Copyright and other intellectual property rights (including rights under Articles 27 and 28 of the Copyright Act) related to deliverables delivered by the Institute to a client shall remain the property of the Institute until the completion of the work, and shall be transferred and vested in the client upon completion of the work (excluding intellectual property rights held by the Institute prior to the commencement of the transaction (hereinafter referred to as “Reserved Intellectual Property Rights”). However, the Institute shall grant the client free use of the Reserved Intellectual Property Rights (including licensing to third parties) to the extent necessary for the use of the deliverables. Furthermore, if the client requests the Institute to make modifications to the deliverables after delivery, the client shall not claim copyright fees from the Institute for the modifications).
However, with regard to intellectual property rights held by a third party, if the Institute uses such rights in the deliverables with the third party’s permission, the relevant intellectual property rights shall remain the property of the third party and shall not be transferred or vested in the client.
Furthermore, the Institute will not exercise moral rights against the client in relation to the results of the project (however, the right to be credited as the original author (i.e., to be credited as the researcher, editor, and author at the end of the book, etc.) will be reserved). If a separate agreement is made within the transaction, that agreement will take precedence.
