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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.

Recent Activity

This document changed recently

Medium Jul 1, 2026

The updated terms explicitly state that UK, EU, and EEA consumers retain statutory consumer protection rights that cannot be limited or excluded by the agreement, and that applicable local law prevails in the event of conflict with these terms. This adds clarity to the legal framework but does not change substantive protections for those users. The terms also clarify that mUSD is a third-party digital asset not issued by Consensys, treating it as a third-party service subject to the agreement's limitations on Consensys' responsibility for third-party services.

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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Apr 3, 2026
First Seen
Apr 17, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 646 other provisions on other platforms.

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

Xbox Medium

When you share, post, or upload content that is covered by intellectual property rights (like photos or videos) in or in connection with our products, you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly per...

HubSpot Medium

As between the parties, Customer retains all right, title and interest in and to the Customer Data. Customer grants to HubSpot and its Affiliates a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right to collect, use, copy, store, transmit, modify and create derivative works of Customer Data, in each case t...

Upwork Medium

By posting or submitting content on or through the Services, you grant Upwork a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, copy, modify, create derivative works based on, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, and otherwise exploit in...

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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: July 4, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
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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.