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Some common examples of Scholarly Materials would be academic journal articles and text books which you write for general publication. The University generally waives its ownership of the copyright in Scholarly Materials. The University actively encourages their creation and publication in open access journals (subject to ensuring that any fees for doing so are covered by the research grant and that ���The University of Manchester��� is named for the purposes of citation). Q - I have written an article for publication in the International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology describing my invention for radiation shielding, in respect of which a patent application has been filed by the University. Does this mean I own the patent? A - The article would usually count as Scholarly Material and so the University would waive its ownership of the copyright in the article itself. However, it does not waive ownership of other IP which may be described in the article, such as the invention or any patent that is granted in respect of it. This would apply equally to an article about software that someone had created: the University would not waive its ownership of the copyright in the software, only in the article. The only occasions when the University does not waive its ownership of the copyright in Scholarly Materials are when: > the materials were created with more than incidental use of University resources; > the materials were created as part of sponsored research or other agreement with an outside body; or > publication of the materials in question might bring the University into disrepute (as naturally it would wish to prevent this). In return for its waiver of copyright, you grant the University a licence to use the IP in your Scholarly Materials for its administrative, promotional, educational and teaching purposes. You will need to make this clear to any publisher of the Scholarly Materials since they may ask for exclusive rights over them. If you produce Scholarly Materials in collaboration with individuals who are not University employees (such as academics from other universities), you will need to make sure that those collaborators also grant a licence to the University to use in the same way those parts of the Scholarly Materials that they have created. You need to be aware, though, that Scholarly Materials do not include Teaching Materials or University Materials. >>> 13