Intellectual Property and Copyright Policy

This policy is a modified and adapted version of a standard academic intellectual property policy template, customised for the specific legal, scholarly, and professional context of pallmedprep.com.

Effective date: [04.01.2026]

Last modified: [25.01.2026]

1. Ownership of Content

All original content published on pallmedprep.com, including but not limited to textual material, articles, educational notes, original figures, tables, diagrams, and explanatory resources, constitutes the intellectual property of Dr Rahul Devender Arora, MD unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Copyright in such content subsists from the moment of creation and is protected under applicable national and international copyright laws. Ownership of copyright remains exclusively with the author.

2. Licensing and Permitted Use

Unless otherwise specified, all original content on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

Under the terms of this licence, users are permitted to:

Access, read, download, and share the unaltered content
Use the content for non-commercial, educational, academic, or professional purposes
Cite or quote the content with appropriate scholarly attribution

Attribution must include, where feasible:

Author name: Dr Rahul Devender Arora
Title of the work or post
Source: pallmedprep.com or the associated DOI

3. Restrictions

Except as expressly permitted under the above licence, users may not:

Use the content for commercial purposes
Modify, adapt, translate, or create derivative works
Republish altered or abridged versions of the content
Incorporate the content into paid products, courses, publications, or services

Any use beyond the scope of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence requires prior written permission from the author.

4. DOI and Scholarly Attribution

Where a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is assigned to a post, the DOI constitutes the authoritative scholarly identifier and should be used for citation and academic referencing.

The presence of a DOI does not alter copyright ownership and does not imply transfer of rights.

5. Third-Party Material

Some content may include quotations, references, or materials belonging to third parties. Such material remains the intellectual property of its respective rights holders and is used in accordance with applicable legal exceptions, licences, or permissions.

6. Authorship and Use of Artificial Intelligence

Certain content may have been developed with the responsible use of artificial intelligence tools for assistance in information retrieval, linguistic refinement, or structuring of material. All published content is subject to human intellectual authorship, editorial oversight, and academic responsibility by the author.

7. Enforcement

Unauthorised use of content beyond the scope of the stated licence may constitute copyright infringement. The author reserves the right to request correction, removal, or pursue appropriate legal remedies where necessary. Good-faith academic use will be considered prior to enforcement action.

“Unless otherwise stated, all content on this site is licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).”

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en

“All original content published on this blog since July 2025 is protected by copyright and remains the intellectual property of the author. The terms governing use, reproduction, and licensing of this content apply from the date of publication of this notice.”

“Certain content published on this blog has been developed with the responsible use of artificial intelligence tools, utilized primarily for collating resources and translating original ideas into tangible work. Such tools have been used in a supportive capacity only. All content is subject to human authorship and rigorous editorial oversight”.