“Any Dispute must be filed within one year after the relevant claim arose; otherwise, the Dispute is permanently barred, which means that you and Medium will not have the right to assert the claim.”
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A one-year filing deadline is shorter than many statutory limitations periods and permanently extinguishes claims not filed in time, for both parties.
Interpretive note: The excerpt makes clear the permanent bar applies to both the user and Medium. The canonical claim focuses on the filing requirement as the primary proposition; the mutual application is noted in omitted_material and reflected in what_this_means.
Users who do not file a dispute within one year of the relevant claim arising permanently lose the right to assert that claim against Medium.
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"Any Dispute must be filed within one year after the relevant claim arose; otherwise, the Dispute is permanently barred, which means that you and Medium will not have the right to assert the claim.Excerpt from Medium's Terms of Service
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A one-year filing deadline is shorter than many statutory limitations periods and permanently extinguishes claims not filed in time, for both parties.
Users who do not file a dispute within one year of the relevant claim arising permanently lose the right to assert that claim against Medium.
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