Intellectual Property

SVS Policy on Intellectual Property

All materials prepared by Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) members for use in SVS programs and products, in whatever form, shall become and remain the sole and exclusive property of SVS. Any such materials shall be “work made for hire” under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. Sections 101 and 201(b), and any and all copyrights in any such work prepared by Society volunteers shall vest in the SVS by operation of law and agreement of the parties.