Promotion of an ICT dialogue between Europe and Latin America IPR in FP7 projects: How to protect your (research) work Dr. Margaretha Mazura, EMF Project Angels Webinar, 13 December 2012

Overview of this presentation What are IPRs? Key terms: background, foreground, access rights Agreements Use and dissemination of foreground IPR types Copyleft and Creative Commons

What are IPRs?

Background/Foreground

Agreements

CAVEAT! If you are a research SME, make sure that your contribution(s) to protectable developments are addressed: - In CA: If you are the only developer, you determine the use of it: BUT For partners, you must provide access for free during the project time, and for free or reasonable licenses afterwards If you are a co-developer, in particular with big players, assure that your contributions to a protectable development is recognized and have it agreed upon contractually: “A written agreement should outline each inventor's rights to the invention and, subsequently, to the patent.” If nothing is foreseen, you may end up in a joint ownership that may have difficult legal consequences (depending on the country)

IPR types In case foreground is capable of industrial or commercial application it should be protected: PATENT + number PATENT PENDING (if applied for but not yet granted) All creative, original works; SOFTWARE! Names of Products or services Inventions Most common business model: LICENSING

Copyleft, Creative Commons Since the Open Source Software movement and the “sharing paradigm” of the Internet, new types of IP protection surfaced: Copyleft: for Software; “free” for use and modifications; “viral”= derivatives use the same scheme Not necessarily “gratis” Free modifications and commercial use Share-alike No modifications No commercial use Free modifications No commercial use Creative Commons CC license types Licenses: GNU, GPL

Contact Margaretha Mazura: mm[at]emfs.eu Thank you very much for your attention Muchas gracias por su atención