IPR and Exploitation
Friends or Foes?
There is IPR beyond Copyright
• Copyrighted material may contain other rights:
• Trademarks
• Trade secrets
• Patents
• Patented material is affected by copyrighted material
• Time of publication
• Copyright affects disclosure
Ownership vs. Licensing
• Who owns the material is straightforward:
• Consortium agreements
• Funding Agreements
• Co-authorship
• Institutional framework
A question of who
• Initial ownership may be transferred:
• RFO
• RPO
• Publisher
• Collecting Society
• Collecting Organisation
• Spin off/ out
• Licensee
• Do we own the material?
A question of when
• If I am to license out:
• Decide on commercial exploitation
• Disclose only when I am not bound by:
• Confidentiality
• Patent application pending
• After I have patented:
• Can go for open access
• Attention to the value model
A question of what
• Need to decide:
• What to release what to keep
• Collaborate with the TTO
• Collaborate with the library
• Collaborate with the NOAD
Q +A

IPR and Exploitation

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  • 2.
    There is IPRbeyond Copyright • Copyrighted material may contain other rights: • Trademarks • Trade secrets • Patents • Patented material is affected by copyrighted material • Time of publication • Copyright affects disclosure
  • 3.
    Ownership vs. Licensing •Who owns the material is straightforward: • Consortium agreements • Funding Agreements • Co-authorship • Institutional framework
  • 4.
    A question ofwho • Initial ownership may be transferred: • RFO • RPO • Publisher • Collecting Society • Collecting Organisation • Spin off/ out • Licensee • Do we own the material?
  • 5.
    A question ofwhen • If I am to license out: • Decide on commercial exploitation • Disclose only when I am not bound by: • Confidentiality • Patent application pending • After I have patented: • Can go for open access • Attention to the value model
  • 6.
    A question ofwhat • Need to decide: • What to release what to keep • Collaborate with the TTO • Collaborate with the library • Collaborate with the NOAD
  • 7.