Publications and communication Sample Clauses

Publications and communication. 9.1. For the avoidance of doubt, no Party to the ICON project shall be entitled to publish or allow the publishing of any data that constitutes Background, Sideground, Foreground or Confidential Information of another Party, even where such data is amalgamated with such first Party’s Foreground, Background, Sideground or other information, document or material, without the prior written consent of the other Party. 9.2. For each proposal to publish or communicate the Foreground, each Party shall request the prior written consent of the project steering committee. Therefore, the requesting Party shall issue a written request to the project leader. Within a period of thirty (30) working days following the communication of such request, the project steering committee shall decide whether or not the publication and/or communication is authorized or not. The consent may only be refused if the refusing Party can prove a Legitimate Interests. Under no circumstances shall the delay of the publication exceed a period of six (6) months. In the absence of any response within the abovementioned period, it is deemed that the proposed publication or communication is authorized. If the project steering committee decides that Intellectual Property Rights cannot effectively be protected, the project steering committee may decide to postpone the publication and/or communication or to allow a limited, amended or alternative version of the information to be published or communicated. In this case a representative of the requesting Party shall be invited to the project steering committee and given a fair hearing. For a period of one (1) year after termination of the Agreement consent to publication or communication of Foreground, Sideground or Background shall to be given by the Parties (instead of the project steering committee). After this period, the restrictions with respect to Foreground, Background, Sideground and Confidential Information of other Parties shall remain into full force. 9.3. The consent of the project steering committee is not required for any publication by IMEC of information falling within the scope of (i) the applicable reporting obligations to IMEC, (ii) IMEC’s annual reports or (iii) audit(s) to which IMEC is subject. 9.4. Each authorized publication and/or communication of the Foreground will mention that the Foreground is obtained within the ICON project of IMEC, and if applicable reference will be made to the project funding from VLAIO.