The statute of the association

Art. 1 - General disposition

The association S.R. Brevetti & Copyright has been constituted with seat in 56033 Capannoli Val D'Era (PI), via Castello, 50 - Italy - Tel. (0039) 0587 734105. It is a free apolitical and non-profit association. It is open to all of the inventors, Italians and foreigners, to the enterprises and to who is interested into the area of the inventions even without being owner of a patent. It is also open to the authors in general, to the designers, and to those who want emphasize their creativity.

Art. 2 - Purpose of the association

The association is proposed to favour the cultural information and experiences exchange between Italian inventors and foreigners, especially organizing national or international meetings reserved for inventors and creators, to present the results of their research and to discuss on them and on the topic related to the invention world. To that purpose the association propose:

1) To create a patents file subdivided into areas, to be consulted for free by the enterprises, the inventors and by everyone who is interested to invest on the innovation. To create meetings between Italian and foreign inventors and creators as well, either virtual meetings, realized through internet, or live meetings, exhibitions, shows etc.

2) To create enterprises and investors file subdivided into areas, to whom send periodically a list of all the titles of the new patents concerning their area.

3) To prepare a publication on the internet concerning the topics of the inventions and of the creativity, to allow the inventors and creators to be update on the subjects of their direct interest as well as to communicate directly or indirectly (through mailing list) with other inventors.

4) To organize fairs of inventions or meetings, shows and exhibitions, with free entry in collaboration with other associations authorities or enterprises, to present the results of their research to inventors and to favour their meeting and their reciprocal acquaintance.

5) To offer through the Internet FREE SERVICES to all the registered of the association, favouring the publication of their devices. The duration of the association is established on not definitive time.

6) To favour also the production of the patented objects to help the inventors, who decide to produce their devices, or who want to invest on the patents of the associated. To that purpose the association propose:

A) To supply each associated of a personal card with which be able to consult partner studios and to benefit of special treatments for consultancies and patent practices, financings, start of enterprise, prototypes realization, consultancy for causes of imitation, consultancies and legal practices.

B) To stimulate occasions of meeting and communication amongst the associated to favour the sale amongst them of the patented object on trade.

C) Special services given from the association to the associated (mailing, callings, management, direct contacts…) on his request, the associated will have to pay the charges refund, not documented, established every time according to the kind of service and equal to the costs of direct charge. The duration of the association is established on not definitive time.

Art. 3 - Partners

Physical persons and legal persons can join the association, who for their work or study activity are interested into the association activity itself. The partners are subdivided into:

A) Founders, are those who result from the constitution act; Ordinaries, are those who are admitted on their demand.

B) Specials, are the university students; Honoraria, are person of particular importance in the area of the patent or of the enterprise. The Founders pay their association quota for the first year, but not for the years after because they contribute with their resources and work to start and run the association. The Ordinary partners must pay yearly quota not lower than the minimum fixed every year by the Board of Directors. The payment of the quota count for the registration year independently from the month it is done. The Special partners represent a privileged source of innovation and they can be partners paying a reduced quota. These partners will loose their title of partners if within 3 years from the registration they do not realize their own patent to insert in the patents file of the association. The Honorarium partners can join the association without paying any registration quota, on the resolution of the Board of Directors, approved by the members Assembly. Who has the qualifications, can become partner on demand to the Board of Directors, which will values the existence of the qualifications. The partner ceases to be member of the association if:

A) He doesn't fulfil his obligations assumed with the statute.

B) He does activities against the purpose of the association.

C) He hasn't effected all payments of the yearly quota. Who wants to retract his qualification of partner can do it sending a registered letter to the association, but in any case he won't have any right to ask back his yearly quota, or to ask the settling of the common fund or to pretend the payment of eventual profits. The qualification of partner and the association contribute aren't transmittable.

Art. 4 - The representative bodies

The representative bodies of the association are:

A) The Members Assembly.

B) The Board of Directors.

C) The Presidency.

Art. 5 - The members assembly

The general members Assembly is convened as ordinary meeting at least once a year and as extraordinary meeting every time the President think it opportune or there is a request from a minimum of 1/10 of the members. The summoning is made by written convocation to send 10 days before the meeting, to the residences of the members, containing the indications of the place, of the day and of the time of the meeting and the day topic with the subjects to treat. The Assembly takes place by the seat of the association or in a location that will be chosen every time in the convocation. The consultations of the members can, under decision of the Board of Directors, be made through correspondence, in that case the day topic will indicate singularly the subjects to deliberate by referendum, the ballot will be made by the Board of Directors with the presence of the President.

Art. 6 - The establishment of the assembly

The Assembly is validly established at the first meeting if ½ plus one of the members with right to vote are present, at the second meeting it is validly established whatever is the number of the present members. The second meeting, except for different communication in the invitation, will be after one hour the time fixed for the first meeting and at the same place. For the modification of the statute or for the dissolution of the association and the devolution of the common fund, it is necessary the presence of at least ¾ of the members and the favourable vote of ½ plus one of the presents. Each member can be represented in the voting by another member through a written delegation. The resolutions are taken with absolute majority of the express votes or of the reached votes in case the voting is through referendum, while the abstained won't be considered, in case of equality the president's vote will decide. The assembly is presided over by the President, who designates a secretary and two scrutineers. During each assembly is written the relative minutes.

Art. 7 - Tasks of the assembly

The Assembly in ordinary meeting within the last quarter of each company's year, discusses and approves the appropriation account and the relations of the Board of Directors, it deliberates on each eventual subject of general interest. Every five years the assembly meets also to designate the Board of Directors.

Art. 8 - The board of directors

The Board of Directors consists of three members designated the first time by the founder members and then by the assembly of all the members, who will be registered in to the association. It lasts approximately five years after which it can be re-elected. The Boards of Directors provides:

A) To fix the main lines for the accomplishment of the statute tasks and to establish the modality of the execution.

B) To deliberate on the admission of the members.

C) To deliberate the appropriation account and eventually the estimated budget.

The Board of Directors designate to its inside a President who is the President of the association and he is in office for all the duration of the Board of Directors. It meets every time that is necessary on initiative of the President. Decisions are taken with the majority of the presents; in case of equality the vote of the President prevails. The Board of Directors operates also as auditor of accounts, for which can be uncharged a treasurer, designed from its inside for this specific function.

Art. 9 - The president

The President lasts approximately five years and represents legally the association in the relations with the members, with third persons, with the authority in all the actions, and he has the signature of the association. He convenes the Board of Directors, and designates the subject to treat with the Board of Directors and in the Assembly. He stipulates contracts, signs the correspondence, in case of urgency or necessity ha can delegates his tasks to the designed vice President.

Art. 9 - The property

The incomes of the association consist of the entrance fees, legacies or voluntary contributions. In case of dissolution of the association the property will be transmitted to a research authority in the medical or technological field on indication of the liquidators who will be designated by the assembly.

Art. 9 - Rules of deferment

Civil law rules are applied in what is not provided in the present Statute, concerning the not recognized association.

REGISTRATION: To register into the association S.R Brevetti & Copyright, and to be entitled to all the facilities above described, it is sufficient to PRINT THE APPLICATION FORM, to compile it completely and to send it to the following address with the cheque receipt of the entrance fee:

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