WhatsApp claims no ownership but you must hold needed rights
WhatsApp does not claim ownership of submitted information. You must have the necessary rights to submit it and grant the licenses in the terms.
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Your Rights. WhatsApp does not claim ownership of the information that you submit for your WhatsApp account or through our Services. You must have the necessary rights to such information that you submit for your WhatsApp account or through our Services and the right to grant the rights and licenses in our Terms.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Brand and other IP use needs permission
WhatsApp owns the listed service IP. Using it requires express permission and compliance with brand guidelines; affiliated companies’ marks likewise need permission, including permission in their published guidelines.
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WhatsApp’s Rights. We own all copyrights, trademarks, domains, logos, trade dress, trade secrets, patents, and other intellectual property rights associated with our Services. You may not use our copyrights, trademarks (or any similar marks), domains, logos, trade dress, trade secrets, patents, and other intellectual property rights unless you have our express permission and except in accordance with our [Brand Guidelines](https://about.meta.com/brand/resources/whatsapp/whatsapp-brand). You may use the [trademarks of our affiliated companies](https://about.meta.com/brand/resources/meta/our-trademarks/) only with their permission, including as authorized in any published brand guidelines.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Worldwide service operating license and 30-day undelivered message retention
Users grant WhatsApp a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable license to process content to operate the service, including storing undelivered messages for up to 30 days.
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Your License To WhatsApp. In order to operate and provide our Services, you grant WhatsApp a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, display, and perform the information (including the content) that you upload, submit, store, send, or receive on or through our Services. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating and providing our Services (such as to allow us to display your profile picture and status message, transmit your messages, and store your undelivered messages on our servers for up to 30 days as we try to deliver them).
Qualifications & exceptions
Limited purpose of service delivery; up to 30 days undelivered message retention
Limited revocable personal client software license grant
WhatsApp grants users a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable license to use client apps solely to access the services.
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WhatsApp’s License To You. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, and non-transferable license to use our Services, subject to and in accordance with our Terms. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use our Services in the manner permitted by our Terms. No licenses or rights are granted to you by implication or otherwise, except for the licenses and rights expressly granted to you.
Qualifications & exceptions
Personal, revocable, non-transferable
purpose: license_grant
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Account suspension for repeat copyright and trademark infringement
WhatsApp may disable or terminate accounts for repeat or serious infringement of third-party intellectual property rights.
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We may take action with respect to your account, including disabling or suspending your account, if you clearly, seriously or repeatedly infringe the intellectual property rights of others or where we are required to do so for legal reasons. Disabling or suspending your account will be in accordance with the "[Termination](https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/terms-of-service?eea=0#terms-of-service-availability-and-termination-of-our-services)" section below.
Royalty-free unrestricted license to user suggestions and feedback
WhatsApp may utilize user feedback or product suggestions without any restrictions, accounting, or obligation to compensate.
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We always appreciate your feedback or other suggestions about WhatsApp and our Services, but you understand that you have no obligation to provide feedback or suggestions and that we may use your feedback or suggestions without any restriction or obligation to compensate you for them.
Qualifications & exceptions
Unrestricted, royalty-free use of unsolicited feedback