On August 26, 1999, President Atkinson issued Principles Regarding Rights to Future Research Results in University Agreements with External Parties. This policy delineates University principles for decisions regarding rights and obligations associated with research results arising from UC's research relationships with external parties. It was developed in response to suggestions from the campuses and Laboratories at the President's Retreat on UC Relationships with Industry in research and Technology Transfer that was held in Los Angeles in January 1997. The policy provides the basic framework for the greater flexibility in the local administration of agreements governing research results that was called for at the retreat.

These core principles will provide direction for the growing number of faculty and administrators involved in new forms of research relationships with industry and other extramural parties, and will allow the University to maintain consistency across the campuses and Laboratories. In addition, the principles should provide University negotiators with a basis to support positions taken during often challenging contract negotiations. Levels of local flexibility within these principles will be based on the individual preferences, capabilities, and resource commitments of each UC site.

The policy was originally developed by a Technology Transfer Advisory Committee (TTAC) working group that included representatives of Business and Finance and Academic Affairs in the Office of the President, and the Academic Senate. In addition to extensive campus, Laboratory and Senate review and input, the policy underwent review by the Council on Research (COR), the Council of Vice Chancellors for Research, and the full TTAC.

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