“Although we give you permission to use our services, we retain any intellectual property rights we have in the services.”
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Permission to use Google's services does not transfer any intellectual property ownership to users; Google retains full rights.
Using Google's services does not give you any ownership of or intellectual property rights in those services.
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"Although we give you permission to use our services, we retain any intellectual property rights we have in the services.Excerpt from Google's Terms of Service
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Permission to use Google's services does not transfer any intellectual property ownership to users; Google retains full rights.
Using Google's services does not give you any ownership of or intellectual property rights in those services.
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