CURRENT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY
| NO. | BOR
MTG |
SECTION
AFFECTED/ NEW SECTION ADDED |
SUMMARY
OF REVISION |
| 1 | 12/6/85 | Amendments to Patent Policy, Part Two, Chapter V, Section 2.4, New Policy Statements & Guidelines | The entire Intellectual Property (Patent) Policy was rewritten; Approval of three policies regarding license agreements, sponsored research agreements & marketing. |
| 2 | 2/14/86 | Amendments to Part Two, Chapter V, Sections 2.442, 2.452 & 2.4521 | All three subsections were amended to add "or" between each category for classifying discoveries by source of research support. |
| 3 | 10/9/87 | Amendments to Numerous Subsections in Part Two, Chapter V, Section 2.4 | Identifies intellectual property which will be owned by Board (Sections 2.452, 2.453); nonsubstantive editorial & clarifying revisions; clarifies Institutional Patent Committee's role & procedures for reviewing submissions; added new subsections regarding equity interests, business participation & reporting requirements; added new subsection regarding BOR approval of agreements having intellectual property on institutional docket. |
| 4 | 12/3/87 | Changes to Policy Regarding License Agreement with Private Entities | Approval of Policy & Guidelines Relating to IP License Agreement with Private Entities. |
| 5 | 10/13/89 | The Intellectual Property Patent Policy | Internal review requested by two Board of Regents to make IP policy less "restrictive" & "burdensome". |
| 6 | 12/7/89 | Amendments to Part Two, Chapter V, Section 2.49 | Added new subdivision describing approval process for agreements that deviate from the Board's IP Policy. |
| 7 | 6/11/92 | Part Two, Chapter V, Section 2.4 was deleted & renamed Part Two, Chapter XII | Part Two, Chapter V, Section 2.4 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with Part Two, Chapter XII. The policy was revised to clarify certain terms & conditions. |
| 8 | 2/8/96 | Amendments to Part Two, Chapter XII, Section 9.3 | Minor editorial revisions were made to certain subsections. |
| 9 | 5/9/96 | Amendments to Part Two, Chapter XII, Section 2.3 | Expands definition of faculty authored scholarly works & allows faculty member to retain IP rights for scholarly works which are related to faculty's professional field & which are not commissioned by University. |
| 10 | 8/29/96 | Amendments to Part Two, Chapter XII, Section 9.1 & new Chapter XIII was added to Part Two | Amends approval process of legal documents relating to rights in IP; adds new Chapter XIII relating to the delegation of authority for contracts & grants for sponsored research. |
| 11 | 2/12/98 | Amendments to Part Two, Chapter XI, Section 1; Amendments to Part Two, Chapter XII, Sections 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.8, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, & 9.3 | Amendments to Part Two, Chapter XI, Section 1, regarding delegation of authority to the chief administrative officer on behalf of BOR; Amended Chapter XII: to include students under IP Policy; to broaden application of scholarly works; when BOR will own IP; reporting requirements; approval process for legal documents related to IP. Added new section 2.8 regarding use of System facilities by inventor after invention is released to inventor. |
| 12 | 2/12/98 | Adds new policy to Part Two, Chapter XII | Adoption of new Policy & Guidelines for Management & Marketing of Copyrighted Works. |
| 13 | 11/12/98 | Amendments to Part Two, Chapter XII, Section 7.1 | Deletion of approval requirement "as an agenda item" for section relating to System employees & business participation. |
| 14 | 5/13/99 | Amendments to the Policy & Guidelines Sections | Amendments to: Policy & Guidelines for Management & Marketing of IP; and Policy & Guidelines for Negotiation . . . & Approval of Sponsored Research Projects . . . |
| 15 | 8/12/99 | Amendments to Part Two; Chapter XII, Sections 5.22 & 8.1 | Amends & simplifies the approval of released inventions; amends reporting requirement to simplify & make consistent with current state law. |
| 16 | 6/8/02 | Amendments to Part Two; Chapter XII | Changes were made to the entire Intellectual Property policy and the Regental Policies. Here is a copy of the redlined changes. |
Current Intellectual Property Policy
Agreements, Forms and Samples | Intellectual Property Section
University of Texas
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Last updated: August 29, 2002