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Mandatory arbitration for most disputes removes the user's default right to litigate in court, which carries different procedural rights and outcomes.
Interpretive note: The excerpt uses 'most disputes', not 'all disputes'; the canonical claim preserves that qualifier. The opt-out mechanism is addressed in detail in clause 19588.
The reader is required to use arbitration for most disputes with Netflix and can only preserve court access by timely exercising the opt-out right.
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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...
"THESE TERMS OF USE REQUIRE YOU TO RESOLVE MOST DISPUTES WITH NETFLIX IN ARBITRATION, NOT IN COURT, UNLESS YOU EXERCISE YOUR TIME-LIMITED RIGHT TO OPT OUT...Excerpt from Netflix's Account and Content Policies
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Mandatory arbitration for most disputes removes the user's default right to litigate in court, which carries different procedural rights and outcomes.
The reader is required to use arbitration for most disputes with Netflix and can only preserve court access by timely exercising the opt-out right.
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