Define: Out of Scope

How is Out of Scope defined in a legal contract?

• Out of Scope means any application that is different from the ones specified by the scopes. Seen in 6 SEC filings
• Out of Scope means services that do not form a part of the support inclusions or fundamental costing of the agreement to any extent relevant. Seen in 5 SEC filings
• Out of Scope means errors that fall outside the sphere of the supplier's responsibilities under this contract, resulting directly or indirectly from the client's misuse or improper use of the hosted services and/or supplier software, or from its combination, merger, or use of the services and software with any hardware or software beyond the client infrastructure and connectivity infrastructure. Seen in 4 SEC filings
• Out of Scope means software issues that arise directly or indirectly due to the customer's misuse or improper use of the software or their combination or merger of the software with any hardware or software outside the environment, or any third-party events beyond the scope of supplier's responsibilities under the agreement. Seen in 3 SEC filings
• Out of Scope means services that are specified as out of scope in a quote and/or any schedule along with other services which are not detailed in the relevant quote. Seen in 3 SEC filings
• Out of Scope means all additional work undertaken on the equipment which lies outside the parameters of the in scope. Seen in 2 SEC filings
• Out of Scope means the best practice does not apply to you. Seen in 2 SEC filings
• Out of Scope means a fault or any other error that results directly or indirectly from the customer's and/or licensed users' misuse or improper use of the hosted software or device software, failure to install a device software update within a reasonable time of such update being available on the applicable app store, or use of any unsupported versions of the device software—unsupported meaning a version of the device software which is two or more releases behind the current release available by the supplier—or combination, merger, or use of the hosted software and/or device software with any hardware or software not supplied or approved by the supplier. Seen in 2 SEC filings

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Which definition should you use?

🤔 Our AI Legal Assistant has combined and improved the above descriptions to create market-standard 'Genie definitions' below, with guidance on which documents and which industry to use for each.

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Genie Definition 1

Out of Scope means applications, services or errors not included or exceeding the agreed upon specifications.

Relevant Contract Types

• Software Development Agreement
• Consulting Agreement
• Services Agreement

Relevant Circumstances

• When developing custom software or applications.
• During IT consulting or managed IT services arrangements.

Relevant Sectors

• Software Development
• Information Technology Services
• Consulting

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Genie Definition 2

Out of Scope means the improper use or misuse of provided software or hardware.

Relevant Contract Types

• End User License Agreement
• Software as a Service Agreement

Relevant Circumstances

• Including user terms and conditions with software or hardware products
• Any business offering Software as a Service (SaaS)

Relevant Sectors

• Software
• Hardware Manufacture

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Genie Definition 3

Out of Scope means best practice is not applicable.

Relevant Contract Types

• Research Agreement
• Innovation Partnership Agreement

Relevant Circumstances

• Innovative research and development projects
• Ground-up creation of new processes or systems

Relevant Sectors

• Research and Development
• Innovation

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