Intellectual Property Management Principles
We seek to deliver impact through generating and transferring knowledge to the community and to our partners.
Where appropriate we will protect intellectual property for the purposes of being able to use that IP to generate positive impact.
Ownership and control of IP should generally vest with the party best placed to manage the intellectual property on behalf of all parties and across the full scope of the technology and its application.
We understand and support that this is often the industry partner(s) we are collaborating with. IP co-ownership arrangements will include a governance framework regulating the exercise of all relevant application of the IP including cost allocation
Where the IP is expected to generate commercial returns, we expect a reasonable and proportionate return in exchange for access rights. This return can manifest in multiple ways e.g., royalties, milestone payments, equity interest, ongoing R&D support etc. We will retain sufficient intellectual property access rights to enable the conduct of further research
To maximise impact from our research we will endeavour to ensure that intellectual property and knowledge is made available for humanitarian uses and the public good.