Common use of Purpose and Object Clause in Contracts

Purpose and Object. Fraunhofer Match is an internet-based platform that is intended to make it easi- er for Fraunhofer, on the one hand, and external companies and organizations (“companies”), on the other, to make contact with one another concerning cooperation in research and technology projects. Companies can publish search requests for technologies on Fraunhofer Match. Fraunhofer can re- spond to the search requests of companies on Fraunhofer Match by submitting solution approaches. Search requests and contents submitted by companies are visible to all Fraunhofer users of Fraunhofer Match, i.e., all Fraunhofer institutes and Fraunhofer subsidiaries, per default. If desired, the personal user can restrict the visibility of their search requests and contents within Fraunhofer to a maximum of 350 coordinators, who can then forward the search requests and content to individual scientists in a targeted manner. Other companies registered on Fraunhofer Match as corporate users do not have ac- cess to search requests or contents submitted by other companies. By offering appropriate search and logic functions, Fraunhofer Match makes it easier to establish contact with one another for the pur- pose of entering into a possible collaboration. These terms of use do not impose any obligation on Fraunhofer or the company to publish requests or projects, or to enter into a collaboration.