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Cisco and the Skolkovo Foundation announced the launch of the Skolkovo Innovation Award startup project with support from Cisco I-PRIZE. The slogan of the competition “It is time to act!”. Let's carefully read the contents of the terms and conditions of this competition.
This document contains a lot of just weird points, and points that allow you to relatively fairly take possession of your intellectual property. Moreover, since the document is formulated extremely vaguely, it seems that you are committed to share with Cisco almost everything that you have. There are also errors.
So on the points:
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This item is cryptic.
Content objectionable for other reasons. For what others?
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Subject to clause 8.1, you transfer non-exclusive intellectual property rights. Unfortunately, however, there is no indication of what property we are transferring. The issue is disclosed in the following paragraphs. And we transfer ownership of almost everything. Any ideas and also products that you described in the application or provided within its framework can be sold, exported, imported and other and other ...
8.1.7 adds pungency.
It clarifies what you actually give.
The sponsor can order the development of your idea or make it yourself.
As a result, all these subtleties somewhat reduce the value of the competition to the public. It would be wonderful if Cisco relaxed the requirements for transferring intellectual property rights. No one, of course, doubts the honesty of this respected company, but a contract is a contract.
This document contains a lot of just weird points, and points that allow you to relatively fairly take possession of your intellectual property. Moreover, since the document is formulated extremely vaguely, it seems that you are committed to share with Cisco almost everything that you have. There are also errors.
So on the points:
3.1 (1) the application of technology in healthcare energy conservation; (2) the application of technology in healthcare and (3) information technology (“Competition Categories”) as described on the Site.
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4.4 All Applications (and related information) must be received and evaluated in the USA.
This item is cryptic.
7.1.7. your Application does not contain anything prohibited from being submitted by these Terms and Conditions, including, but not limited to, illegal or harmful content, content that threatens or violates private property, offensive, defamatory, libelous, vulgar, offensive, sexually explicit, obscene, defamatory racial hatred, or content undesirable for other reasons;
Content objectionable for other reasons. For what others?
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Viii. LICENSES
8.1. The Member hereby grants and agrees to grant Cisco, its subsidiaries, partners, subsidiaries and their successors and agents a global, permanent, irrevocable, non-deductible and fully paid non-exclusive license for all of the Member's Intellectual Property Rights (as defined below) to:
8.1.1. review, evaluate, verify, analyze or consider for other purposes the Applications and any other information or materials submitted as part of participation in the Competition;
8.1.2. reproduce or receive reproduction, publicly distribute copies or audio recordings, publicly display or demonstrate Applications, in whole or in part, using digital means for transmitting sound signals or other equipment;
8.1.3. Correct, modify, modify, improve or create other derivative works in relation to the Applications;
8.1.4. use, produce and give into production, import, export, distribute, put up for sale, lease, sell, offer to sell or otherwise manage (i) part of the Application or the entire Application; (ii) a product (s) or services obtained as a result of applying the methods or processes described in the Application; (iii) Applications as an independent product (s) or services; (iv) all of the foregoing, in accordance with the application, together, in combination or separately with any product or services already known or not currently developed by the method, while the above rights granted by sub-clause 8.1.4. apply to other legal entities involved in the production and distribution, including suppliers, manufacturers, resellers,
Subject to clause 8.1, you transfer non-exclusive intellectual property rights. Unfortunately, however, there is no indication of what property we are transferring. The issue is disclosed in the following paragraphs. And we transfer ownership of almost everything. Any ideas and also products that you described in the application or provided within its framework can be sold, exported, imported and other and other ...
8.1.5. provide support to users to complete the above actions;
8.1.6. grant sub-licenses and allow sub-licenses for all rights granted by Cisco under this Section to Cisco suppliers, manufacturers, resellers, distributors, firms selling their own solutions with finished products, equipment manufacturers, customers, end users, departments and other parties specified by Cisco;
8.1.7. otherwise use the Applications for any purpose.
8.1.7 adds pungency.
8.2. “Intellectual Property Rights” means all tangible and intangible: (i) copyrights and other rights related to copyright works in all countries of the world, including but not limited to copyrights, related rights, non-property rights, rights to industrial designs and all derivatives work of the above; (ii) trademarks, trademark rights and similar rights; (iii) trade secret rights; (iv) patents, industrial property rights, rights to algorithms, industrial models, and other rights to industrial property and all improvements made in respect of the foregoing; (v) all other rights to intellectual and industrial property (of any kind and character, in any country in the world and regardless of their name), provided by law, contract terms, licenses or other means; (vi) all registrations, applications, renewals, renewals, breakdowns or re-issuances of the aforementioned are effective now or in the future (including all rights stipulated in the above documents); and (vii) all licenses and permits associated with the above paragraphs (i) - (vi).
It clarifies what you actually give.
8.3. You refuse to make any claims and will not receive royalties now or in the future from the Sponsor, its branches, licensees and assignees for the use of your Application, including without limitation royalties on all types of intellectual property rights, public reproduction, digital audio recordings and mechanical, synchronized use or use of the original.
8.4. Applications are not considered as confidential information, and the submission of the Application does not create a confidential relationship or obligation not to disclose the information provided between you and the Sponsor or between you and a third party. Without limiting the foregoing, you acknowledge and agree that your Application may be publicly disclosed by the Sponsor on the Site or in other external information channels, forums and the media. Participants should discuss with their legal advisers the desirability of obtaining patents or protecting applications. The Participant acknowledges that the Sponsor may at present or in the future develop information similar to the information in the submitted Application within the company or receive it from third parties. Accordingly, this document does not prohibit the Sponsor from independently receiving, to develop or order the development of products, concepts, systems or technologies similar or competing with products, concepts, systems or technologies, in one way or another, presented in any Application. You acknowledge that other individuals or legal entities could submit to the Sponsor or other persons, publish or submit for consideration, or may publish in the future materials identical or similar to your Application. You acknowledge and agree that the Sponsor has the right to use identical or similar materials, which is not the basis for paying you compensation for the use of such materials by the Sponsor. If your Application is identical or similar to the Application of another Participant, the Sponsor reserves the right to evaluate one Application higher than another, based on the evaluation criteria described below,
The sponsor can order the development of your idea or make it yourself.
As a result, all these subtleties somewhat reduce the value of the competition to the public. It would be wonderful if Cisco relaxed the requirements for transferring intellectual property rights. No one, of course, doubts the honesty of this respected company, but a contract is a contract.