Ivory Tower IP: How Academic Innovation Meets the Law

About this episode

Vincent LoTempio discusses the complexities of intellectual property rights in academic settings.

In this insightful episode, registered patent attorney Vincent LoTempio breaks down the complexities of intellectual property (IP) rights within academic and research institutions. Vincent covers how universities typically claim ownership of inventions, what inventors can negotiate upfront, the legal impact of publishing research, and why provisional patents matter. This episode is a must-listen for researchers, university faculty, and students seeking to understand how to protect and commercialize their ideas before it’s too late.

People in this episode

Host: Vincent LoTempio

Topics covered

• intellectual property
• academic innovation
• patent law
• research commercialization
• university policies

Keywords

• intellectual property
• patent attorney
• academic innovation
• research institutions
• provisional patents
• ownership of inventions
• publishing research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: universities, academic and research institutions, intellectual property (IP)

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