1- Scope of License. a) Authorized Users of licensed Material

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1 LEGAL INFORMATION ABOUT VLEX Customers outside the European Union: VLEX LLC 1200 BRICKELL AVE. SUITE 1950 MIAMI, FL (USA) European Union customers: VLEX NETWORKS, S.L. Almogàvers , 3era planta Barcelona (Spain) Phone: (+34) Registered in the Mercantile Registry of Barcelona, Volume , Sheet 95, Page number B , Entry 5. Terms and Conditions for the ACADEMIC MARKET/ UNIVERSITIES The purpose of this TERMS AND CONDITIONS is to regulate the legal relationship between VLEX, the CLIENT and the AUTHORIZED USERS, especially the CLIENT s access to VLEX.COM web service and to any web services using the brand and/or name 'VLEX'. 1- Scope of License a) Authorized Users of licensed Material VLEX grants the CLIENT a non-exclusive and non-transferable, limited license to access and use the Contents bought in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and will provide the licensed material to the CLIENT with online access. "Authorized Users" are: Persons Affiliated with the CLIENT. Current members of the faculty and staff of Members Institution (whether on a permanent, temporary, contract or visiting basis) and individuals who are currently affiliated with a Member's institution, who are permitted to access the Secure Network from within the Library Premises or from such other places where Authorized Users work or study (including but not limited to Authorized Users' offices and homes, halls of residence and student dormitories) and who have been issued by a Member with a password or other authentication together with other persons who are permitted to use a Member's library or other information service and permitted to access the Secure Network, but only from computer terminals within the Member's Library Premises. Walk-ins. Patrons not affiliated with the CLIENT who are physically present at the CLIENT's site(s) ( walk-ins ). The service will only be used by as many authorized users as licenses bought by the CLIENT. To such effect, LICENSE is defined as a single, individual and non-transferable access given to those individuals allowed to use the service within each Organization. The person appointed by the CLIENT as Account Administrator will be able to create and update the information of the authorized users to access the service the CLIENT has subscribed to up to the number of licenses bought. In this case, the use of the Service by the end Users indicates that the Terms of Use and General Conditions have been expressly accepted.

2 The CLIENT is aware and accepts that the Service can only be used by those who have effectively bought it. Share or transfer access information to other individuals or Organizations is strictly forbidden. Share a subscription among several organizations it is also forbidden, even if the number of licenses subscribed is sufficient. The CLIENT is allowed to use the user ID and password only within the Country the said information was given. It is the responsibility of the CLIENT to ensure that non-authorized third parties access the access data or, whenever appropriate, not to share its IP range with the said parties. It is the responsibility of the CLIENT to inform VLEX of any non-authorized use of its user ID. The use of VPN systems, or any other such systems, to access VLEX outside the permitted IP range, is forbidden unless otherwise expressly stated in the subscription form. The use of any product and service, including without limitation, materials, information, contents, software, images, illustrations, designs, icons and any other content already included or which may be included in the future on this web site (collectively called the Content ) is subject to this Terms and Conditions. CLIENT and Authorized Users shall respect this Terms and Conditions. The CLIENT acknowledges that the use of certain Contents may be subject to special conditions which will be published or communicated to the CLIENTS upon accessing the said Contents. b) Authentication of Authorized Users VLEX may provide limited or unlimited access to VLEX service as agreed in the subscription form. Unlimited access may be provided from the CLIENT's IP range demanding, or not, the creation of personal accounts by the end users, as agreed in the subscription form. c) Authorized Uses Nothing in this license shall abrogate any rights of authorized users under the Fair Use provisions of United States and international copyright laws. In addition, the Licensed Materials may be used for purposes of research, education or other non-commercial use as follows: Display. The CLIENT and Authorized Users shall have the right to electronically display the Licensed Materials. Digitally Copy. The CLIENT and Authorized Users may download and digitally copy a reasonable portion of the Licensed Materials. Print Copy. The CLIENT and Authorized Users may print a reasonable portion of the Licensed Materials. Collections of Information. CLIENT and Authorized Users shall be permitted to extract or use information contained in the Licensed Materials for educational, scientific, or research purposes, including extraction and manipulation of information for the purpose of illustration, explanation, example, comment, criticism, teaching, research, or analysis. Course Packs. The CLIENT and Authorized Users may use a reasonable portion of the Licensed Materials in the preparation of Course Packs or other educational materials. Course Reserves (Print and Electronic). The CLIENT and Authorized Users may use a reasonable portion of the Licensed Materials for use in connection with specific courses of instruction offered by the CLIENT. Scholarly Sharing. Authorized Users may transmit to a third party in hard copy or

3 electronically, minimal, insubstantial amounts of the Licensed Materials for personal use or scholarly, educational, or scientific research or use but in no case for resale or commercial purposes. Except for the aforementioned cases, the CLIENT cannot copy, duplicate, reproduce, sell, download, re-sell, re-publish, or transmit any part of this web site or its Content, whether be for commercial or non-commercial use. The CLIENT cannot sublicense, decompile, rent, sell, reverse engineer, or create works derived from this web site or its Content. The CLIENT cannot use framing techniques to hide the brand, logo or other parts of the web site without prior written consent from VLEX. d) Specific Restrictions on Use of licensed Contents Unauthorized Use. The CLIENT shall not knowingly permit anyone other than Authorized Users to use the Licensed Materials. Modification of Licensed Materials. The CLIENT shall not modify, manipulate, or create a derivative work of the Licensed Materials without the prior written permission of VLEX. Removal of Copyright Notice. The CLIENT may not remove, obscure or modify any copyright or other notices included in the Licensed Materials. Commercial Purposes. The CLIENT may not use the Licensed Materials for commercial purposes, including but not limited to the sale of the Licensed Materials, fee-for-service use of the Licensed Materials, or bulk reproduction or distribution of the License Materials in any form; nor may CLIENT impose special charges on Authorized Users for use of the Licensed Materials beyond reasonable printing or administrative costs. Amount of Authorized Use. The use of license granted to the CLIENT includes the right to electronically see the contents included in the bought Service, as well as the right to electronically download and/or print non substantial parts of the said Contents for professional use only by the CLIENT. Complete downloading of books, magazines or any other content, whatever the final use of these contents may be, is expressly forbidden. The CLIENT cannot use automated software or manual process, such as robots o spiders to copy or monitor the VLEX service and/or its Content without prior written consent from VLEX. The CLIENT cannot manipulate or use VLEX Content to create publications and/or services of any kind and, specifically, those that could be compared to or compete with, in any way, with the publications and/or Content VLEX offers now or may offer in the future. Expressly forbidden is the inclusion of VLEX contents into any data base, of any type, regardless of its format, whether they be of private or public access, by subscription or for free. e) Availability of Licensed Materials Upon the Effective Date of this Agreement, VLEX shall make the Licensed Materials available to the CLIENT and Authorized Users. 2-Privacy and Protection of Personal Data a) Acceptation of VLEX Personal Data Policy The CLIENT expressly accepts the Protection of Personal Data Policy made available by

4 VLEX and which can be freely accessed on: b) Supervision and non-authorized Activities VLEX reserves the right to supervise and keep the User entries to the Service and Content, the CLIENTS s search historical record, the CLIENT s IP access to the site, as well as to perform an investigation on possible violations of these Terms of Use. VLEX will cancel the access to the Service whenever patterns of use are contrary to these Terms are detected, especially if there is an over downloading of documents, non-authorized user access or the information is used for commercial purposes. 3-Vlex Performance Obligations a) Quality of Service VLEX shall use reasonable efforts to ensure that the VLEX's server or servers have sufficient capacity and rate of connectivity to provide the CLIENT and its Authorized Users with a quality of service comparable to current standards in the on-line information provision industry. If the Licensed Materials fail to operate in conformance with the terms of this Agreement, CLIENT shall immediately notify VLEX, and VLEX shall promptly use reasonable efforts to restore access to the Licensed Materials as soon as possible. b) Modification of Licensed Materials. VLEX shall grant the CLIENT access to the Contents upon subscription for the agreed period. Nonetheless, VLEX shall have the right to add, modify or delete, at any time, the content or features of its products and services to adapt them to its sales or product strategy, without being a cause for an early termination of the service. 4-CLIENT's Performance Obligations a) Provision of Notice of License Terms to Authorized Users. The CLIENT shall make reasonable efforts to provide Authorized Users with appropriate notice of the terms and conditions under which access to the Licensed Materials is granted under this Agreement including, in particular, any limitations on access or use of the Licensed Materials as set forth in this Terms and Conditions. b) Protection from Unauthorized Use. The CLIENT shall use reasonable efforts to protect the Licensed Materials from any use that is not permitted under this Agreement. Should VLEX become aware of a suspected unauthorized

5 use of the material, VLEX will immediately notify the CLIENT of the suspected violation, and will consult with teh CLIENT as to how such unauthorized use can be stopped and its reoccurrence prevented. In no case will unauthorized use entitle VLEX to terminate this license prior to 15 days after the date of notice to the CLIENT described in the preceding sentence. 5-Payment and Fees The agreed amount for this Servcie shall be paid as laid down in the subscription form. All fees are due and payable by the CLIENT thirty (30) days after the date of the receipt of the invoice sent by VLEX. Return expenses will be paid by the CLIENT. VLEX can change, at any time, its products and services applicable prices. In the event of a delay or default of any amount VLEX will be entitled to: (1) Request the advanced payment of any amount due; and/or (2) Cancel the access to the Service until the settlement of the debt; and/or (3) Cancel the Service. 6-Term and Termination VLEX grants to CLIENT access to the subscribed service during the period of time agreed in the subscription form. VLEX is authorized to automatically terminate the contractual relationship without prior notice: (a) Whenever an invoice or payment due is not paid within the agreed period; (b) in the event there is a breach by the CLIENT of any of the clauses included in the Terms of Use and General Conditions herein, as well as in the Special Conditions applicable to specific products, services or contents. All subscriptions are automatically renewed for the same agreed period, and in accordance with the prices applicable at the time, upon expiration of the agreed period, unless CLIENT gives formal notice of his non-renewal intention. Such notice shall be given at least 30 days prior to the automatic renewal date. For all other events, the contract shall be binding during the agreed or automatically renewed period, and the CLIENT shall not be allowed to cancel the service under any circumstances. The obligations of the CLIENT with regards to the Content will continue being in force after the termination of the contract. 7-User Content When adding or providing any content, information or material to this web site (such as labels, logos, comments, key words, documents and others) the CLIENT grants VLEX a perpetual, worldwide, free of charge, irrevocable and non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, change, adapt, post, make public, translate, create works derived from or distribute the said materials provided by the AUTHORIZED CLIENTS, or include them in any form, means and technology currently known or which may be invented in the future. By the statement included in the Service that a content will be private it shall be understood that VLEX will make every effort possible to make this content only available to the said CLIENT in general, although due

6 to the nature of the Internet itself, VLEX cannot ensure that third users may, from time to time, access the said content, either due to a technical error or any other cause. The CLIENT declares to have knowledge of this circumstance and shall hold VLEX, its subsidiaries and owned companies harmless of any claim about it. The CLIENT declares that the personal content provided by the AUTHORIZED USERS does not violate the third party Intellectual Property right. Should there be any claim, the CLIENT shall be solely liable and shall hold VLEX, its subsidiaries and owned companies harmless for any alleged violation of the Intellectual Property right with regards to any content or information provided by the Customer to the web site. 8-Contents, Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights All VLEX contents, service marks, copyrights, graphics and logos included in the VLEX Products and Services are subject to the Industrial and Intellectual Property rights of VLEX and/or third parties and are protected by the international law and the legislation of the European Union, the United States of America and other countries, and cannot be copied, transmitted or reproduced by any means, fully or partially, without prior written consent from of VLEX. Access to the Service or to the said contents by the CLIENT does not imply any kind of waiver, transfer and assignment, entirely or partially, of the said rights and it does not confers any right to use, license alter, exploit, reproduce, distribute or make public the said contents, other than the rights expressly described in the general conditions herein, without prior authorization expressly given to such purpose by VLEX. The CLIENT is not deemed to be owner nor has any rights on VLEX Contents, and expressly acknowledges that the Service and Contents of VLEX on this web site are protected by Industrial and Intellectual Property rights. The CLIENT undertakes to keep the reference to copyright, service marks and patent on all printed documents, included in the VLEX products and services. The Service includes Contents provided by third parties. VLEX does not make its own the opinion expressed by third content providers or by the authors. In general, VLEX accepts no responsibility for any error, omission, opinion, non-update or statement made on its web site on the content offered by third parties. VLEX respects the Intellectual Property Rights and complies with the current legislation. VLEXs of newspaper articles, magazines, books, treatises, monographic and other material (hereinafter the Publishing Company ) have assured VLEX that they have the right to authorize the publication, electronic distribution and trading of the material provided to VLEX. If you are an author and have any queries about the electronic distribution of your products, please address them to your Publishing Company directly. If you are discussing the right of your Publishing Company to authorize the electronic distribution of the said materials on VLEX, please send us a written notice of your concern, in accordance to what it is posted on 9-Warranty Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability THE VLEX WEBSITE AND ALL CONTENT AND SERVICES ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED AS IS. VLEX AND THIRD PARTYCONTENT PROVIDERS DO NOT OFFER ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, WITH REGARDS TO THE OPERATION OF THE

7 SERVICE AND ITS CONTENT, INCLUDING TRANSLATIONS. THE CLIENT EXPRESSLY STATES THAT HE IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE AND ITS CONTENTS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE PURSUANT TO THE APPLICABLE LAW, VLEX DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, REGARDING THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETNESS, ADEQUACY AND FITNESS FOR A PARICULAR PURPOSE OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. VLEX DOES NOT WARRANTS THAT THE SITE OR ITS CONTENTS ARE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE SERVERS ON WHICH THIS SITE AND SERVICE ARE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES. VLEX SHALL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR ITS CONTENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY DIRECT OR INDERCT DAMAGE, CAUSAL OR OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING LEGAL ADVICE COSTS. IN NO EVENT, WILL VLEX, OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR OWNED COMPANIES, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS, AFFILIATES, MANAGERS, BOARD MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, SUBCONTRACTORS, AGENTS AND THEIR SUCCESSORS BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION LEGAL ADVICE COSTS, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS) BY MEANS OF THIS WEBSITE, CONTENT INCLUDED, REGARDLESS OF THE NEGLIGENCE INCURRED BY VLEX, ITS AFFILIATES, MANAGERS, BOARD MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, SUBCONTRACTORS, ANGENTS OR SUCCESSORS. VLEX IS EXEMPT FROM ANY TYPE OF LIABILITY IN THE CASE OF LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICE AT A GIVEN MOMENT, WHEN DUE TO TECHNICAL REASONS, SYSTEM MAINTENANCE TASKS, INTERFERENCES, INTERRUPTION OF THE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, OR OTHERWISE. The Customer undertakes to refrain from using the Service and its Contents for unlawful ends that are forbidden in these Terms, may, in nay way, break VLEX s or third party s rights, or may damage, disable, overload or spoil service or hinder the normal use thereof. Unless proven otherwise, it will be understood as unlawful use file over downloading or the use of web page downloading software. In such cases, VLEX will be entitled to cancel the service, invoice the downloads at a one time purchase price, and claim for damages. 10-No Legal Advise Under no circumstances shall be deemed that VLEX offers to the CLIENT a business or legal advice, or that there exists a client-lawyer relationship, or that some of the information provided by the CLIENT is protected by the confidentiality of sources. VLEX, and third party content providers, do not offer any warranty, express or implied, with regards to the Service and its Contents, the quality or the appropriateness for specific ends, accuracy, update or completeness. VLEX may, from time to time, provide the translation of specific documents. The CLIENT acknowledges that such translation is exclusively offered for information purposes and in order to feature a general survey of the translated document. It is incumbent on the CLIENT to task a third party with a professional translation. Should the CLIENT be a lawyer, the CLIENT accepts that in some countries and jurisdictions the Professional Code of Conduct may be of application with regards to its participation on the web site herein and the use of its Contents. In the jurisdictions where the common law is of application, the CLIENT expressly accepts that it will be its sole responsibility to ensure that a specific case continue being applicable. The CLIENT understands and accepts that all documents included in the Service are included for orientation purposes only and any decision

8 taken based on the said documents it is taken at the risk of the CLIENT. 11-Advertising VLEX shall not by any means be liable for any information published on its web page by any advertiser or sponsor. Compliance with the law in force is the solely responsibility of the advertisers. 12- Force Majeure Both parties are exempt from any responsibility in case of damages or losses arising in case of Force Majeure such as natural catastrophes, floods, strikes, total or partial energy shortage, and any other situation that is not controlled by nor depends on the responsibility of the parties involved in the current contract. Whoever alleges Force Majeure must provide proof of the fact that it hinders compliance, and its causal relationship. 13-Indemnity By using this web site the CLIENT agrees to indemnify VLEX, its subsidiaries and owned companies, third party content providers, and affiliates, managers, consultants, employees, subcontractors, agents or successors of all of them, for any claim, damage or payment resulting from a failure to comply with the Terms of Use and General Conditions set out herein. 14-Modification of the Terms and Conditions VLEX is authorized to change these Terms and Conditions at any time, and will communicate it to the CLIENT. Any new version of the Terms and Conditions will be published on this website and shall automatically be binding. It is incumbent on the CLIENT to check these Terms and Conditions. The continuant use of VLEX service after a change of the Terms and Conditions is to be deemed as an acceptation of the new version. 15-Severability Clause If any provision of this contract shall be declared invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the sentence dictated to that effect will neither affect nor invalidate the remaining provisions. The condition wholly or partially ineffective must be replaced by another condition more similar to the economic effect of the previous one. 16-Waiver of contractual Rights Waiver of any provision herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any other provision herein, nor shall waiver of any breach of this Agreement be construed as a continuing waiver of other breaches of the same or other provisions of this Agreement.

9 17-Assignment and Transfer Neither party may assign, directly or indirectly, all or part of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party. However, VLEX is authorised to assign and transfer, with no restriction, its rights, obligations and any content supplied during the period when this contract is in force, within the VLEX GROUP, including holding companies, subsidiaries and companies in which it has a participating interest. 18- Conflict Resolution and applicable Jurisdiction Any conflict arising from the interpretation or execution of the current contract will be resolved depending on where the CLIENT is domiciled. a) If CLIENT is domiciled in the European Union, the governing law is the Spanish Law b) For those whom are domiciled in the United States of America and abroad, the governing law is the Miami, FL Law, except otherwise agreed in the subscription form. Both parties agree that any litigation, discrepancy or claim about the execution or interpretation of the current contract, or related to it directly or indirectly, will be resolved in the courts of the city of Barcelona (Spain) for CLIENTS from the European Union (EU), and in the courts of the city of Miami, FL (USA) for CLIENTS non domiciled in the European Union.