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This defense obligation provides users with legal protection against qualifying IP infringement claims, but it is limited to authorized use of Paid Services and to US and EU patents and registered copyrights.
Interpretive note: The excerpt states Cloudflare 'will defend' but does not detail whether indemnification of costs or control over settlement is included; those effects were not claimed.
If a third party asserts a patent or registered copyright infringement claim against the reader arising from authorized use of a Paid Service, Cloudflare is obligated to defend the reader against that claim.
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To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Section 13 (Indemnification) states the parties' sole and exclusive remedy under this Agreement for any third-party allegations of Intellectual Property Rights infringement...
The Chegg Parties reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and you will not in any event settle any claim without the prior written consent of a duly authorized employee of the Chegg Parties.
We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you...and in that case, you agree to cooperate with our defense of those claims.
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This defense obligation provides users with legal protection against qualifying IP infringement claims, but it is limited to authorized use of Paid Services and to US and EU patents and registered copyrights.
If a third party asserts a patent or registered copyright infringement claim against the reader arising from authorized use of a Paid Service, Cloudflare is obligated to defend the reader against that claim.
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