Can I limit my pre-existing know-how to the specific department or research team participating in the FP6 project?
Some consortia place pre-existing know-how under the limits of contractors’ specific department, research centre, laboratory, etc. participating in an FP6 project. However, FP6 rules define pre-existing know-how as the information held by contractors prior to the beginning of the project or acquired during it, as well as the intellectual property rights (IPR) attached to this information. “Contractors” are to be understood as a whole, not the specific department, research team, etc. actually working on the project. For instance, if only one laboratory of a University is participating in a FP6 project where the University is the contractor, the pre-existing know-how of the whole University could be subject to access rights. We remind you, however, that access rights shall be granted only for the pre-existing know-how necessary to the implementation of the project or the use of knowledge. Usually there are parts of pre-existing know-how that are not necessary to exclude because they are
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