Section 15.6 prohibits Customer from participating as a class member or plaintiff in any class action, consolidated proceeding, or representative action, and requires each party to waive jury trial rights for any court proceedings.
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This provision establishes that disputes must be pursued individually, prohibiting aggregation of claims through class or representative mechanisms, and includes a mutual jury trial waiver for any disputes that proceed in court.
Interpretive note: Enforceability varies by jurisdiction; EU member state courts may not give effect to class action prohibitions in standard-form commercial agreements under applicable national law.
Under this clause, Customers must bring any claims individually through arbitration and cannot participate as a class plaintiff or class member in litigation or arbitration against OpenAI. The agreement also includes a mutual waiver of jury trial rights for any disputes that proceed in court.
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Compare across platforms →"Disputes must be brought on an individual basis only and may not be brought as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, consolidated, or representative proceeding. Class arbitrations, class actions, private attorney general actions, and consolidation with other arbitrations are not allowed. If for any reason a Dispute proceeds in court rather than through arbitration, each Party knowingly and irrevocably waives any right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding, or counterclaim.Excerpt from OpenAI's Business Terms
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This provision establishes that disputes must be pursued individually, prohibiting aggregation of claims through class or representative mechanisms, and includes a mutual jury trial waiver for any disputes that proceed in court.
Under this clause, Customers must bring any claims individually through arbitration and cannot participate as a class plaintiff or class member in litigation or arbitration against OpenAI. The agreement also includes a mutual waiver of jury trial rights for any disputes that proceed in court.
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