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Users cannot bring claims relating to the Terms or Services in court; arbitration is the mandatory and final forum for all such disputes regardless of when the claim arose.
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Users are required to submit all claims relating to the Terms or Services, including those that arose before the current agreement, to final and binding arbitration rather than court.
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except disputes relating to the enforcement or validity of your, your licensors', our, or our licensors' intellectual property rights
Neither you nor we may elect arbitration of any claims seeking only individualized relief asserted by you or us in small claims court, so long as the action remains in that court and is not removed or appealed de novo...
all Disputes arising out of or relating to the Class Action Waiver, including any claim that all or part of the Class Action Waiver is unenforceable...shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction and not by an arbitrator...
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Users cannot bring claims relating to the Terms or Services in court; arbitration is the mandatory and final forum for all such disputes regardless of when the claim arose.
Users are required to submit all claims relating to the Terms or Services, including those that arose before the current agreement, to final and binding arbitration rather than court.
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