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How do I ensure any ToS dispute is handled in the country where I live?

I want any Terms of Service dispute to be handled in the country where I live, that is, in Swedish courts. Given this, which ToS snippet of the two below is the correct one? I'm guessing it's the ...
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Can you be sued by a competitor simply for looking at their website?

I have been working on a SaaS product for about a year and a half (on and off, among other projects). Lately I have gotten serious about the product. While doing a routine evaluation of competitors ...
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Is it legal to add content to a third party sites via a browser extension?

I want to create an extension that adds content on third party sites. I will not show any advertising and I will not hide the site's content. I'd like to add my related content to 5 or 6 third party ...
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Terms of Use: Meaning of “If these terms … are considered an offer, acceptance is expressly limited …”?

I'm copy editing WordPress' Terms of Service to my own web hosting service, and I wonder what does this mean: If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by Automattic, acceptance is ...
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Terms and Conditions for a Meetup.com-style network?

I am about to open up registrations to my open-source meetup.com alternative, but am worried about the legal side. What sort of things should I put in the Terms and Conditions, and do I need them to ...
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Can I use Terms of Service for my SaaS instead of regular contract?

I have a B2B SaaS web app. In most cases my clients are small or medium sized organizations and we have annual contracts. In other words, they sign the contract, according to which they are 'locked ...
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Disclaimer for application usage

I'm building an application that lets users upload images from their desktop. (A FTP kind of program) Where do I find a disclaimer text for a program like that? Something that says "I'm not ...
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Why is it that after removing any liability, warranties have expressions like “but in any case not more than $1.50”?

If the non-liability works – it works. If not – why would the second part work?
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Image uploading app - Terms of service

I'm currently working on a simple image uploading app that lets you upload images to services like Flickr and Facebook. Do I need a terms of service or some other kind of disclaimer for an app like ...
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How to specify that you are not going to share information with third party in Terms of Service

I'm running a site where users generate their data and store it. I do not share it or plan to share it ever with 3rd party. How do you specify that the site is not going to share information with ...
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Which Country is Suitable for Legal Protection in Game Automation Software Development

After reading today's Gamasutra article about Jagex vs Impulse Software, and considering my own academic activities, I suddenly became very concerned with my legal protection. As such I would like ...
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Need a terms of service generator for a web design startup

Does anybody know a good terms of service generator? I need one that, besides inserting company name and etc, will outline my and my customers' rights so I don't have to read the whole thing. I'm only ...
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When should I register as an agent to receive copyright infringement notices?

I am developing a user generated content site right now and its almost finished so I have been researching a bit on what I need to do legally. I know its going to take a lot of hard work and time to ...
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Templates for privacy policy / terms of use for a Web Application

Is there a good resource for templates for those documents?
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Saas - Terms of use, privacy policy

We're getting closer to launching our e-commerce platform, that will be hosted on our dedicated servers, provided by a well known hosting company. I suppose it's a good idea to have us covered with a ...
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Is “Public Offer” synonym of ToS?

My company provides fee-based online services in addition to a free basic online service and product. We have not bothered until now much with ToS before but with increase of fee-based clients ...
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Is there a Terms of Service (TOS) template that I can use for my SaaS product? Please help, I am a geek and this is new to me

I am at a point where I need to have a Terms of Service (TOS) page ready before I launch my SaaS product. Is there a template somewhere that I can use, or is this something that only a lawyer can help ...
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Licensing. How to for a SaaS

We are currently developing a SaaS based software service and offer it to our customers as a monthly/yearly contract basis. So in essence, they will pay us to host/maintain their stuff on our ...
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Does plagiarism apply to legal documents?

I want to copy a Terms & Conditions agreement from a competitors site & swap out their name for mine. A few entrepreneurs I know have also done it but I wanted to make sure there aren't any ...