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Uruguay

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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
Grants and projects administered by National Research and Innovation Agency of Uruguay	National Research and Innovation Agency of Uruguay	National, regional and international	Competitive non-refundable grants for: R&D projects; innovation projects: co-finance projects; training and postgraduate programmes; sectorial funds.	Innovation instruments require additional counterpart capital.
Funding by Sectoral Commission for Scientific Research	Sectoral Commission for Scientific Research	Uruguay	Competitive non-refundable grants for: R&D projects; linking University with society and production programmes; postgraduate programmes.	Requires participation of at least one faculty of University of the Republic (Uruguay).
Fund for Agricultural Technology Promotion	Public/private resources from the National Agricultural Research Institute of Uruguay	National, regional and international	Competitive non-refundable grants for: R&D projects; innovation projects.
Business Incubator Ingenio	Multilateral Investment Fund (administered by the Inter-American Development Bank) and infoDev programme (within the World Bank )	Uruguay	Non-refundable funds to incubate innovative companies.
MATIMOP - International Industrial R&D Cooperation Programs	Jointly Uruguay and Israel (50%/50%)	Uruguay – Israel	The program is open to all projects based on merit that include science and technology development leading to commercial success, social good and benefit to both countries.	The companies should have the technological, commercial and financial capability to successfully bring the new product to the global market; Academic/research entities as sub-contractors only.
Cultural Incentive Fund	Public resources from the Ministry of Economy and Finance	Uruguay	Competitive non-refundable grants for cultural projects.
Competitive Fund for Culture	Ministry of Education and Culture	Uruguay	Competitive non-refundable grants for art cultural development projects.
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.
Funding by Inter-American Development Bank	Inter-American Development Bank	Regional (Latin America and the Caribbean)	The Bank supports its clients in the design of projects, and provides financial and technical assistance services to support knowledge development interventions. It has several priority areas which include: Agriculture, training and employment; Urban Development, Education, Finance, Information Technology, Infrastructure, Integration and Trade, Environment, etc.

Partner search facilities:


Name	Description	Scope	Costs
National Research System	Large database of public access with information on the capabilities of national researchers.	Uruguay	Free of charge
Uruguay Fomenta	All services destinied to promotion of the development of industries registered on the website. It is a useful tool for entrepreneurs who seek for assistance to develop a new business and also quite useful for companies formed via parterships with HEI.	Regional	Free of charge

Resources of information:


Name	Description	Costs
Intellectual Property Network	Offers advice and consultancy regarding IP related activities. Its goal is to create and promote tools and services facilitating collaboration. It only offers its services to enterprises in selected sectors (agricultural, energetic, pharmacist, and nano and biotechnological).	Free of charge (until 2014)
PROCISUR	Cooperative Programme for Technological Developement in Agrifood and Agroindustry in the Southern Cone (NARIs of Argentine, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay). Main activities: regional platforms and additional portfolio of cooperative and regional projects (innovation projects; cooperative projects for the advances of knowledge) on Strategic Lines.	Payable
FONTAGRO	Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology (14 Latin American Countries and Spain). Main activities: to finance research and innovation of regional interest.	Free of charge
PILA - Network of Intellectual and Industrial Property in Latin America	The aim is to create a learning platform for exchanging management practices in respect of intellectual property in Higher Education Institutions in Latin America. With the modernization of management practices in respect of intellectual property in Higher Education Institutions in Latin America, PILA aims to encourage interaction between universities and businesses, thereby contributing to economic and social development.	Free of charge

Institutions supporting R&D collaboration:


Name	Description
Innovation Ministerial Cabinet	The Cabinet is responsible for the establishment of political and strategic guidelines on Science, Technology and Innovation.
National Council of Innovation, Science and Technology (CONICYT)	Its task is to advise the Executive and the Legislature on Science, Technology and Innovation.

Legal framework for R&D cooperation:


Name of the agreement	Description
Framework Agreement for cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay	The Agreement aims to promote development of the mutual relations and to develop cooperation on trade, investment, finane and technology.
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay on Science and Technology Cooperation	The purposes of the Agreement are to strengthen the scientific and technological capabilities of the Parties, to broaden and expand relations between the extensive scientific and technological communities of both countries, and to promote scientific and technological cooperation in areas of mutual benefit for peaceful purposes.

General IP info

Categories of IP rights:


Category of IPR	Name of the law	Registration needed	Where to register
Copyright	Law on Copyright (1937)	yes	National Library of Uruguay, Copyright Section
Patents	Law Regulating Rights and Obligations Relating to Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (1999)	yes	National Directorate of Industrial Property (DNPI)
Utility models	Law Regulating Rights and Obligations Relating to Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (1999)	yes	National Directorate of Industrial Property (DNPI)
Trade marks	Law Establishing Provisions on Trademarks (1998)	yes	National Directorate of Industrial Property (DNPI)
(Industrial) designs	Law Regulating Rights and Obligations Relating to Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (1999)	yes	National Directorate of Industrial Property (DNPI)
Geographical Indications	Law Establishing Provisions on Trademarks (1998)	yes	National Directorate of Industrial Property (DNPI)
Know How	no specific protection	-	-
Plant Breeders Rights	Law on the Development, Production, Distribution and Internal and External Marketing of Seeds and Phytogenetic Creations (1997)	yes	National Seeds Institute
Topographies of Semiconductor Products	no specific protection	-	-

IPRs' databases:


Name of the source	What information can I find?	Language
National Register of Intellectual Property	Register of elements (trademarks, patents, utility model, designs) and certain contracts.	Spanish
Latipat	Latipat is an access point for searching public patent documents of Latin America and Spain using the Espacenet platform.	English, Spanish, Portuguese

Research related limitations and exceptions to IPRs:


Category of IP right	Type of limitation	Description	Relevant regulation
Patents/Utility models/Designs	Limitations on exclusivity:	Acts carried out in private for non-industrial or non-commercial purposes; Preparation of a medicine for a single patient, according to a medical prescription and under the supervision of an authorized professional; Acts carried out solely for experimental purposes, including acts anticipating future commercial exploitation, carried out during the year prior to expiry of the patent / utility model / industrial design; Acts carried out for teaching, scientific or academic research purposes; Import or entry of small quantities of goods not of a commercial nature contained in the personal effects of passengers or sent in small packages.	Law Regulating Rights and Obligations Relating to Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (1999), Articles 39, 85 and 98
Patents/Utility models	(!!!) Patents/Utility models/Designs - Prior user rights:	Owners of patents / utility models / industrial designs may not prevent acts carried out by third parties who, in good faith, on the date of filing of the application / priority, were already manufacturing the product or using the process that is the subject matter of the invention or had made serious preparations to manufacture, use or work it.	Law Regulating Rights and Obligations Relating to Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (1999), Articles 40, 85 and 98
Industrial Designs
Topographies of Semiconductor Products
Trade Marks
Copyright	Fair use	Text quotation, when reproduction is non-substantial, copy of parts of a work for scientific, literary or artistic critique and investigation.	Law on Copyright (1937)

IP Office:


Name of the office	Scope of activities
National Directorate of Industrial Property (DNPI)	Competent authority holding the powers necessary to regulate, administrate and conduct the procedures necessary to manage the national IP system.

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

Ownership rules:


Default (statutory) regime for the ownership	Creator/Inventor
Default (statutory) regime for employee’s creations	Both for copyright and patents - Employer, unless otherwise specified.
Ownership of research results in publicly sponsored research	Information not available
Specific ownership rules for public HEIs/research organisations and possibility to modify it contractually	None
Specific ownership regime for students/ visiting researchers/doctoral students and possibility to modify it contractually	None
Related law (name & link)	Law Regulating Rights and Obligations Relating to Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (1999), Articles 17 to 20 Law on Copyright (1937), Articles 22-24, 29

Dissemination rules:


Limitations on publication	Information not available
Specific rules regarding publication of scientific results financed by public bodies	Information not available
Non-disclosure clauses in research contracts	Information not available

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, Licensing of IPRs	Written/contractual form.	None	Internal of each HEI	Internal of each HEI

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)
Contractual agreement (case by case).	Autonomy applies without legal guideline. However, in cases of employment inventions, where ownership by default belongs to the employer, and where the employee’s personal contribution to the invention and its importance to the company obviously go beyond the explicit or implicit terms of his contract or work, the employee shall have the right to additional remuneration.	Information not available	Information not available	Law Regulating Rights and Obligations Relating to Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs, (1999), Article 17

Models of contracts used in R&D:


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