The Intellectual Property (IP) Policy at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) recognizes that universities are institutions committed to the creation and dissemination of knowledge. The IP Policy affirms the University’s commitment to academic freedom, to a rich and vibrant public environment, and to a healthy local and regional economy. The University supports these endeavors by encouraging, fostering, and protecting scholarship, research, service and creativity.

EKU recognizes the need to protect the intellectual property rights of faculty, staff, students, and the University. It also acknowledges the importance of contributing to a supportive, enabling environment for the University regarding IP. The IP Policy addresses the customary distribution of any benefits arising from activities in which the University and its members are jointly engaged including public recognition and, where appropriate, financial remuneration. It excludes traditional academic scholarly works from its purview and attempts to articulate and balance the sometimes-competing interests involved in IP in a fair, manageable, and productive manner.

Current Policy (Approved, January 2005)

IP Committee Members