1. Dai Davis, Solicitor and Chartered Engineer
Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights in Collaborative Projects Wednesday 14th July 2004
Dai Davis, Solicitor and Chartered Engineer

2. Overview What is Intellectual Property (IP) about
How might IP arise in a project?
Introduction to the main types of IP
patents, trade marks, copyright, data base rights; designs, confidential information
co-ownership of these rights
Doing a deal: licensing

3. What is Intellectual Property about?
Monopolies
Anti - monopoly
Competition law
International nature
IP rights = Negative rights
What might arise?

4. Patents
Requirements: New; Inventive step; Capable of industrial application
Exclusions
Scope of protection
Keeping the patent secret
Inventor(s)
Ownership rights of employees
Compensation rights of employees

5. Copyright What it protects Originality No Monopoly
Manifestation not Subject Matter
Qualifying Person
No registration
What you receive

6. Copyright - Who owns copyright
First owner
Employee
Position of
Consultants
Contractors
Criminalisation of Copyright

7. Confidential Information General
Information must :
be capable of being confidential
actually be confidential
be imparted in circumstances of confidentiality
Substance not form
Express or implied
Employment and Post - employment

8. Doing a deal Own or Licence? Foreground -v- Background
Is joint ownership a solution?
Exploitation rights
Cost of intellectual property rights
Obtaining
Protecting
Use and abuse of IPR

9. What is a Licence? Permission Exclusive, Sole, Non-Exclusive Time
Territory
Application
Competition law

10. Dai Davis, Solicitor and Chartered Engineer
Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights in Collaborative Projects Wednesday 14th July 2004
Dai Davis, Solicitor and Chartered Engineer