Page 1 of 7 Intellectual Property Policy & Guidelines 1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 2. SUMMARY TABLE OF CONTENTS: 3. REGENTS' RULES AND REGULATIONS - Series 90000 Intellectual Property Series GENERAL RULES FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 90101. Sec. 1 Philosophy Sec. 2 Individuals Subject to the Policy Sec. 3 Types of Intellectual Property Included Sec. 4 Board May Not Assert Interest in Certain Copyrights Sec. 5 Board May Not Assert Interest in Certain Software Sec. 6 Works for Hire Sec. 7 Role of Creator Sec. 8 Service of Public Interest Sec. 9 Use of Facilities and Resources Sec.10 Creation of Data Series: 90102. PROPERTY RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS Sec. 1 Intellectual Property Owned by the Creator Sec. 2 Intellectual Property Owned by U. T. System 2.1 Determination of U. T. System's Interest 2.2 Election Not to Assert Interest 2.3 Later Release of Invention 2.4 Protection of Intellectual Property 2.5 Reimbursement of Licensing Costs and Allocation of Income Sec. 3 Intellectual Property Involving Sponsored Research 3.1 Nonconformance with Intellectual Property Guidelines 3.2 Conflicting Provisions
Page 2 of 7 3.3 Cooperation with Necessary Assignments 3.4 Sharing of Royalty Income 3.5 Geographical Scope of Protection Series: 90103 EQUITY INTERESTS Sec. 1 Agreements with Business Entities Sec. 2 Creator Holding Equity and Managing Conflict of Interest Sec. 3 Employee Equity Interests Series: 90104 BUSINESS PARTICIPATION AND REPORTING Sec.1 Approval to Serve as Officer or Director Sec. 2 Request for Employee to Serve as Officer or Director Sec. 3 Report of Equity Interest and Service as Officer or Director EXECUTION OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO INTELLECTUAL Series: 90105 PROPERTY Sec. 1 Execution of Agreements Sec. 2 Agreements That Do Not Conform to the Rules Sec. 3 Authority to Execute Documents Series: 90106 INCOME FROM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Sec. 1 Use of Income Sec. 2 Income Payable to an Individual Subject to this Policy 4. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY IN PLAIN ENGLISH 5. GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE BASIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY Intellectual Property License Agreements with Private Entities Negotiation, Review and Approval of Sponsored Research Projects With Nonprofit and For Profit Nongovernmental Entities Management and Marketing of Intellectual Property 6. TRADEMARK POLICY Trademark Licensing Guidelines Trademark Use Restrictions 7. COMPREHENSIVE COPYRIGHT POLICY
Page 3 of 7 Fair Use Permission Licensing Ownership Management 8. POINTS OF CONTACT FOR INQUIRIES REGARDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 9. POINTS OF CONTACT FOR INQUIRIES WITHIN SPECIFIC COMPONENTS POINTS OF CONTACT FOR INQUIRIES REGARDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM Ms. Georgia K. Harper Senior Attorney Intellectual Property The University of Texas System Office of General Counsel 201 West 7th St Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 499-4462 FAX (512) 499-4523 email: gharper@utsystem.edu Dr. BethLynn Maxwell Ph.D. Attorney Intellectual Property The University of Texas System Office of General Counsel 201 West 7th St. Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 499-4462 FAX (512) 499-4523 email: bmaxwell@utsystem.edu POINTS OF CONTACT FOR INQUIRES WITHIN SPECIFIC COMPONENTS
Page 4 of 7 U.T. ARLINGTON Office of Technology Transfer The University of Texas at Arlington 301 S. Center Street, Suite 412 Arlington, Texas 76019-0145 (817) 272-2105 FAX (817) 272-5808 http://www.uta.edu/tto/ott-vpr.htm U.T. AUSTIN Office of Technology Commercialization & Intellectual Property The University of Texas at Austin 3925 W. Braker Ln. MCC 1.9A (R3500) Austin, Texas 78759 (512) 471-2995 FAX (512) 475-6894 http://www.utexas.edu/academic/otl/ U.T. BROWNSVILLE Office of Sponsored Projects The University of Texas at Brownsville 80 Fort Brown Brownsville, Texas 78520 (956) 548-6575 FAX (956) 544-8883 http://unix.utb.edu/graduate/sponoff.html U.T. DALLAS Office of Research Administration The University of Texas at Dallas P.O. Box 830688, MP 15 Richardson, Texas 75083-0688 (972) 883-2313 FAX (972) 883-2310 http://www.utdallas.edu/research/osp/ U.T. SAN ANTONIO Business Affairs The University of Texas at San Antonio 6900 N. Loop 1604 West San Antonio, Texas 78249-0605 (210) 458-4232 FAX (210) 458-4187 http://www.utsa.edu/ U.T. SOUTHWESTERN Office for Technology Development
Page 5 of 7 MEDICAL CENTER DALLAS The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. NB 2.200 Dallas, Texas 75390-9094 (214) 648-1888 FAX (214) 648-1889 http://www2.swmed.edu/technology_development/ U.T. EL PASO Office of Research and Sponsored Projects The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas 79968 (915) 747-5680 FAX (915) 747-6474 http://www.utep.edu/research/ U.T. MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON The Center for Technology Development The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 301 University Blvd. Ste. 1.200 1700 The Strand Galveston, Texas 77555-0926 (409) 772-7957 FAX (409) 772-7954 http://research.utmb.edu/tmo/tmohome.htm U.T. HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON Office of Technology Management The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 6431 Fannin Street, 5020 MSB Houston, Texas 77030 (713) 500-6231 FAX (713) 500-0759 http://www.uth.tmc.edu/otm/ U.T. M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER Office of Technology Commercialization The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 7515 S. Main St. Ste. 490 Houston, Texas 77030 (713) 792-7598 FAX (713) 794-1356 http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/techcommerc/ U.T. PAN AMERICA Office of Sponsored Research The University of Texas Pan American
Page 6 of 7 1201 West University Drive Edinburg, Texas 78539 (956) 381-3929 FAX (956) 381-2940 http://www.panam.edu/ U.T. PERMIAN BASIN Graduate Studies & Sponsored Research The University of Texas at Permian Basin 4901 East University Blvd. Odessa, Texas 79762 (915) 552-2530 FAX (915) 552-2109 http://www.utpb.edu/ U.T. HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO Office of Technology Ventures The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 3463 Magic Drive, Suite 350 San Antonio, Texas 78229 (210) 567-6182 FAX (210)567-1337 http://www.uthscsa.edu/tn/directory/listingbyoffice.asp? NumberPosition=1642&Office=Departmental U.T. HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT TYLER Office of Research The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler 11937 US Hwy. 271 Tyler, Texas 75708-3154 (903) 877-7785 FAX (903) 877-7661 http://www.uthct.edu/ U.T. TYLER Office of Contracts & Grants The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler 11937 U.S. Hwy. 271 Tyler, Texas 78708 (903) 877-7486 FAX (903) 877-5031 http://www.uttyler.edu/ Top Search
Page 7 of 7 Crash Course in Copyright Intellectual Property Section Office of General Counsel Comments to Georgia Harper gharper@utsystem.edu Last updated: March 25, 2005