Chapter 6 – Intellectual Property & Confidentiality

Article 23 | Intellectual Property Rights for Alliance Outputs

(1)   Alliance members shall retain ownership of their pre-existing intellectual property (IP) brought into collaborative projects or initiatives.

(2)   IP generated through Alliance activities shall be governed as follows:

(a)   Standards and guidelines developed by the Alliance shall be made freely available to all members and the public, subject to appropriate attribution.

(b)   Research outputs and technical reports may be subject to limited-time exclusive access for Alliance members before public release.

(c)   Patentable inventions arising from Alliance projects shall be jointly owned by contributing members, with licensing terms determined on a case-by-case basis.

(d)   Members shall grant the Alliance a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use their IP contributions for Alliance activities and outputs.

(3)   The Alliance shall implement mechanisms to protect confidential information and trade secrets shared by members during collaborative activities.

(4) Notwithstanding Article 23(2), the following terms shall apply specifically to survey-based evidence collection activities conducted under Schedule 3, Section 2 of this Charter:

(a) All survey instruments, survey data, analytical documentation, and methodology arising from survey-based evidence collection under Schedule 3, Section 2 shall be exclusively owned by ISAIL, regardless of whether such surveys are conducted independently or in partnership with a Knowledge Partner under Schedule 6.

(b) Where a Knowledge Partner participates in survey execution under Schedule 3, Section 2, the Knowledge Partner shall retain an irrevocable right of attribution in all resulting documentation recognising their role as survey execution partner. ISAIL may, at its sole discretion, further designate co-attribution rights to one or more Knowledge Partners by written designation, which shall not confer any ownership, editorial, distribution, or modification rights beyond what is expressly stated therein.

(c) Knowledge Partners shall retain limited rights to use survey documentation solely for self-promotional, attribution, and non-commercial research purposes. Knowledge Partners shall have no right to alter, modify, reprocess, or create derivative versions of the survey instrument, survey data, or final documentation published by ISAIL upon presentation of survey results.

(d) Nothing in this clause shall affect ownership of pre-existing intellectual property contributed by Knowledge Partners as background knowledge or domain expertise prior to their designation under Schedule 3, Section 2.