The agreement prohibits Customer from using NVIDIA Software or Confidential Information to develop products or technologies that compete with NVIDIA, to assist third parties in doing so, or to support any intellectual property claim against NVIDIA.
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This provision restricts the purposes for which Customer may use NVIDIA Software beyond typical acceptable use limitations, specifically prohibiting competitive development and IP assertion support activities that may be relevant to enterprise customers in the semiconductor, AI, and computing industries.
Interpretive note: The agreement does not define the scope of competing products or technologies, and whether this clause is enforceable in its full breadth may depend on applicable competition law and the relevant product market context.
Under this clause, enterprise customers may not use NVIDIA Software or Confidential Information to develop competing AI, GPU, or computing products, assist third parties in such development, or support patent or intellectual property claims against NVIDIA.
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This provision restricts the purposes for which Customer may use NVIDIA Software beyond typical acceptable use limitations, specifically prohibiting competitive development and IP assertion support activities that may be relevant to enterprise customers in the semiconductor, AI, and computing industries.
Under this clause, enterprise customers may not use NVIDIA Software or Confidential Information to develop competing AI, GPU, or computing products, assist third parties in such development, or support patent or intellectual property claims against NVIDIA.
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