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This clause allocates the risk of IP infringement claims about Google's own Services to Google rather than the customer, protecting customers from third-party IP litigation over technology they did not create.
The updated terms authorize Google Cloud to impose full-month billing charges if it determines a customer engaged in bad-faith dealing, dishonesty, or attempted to avoid fees or circumvent usage limits, and to charge for all end-user accounts active during that month regardless of whether any were later disabled. The revised policy also permits immediate service suspension if Google reasonably determines a customer using a delayed payment method poses a non-payment risk, without requiring actual late payment or cure time. Additionally, Google may now terminate the agreement immediately if it reasonably determines a customer's material breach is incapable of being cured, eliminating the previous 30-day cure period. Customers using bank transfers or similar delayed authorization payment methods should review their account practices for any activity Google might classify as 'Customer Malfeasance' under the new definition.
View change record →Customers and their Affiliates are entitled to a defense and indemnification from Google Cloud when third parties allege that a Google Service or Google Brand Feature infringes their Intellectual Property Rights.
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If Google reasonably believes the Services might infringe a third party's Intellectual Property Rights, then Google may, at its sole option and expense: (i) procure the right for Customer to continue using the Services; (ii) modify the Services to make them non-infringing...
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"Google will defend Customer and its Affiliates...and indemnify them against Indemnified Liabilities in any Third-Party Legal Proceeding to the extent arising from an allegation that any Service or any Google Brand Feature...infringes the third party's Intellectual Property Rights.Excerpt from Google Cloud's Terms
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This clause allocates the risk of IP infringement claims about Google's own Services to Google rather than the customer, protecting customers from third-party IP litigation over technology they did not create.
Customers and their Affiliates are entitled to a defense and indemnification from Google Cloud when third parties allege that a Google Service or Google Brand Feature infringes their Intellectual Property Rights.
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