Who owns the biospecimens submitted to the repository?
The NHLBI Biorepository is the custodian of samples from designated studies. For biospecimens housed in the NHLBI biorepository during an agreed-upon proprietary period, the study group submitting the samples controls their distribution. Once the proprietary period ends and the study transitions to the Open Access period, the NHLBI Repository Allocation Committee (RAC) assumes responsibility for distributing the samples in accordance with applicable NIH policies and procedures.
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- Who owns the samples submitted to the repository? Does the Institution submitting the samples maintain ownership or are they owned by NIDDK once they have been submitted?
- Why would a commercial publisher allow the deposit of research in an Open Access repository for which it owns the copyright?
- Who owns the work/copyrights after it is submitted?
