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Binding arbitration removes unresolved disputes from the court system entirely, placing them before an AAA arbitrator operating under AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules.
Interpretive note: The excerpt does not specify what preconditions must be met before a matter is considered 'unable to resolve,' which may affect when arbitration is triggered. Those details were not stated in the canonical claim.
The reader cannot pursue unresolved disputes in court; they must submit to binding AAA arbitration.
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except disputes relating to the enforcement or validity of your, your licensors', our, or our licensors' intellectual property rights
This Arbitration Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall include any claims brought by or against any third parties, including but not limited to your spouses, heirs, third-party beneficiaries and permitted assigns...
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.
"Any matter we are unable to resolve...shall be finally settled by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with the provisions of its Commercial Arbitration Rules...Excerpt from Nintendo's Terms of Use
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Binding arbitration removes unresolved disputes from the court system entirely, placing them before an AAA arbitrator operating under AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules.
The reader cannot pursue unresolved disputes in court; they must submit to binding AAA arbitration.
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