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Broad Intellectual Property License Grant by Users

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The clause establishes that user-generated suggestions become the unrestricted property of MetaMask upon submission, eliminating any user claim to ownership, licensing fees, or control over how the suggestions are used, commercialized, or modified by the company or its business partners.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users who submit suggestions, feedback, or ideas to MetaMask transfer complete ownership of those suggestions to the company, including the obligation to provide assistance in establishing and maintaining MetaMask's intellectual property rights, with no mechanism for user compensation or approval of subsequent use.

How other platforms handle this

GitHub Medium

By setting your pages and repositories to be viewed publicly, you agree to allow others to view and fork your repositories within the GitHub Service. By setting your repositories to be viewed publicly, you agree to allow GitHub to display your User Content in ways to enable users to view, fork, and ...

Walmart Medium

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting Walmart, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, ...

Nintendo Medium

By submitting or posting any content on or through the Sites, you grant Nintendo a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such content (in whole or part...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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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 MetaMask's MetaMask Terms of Use

Provision details

Document information
Document
MetaMask Terms of Use
Entity
MetaMask
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 9, 2026
Last verified
May 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-001481
Document ID
CA-D-00279
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
ec778da38bbcefe66bb158a122292cc84dc176d488f25376d10df6d5db7058f7
Analysis generated
May 9, 2026 22:24 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: MetaMask
Document: MetaMask Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-001481
Captured: 2026-05-09 22:24:52 UTC
SHA-256: ec778da38bbcefe6…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/metamask/metamask-terms-of-use/broad-intellectual-property-license-grant-by-users/
Accessed: May 20, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Low
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does MetaMask's Broad Intellectual Property License Grant by Users clause do?

The clause establishes that user-generated suggestions become the unrestricted property of MetaMask upon submission, eliminating any user claim to ownership, licensing fees, or control over how the suggestions are used, commercialized, or modified by the company or its business partners.

How does this clause affect you?

Users who submit suggestions, feedback, or ideas to MetaMask transfer complete ownership of those suggestions to the company, including the obligation to provide assistance in establishing and maintaining MetaMask's intellectual property rights, with no mechanism for user compensation or approval of subsequent use.

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No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by MetaMask.