{"id":50,"date":"2023-04-17T22:21:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T22:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/research\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2024-12-18T16:39:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T16:39:13","slug":"intellectual-property","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/intellectual-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Intellectual property"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list on-this-page\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/intellectual-property\/#Protecting\" title=\"Protecting NAU\u2019s intellectual property\">Protecting NAU\u2019s intellectual property<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/intellectual-property\/#Additional\" title=\"Additional resources for inventors\">Additional resources for inventors<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul><div class=\"ri-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-4620\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-4620<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:nauinnovations@nau.edu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> nauinnovations&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\">Research<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Intellectual property<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<p>Intellectual property (IP) is typically defined as any product of the human intellect that the law protects from unauthorized use by others. Intellectual property created by NAU faculty, staff, and students are assets of the university and state of Arizona representing the fruits of valuable investments and research efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azregents.edu\/policy-manual\">Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) Policy 6-908<\/a>, which governs intellectual property developed at all three state universities, NAU has an obligation and responsibility to manage these assets in the best interest of the state and for the benefit of all Arizonans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"protecting\">Protecting NAU\u2019s intellectual property<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several different ways the university legally protects its intellectual property:softIf you\u2019re collaborating with researchers at other institutions, you may need to execute a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) to protect any materials you\u2019re transferring to your collaborators, such as biological materials, chemical compounds, devices, prototypes, or software. Learn more on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/material-transfer\/\">material transfer<\/a>&nbsp;page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the first steps in protecting your innovation or discovery is submitting an invention disclosure to NAU Innovations\u2014even if you\u2019re unsure whether the idea is patentable or you\u2019re uncertain about its potential for commercialization. Learn more on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/disclosing-your-inventions\/\">disclosing your inventions<\/a>&nbsp;page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your innovation involves computer hardware, NAU Innovations may recommend protecting it through copyright. Learn more on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/software-copyrights\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"163\">software and copyrights<\/a>&nbsp;page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an NAU inventor, patenting your technology is the final step in protecting intellectual property. A patent grants the right to the patent holder to exclude others from making, selling, or using the patented invention. Learn more on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/patents\/\">patents<\/a>&nbsp;page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/intellectual-property\/intellectual-property-protection-faqs\/\">FAQs<\/a> provided regarding&nbsp;intellectual property&nbsp;and&nbsp;intellectual property protection&nbsp;to learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n<section id=\"links\"        class=\"nau-article-block-simple-color-text-photo bg-true-blue \">\n    \n\n    \n        <hr role=\"none\" class=\"hr-clearspace-20 d-none-md\">\n\n        <h3>Additional resources for inventors<\/h3>                <ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/public.powerdms.com\/ABOR\/documents\/1499354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">Intellectual property policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/disclosing-your-inventions\/\">Submit an invention disclosure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/agreement-templates\/\">Agreement templates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/tech-transfer\/travel-fund-grants\/\">NAU Innovations travel fund<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n    \n\n<\/section>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-bottom-bound\">\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":1997,"parent":40,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6481,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/6481"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}