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Special Considerations Involving Copyright
Pages 17-20

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... property, Sluice may take various forms, is trentecl differently than patentable intellectual prc~perty.'5 t5V~finitic~ns relevant to i.~sues of copyright in research agreements: Contract language for "Confidential information, continued Dunng the term of the Agreement, the parties wig not disclose to each other any information which is conrulential or proprietary to the Disclosing Party or any third park, fl) except as is necessary for the Dirclo.`ing Park to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement, or (2)
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From page 18...
... Many university intellectual property policies city nest claim these "Roy 18 1 Contract language for "Information and data"—The Sponsor may lose all information and ClU`Cl developed bib tI`e Unfit cr.`it-` antler ~he, re.vearch a~,.r`~,ntnt, except ELI t''he - did .`p`) `iJi`~, that is obtaine'`1 by Spanner, in any mclnttt~r without Ji~rlI`er licen.~;e from or payn'c''t t`' lee Upriver.
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From page 19...
... While universities prefer to retain ownership of bc~th types of code, some institutions may be willing to assign to the sponsor the object code specifically developed for the sponsor. It is generally assumed that the sponsor's application of the object code is Lot readily useful to other potential licensees.
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From page 20...
... Deliverables can be treated as research reports or as intellectual property.
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