Manage Your Intellectual Property

CU Innovations assists faculty members identify a variety of research assets in their labs. Such assets include patentable ideas, software, research tools, data, and biological materials.

Guidelines and protections are available for faculty that bring certain research assets into collaborative research projects. Our intellectual property management services provide tools to define the scope of collaborative projects so that faculty can safely enter a variety of collaborations while preserving the integrity of the their research program.

CU Innovations reviews agreements governing third party intellectual property. These agreements include software and biological materials, that are brought into research projects to ensure that the terms and conditions are aligned with the goals of the research program. 

Visit the sections below for resources to manage your intellectual property rights: