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OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Many people may be involved with the work that leads up to the creation of IP and the work that subsequently reduces it to practice. They can be University staff and students or collaborators from elsewhere, such as other universities, NHS Trusts or commercial companies. Many of the people involved in the process will not own any of the IP that is eventually generated. Just supervising someone else���s work, for example, will not in itself give any rights to IP. The legal rules about ownership of IP are different for employees of the University and non-employees such as students, consultants and employees of other bodies. This Guide therefore looks at the ownership of IP in three sections, dealing with University employees, students and others separately. You can, of course, go to the section which is directly relevant to you. However, it may be that, if you are supervising students or collaborating with others, you need to look at the other sections as well. It is your responsibility to ensure that any arrangements which you may have with others about IP you have created do not conflict with your obligations to the University under the IP Policy. This will apply in particular to consultancy agreements and sub-contracting arrangements with other institutions and to any arrangements which you make with third party publishers. You must ensure that any use made of IP created by a third party is lawful. UMIP is able to provide assistance to you in this regard. The University of Manchester consistently receives a high number of intellectual property (IP) and invention disclosures from its research and related staff members 8

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