4. IP at the University of Queensland and other workplaces

The University of Queensland IP policy

The Intellectual Property Policy regulates the ownership and protection of the University’s Intellectual Property.

As a UQ undergraduate or postgraduate coursework student

In most cases, undergraduate or postgraduate coursework students, who are not employed by UQ:

  • own the IP they create as students, and
  • the university has automatic permission to use it for education, teaching and research purposes.

Examples would include if you publish an article or create an app as part of your academic work.

External collaboration

As an undergraduate or postgraduate coursework student at UQ, if you collaborate with external entities on research projects you are expected to assign IP to the University before project commencement, if there is potential for IP to be created.

If you are a coursework student in that situation, we recommend you read the IP policy and check the Intellectual Property information from the Graduate School for Higher Degree by Research (HDR) candidates at The University of Queensland.


Your IP as an employee

As an employee it is likely that the IP of anything you develop in the course of your work will belong to your employer.

Moral rights may remain with you even if your copyright is assigned to another party.

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Licence

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