Intellectual Property

The Office of Legal Affairs provides support and assistance to the University's colleges, departments and units when they are faced with issues relating to the creation, acquisition, ownership, protection and commercialization of intellectual property. Intellectual property describes a wide variety of intangible property created by people such as artists, authors, creators, inventors and writers. The law of intellectual property typically encompasses the areas of copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, and know-how.

The University's Technology Commercialization Office has the primary responsibility to provide assistance to the University community in the identification, protection and commercialization of intellectual property.