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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.
The European Neighbourdhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI)	Co-funded by the European Union, the beneficiary countries.	EU, ENP countries, Russia	Research activities; Collaboration; Staff exchange; Other.	The conditions and constraints are established. They depend on the type of the action or the specific actions.
South-East Finland Russia	Co-funded by the European Union, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Finland	EU, Russia, Finland	Research activities; Collaboration; Staff exchange; Other.	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
National Tempus Office	Advice and individual assistance to establish cooperation.	Both national and international	Free of charge
Community Research and Development Information Service CORDIS	Database including profiles and collaboration requests of the organisations.	Both national and international	Free of charge
International Science and Technology Center	Advice and individual assistance to establish cooperation.	Both national and international	Free of charge

Resources of information:


Name	Description	Costs
Gate to RuBIN Russian project of Enterprise Europe Network — EEN	The purpouse of the project creation is to assist in technological business cooperation of SMEs and scientific organizations of Russia and EU.	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
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 Education and Science of the Russian Federation	Performing 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
EU-Russia Partnership & Cooperation Agreement (chapter on science & technology - article 62) (1997)	The agreement regulates cooperative activities between EU and Russia in fields of common interests. Chapter 62 is devoted to science and technology.
Agreement on Cooperation in Science and Technology between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation (2000)	The agreement regulates cooperative activities between EU and Russia in fields of common interest covering the whole area of research and development activities in science and technology.
Agreements on cooperation between the European Atomic Energy Community and Russia	There are 2 agreements between Russia and the European Atomic Energy Community: in the field of nuclear safety and controlled nuclear fusion.
Roadmap for the EU-Russia Common Space in Research and Education including Cultural Aspects (2005)	The roadmap provides the Common Space of Research, Education and Culture.
Agreements on cooperation in science and technology with LA, BRICS, ASEAN countries	S&T cooperation agreements with many Latin American, BRICS, ASEAN and other states, including Argentina, Brasil, China, India, South Africa, Vietnam, Malasia.

General IP info

Categories of IP rights:


Category of IPR	Name of the law	Registration needed	Where to register
Copyright	Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Part IV Chapter 70	no, but possible in relation to databases and computer programmes	If the author has an intention to register his copyright, he should address Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS)
Patents	Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Part IV Chapter 72	yes	Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS)
Utility models	Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Part IV Chapter 72	yes	Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS)
Trade marks	Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Part IV Chapter 76	yes	Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS)
(Industrial) designs	Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Part IV Chapter 72	yes	Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS)
Geographical Indications	Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Part IV Chapter 76	yes	Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS)
Know How	Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Part IV Chapter 75	no	-
Plant Breeders Rights	Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Part IV Chapter 73	yes	Ministry for agriculture of the Russian Federation
Topographies of Semiconductor Products	Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Part IV Chapter 74	yes	Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS)

IPRs' databases:


Name of the source	What information can I find?	Language
FIPS database	Database for patents, utility models, designs, trademarks, appelation of origin of goods, programmes, databases, topographies.	Russian

Research related limitations and exceptions to IPRs:


Category of IP right	Type of limitation	Description	Relevant regulation
Patents/Utility models/Designs	The following activities shall not be considered infringements:	Scientific research or conduct of an experiment with a product, process, or device incorporating invention / utility model / industrial design; Use in emergency situations (natural calamities, catastrophes, accidents) subject to subsequent notification and remuneration of the patent holder; Use for private, family, domestic, or other needs not related with business activity, if the purpose of such use is not to make profit or revenue; Occasional preparation in pharmacies based on physicians' prescriptions of medicaments using the invention. Also the government of the Russian Federation may allow to use the invention/ utility model/ industrial design in the interest of national security subject to subsequent notification and remuneration of the patent holder.	Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Articles 1359, 1360
Patents/Utility models	(!!!) Patents/Utility models/Designs - Prior user right	Person who has exploited an invention/ utility model/ industrial design in a good faith before priority date keeps the right to exploatation of such invention/ utility model/ industrial design	Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Article 1361
Industrial Designs
Topographies of Semiconductor Products
Trade Marks
Copyright	These kinds of activities do not infringe the rights of the owner	Free reproduction of a work for personal purposes; Citation in the original and in translation for scientific, polemical/critical, or information purposes; Use of works and excerpts from them as illustrations in publications, radio and television broadcasts, and sound and video recordings of an instructional nature; Reproduction in the press, communications by wireless means or by wire of articles lawfully published in newspapers and magazines on current economic, political, social, and religious matters or of works of the same nature transmitted by wireless means; of publicly delivered political speeches, addresses, papers, and other analogous; Reproduction or communication to the public in surveys of current events by means of photography or cinematography or by way of communication by wireless means or by wire of works that are seen or heard in the course of such events; Reproduction without the extraction of profit in dot-relief type or other special means for the blind of lawfully published works.	Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Articles 1273, 1274

IP Office:


Name of the office	Scope of activities
Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS)	FIPS grants patents and rights to utility models, designs, trademarks, semiconductor products.

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		no
UPOV		yes

Ownership rules:


Default (statutory) regime for the ownership	Author / researcher
Default (statutory) regime for employee’s creations	Employer (in relation to economic rights), unless otherwise provided by the labour contract
Ownership of research results in publicly sponsored research	If a work was created / a research was performed under the state or municipal contract for state or municipal needs, the economic rights shall belong to the organisation performing such contract, unless the contract stipulates that this right shall belong to the Russian Federation, the subject of the Russian Federation or the municipal unit on behalf of which the State or municipal customer acts, or jointly to the performer and the Russian Federation, the subject of the Russian Federation or the municipal unit.
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)	Civil Code of the Russian Federation Part IV Articles 1228, 1295, 1298, 1370, 1373

Dissemination rules:


Limitations on publication	There are no limitations for the rightholders.
Specific rules regarding publication of scientific results financed by public bodies	The author of employee’s work has the right to remuneration.
Non-disclosure clauses in research contracts	If the research contract provides non-disclosure – the dissemination is prohibited.

Specific incentives for innovation activities:


Related Law (name & Link)	Federal Law on Science and Public Scientific and Technological Policy Federal Law on the development of small and medium enterprises in the Russian Federation
Incentives provided by law for individual researchers	-
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	Written form (provisions of the contract not meeting the written form are invalid)	Yes (state HEIs need to obtain the permision from the Ministry of Education and Science)	Centers for Technology Transfer, Patent Offices etc.	Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Articles 1365, 1366
Licenсe	Written form (provisions of the contract not meeting the written form are invalid)	No	Centers for Technology Transfer, Patent Offices etc.	Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Articles 1367, 1368
Creation of university spin-off companies	Written form, obligatory valuation of IP being non-cash contribution to newly created company	No	Centers for Technology Transfer	Federal Law on Education in Russian Federation № 273-ФЗ

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.	Yes	No	Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Chapter 72, Article 1345
Copyright	Remuneration for authors provided.	No	No	Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Chapter 70, Article 1255

Models of contracts used in R&D:


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