Thieme Publishing Group's Copyright And Rights Assignment Policy.pdf

Assignment of Rights
We – the Thieme Publishing Group – do not accept for publication in a journal any manuscript that has previously been published elsewhere.
Your consent to the following assignments of rights, also on behalf of the other authors (if several authors contribute to the manuscript), and the signing of this Copyright Transfer Agreement is a necessary requirement for the publication of your manuscript.
Upon acceptance of your manuscript by us you assign to us (on behalf of all authors), without geographical or language restriction and for the duration of the legal copyright term, the rights to use your article, for all print runs/updates, including the rights to:
– reproduce and distribute copies of the article in printed form (e. g., in a periodical or journal, medical textbook or other target group oriented book, paperback book, special edition for secondary markets or special customers, brochures, advertising supplements, edited volumes, etc.) including the publication of the article under an Open Access license;
– reproduce and distribute the article in electronic media formats (e. g., CD-Rom, DVD, USB memory stick, databases, cloud-based service, ebook and other forms of electronic publishing) and also make available to the public (e. g., internet, intranet or other wired or wireless data networks), in particular by displaying on stationary or mobile visual display units, monitors, smart phones, tablets or other devices by download (e. g., e-pub, PDF, App) or retrieval in any other form;
– publish ourselves or to authorize the publication of excerpts in other works or articles, in audio-visual accompanying materials or interactive products or services, and including the transfer of rights of use to third parties (e. g., under the terms of licensing agreements);
Permission to Publish and Copyright Transfer Agreement
Manuscript Information:
Journal:
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Number:
Authors:
Corresponding authorʼs contact data:
Corresponding authorʼs email address:
Contact at the publishers:
Email address at the publishers:
Dear Author,
Please read this form carefully, check all manuscript information, sign this form with your digital signature and reply directly to the email with which you received this document and leave the subject unchanged.
Thank you very much in advance.
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I have taken note of the information on the duties of care under product liability law; I agree to the assignments of rights in accordance with the foregoing sections “Assignment of Rights” and “Authors’ rights and Green Open Access” also on behalf of the other authors (if several authors have contributed to the article).
I declare that no third party rights will be infringed through the publication. Any material contained in the manuscript (including illustrations, tables, or other material) from third-party sources will be identified as such through citation, indicating the source. If required, I have obtained the copyright permission from the publishers concerned.
The above-mentioned assignments of rights also relate to the illustrations in your manuscript. We do not accept any illustrations for which it has not been granted all rights of use in accordance with this contract.
Should one of the foregoing regulations be or become invalid in whole or in part this shall not affect the validity of the other provisions. Any invalid provision shall be replaced by a regulation that comes as close as possible to the purpose of the invalid provision in economic terms, insofar as legally permissible.
This article is ready to print after the execution of the corrections indicated by me.
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