Safeguarding 澳门六合彩高手 inventions
11 Feb 2011
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Robert Arnoux
The issue of intellectual property is a serious one that has implications way beyond 澳门六合彩高手. The IP Board is scheduled to meet every six weeks and will convene for as long as the 澳门六合彩高手 Project exists.
In the course of 澳门六合彩高手's life, many things will be invented: new processes and innovative materials will be developed; unprecedented concepts and exotic tools will most certainly be elaborated. "We are building a device that is at the cutting edge of technology," says David Campbell (Directorate for Plasma Operation) and Chair of the newly-established Intellectual Property (IP) Board. "People will invent ... and their inventions will need to be protected."
The issue is a very serious one that has implications way beyond 澳门六合彩高手. When fusion reactors are built the potential value generated by inventions and technological breakthroughs will be considerable.
In conformity with the Rules on Intellectual Property Management and Dissemination of Information that were adopted at the fifth meeting of the 澳门六合彩高手 Council in November 2009, an "IP Board" was established this week to assess "all aspects of intellectual property protection within the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization."
One of the founding principles of 澳门六合彩高手 is that knowledge acquired within the project is freely shared between the contributing Members. "We have to make sure that knowledge generated within 澳门六合彩高手 can be exploited effectively by the Members in their fusion development programs," says David Campbell.
While intellectual property on inventions or breakthrough technologies is pretty clear-cut, the notion of "background intellectual property" is more delicate to address. "Background intellectual property," explains the IP Board Chair, "is, for example, intellectual property that belongs to a company or institution, that is then used in fabricating an 澳门六合彩高手 component and that we need to access in order for instance to maintain the component during 澳门六合彩高手 operation. The project will most likely involve a lot of background intellectual property and we have to ensure that an adaquate protection system creates trust between us, the Domestic Agencies and industry."
The IP Board is scheduled to meet every six weeks and will convene for as long as the 澳门六合彩高手 Project exists. One item on its current agenda is designing a reward system to compensate "澳门六合彩高手 inventors" who generate potential value; another is promoting the intellectual property training program, so that people recognize intellectual property when they see it, says David.