GUIDELINES ON IP

IP created by Grantees at Stanford shall be submitted to the Office of Technology Licensing as per normal Stanford University practice, with an indication that TomKat Center funding has been used to support the work. Copies of such communications should be submitted to the Center. Ownership of intellectual property is governed by Stanford University policy: See Research Policy Handbook 9.1. If Stanford University licenses a patent or copyright (except for institutional works) on which you are an inventor/author, you are entitled to receive a portion of the royalty Stanford University receives from the licensee in accordance with Stanford University’s royalty distribution policy. As a condition of their involvement in a center funded project, advisors and mentors must agree to assign their rights in any center funded invention to Stanford.