Effective Date: August 5, 2025
Last Updated: August 5, 2025
1. Intellectual Property Ownership
Copyright Ownership
All intellectual property rights in the RheumWorld™ platform, including but not limited to questions, explanations, educational content, images, software, and related materials, are owned by Felix Digital Holdings LLC.
Platform Operation
RheumWorld LLC operates the RheumWorld™ educational platform under appropriate licensing arrangements with Felix Digital Holdings LLC. All content is protected by United States and international copyright laws.
2. RheumWorld™ Trademark
"RheumWorld™" is a trademark owned by Felix Digital Holdings LLC. Unauthorized use of this trademark is strictly prohibited. The trademark may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not affiliated with RheumWorld™, in any manner that might cause confusion or dilution of the trademark.
3. Educational Content Protection
Questions and Explanations
All medical questions, answer explanations, educational materials, and related content available through the RheumWorld™ platform are original works or licensed content owned by Felix Digital Holdings LLC. This content represents significant investment in research, development, and expert medical review.
Citations and References
While our content includes citations to published medical literature and guidelines, our original compilation, organization, explanation, and presentation of this information constitutes protected intellectual property.
4. Permitted Uses
Educational Fair Use
Subscribers to RheumWorld™ are granted a limited license to use our content for personal educational purposes only. This includes:
- Personal study and learning
- Taking notes for individual use
- Printing materials for personal study (not redistribution)
- Accessing content during your active subscription period
5. Prohibited Uses
The following uses of RheumWorld™ content are strictly prohibited without explicit written permission:
- Reproducing, copying, or distributing content to others
- Sharing account access or login credentials
- Creating derivative works based on our content
- Using content for commercial purposes or resale
- Posting content on public forums, websites, or social media
- Reverse engineering or attempting to extract our question database
- Using automated systems to scrape or download content
6. DMCA Compliance
Copyright Infringement Reporting
If you believe that content on our platform infringes your copyright, please provide us with the following information as required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA):
- A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or authorized agent
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed
- Identification of the allegedly infringing material and its location
- Your contact information (address, phone number, email)
- A statement of good faith belief that use is not authorized
- A statement of accuracy made under penalty of perjury
Counter-Notification
If you believe your content was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notification containing the information required by the DMCA.
7. Licensing Inquiries
For licensing opportunities, bulk educational use, institutional partnerships, or other commercial arrangements involving RheumWorld™ content, please contact us at mario@rheumworld.org with detailed information about your intended use.
8. Enforcement
We actively monitor for unauthorized use of our content and will pursue all available legal remedies against infringers. Violations may result in immediate account termination and legal action for damages.
9. Contact Information
For all copyright, trademark, licensing, or intellectual property inquiries:
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Copyright Owner: Felix Digital Holdings LLC
Platform Operator: RheumWorld LLC