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Enterprise Output Indemnification By OpenAI

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Enterprise customers are indemnified by OpenAI for intellectual property infringement claims arising from Output, reducing their legal and financial exposure from third-party rights holders.

Interpretive note: The excerpt does not specify whether 'claims' means only third-party claims or includes other claim types; the API clause (64336) uses 'any third party claim' explicitly, while this Enterprise clause uses 'claims' without that qualifier. Confidence remains high as the difference is minor and the excerpt is otherwise clear.

Recent Activity

This document changed recently

Medium Jun 2, 2026

The updated terms establish new licensing provisions for customers who download and install software components (Licensed Materials) on their own systems. Under the revised terms, OpenAI grants a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use Licensed Materials solely in connection with the Services, but customers may not modify, redistribute, or sublicense the materials. Upon termination of service, customers must permanently delete the Licensed Materials. Additionally, OpenAI introduced a new ChatGPT Sites feature for creating and publishing websites, with use governed by separate ChatGPT Sites Terms. You can review the ChatGPT Sites Terms via the referenced link to understand specific conditions for website creation and maintenance.

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Consumer impact (what this means for users)

As an Enterprise customer, you are indemnified by OpenAI against third-party claims that your use or distribution of Output infringes their intellectual property rights.

How other platforms handle this

Instacart Medium

Your subsequent use of content generated by AI Features.

Upwork Medium

Upwork will indemnify Subscriber and its directors, officers, agents and employees from and against any losses or liabilities related to Claims to the extent caused by the infringement or alleged infringement of U.S. intellectual property rights of a third party due to Subscriber's use of the Platfo...

Runway Medium

You agree that the provisions in this section will survive any termination of your Account, the Agreement and/or your access to the Services.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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OpenAI's indemnification obligations to Enterprise customers under the Agreement include claims that Customer's use or distribution of Output infringes a third party's intellectual property right.

— Excerpt from OpenAI's OpenAI Service Terms

Applicable regulations

FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
OpenAI Service Terms
Entity
OpenAI
Document last updated
May 11, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-064364
Document ID
CA-D-00754
Evidence Provenance
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Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 03:43 UTC
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Citation Record
Entity: OpenAI
Document: OpenAI Service Terms
Record ID: CA-P-064364
Captured: 2026-07-09 03:43:28 UTC
SHA-256: 244630cbe4a38d90…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/openai-service-terms/provision/CA-P-064364/enterprise-output-indemnification-by-openai/
Accessed: July 12, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does OpenAI's Enterprise Output Indemnification By OpenAI clause do?

Enterprise customers are indemnified by OpenAI for intellectual property infringement claims arising from Output, reducing their legal and financial exposure from third-party rights holders.

How does this clause affect you?

As an Enterprise customer, you are indemnified by OpenAI against third-party claims that your use or distribution of Output infringes their intellectual property rights.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 230 platforms. See the full comparison.

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