THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE EUMETCAL PROGRAMME

 The intellectual property which all members of the Eumetcal programme bring to the programme will become transformed into a telematic form integrated with material from other partners during the project. The original material, in its original form, will remain the intellectual property of the partner (Originator). The integrated material, in telematic form, and any related IPRs (Hereafter referred to as “Programme Material”) are owned and protected by the Eumetcal Responsible Member (RM), without prejudice to the intellectual property rights for those parts of any Acquired Knowledge for which a single Originator can be identified.

 Participating Members of the Eumetcal Programme shall be granted, without cost, a non-exclusive licence by the RM and if necessary by the Originators of any part of the Acquired Knowledge, so that they are free to exploit such Acquired Knowledge for all purposes agreed within the Programme Decision. When Acquired Knowledge is capable of industrial or commercial applications outside the scope of the Programme, the Participating Members shall set out the terms of use in the relevant Programme Decision. Members departing from the Programme shall only have rights to the Acquired Knowledge created during the period within which they contributed, unless otherwise agreed by the EUMETNET Council.

 The Eumetcal Steering Group (ESG), a body representative of all the project members, has been established and will continue throughout the duration of the project. During this period the ESG will be responsible for deciding the conditions under which the Programme Material may be used. Recommendations from the ESG will be passed to the EUMETNET Council for endorsement. All project members will be free to use the Programme Material in the normal course of their business.

 The Eumetcal Steering Group will be responsible for granting any permission for use of the Programme Material outside the consortium. All such decisions will, however, be passed to the EUMETNET Council for endorsement. Some such requests may come at an early stage enabling other bodies to make contributions to the construction of the Programme Material while other requests may come after the Programme Material is completed. A substantial contribution, in resources or funding, will be required from the external organisation and no EUMETNET funding can be used to support any such external organisations.

 The Eumetcal Steering Group will be responsible for assuring the future exploitation of the Programme Material beyond the end of the funded part of the project.