Any ideas or feedback you submit to Wealthfront automatically become Wealthfront's property, and you give up all intellectual property rights to them.
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The clause operationalizes ownership of user-generated intellectual property by establishing automatic assignment upon submission, eliminating any retained intellectual property interests by submitters in their own feedback and ideas.
Users who submit product suggestions, feature ideas, or business concepts to Wealthfront permanently forfeit all intellectual property rights to those ideas without any compensation.
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"You agree, however, that (i) by submitting unsolicited ideas to Wealthfront or any of its employees or representatives, by any medium, including but not limited to email, written, or oral communication, you automatically forfeit your right to any intellectual property rights in such ideas; and (ii) such unsolicited ideas automatically become the property of Wealthfront. You hereby assign and agree to assign all rights, title, and interest you have in such feedback and ideas to Wealthfront together with all intellectual property rights therein.— Excerpt from Wealthfront's Wealthfront Terms of Service
The automatic IP assignment clause for unsolicited feedback is broadly drafted and includes a waiver of moral rights. While standard in many consumer-facing terms, this clause may face enforceability challenges in jurisdictions with strong author's rights protections or where consideration is required for valid IP assignment.
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The clause operationalizes ownership of user-generated intellectual property by establishing automatic assignment upon submission, eliminating any retained intellectual property interests by submitters in their own feedback and ideas.
Users who submit product suggestions, feature ideas, or business concepts to Wealthfront permanently forfeit all intellectual property rights to those ideas without any compensation.
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