The provisions contained under the publishing policies are considered an integral part of the usage agreement, and the publishing policies include all publishing rules on the platform, intellectual property rights, and copyrights:

1. The electronic training platform adheres to the intellectual property rights issued by the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property, which are announced on the Authority’s website.
2. The electronic training platform adheres to Royal Decree No. M/41 dated 7/2/1424 and Cabinet Resolution No. 85 dated 4/9/1424 regarding copyright, which is available at the link:
3. Publishing policies include the technical and regulatory rules for publishing digital content via the training platform and are published as part of the policies and attached to the account request form For publishers on the platform.
4. The electronic course is a new vessel whose intellectual property belongs to the party providing the course, and it is responsible for maintaining copyrights through bilateral agreements between it and the owners of the training bags and academic references on which the course was built.
5. Mentioning the author’s name within the context of the course does not entail material rights on the training platform or the university, and the entity providing the course has the right to mention the author’s name or not according to bilateral agreements between it and the author or trainer.
6. The university has the right to publish, stop, or update courses (represented by the training body) in accordance with the usage agreement and policies signed by the training body.
7. The electronic training platform is considered an electronic training environment for publishing and managing training content, and the training entities are responsible for monitoring their accounts, the training materials published in them, and the extent of their commitment to intellectual property rights, without direct responsibility on the platform.
8. The training platform (represented by the Deanship of Electronic Transactions and Communications) has the right to suspend any training course in which a complaint is received that violates intellectual property rights until it is decided by the competent authorities at the university.
9. Training entities with accounts on the platform do not have the right to link their training courses to external sources of information that have intellectual property rights.
10. Training entities that developed their courses electronically with direct support from the Deanship of Electronic Transactions to publish them on the training platform may not republish this content outside the platform without prior approval from the Deanship.
11. Entities developing courses may register them within the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property in agreement with the Deanship of Transactions and in accordance with the system followed by the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property via the link:  The training platform must secure temporary accounts to examine the intellectual content by representatives of the Authority, and the platform does not bear any financial costs associated with registering the intellectual content of the training courses.
12. No training entity with an account on the training platform may register any work or content related to the platform, including the identity, template used, and explanatory videos.
13. The training body presenting the course may apply to have the course accredited by national accreditation bodies in coordination with the Deanship of Electronic Transactions and Communications as a representative of the university and the electronic training platform.
14. King Saud University reserves the right to make any amendment to the User Agreement from time to time without the need to provide notice, and the amendments will be published on the current page.

Procedures followed when violating intellectual property rights and copyrights:

The platform is committed to stopping any training content for which an official complaint has been submitted regarding the violation of intellectual property rights or copyrights by the rights holder. It is not permissible for individuals who are not concerned or the rights holders to submit this type of complaint. Submission is made through the technical support system, indicating the name of the course. The training, the entity providing it, and the complainant’s evidence that he owns intellectual property rights. In the case of unregistered sources, the Saudi judiciary, through the competent court, shall decide the dispute over them without interference from the university.

The procedures followed in cases of violation of intellectual property rights vary, including:

1. If the violation is the use of an image, diagram, or electronic element within a training course without the permission of the copyright holder, the course shall be stopped and the developing party shall be notified to change the element in question or respond to the complaint indicating its ownership of the copyright.
2. If the violation consists of using an image, diagram, or electronic element within a training course without indicating the academic source, the course will be stopped and the training body will be notified to remember the sources of this element in accordance with the rules of scientific documentation.
3. If the violation consists of re-publishing complete training content or what represents more than 10% of the course content, without prior permission from the copyright holder, the course will be stopped, and the party providing the course will be referred for investigation by the competent authority if it does not provide any evidence. Obtaining prior approval from the copyright holder.
4. If an author/trainer submits training content to a training body at the university with content that is not his own, the training body has the right to stop the course and return it with financial and moral compensation. The original author also has the right to claim compensation from the plagiarist of the content without responsibility on the university or the training body.
>
5. Republishing recorded synchronous training courses is not considered a violation of intellectual property rights, provided that the republication/broadcast is done by the same party providing the synchronous course, without additional rights for the trainer.
6. Copyright belongs to the original author and writing team, and copyright and intellectual property rights to the electronic form belong to the university.
7. The Deanship of Electronic Transactions and Communications has the right, as a representative of the university, to stop any training course that it deems violates the Saudi system of intellectual property rights, even if the rights holder does not file an official complaint.
8. Adjudication of disputes related to intellectual property: The university, represented by the relevant academic departments, may assign whomever it deems appropriate to adjudicate intellectual property complaints if both the complainant and the complainant do not agree on a settlement, without interference from the deanship. In the event of disagreement, the application shall apply. Arbitration procedures for intellectual property disputes described on the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property website:
9. If the violation of intellectual property results in the loss of the material rights of the university or the party developing the training course, the university may seek financial compensation from the violator through the regular methods according to what it deems appropriate.
10. The university reserves the right to publish the digital content of the course for a period of four years, and the author of the scientific content does not have the right to publish it anywhere else without written permission from the university, represented by the platform’s supervisory committee.