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A right of first refusal does not require you to sign a contract. (Otherwise you'd have to have negotiated all the terms in advance, which by my understanding isn't how it works.)

So yes, you can negotiate in bad faith. At which point it basically becomes a forced delay before you can show it to anyone else. But if you do that you'll probably earn a bad reputation in the industry...



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