer for claims arising from alleged warranty breaches, including claims based on the allegation of a breach even where no actual breach is established, which creates exposure for Customer organizations in the event third parties challenge the legality or appropriateness of Customer Content or model deployments.
Under this clause, Customer is required to fund the defense of and pay damages in suits against Baseten arising from Customer Content issues, trademark matters, or alleged (not only proven) breaches of Customer's content warranties, including claims related to unauthorized data processing or infringement by Customer Content.
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"Customer will defend at its expense any suit brought against Baseten, and will pay any settlement Customer makes or approves, or any damages finally awarded in such suit, insofar as such suit is based on a claim arising out of or relating to (a) an Exclusion, (b) the Customer Marks, or (c) Customer's breach or alleged breach of Sections 5.2 (Customer Warranty).Excerpt from Baseten's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The indemnification obligation in Section 10.2 encompasses Customer's warranty under Section 5.2, which includes representations that Customer has obtained all necessary consents for processing personal data of third parties. Breaches of this warranty that result in regulatory or private claims could trigger Customer's indemnification obligation to Baseten. The FTC, state attorneys general, and EU supervisory authorities may be involved in enforcement actions that generate claims covered by this indemnification. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The inclusion of 'alleged breach' in the indemnification trigger means Customer may be required to fund Baseten's defense even in cases where the underlying warranty breach is not ultimately established. This is a broader indemnification trigger than those limited to 'actual and finally adjudicated' breaches. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: The scope of indemnification obligations and the enforceability of alleged-breach triggers may vary by jurisdiction. Delaware law governs this agreement, and Delaware courts generally enforce commercially negotiated indemnification clauses between sophisticated parties. EU customers should evaluate whether this indemnification structure is consistent with their own regulatory obligations under GDPR Article 82 and related frameworks. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Procurement teams should assess the financial exposure created by this indemnification clause relative to the anticipated scope and nature of Customer Content submitted to the platform. Organizations deploying customer-facing ML applications should ensure their own downstream terms and data processing agreements adequately address the risk of third-party claims arising from model outputs or data handling. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should evaluate whether Customer's existing insurance coverage (including cyber liability and technology E&O policies) addresses indemnification obligations of this type, and whether the Restricted Data prohibition and content warranty obligations in Section 5.2 are operationalized through sufficient internal controls to limit indemnification exposure.
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This provision places defense and indemnification obligations on Customer for claims arising from alleged warranty breaches, including claims based on the allegation of a breach even where no actual breach is established, which creates exposure for Customer organizations in the event third parties challenge the legality or appropriateness of Customer Content or model deployments.
Under this clause, Customer is required to fund the defense of and pay damages in suits against Baseten arising from Customer Content issues, trademark matters, or alleged (not only proven) breaches of Customer's content warranties, including claims related to unauthorized data processing or infringement by Customer Content.
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