UCOP

University Copyright Ownership Policies

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UCOP (University Copyright Ownership Policies) is an interactive semantic database of university copyright ownership policies. The database pages look at who owns the copyright to various categories of work produced by university staff, faculty, and students; exceptions to those default rules; and overall policy clarity.

Creative Commons cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information contained herein. None of the information contained in this database should be construed as legal advice. Consult with your university legal department if you have questions about your university's policies.

	Mainurl	Policy URL
Arizona State University	http://www.asu.edu/	http://www.abor.asu.edu/1_the_regents/policymanual/chap6/6-908.pdf
Arkansas State University	http://http://www2.astate.edu/	http://faculty.astate.edu/handbook/200X/FinalHandbookSectionIII.pdf
Austin Community College	http://www.austincc.edu/	http://www2.austin.cc.tx.us/admrule/4.02.006.htm
Baylor University	http://www.baylor.edu	http://www.baylor.edu/content/services/document.php?id=42369
Boise State University	http://www.boisestate.edu	http://itc.boisestate.edu/copyright/policy/policy.htm
Brigham Young University	http://www.byu.edu/	http://ipsinfo.byu.edu/ippolicy.htm
Carnegie Mellon University	http://www.cmu.edu/	http://www.cmu.edu/policies/documents/IntellProp.html
Dartmouth University	http://www.dartmouth.edu/	http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Eosp/resources/policies/dartmouth/copyright.html
Duke University	http://www.duke.edu	http://www.provost.duke.edu/pdfs/IntelProp.pdf
Georgia State University	http://www.gsu.edu/	http://www2.gsu.edu/%7Ewwwosp/IntellectualPropery/IPFINALAPPROVEDPOLICY12-9-02-ForWeb.PDF
Harvard University	http://www.harvard.edu/	http://otd.harvard.edu/resources/policies/IP/
Idaho State University	http://www.isu.edu/	http://www.isu.edu/fs-handbook/part4/4_1/4_1j.html
Indiana State University	http://www.indstate.edu/home	http://www.indstate.edu/adminaff/handbook/AppendixJ.pdf
Indiana University	http://www.indiana.edu/	http://www.indiana.edu/~deanfac/acadhbk/IPPolicy_Adopted_050208.pdf
John Hopkins University	http://www.jhu.edu/	http://jhuresearch.jhu.edu/JHU_Intellectual_Property_Policy.pdf
Kansas State University	http://www.k-state.edu/	http://www.k-state.edu/academicpersonnel/fhbook/fhxr.html
Louisiana State University	http://www.lsu.edu/	http://appl003.lsu.edu/oip/oip.nsf/%24Content/Chapter%2BVII
MIT	http://web.mit.edu/	http://web.mit.edu/policies/13/13.1.html
Michigan State University	http://www.msu.edu/	http://www.hr.msu.edu/HRsite/Documents/Faculty/Handbooks/Faculty/ResearchCreativeEndeavor/vi-copyrightedmaterial.htm
Mississippi State University	http://www.msstate.edu/	http://www.msstate.edu/dept/audit/7601.html
Montana State University	http://www.montana.edu/	http://www2.montana.edu/policy/faculty_handbook/fh900.html
New Mexico State University	http://www.nmsu.edu/	http://research.nmsu.edu/docs/IP/intelPropPP.html
North Dakota State University	http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/	http://www.ndsu.edu/policy/190.htm
Northeastern University	http://www.northeastern.edu/neuhome/	http://www.facultysenate.neu.edu/documents/facultyhandbook.pdf
Northern Arizona University	http://home.nau.edu/	http://www.abor.asu.edu/1_the_regents/policymanual/chap6/6-908.pdf
Ohio University	http://www.ohio.edu/	http://www.ohio.edu/policy/15-015.html
Open Universiteit Netherlands	http://www.ou.nl
Oregon University	http://www.uoregon.edu/	http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/rules/OARS_500/OAR_580/580_043.html
Princeton University	http://www.princeton.edu/	http://www.princeton.edu/patents/intelprop.htm
Purdue University	http://www.purdue.edu	http://www.purdue.edu/policies/pages/teach_res_outreach/viii.4.1.htm
Rice University	http://www.rice.edu/	http://www.professor.rice.edu/professor/Copyright_Policy_No_334.asp?SnID=1041649025
Rutgers University	http://www.rutgers.edu/	http://policies.rutgers.edu/PDF/Section50/50.3.7-current.pdf
Stanford University	http://www.stanford.edu/	http://rph.stanford.edu/5-2.html
The Catholic University of America	http://www.cua.edu/	http://policies.cua.edu/IntellectualProperty/index.cfm
Tufts University	http://www.tufts.edu/	http://techtransfer.tufts.edu/?pid=13#copyright
University of Alabama	http://www.ua.edu	http://www.ua.edu/academic/facsen/handbook/Appendix%20H%20-%20Copyrightable%20materials%20%28adopted%202005%29.html
University of Arizona	http://www.arizona.edu/	http://ott.web.arizona.edu/IP_policy.pdf
University of California System	http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu	http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/coordrev/policy/8-19-92.html
University of Colorado	https://www.cu.edu/	https://www.cusys.edu/regents/Policies/Policy5K.htm
University of Illinois	http://www.uillinois.edu	http://www.uillinois.edu/trustees/rules.cfm#art3
University of Michigan	http://www.umich.edu/	http://www.lib.umich.edu/node/21154
University of Notre Dame	http://www.nd.edu/	http://www.nd.edu/~research/policies/IP.html
University of Pennsylvania	http://www.upenn.edu/	http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/v47/n24/ORcopyright.html
University of Utah	http://www.utah.edu/portal/site/uuhome/	http://www.regulations.utah.edu/research/7-003.html
University of Washington	http://www.washington.edu/	http://www.washington.edu/faculty/facsenate/handbook/04-05-07.html
University of Wisconsin	http://www.wisconsin.edu/	http://www.uwsa.edu/fadmin/gapp/gapp27.htm
Vanderbilt University	http://www.vanderbilt.edu/	http://www.vanderbilt.edu/facman/FacultyManualPartIII.pdf
Weber State University	http://www.weber.edu/	http://documents.weber.edu/ppm/5-41.htm
Yale University	http://www.yale.edu/	http://www.yale.edu/ocr/pfg/policies/copyright.html