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Intellectual Property Policy

What Meritshot owns, what you own, and how student-created work may be used.

All intellectual property created by or on behalf of Meritshot Zetta Edutech Private Limited is the exclusive property of the institute. This section defines the rights and obligations of students with respect to the institute's intellectual assets and to work created by students during the program.

10.1 Meritshot's Intellectual Property

The following constitute the intellectual property of Meritshot Zetta Edutech Private Limited and are fully protected under applicable Indian and international IP law:

  • All course curriculum, study materials, video lectures, recorded sessions, case studies, presentation decks, and assessment papers developed by or for the institute.
  • The Meritshot brand name, logo, trademarks, service marks, and any derivative branding elements.
  • The LMS platform design, user interface, proprietary tools, and underlying technology infrastructure.
  • All original research, frameworks, models, and methodologies developed by the institute's faculty or instructional design team.

Legal Reference: Meritshot's course materials and content are protected as original literary and artistic works under the Copyright Act, 1957. The Meritshot name and logo are protected trademarks under the Trade Marks Act, 1999. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or commercial exploitation of these assets constitutes infringement and may attract civil and criminal liability.

10.2 Student-Created Work

Work created by students during the program, including assignments, projects, case study analyses, and capstone deliverables, is owned by the student. However, by submitting such work to the institute, the student grants Meritshot a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use anonymized versions of student work for the following purposes:

  • Educational and demonstration purposes — showcasing as program case studies or examples of student achievement (with the student's personal identifying information removed or with explicit written consent where identified work is used).
  • Institutional quality assessment — internal review of program effectiveness and curriculum quality.
  • Marketing and promotional use — featuring in brochures, websites, or presentations, only with the student's prior written consent.

Note: Students retain full ownership of their original project work and may include it in their personal portfolio without seeking permission from the institute, provided it does not contain any proprietary Meritshot content, confidential datasets, or third-party data used under institutional license.