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IP Injunctive Relief Exception to Arbitration

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This document changed recently

Medium May 9, 2026

Instacart rewrote its entire Terms of Service, adding 367 new sentences including sections on AI-powered services, updated arbitration procedures, and revised data handling practices. The restructuring makes it harder to compare what changed because the entire document was reorganized.

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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 2554 other provisions on other platforms.

How other platforms handle this

Chegg Medium

The arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by the party's individual claim.

Writer Medium

The parties agree to sever and litigate in court any request for public injunctive relief after completing arbitration for the underlying claim and all other claims.

Runway Medium

you and the Company Parties may assert individualized claims in small claims court if the claims qualify, remain in such court and advance solely on an individual, non-class basis...

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You or Instacart may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement...of intellectual property, confidential information, or other proprietary rights.

Excerpt from Instacart's Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

FAA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Instacart Terms of Service
Entity
Instacart
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 10, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-026317
Document ID
CA-D-00135
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
d08566866b6a1f744a3e2d1b4fc55f342a5a515684d435b1b477e68768b86a06
Analysis generated
May 10, 2026 00:03 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Instacart
Document: Instacart Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-026317
Captured: 2026-05-10 00:03:25 UTC
SHA-256: d08566866b6a1f74…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/instacart/instacart-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-026317/ip-injunctive-relief-exception-to-arbitration/
Accessed: Aug. 26, 2026
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Severity
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Instacart's IP Injunctive Relief Exception to Arbitration clause do?

The clause states: “You or Instacart may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement...of intellectual property, confidential information, or other proprietary rights.”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 206 platforms. See the full comparison.

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