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Background of colaboration

Information about funding opportunities for R&D projects:


Name of the programme	Funding organisation	Countries	Research Actions	Limitations
Finnish research programme on climate change FICCA	Academy of Finland	Finland	Several different research fields: Geosciences; Environmental policy, economics and law; Economics; Other research into the environment and natural resources; Ecology, evolution and systematic; Environmental technology; Ecotoxicology, state of environment, environmental effects; Geography; Law; Physics; Education. Sociology, social psychology, social work; Anthropology, ethnology, folklore, comparative religion; Forest sciences; and Construction and municipal engineering.	Information not available
The Computational Science Research Programme	Academy of Finland	Information not available	The research programme comprises both computational and data-oriented lines of research in all disciplines, including biology, physics, chemistry, language research, health research, economics, engineering and the social sciences.	Information not available
The future of living and housing (ASU-LIVE)	Academy of Finland	Finland - Japan	The programme is scructured around three themes: lifespans, spaces and society. These themes and their interconnections locate the key subject areas for significant research results. The concept of housing as applied in the programme ties together questions of housing through to urban and regional planning, political decision-making and its impacts. The main focus is on the individual resident.	The programme excludes such research questions that are concerned purely with construction techniques, material properties or, say, indoor air quality. It is expected that the research in the programme is multidisciplinary and people-oriented.
Research programme on the health and welfare of children and young people	Academy of Finland	Finland - Canada	The programme has three research themes: environments of childhood growth; service systems; challenges for children’s health and the promotion of health.	Information not available
The Future of Learning, Knowledge and Skills (TULOS)	Academy of Finland	Information not available	The research themes are: demands arising from changes in society to learning, skills and teaching; learning analytics and multilevel assessment of learning; future learning environments and user-generated content; learning environments in developing societies; improving individual conditions for learning at different age stages.	Information not available
Programmable materials	Academy of Finland	International cooperation	The programme will tackle next-generation research issues within an interdisciplinary framework. Research in programmable materials is based on a solid grounding in nanoscience, biosciences and information technology.	Information not available
Research programme on the human mind	Academy of Finland	International cooperation	Mind development, growth; mind, the environment and language; mind and health; social interaction and decision-making; experiences; forms of intersubjectivity and their cultural maintenance; brain imaging.	Information not available
Sustainable Governance of Aquatic Resources	Academy of Finland	International cooperation	The three major thematic areas of the programme: pressures of change on aquatic environments and their management; ecosystem services in aquatic environments and safeguarding those services; sustainable use of aquatic resources in the future.	Information not available
Synthetic biology	Academy of Finland	International cooperation	The research programme includes the following themes: modelling of biological structures and metabolic routes; building of biological modules into production systems; process technology and health science applications; biosecurity and ethics.	Information not available
Sustainable production and products	Academy of Finland	International cooperation	The research themes are: industrial ecology; green chemistry and engineering; chemicas in industrial production; testing and regulation.	Information not available
Research Programme on Nutrition, Food and Health	Academy of Finland	Information not available	The research programme includes the following theme areas: consumer behaviour, lifespan and health; nutrition, genetic factors and metabolism; food, immunity, intestinal microbes and health; food-related risks and food safety; food processing and health.	Information not available

Partner search facilities:


Name	Description	Scope	Costs
EC National Contact Points	Advice and individual assistance to establish cooperation. Advice and assistance for R&D cooperation in specific areas	Given country - EU	Free of charge

Resources of information:


Name	Description	Costs
Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation	Tekes is the publicly funded expert organisation for financing research, development and innovation in Finland. Tekes works with the top innovative companies and research units in Finland. It has four core processes for its customer service provision: funding, customer management, programmes, guidance.	Free of charge
Research.fi - Finnish information service on education, research and innovation	The portal offers an overall picture of administration and actors in the field of education, research and innovation activities. You will find basic information and key statistics on the Finnish educational system, research environments and funding as well as innovation activities. The portal also provides in-depth background information on the webpages of these Finnish actors.	Free of charge
NETWATCH	Mapping networks; providing information on Joint Calls; analysing the impact of programme collaboration; describing the scope and results of individual networks; supporting mutual learning among transnational programme networks.	Free of charge
COST European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research	It is mainly an inter EU program but also offering cooperation with Israel. COST is an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, allowing the coordination of nationally-funded research on a European level.	Free of charge
EUREKA	EUREKA is an international initiative which coordinates efforts of governments, research institutes and commercial companies concerning innovation. Its members are the EU countries and 14 more from around the world including Russia, Republic of Korea, Turkey, Albania.	Free of charge

Institutions supporting R&D collaboration:


Name	Description
Ministry of Employment and the Economy	The sphere of authority of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy among others includes industrial policy; innovation and technology policy, internationalization of enterprises and technical safety; functionality of markets, promotion of competition and consumer policy.
Research and Innovation Council of the Ministry of Education and Culture	Research and Innovation Council advises the Government and its Ministries in important matters concerning research, technology, innovation and their utilisation and evaluation. The Council is responsible for the strategic development and coordination of Finnish science and technology policy as well as of the national innovation system as a whole.

Legal framework for R&D cooperation:


Name of the agreement	Description
Scientific and technological cooperation	Finland is party to several international agreements and treaties of both multilateral and bilateral type.

General IP info

Categories of IP rights:


Category of IPR	Name of the law	Registration needed	Where to register
Copyright	Copyright Act of 1961	no	-
Patents	Patents Act of 1967	yes	Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Utility models	Act on Utility Model Rights of 1991	yes	Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Trade marks	Trademarks Act of 1964	no, but preferred	Finnish Patent and Registration Office
(Industrial) designs	Registered Designs Act of 1971	no, but preferred	Finnish Patent and Registration Office
Geographical Indications	Protected on EU-level - Regulations No 509/2006 and 510/2006	yes	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Know How	not protected	-	-
Plant Breeders Rights	Plant Breeder's Right Act of 1992	yes	Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira
Topographies of Semiconductor Products	Act on The Exclusive Right In The Layout-Design (Topography) of an Integrated Circuit of 1991	yes	Finnish Patent and Registration Office

IPRs' databases:


Name of the source	What information can I find?	Language
Trademark Database of the Finnish Patent and Registration Office	Basic information on pending trademark applications and valid registrations in Finland.	English, Swedish or Finnish
PatInfo - the Finnish Patent register	The database contains basic data, procedural status, validity and payment information on Finnish patents and utility models.	English, Swedish or Finnish
DesignsNet	The service provides access to basic data and images of pending design applications, valid design registrations and in designs deleted from the register.	English, Swedish or Finnish
Espacenet	Patents granted by European Patent Office.	English

Research related limitations and exceptions to IPRs:


Category of IP right	Type of limitation	Description	Relevant regulation
Patents/Utility models/Designs	PATENTS ONLY Limitations on exclusivity	Use which is not commercial; use in experiments relating to the invention as such; examinations or experiments or measures arising from practical demands which are needed for an application to obtain a marketing authorisation for a medicinal product and which relate to the invention concerning that medicinal product (21.4.2006/295); preparation in a pharmacy of a medicine prescribed by a physician in individual cases.	Patents Act of 1967, Chapter 1, section 3
Patents/Utility models
Industrial Designs	Exception from the right to design	Private use for non-commercial purposes; use of the design for experimental purposes; acts of reproduction for the purposes of making citations or of teaching.	Registered Designs Act of 1971, Chapter 1, Section 5b
Topographies of Semiconductor Products
Trade Marks	Limitations on exclusivity. Anyone may use the following:	his surname, address or trade name in his business as a trade symbol for his goods. The exclusive rights in a trade symbol shall not apply to any part of it that is intended mainly to render the goods or their packaging more suitable for their purpose, or serves some other purpose different from that of a trade symbol.	Trademarks Act of 1964, Chapter 1, Sections 3, 5
Copyright	Private use	Anyone may make single copies for his private use of a work that has been made public.	Copyright Act of 1961, Chapter 2 Section 12
Copyright	The following types of use do not infringe copyright:	Use of works for educational activities and scientific research Reproductions in hospitals, senior citizens' homes, prisons and other similar institutions Reproduction in archives, libraries and museums Making works available to persons with disabilities Literary or artistic works of compilation used in education Public display of copies of a work Public performance of a published work Quotation Article on current topic News report in a broadcast or film Public proceedings	Copyright Act of 1961, Chapter 2 Sections 14-16, 16 a, 17, 18, 20-23, 25, 25d

IP Office:


Name of the office	Scope of activities
Finnish Patent and Registration Office	The Office registers businesses, foundations and associations, and examines and grants patents, utility models, trademarks and design protection. It also provides advisory and information services.

IP treaties & agreements:


Berne Convention	introduces minimum standard of copyright protection	yes
Paris Convention	establishes minimum standards of industrial property protection	yes
TRIPS		yes
WIPO conventions		yes
PCT		yes
EPC		yes
Madrid Protocol	allows registration of trademarks via international route	yes
Hague Convention		yes
UPOV		yes

Ownership rules:


Default (statutory) regime for the ownership	Patent: creator / successor in title; Copyright: creator / successor in title
Default (statutory) regime for employee’s creations	Employer (if within scope of employer's business)
Ownership of research results in publicly sponsored research	With the University if the researcher does not request the right to the invention.
Specific ownership rules for public HEIs/research organisations and possibility to modify it contractually	No
Specific ownership regime for students/ visiting researchers/doctoral students and possibility to modify it contractually	No
Related law (name & link)	Act on the Right in Employee Inventions Act on the Right in Inventions Made at Higher Education Institutions

Dissemination rules:


Limitations on publication	Before a researcher is allowed to publish his inventions the researcher must report his invention to the employer (i.e. The university) which then has the oppotunity of filing for a patent. However, if the university chooses not to patent, the right to publish, as well as the right to apply for a patent, returns to the researcher. The university must decide upon its actions within four months from that the researcher has reported his invention.
Specific rules regarding publication of scientific results financed by public bodies	Before a researcher is allowed to publish his inventions the researcher must report his invention to the employer (i.e. The university) which then has the oppotunity of filing for a patent. However, if the university chooses not to patent, the right to publish, as well as the right to apply for a patent, returns to the researcher. The university must decide upon its actions within four months from that the researcher has reported his invention.
Non-disclosure clauses in research contracts	Commonly used in order not to spoil the novelty requirement when discussing scientific research.

Specific incentives for innovation activities:


Related Law (name & Link)	Information not available
Incentives provided by law for individual researchers	Information not available
Related Law (name & Link)	Information not available
Incentives provided by HEI for researcher	Information not available

Form of commercialisation:


Form of commercialisation	Requirements regarding form of contract	Limitations for HEIs	HEIs Unit responsible for commercialisation	Related law (name & link)
Transfer of rights / Licence / Creating of spin-off companies	No	No	Each HEI has their own unit for commercialisation. The best advice on how to reach them is to locate the university first and then their responsible department.	Information not available

Revenue sharing:


Remuneration/ Participation in revenues	Statutory rules regarding remuneration	Statutory rules regarding revenue sharing	Internal HEIs rules regarding revenue sharing	Related law (name & link)
Yes	Yes, but it varies a lot from HEI to HEI.	No	Yes, each HEI has their own rules and internal principles and standards. As an example, the university of Aalto shares revenues as following: inventors (40 %), departments (40 %) and university (20 %) in case of collaborative research. In case of open research the revenues are shared as follows: inventors (60%), departments (20%) and universities (20 %). Further negotiatoin on revenue sharing is possible, yet the except that the university has a minimum bar of 20 %.	Information not available

Models of contracts used in R&D:


Type of contracts	Short description	Source (link)
Information not available