Intellectual property in academia

As drivers of the "knowledge economy", academics and technology transfer experts share advice on patent and copyright issues to protect intellectual property (IP) and support translational research, commercialisation, inventions, information assets and university spin-outs. Plus, get help to understand your rights when publishing your research as a book or journal article.

By dene.mullen, 2 November, 2023

Will ChatGPT change our definitions of cheating?

Brain supplanted by machine AI
We can’t yet know if we have a full taxonomy of ChatGPT-enhanced mischief, or whether certain uses should be classed as mischief at all, writes Tom Muir
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5minutes
By sara.custer, 9 June, 2023

Teaching AI literacy: how to begin

A student learning AI literacy
Students urgently need to develop their AI literacy skills if they are to gain graduate-level jobs and help society tame the perils of the technology, write Christine O’Dea and Mike O’Dea
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3minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 23 February, 2023

How to add value to research and manage intellectual property

Files with tabs relating to intellectual property, law and copyright
Ensuring new knowledge has social, environmental or economic impact is an essential element of research – and of universities’ purpose. Here, Christophe Haunold explains the four steps to consider
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3minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 22 February, 2023

A help desk to protect intellectual property

A patent document being stamped
How an intellectual property help desk set up by a university library team is helping inventors protect their work, with lessons on what has proven most effective
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 10 February, 2023

What you don’t know about IP protections – but should

Intellectual property tips for academics
From patents to trademarks and copyright, intellectual property is a vast field with financial and legal implications. So, get to know your university’s technology transfer office, says Itzel Saldivar
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5minutes
Intellectual property in academia