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1. The SKAO shall have an Intellectual Property Policy, approved by the Council by unanimous vote. Any amendment by the Council of the Intellectual Property Policy shall require a two-thirds majority, except for those provisions that have been identified in the policy as requiring unanimity to be amended.
2. The policy shall ensure that intellectual property is managed to minimise intellectual property-related risk and cost to the SKAO.
3. The policy shall define the basis on which any entities that participate in projects undertaken by the SKAO are able to exploit, beyond the scope of the SKA, any innovations that arise from their participation.
4. The Council may decide to grant access to foreground intellectual property through the grant of non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, and irrevocable sub-licences to SKA contributors, under which they will be permitted to use those innovation and work products, subject to obtaining appropriate licences under existing background intellectual property rights and third party intellectual property rights, for SKA Project purposes and other non-commercial research and education purposes, provided that such sub-licences should not cover activities undertaken by sub-licensees in competition with the owner of the foreground intellectual property.