SELF QUIZ

Intellectual Property:
Examples and Illustrations
There are six questions in this top frame to test your knowledge about Stanford University's intellectual property policies. Each presents a situation involving the creation of intellectual property, and asks you to determine whether, in that situation, the intellectual property must be disclosed and assigned to Stanford.

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  1. A Visiting Scholar has an idea for a new book while at Stanford.

    1. There IS a requirement to disclose and assign ownership to Stanford

    2. There is NO requirement to disclose and assign ownership to Stanford


  2. A graduate student creates a potentially patentable invention in the course of her dissertation research.

    1. There IS a requirement to disclose and assign ownership to Stanford

    2. There is NO requirement to disclose and assign ownership to Stanford


  3. A faculty member works as a consultant for a company developing information that is proprietary to the company. The work is done at the company's facilities.

    1. There IS a requirement to disclose and assign ownership to Stanford

    2. There is NO requirement to disclose and assign ownership to Stanford


  4. A staff member works on her own time writing a book about her experiences at Stanford.

    1. There IS a requirement to disclose and assign ownership to Stanford

    2. There is NO requirement to disclose and assign ownership to Stanford


  5. A faculty member's research, funded by the American Cancer Society, has led to a potentially patentable invention.

    1. There IS a requirement to disclose and assign ownership to Stanford

    2. There is NO requirement to disclose and assign ownership to Stanford


  6. A staff member is assigned the task of developing new online training materials.

    1. There IS a requirement to disclose and assign ownership to Stanford

    2. There is NO requirement to disclose and assign ownership to Stanford


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