Common use of Exclusions from Arbitration Clause in Contracts

Exclusions from Arbitration. You and Packerland agree that the following will not be subject to arbitration: (1) any claim filed by you or by Packerland that is not aggregated with the claim of any other subscriber and whose amount in controversy is properly within the jurisdiction of a court which is limited to adjudicating small claims; (2) any dispute over the validity of any party's intellectual property rights; (3) any dispute related to or arising from allegations associated with unauthorized use or receipt of service; (4) any dispute that arises between Packerland and any state or local regulatory authority or agency that is empowered by federal, state or local law to grant a franchise under 47 U.S.C. Sec. 522(9); and (5) any dispute that you pursue before the local franchise authority under the terms of the franchise.