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[Issue] Disclaimer of warranty [Comments] 
Vendor form contracts typically disclaim essentially all warranties, sometimes expressly including any warranty that the vendor's service does not infringe third-party intellectual property rights. At a minimum, the contract should warrant that the service conforms to and will perform in accordance with its specifications (which should themselves be as detailed as possible, to avoid misunderstandings and disagreements) and that it does not infringe any third-party intellectual property rights. Without those two warranties, there is no enforceable assurance that the service will in fact do what the vendor's marketing people claim it will do or that the vendor even has the right to provide it to us – and, if it doesn't work, or if we are sued for infringement, we will have no recourse against the vendor.
IT: Legal and Quasi-Legal Issues in Cloud Computing Contracts
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