Any product suggestions, creative ideas, or other submissions sent to Nintendo are automatically assigned to Nintendo as sole property, including all intellectual property rights, with no compensation or acknowledgment owed to the submitter. The user also agrees to execute any additional documentation Nintendo requires to confirm the assignment.
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This provision establishes a present, automatic assignment of all intellectual property rights in any user submission to Nintendo, including rights to unrestricted commercial use without compensation. The clause also requires users to execute future documentation at Nintendo's sole discretion to confirm the assignment, creating an ongoing contractual obligation.
Interpretive note: The clause's application to submissions made 'otherwise' than through the Services creates ambiguity about geographic and contextual scope; enforceability of the future documentation obligation may vary by jurisdiction.
Under this clause, any ideas, suggestions, or creative materials submitted to Nintendo through the Services or otherwise are automatically assigned to Nintendo in full, including all intellectual property rights, with no compensation owed. The agreement also obligates users to sign any additional assignment documentation Nintendo may request.
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Compare across platforms →"If you submit product suggestions, questions, creative materials, ideas or other information about our Services or Nintendo ('Submissions'), such Submissions, whether submitted via the Services or otherwise, will be non-confidential and shall automatically become the sole property of Nintendo. Nintendo shall own, and you hereby assign to Nintendo, all right, title and interest, including all intellectual property rights, in and to such Submissions and Nintendo shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of these materials for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. You agree to execute any documentation required by Nintendo (in our sole discretion) to confirm such assignment to, and unrestricted use and dissemination by, Nintendo of such Submissions.Excerpt from Nintendo's Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The automatic IP assignment clause may engage state intellectual property and contract law, particularly regarding the adequacy of consideration for a present assignment of rights.
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This provision establishes a present, automatic assignment of all intellectual property rights in any user submission to Nintendo, including rights to unrestricted commercial use without compensation. The clause also requires users to execute future documentation at Nintendo's sole discretion to confirm the assignment, creating an ongoing contractual obligation.
Under this clause, any ideas, suggestions, or creative materials submitted to Nintendo through the Services or otherwise are automatically assigned to Nintendo in full, including all intellectual property rights, with no compensation owed. The agreement also obligates users to sign any additional assignment documentation Nintendo may request.
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