Back in March, the UK Secretary of State for Innovation Universities and Skills, John Denham, invited the Vice Chancellor of Lancaster University, Paul Wellings to look at the issue of university intellectual property and research benefits. The question posed was “how universities should manage their IP for their own benefit and the wider economy”. This work was one of a number of external contributions to a broader Higher Education Debate.

Paul Wellings report has been published today, for details and links to the report site click here# .

Feel free to post your reactions to this report or up-load any other related material to the IP forum .