FOI2024/01061: IUK grants, values, contracts and IP clauses
Case reference FOI2024/01061
Received 9 November 2024
Published 19 February 2025
Request
The request is regarding grants, values, the numbers of contracts awarded by Innovate UK, and to the presence of intellectual property (IP) clauses of the general type included in “INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS Guidance Note JUNE 2023”, published by the Government Commercial Function. With specific reference to Section 3 – Model and Example Contract Clauses:
1. How many different types of grants do Innovate UK award each financial year (FY) to UK companies?
2. What is the financial value, or range of values, of each type of grant?
3. How many of each type of grant was awarded in FY2023 and to what size (turnover/heads) of company?
4. Of each type, which grant types contain Foreground IP license wording which directly follows the guidelines in the above referenced document?
5. Of each type, which grant types contain Foreground IP license wording which are more onerous (from an applicant’s perspective) than the guidelines in the above referenced document?
6. Of each type, which grant types contain Foreground IP license wording which also has sub-license provisions?
7. Of each type, which grant types contain Foreground IP license wording which also has extra-territorial sublicense provisions?
8. Do any grant types require a license to an applicant’s Background IP and if so, which?
9. Do any grant types not follow the guidelines in the above referenced document? If so, why?
10. For which grant types (if any) are applicants allowed to negotiate the Foreground IP clause? If they are, is it made clear to applicants that they can do so and how?
11. How many grants have been agreed in the last FY with modified Foreground IP license wording and of which grant types?
12. In FY2023 how many grant applications were discontinued because of the Foreground IP wording?
13. In FY2023, how many grant agreements have resulted in sub-licences to third party companies? Of these, how many have included FRAND provisions requiring a monetary payment to the IP owner
14. According to your records, have there been any grant agreements that have resulted in a sub-licence(s) to third party companies? Of these, how many have included FRAND provisions requiring a monetary payment to the IP owner?
Response
Response Sent: 12 December 2024
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