Get your Ticket to Innovation

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1 1 Get your Ticket to Innovation IP Management in EU funded Projects Claudia Giehl, Programme Manager Eurice GmbH Open Information Day 2011, Brussels

2 2 FP7 Project Management Monitoring Risk Management Finance Konwledge Management Controlling Project Administration Contracts Project Management Reports Quality Management Subcontracts IP Management Evaluation/Studies Business Plan Technology Watch Technology Marketing Innovation Management Exploitation and Dissemination Plan Communication Internet Promotional Material Corporate Identity

3 3 IP Rules in FP7 Protection of IP in FP7 projects is dealt with in Grant Agreement Consortium Agreement Guide to Intellectual Property Rules for FP7 projects (= not legally binding)

4 4 FP7 Agreements Grant Agreement Signed by European Commission, project coordinator and all project members Little room to negotiate Consortium Agreement Comprises individual agreements between the partners of the consortium Recommended for all projects, obligatory for some areas Signing normally before or shortly after project start Model agreements: DESCA

5 5 Basic Vocabulary Key terms in the context of FP7 are: Background Foreground Use Dissemination/publication Access rights

6 6 Access Rights Granting of access rights Project participants have to grant other partners access to their know-how, if those need the know-how in order to be able to implement the project or to use the results of the project Project implementation Use of results Access to background Royalty-free Royalty-free, or on fair and reasonable conditions Access to foreground Royalty-free Royalty-free, or on fair and reasonable conditions

7 7 IP in FP7 Project Lifecyle Before Project Start During Implementation After Project End Proposal preparation, incl. dissemination & exploitation strategy Defining project-related know-how Defining IP protected areas Negotiating a CA/NDA Strategy for securing and managing research results Granting of access rights Joint ownership agreements Disseminating and securing generated IP Exploitation of the results Valorisation of intangible values Commercialisation IPR issues are relevant at all stages of the project

8 8 The European IPR Helpdesk infeurope S.A. Centre de Veille Technologique Office de la PI (MECE) et CRP Henri Tudor Eurice GmbH

9 9 Target Groups Beneficiaries of EU funded programmes Current and potential participants in EU funded projects (FP7/CIP) Academia, research teams and individual researchers SMEs EU SMEs facing transnational partnership agreements Multipliers and intermediaries

10 10 Objectives The European IPR Helpdesk aims at raising awareness of the value of intellectual assets and of the necessity to secure and manage them assisting beneficiaries of EU funded programs and SMEs in dealing with IPR matters as well as in developing adequate IP management strategies providing professional advice and high-quality, tailormade support on IP/IPR issues via different services

11 11 Services Website Helpline Bulletin Services Newsletter Training Awareness Raising Activities 9 June 2011 European IPR Helpdesk (2011)

12 12 Thank you and we look forward to getting in touch with you! Disclaimer The European IPR Helpdesk is managed by the European Commission s Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI), with policy guidance provided by the European Commission s Enterprise & Industry Directorate-General. The positions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission. Photo Credits istockphoto.com/agata Malchrowicz istockphoto.com/dave White istockphoto.com/daniel Laflor istockphoto.com/joseph Weber istockphoto.com/maridav istockphoto.com/rtimages