ICAROB COPYRIGHT FORM
This form is intended for original, previously unpublished manuscripts submitted to the
International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics (ICAROB).
http://alife-robotics.co.jp/
The completed and signed form is necessary as a prerequisite for publication. Please send it
with the final version of your paper. No other form or wording modifications is allowed.
Title of Paper:
Author(s):
Conference Name:
Part A: Copyright Transfer Form
The undersigned hereby transfer any and all rights in and to the paper including without
limitation all copyrights to The International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics, Inc.,
known as ICAROB. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the paper is
original and that he/she is the author of the paper, except for material that is clearly
identified as to its original source, with permission notices from the copyright owners where
required. The undersigned represents that he/she has the power and authority to make and
execute this assignment.
In return, ICAROB agrees to the following:
1. Employer/authors retain all proprietary rights in any process, procedure, or article of
manufacture described in the paper.
2. Employer/authors may copy, or authorize the copy of, the paper, or derivative portions of
the paper for company/personal use, provided the copies are not offered for sale, that the
source of the material is indicated, and that ICAROB's endorsement is not implied by the
use.
3. Employer/authors must request permission from ICAROB for copy privileges not covered
by items 1, 2 above (such as third party requests for reprinting, republishing, etc.).
4. ICAROB recognizes that the Japanese and U.S. governments have royalty fee permission
to copy, or authorize the copy of, all/portions of the paper for official Japanese and U.S.
governments purposes only, when the contained work was done under Japanese and U.S.
governments grant/contract and the grant/contract so requires.
If the paper is not accepted and published by ICAROB, or is withdrawn by the author(s)
before acceptance, this agreement becomes null and void.
Authorized Signature Title
Employer (for whom the work was performed)
Date
Part B: U.S. Government Employee Certification
This certifies that all authors of the paper are employees of the U.S. government and
performed this work as part of their official duties, and that therefore the paper is not
subject to U.S. copyright protection.
Authorized Signature Title
Government Organization Date
Part C: Crown Copyright (ICAROB recognizes and will honor the Crown
Copyright (British Commonwealth) as it does U.S. Government work)
This certifies that all authors of the paper are subject to Crown Copyright.
Authorized Signature Title
Government Organization Date
Information for Employers/Authors
* It is the policy of ICAROB to own the copyrights to all copyrightable material in its
publications, and to the individual contributions therein, in order to protect the interests of
ICAROB, its authors and their employers. ICAROB will make every reasonable effort to act
in the interests of employers/authors as well as in its own interests. For all third party
republication requests, ICAROB requires that:
* The consent of the first-named author be sought as a condition in granting republication
rights.
* The consent of the employer be obtained as a condition in granting permission for reuse
of a paper or portion thereof for promotion/marketing purposes.
If you are employed and you prepared your paper as a part of your job, the rights to your
paper initially rest with your employer. In that case, when you sign the copyright transfer
form, we assume you are authorized to do so by your employer and that your employer has
consented to all the terms and conditions of this form. If not, it should be signed by someone
so authorized
For jointly-authored papers, either all the authors should sign, or one may sign as an agent
for all. For U.S. government-sponsored work where not all authors are government
employees, any non government author-participants should sign part A; authors who are
government employees need not sign.
All questions regarding ICAROB copyright policy should be directed to ICAROB Office,
3661-8 Oaza Shimohanda, Oita 870-1112, JAPAN
(e-mail: icarob@alife-robotics.co.jp)