EPOCA – 13. June EPOCAConsortium Agreement (CA)

EPOCA – 11. June CA Content Responsibilities of Parties Responsibilities of Parties Description of the operational procedures of the consortium bodies Description of the operational procedures of the consortium bodies Intellectual property rules (IPR) in EPOCA Intellectual property rules (IPR) in EPOCA Annexes (consortium plan and budget) Annexes (consortium plan and budget)

EPOCA – 11. June Intellectual Property Definitions : Background = pre-existing knowledge Foreground = knowledge generated during the project Collaborative projects ► Access rights to another participant’s Back- or Foreground needed to fulfill its own work or/and use the generated knowledge

EPOCA – 11. June Access rights (1) * Access rights to Background Acces rights to Foreground project implementation mandatory access? yes, if a participant needs them to carry out its own work under the project (GA art. II CA art ) condition royalty-free (GA art.II.33.2; CA art 9.3-4) * use (exploitation, further research) mandatory access? yes, if a participant needs them for using its own Foreground (GA art. II CA art. 9.5) condition upon written bilateral agreement royalty-free or on fair and reasonable conditions ** (GA art.II.33.2; CA art 9.3-4)* * subject to third party rights (access rights to Background) ** - royalty-free conditions for non-commercial internal research and teaching activities that enter into the scope of the project - conditions to be defined for Outreach activities that enter into the scope of the Project - fair and reasonables conditions in other cases (including Third Party research)

Access rights (2) EPOCA – 13. June Any Request for access rights shall be in writing The requesting party must show that Background and/or Foreground is needed (ie needed to carry out its own part of work under the project or to use its own Foreground)

EPOCA – 11. June Publication and other Dissemination activities ■ At least 45 days prior notice to the other Parties Possibility to object (within 30 days after notification) but no unreasonable delay accepted (maximum of 60 days after objection) – CA art Possibility to object (within 30 days after notification) but no unreasonable delay accepted (maximum of 60 days after objection) – CA art ■ All publications or any other dissemination activities relating to foreground shall include a statement to indicate that said foreground was generated with the assistance of EC financial support (statement soon available on EPOCA website)

EPOCA – 11. June Consortium Plan and Budget Tables ► useful tools to monitor work progress and facilitate reporting facilitate reporting Consortium plan : kick-off meeting output Consortium plan : kick-off meeting output Budget tables : indicative only, changes likely to occur Budget tables : indicative only, changes likely to occur

EPOCA – 11. June Further information on IPR Guide to Intellectual Property Rules for FP7 projects : ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/ipr_en.pdf IPR Helpdesk :

EPOCA – 11. June EPOCA Consortium Agreement

Requirement for any dissemination activity All publications or any other dissemination relating to foreground shall include the following statement to indicate that said foreground was generated with the assistance of financial support from the Community : The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/ ) under grant agreement n°