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​On 17-18 September, the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization hosted the annual meeting on intellectual property issues that brings together contact persons and specialists from the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Central Team and the seven Domestic Agencies

Chaired by the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization Legal Adviser, the Intellectual Property Contact Persons meeting is the forum for discussions on intellectual property-related issues encountered with suppliers, legal issues related to non-disclosure agreements, the use of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ logo, and the utilization of the intellectual property database.

The fundamental principles of intellectual property management within the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Project are set out in Article 10 of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Agreement: The ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization and the Members shall support the widest appropriate dissemination of information and intellectual property they generate in the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Project. The ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Members benefit from accessing the intellectual property that results from the project through intellectual property provisions included in each contract, in compliance with the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Agreement and fully detailed in its annex on information and intellectual property (IIP Annex).

The network of Central Team-Domestic Agency contact persons plays a significant role in the implementation of intellectual property provisions in the framework of the project, confirming progress, sharing best practice, and furthering the management of intellectual property issues.

-- Akiko Takano, Legal Affairs