MMSU Board Resolution No. 944 Series of 2008 Governing Principles and Policies on Intellectual Property Rights of the Mariano Marcos State University, Batac City, Ilocos Norte

Date Posted: April 4, 2008

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The Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) is a premier higher institution in the north that embodies the pursuit of excellence in the performance of its four-fold function of instruction, extension, research and production. It has established itself as among the top performing State Universities and Colleges of the country as evidenced by its good showing in board examinations, presence of research centers and breakthroughs and award winning researches and extension activities.

The MMSU has proven itself to be an active partner in contributing to the improvement of the quality of life in the region through instruction, research and extension activities. In the exercise of performing its duties as an agent for adding to the body of knowledge through its researches, it saw an increasing number of research outputs in various fields and disciplines. These outputs include works that are copyrightable, generated technologies that are patentable, varieties that need protection and carry potential commercial value.

At the moment, MMSU is slowly creating a niche to become the regional research center for the development of relevant market oriented technologies for agro-industrialization and sustainable development. As it hopes to become an active partner of research centers and organization in the implementation of thematic researches of international relevance, it is imperative that an intellectual property policy be created. This policy aims to increase research and innovation, clarify ownership of intellectual property rights, create opportunities for public use of university innovations and provide for the equitable distribution of monetary and other benefits derived from intellectual property.