Where no joint ownership agreement has yet been concluded, each of the joint owners shall be entitled to use the joint Foreground for internal research and teaching purposes on a non-transferable basis. Unless otherwise agreed, the joint owners may only use the jointly owned Foreground for commercial purposes or grant licenses to third parties under the following conditions: - the other joint owner must give its prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld; and - fair and reasonable compensation must be provided to the other joint owner(s), to be negotiated in good faith. In the event that the Parties want to secure Intellectual property rights, the Parties shall agree on the specifics in good faith. The specifics concerning securing Intellectual property rights, the commercial purpose and the compensation shall be regulated in a separate inter-institutional agreement. OUH will involve its technology transfer office in such a process. The Ownership of the Background shall not be affected by this Agreement. In case that another Party's Background is needed for exploitation of the Foreground, the Parties concerned may, when necessary, agree on conditions on which User Rights to the Background shall be granted. A Party shall not be obliged to grant rights to its Background to the other Parties. 4 CONFIDENTIALITY Each Party shall keep Confidential Information disclosed or communicated to it, directly or indirectly, from the other Parties in strict confidence and shall not use Confidential Information for any other purpose than specially stipulated in this Agreement. The obligation for confidentiality shall not apply to the Confidential Information which a Party can show that: a) was at the time of receipt published or otherwise generally available to the public; b) has after receipt by the receiving Party been published or become generally available to the public otherwise than through any act or omission on the part of the receiving Party; c) was already in the possession of the receiving Party at the time of receipt without any restriction on disclosure; d) was rightfully acquired from a third party without any undertaking of confidentiality; e) was developed independently by the receiving Party without any connection to the Research Project; or f) is required to be disclosed by applicable law or court order. 5 PUBLICATION The Parties shall secure openness regarding the Research Project. All research results from the study shall be sought published, regardless of whether they are favourable or unfavourable to a research hypothesis or theory. The Parties may agree upon making a plan for publication based upon the criteria set by the latest version of the Vancouver convention on co-authorship on scientific publications.
Where no joint ownership agreement has yet been concluded, each of the joint owners shall be entitled to use the joint Foreground for internal research and teaching purposes on a non-transferable basis. Unless otherwise agreed, the joint owners may only use the jointly owned Foreground for commercial purposes or grant licenses to third parties under the following conditions: - the other joint owner must give its prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld; and - fair and reasonable compensation must be provided to the other joint owner(s), to be negotiated in good faith. In the event that the Parties want to secure Intellectual property rights, the Parties shall agree on the specifics in good faith. The specifics concerning securing Intellectual property rights, the commercial purpose and the compensation shall be regulated in a separate inter-institutional agreement. OUH will involve its technology transfer office in such a process. The Ownership of the Background shall not be affected by this Agreement. In case that another Party's Background is needed for exploitation of the Foreground, the Parties concerned may, when necessary, agree on conditions on which User Rights to the Background shall be granted. A Party shall not be obliged to grant rights to its Background to the other Parties. 4 CONFIDENTIALITY Each Party shall keep Confidential Information disclosed or communicated to it, directly or indirectly, from the other Parties in strict confidence and shall not use Confidential Information for any other purpose than specially stipulated in this Agreement. The obligation for confidentiality shall not apply to the Confidential Information which a Party can show that: a) was at the time of receipt published or otherwise generally available to the public; b) has after receipt by the receiving Party been published or become generally available to the public otherwise than through any act or omission on the part of the receiving Party; c) was already in the possession of the receiving Party at the time of receipt without any restriction on disclosure; d) was rightfully acquired from a third party without any undertaking of confidentiality; e) was developed independently by the receiving Party without any connection to the Research Project; or f) is required to be disclosed by applicable law or court order. 5 PUBLICATION The Parties shall secure openness regarding the Research Project. All research results from the study shall be sought published, regardless of whether they are favourable or unfavourable to a research hypothesis or theory. The Parties may agree upon making a plan for publication based upon the criteria set by the latest version of the Vancouver convention on co-authorship on scientific publications.