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This clause removes the right to litigate disputes in court and also delegates to the arbitrator the threshold question of whether a dispute is subject to arbitration at all.
Interpretive note: The excerpt does not specify the arbitration rules, seat, or any carve-outs (e.g., for injunctive relief). Those details, if present in the full clause, are not reflected here.
You are required to resolve all disputes about the Agreement through arbitration, and the arbitrator—not a court—will decide whether any particular dispute falls within the arbitration obligation.
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except disputes relating to the enforcement or validity of your, your licensors', our, or our licensors' intellectual property rights
the arbitration provider, National Arbitration and Mediation ("NAM"), shall not accept or administer any demand for arbitration and shall administratively close any arbitration unless the Party bringing such demand for arbitration can certify in writing that the terms...were fully satisfied.
Neither you nor we may elect arbitration of any claims seeking only individualized relief asserted by you or us in small claims court, so long as the action remains in that court and is not removed or appealed de novo...
"Any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its breach, including the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, will be determined by arbitration.Excerpt from Harvey AI's Terms of Service
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This clause removes the right to litigate disputes in court and also delegates to the arbitrator the threshold question of whether a dispute is subject to arbitration at all.
You are required to resolve all disputes about the Agreement through arbitration, and the arbitrator—not a court—will decide whether any particular dispute falls within the arbitration obligation.
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