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Any feedback, suggestions, ideas, or other information submitted to Lyft by users becomes Lyft's sole and exclusive property, including all intellectual property rights, with Lyft entitled to use such submissions for any commercial or other purpose without compensation or attribution to the user.
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This provision establishes that user-submitted feedback and ideas are assigned to Lyft as sole property upon submission, removing any user claim to compensation or attribution for submitted ideas that Lyft may subsequently implement commercially.
Under this clause, any feedback, suggestions, or ideas a user submits to Lyft, including platform improvement suggestions, are immediately owned exclusively by Lyft and may be used commercially without compensation or acknowledgment. This provision applies to all users who submit any form of feedback or suggestion through the platform.
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"You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback or other information ('Submissions') provided by you or on your behalf to us are non-confidential and shall become the sole property of Lyft. Lyft shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of these Submissions for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you.Excerpt from Lyft's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages general intellectual property and contract law principles. It does not directly implicate a specific federal regulatory framework, though FTC guidance on deceptive practices may apply if users are not adequately notified that their submissions become Lyft's property at the point of submission. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low. Submission assignment clauses are common in consumer technology agreements. The provision is explicit and unambiguous regarding ownership transfer and absence of compensation, which reduces the risk of user misunderstanding relative to more ambiguous formulations. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU users may have moral rights protections under applicable copyright law that are not waivable by contract, potentially limiting the practical scope of this assignment for EU-based submissions. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: This provision has minimal B2B contract implications. Organizations submitting platform feedback on behalf of employees should note that such feedback becomes Lyft property. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should confirm that the disclosure of this submissions ownership provision is sufficiently prominent at the point of feedback collection within the platform interface, to satisfy applicable consumer protection notice standards.
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This provision establishes that user-submitted feedback and ideas are assigned to Lyft as sole property upon submission, removing any user claim to compensation or attribution for submitted ideas that Lyft may subsequently implement commercially.
Under this clause, any feedback, suggestions, or ideas a user submits to Lyft, including platform improvement suggestions, are immediately owned exclusively by Lyft and may be used commercially without compensation or acknowledgment. This provision applies to all users who submit any form of feedback or suggestion through the platform.
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