Intellectual property

We identify, protect, develop and commercialise intellectual property (IP) arising from research at the Crick. 

Our approach

Our goal is to maximise the impact of the Crick’s scientific innovations by ensuring that intellectual property is appropriately identified and managed in a way that also allows for timely dissemination and publication of research findings. 

Appropriate protection of intellectual property is necessary to secure the commercial investment required to develop novel products and technologies from Crick science. This also allows the Crick to benefit from financial returns generated from commercialisation of intellectual property.

We achieve this by:

• obtaining IP protection to enable future commercial development
• helping to secure translational funding to strengthen and add value to IP
• aligning IP development strategies with future partners (e.g. potential industrial licensees, investors and collaborators)
• enabling IP commercialisation, usually via collaborations, licensing and the creation of spin-out companies supported by venture funding