Contents
What is UMIP? 6
What does UMIP do? 8
How is UMIP organised and governed? 10
Organisational chart 11
What is Intellectual Property (IP)? 12
What is IP Commercialisation? 14
Why commercialise? 16
The commercialisation process 18/19
What do you do if you have an idea? 20
Funding innovation 22/25
Key components for success 26
The Innovation Centre (UMIC) 28
For initial UMIP contacts, please see insert at the back of this guide.
For further information about UMIP, please see our website: www.umip.com
© UMIP 2015, UMIP is a division of UMI
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