N. 8, April - May 2003 

Editorial 
The relevance of intellectual property rights for the research community
Philippe Busquin
 
I am pleased to have this opportunity to underline how important intellectual property rights are for the research community. ...
 
IP & RTD: Articles 
 
  Managing & Reporting Intellectual Capital: New strategic challenges for HEROs
Campbell Warden
 
"IC in HEROs" is the acronym of an initiative led by members of the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA ) in collaboration with ESMU , and stands for Intellectual Capital in Higher Education Institutions (e.g. Universities) and Research & Technology Organisations (both for-profit and not-for-profit)...
 
 
  Revision of the definition of "Intangible Asset"
© Eusebi Nomen, 2003
 
Any Intellectual Property Right (IPR) from which future earnings are expected qualifies as an intangible asset...
 
  Comparison of Integrated Project Model Consortium Agreements
Sergio Greco
 
Although the Commission did not offer a model consortium agreement under the 5th framework programme, the "Unified Consortium Agreement - UCA" has been used as a de facto model consortium agreement. The following article compares some provisions concerning IPR in three existing model consortium agreements...
 
 
  Where do they want you to go these days, alma mater?
Philip Trillmich
 
European Universities have risen to numerous challenges throughout their history. Now they are faced with the major challenge of finding a place in the widely-anticipated knowledge-based society. The latter is to be based on the following pillars: generating knowledge through research, its transmission and dissemination through teaching and through...
 
  Intellectual Property Rights: novelties arising from definitions introduced by the Sixth Framework Programme
Magali Poinot
 
Intellectual property right (IPR) issues within projects co-financed by Community R&D Framework Programmes (RTD projects) rarely cause major problems. Where such issues arise, they are rarely the sole cause of difficulties but rather are exacerbated by other questions...
 
  
 
IP & RTD in practice 
 
  Patent of the month
 
Velcro. The practical fastener that came from cockleburs. This month we offer our readers a very useful invention that was inspired by Mother Nature: "Velcro"...
 
 
  esp@cenet Quiz
 
The esp@cenet quiz is an exercise proposed to our readers. Its aim is to show that patent searching can be an exciting quest, yielding relevant results in almost all technical fields. ...
 
  Patent searching
 
Once you have found a relevant patent, you will often wish to know in which countries this patent could prevent you from exploiting an invention. To answer this question, it is first necessary to define in which countries the patent has been applied for and then check whether the patent is still in force in these countries...
 
 
News 
 
  EU. Community Design registration officially starts
 
 
  EU. Commission report on human embryonic stem cell research
 
  EU. Action plan for Europe to boost research investment
 
 
  EU. New definition of SMEs
 
  Spain. The Supreme Court exempts hotels from paying royalties for using TV in the rooms
 
 
  EU. EC participation in EDCTP and further results of the 2505th Council meeting
 
  EU. Judgments of the ECJ on the extent of the protection conferred by PDOs "Grana Padano" and "Prosciutto di Parma"
 
 
  US. Part numbers are not copyrightable
 
  EU. "For Elisa" and a cockcrow: Opinion of the AG
 
 
 
  EU. The ECJ rules that colour per se is capable of having distinctive character
 
 
Events 
 
  UK IST1 Info Day
 
 
 
  Intellectual Property Rights in the Sixth Framework Programme
 
 
Last updates 
  Last updates of the IPR-Helpdesk Web site
 
The IPR-Helpdesk team is very pleased to inform you that since the last issue of the IPR-Bulletin, new documents have been posted on our Web site...

 
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