Any idea, suggestion, feedback, or creative material submitted to Starbucks through the sites is licensed to Starbucks on a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free basis for any commercial or noncommercial purpose without compensation, and Starbucks claims exclusive intellectual property ownership over any work it creates from the submitted idea or a similar idea of its own.
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This provision asserts that Starbucks acquires exclusive intellectual property rights to works it creates from submitted ideas, and that the license is irrevocable and compensation-free. The document advises users not to submit ideas if they 'expect to be paid or want to continue to own or claim rights in them,' and requires users to disclose any pending or registered patents related to the idea.
The agreement states that submitted ideas are treated as voluntary, non-confidential, and non-committal, and that Starbucks obtains an irrevocable, royalty-free license for any commercial or noncommercial use of the idea without acknowledgment or compensation to the submitter. Starbucks also asserts exclusive IP ownership over works it creates from submitted ideas or similar ideas it develops independently.
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Compare across platforms →"By submitting your Idea, you grant Starbucks and its designees a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid up and royalty free license to use, sell, reproduce, prepare derivative works, combine with other works, alter, translate, distribute copies, display, perform, publish, license or sub-license the Idea and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of Ideas for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. By submitting your Idea, you hereby release Starbucks and its agents and employees from any claims that such use violates any of your rights. Starbucks shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, to any work it creates or has created from the Idea or a similar idea of its own.Excerpt from Starbucks's Terms of Use
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This provision asserts that Starbucks acquires exclusive intellectual property rights to works it creates from submitted ideas, and that the license is irrevocable and compensation-free. The document advises users not to submit ideas if they 'expect to be paid or want to continue to own or claim rights in them,' and requires users to disclose any pending or registered patents …
The agreement states that submitted ideas are treated as voluntary, non-confidential, and non-committal, and that Starbucks obtains an irrevocable, royalty-free license for any commercial or noncommercial use of the idea without acknowledgment or compensation to the submitter. Starbucks also asserts exclusive IP ownership over works it creates from submitted ideas or similar ideas it develops independently.
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