Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property

Protecting the rights of those who create intellectual property should be a high priority for all UNH faculty and staff.  Find out your role in maintaining the rights to your work and preventing your misuse of others’ work.

Invention Process

The Invention Process starts with an idea.  Find the forms and information needed to protect your idea.

Technology Transfer

Technology transfer is the exchange or sharing of knowledge, skills, processes, or technologies across different organizations.  This process enables scientific and technological developments to be accessible to a wider range of users who can then develop the technology further and use it to create new products, processes, applications, materials or services.

Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs)

Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs) address the exchange of research materials between individuals at separate organizations. Case-by-case negotiation of MTAs often is necessary, particularly when intellectual property or ownership issues are involved.

Copyright Protection

Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. 

Find resources here to help you protect your own work and use others' work responsibly.

Research Support Units

Research Partnerships & Commercialization

The Office for Research Partnerships and Commercialization (ORPC) advocates for, manages, and promotes UNH's intellectual property; promotes partnerships between...