What are the intellectual property rights of an academic staff member?
Academic staff are afforded the same protections as faculty members. A complete guide is available through the UW Office of Research and Sponsored Programs: http://www.rsp.wisc.edu/index.html. Except as required by funding agreements or other University policies, the University does not claim ownership rights in the intellectual property generated during research by its faculty, staff, or students. In general, federal law and regulations provide that the University has first right to retain title to any inventions conceived or made in whole or in part during federally funded research. The University of Wisconsin-Madison has designated the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF: http://www.warf.wisc.edu/) as its patent management organization for this purpose. Federal law and regulations further provide a single policy document and uniform policies for virtually all federal grants and contracts. Computer programs which are patentable are covered by the federal law as are plants prot
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