Who owns the intellectual property I develop while at UWM?
Intellectual property unrelated to the individual’s employment responsibility that is developed on an individual’s own time and without System support or use of System facilities is the exclusive property of the creator, and the System has no interest in any such property and no claim to any profits resulting therefrom. Intellectual property resulting from research supported by a grant or contract with the federal government, or an agency thereof, shall be subject to ownership by the Board of Regents of the UW System. Intellectual property resulting from research supported by a grant or contract with a non-profit or for-profit non-governmental entity, or by a private gift or grant is subject to the rules contained within the appropriate contract.
