Several responses are in order: First, while the contracts have, in fact, been registered, their structure has not escaped League notice: those SPCs (standard player contracts) are being investigated currently with at least the possibility of a subsequent withdrawal of the registration.

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Contracts are standard and all communication is done through the site, minimizing the risk of a dispute.

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For the licensor, the high volume of contracts on standard patents can make them solid, steady moneymakers.

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The argument is over whether or not there should be a standard retirement age in employment contracts.

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For their part, the unions want longer contracts than the current standard ten months.

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And yet, somehow, it's become standard practice in Washington to give contracts to companies that don't pay their taxes.

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Over decades, these industries became part of a complex and self-sustaining bureaucracy supporting expensive, long-term contracts for uncontestable, non-standard offerings.

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It must either back an industrywide standard on "server-to-server interoperability" or enter into contracts with IM competitors.

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However, the industry is suffering from excess capacity especially in the standard specifications sector that is driving down fleet utilization levels as well as the pricing of drilling contracts despite the improving demand outlook.

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