What is intellectual property?

"Intellectual property" has traditionally been divided into patents, trademarks, and copyright.

The University of Minnesota has a number of policies that address these issues. All of them contain a set of guiding principles that emphasize, support, and protect the creation, sharing, and diffusion of knowledge as key components of the intellectual life of the University community.

 

 

 

U of M Board of Regents policy, Copyright www1.umn.edu/regents/policies/academic/Copyright.pdf U of M Board of Regents policy, Commercialization of Intellectual Property Rights www1.umn.edu/regents/policies/academic/Commercialization_IP.pdf University of Minnesota policy, Copyright Ownership policy.umn.edu/groups/ppd/documents/Policy/copyright_pol.cfm