Galileo OS SIS ICD.indd - GSA - Europa

1.12. OS SIS ICD – the Open Service Signal in Space Interface Control Document in
its latest version.
1.13. OS SIS ICD IPRs – shall mean any and all Intellectual Property Rights contained
in the OS SIS ICD and mentioned in Annex D1.
1.14. Patent – shall mean any and all patents and/or patent applications mentioned in
Annex D1, including the inventions described and claimed therein as well as any
divisions, continuations, continuous-in-part and reissues thereof.
1.15. Research and Development Plan – shall mean the efforts and the strategy
of the Licensee to exploit the OS SIS ICD IPRs for research and development
activities, to be described by the Licensee and attached in Annex D2 to this
Agreement for information purposes.
1.16. Result – shall mean all the results, whether tangible or intangible arising out of
the research and development activities under this Agreement whether they can
be protected as intellectual property rights or not.
1.17. The Territory – shall mean the territories subject to this Agreement and specifi ed
for each Intellectual Property Right in Annex D1.
1.18. Valid Claim – shall mean a claim of an issued and subsisting patent or of a
published patent application in the Patents which claim has not been fi nally held
to be invalid or unenforceable in the proceedings from which no further appeal
may be taken within the time limit for taking that appeal.
ARTICLE 2 - Subject of the Agreement
The European Commission hereby grants the Licensee a non-exclusive royaltyfree
licence, limited to the Territory and Field of Use on the OS SIS ICD IPRs.
The Licensee shall not be entitled to grant sublicenses of its rights under this
Agreement.
ARTICLE 3 – Licensee's Rights and Obligations
3.1 The Licensee shall exploit the OS SIS ICD IPRs in the Field of Use in a manner
so as not to harm:
i) the intellectual property rights of the European Union;
ii) the security of the European Union, as set forth under articles 13(4) and
17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 9 th July 2008 on the further implementation of the European
satellite navigation programmes (EGNOS and Galileo).
3.2 The EU, as co-owner of the Galileo OS SIS ICD copyright, grants the Licensee the
following user rights with reference to the Copyright pursuant to this Agreement:
i) the right to integrate and incorporate into any Result;
ii) the right to store the Copyright on any suitable medium.
3.3 The Licensee shall be solely responsible for:
i) exercising his rights hereunder strictly in compliance with all laws and
regulations of each of the countries in which such exercise takes place;
ii) compliance with all Export Controls.
© European Union 2010
Document subject to terms of use and disclaimers p. ii-iii
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