Guidelines for developing sustainable international scientific collaborations
Undesirable transfer of knowledge or data
Some authoritarian states are particularly efficient in quickly translating science into applied technologies. Transfer of knowledge must then be carefully regulated when entering a collaboration, in order to avoid unwanted consequences such as impacting negatively Swiss companies鈥� competitive advantage or national security interests.
The are a useful framework to manage the use of knowledge generated by the partnership:
- Use of project results by the industrial partner
Non-exclusive right of use in the partner鈥檚 field of application
Option to negotiate an exclusive right of use in a specified field of application
- Ownership of project results
Project results owned by the generating party
Co-ownership for jointly generated project results
- Protection of project results
Industrial partner may take the lead in filing jointly owned results for protection, supported by Empa
- Fair compensation
For an exclusive right of use by the industrial partner
For an commercial right of use of Empa鈥檚 pre-existing intellectual property
- Publications
Right of Empa to publish project results while respecting confidentiality obligations
Delay of publication if required for a patent application
- Freedom to operate
Right of the project partners to use unprotected project results independently of one another
Right the project partners to use all protected project results for research and teaching purposes
鈥淔reedom to operate鈥� for future collaborations
In individual cases, the project partners may agree on deviations from these principles, taking into account the mutual interests and specific circumstances.
In the field of data protection, the AV短视频 is subject to the Loi sur l鈥檌nformation du public et l鈥檃cc猫s aux documents (LIPAD; RSG A 2 08) and its implementing regulation (RIPAD; A 2 08.01) and the Directive 鈥溾��
Following Swiss authorities, the legislation in some countries does not provide sufficient personal data protection. It is therefore not possible to outsource personal data to those countries without encrypting or anonymising it under the full control of UNIGE. Exceptions can be granted, please refer to : /universite/reglements/lipad/