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The clause operationally separates ownership of the underlying platform infrastructure and software from ownership of user-generated content, establishing clear demarcation of what each party controls and can license or modify.
New provision explicitly confirms Snowflake's ownership of all IP and denies customers any right to obtain source code or modifications.
View full change record →Removed emphasis on Customer's retention of intellectual property rights and replaced 'limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use...solely to provide' with broader 'right to host, copy, transmit, display, and otherwise use' language.
View full change record →Users retain ownership of their data and any intellectual property embedded within it, but do not acquire ownership rights to Snowflake's platform, tools, features, or any derivative works Snowflake creates from the Services. Users operate under the authorization to use the Services subject to the license Snowflake grants, not to own or control the platform itself.
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Any intellectual property rights vested by Twilio under this Agreement will include the rights set forth in Article 27 (Right of Adaptation) and 28 (Original Author's Right in Derivative Works) of the Copyright Act of Japan...
Remove, obscure, or alter any notice of any of our trademarks, or other Intellectual Property appearing on or contained within the Services or on any Wise Materials.
Use of the Services does not give you ownership of any intellectual property rights in any of the content, documents or other materials you access.
"As between the parties, Snowflake retains all right, title, and interest in and to the Services, and all related intellectual property rights. Customer retains all right, title, and interest in and to the Customer Data, and all related intellectual property rights.Excerpt from Snowflake's Terms of Service
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The clause operationally separates ownership of the underlying platform infrastructure and software from ownership of user-generated content, establishing clear demarcation of what each party controls and can license or modify.
Users retain ownership of their data and any intellectual property embedded within it, but do not acquire ownership rights to Snowflake's platform, tools, features, or any derivative works Snowflake creates from the Services. Users operate under the authorization to use the Services subject to the license Snowflake grants, not to own or control the platform itself.
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