Utrecht University

License Agreement

Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht (Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, the Netherlands, ‘UMC’) proposes this license for making a short scientific work publicly available in the institutional repository under article 25fa of the Dutch Copyright Act (Auteurswet) (amendment 'Taverne')

By signing this agreement the Employee (as defined below) accepts this offer and the content of this license and this agreement is concluded.
 

Article 1: License to make publicly available

The Employee grants the UMC the non-exclusive right to make any short scientific work (‘the Work’) that the Employee published or may in future publish as author while employed by the UMC, and that meets the conditions set out in Article 25fa of the Copyright Act, publicly available in the institutional repository for no consideration.
The Employee may at any time exclude work from the procedures set out in this Article 1 for making work publicly available.
The UMC is not permitted to grant sublicenses.

Article 2: Warranties and obligations

The Employee confirms that he or she is the author of the Work and is permitted to enter into this agreement.
If the previous condition is met, UMC confirms to the Employee that it will support the Employee, both legally and financially, if a third party asserts any claim against the Employee as a result of this agreement. The UMC will arrange for legal aid at the UMCs expense. The UMC will reimburse in full any costs, fines or compensation for damages that may be payable by the Employee as a result of the Work being made publicly available under the terms of this agreement.
The UMC will not make the Work publicly available within six months after it was first published.
The UMC will at all times make clear reference to the source of the first publication of the Work.
In the case of publications as referred to in Article 1, the UMC processes personal data of the Employee, including in any event his or her surname, initial(s), title, position, research field, faculty/department and publications.
In order for UMC to comply with Article 1, Employee will in a timely matter provide the Work to UMC.

Article 3: Duration and termination 

This agreement is entered into for the duration of the copyright of the Work and ends immediately, by operation of law and without any notice being required, irrespective of the provisions laid down in law regarding the termination and dissolution of an agreement, as soon as the copyright expires or a Dutch court rules in proceedings on the substance of a case that no copyright is vested in the Work(s), and this judgment is declared final and not open to appeal.

Article 4: Applicable law and choice of forum

This agreement is governed by Dutch law.
Any disputes arising between the UMC and the Employee in respect of this agreement or other agreements arising from this agreement will be submitted to the competent court in Rechtbank Midden-Nederland.
 

By signing this agreement the Employee (as defined below) accepts this offer and the content of this license and this agreement is concluded.

The Employee,
 
have agreed as follows:
dd/mm/yyyy
 

By submitting this agreement you authorise UMC Utrecht to make your publication(s) registered in Pure where you are designated as ‘corresponding author’ (which is registered in Pure only from 2020 onwards) open access in accordance with the aforementioned conditions. UMC Utrecht delegates the actual Open Access publishing to Utrecht University library. Please note that Utrecht University library makes your publications Open Access on behalf of UMC Utrecht and that UMC Utrecht assumes responsibility in case of legal consequences as described in the form.

If the library does not have access to the full text of your work, they will ask you to supply it.

More information on how Utrecht University handles your personal data.
 
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