Common use of Agreement on background Clause in Contracts

Agreement on background. “‘Background’ means any data, know-how or information held by any KIC Partner — what- ever its form or nature (tangible or intangible), including any rights such as intellectual property rights — that: is held by the KIC Partners before they entered into the Specific Agreement concerned or no later than before the commencement of the particular KIC added value activity and is needed to implement the KIC added-value activities in which they participate under the specific action or exploit the results thereof. The KIC Partners must identify and agree (in writing) on the background for the KIC added value activities in which they participate under the specific action (‘agreement on back- ground’). - Framework Partnership Agreement, ARTICLE 31.2 Access rights for other KIC Partners, for implementing their own tasks under the specific action: “The KIC Partners participating in the same KIC added value activity under the specific ac- tion must give each other access — on a royalty-free basis — to background needed to im- plement their own tasks under the particular KIC added value activity, unless the KIC Part- ner that holds the background has — no later than before the commencement of the partic- ular KIC added value activity —:

Agreement on background. “‘Background’ means any data, know-how or information held by any KIC Partner — what- ever its form or nature (tangible or intangible), including any rights such as intellectual property prop- erty rights — that: is held by the KIC Partners before they entered into the Specific Agreement concerned or no later than before the commencement of the particular KIC added value activity and is needed to implement the KIC added-value activities in which they participate under the specific action or exploit the results thereof. The KIC Partners must identify and agree (in writing) on the background for the KIC added value activities in which they participate under the specific action (‘agreement on back- ground’). - Framework Partnership Agreement, ARTICLE 31.2 Access rights for other KIC Partners, for implementing their own tasks under the specific action: “The KIC Partners participating in the same KIC added value activity under the specific ac- tion must give each other access — on a royalty-free basis — to background needed to im- plement their own tasks under the particular KIC added value activity, unless the KIC Part- ner that holds the background has — no later than before the commencement of the partic- ular KIC added value activity —: