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Any suggestions, feedback, or recommendations that customers provide to AWS are irrevocably assigned to AWS with all associated intellectual property rights, and customers are obligated to assist AWS in perfecting those rights. AWS may use suggestions without restriction and without compensation to the customer.
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This provision establishes that feedback or product suggestions submitted by customers to AWS are automatically and irrevocably assigned to AWS with no compensation or retained rights. The customer's obligation to assist in perfecting AWS's rights to submitted suggestions is an ongoing obligation following any such submission.
Under Section 6.5, any product suggestions, feature requests, or feedback that customers provide to AWS are irrevocably assigned to AWS with full intellectual property rights, and customers agree to assist AWS in documenting and maintaining those rights upon request.
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"If you provide any Suggestions to us or our affiliates, we and our affiliates will be entitled to use the Suggestions without restriction. You hereby irrevocably assign to us all right, title, and interest in and to the Suggestions and agree to provide us any assistance we require to document, perfect, and maintain our rights in the Suggestions.Excerpt from AWS's Customer Agreement
1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Intellectual property assignment clauses in commercial service agreements are generally permissible under U.S. contract and patent law. For enterprise customers with employees or contractors who provide feedback to AWS through support interactions, account management communications, or product advisory programs, this provision may interact with employment agreements, work-for-hire arrangements, and invention assignment agreements that govern employee IP. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low to Medium. For most commercial customers, incidental product feedback represents minimal IP exposure. For enterprise customers engaged in formal product advisory boards, beta programs, or co-development relationships with AWS, the irrevocable assignment of all suggestions may have greater commercial significance and should be evaluated in the context of the specific engagement. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: IP assignment clauses may have different enforceability characteristics in jurisdictions with moral rights protections or statutory limitations on IP assignment. EU member state IP laws and UK intellectual property frameworks may affect the scope of assignable rights in specific contexts. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise customers participating in AWS advisory programs, beta programs, or co-development activities should assess whether suggestions provided in those contexts are intended to be subject to this general assignment clause or whether separate program agreements modify its application. Internal IP management policies should reflect this assignment obligation to ensure employees and contractors are aware when communicating feedback to AWS. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Organizations should review their internal IP management and communication policies to ensure that product suggestions provided to AWS vendors are documented and that the IP assignment obligation is reflected in relevant internal policies. Enterprise agreement negotiations may address whether specific formal advisory or co-development activities are governed by separate IP terms.
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This provision establishes that feedback or product suggestions submitted by customers to AWS are automatically and irrevocably assigned to AWS with no compensation or retained rights. The customer's obligation to assist in perfecting AWS's rights to submitted suggestions is an ongoing obligation following any such submission.
Under Section 6.5, any product suggestions, feature requests, or feedback that customers provide to AWS are irrevocably assigned to AWS with full intellectual property rights, and customers agree to assist AWS in documenting and maintaining those rights upon request.
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