My own experience of IP policy by a university was when my institution decided in the early noughties to require all staff to sign an IP legal agreement. I had been working there some 8 years by this point. I looked over the legal agreement, objected to a couple of clauses, and proposed amendments back to the uni IP lawyer, just like I've done with IP agreements in subsequent roles I've had. I never heard a thing back from the lawyer - result was I never signed the damned thing, so wasn't bound by its provisions. I ended up with a much more rights than if the uni had agreed to my amendments in the first place!
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