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Policy For Document Access By University Accounts
In today's high-tech world, a company's most important asset is often
its intellectual property. A company's success or failure can depend
on the careful protection of their proprietary materials, so they take
elaborate precautions to ensure that these valuable assets do not go
unprotected. MOSIS has worked with its vendors to ensure we provide
the same level of protection in our distribution of their proprietary
documentation.
Universities historically are places that encourage the free,
unencumbered access to information, and, as such, often aren't
equipped to monitor and enforce access restrictions. Because of this,
MOSIS and our vendors insist academic institutions wishing to gain
access to a company's proprietary materials follow the procedures
outlined herein.
ALL UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTS
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All university accounts (domestic, foreign, commercial, MEP
Instructional and MEP Research) must have a legally binding signed
MOSIS Customer Agreement on file.
Without exception, each university must have a MOSIS Customer
Agreement executed by an individual empowered to enter into a legal
agreement on behalf of the university.
This agreement includes a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) that is
legally binding to the university, the faculty, the students, and
the staff who have access to MOSIS vendor proprietary material.
A professor can be accepted as a signatory only upon receipt by MOSIS
of a statement from the university legal department on university
letterhead acknowledging the professor's authority to enter into a
legal agreement on behalf of the university.
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Every document access request must include the
Academic Account Document Access Application, containing
the following:
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Account Information
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Fabrication Plan
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Account Liaison NDA
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List of students, staff, and other faculty that have signed the
individual NDA.
Additionally, a
Mini-Proposal may be
requested.
Each professor is responsible for the maintenance of their account
including managing document access.
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Each vendor requires the liaison person of a
university account to file an additional document or set of documents
specific to the set of proprietary material. Requests for access to
these documents must be from the liaison person on record for the
account. Requests from a student, a staff person or a faculty member
(who is not on record as the liaison) will not be considered under any
circumstances. See the
list of forms by vendor.
The final approval for granting access is at the sole discretion of the
individual vendor. Access is not automatically granted, and there are
cases in which there is no means for reversing a refusal to grant
access.
MOSIS and its vendors have many methods at our disposal to monitor
compliance. Failure to honor these terms can lead to immediate
revocation of access to specific or all processes available through
MOSIS, and may lead to the suspension of access for the entire
university to fabrication through MOSIS. In addition, the vendor may
pursue litigation against the university and against individuals who
have had access to these documents.
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Related Links
Document Access for Universities
Account Liaison NDA (PDF)
Student, Staff and Non-Liaison Faculty NDA (PDF)
Mini-Proposal
University Access to Artisan Libraries
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