Italy

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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
Information not available

Partner search facilities:


Name	Description	Scope	Costs
Information not available

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
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
National Research Council (CNR)	The CNR performs and promotes research activities in pursuit of excellence and strategic relevance within the national and international ambit, within the framework of the European cooperation and integration as well as of the cooperation with university research and with other public and private bodies. Among CNR market oriented technological transfer activities, an important role is played by the industrial research projects carried out by CNR Institutes in collaboration with firms.

Legal framework for R&D cooperation:


Name of the agreement	Description
European Science Foundation	Coordination of international research programmes between member states.

General IP info

Categories of IP rights:


Category of IPR	Name of the law	Registration needed	Where to register
Copyright	Law No. 633 of April 22, 1941, for the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights	no	-
Patents	Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005)	yes	Italian Patent and Trademark Office
Utility models	Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005)	yes	Italian Patent and Trademark Office
Trade marks	Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005)	yes	Italian Patent and Trademark Office
(Industrial) designs	Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005)	yes	Italian Patent and Trademark Office
Geographical Indications	Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005)	yes	Italian Patent and Trademark Office
Know How	Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005)		-
Plant Breeders Rights	Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005)	yes	Italian Patent and Trademark Office
Topographies of Semiconductor Products	Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005)	yes	information not available

IPRs' databases:


Name of the source	What information can I find?	Language
DGLC UIBM databases	Database for trademarks, inventions, utility models, and other protection of industrial property.	Italian
Espacenet	Patents granted by European Patent Office.	English
WIPO IP Services	Contains database of PCT patents, International Trademarks and Designs registration and international registration of appellations of origin.	English
TM View

Research related limitations and exceptions to IPRs:


Category of IP right	Type of limitation	Description	Relevant regulation
Patents/Utility models/Designs
Patents/Utility models		Acts performed in private and not for commercial purposes, including those for trial or experimental purposes; The preparation of medicinal products performed at the time and for individual cases on the basis of a doctor’s prescription at pharmaceutical laboratories; Necessary experiments and acts to obtaining the administrative commercialization authorization.	Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005)
Industrial Designs		Acts performed in private and not for commercial purposes; Acts performed exclusively for trial or experimental purposes; Reproduction for teaching or illustration purposes, subject that such use is loyal and does not affect the usual exploitation of the designs.	Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005)
Topographies of Semiconductor Products		Reproduction for the purposes of analysis, assessment or teaching; Creation of a different topography from the analysis or assessment of the registered topography; The effect of protection shall not extend to a person who acquired in good faith a semiconductor product containing a protected topography and distributed without the consent of the topography owner.	Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005)
Trade Marks	Trademark holder is not allowed to prohibit the following practices:	Use of his/her own name and address; Indications concerning the kind, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value, geographical origin, the time of production of goods or of rendering of the service, or other characteristics of goods or services; The trade mark where it is necessary to indicate the intended purpose of a product or service, in particular as accessories or spare parts.	Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005)
Copyright		Private copy; Reproduction or communication to the public of current articles, economic, broadcast works or similar; Reproduction or communication to the public of politic and administrative speeches or debates for information purposes; Use of protected works in administrative, parliamentary or judicial processes or for public safety purposes including the elimination of Technical Protection Measures; Total or partial reproduction of a protected work by a Public Museum, Public Library or Public Archives, provided that such use is non-commercial; Reproduction of a 15% of a paper based text work by means of photocopy or similar, subject to a compensation to the author; Temporary reproduction during a technical transmission process; Making available a protected work by a Public Library; Non-commercial use of a work, summaries or quotation with criticising or debating purposes; Non-commercial reproduction in order to make the works available to people with disabilities; Non-commercial reproduction of national hymns; Communication or making available the protected work for researching or studying purposes by libraries, museums, archives or other educative institutions; Reproductions of broadcasts made by social institutions pursuing non-commercial purposes, such as hospitals or prisons.	Law No. 633 of April 22, 1941, for the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights

IP Office:


Name of the office	Scope of activities
Italian Patent and Trademark Office	The Office grants patents and rights to utility models, designs, trademarks.

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	Creator / successor in title
Default (statutory) regime for employee’s creations	Employer
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	When the employment relationship exists with a university ' or with a public administration which has among its institutional purposes ' research , the researcher and ' exclusive owner of the rights deriving from the patentable invention of which' author . In case of more ' writers, employees of the university' , public administrations aforesaid or by other public administrations , the rights deriving from the invention belong to everyone equally, unless otherwise agreed . The inventor of the present patent application and will be ' communication to the administration.
Specific ownership regime for students/ visiting researchers/doctoral students and possibility to modify it contractually	The Universities ' and public administrations , as part of their autonomy , establish the maximum amount of the fee, relating to licenses to third parties to use the invention , due to the same university ' or public administration or a private funders research, as well as ' any aspect of mutual relations . In any case , the inventor is entitled to not less than fifty percent of the proceeds or royalties for exploitation of the invention. In the event that the universities' or public authorities do not themselves the determinations mentioned above, under the same competes thirty percent of the proceeds or royalties.
Related law (name & link)	Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005), Article 65 Law No. 633 of April 22, 1941, for the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights

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)	Decreto legislativo n. 297 dated 27/7/1999 (D.Lg.vo 297/99) and the Decreto Ministeriale n. 593 dated 8/8/2000 (DM 593/00).
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)
License	Information not available	Information not available	Information not available	Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005)

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)
In any case, the inventor is entitled to not less than fifty percent of the proceeds or royalties for exploitation of the invention. In the event that the universities' or public authorities do not themselves the determinations mentioned above, under the same competes thirty percent of the proceeds or royalties.	Information not available	Information not available	Information not available	Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005)

Models of contracts used in R&D:


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