Permission to Use and Share Information

All CLSI volunteers and experts are required to comply with the following policy and commitments:

By voluntarily joining or accepting an appointment to a CLSI committee or board, and by participating in that committee’s or board’s programs, sessions, collaborations, and/or meetings (individually and collectively “Program(s)”), and/or other Programs arranged or conducted by CLSI, I grant CLSI permission to use the data and information (individually and collectively, “Information”) that I contribute to CLSI as a participant in such Program(s), along with Information provided by other Program participants, for the purpose of discussing, analyzing, and evaluating such Information as part of CLSI’s Standards Development Process (the “Process”).

I understand that CLSI may create works (the “Work(s)”) that are the result of the Process in which I and others may voluntarily participate, that such Works are based upon the Process and Information derived from multiple sources, and that such Works belong exclusively to CLSI. I understand and agree that participants in the Process do not own or control any rights in or to the Works by virtue of participating in the Process or the Programs or by virtue of CLSI synthesizing the Information into the Works.

I reserve those rights and interests, if any, belonging to me (or my employer, if applicable) to Information contributed by me to the Process subject to CLSI’s right to use and synthesize such Information as set out above.

Without limiting the generality of the above, CLSI agrees that it will not reproduce any specific expression of Information furnished by me in the form submitted by me (eg, a chart, graph, illustration, or text) in a Work without my approval, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld by me so as to frustrate the Process or the purpose of the Process.

I represent that I have the right and authority to grant this permission and to participate in the CLSI Program(s) and the Process and that the Information provided by me is, to the best of my knowledge, accurate and does not infringe upon the rights of any other party.

I understand and agree that CLSI has the exclusive right to publish, reproduce, and distribute, the Works throughout the world in all media and platforms whether known now or hereafter developed and I will not copy, adapt, translate, or otherwise reproduce by any means (eg, electronic, file sharing, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), any Work without prior written permission from CLSI.