Copyright & DMCA Policy

1. Our Policy

Novaralis respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), 17 U.S.C. § 512, we will respond expeditiously to properly submitted notices of claimed copyright infringement concerning material stored on the Service at the direction of our users.

2. What This Covers

Novaralis allows users to create and store their own material — research documents, outline notes, project descriptions, and profile images — and to save bibliographic records and abstracts retrieved from third-party databases. This policy applies to material stored on the Service at a user's direction.

Search results themselves are retrieved from public scholarly databases (PubMed, Europe PMC, Semantic Scholar, Crossref, OpenAlex, DOAJ, arXiv and others) and remain subject to those providers' own terms and licences. Novaralis does not host the full text of published articles.

3. Designated Copyright Agent

Notices of claimed infringement should be directed to our designated agent:

These details must match the registration held with the U.S. Copyright Office Designated Agent Directory.

4. Submitting a Notice of Claimed Infringement

To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your written notice must include substantially all of the following:

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or a person authorised to act on their behalf;
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or a representative list if a single notice covers multiple works;
• Identification of the material claimed to be infringing, with information reasonably sufficient to let us locate it — a direct link, or the specific project and document name, is best;
• Information reasonably sufficient to allow us to contact you, including an address, telephone number, and email address;
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
• A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and — under penalty of perjury — that you are the copyright owner or are authorised to act on their behalf.

Incomplete notices may delay our response. Please note that under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), a person who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees.

5. What Happens Next

On receiving a valid notice we will remove or disable access to the material expeditiously, take reasonable steps to notify the user who supplied it, and provide them with a copy of the notice. Material removed under this policy may be restored if we receive a valid counter-notification and the complaining party does not file a court action as described below.

6. Counter-Notification

If you believe your material was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notification to the agent above containing substantially all of the following:

• Your physical or electronic signature;
• Identification of the material removed and the location where it appeared before removal;
• A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification; and
• Your name, address, and telephone number, together with a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if outside the United States, any judicial district in which Novaralis may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the complaining party.

If we receive a valid counter-notification we may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days, unless the complaining party notifies us that they have filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the allegedly infringing activity.

7. Repeat Infringers

Novaralis has adopted, and will reasonably implement, a policy of terminating in appropriate circumstances the accounts of users who are repeat infringers. We may also limit access to the Service, or terminate an account, for any user who infringes the intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is repeat infringement.

8. Relationship to Our Other Terms

This policy forms part of, and should be read together with, our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.