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Neither Party may assign, transfer or novate this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise (“ Assign ”), without the other Party’s prior written consent, provided that subject to the remainder of this Section, either Party may freely Assign this Agreement to a successor in interest upon a merger ...
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"This Agreement cannot be assigned other than as permitted under this Section 16.7 (Assignment).Excerpt from OpenAI's Business Terms
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The clause states: “This Agreement cannot be assigned other than as permitted under this Section 16.7 (Assignment).”
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