Question Re: Intellectual Property Mary Watson 26 Oct 2005 10:16 EST
Dear Colleagues I have a questions regarding intellectual property that has arisen due to a chemistry researcher's activity. He has evidentially registered to have compounds tested at the national Cancer Institute (part of NIH). I simply do not know how to process this information and whether or not it needs oversight by the IP committee, or any other entity on this campus. We have never had this question come up before! This question is precipitated by the just received note from one of our chemist/researchers on campus as follows: ************************************************************************** Mary, We have submitted a compound for testing at National Cancer Institute (it is a novel compound). They will test against approximately 60 diseases (from cancers to Alzheimer's) in test tubes. The first step. Tom Dear Prof Thank you for registering to submit compounds through our online submission application. Your USERNAME is : Your password is : User Names and passwords are case sensitive. The next step is for you to enroll for and install a digital site certificate which will protect the security of your transmitted information. Be sure to enter the DTP, NCI assigned USERNAME above when applying for your certificate. You must install the certificate on a browser that uses 128-bit encryption. Minimum browser requirement: Internet Explorer v4.0 sp2 Netscape v4.6 Mozilla 1.4 or greater. See: http://dtp.nci.nih.gov/dtpcacertenrollinstructions/enroll.html Once you have installed the certificate you may begin providing the structures of compounds you would like to have tested. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Sincerely, Project Manager Contractor, NCI Chemotherapeutic Agents Repository Fisher BioServices *************************************************************************** What should be the role of the Intellectual Property Committee in this - is there a role? I am at a loss as to what to do - if anything! Your guidance will be greatly appreciated. You can respond directly to me if you so choose at xxxxxx@valdosta.edu. Thanks. Mary Mary H. Watson, Ph.D Director Grants and Contracts Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698 Phone: 229-333-7837 FAX: 229-245-3853 E-Mail: xxxxxx@valdosta.edu Web: www.valdosta.edu/grants ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================