Science & Technology (Intellectual Property Rights)

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Country	Agency	Date Started	Date Ended	Fund Level	Description
Science and Technology (Intellectual Property Rights)
Canada	US Gov (DOS)	Feb 4, 1997	Termination date: Indefinite	No U.S. funding	Umbrella IPR Agreement by diplomatic note. IPR annex to apply on cooperative agreements/arrangements entered into by the U.S. and Canada. Agreement includes preamble, Section I - Scope, Section II - Allocation of Rights, and Section III - Business Confidential Information. All cooperating entities agree to notify one another of any inventions/copyrighted works arising under this agreement and to seek protection for such IP in a timely fashion. Rights to such IP are designated within agreement, using the IP designation established in Article 2 of the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, done at Stockholm, July 14, 1967.
France	US Gov (DOS)	Mar 24, 1994	Termination date: Indefinite	No U.S. funding	Umbrella IPR Agreement by diplomatic note. IPR annex to apply on cooperative agreements/arrangements entered into by the U.S. and France. Agreement includes preamble, Section I - Scope, Section II - Allocation of Rights, and Section III - Business Confidential Information. All cooperating entities agree to notify one another of any inventions/copyrighted works arising under this agreement and to seek protection for such IP in a timely fashion. Rights to such IP are designated within agreement, using the IP designation established in Article 2 of the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, done at Stockholm, July 14, 1967.
Germany	US Gov (DOS)	Mar 7, 1994	Termination date: Indefinite	No U.S. funding	Umbrella IPR Agreement by diplomatic note. IPR annex to apply on cooperative agreements/arrangements entered into by the U.S. and Germany. Agreement includes preamble, Section I - Scope, Section II - Allocation of Rights, and Section III - Business Confidential Information. All cooperating entities agree to notify one another of any inventions/copyrighted works arising under this agreement and to seek protection for such IP in a timely fashion. Rights to such IP are designated within agreement, using the IP designation established in Article 2 of the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, done at Stockholm, July 14, 1967.
United Kingdom	US Gov (DOS)	Nov 29, 1995	Termination date: Indefinite	No U.S. funding	Umbrella IPR Agreement by diplomatic note. IPR annex to apply on cooperative agreements/arrangements entered into by the U.S. and the U.K. Agreement includes preamble, Section I - Scope, Section II - Allocation of Rights, and Section III - Business Confidential Information. All cooperating entities agree to notify one another of any inventions/copyrighted works arising under this agreement and to seek protection for such IP in a timely fashion. Rights to such IP are designated within agreement, using the IP designation established in Article 2 of the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, done at Stockholm, July 14, 1967.