EUROPEAN

SPACE AGENCY & ITS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property (IP) refers to the protection of creations of the mind, which have both a moral and a commercial value. IP law typically grants the author of an intellectual creation exclusive rights for exploiting and benefiting from their creation.

European Space Agency

The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europes gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europes space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.

ESA & IP

ESA Headquarters, Paris

As a research organisation, ESA encourages, protects and licenses innovations or original works resulting from its activities in order to:

fulfil its mission of cooperation among Member States in space research and technologies and their applications encourage the worldwide competitiveness of European industry

On the basis of the principles laid down in its Convention, ESA has drawn up a number of rules governing IP: provisions in the implementation of rules for optional programmes clauses contained in international agreements contract regulations

Changes in IP Policy :
In the 1989 document the main emphasis was on public interest and providing free access to ESA-funded information and data to Member States and their nationals, and the dissemination of scientific data. The new policy aims to overcome the limits of the previous policy by enlarging the scope of protection to all IP titles and encouraging contractors to protect their creations and to develop an active licensing policy for effective exploitation.

ESA & PATENTS

ESA Staff

ESAs portfolio of patents contains some 500 patents for inventions made by ESA staff. They cover subjects such as antennae, satellite attitude control mechanisms, communication equipment and systems, detectors, mechanical engineering, optical communication, power supplies and propulsion systems. ESA staff are required to declare to the Director General any invention produced privately for whatever purpose.

There are two main components of patents of ESA : The ESA Patent Manual ESA Patent Group

ESA & TRADEMARKS

ESAs LOGOS

Protection of ESAs logos: To enforce the protection of its logo ESA carries out systematic checks with national Patent and Trademark offices to prevent the use of its logo by companies in ways that could harm ESAs image and activities. However, the national Patent and Trademark office of a Member State of the Paris Convention may not refuse or invalidate the filing of a name and/or logo as trademark similar to that of an international organisation if the goods and services covered by that name would not create confusion in the mind

ESA and copyright

Copyright laws deal with a large variety of intellectual work. As far as ESA is concerned, copyright mostly relates to publications, conferences, audiovisual works, graphical works, pictures and videos. It applies also to software, web design, databases - particularly those for remote sensing - and satellite broadcasting.

ESAs Photographic Views

ESA & Industrial Designs

An industrial design renders an object attractive or appealing, thus increasing its marketability and adding to its commercial value

The Ariane Launcher Family Artist's View

Protecting an Industrial Design :

Protecting an industrial design is also a reward for creativity and encourages economic development. Above all, it ensures protection against unauthorised copying or imitation of the design and can be relatively simple and inexpensive to develop. An industrial design is not protected unless it has been published in an official bulletin.

Advantage of IP Protection:
IP protection encourages the publication, distribution and disclosure of the creation to the public, rather than keeping it secret while at the same time encouraging commercial enterprises to select creative works for exploitation.

References-

http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Intellectual_Property_Rights/S http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Intellectual_Property_Rights/S http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Intellectual_Property_Rights/S

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