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1 Get your ticket to innovation! MSCA Bridging Business & Research Presentation of the s services Léa Montesse 30 April 2014, Brussels

2 Road Map Background EU : Team Target Groups General Objectives At a Glance: Our Services

3 STOP Background

4 Challenges SMEs and universities (i.e. researchers in particular) often lack: awareness of importance of IP IP expertise resources to properly manage and exploit their IP

5 Risks Possible consequences: Risk of conflicts during collaborative projects and possibly limited exploitation of research results SMEs refrain from entering into collaborative research projects SMEs/universities do not fully exploit their innovative potential...

6 This is where the comes into play

7 STOP EU : Team, Target Groups & General Objectives

8 Team infeurope S.A. Project Coordinator; Website & Helpline Public Research Center Henri Tudor Publications & Stakeholder Management Eurice GmbH Communications & Training

9 Target Groups The is the official IP service initiative of the Commission addressing: EU SMEs involved in internationalisation processes and knowledge/technology transfer Beneficiaries of EU-funded programmes Current and potential participants in EU-funded projects (FP7/CIP/H2020 ) Academia & SMEs Multipliers and intermediaries

10 General Objectives (1) The aims at: raising awareness of the value of intellectual assets and of the necessity to secure and manage them empowering its target groups to develop capacities of their own to deal with IP/ building long-term partnerships with relevant multipliers networks and other IP initiatives (i.e. Enterprise Europe Network, NCPs, INNOVACCESS ) to anticipate and evaluate the IP/ challenges of tomorrow

11 General Objectives (2) On a more practical level we aim at: assisting SMEs and beneficiaries of EU-funded programmes in dealing with matters providing advice and first-line, high-quality support on IP/ issues via different services

12 STOP At a Glance: Our Services

13 Website Awareness Raising Helpline Services Bulletin Training Newsletter Publications All of our services are offered free of charge.

14 Website & Publications News Events Model Agreements Fact Sheets Case Studies Bulletin Glossary FAQs

15 Helpline First-line support User-friendly service provided in English Personalised answers to individual questions within three working days Wide range of IP topics: IP protection, IP management and exploitation, revision of agreements, etc. Understandable for non-legal experts and business oriented

16 Zoom on: Helpline services

17 Sample questions sent to Helpline Questions sent by beneficiaries of MSCA actions (formerly Marie Curie): Who owns the results generated during the secondment period? Our associated partner (a University located in the US) is requesting to be assigned all patent rights generated during the researcher s secondment period. What can we do? Is the IP policy of our associated partner compatible with our obligations under the Grant Agreement? Can we reach an agreement transferring part of the results to our associated partner if this partner is located outside the EU? Questions sent by associated partners: We have been contacted to become involved in an MSCA action as an associated partner. Will we have any rights over the results? Questions sent by individual researchers

18 MSCA: how the Helpline can help Review of management sections of project proposals General guidance and explanations to current and potential participants in MSCA as regards the IP rules applicable in the GA, the key concepts and obligations in terms of ownership, access rights, dissemination, and so on Review of IP and confidentiality clauses contained in draft Consortium Agreements concluded amongst beneficiaries (consistency, compatibility with the GA ) Review of IP and confidentiality clauses contained in draft Partnership Agreements (compatibility with MSCA rules ) Suggestions and help provided in negotiations between beneficiaries and associated partners, to help all parties find a common ground as a neutral source of support Guidance provided to individual researchers as to their IP rights in MSCA.

19 Helpline testimonials A frequent user of the helpline writes I would like to stress once more the importance of the for entities such as ours [ ] which have no budget for legal assistance in this matter. Our own legal services have little to none experience with the Framework Programme and are often not capacitated to even process information in English. In any case, without the we would [...] remain in a disadvantageous position [...] in the consortium. Now, on the contrary, we feel protected and supported. Thank you again and please continue this excellent service. An EEN member based in France writes I'm a member of the Enterprise Europe Network. We are very satisfied with the answers provided by the HELPDESK. The answers are very useful for the SMEs we work with. The last queries we submitted to the were treated with high professionalism. Answers were clear, motivated and will help the SME to take a decision. Great support! A UK-based SME writes Profuse thanks for your generous reply, which addresses many of the points we were considering. We will work through it carefully and get back in touch.

20 Training Capacity building Practical and comprehensive training approach Individual organisation of on-location training events in cooperation with multipliers/ intermediaries Training Catalogue Web-based training sessions

21 Webinars & Educational Clips Regular courses Registration on our website Open to everyone interested in enhancing their knowledge of IP/ Easy handling Duration: 60 minutes & 15 minutes Q&A Short clips for online self-study: Basic facts in 15 minutes

22 Awareness Raising Participation in stakeholder/target group events (e. g. brokerage & information events) Professional presentation (i.e. information booth, plenary presentation, workshops) Provision of promotional material and information packages Contribution to partner newsletters & websites

23 Cooperation Cooperating with stakeholders involved in and promotion of innovation in order to foster synergies (EEN, WIPO, EPO, OHIM, National Patent Offices...) Liaising with business associations and other stakeholders with the purpose to foster partnerships and reach more SMEs Networking through LinkedIn and Twitter, which have increased during 2012

24 EU Ambassador Scheme Implementation of the EU Ambassador Scheme Intensified cooperation with the Enterprise Europe Network Appoint Network members as local ambassadors of the EU to thus foster a network of contact points across Europe Aiming to increase the outreach of the EU towards SMEs at regional and local level in particular Privileged access to training and info material

25 Thank you. We look forward to getting in touch with you! For questions and general IP advice, please contact our Helpline team: Phone (Helpline) Fax (Helpline) For questions related to our training activities, please send us an at: [email protected]

26 Photo Credits istockphoto istockphoto.com/maridav (slide 1) istockphoto.com/bliznetsov (slide 2) istockphoto.com/julie Felton (slide 4) istockphoto.com/angelika Schwarz (slide 6) istockphoto.com/rtimages (slides 13, 15) istockphoto.com/daniel Laflor (slide 13) istockphoto.com/danijela Pavlovic Markovic (slide 16) istockphoto.com/warchi (slide 21) istockphoto.com/dave White (slide 25) Disclaimer/Legal Notice The is managed by the Commission s Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME), with policy guidance provided by the Commission s Enterprise & Industry Directorate-General. Even though this presentation has been developed with the financial support of the EU, the positions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of EASME or the Commission. Please see our full disclaimer at Copyright Union ( )