The agreement grants Ro a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, and distribute any content users submit through the platform, including in any media or distribution method.
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This provision asserts a broad IP license over user-submitted content; in the context of a telehealth platform, this may encompass health information and communications submitted during clinical intake or consultation workflows, though the intersection of this contractual grant with HIPAA's restrictions on health information use is not addressed in the document.
Interpretive note: The scope of this license as applied to health information submitted during clinical intake is legally uncertain given HIPAA's independent restrictions on permissible uses and disclosures of protected health information.
This clause grants Ro a sublicensable license to use and distribute content submitted by users through the platform across any media; users should note that content submitted during health consultations may be captured by this provision, subject to any limitations imposed by HIPAA or applicable state health data laws.
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Compare across platforms →"By submitting, posting, or displaying content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, and distribute such content in any and all media or distribution methods now known or later developed.Excerpt from Ro's Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: HIPAA restricts the use and disclosure of protected health information by covered entities and business associates regardless of contractual consent terms; a broad IP license in consumer-facing terms does not override HIPAA's …
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This provision asserts a broad IP license over user-submitted content; in the context of a telehealth platform, this may encompass health information and communications submitted during clinical intake or consultation workflows, though the intersection of this contractual grant with HIPAA's restrictions on health information use is not addressed in the document.
This clause grants Ro a sublicensable license to use and distribute content submitted by users through the platform across any media; users should note that content submitted during health consultations may be captured by this provision, subject to any limitations imposed by HIPAA or applicable state health data laws.
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