Georgia

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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
Horizon 2020	European Commission	EU EU-other countries	Research activities; Collaboration; Staff exchange; Other.	The conditions and constraints are established. They depend on the type of the action or the specific actions.
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF)	CRDF	International	Research activities; Collaboration.	The conditions and constraints are established. They depend on the type of the action or the specific actions.
National Grants	Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation	Georgia	Foundation provides the following R&D activities support: State science grants; Short-term individual travel grants; Grants for the purchase of scientific equipment; Presidential grants for young scientists; Competitive grants for internships abroad; STCU-GNSF Targeted Research & Development Initiatives Program; CNRS-GNSF Joint Programme; Support of international cooperation: NATO State Stipends; CRDF-GNSF Joint Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Program (STEP); CRDF –GNSF Young Scientists Support Program.	The conditions and constraints are established. They depend on the type of the action or the specific actions.

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	EU-Georgia	Free of charge
National Tempus Office	Advice and individual assistance to establish cooperation.	Both national and international	Free of charge
European Comission service for researchers	Search option that allows researchers and academics to find all the necessary information on accommodation, employment, and find partners to carry out scientific research in Europe.	Both national and international	Free of charge
Ideal-ist	An international partner search network of EC in the field of information and communication technologies.	Both national and international	Free of charge

Resources of information:


Name	Description	Costs
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

Institutions supporting R&D collaboration:


Name	Description
Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia	Performs tasks within whole area of national science and technology and innovation policies. Funding institution.

Legal framework for R&D cooperation:


Name of the agreement	Description
European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument	The agreement regulates cooperative activities between EU and Georgia in fields of common interests.
S&T cooperation agreements with BRICS countries	S&T cooperation agreements with the Russian Federation, China, India in fields of common interest concerning whole area of research and development activities in science and technology .

General IP info

Categories of IP rights:


Category of IPR	Name of the law	Registration needed	Where to register
Copyright	Law of Georgia on Copyright and Neighboring Rights	no, but it is possible	National Intellectual Property Center Sakpatenti
Patents	Patent Law of Georgia	yes	National Intellectual Property Center Sakpatenti
Utility models	Patent Law of Georgia	yes	National Intellectual Property Center Sakpatenti
Trade marks	Trademark Law of Georgia	yes	National Intellectual Property Center Sakpatenti
(Industrial) designs	Law of Georgia on Design	yes	National Intellectual Property Center Sakpatenti
Geographical Indications	Law of Georgia on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications of Goods	yes	National Intellectual Property Center Sakpatenti
Know How	no special regulation	-	-
Plant Breeders Rights	Law of Georgia on New Breeds of Animals and Varieties of Plants	yes	National Intellectual Property Center Sakpatenti
Topographies of Semiconductor Products	Law of Georgia on Tophographies of Integrated Circuits	yes	National Intellectual Property Center Sakpatenti

IPRs' databases:


Name of the source	What information can I find?	Language
Sakpatenti Database	Patents, trademarks, other industrial property right granted in Georgia	Georgian

Research related limitations and exceptions to IPRs:


Category of IP right	Type of limitation	Description	Relevant regulation
Patents/Utility models/Designs	Prior user rights	Person who has exploited an invention, utility model or design in a good faith or conducted preparatory works for its use before priority date keeps the right to exploitation of such invention, utility model or industrial design, after the grant of the patent for the invention, rights to utility model or industrial design to other person.	Patent Law of Georgia, Article 53 Law of Georgia on Design, Article 27
Patents/Utility models	Acts that should not be deemed as infringement of exclusive rights:	Use of an invention or utility model for personal needs, where such action is not taken for commercial purposes; Use of an invention or utility model on marine, air and land transport facilities of any country, at their temporary or casual presence within the territory of Georgia; Use of an invention or utility model at natural calamity, catastrophe, epidemic and other emergency situations.	Patent Law of Georgia, Article 52
Industrial Designs	Acts that should not be deemed as infringement of exclusive rights:	Application of the design for personal use, if such an action is not intended for entrepreneurial purposes; Use of the design for experimental purposes; Copying the design, which is performed for the purposes of citation or teaching; Use of the design on the sea vessel, aircraft or land vehicle of any country during its temporary presence on the territory of Georgia; Use of the design in case of urgent necessity (force majeure) determined by the legislation of Georgia.	Law of Georgia on Design, Article 26
Topographies of Semiconductor Products
Trade Marks
Copyright	These kinds of use are not considered as infringement of copyright:	Reproduction of works for private purposes by a natural person, limitations apply; Quotations for purposes such as research, criticism or review; Use for the purpose of illustrations of short extracts from the works; Reproduction in newspapers or communication to the public of articles on current economic, political or religious topics; Reproduction or communication to the public of the works seen or heard in the process of reviewing current events, by means of taking photos, broadcast or cable transmission; Reproduction or communication to the public of publicly delivered political speeches, reports, lectures, addresses, sermons, or other similar works, including speeches made at court sessions through newspapers, journals and other periodicals; Reproduction for the blind using the Braille printing; Use of work permanently displayed in public places; Reprographic copying of works by libraries, archives and educational institutions; Public performance of a musical work during official, religious or funeral ceremonies; Reproduction of works for court proceedings.	Law of Georgia On Copyright and Neighboring Rights, Articles 21-26

IP Office:


Name of the office	Scope of activities
National Intellectual Property Center Sakpatenti	As an IPR registrar/policy institution, Sakpatenti functions and responsibilities include: IPR state policy and implementation; Integration into the global IPR protection system and international cooperation; Examination and registration procedures granting exclusive IP rights; Legislative drafting in IP; IP outreach and public awareness; IP services such as consulting, technical search, library, deposition, etc.

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		no
Madrid Protocol	allows registration of trademarks via international route	yes
Hague Convention		yes
UPOV		yes

Ownership rules:


Default (statutory) regime for the ownership	Author / researcher
Default (statutory) regime for employee’s creations	Employer; default regime maybe modified in the agreement.
Ownership of research results in publicly sponsored research	The copyright to a work created within the frames of sponsored research belongs to the author.
Specific ownership rules for public HEIs/research organisations and possibility to modify it contractually	No specific regulations
Specific ownership regime for students/ visiting researchers/doctoral students and possibility to modify it contractually	No specific regulations
Related law (name & link)	Patent Law of Georgia, Article 19 Law of Georgia on Copyright and Neighboring Rights, Article 16 Law of Georgia on Protection of Animal Breeds and Plant Varieties, Article 7 Law of Georgia on Design, Article 9 Law on Tophographies of Integrated Circuits, Article 7

Dissemination rules:


Limitations on publication	There are no limitations for the rightholders. In the case when the exclusive right in an employee’s work belongs to the author, the employer shall have the right to use such work within the limits deriving from the task as well as to make such work public unless otherwise provided by the contract between him and the employee.
Specific rules regarding publication of scientific results financed by public bodies	No specific regulations
Non-disclosure clauses in research contracts	Dissemination is prohibited if the research contract provides for non-disclosure.

Specific incentives for innovation activities:


Related Law (name & Link)	Law of Georgia on Small and Medium Enterprise Support of 23 July 1999 The Decree of the President of Georgia N 309 as of 22 June 2002 “Small and Medium Enterprise State Support Program”
Incentives provided by law for individual researchers	No
Related Law (name & Link)
Incentives provided by HEI for researcher	No

Form of commercialisation:


Form of commercialisation	Requirements regarding form of contract	Limitations for HEIs	HEIs Unit responsible for commercialisation	Related law (name & link)
Contract on alienation of an exlcusive right / Licence	Written form (provisions of the contract not meeting the written form are invalid)	No	Centers for Technology Transfer	Patent Law of Georgia Law of Georgia on Copyright and Neighboring Rights Law of Georgia on Protection of Animal Breeds and Plant Varieties Law of Georgia on Design Law on Tophographies of Integrated Circuits

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)
Patents	Inventors have the right for remuneration, though the amount of remuneration is not mentioned.	Relations between co-inventors are defined by contract. In case of absence of contract, each of co-inventors enjoys common equal rights.	Not specified	Patent Law of Georgia
Copyrights	Remuneration for authors provided, though the amount is not mentioned.	Relations between co-authors are defined by contract. In case of absence of contract, each of co-inventors enjoys common equal rights.	Not specified	Law of Georgia on Copyright and Neighboring Rights

Models of contracts used in R&D:


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