Galileo OS SIS ICD.indd - GSA - Europa

As part of its management tasks, the European Commission is entrusted with the
defi nition of the terms and conditions upon which third parties shall have access to the
OS SIS ICD (Open Service Signal In Space Interface Control Document) related IPRs.
The aim of the European Union is to promote the take up and the wide spread diffusion
of the GNSS technology related to the System developed under the Galileo Programme
and to foster its use for research and development purposes.
On such basis the European Commission is interested to grant a license for the use of
OS SIS ICD related IPRs, which it owns or has the right to sublicense, for the purposes
of research and development, according to the terms and conditions specifi ed here
below.
The Licensee is interested in getting the license for the use of OS SIS ICD for the
purposes and according to the terms and conditions of the present license agreement
and the terms of use and disclaimer of the OS SIS ICD document, which he declares
to have understood and accepted in full.
Now therefore, the Parties agrees as follows
ARTICLE 1 - Defi nitions
1.1. Copyright – shall mean any and all copyrighted works mentioned in Annex D1.
1.2. Developments and/or Derivative Works – shall mean research and development
activities based on or related to the licensed OS SIS ICD IPRs.
1.3. Effective date – date of signature of the Licence Agreement by the last Party.
1.4. Export Controls – shall mean any international or national Export Control law
or regulation applicable to the Licesee's activities under the OS SIS ICD IPRs,
that regulates, embargoes or sanctions the export of products, information and/
or technology in any way.
1.5. The Field of Use – shall mean research and development activities.
1.6. GNSS Systems – shall mean Global Navigation Satellite Systems.
1.7. Improvements – means all improvements, enhancements, alterations,
modifi cations or adaptations to any part of the OS IPRs.
1.8. Information – the information exchanged between the European Commission
and the Licensee during the execution of this Agreement, including but not
limited to the Research and Development Plan, Result and Derivative Works,
intellectual property rights.
1.9. Infrastructure Developed Under the Galileo Programme – shall mean the
system of satellite and ground segments, comprised of hardware and software,
designed and operated to provide the Open Service, the Public Regulated
Service, the Safety of Life Service, the Commercial Service and the Search
and Rescue service as defi ned in the Galileo Mission Requirement Document
(MRD).
1.10. Licensee Background – shall mean all the information and knowledge whether
or not they can be protected as intellectual property rights, which are needed for
exploiting the Result.
1.11. OS Signal – the Open Signal broadcasted by the infrastructure developed under
the Programme Galileo.
184 © European Union 2010
Document subject to terms of use and disclaimers p. ii-iii
OD SIS ICD, Issue 1, February 2010