If you email or otherwise share any ideas or suggestions with Wealthfront, those ideas automatically become Wealthfront's property and you give up any intellectual property or moral rights in them.
This analysis describes what Wealthfront's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
Any product idea, feature suggestion, or innovation you share with Wealthfront, even casually by email, becomes the company's property under these terms, with no compensation or attribution owed to you.
Interpretive note: Moral rights waivers may not be enforceable in all US jurisdictions, and the breadth of the clause covering oral communications may face enforceability challenges in some contexts.
Users who submit feature ideas or product suggestions to Wealthfront forfeit all intellectual property rights in those ideas under this clause; the waiver of moral rights may not be enforceable in all jurisdictions, particularly outside the United States.
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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. In addition, you warrant that all moral rights in any feedback have been waived, and you do hereby waive any such moral rights.Excerpt from Wealthfront's Terms of Service
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Any product idea, feature suggestion, or innovation you share with Wealthfront, even casually by email, becomes the company's property under these terms, with no compensation or attribution owed to you.
Users who submit feature ideas or product suggestions to Wealthfront forfeit all intellectual property rights in those ideas under this clause; the waiver of moral rights may not be enforceable in all jurisdictions, particularly outside the United States.
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