Given that my company is paying for the research, the two answers above do not seem reasonable. Why isn’t sponsored research more like a work for hire?
Under University policy, Stanford takes title to inventions created here. This is consistent with federal research funding laws. Stanford does not enter into work for hire research agreements. Any agreement that Stanford enters into must be in line with the university’s missions of teaching and research.
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- Given that my company is paying for the research, the two answers above do not seem reasonable. Why isn’t sponsored research more like a work for hire?
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- Do I need to hire a marketing research company to collect data and analyze responses?
