Hi everyone,

For my latest project I want to prepare some guidance notes for colleges (some of whom are new to running HE courses) on the subject of intellectual property.

I would be delighted if anyone would be willing to share with me any of your institutions’ documents, or relevant paragraphs, which touch on this subject, and which you think are very clear and concise.

If you send anything to me directly I will use it anonymously or acknowledge it as agreed.  But if you have any general comments on this subject please post a `reply all’.

Couple of pointers:

1 Here’s a fictitious scenario I’d like to frame some guidance around:

At the end of an externally funded research project I decide to produce an offshoot monograph style document.  My institution agrees to publish it in house and make it open access.  I then get approached by a company who sees the potential for an interactive toolkit to be developed as an additional commercial resource. At this point I start to worry about who owns what in all this, and realise I need advice…

2 With `student as partners' initiatives sprouting up around the sector I’m wondering whether there are any clear statements about IP in relation to students – for example, would the same protocols apply to students that apply to staff, or not…