BIM - Building Information Modelling
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is the way forward, but what about your intellectual property rights?.........
BIM is the process of creating and managing information, usually in a three-dimensional (3D) computer model. The government may soon require the use of BIM on all of its major projects, and it is recognised as being the way forward for the construction industry. However, BIM may bring with it certain legal challenges and one of the most obvious of these is the question of intellectual property rights.
When BIM is used to its full extent, it is likely that there will not only be one 3D model produced but there may be several models. Each of these models may have sensitive information embedded by different consultants or specialists, and the models may be co-ordinated together by an ‘information model manager’.
The question then is who owns the co-ordinated model and the intellectual property rights contained within it.
This entire area is a minefield of conflicting rights, and, depending upon the wording of any agreements reached, it may be that the intellectual property rights in the combined model may be invested in more than one party.
Clearly this is an area that will become more important as the use of BIM increases, and if you have any queries about how the use of BIM may affect your intellectual property rights, you should immediately contact our office.
BIM is the process of creating and managing information, usually in a three-dimensional (3D) computer model. The government may soon require the use of BIM on all of its major projects, and it is recognised as being the way forward for the construction industry. However, BIM may bring with it certain legal challenges and one of the most obvious of these is the question of intellectual property rights.
When BIM is used to its full extent, it is likely that there will not only be one 3D model produced but there may be several models. Each of these models may have sensitive information embedded by different consultants or specialists, and the models may be co-ordinated together by an ‘information model manager’.
The question then is who owns the co-ordinated model and the intellectual property rights contained within it.
This entire area is a minefield of conflicting rights, and, depending upon the wording of any agreements reached, it may be that the intellectual property rights in the combined model may be invested in more than one party.
Clearly this is an area that will become more important as the use of BIM increases, and if you have any queries about how the use of BIM may affect your intellectual property rights, you should immediately contact our office.
posted by Melbury at
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