Common use of – OWNERSHIP OF THE RESULTS - INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Clause in Contracts

– OWNERSHIP OF THE RESULTS - INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY. Any results or rights thereon, including copyright and other intellectual or industrial property rights, obtained in performance of the Contract, shall be owned by the Agency, except where industrial or intellectual property rights exist prior to the Contract being entered into. Assignment or transfer of such rights shall be limited exclusively to the Agency’s Participating Member States. The Agency shall not be held liable for any damage resulting from misuse of any rights transferred by the Agency to its Participating Member States.