It is agreed that workability and completeness of these publication rules will be reviewed by the General Assembly until the end of 2007 in order to make sure that they fulfil their general scope and purpose. Bremen, , 2006. The <strong>IDEFICS</strong> Consortium 10
Appendix 1: Consortium Agreement, Section 12 Section 12: <strong>Publication</strong>s, Press Releases and Reports to the European Commission Any plans for press releases and publications related directly to the Project shall be made available to the Coordinator. The Coordinator will communicate press release with the European Commission and evaluate if a joint publication is useful. No publication shall be made by any Party before assessing its protection. Throughout this document, publications and press releases include: electronic, printed, and audio-visual material made available to the general public and specific interest groups. 12.1 <strong>Publication</strong>s of own Knowledge Each Party shall have the right to publish or allow the publishing of data which constitutes such Party’s Knowledge, Pre-existing Know-how or confidential information it owns in accordance with the Contract, Annex II.33.3. For the avoidance of doubt, it is stated that no Party shall have the right to publish or allow the publishing of data, which constitutes another Party’s Knowledge, Pre-Existing Know-How or confidential information, even where such data are amalgamated with the Party’s Knowledge, Pre-Existing Know-How or other information, document or material. Any use of other Party’s data justifies, save for further remedies, objection to the publication by the Party concerned. 12.2 Procedure of scientific publications Each publication or presentation, based on this Project, whether written or oral, is required to have obtained the consent of the Parties concerned. To this end, a brief description and the subject of the proposed publication or presentation shall be submitted to the Coordinator and the Steering Committee, a copy shall be provided to all Parties. If none of the Parties objects to the publication within fourteen (14) days from the date after receiving and request, consent shall be deemed to be given. Any objection shall include, a) a request for modifications, specifically if information contained in the proposed publication or communication is likely to impair the industrial and commercial Use of Knowledge; or b) a request that the publication or communication shall be postponed if the information contained in the proposed publication or communication is the subject matter of intellectual property protection. If a dispute regarding a publication cannot be settled amicably within two (2) months, the Coordinator shall attempt to decide the issue, in accordance with the Vancouver <strong>Rules</strong> (see internal website of the consortium). However, none of the Parties concerned may withhold its consent to publication or presentation upon the expiry of a period of three (3) calendar months following the first submission of the proposed publication or presentation. It is understood that any publication or presentation made pursuant to this Section is required to indicate the contribution made by each of the Parties. A publication strategy will be set up and agreed upon by the General Assembly. 11
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