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CSE Reference Material:  CSE "Principles Regarding Commercial Activities"  CRA "Best Practices for Commercialization Oversight"  CSE Listing of Activities  CSE Faculty Leaves KUOW Interview: "High Tech Entrepreneurship":  Diorio, Etzioni, Gottesman, 2/28/01 Overview/Primer Material:  Lazowska's Talk on "Software IP" 5/3/00  UW "Brief Guide to IP"  UW "IP Primer"     Patents     Copyright     Trademark     Trade Secrets  UW CSE Commercialization FAQ  Chuck Williams (UWTT SCV) slideset  "An Introduction to Venture Capital" (pdf slides)  "An Introduction to Venture Capital" (UWTV) Authoritative Source Material:  UW Faculty Code Links     Outside Professional Work Policy     Patent, Invention, and Copyright Policy     Employee Conflict of Interest  UW College of Engr. Oversight Guidelines Issues Affecting Both Students and Faculty:  Software Licensing  Who Owns Software?  Disclosure and Ownership  OTL, or not OTL?  Disclosing Technologies to OTL 1  Disclosing Technologies to OTL 2  A Decent NDA for Confidential Software Issues Affecting Faculty:  UW Consulting Guidelines  Corporate Involvement beyond Consulting  UW CSE Leave w/o Pay Guidelines  Cautionary Tale of a (non-UW) Consulting Agreement  Cautionary Tale of a (non-UW) Startup Experience Issues Affecting Students:  Doing UW Research With Affiliate Faculty  Invention Disclosures by Graduate Students  If You Arrive at UW with an Idea  Non-Disclosure and Internship Agreements  An Internship Using UW Code  For Students Starting Companies  OTL, or not OTL?  A Tale of Student Licensing: A Startup  A Tale of Student Licensing: An Established Co.  CSE Faculty Leaves  Legal Advice University of California Policies:  General Guidelines  New UC EECS IP policy  UCB CITRIS IP policy (pdf)  Rich Newton presentation (pdf) Useful Links:  UW Office of IP and Tech Transfer Home  UW OIP&TT Software & Copyright Home  UW OIP&TT Non-Software Home  Cautionary Tales  Recommended Books Archives:  Policy Proposals, 11/98

This page is intended as a repository of information for students, staff, and faculty regarding commercialization, intellectual property, non-disclosure agreements, and related issues. Key resources include the department chair (Hank Levy), the past-chair (Ed Lazowska, during whose tenure much of the department's experience in these matters was gained), the Commercialization Oversight Committee (currently Ed Lazowska and Oren Etzioni), and the Office of Technology Licensing   Office of Technology Transfer   UW Tech Transfer University of Washington Center for Commercialization (UW C4C -- not to be confused with the UW Challenge for Charity (C4C)) (specifically Fred Holt). If you have any involvement, questions, or concerns, consult these individuals. Note that Oren Etzioni, holder of the Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Endowed Professorship, has particular interest and expertise in coaching student entrepreneurs. Student entrepreneurs should be sure to consider the outstanding Business Plan Competition held annually by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Foster School of Business. The high-order bits: UW C4C and the CSE commercialization oversight committee are your friends. Utilize them -- don't try to end-run them. Our experience is that UW C4C adds much more value than it "costs." It's really dumb to "sneak around." Play it straight. Consult UW C4C and the CSE commercialization oversight committee first. Even something as apparently innocuous as a summer employment agreement presented to a graduate student by a company may be fraught with peril. Don't sign these without reading these web pages and/or seeking advice. UW is the "primary employer" of faculty, staff, and students. As such, your UW employment agreement trumps other agreements (e.g., consulting or internship agreements). All commercializable inventions must be disclosed to UW C4C, regardless of whether or not you think UW may have an ownership position. VCs will sometimes attempt to pit you against UW. Don't fall for it. We seek to improve this page! Send us your suggestions. Better yet, implement them!

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