Who owns the intellectual property created at Lehigh?
If the intellectual property was developed by an employee of Lehigh or invented at LEHIGH facilities under the supervision of LEHIGH personnel, the intellectual property is owned by LEHIGH. Each inventor must assign his or her rights in the intellectual property to LEHIGH. This includes all faculty, staff, fellows, and graduate students who have an appointment at LEHIGH. The University has the right under its policy to retain ownership of its researchers’ inventions and discoveries. The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 charges us with the responsibility to pursue commercial development of inventions resulting from federally sponsored research for the public interest.
