Our goal is to be your innovation concierge and industry liaison. If you are creating innovations as a part of your research at the UO, we can help you with many aspects of your innovation journey. Among other things we:
- Help manage the intellectual property rights associated with your work, via copyright, patent applications, and trademark management
- Help you meet compliance requirements by disclosing the works and inventions you created through our Innovation Portal
- Help you connect with companies or organizations interested in licensing innovations from your research
- Help you connect with companies interested in exploring research collaborations
- Offer translational research funds for early stage discoveries and works
- Create contracts that help you meet your goals, including Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDAs), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), Data Use Agreements (DUAs) and Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs)
- We can help you publish your app or publish your content through the UO Digital Press
- We can help you negotiate industry sponsored research agreements. See our Industry Sponsored Agreement Template and read our Process Overview for more information
- We can help you manage working relationships with students
- IPS staff members are available to give presentations about IP management, patents, copyrights, trademarks, data, and the agreements that can affect IP
- If you’re interested in starting a company or learning about the startup process, contact us to set up a meeting.