Table 2.
Overview of intellectual property licensing policy landscape
University | Has publicly committed to general principles of SRL | Plans to endorse SRL within 1 year | Has endorsed specific licensing strategies for promoting access | Has endorsed licensing strategies that prioritise generic production |
---|---|---|---|---|
University College London | Yes | N/A | Yes | No |
University of Edinburgh | Yes | N/A | Yes | No |
University of Manchester | Yes | N/A | Yes | No |
University of Oxford | Yes | N/A | No | No |
Imperial College London | Yes | N/A | No | No |
University of Dundee | Yes | N/A | No | No |
University of Bristol | Yes | N/A | No | No |
LSHTM | No | Yes | No | No |
University of Liverpoola | No | Yes | No | No |
University of Aberdeen | Nob | No | No | No |
University of Nottingham | Nob | No | No | No |
University of Sussex | Nob | No | No | No |
University of Birmingham | No | No | No | No |
University of Cambridge | No | No | No | No |
Cardiff University | No | No | No | No |
University of Glasgow | No | No | No | No |
King’s College London | No | No | No | No |
University of Leeds | No | No | No | No |
University of Leicester | No | No | No | No |
Newcastle University | No | No | No | No |
Queen Mary | No | No | No | No |
University of Reading | No | No | No | No |
University of Sheffield | No | No | No | No |
University of Southampton | No | No | No | No |
University of Warwick | No | No | No | No |
Data from systematic website searches (policies only), self-reporting via electronic survey, and responses to requests for information made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (practices only)
SRL socially responsible licensing, LSHTM London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
aPolicies on intellectual property management in effect at the University of Liverpool do not affect the management of intellectual property at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the latter of which is not included in this study
bResponses to surveys indicated general commitment to principles of SRL by the technology transfer office, but this commitment was not official or public at the time of data collection