In what areas does the final contract significantly differ from the proposal?
A. The final contract fleshes out in detail the outlines of governance and IP management and memorializes the details laid out in the original proposal. The proposal was not intended to be, and could not have been, written at the level of detail that is required to establish and run a large-scale, decade-long research program. Much has been added to clarify EBI governance, oversight, roles and responsibilities, dispute resolution, use of names and trademarks, termination, indemnification, reporting and the like. Much greater detail concerning IP ownership rights, IP license terms, and background IP rights is present in the contract than was feasible in the proposal, as these details had to be discussed and agreed upon by all participating parties.
