e contributos, será importante em termos industriais e basear-se-á no princípio da compreensão e interesse mútuos.O financiamento das actividades de cooperação ficará sujeito à disponibilidade financeira e à legislação e regras aplicáveis das regiões participantes. Cada região participante financiará a sua própria participação e contribuirá de maneira equitativa, em dinheiro ou em espécie, para os custos do secretariado inter-regional IMS. O secretariado funcionará e procederá de acordo com os princípios enunciados nas especificações técnicas. A Comunidade Europeia está pronta a acolher o secretariado inter-regional no período a decidir conjuntamente pelas regiões participantes.O presente acordo de cooperação terá uma vigência de 10 anos. Cada região participante pode retirar-se a qualquer momento mediante a apresentação de um pré-aviso de 12 meses. Os participantes procederão à revisão do programa cinco anos após o seu lançamento.A Comunidade Europeia e a Noruega reservam-se o direito de agir como uma única região europeia.A presente carta, juntamente com a sua aceitação pelas regiões participantes, subscreve as especificações técnicas e estabelece o entendimento comum sobre os princípios da cooperação no domínio dos IMS. Agradecia que Vossa Excelência me confirmasse este entendimento, logo que possível."Tenho a honra de confirmar o acordo do meu governo sobre o conteúdo da carta de Vossa Excelência.Pelo Governo do CanadáD. Carta da NoruegaExcelência,Tenho a honra de me referir à carta de Vossa Excelência de ..., do seguinte teor:"Reporto-me ao Acordo relativo a actividades de investigação e desenvolvimento no domínio dos sistemas inteligentes de fabrico (IMS) concluído em 1997 e 2001, respectivamente, entre a Comunidade Europeia e a Austrália, o Canadá, os Estados membros da EFTA Noruega e Suíça, a Coreia, o Japão e os Estados Unidos da América.O objectivo da presente carta é estabelecer o entendimento comum obtido sobre a renovação e alteração do referido Acordo de cooperação, tal como exposto nas especificações técnicas apensas à presente carta.As regiões participantes trabalharão em cooperação no sentido de impulsionar a competitividade industrial, resolver problemas que se colocam a nível mundial no domínio do fabrico e desenvolver tecnologias e sistemas de fabrico avançados. Essa cooperação garantirá um equilíbrio entre benefícios e contributos, será importante em termos industriais e basear-se-á no princípio da compreensão e interesse mútuos.O financiamento das actividades de cooperação ficará sujeito à disponibilidade financeira e à legislação e regras aplicáveis das regiões participantes. Cada região participante financiará a sua própria participação e contribuirá de maneira equitativa, em dinheiro ou em espécie, para os custos do secretariado inter-regional IMS. O secretariado funcionará e
royalty to PARTNERS which are NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS for commercial exploitation of FOREGROUND which is solely owned by such NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS; and- PARTNERS may agree in their COOPERATION AGREEMENT to pay a royalty to PARTNERS which are NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS for commercial exploitation of FOREGROUND which is jointly owned with such NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS, provided such royalties are both small and consistent with the principle that contributions and benefits in the IMS SCHEME must be balanced and equitable.2.9. A non-owning PARTNER and its AFFILIATES may not disclose or sub-license FOREGROUND to third parties except that each PARTNER or its AFFILIATES may, in the normal course of business:- disclose FOREGROUND in confidence solely for the purposes of manufacturing, having manufactured, importing or selling products,- sub-license any software forming part of FOREGROUND in object code, or- engage itself in the rightful provision of products or services that inherently disclose the FOREGROUND.Background2.10. A PARTNER in a PROJECT may, but is not obligated to, supply or license its BACKGROUND to other PARTNERS.2.11. PARTNERS and their AFFILIATES may use another PARTNER'S or its AFFILIATES' BACKGROUND RIGHTS solely for research and development in the PROJECT without additional consideration, including, but not limited to, financial consideration.2.12. PARTNERS and their AFFILIATES must grant to other PARTNERS and their AFFILIATES a license of BACKGROUND RIGHTS on normal commercial conditions when such license is necessary for the commercial exploitation of FOREGROUND unless:- the owning PARTNER or its AFFILIATE is by reason of law or by contractual obligation existing before signature of the COOPERATION AGREEMENT unable to grant such licenses and such BACKGROUND RIGHTS are specifically identified in the COOPERATION AGREEMENT; or- the PARTNERS agree, in exceptional cases, on the exclusion of BACKGROUND RIGHTS specifically identified in the COOPERATION AGREEMENT.Survival of rights2.13. The COOPERATION AGREEMENT shall specify that the rights and obligations of PARTNERS and AFFILIATES concerning FOREGROUND, BACKGROUND and BACKGROUND RIGHTS shall survive the natural expiration of the term of the COOPERATION AGREEMENT.Article 3Provisions that need to be addressed in the Cooperation AgreementPARTNERS shall address each of the following items in their COOPERATION AGREEMENT:Publication of results3.1. PARTNERS shall address the issue of the consent required, if any, from the other PARTNERS for publication of the results from the PROJECT other than SUMMARY INFORMATION.3.2. PARTNERS shall address the issue of whether PARTNERS which are NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS may, for academic purposes, publish FOREGROUND which they solely own, provided that adequate procedures for protecting FOREGROUND are taken in accordance with Articles 3.3 and 3.4.Protection of foreground3.3. PARTNERS shall identify the steps they will take to seek legal protection of FOREGROUND by means of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS and upon making an invention shall notify other PARTNERS in the same PROJECT in a timely manner of the protection sought and provide a summary description of the invention.3.4. PARTNERS shall address the issue of prompt notification of all other PARTNERS in the same PROJECT and, upon request and on mutually agreed conditions, disclosure of the invention and reasonably cooperate in such protection being undertaken by another PARTNER in the same PROJECT in the event and to the extent that a PARTNER or PARTNERS which own FOREGROUND do not intend to seek such protection.Confidential information3.5. PARTNERS shall identify the measures they will take to ensure that any PARTNER which has received CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION only uses or discloses this CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION by itself or its AFFILIATES as far as permitted under the conditions under which it was supplied.Dispute settlement and applicable laws3.6. PARTNERS shall agree in their COOPERATION AGREEMENT on the manner in which disputes will be settled.3.7. PARTNERS shall agree in their COOPERATION AGREEMENT on the law which will govern the COOPERATION AGREEMENTArticle 4Optional provisionsPARTNERS may, but are not required to address each of the following provisions in their COOPERATION AGREEMENT:- AFFILIATE PROVISIONS,- ANTITRUST/COMPETITION LAW ISSUES,- CANCELLATION AND TERMINATION,- EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIPS,- EXPORT CONTROLS AND All rights defined by Article 2(viii) of the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organisation signed at Stockholm on 14 July 1967 (see Technical Appendix 1.A.), excluding trademarks, service marks and commercial names and designations.1.12. NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS: Any legal entity, either public or private, established or organised for purposes other than profit-making, which does not itself commercially exploit FOREGROUND.1.13. PARTICIPANT: Australia, Canada, the European Union and Norway, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, the United States and any other country or geographic region whose participation in the IMS SCHEME may be approved in the manner determined by the PARTICIPANTS.1.14. PARTNER: Any legal or natural person participating as a contracting party to the COOPERATION AGREEMENT for a given PROJECT.1.15. PROJECT: Any research and development project carried out by a CONSORTIUM within the IMS SCHEME.1.16. SUMMARY INFORMATION: A description of the objectives, status and results of a PROJECT which does not disclose CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.Article 2Mandatory provisionsEach COOPERATION AGREEMENT must contain substantive terms and conditions that are fully consistent with each of the provisions 2.1 through 2.13 in this Article and the definitions used in each COOPERATION AGREEMENT shall be those specified in Article 1 of this document.Where a PROJECT or a potential PARTNER or its AFFILIATES is subject to government requirements, whether by law or agreement, and such requirements will affect rights or obligations pursuant to the COOPERATION AGREEMENT, the potential PARTNER shall disclose to the other PARTNERS all such requirements of which it is aware prior to signing the COOPERATION AGREEMENT. PARTNERS must ensure that ownership, use, disclosure and licensing of FOREGROUND will comply with these mandatory provisions if the PROJECT is subject to government requirements.PARTNERS will, at the outset of a PROJECT, promptly notify one another of their AFFILIATES which will be involved in the performance of the PROJECT, and will notify one another of any changes in the AFFILIATES so involved during the life of the PROJECT. At the time of entering into a COOPERATION AGREEMENT, and immediately after new legal entities have come to meet the AFFILIATE definition, PARTNERS may exclude AFFILIATES from the rights and obligations set forth in these provisions in accordance with the terms of the COOPERATION AGREEMENT.Written Agreement2.1. PARTNERS shall enter into a written COOPERATION AGREEMENT that governs their participation in a PROJECT consistent with this document.Ownership2.2. FOREGROUND shall be owned solely by the PARTNER or jointly by the PARTNERS creating it.2.3. A PARTNER which is the sole owner of FOREGROUND may disclose and non-exclusively license that FOREGROUND to third parties without ACCOUNTING to any other PARTNER.2.4. A PARTNER which is a joint owner of FOREGROUND may disclose and non-exclusively license that FOREGROUND to third parties without the consent of and without ACCOUNTING to any other PARTNER, unless otherwise agreed in the COOPERATION AGREEMENT.2.5. A PARTNER may assign its sole and/or joint ownership interests in its BACKGROUND, BACKGROUND RIGHTS and FOREGROUND to third parties without the consent of and without ACCOUNTING to any other PARTNER.PARTNERS who assign any of their rights to BACKGROUND RIGHTS or FOREGROUND must make each assignment subject to the COOPERATION AGREEMENT and must require each assignee to agree in writing to be bound to the assignor's obligations under the COOPERATION AGREEMENT in respect of the assigned rights.Dissemination of information2.6. SUMMARY INFORMATION shall be available to all PARTNERS in other PROJECTS and to the committees formed under the IMS SCHEME.2.7. The CONSORTIUM will make available at the end of the PROJECT a public report setting out SUMMARY INFORMATION about the PROJECT.License rightsForeground2.8. Each PARTNER and its AFFILIATES may use FOREGROUND, royalty-free, for research and development and for commercial exploitation. Commercial exploitation includes the rights to use, make, have made, sell and import.However, in exceptional circumstances,- PARTNERS may agree in their COOPERATION AGREEMENT to pay a royalty to PARTNERS which are NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS for commercial exploitation of FOREGROUND which is solely owned by such NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS; and- PARTNERS may agree in their COOPERATION AGREEMENT to pay a royalty to PARTNERS which are FOR INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEMSTABLE OF CONTENTS1. PREAMBLE2. PURPOSE3. RATIONALE4. OPERATING PRINCIPLES5. STRUCTURE AND FUNDING6. MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE7. TRANSITION TO AND COMMENCEMENT OF THE IMS SCHEME8. DURATION OF THE IMS SCHEME9. ADMISSION OF NEW PARTICIPANTS10. FORMATION AND EVALUATION OF PROJECT CONSORTIA AND OTHER COLLABORATIVE INSTRUMENTS11. SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES12. DISSEMINATION OF RESULTSTechnical Appendix 1: Intellectual property rights provisions for research and development projectsTechnical Appendix 1.A: Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Stockholm, 14 July 1967)Technical Appendix 2: financial accountability and principles for setting up and executing the IRS budgetTechnical Appendix 3: IMS technical themesTechnical Appendix 4: Responsibilities of the IMS Inter-Regional SecretariatTechnical Appendix 5: Responsibilities of the IMS Regional SecretariatsTechnical Appendix 6: Admission of new participantsTechnical Appendix 7: Project consortia formation and evaluationTechnical Appendix 8: Role Of IMS vis-à-vis small and medium-sised enterprises (SMEs), universities and government research institutes1. PREAMBLEThis document sets forth the terms of reference for the partners of the intelligent manufacturing systems (IMS) scheme for international cooperation in research and development in intelligent manufacturing systems. These terms of reference are not intended to create obligations under international or domestic law.2. PURPOSEThe IMS scheme is an international and multilateral cooperation scheme in which Participants work cooperatively to boost industrial competitiveness, solve problems facing manufacturing worldwide, and develop advanced manufacturing technologies and systems to benefit humanity. Its purposes are to:- enhance knowledge-based manufacturing in industry to improve the quality of life and citizens and improve the global environment,- share manufacturing knowledge and to transfer it to future generations,- increase the participation of SMEs in international collaborative activities,- adapt educational and training activities to support the knowledge-based manufacturing industries, and- contribute to establishing common, global norms and standards.3. RATIONALEManufacturing has been and continues to be an important element in the global economy. It remains a primary generator of wealth and is critical to establishing a sound economic basis for economic growth.Properly managed international cooperation in research and development in advanced manufacturing can help improve manufacturing operations [1]. IMS provides the framework within which cooperative research and development activities can flourish. IMS:- provides a structure for global, "forward-thinking" syntheses (e.g. roadmaps, analyses, foresight),- fosters the creation of networks to reinforce interaction and collaborative research and development,- fosters the development of consortia to undertake collaborative research and development projects (including cooperative work on pre-standardisation topics),- provides an intellectual property rights management framework (Technical Appendix 1) for international collaboration and dissemination activities, and- disseminates research results broadly.4. OPERATING PRINCIPLESIMS collaborative activities proceed on the following bases:- contributions to, and benefits from such cooperation, are equitable and balanced,- collaborative projects have industrial relevance,- collaborative project should include where possible academic participation,- collaborative projects are carried out by inter-regional, geographically distributed consortia,- collaborative projects can occur throughout the full innovation cycle,- IMS project activities under government sponsorship or using government resources should not involve competitive research and development,- results of collaborative projects are shared through a process of controlled information diffusion, and- there should be protection for an equitable allocation of any intellectual property right created or furnished during cooperation projects.5. STRUCTURE AND FUNDINGIMS is governed by a management structure that consists of:- an International Steering Committee,- an Inter-Regional Secretariat, and- Regional Secretariats.5.1. Funding for the management structure- Each participant will fund its own participation,- Each participant will determine the method by which its own participation will be funded,- Each participant will contribute in an equitable manner in funding or in kind to defray the costs of operating the Inter-Regional Secretariat,- Each participant will be responsible for supporting its own delegation, and- Each Participant will have the right to audit the operations of the management structure.- Principles for setting up and executing the IRS budget shall be in accordance with Technical Appendix 2.5.2. Funding for the Projects- Each participant will fund its own participation, and- Each participant will determine the method by which its own participation will be funded.6. MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE6.1. IMS International Steering CommitteeThe IMS International Steering Committee will oversee the IMS scheme. Members must be eminent representatives of the participants' industrial, academic, or governmental/public administration sectors who are knowledgeable in manufacturing issues. Members must be willing and able to devote the necessary time and effort involved in guiding the a sua própria participação e contribuirá de maneira equitativa, em dinheiro ou em espécie, para os custos do secretariado inter-regional IMS. O secretariado funcionará e procederá de acordo com os princípios enunciados nas especificações técnicas. A Comunidade Europeia está pronta a acolher o secretariado inter-regional no período a decidir conjuntamente pelas regiões participantes.O presente acordo de cooperação terá uma vigência de 10 anos. Cada região participante pode retirar-se a qualquer momento mediante a apresentação de um pré-aviso de 12 meses. Os participantes procederão à revisão do programa cinco anos após o seu lançamento.A Comunidade Europeia e a Noruega reservam-se o direito de agir como uma única região europeia.A presente carta, juntamente com a sua aceitação pelas regiões participantes, subscreve as especificações técnicas e estabelece o entendimento comum sobre os princípios da cooperação no domínio dos IMS. Agradecia que Vossa Excelência me confirmasse este entendimento, logo que possível."Tenho a honra de confirmar o acordo do meu governo sobre o conteúdo da carta de Vossa Excelência.Pelo Governo da NoruegaE. Carta da SuíçaExcelência,Tenho a honra de me referir à carta de Vossa Excelência de ..., do seguinte teor:"Reporto-me ao Acordo relativo a actividades de investigação e desenvolvimento no domínio dos sistemas inteligentes de fabrico (IMS) concluído em 1997 e 2001, respectivamente, entre a Comunidade Europeia e a Austrália, o Canadá, os Estados membros da EFTA Noruega e Suíça, a Coreia, o Japão e os Estados Unidos da América.O objectivo da presente carta é estabelecer o entendimento comum obtido sobre a renovação e alteração do referido Acordo de cooperação, tal como exposto nas especificações técnicas apensas à presente carta.As regiões participantes trabalharão em cooperação no sentido de impulsionar a competitividade industrial, resolver problemas que se colocam a nível mundial no domínio do fabrico e desenvolver tecnologias e sistemas de fabrico avançados. Essa cooperação garantirá um equilíbrio entre benefícios e contributos, será importante em termos industriais e basear-se-á no princípio da compreensão e interesse mútuos.O financiamento das actividades de cooperação ficará sujeito à disponibilidade financeira e à legislação e regras aplicáveis das regiões participantes. Cada região participante financiará a sua própria participação e contribuirá de maneira equitativa, em dinheiro ou em espécie, para os custos do secretariado inter-regional IMS. O secretariado funcionará e procederá de acordo com os princípios enunciados nas especificações técnicas. A Comunidade Europeia está pronta a acolher o secretariado inter-regional no período a decidir conjuntamente pelas regiões participantes.O presente acordo de cooperação terá uma vigência de 10 anos. Cada região