Contribution Terms
This Schedule applies where the Order Form includes customer contributions, submissions, survey responses or other customer-provided content for Lexology Panoramic, Lexology In-Depth, Lexology Index, Lexology Insights, or any other Product or Publication identified in the Order Form as requiring Customer Contributions.
It supplements and is subject to the General Subscription Terms of Business. To the extent of any conflict between the General Terms and this Schedule, this Schedule shall prevail in respect of Customer Contributions.
1. Additional Definitions
“Content Ingestion” means the automated retrieval, copying and processing of content available on the Customer’s websites;
“Contribution(s) means any exclusive chapters, articles, audio, video and/or Editorial Framework materials provided by the Customer or retrieved via Content Ingestion, for publication on the Product or in the Publications pursuant to this Agreement;
“Customer Marks” means the Customer’s name and any brand names, trade marks, logos or signs used by the Customer in relation to its business, made available for use in Contributions;
“Editorial Framework” means any additional editorial materials provided to the Company by the Customer, including questionnaires, template questions and guidelines;
“Publications” means the online, digital and/or print publications in which Contributions will be published, as set out in the Order Form; and
“Survey” means any survey, questionnaire, data request, assessment or similar information-gathering process that the Customer is required to complete or participate in under the relevant Order Form.
2. Grant of Rights and Scope
2.1. Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights in the Contributions remains with the Customer or its licensors. The Customer grants the Company and its Affiliates a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable and sub-licensable licence to use, adapt, modify, reproduce, publish, distribute, make available, archive and otherwise exploit the Contributions, in whole or in part, in any media, product, service, platform or publication, for any lawful business purpose of the Company or its Affiliates.
2.2. The Customer may post direct links to the final online version of the Contributions, provided that it does not reproduce, republish or otherwise make the Contributions available on any platform or product which, in the Company’s sole opinion (acting reasonably), competes with the Company’s business.
2.3. Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights in the Customer Marks remains with the Customer or its licensors. The Customer grants the Company a worldwide, royalty-free licence to use the Customer Marks in connection with Contributions, Products, Publications and related services, including to identify and attribute the Customer, its authors and its Contributions:
(a) for the duration of the Term, and
(b) perpetually, solely in archival volumes of the Contributions or Publications.
2.4. Any failure to comply with the terms of this Schedule constitutes a material breach of this Schedule, entitling the Company to terminate on written notice.
3. Customer Warranties and Indemnity
3.1. The Customer warrants, represents and undertakes that:
(a) it has obtained all necessary clearances and permissions to name and provide details of clients or relevant third parties names and work referred to in the Contributions, including all consents for processing any relevant personal data;
(b) The Customer holds all Intellectual Property Rights and clearances in the Contributions and the Customer Marks and use by the Company will not infringe any third-party Intellectual Property Rights;
(c) all statements purporting to be facts in the Contributions are true and correct;
(d) the Contributions do not contain anything unlawful, harmful, obscene, harassing, defamatory, discriminatory or offensive;
(e) It shall cooperate and collaborate with the Company to provide Contributions during the Term, including providing timely updates as reasonably required;
(f) use all reasonable care and skill in preparing Contributions, including checking and correcting typographical errors; and
(g) comply with any Company policies notified from time to time.
3.2. The Customer shall indemnify the Company against all Losses arising out of or in connection with any breach of clause 3.1, including any claim that a Contribution infringes third-party rights, is unlawful, defamatory, inaccurate, confidential or has been provided without necessary permissions or consents.
4. Editorial Control
4.1. The Customer is responsible for providing Contributions in the format reasonably required and shall submit each Contribution by the agreed deadlines. The Company retains full editorial approval over each Contribution, and the positioning of Contributions is at the Company’s sole discretion.
4.2. If a Contribution does not cover the work area or jurisdiction specified in the Order Form, the Company reserves the right not to publish it. The Company may withdraw or reject any Contribution that it reasonably considers unlawful, unsuitable, harmful, inaccurate or inconsistent with the relevant Product or Publication. Where reasonably practicable, the Company may give the Customer an opportunity to amend and resubmit the Contribution for publication.
4.3. Where agreed between the parties in the relevant Order Form, the Company may use Content Ingestion in order to create a Contribution for publication on the relevant Publications or Products.
4.4. The Company shall credit the authors of Contributions.
4.5. The Company and its Affiliates may use the Customer Marks in accordance with the terms of clause 2.1, including to identify and attribute the Customer, its authors and its Contributions.
5. Survey Participation Terms
5.1. Where the Order Form requires the Customer to participate in a survey, ranking, benchmarking, research or other contribution programme, the Customer shall provide all information, data and materials reasonably requested by the Company within the timescales specified by the Company.
5.2. If the Customer fails to provide requested Survey data, or does not do so within the applicable timescales, the Company may:
(a) suspend or withhold access to the relevant Product; and/or
(b) charge the Customer the additional fees specified in the Order Form or, if none are specified, the Company’s standard charges notified to the Customer from time to time.
5.3. Survey data submitted by the Customer will be treated as Confidential Information, except to the extent it is anonymised, aggregated or otherwise incorporated into the Company’s Products in a form that does not identify the Customer or any individual, unless otherwise agreed in the Order Form. To the extent Survey data includes personal data, the parties shall comply with applicable data protection laws and the relevant data protection terms.
6. Ranking Contributions
6.1. Where the Order Form relates to any ranking, directory, profile, benchmarking, research or similar product or service, the Customer shall provide all submissions, profiles, biographies, rankings data, supporting materials, referee or client details and other information reasonably requested by the Company in connection with that product or service (“Ranking Contributions”) within the timescales specified by the Company.
6.2. The rights granted under clause 2 are also granted in respect of the Ranking Contributions and any Customer Marks provided in connection with them. The Customer will waive, and procure the waiver of, any moral rights in the Ranking Contributions to the fullest extent permitted by law.
6.3. The Customer warrants and agrees that it will not reproduce, republish or otherwise make available the Ranking Contributions in any manner that competes with the Company’s or its Affiliates’ products or services, as determined by the Company, acting reasonably.
6.4. The Company may suspend access to a relevant product or service, withhold publication, remove or amend any profile or ranking, or terminate the applicable Order Form if the Customer fails to provide Ranking Contributions reasonably requested by the Company within the applicable timescales, or if the Company reasonably considers that any Ranking Contribution is incomplete, inaccurate, unsuitable or non-compliant with this Schedule.
1 September 2026