Miscellaneous

Links:
ETH Immobilien
Spin-off website

Topics

1. Students participating in third-party projects

2. Use of infrastructure of ETH Zurich

3. Contracting a third party to perform services for ETH Zurich

1. Students participating in third-party projects

Diploma, bachelor or master students are not employed by the ETH Zurich, and the intellectual property rights (IP rights; e.g. know-how, inventions, software) they generate are owned by the students themselves (as opposed to belonging to the ETH Zurich, as is the case with ETH Zurich employees). However, whenever these students generate these IP rights with the help and/or guidance of their tutors or other ETH employees, the IP rights may be jointly owned by the students and ETH Zurich.

Students may participate in projects which ETH Zurich has entered into with a third party and where ETH Zurich has obligations towards the third party (e.g. licenses to any IP rights developed). So that ETH Zurich can fulfill its obligations to the third party, it must have all the rights to do so, and thus the students working on such projects must transfer their rights to the IP to the ETH Zurich. It is the duty of the responsible professor to make sure that all necessary agreements are concluded on time and in writing. Please direct any questions to the responsible person at ETH transfer.

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2. Use of infrastructure of ETH Zurich

Regulations on the temporary use of rooms of ETH Zurich can be found in the Raumbenützungsreglement of ETH Zurich (to be found on www.rechtssammlung.ethz.ch; using the term “Raumbenützungsreglement” in the search engine). For the rental of offices and laboratories of ETH Zurich by Spin-off companies, please contact a member of the Spin-off team. For the rental of rooms or work places by other companies, please contact ETH Immobilien.

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3. Contracting a third party to perform services for ETH Zurich

If it is necessary or desired to sub-contract some of the work of a third-party funded project to a further partner, ETH transfer will be happy to assist you in setting-up the required contractual documents. For the purchase of equipment and for the acquisition of services that are not related to a third-party-funded project please follow the provisions of the Financial Regulations of the ETH Zurich and contact the Einkaufskoordination der ETH Zürich.

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