This paper is intended to assist staff in UK further and higher education establishments who are involved in the use and creation of intellectual property as part of Business and Community Engagement (BCE) activities.
A vast amount of copyright material is created by staff and students in further and higher education institutions throughout the UK . The material may be academic in nature, such as teaching materials and articles, or may be produced in the course of BCE activities, such as consultancy and research reports.
But when a work is created in an institution, who owns the intellectual property rights? Is it the institution or the individual? This briefing paper will consider what the law says on this issue. This paper can be accessed in pdf format here - Business and Community Engagement - Whose IP is it anyway? - BCE.