Scope

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Reason for Policy

The Intellectual Property Policy (UA-24) was adopted by the Indiana University Board of Trustees in May 2008. That policy assigns a portion of IP revenues to the campuses. 

c) Campus units that have been involved in the development of the intellectual property, such as departments in which the Creator hold FTE appointment, centers initiating or managing project contracts and grants, and the relevant school, shall share 15% of net revenues. Campus faculties shall develop policies governing the distributions of such revenues among campus units in a manner appropriate to the campus, and adhering to the principle that a unit’s degree of direct engagement in intellectual property development shall be reflected in its share of revenues. These policies permit and encourage units that cooperate in support of projects that generate intellectual property to execute agreements in advance concerning distribution of the campus units’ share of revenues.

At IU Indianapolis, the 15% of net revenue governed by section 3.A.i.c of the IU intellectual property policy shall be distributed according to the following table, depending on whether departments and/or centers were involved in the creation of the intellectual property. Deans will determine for their units what constitutes a department or center for the purpose of this policy. This distribution shall also apply to revenues reassigned to the originating school under section 3.A.i.b of the policy.

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Procedures

The table shown below provides the recommended distribution of the 15% net revenues among the possible units. Each of the given columns refers to a possible case involving the presence or absence of one or more units. For example, the last column, for which the entries for departments and centers are left blank, corresponds to the case where no departments and centers have been involved, and the entire 15% of net revenues should go to the school.

Moreover, it is recommended that the units receiving the returned revenues use the given funds in support of the research, scholarship, and creative activity that produced it.

Additionally, if the conditions arise that result in the 15% of net revenues from section 3.A.i.(b) to be assigned to the originating administrative unit, it is recommended that the distribution of the given revenue be determined based on the conditions defined in the table above.

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History

On May 9, 1997, the Board of Trustees adopted the Intellectual Property Policy (UA-05, Intellectual Property Policy) to implement the Statement of Principles on Intellectual Property (March 31, 1994) and to replace the patent policy in effect at that time. Updates to the policy became effective July 1, 2008, following approval by the Board of Trustees on May 2, 2008.

An update to UA-05 was approved by the University Faculty Council on March 26, 2013 and became effective April 11, 2013 upon approval by the Board of Trustees.

UA-05 was revised by the UFC and Board of Trustees in 2014.

This new policy was drafted in 2024 along with UA-23, Intellectual Property: Copyrightable Works, to replace UA-05, Intellectual Property Policy. The Policy was made effective upon approval by the Board of Trustees on June 14, 2024.

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