Dear Susanne, dear all As mentionned in the first clause, INRIA wishes to exclude all its Sideground from its obligation to grant Access Rights. Best regards, *Catherine Lucquiaud* /PhD/// /Chargée des Partenariats et des Projets d'Innovation/ /Partnerships//& Innovation Projects / Bureau/Office : C201 (Tranche C, Espace Transfert) Tél/Phone : +33 3 83 59 30 59 Fax : +33 3 83 27 56 52 * Centre de Recherche INRIA Nancy Grand Est* 615 rue du Jardin Botanique - CS 20101 54603 Villers-lès-Nancy Cedex France Le 16/08/11 18:14, Weikl, Susanne (NSN - DE/Munich) a écrit : > > Hello Luis (and representatives of INRIA and Technicolor -- see 4. below), > > Please find attached some suggestions and additions for the new > clause. It also takes up Fraunhofer's concern on overruling the > exclusion list which is a valid point. > > 1.Essentially, the changes cover two points: from the mere language, > it sounded as if the license covered the copying, modification and > distribution of the Generic Enabler Specifications when making the > implementation, but not the implementation as such. If this is the > purpose, then "Parties may use _such FI-WARE Generic Enabler > Specifications_ to develop and release implementations of the FI-WARE > Generic Enabler Specifications" must be changed to"Parties _may > __develop and release implementations_of the FI-WARE Generic Enabler > Specifications". > > 2.Secondly we suggest some more clarifying language on the exclusion > of IPRs -- the concepts should be familiar from standardization. > > 3.I am not sure, whether "which are not inherent to, or cannot > trivially be derived as valid implementation" is the same as the > intended target described as "nobody would implement it in a different > way. / aspect of the implantation that everybody ... would obviously > do. " > > But we can accept the language. > > 4.Last, regarding the exclusion list: > > *INRIA's*exclusions are unclear in the following regard: > > (i) all its Sideground; > > and > > (iv) any and all Background and Sideground that INRIA is not free to > grant access to due to obligations towards third parties; > > (v) any and all Background and Sideground INRIA has not itself > introduced into the Project at its sole discretion for use in > execution of the Project." > > Is all Sideground excluded or only the Sideground which is introduced > for use or which INRIA is free to grant Access Rights? > > *Technicolor*: > > "Any and all Background and Sideground not Needed for the execution of > the Project" must either be deleted or amended by"or not Needed for > Use of Foreground" in order to be in line with the text of the main > agreement. > > Otherwise, the text is ok for Nokia Siemens Networks > > Best regards, > > Susanne Weikl > > Senior Legal Counsel > St.-Martin-Straße 76 > 41.4017 > D-80240 Munich > Tel: +49 89 5159 36940* > *Mob: +49 160 9062 7495 > Fax: +49 89 5159 44 36940 > susanne.weikl at nsn.com > http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/global/ > Think before you print > > Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co.KG > Sitz der Gesellschaft: München / Registered office: Munich > Registergericht: München / Commercial registry: Munich, HRA 88537 > WEEE-Reg.-Nr.: DE 52984304 > > Persönlich haftende Gesellschafterin / General Partner: Nokia Siemens > Networks Management GmbH > Geschäftsleitung / Board of Directors: Olaf Horsthemke, Dr. Hermann Rodler > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats / Chairman of supervisory board: > Herbert Merz > Sitz der Gesellschaft: München / Registered office: Munich > Registergericht: München / Commercial registry: Munich, HRB 163416 > _________________________________________________________________________________ > Important Note: This e-mail and any attachment are confidential and > may contain trade secrets and may also be legally privileged or > otherwise protected from disclosure.If you have received it in error, > you are on notice of its status. Please notify us immediately by reply > e-mail and then delete this e-mail and any attachment from your > system. If you are not the intended recipient please understand that > you must not copy this e-mail or any attachment or disclose the > contents to any other person. Thank you for your cooperation. > > *From:*fiware-legal-bounces at lists.fi-ware.eu > [mailto:fiware-legal-bounces at lists.fi-ware.eu] *On Behalf Of *ext LUIS > GARCIA GARCIA > *Sent:* Friday, August 12, 2011 10:23 AM > *To:* fiware-legal at lists.fi-ware.eu > *Cc:* Asesoría Jurídica > *Subject:* [Fiware-legal] FI-WARE CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT > > Dear all, > > Find enclosed the final version of the FI-WARE CA. > > As per request of several partners, we´ve done some modifications in > *clause 4.1*. in order to protect parties´s technology when used by > other partner- or a third party- in an implementation of the FI-WARE > Generic Enabler Specifications. This modification does not modify the > initial content and sense of this crucial clause, but gives a better > protection of partner´s technology when used in an implementation. > However, we must take into account that there are two aspects we > must take into account and that cannot be subject to "protection or > royalties": > > 1.- If it is something "inherent" to the specifications, that is to > say that nobody would implement it in a different way. > > 2.- If it is one aspect of the implantation that everybody, that > implement the specifications, would obviously do. > > Both points are not necessary redundant. > > Further, we´ve seen that there may be a misinterpretation in the first > paragraph, and we´ve modified "other parties" for "Parties signing > this CA as well as any other third party" that perfectly reflects the > intention of the paragraph. I´ve changed only the yellow marked part > > So, the wording we propose would be: > > "/Notwithstanding any conflicting terms in this CA, the FI-WARE > Generic Enabler Specifications will be made publically available (upon > publication in accordance with clause 4.4.1) on royalty free terms. > For the sake of clarity, parties signing this CA as well as any other > third party may use such FI-WARE Generic Enabler Specifications to > develop and release implementations of the FI-WARE Generic Enabler > Specifications on a royalty-free basis./ > > // > > /However, notwithstanding the above, parties are not barred from > requesting royalties, or protecting their rights, for use of > technology (e.g. but not limited to patents) in implementations of the > FI-WARE Generic Enablers Specifications, provided such technology is > not disclosed by the FI-WARE Generic Enabler Specifications or is not > inherent to, or cannot trivially be derived as valid implementations > of part of the FI-WARE Generic Enabler Specification/s. " > > The rest of the clause remains as it was. > > -**************************************** > > Except for any typo, we consider this version as final as there´s no > room for further negotiations. We´ve received the 2^nd august the > signed contract from the Commission, so we have a 45 days, from that > date, to complete the signature of Form A; however, we´ve only > received 9 of 26 Form A signed. If we do not received the Form A we´re > putting the project in a serious risk. Please send us ASAP this > pending signed documentation. > > We´ve included the contact and signature information we´ve received. > However, there are still partners that have not sent us their > information. Please, do it *ASAP*. Next week I´ll send the pdf > signature version with the information we have up to this moment. If > any of your signing representative is going to leave on holidays, I > kindly ask you to request them the signature before they go. > > Also these organizations which have not yet signed and sent the > Collaboration Agreement to our address should complete this also ASAP. > > We want transfer our most sincere thanks for your flexibility and your > cooperation during this long negotiation. > > Please, let us know if you´d need any further information. > > Best regards > > Luis García García > > Asesoria Jurídica // Legal Department > > Tfnos: +34 914832614 // +34913129666 > > Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo, S.A.Unipersonal > > DISTRITO C- Edificio Oeste 1, 5ª planta > > Ronda de la Comunicación s/n > > 28050-Madrid (España) > > cid:image001.png at 01CBC9F9.AC146AD0 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Este mensaje se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario. 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