Faculty Publishing

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Protecting your own work:

Current law protects your copyrightable work, whether or not you have a copyright mark on it. For greater protection and to help establish your commercial rights, register your copyrighted material easily and for a nominal fee.

More information on protecting your work:

"Ensuring a Level Playing Field," from The Department of Congress, deals with intellectual property concerns outside of the U.S. Be sure to contact University Counsel before embarking on any overseas efforts.

The Franklin Pierce Law Center offers IP basics for artists and much other good general information.

The Intellectual Property Law Server has information on laws affecting Patents, Copyrighted Materials, and Trademarks.

Ivan Hoffman Home Page. Ivan Hoffman, B.A., J.D., has many helpful online articles about intellectual property.

National Writers Union is useful for information on contract negotiation with publishers.

The U.S. Copyright Office has downloadable forms and information circulars available for your use.

Intellectual Property Issues for Faculty

Copyown: who owns scholarly property?

University of Texas link on Copyright Management

For more general information on copyright law, visit:

University of Texas "Crash Course" on copyright

Guide to writing and winning grants:

Technology and Learning. Search "Writing and Winning Grants"

Do you know of a good IP link? Let us know!