Agreement

Agreements and asset management

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What unique knowledge do the partners bring to the project? If the project produces a product or service, who will own it and who may use it? What aspects of the cooperation should be regulated by agreement?

Consider the following:

• What "background information” do you have, i.e., the knowledge that you bring to the project?
• How are the intellectual assets created during the project managed after its conclusion?
• What intellectual assets do you have that you might want to protect? 

Several different support functions can help and guide you in this process.

Review standard contracts for the programme in which the call for proposals is located. The standard contracts can provide guidance, although they are always adapted to each specific project.

Links for additional help

• The Innovation Office at Umeå University helps research fellows, students or employees with advice on ownership, agreements and intellectual property rights.
  The Innovation Office at Umeå University
• About patents at the Swedish Intellectual Property Office
• The Enterprise Europe Network helps small and medium-sized enterprises with international ambitions. EEN website 
• The European Commission offers support for SMEs in the field of intellectual property rights. This becomes especially relevant at the phase when the project agreement is to be signed, i.e., a slightly later stage. Read more about the Horizon IP Scan on the European Commission's website.