Intellectual Property

May 31, 2023

I. Intellectual Property Policy 1. Preamble The primary functions of a University are education, research, the expansion of knowledge and the application of that knowledge to advance the common good. It is in the context of advancing the common good that Washington University in St. Louis supports and encourages efforts directed toward bringing the fruits […]

University’s Relationship with Faculty Startup Companies

July 1, 2001

To facilitate technology transfer, the university needs to provide an organizational structure and procedures through which inventions and discoveries made in the course of university research are made readily available to the public through channels of commerce.