The research institutions are subject to regulations of the marketing law on confidentiality.

The institution must normally take it upon themselves to keep confidential the company's specific project-related knowledge, as well as information on the company's strategy and business conditions.

On the other hand, in very special cases, the institutions will agree to keep confidential any knowledge relating to the institution's general or self-financed research.

Confidentiality is then only undertaken for a short and clearly limited period of time.

Normally confidentiality is granted only in return for financial remuneration for the limitations on availability which the institution agrees to during the period in question.