b'Data and IP ManagementIP ACTION PLAN DATA MANAGEMENTIntellectual property (IP) management is an NBICNBICs partner universities and staff acknowledgeactivity that will develop and grow over the nextand adhere to BBSRCs Data Sharing Policy, and four years. We have been implementing NBICs IPundertake to make all data, models and materials management plan to have greater IP data access andgenerated by NBIC available to the academic ultimately facilitate identification of unmet needs incommunity in a timely and appropriate manner within biofilms. As part of our IP strategy: the constraints of protection of commercially sensitive information, IP and academic publication. NBIC is NBIC has created a basic IP repository that isactively working on creating a strategy that enables currently expanding. This repository represents theeffective organisation, monitoring and accessibility of living IPR database that identifies project outcomesthe data produced at NBIC. Our central model for data and retraces their ownership. As NBIC grows itmanagement includes:is pivotal to have central system that allows data scalability, and security. NBIC is working on an onlineNominations of Data Champions at each of NBICs searchable database that can easily handle largepartner universities who will oversee compliance amounts of data and can grow along with NBIC. Thewith data management policies at each institution database aims to store, organise, and retrieve dataand who will work along with the NBIC Operational to assist the partners recognise their IP assets andManager, with the support of the Operational Team, ascertain the existence of third parties rights (e.g.,in monitoring data collection and location.relevant pre-existing patents). The IP repository will be built to be the single most comprehensiveCreation of a central index of the data generated by database of biofilms IP available for licensing. Thisthe consortium with reference to the relevant public will complement NBICs existing role for university- and private Digital Object Identifier (DOI)s and points business relations. of contact to ensure data access is easily managed and maximise the potential reuse of data. With the support of research and innovation services and IP managers, NBIC is actively workingTranslate the central data index into an open access on conducting in-depth patent searches forsearchable database that will be used as a central identified strategic areas and market surveillance forpoint for NBIC data accessibility and reference. ascertaining the current state of the art, tailoredCommercially sensitive and IP-restricted data to the needs of NBIC, for being sure both that NBICrefrains from its publicity.results have an innovative nature and not to infringeThese strategies were thoughtfully created for NBIC to existing third parties rights. These searches arebecome a central source for reference data in biofilm performed using PatSnap and will be useful forand facilitate data access and sharing.orienting IP strategy definition (e.g., by identifying any barriers). We will also define the state of the art and keep updated on technology advancements by the regular monitoring of market.25'