C. Use: Licensee further understands and agrees that 1) Changes to the wording or phrasing of any Morisky scale, tool or other document require
written permission from the Owner. If any such changes are made (including any to MMAS items,
instructions, IP notices or otherwise) without permission, the result cannot be in any way represented
or cited as, or implied to be, an MMAS outcome, or as being approved by the Owner; doing so and/or
subsequent analyses, references and/or comparisons to other MMAS data or results may infringe or
otherwise violate Owner's rights.
2) Coding and scoring criteria of the MMAS-8 are trade secrets of the Owner and confidential;
as such they cannot be used or divulged, whether orally or in any publication, presentation, or report
without the Owner's prior written permission.
3) Use of the trademarks "Morisky," "Morisky Medication Adherence Scale," "MMAS"or
similar terms is granted only by this Agreement. As such unauthorized use, modifications, or
translations of the MMAS or other MMAS related intellectual property, in whole or in part, constitutes
a breach of this Agreement, as will any analyses, research results or publications based on
unauthorized changes or translated versions, or results thereof, which use Morisky, MMAS or
confusingly similar attributions.
4) The MMAS intellectual property legend, shown on the tools and documents to be provided
to you, must be included on every page of a Morisky Medication Adherence Scale™ questionnaire, in
study documents, and in any reproductions for manuscript or other publication purposes.
5) In case of scientific, administrative or intellectual property misconduct in using the MMAS
system of questionnaires or the trademarked MMAS or Morisky or similar names, the Owner reserves
the right to terminate this Agreement and to pursue all legal remedies. Licensee agrees to the
jurisdiction of and venue in the State and Federal Courts in Los Angeles County, subject to the laws of
California, irrespective of its conflict of laws provisions.
6) Rights granted under this Agreement to use the Morisky scales terminate one-year from the
date below or on termination of Licensee's study, whichever occurs sooner.
7) Further specific requirements, e.g., citations required in publications, may be obtained from
the Owner via . Additional terms and agreements via hardcopy or email will
become a part of and subject to the provisions of this Agreement