Geographical Indication (GI) options for Ethiopian Coffee and Ghanaian Cocoa

Innovation & Intellectual Property
Table 15.2: Impact of institutional IP policy on dissemination
Impact of institutional IP
policy on your knowledge
dissemination
Provides for a review process
to identify IP that can be
protected and exploited
Guides researchers in assessing
the existing IP that may affect
their freedom to operate in
their field of research
Recognises the rights and
needs of all stakeholders
involved in the research
Provides guidance in relation
to potential conflicts of
interest concerning ownership,
management, protection and
exploitation of IP
Clarifies staff responsibilities
in relation to IP, including the
prevention of premature public
disclosure of research results
prior to obtaining IP
Reviews IP and associated
commercial activities and
outcomes
Has provisions to track the
research projects that are
publicly funded
Yes No Don’t know
Number % Number % Number %
55 34.6 16 10.1 88 55.3
63 40.6 10 6.5 82 52.9
65 41.7 10 6.4 81 51.9
66 42.3 9 5.8 81 51.9
65 41.4 7 4.5 85 54.1
47 30.1 19 12.2 90 57.7
47 32.2 18 12.3 81 55.5
ownership of results and first right to inventions. A further 13.7% stated explicitly
(and falsely) that the Act did not make such a provision. In addition, 64.2% of
researchers did not know whether their institutional IP policies made provisions
for conducting surveys to see how many publicly funded research endeavours
produced patents and commercial outcomes such as spin-off companies; whether
the policies defined the way in which benefits from the development and exploitation
of IP would be allowed (60.8%); or whether the institution would claim
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