IPIRA assists companies and UC employees to find the best mechanisms to enable collaboration, research and/or support, all within the policy frameworks companies and the University operate within. We have identified some of the most prominent policies below.

Intellectual Property Policies

• UC Intellectual Property Policy
• UC Patent Policy
• UC Copyright Policy
• Other Useful Sites (at UCB and elsewhere)
• UC Equity Policy
• UC Systemwide Policies and Guidelines (UCOP)

Industry Guidelines

• Guidelines on University - Industry Relations
• UC Guidelines for sponsored research agreements
• C&G Manual

Conflict of Interest

• Conflict of Commitment - APM 025 [PDF] (UCOP)
• UC Principles

Research on campus

• Research profiles at UC Berkeley
• Research in the 10 campus UC system
• Berkeley Guide to Corporations

Organizations

• Association of University Technology Managers
• Licensing Executives Society
• National Council of University Research Administrators