INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENCE
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or
re-enactments of the legislation and statutory instruments and
regulations issued under the legislation;
b. Words denoting the singular include the plural and vice versa; words
denoting individuals or persons include bodies corporate and vice
versa; references to documents or agreements also mean those
documents or
agreements as changed, novated or replaced, and
words denoting one
gender include all genders;
c. Grammatical forms of defined words or phrases have corresponding
meanings;
d. Reference to an amount of money is a reference to the amount in the
lawful currency of the Commonwealth of Australia;
e. References to a party are intended to bind their executors,
administrators and permitted transferees; and
f. Obligations under this agreement affecting more than one party bind
them jointly and each of them severally.
3. LICENCE AND ACCEPTANCE
This Agreement may be accepted by doing either one or more of the
following:
a. duly executing this Agreement in hard copy; or
b. duly executing this Agreement electronically via DocuSign or other
acceptable to the Licensee electronic signature standard;
c. otherwise indicating an acceptance in writing (including by email) of
an application, schedule, proposal or quotation issued by the
Licensor in or to which this Agreement is attached or referred to;
d. Issuing a purchase order or similar request for goods or services in
response to the application, schedule, quotation or proposal referred
to at (c) above;
e. By clicking “I agree” or similar affirmation when asked whether you
agree with the terms and conditions of access to the Material via the
Licensor’s website; or
f. Accessing the Material after being provided with a copy of this
Agreement and/or the application, schedule, proposal or quotation
referred to in (c) above.
In consideration of the Licensee’s agreement to be bound by this
Agreement and its ongoing compliance with its obligations under this
agreement, including without limitation payment of the Licence Fee,
the Licensor grants to the Licensee a non-exclusive, non-
transferrable, revocable licence to access and use the Material for
the Permitted Use throughout the Term in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement.
g. The Licensee may make changes to the Material (excepting
photographic, pictorial or diagrammatic representations, used in the
Material pursuant to external licensing) for their own benefit and use,
but only in accordance with this Agreement.
h. Any changes made to the Material by the Licensee are made and
used at the sole risk of the Licensee and the Licensee indemnifies
the Licensor as to any Claim that may subsequently arise.
i. All changes made to the Material by the Licensee must be noted as
changes, amendments or adaptions of the Licensee pursuant to this
Agreement.
j. The Licensee will ensure suitability of the Material for their own use
and the Licensor provides no warranty as to use of the Material
beyond any stated therein.
k. Except as otherwise authorised by this agreement, the Licensee must
not and must ensure that any other third party must not, on-sell, load
on to any website, portal, database or other platform accessible by
third parties (for example, Moodle), change formatting or disable or
attempt to disable any protection measures contained within the
Materials; and
l. Should the Licensor have reasonable suspicion (howsoever formed)
that the Licensee is or may be breaching any of the above restrictions,
then without limiting any other rights of the Licensor under this
Agreement or at law, the Licensor:
i. may immediately suspend all access to the Material without
liability of claim to the Licensee;
ii. may refer the Licensee to Australian Skills Quality Authority or
other industry or governing body for investigation and/or
disciplinary action; and
iii. may claim from the Licensee as a liquidated debt, an amount
equal to the sum that the Licensor would have received had each
individual that accessed the Material as a result of or in
connection to a breach of this Agreement paid the relevant
Licence Fee or it been paid on their behalf.
4. VALUE & OWNERSHIP
a. The Licensee acknowledges that the Material has commercial value
to the Licensor and is the property of the Licensor.
b. Nothing in this agreement has the effect of transferring title to or an
interest or Rights in any of the Material, Product or the Intellectual
Property to the Licensee or anyone, including any modified version of
the Material, Product or the Intellectual Property.
c. All Intellectual Property rights existing in the Material and the Product
as at commencement of the Term or coming into existence at any
time in the future, including in any parts of the Material or Product
worked on or contributed to by the Licensee or its personnel,
employees, representatives, sub-licensees or assigns, will at all times
remain vested in the Licensor, without exception.
5. IMPROVEMENTS
a. Title to the Material and the Intellectual Property, including any
Improvements, whether or not made by the Licensee (or at the
Licensee’s request), remains at all times vested in the Licensor.
b. Notwithstanding the restrictions in clause 6.m, if the Licensee (or any
person granted access to the Intellectual Property) develops any
Improvements in relation to the Material or the Intellectual Property,
then all intellectual property rights then existing or created in the
Improvements will immediately vest in the Licensor on their creation;
and
c. The Licensee will do all things and sign all documents, including
without limitation procuring that any of the Licensee’s employees,
agents, personnel or contractors sign all documents, to ensure the
vesting is secured to the Licensor.
d. If for any reason the Intellectual Property rights in the Improvements
do not immediately vest in the Licensor:
i. where the Intellectual Property rights to the Improvement are
assignable, the Licensee irrevocably assigns to the Licensor all
right title and interest in any Intellectual Property Rights
subsisting in the Improvement and will do all things necessary to
give effect to such assignment;
ii. where the Intellectual Property Rights to the Improvement are not
capable of assignment, the Licensee grants the Licensor an
irrevocable, royalty free and exclusive licence to the Intellectual
Property rights subsisting in the Improvement.
e. The Licensor reserves the right to develop new material separate to
the Material the subject of this Agreement. Any new material may use
other technologies or content in addition to current technologies or
content. The Licensee agrees that additional fees for new
functionality, content or modules not available in the current Material
may be applicable should the Licensee wish to upgrade to any new
material.
6. OBLIGATIONS OF THE LICENSEE
During the term, the Licensee must:
a. Promptly advise the Licensor of any litigation or arbitration or threat
of litigation or arbitration which may involve the Material or Intellectual
Property;
b. keep the Licensor advised of the progress of any litigation or