Transcript Document 7527221
Besonderheiten von Konsortialverträgen in RP6-Projekten
Bettina Asamer FFG, Europäische und Internationale Programme e-mail: [email protected],Tel.: 057755 4402
Antrag
Projektverlauf
Projektlaufzeit
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Struktur des Fördervertrages
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/ working-groups/model-contract/index_en.html
Grundvertrag ANNEX I
• Technischer Annex
ANNEX II
• Allgemeine Bestimmungen
ANNEX III
• Spezielle Bestimmungen der Instrumente Seite 3
Verträge in der Anbahnung
Geheimhaltungsvereinbarung Letter of Intent Letter of Committment Absichtserklärung Vorvertrag
Vertragliche Vertrauensbildung
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Konsortialvertrag
Vertragliche Verpflichtung Auf Basis des Mustervertrages (Vorgeschrieben bzw. empfehlenwert): Unterschrift vor Projektunterschrift Neue Regelungsinhalte Regeln des Geistigen Eigentums Zuteilung von Verantwortlichkeiten und Tasks Finanzielle Verteilung: wann, wie, wer?
Haftung, Bonität Seite 5
Das Vertragsmanagement im 6.RP
Partner -suche Antragstellung Vertrags verhandlungen Projektdauer Verwertung Lizenzverträge
Konsortialvertrag
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Der Konsortialvertrag
Möglicher Inhalt
Präambel • Spezifikum des Anglo-amerikanischen Rechtes • Darstellung der Intentionen und Beweggründe Definitionen • Verweis auf die EU-Definitionen • Zusätzliche Definitionen • Kann Mißverständnisse ausräumen!!!!
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Der Konsortialvertrag
Möglicher Inhalt
Dauer • Beginn und geplantes Ende • Abhängigkeit von EU-Vertrag Der Koordinator • Pflichten • Rechte Seite 8
Der Konsortialvertrag
Möglicher Inhalt
Die Partner • Rechte und Pflichten • Verhältnis untereinander • Verteilung der Rollen Zahlungsmodalitäten Vertraulichkeit • Definition, Umfang • Dauer • Veröffentlichungen Seite 9
Der Konsortialvertrag
Möglicher Inhalt
Haftung • Untereinander • Gegenüber der Kommission • Gegenüber Dritten • Unterlassung und Schadenersatz Höhere Gewalt • Rechtliche Definition Seite 10
Der Konsortialvertrag
Möglicher Inhalt
IP-Eigentum und Zugangsrechte •
Schutz der Kenntnisse
• Geheimhaltung, Patent, etc.
• •
Allgemeine Bestimmungen
• Formalkriterien
Folgen von Änderungen in den Unternehmen
• Fusion, Konkurs, Besitzerwechsel •
Verschiedene Formen der Ergebnisse
• Software, Marke, Design, etc.
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Der Konsortialvertrag
Möglicher Inhalt
Zugangsrechte • Präzisierung und Klärung der EU-Vertragsbestimmungen Projektdurchführung - Verwertung Veröffentlichungen • Einspruchsmöglichkeiten • Formaler Ablauf Seite 12
Der Konsortialvertrag
Möglicher Inhalt
Projektmanagement • Projektkomitee • Quoren • Zuständigkeiten • Meetings • Vertretungsbefugnisse • Protokolle • Kontakte Seite 13
Der Konsortialvertrag
Möglicher Inhalt
Beendigung des Vertrages • Gründe für die Auflösung • Formalkriterien • Folgen der Auflösung Streitbeilegung • Gericht • Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit ( Achtung: Kosten) Seite 14
Der Konsortialvertrag
Möglicher Inhalt
Juristische Klauseln • Sprache • Anwendbares Recht • Schriftlichkeit von Änderungen • Anzahl der Kopien Seite 15
Der Konsortialvertrag
Möglicher Inhalt
Vertragsstrafen Annexe • Pre-existing Know-How • Affiliates • Budget • Ansprechpersonen • Bankkonten Seite 16
Examples
For the easier handling and execution of the Project the Contractors consider a possible establishment of a
company
. The Contractors hereby mutually agree to verify and to check the legal and actual possibilities in connection with an intended incorporation and in this regard their approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Art. 10: ....
The General Assembly shall in particular be responsible for:
...
without prejudice to Article 7, agreeing procedures and policies in accordance with Annex II General Conditions - Part B for the management of the Knowledge; Seite 17
Examples
The burden of the proof of the “needed” Access rights in accordance with the provisions of Annex II - General Conditions Part C Article II. 35 and 7.4.4 and 7.4.4 and 7.4.5 hereof shall be upon the requesting Contractor.
7.4.8 Affiliates Access Rights
Each Contractor hereby grants Access Rights to all Affiliates of the other Contractors as if such Affiliates were parties hereto, provided all such Affiliates fulfill all confidentiality and other obligations of the Contractors under the Contract and under this Consortium Agreement
Duties of the coordinator ... iv.
ensuring that the quality of the management of the Project uses industry best practice and is of a standard at least equivalent to normal commercial projects.
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Example 7.6 Use of Marks
Each Contractor retains all rights, title and interest in any of its trade and business names, service marks, trade marks, logos or other symbols it uses to identify itself or any of its activities (“Marks”) and no Contractor shall acquire under this Consortium Agreement any general license or any other right, express or implied, by law or otherwise, title or interest in or to any such Marks of any other Contractor.
Each Contractor shall obtain the other Contractor’s (s’) prior written approval of any publication or any press releases or public announcement making reference to said other Contractor(s) and specifically on the Marks of said Contractor(s) to be used and on the manner it will be used.
Article 12 – Confidentiality
12.1 During the term of the Project and for a period of three years thereafter, the Contractors shall treat as confidential any information which is exchanged under the performance of the Project by any disclosing Contractor.
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Example Article 13: Settlement of Disputes
Parties agree that, in case of dispute or difference between the Parties arising out of or in connection with this Consortium Agreement, the Parties shall first endeavour to settle it amicably. All disputes or differences arising in connection with this Consortium Agreement which cannot be settled as provided for in the preceding sentence shall be governed exclusively by the laws of Greece, and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Thessaloniki, unless the PMB
prefers another competent jurisdiction .
Art.7. WP leaders
The coordinator will appoint task leaders who will be responsible for the work performed within the tasks and preparation of deliverables predicted. The Task leaders will be appointed during the kick-off meeting of the Steering Committee.
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Example
7.2.2 Where several Contractors have jointly carried out work generating the Knowledge and where their respective share of the work cannot be ascertained ( which is especially assumed for contractors sharing a working package ), they shall have joint ownership of such Knowledge and shall be entitled to use and license of such Knowledge without owing any financial compensation to each other. The contractors shall agree amongst themselves (seperate agreement) ....
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Annex H - Plan for Use and Dissemination Detail which Contractor at which conference will when publish certain results … The consortium will keep contact and share results with the groups that are working on alternative approaches, to ensure that the results will converge to a maximum extent. Since the consortium has a strong research focus, most of the dissemination efforts will be published in the proceedings of established international conferences (see table below) and journal papers: Practical issues relating to a specific technology will be published as experience reports at dedicated tracks at conferences or workshops. Additionally, technical reports with the overall results will be published using a internet platform (see Article 5.3). The type of publications will change along the project lifecycle due to the changing emphasis on research and technological development.
Acronym
DSN
Title
The Int. Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks
Exploitation Organizers
IEEE Beside academic publishing, the results will be exploited into future products. In particular, XXX is interested in using the results to add functionality to one of their products, a distributed management system for a YYYYY.
Furthermore, the participating researchers of the XXX are going to use the project results to start a
spin-off company
. The preparation for the foundation of the spin-off will start at the middle of the project when research activities are reasonably settled.
XXX is going to use the know-how and results of this project for the development of a new generation of distributed systems in the field of YYY computing, which addresses similar problems but in slightly different level. They plan to release a commercial product in the years between 2005 2006.
Similar, XXX will use the results for improving future product releases of their YYYXX product.
Additional to the industrial exploitation it is considered to disseminate results during XXX information days.
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Examples Knowledge is exclusively owned by SME Partners
as from day one of its creation and the transfer is deemed operated to SME by the RTD Performers who accept to enter into any additional agreement or to issue separate documents if necessary in particular for the purpose of complying with the copyrights, patent or other laws of the different countries concerned.
Except for that last purpose, no formal additional transfer of ownership is necessary from RTD Performers.
.1.1 Transfer of Employees' Rights
In addition to the obligations pursuant to the
EU Contract
, each
Party
shall ensure that it can grant
Access Rights
and fulfil the obligations under the
EU Contract and this Consortium Agreement
this
Consortium Agreement
as identified.
notwithstanding any rights of its employees, or persons it engages to perform part of its share of the
Project
, in the
Knowledge
or
Pre-existing Know-how
they create after the effective date of Seite 23
Participant --: The Chancellor, Masters & Scholars of the University of XXX
The University of XXX is party to an agreement between YYY Limited dated ...pursuant to which YYY Limited have certain rights to the intellectual property created by Professor ZZZ research group. Whilst the University of XXX has the right to use and grant Access Rights to such intellectual property for the purposes of academic research,
any
Access Rights to such intellectual property to the other consortium partners for commercial exploitation (which may be to the prior written consent of YYY Limited which may not be available or may not be granted at YYY Limited’s sole discretion.
Knowledge
or Pre-Existing Know-How) are subject XXX agrees to disclose only the Pre-existing know-how previously listed for the project and excludes
all other
pre-existing know-how of its participating institute or organisation, this including: - pre-existing know-how developed by XXX University researchers not participating in the QQQ Network of Excellence, - pre-existing know-how developed by researchers participating in the QQQ Network Of Excellence which is outside the scope of the programme for jointly executed research activities of the Network.
XXX also hereby excludes from its obligation to grant
Access Rights for Use
(i.e. commercial exploitation) to
Pre-existing know-how
and Knowledge
all
Pre-existing know-how
and Knowledge
generated by XXX as a result of NNN Funding for Professor ZZZ research group.
Specifically excluded from the obligation to grant
Access Rights for Use
will be
Pre-existing Know-How
and
Knowledge
as listed below: 1) Protected Know-how: , Patent No. or File No 2) Protected Know-how: , Patent No. or File No.: 3) For the purposes of commercial exploitation, all existing know how relating to these patents and any subsequent know how created that falls within the scope of the University’s licence and pipeline agreement with YYY Ltd dated Seite 24
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www.ipr-helpdesk.org
Muster für Konsortialverträge
Unite (int. Universitätsvereinigung)
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http://www.unite.be/ca-6.htm
KOWI (dt. Service-Einrichtung zur EU Forschungsförderung)
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http://www.kowi.de/rp6/default.htm
IPR-Helpdesk
•
http://www.ipr-helpdesk.org/index.htm
Gruppe für Musterverträge
•
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/working groups/model-contract/index_en.html
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