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

Innovation & Intellectual Property
Table 15.4: Impact of institutional IP policy on commercialisation
Impact of institutional Yes No Don’t know
IP policy on your
commercialisation of
research output
Number % Number % Number %
Supports researchers in
recognising discoveries that
may have commercial value 57 37.5 18 11.8 77 50.7
Outlines whether institution
will claim any ownership
or associated rights to
IP from publicly funded
research (including research
conducted by postgraduate
students) 47 31.5 12 8.1 90 60.4
Defines the way in
which benefits from the
development and exploitation
of the IP will be allocated 43 29.1 15 10.1 90 60.8
Makes provisions for
conducting surveys to see
how much of the publicly
funded research produces
patents and commercial
outcomes such as spin-off
companies 33 22.3 20 13.5 95 64.2
Provides legal frameworks
for IP that spell out clearly
the ownership of IP 46 30.9 16 10.7 87 58.4
Encourages and strengthens
links between the research
base and industry 44 30.1 20 13.7 82 56.2
Assigns to institution
ownership of results and first
right to inventions 25 17.1 20 13.7 101 69.2
Between 17% and 37.5% of the researchers showed an understanding
of the potential impact of their institution’s existing institutional policy on
improving the commercialisation of their research outputs (Table 15.4), while
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