Intellectual Property Policy at the
University of Notre Dame

Applicability
This policy applies to all faculty, staff, students, and others who make use of University facilities, equipment, or other resources or who receive funds from the University in the form of salary, wages, stipend, or other support, but not including undergraduate student financial aid.

The University will ordinarily waive its rights to intellectual property created by student creators where the use of University facilities, equipment, or other resources has been properly authorized, except when:
    - faculty or staff involvement is substantial,
    - the work is part of a larger University work or specifically       commissioned by the University,
    - the use of facilities, equipment, or other resources is
      substantially in excess of the norm for educational
      purposes, or
    - the intellectual property resulted from the student's
      employment with the University.

All aspects of the ownership and administration of intellectual property arising from University Research that is funded in whole or in part by an external sponsor, specifically including matters dealing with royalties, will be governed by this policy and the terms of the agreement between the University and the sponsor.