Questions regarding the specific terms and conditions of individual contracts and grants, or regarding rules, regulations and statutes applicable to the various government agencies, should be addressed to the University's Office of Sponsored Research. The Office of Sponsored Research , the Office of Technology Licensing , the Office of the Dean of Research and the Legal Office are available to advise on questions arising under this policy, and to assist with the negotiation and interpretation of the provisions of proposed formal agreements with third parties, as described earlier in this section. Trade or service marks relating to goods or services distributed by the University shall be owned by the University. Examples include names and symbols used in conjunction with computer programs or University activities and events. Consult the Office of Technology Licensing for information about registration, protection, and use of marks.
Trade secrets are proprietary information.
All research involving proprietary information owned by others is subject to the University's Policy Guidelines on Openness in Research , as adopted by the Senate of the Academic Council. This policy can be found in the Research Policy Handbook document 2.6. 4. The University encourages the prompt and open exchange, for others' scholarly use, of software, firmware and biological material resulting from research. See Stanford's policy on Tangible Research Property , Research Policy Handbook document 5.3. 5. Copyright protection does not extend to any idea, process, concept, discovery or the like, but only to the work in which it may be embodied, illustrated, or explained.