Cooperative Activities definition
Examples of Cooperative Activities in a sentence
Costs of Co-operative Activities shall be borne in such manner as may be mutually agreed.
In accordance with the applicable laws and regulations of the Parties and with relevant international agreements to which the Parties are, or may become parties, the Parties shall ensure the adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights or other rights of a proprietary nature resulting from the Cooperative Activities undertaken pursuant to this Chapter.
The Parties will agree on how the rights to the results of Co-operative Activities are to be distributed on the basis of mutually agreed terms, taking into account the contribution of each Party, both to the previous and resultant intellectual property.
Scientific and technological information of a non-proprietary nature arising from Co-operative Activities may be made available to the public by the government of either Party.
This Annex is applicable to all Cooperative Activities undertaken pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise specifically agreed by the Parties or their designees.
Both Parties recognise that successful collaboration depends on full and prompt exchange of information necessary for carrying out Cooperative Activities.
Pending resolution of the matter, any Intellectual Property created by persons employed or sponsored by one Party under Cooperative Activities shall be owned by that Party and Intellectual Property created by persons employed or sponsored by both Parties shall be jointly owned by the Parties, but such Intellectual Property shall be commercially exploited only by mutual agreement.
Before engaging a Participant to carry out work, a Party must enter into a Sponsorship Arrangement unless such an agreement already exists that can support Cooperative Activities pursuant to this Agreement.
Issues related to the management of Project Background Information and Project Foreground Information, including the allocation of any benefits (including royalties) derived from the creation and exploitation of Intellectual Property in Project Foreground Information in respect of Cooperative Activities under this Agreement shall be governed by the Articles of this Agreement, including the provisions of Annex I, and any Technology Management Plans associated with a Project.
Without prejudice to any existing arrangements under the Parties’ national laws, the Parties shall take appropriate steps to protect the welfare of any subjects involved in Cooperative Activities.