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8 Many people may be involved with the work that leads 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. If you are supervising students or collaborating with others, you need to look at the other sections as well. Compliance of Arrangements - It is your responsibility to ensure that any arrangements which you may have with others about IP 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. It also applies to arrangements with third party publishers. Use of the IP of others - You must ensure that any use of IP created by a third party is lawful. This could be IP in things like software or biological materials. UMIP can help you with this. OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY The University of Manchester consistently receives a high number of intellectual property (IP) and invention disclosures from its research and related staff members

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