Common use of NIH Representations Clause in Contracts

NIH Representations. NIH represents to the Publisher that the Author is the sole author of the Author’s contribution to the Work and that NIH is the owner of the rights that are the subject of this agreement; that the Work is an original work and has not previously been published in any form anywhere in the world; that to the best of NIH’s knowledge the Work is not a violation of any existing copyright, moral right, database right, or of any right of privacy or other intellectual property, personal, proprietary or statutory right; that where the Author is responsible for obtaining permissions or assisting the Publishers in obtaining permissions for the use of third party material, all relevant permissions and information have been secured; and that the Work contains nothing misleading, obscene, libelous or defamatory or otherwise unlawful. NIH agrees to reasonable instructions or requirements regarding submission procedures or author communications, and reasonable ethics or conflict of interest disclosure requirements unless they conflict with the provisions of this Cover Sheet.