Manage Intellectual Property
Manage Your Intellectual Property for Commercialization
- Intellectual Property Guidesguides McMaster researchers on intellectual property basics and commercialization, produced by MILO
- Basics of intellectual propertymodules and resources for researchers, faculty, and students who want to learn the basics of intellectual property (IP), produced by MILO
McMaster Industry Liaison Office (MILO) helps researchers from all faculties commercialize their research. Contact them for assistance with intellectual property and commercialization.
Manage Your Intellectual Property During Publication
- Sherpa Romeo databasesummarizes publishers’ copyright and open access policies on a journal-by-journal basis
- SPARC Canadian Author Addendum to Publication Agreementallows authors to retain select rights of their published articles
- SPARC Canadian Author Addendum Brochureadditional information for authors to retain select rights of their published articles
- Open Data licensesguidance for McMaster researchers on licensing data and software code for publication, produced by Research Data Management (RDM)
Certain publishers make it difficult for authors to retain rights to their publications. If you publish in a traditional subscription access journal, you may be required to transfer some of your copyrights to the publisher. Contact McMaster Industry Liaison Office (MILO) before giving presentations or publishing work with commercial potential.
Manage Open Access
Open access refers to the principle and practice of making research freely and publicly accessible online.
- Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publicationsrequires that all Tri-agency funded researchers make their peer-reviewed journal articles freely available online within 12 months of publication
- Sherpa Julietprovides information on open access policies of other research funders
- McMaster University Library Open Accessprovides additional information and resources on Open Access; McMaster has agreements with many publishers to reduce open access article processing charges (APCs) for McMaster authors
- SciFreefind open access science-based publishing opportunities available to McMaster researchers
Contact Research Data Management (RDM) Services for guidance on publishing open access data and for assistance with data management planning for open access and reproducibility.
Contact Research Impact (RI) Services for guidance on how publishing openly can enhance your research impact.
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