UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY 

The prompt and open dissemination of the results of research and creative work among scholars and, eventually, to the public at large is essential to the University's mission of education and research.  The commercial development and distribution of the results of research and creative work to benefit the inventor or creator and the economy is part of the University's mission of public service.  The Intellectual Property Policy is intended to facilitate the commercial development of intellectual property arising at the University and to provide an incentive to University inventors or creators to participate in such development while acknowledging the University's primary goal of the discovery and dissemination of knowledge.

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