I might be able to point you to the right people for legal. I'm running companies in DE and US, doing a research cooperation with German universities and I've b

I might be able to point you to the right people for legal. I'm running companies in DE and US, doing a research cooperation with German universities and I've been to Brussels as part of the KnowARC EU project for building research cloud infrastructure. But first, could you explain a bit more about your plans? Is your intention to acquire public funding? Or will this be for-profit research? Who pays for patent applications? Who will own the patent rights? Roughly what will be the initial budget for salaries? I.e. how many people do you plan to sign up and for how long?