Who owns the intellectual property rights to information and materials developed by University faculty / students / employees?
Generally speaking, if information or materials are developed by you within the scope of your employment with The University of Arizona (or, if you are a student working as part of sponsored research at the University), then the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR), on behalf of the UA, owns all intellectual property rights resulting from that work. Certain copyright interests — for example, the right to publish one’s work in scholarly publications — are granted back to the individual by operation of the ABOR and UA Intellectual Property Policies; and student works (other than those resulting from sponsored research) are owned by the student who created the work. The UA’s Office of Technology Transfer, which manages intellectual property rights for the University, can answer specific questions about intellectual property ownership and use.
