When people join a Workshop or Focus Group, they are required – as in any other standards work of CEN – to assign the exploitation rights on the content of their publications to CEN. The following statement is made by applicants to join CEN Workshops and Focus Groups as part of the application process:
Exploitation rights assignment statement
1. In the framework of the Berne Convention for the protection of literary and artistic works:
a) By registering for this CEN Workshop or Focus Group, I assign solely, exclusively and irrevocably to the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) for the benefit of its national members the exploitation rights in such of my intellectual contributions as are reproduced in the publications resulting from the technical work of CEN. This assignment is granted free of charge, and covers the forms of exploitation specified below, in all countries, for the total duration provided for by law. I accept that exploitation will take place without mention of my name.
b) I accept that this assignment does not preclude me from continuing to exploit my own contribution for my own purposes provided that such exploitation does not adversely affect the exploitation of the publications specified in (a) above.
2. Should I offer intellectual contributions for which I do not personally hold the copyright, I undertake to declare this to CEN or an appropriate official of one of its member bodies and to name the holder of the copyright if known to me.
3. These terms and conditions are subject to Belgian law.
Forms of exploitation
The assigned exploitation rights cover the right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, sub-distribute, adjust, translate, rent, lend, derive revenue from duplication and loan, communicate to the public in whole or in part, in summary or with comments, transfer all exploitation licences and authorize all sub-distribution. The exploitation rights cover all languages and all forms of exploitation known at present, in particular and non-restrictively: publication by all means and all graphical support systems, by print, press, photocopy, microfilms, and via all magnetic, computerised and numerical support systems, memory cards, CD ROMs (CD- digital compact disks), films, photographs, slides, tele-distribution, cable, satellite, diskettes and on-line document servers and networks.
IPR policy
CEN and CENELEC have adopted the IPR policy of ISO, IEC and ITU-T; the previous CEN/CENELEC Guide 8 is withdrawn.
In essence, there is no barrier to CEN publications containing technology covered by IPRs, provided the IPR holder makes licenses available on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions.