Does a user of APF services retain their intellectual property rights?
The APF encourages users to share research outcomes, scientific data and to acknowledge the facility and the scientific support it provides. The APF supports low cost initial enquiries and investigations provided that any IP created is either jointly owned with the APF or that it is made freely available to other research groups. The more commercial and exclusive the arrangement the more full cost recovery will form the basis for charges to the client. Full commercial rights are available once the costs of the original access are fully recovered. This needs to be advised at the outset of any work and a ledger of these costs will be maintained for future reference.
