1. Advanced Grid Research Workshops through European and Asian Co-operation Intellectual Property Rights in EC projects Bruno Le Dantec http://www.gridatasia.net E-mail: bruno.le_dantec@ercim.org

2. Advanced Grid Research Workshops through European and Asian Co-operation 2 Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) govern the ownership, transfer, dissemination and use of research results generated during FP6 projects and this at any time of the project/proposal life Preparation: patent searches to identify prior ownership, possible IPR- protected areas, … Negotiation: specific IPR provisions to be agreed if needed (consortium agreement), practical IPR management, … life: protection of the results, management of resulting IPR, granting of access rights, …, After: dissemination of the results, use of the results by partners or third parties What is it about ?

3. Advanced Grid Research Workshops through European and Asian Co-operation 3 Clarify ownership of results to ensure a smooth implementation of the project Increase certainty of participants’ intellectual property Protect European Commission investment Make available access rights in order to –promote the use of the knowledge (results of the project) –promote the dissemination of the knowledge Same rules for each instrument (IP, NoE, Strep, SSA, CA) Same rules for each participant Two notions: Know-how & knowledge Why is it needed ?

4. Advanced Grid Research Workshops through European and Asian Co-operation 4 Pre-existing Know-how –know-how needed to carry out the project or to use its results –held by a contractor before the project starts or acquired in parallel with the project (sideground) –can be protected or secret information –always remain the property of the partner in question –access rights shall be granted on written request Points to be considered –identify the information available and needed for the project –list what information will be put into or excluded from the project –decide how the pre-existing know-how will be accessed both during and after the project Know-how

5. Advanced Grid Research Workshops through European and Asian Co-operation 5 Knowledge –knowledge is what contractors "get out of" the project –covers both information and rights. –is owned by: –the contractor who carried out the work generating the K –where several contractors, they must agree on the allocation and the terms of exercising the ownership –can be transferred with the EC agreement Points to be considered –if capable of commercial/industrial application, shall be protected by the participant (s) or EC –partners can use other partners knowledge if they need it, but limited: –for carrying out their own work under the project –for using their own knowledge Knowledge

6. Advanced Grid Research Workshops through European and Asian Co-operation 6 Access rights

7. Advanced Grid Research Workshops through European and Asian Co-operation 7 Governing documents EC contract & Annex II to EC contract mandatory regulations, may be sufficient for most of the projects http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/find-docspecific.htm#modelcontracts Consortium agreement (CA) specify or supplement the provisions of the EC contract cover all major management issues, intellectual property, ownership, access rights... list granted and excluded pre-existing know-how the Consortium Agreement is obligatory - exceptions must be signed before the start of the contract can be updated at any time

8. Advanced Grid Research Workshops through European and Asian Co-operation 8 Access to know-how –could be difficult to identify pre-existing KH needed or to be excluded –should ensure that the partner is free to grant access to the KH –private companies may be reluctant to share their know-how Knowledge generated must be exploited –long term research // applied research - open source // proprietary solution –difficulties to identify who produced the knowledge in large projects –private companies having affiliates may want the knowledge produced to be used by all their affiliates - IBM, HP, FT… –carefully check the content of any publications to avoid dissemination of “protected” knowledge –check the ownership of knowledge produced by employees –EC can decide to directly exploit the results if parties are reluctant in… Difficulties to sign the EC contract governed by the Belgium law Check list

9. Advanced Grid Research Workshops through European and Asian Co-operation 9 Remember Clear management of IPR will allow Fair relations Good results Strong Dissemination Use of results

10. Advanced Grid Research Workshops through European and Asian Co-operation 10 www.ipr-helpdesk.org More informations