Define: Improvement

a material enhancement to the functionality of any of the Materials created in the course of the Project, except a new use discovered for any of the Materials;

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a material enhancement to the functionality of any of the Materials created in the course of the Project, except a new use discovered for any of the Materials;.

Relevant Circumstances

  • When project work materially enhances licensed or supplied materials
  • If ownership of improvements differs from underlying IP rights
  • Where licence-back or step-in rights apply to project-derived improvements

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