Management of Intellectual Property in Publicly-funded Research organisations:
Towards European Guidelines
The report summarizes the opinion of a group of experts assembled by the European Commission on the management of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Directed primarily at research universities and research centers funded by publics funds, the report is designed to help them identify the processes, good practices and the implications of a more active involvement in the innovation process through the management of IPR and other policies and tools such as interaction with industry and the creation of new companies.
Link
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/era/pdf/iprmanagementguidelines-report.pdf