Ownership of Foreground. 1. Foreground shall be the property of the beneficiary carrying out the work generating that foreground.
2. Where several beneficiaries have jointly carried out the work generating the foreground and where their respective shares of the work cannot be ascertained, they shall have joint ownership of the foreground. They shall establish an agreement7 among themselves on the allocation and exercise of that joint ownership.
3. If persons hired by a beneficiary are entitled to claim rights to foreground, the beneficiary shall ensure that these rights are exercised in a manner compatible with its obligations under this grant agreement.
Ownership of Foreground general principle
Ownership of Foreground. Foreground shall be the property of the beneficiary carrying out the work generating that Foreground.
Ownership of Foreground. Foreground resulting from the project is owned by the project Party generating it.5 In order to accomplish with the obligations resulting from the CA, Parties shall reach an agreement with their employees and other personnel as soon as the latter may be entitled to claim rights to Foreground (subcontractors, students, end-users actively involved in the project etc.). Such agreements may include a formal transfer of ownership or granting of appropriate access rights with a right to sublicense.6
Ownership of Foreground. FIRE Users are not affected by the terms and conditions provided under article 8.1 since a FIRE User is not expected to generate Foreground under the Project. Nevertheless, if a FIRE User is able to prove that the FIRE User has contributed to Foreground resulting from the Project, it remains advisable for such FIRE User to reach a specific written agreement as soon as possible before the generation of the solely or jointly owned Foreground with the Parties concerned in order to fix the terms and conditions of the ownership of the Foreground concerned. Regarding Foreground generated by the Parties excluding the FIRE Users, EC-GA Article II.26. - Article II.29. shall apply with the following additions:
Ownership of Foreground. Foreground shall be owned by the Party who carried out the work generating the Foreground, or on whose behalf such work was carried out. In order to avoid or resolve conflicts between project partners about the origin of the results, all the project partners shall maintain evidence showing the development of the generation of its Foreground in order to be able to prove its ownership and the date of its generation.
Ownership of Foreground. 8.2.1.1 Foreground shall be the property of the Party carrying out the work leading to that Foreground.
Ownership of Foreground. IP
6.1. Foreground IP shall be owned by the Company.
6.2. The Company hereby grants the Research Provider a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide non-exclusive royalty free licence to use the Foreground IP for the purposes of academic research, teaching and collaboration, including any collaboration with third parties provided that such third parties are not granted any rights to exploit the Foreground IP.
6.1 Foreground IP shall be owned by the Research Provider.
6.2 The Research Provider hereby grants to the Company a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide non-exclusive royalty-free licence to use and exploit the Foreground IP for its own purposes, commercial or otherwise.
6.3. The Party owning the Foreground IP shall make all decisions on whether such Foreground IP should be protected by patent or other intellectual property protection. The costs of filing and protection of such patent application(s) or other protection shall be paid by the owning Party unless the Parties agree otherwise. The Parties shall discuss any such protection that should be sought and shall use reasonable endeavours to reach agreement in relation thereto.
Ownership of Foreground. 3.1 Foreground IP shall be owned by the Party generating such Foreground IP and each Party shall grant to the other a royalty free non-exclusive licence to any Foreground IP which it owns for the purposes of carrying out activities under this Agreement but for no other purpose.
Ownership of Foreground. Company shall own all right, title and interest in and to Company Foreground. Jxxxxxx shall own all right, title and interest in and to Jxxxxxx Foreground. Company and Jxxxxxx shall own jointly all right, title and interest in and to Joint Foreground. Each party hereby assigns to the other party such rights as it may acquire in Foreground as may be necessary or appropriate to cause such Foreground to be owned by the applicable party or by the parties jointly as provided in this Section 2.9(c), or if assignment is not permitted by law, waives such rights as to the other party or grants to the other party an exclusive (or co-exclusive in the case of Joint Foreground), fully-paid, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide license under such rights (with the right to sublicense) for any and all purposes. Each party agrees to execute any assignment or other documents reasonably necessary to convey to the other party any right, title or other interest to Foreground as necessary to effect the ownership of Foreground as provided in this Section 2.9(c), and, upon request, will assist the other party in connection with the preparation and prosecution of any application for Intellectual Property Rights in or to any Foreground owned by such other party pursuant hereto.
