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Any feedback, suggestions, or recommendations submitted to Oura by users may be used by Oura for any purpose without attribution or compensation, regardless of any other agreement between the parties.
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This provision assigns to Oura the right to use any user-submitted feedback, including ideas and concepts, for any purpose without compensation or attribution. This is a standard clause in consumer technology agreements, and its practical scope is limited to the feedback and suggestions users choose to submit.
Under this clause, ideas, suggestions, or product feedback submitted to Oura through any channel become available for Oura's unrestricted use without payment or credit to the submitting user. The provision does not require Oura to act on or implement any feedback received.
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"If you provide any communications or materials to ŌURA by mail, email, telephone, or otherwise, suggesting or recommending changes to the Services, including without limitation, new features or functionality relating thereto, or any comments, questions, suggestions, or the like ("Feedback"), ŌURA is free to use such Feedback irrespective of any other obligation or limitation between the Parties governing such Feedback. ŌURA is free to use, without any attribution or compensation to any party, any ideas, know-how, concepts, techniques, or other intellectual property rights contained in the Feedback, for any purpose whatsoever, although ŌURA is not required to use any Feedback.Excerpt from Oura's Terms of Service
1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Broad intellectual property assignment provisions in consumer contracts are generally enforceable under US law and do not typically engage specific federal regulatory frameworks. However, the provision's breadth (covering 'any purpose whatsoever' and 'any ideas, know-how, concepts, techniques') is a standard but expansive formulation that should be noted in any enterprise or research context where substantive product development input may be provided. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low. This provision is common across consumer technology platforms. The primary exposure is for users or institutions that submit substantive proprietary ideas or technical concepts through informal feedback channels, who would have no contractual basis to claim compensation or attribution. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: The provision applies globally under California law as the governing law of the agreement. No jurisdiction-specific carve-outs are included for this provision. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise or research partners providing substantive product development input should conduct this through a separately negotiated agreement rather than the standard feedback channel, as this provision would otherwise assign all rights to Oura without compensation. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: No specific compliance action is required for this provision in the ordinary consumer context. Institutional users engaged in collaborative product development with Oura should ensure separate contractual arrangements are in place.
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This provision assigns to Oura the right to use any user-submitted feedback, including ideas and concepts, for any purpose without compensation or attribution. This is a standard clause in consumer technology agreements, and its practical scope is limited to the feedback and suggestions users choose to submit.
Under this clause, ideas, suggestions, or product feedback submitted to Oura through any channel become available for Oura's unrestricted use without payment or credit to the submitting user. The provision does not require Oura to act on or implement any feedback received.
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