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Legal Terms of Use and Evaluation Access Restrictions

By submitting this Evaluation Access request, the institution and its authorized representative agree to the following legally binding terms:

  1. No Access Guaranteed
    Submission of this form does not grant access. All requests undergo internal screening, identity verification, institutional vetting, and legal compliance review. Approval is discretionary and may be declined without explanation.

  2. Authorized Representative Requirement
    The individual submitting this form confirms they are legally authorized to act on behalf of the institution. False representation constitutes institutional fraud and voids any consideration of access.

  3. Confidential and Restricted Material
    All scientific material provided under evaluation status is confidential. The institution agrees not to reproduce, copy, distribute, transmit, publish, translate, reverse-engineer, digitize, or store the material in any system beyond internal evaluation.

  4. No Commercial Rights Granted
    Evaluation access grants strictly limited reading rights for assessment purposes. It does not grant, imply, or transfer ownership, licensing rights, commercialization rights, or any derivative rights.

  5. Prohibition on Research Use Without License
    No experiments, modeling, simulations, derivative hypotheses, internal research activities, or application of the material are permitted without a signed licensing agreement. Unauthorized use results in immediate legal action.

  6. Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure
    The institution agrees to maintain full confidentiality and internal containment of all provided documents. Disclosure to third parties, affiliates, advisors, or subsidiaries is prohibited unless explicitly permitted in writing.

  7. Institutional Accountability
    The institution accepts full liability for any internal breach, employee misuse, or unauthorized access resulting from negligence or insufficient security measures.

  8. Audit and Tracking Rights
    You reserve the right to request proof of internal handling, access logs, and digital containment procedures at any time during the evaluation period.

  9. Revocation Rights
    You may revoke evaluation access at any time without justification. Upon revocation, the institution must immediately delete, destroy, and certify destruction of all provided documents.

  10. Indemnification Clause
    The institution agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the author, rights holder, and affiliated parties from any and all damages, losses, legal expenses, or claims resulting from misuse, unauthorized research, or breach of these terms.

  11. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
    Any dispute arising from this request, the material, or its use is subject exclusively to the jurisdiction chosen by you (Switzerland, UK, or US depending on contract wording). The institution waives any right to contest jurisdiction.

  12. No Redistribution, Review, or Publication
    The institution may not use evaluation material for peer review, academic publication, public critique, or scientific community discussion without explicit written permission.

  13. Security Protocol Requirement
    Institutions must maintain digital and physical containment systems preventing:
    • unauthorized employee access
    • duplication or cloud storage
    • data extraction attempts
    • transmission outside authorized networks

  14. Automatic Termination Conditions
    Evaluation access terminates immediately if the institution engages in:
    • derivative modeling
    • reverse engineering
    • internal re-publication
    • sharing with a subsidiary division
    • attempts to negotiate with stolen material
    • transferring documents to reviewers without permission

  15. Acknowledgment of Legal Consequences
    Any breach will result in:
    • financial penalties
    • immediate revocation of access
    • blacklisting from any future licensing
    • civil litigation
    • international intellectual property enforcement procedures

The institution confirms full understanding of these conditions by submitting the form.