- IPR guideline for studentsGreat idea – now what? Use the guidance below to check whether you’re free to market your idea yourself, or in other words: whether you own the intellectual property rights (IPR) to the idea. During your studies, you may have to establish the ownership of IPR. To head off any disputes, you’ll need to conclude agreements before starting an internship, study activity or research project. This way, you’ll know what your rights are if an invention, design or idea turn outs to be the answer to an economic or social need. Students regularly come up with inventions, concepts, software or theses (hereinafter jointly referred to as ‘ideas’) that are of interest to existing companies or may form the basis for a start-up. Such ideas are valuable: the application of knowledge (including academic knowledge) can boost the economy and help address social issues. Your university or university medical centre (UMC) will be happy to encourage them. To this end, the previously issued IPR guideline for university start-ups has been
- Legal affairs & lawyer supportLawyers who work at University of Twente’s (UT) Department General Affairs (GA) support the Executive Board, faculties, institutes and service departments of the UT on divergent fields of law, such as: Education law (interpretation of the Higher Education and Academic Research Act, advise about education and examination regulations) Administrative law Contract law (draft and judge research driven agreements, such as confidentiality agreements, research agreements and IP transfer agreements) Company law (advise about the establishment or dissolution of legal entities) Intellectual Property Rights (advise about intellectual property rights) LAWYERS STAFF LAWYER mr. H.W.H.M. (Erna) van der Zandt h.w.h.m.vanderzandt@utwente.nl 053 489 2010 IN-HOUSE LEGAL COUNSEL TEAM mr. P.G.C. (Peter) van Roosmalen (Coordinator) p.g.c.vanroosmalen@utwente.nl 053 489 4118 06 12 18 57 73 mr. F. (Frank) Groot f.groot@utwente.nl 053 489 4118 06 20 44 04 12 H. (Hidde) Eidhof h.b.eidhof@utwente.nl 053 489 4118 06 28 37 19 87 W. (Wesley