The primary purpose of this IRR is to provide protection and incentives to encourage both the discovery and development of new knowledge and its transfer for public benefit. A secondary purpose is to enhance the generation of revenue for the University and creators. Revenues accruing to the University as a result of the commercialization of intellectual property covered in this manual will be for the purposes of advancing the University’s mission. The University is guided by the following objectives:

1. To ensure that the mission of the University is advanced;
2. To optimize the environment and incentives for research and for the creation of new knowledge at the University;
3. To bring the results of research and scholarship into practical use for the public benefit as quickly and effectively as possible;
4. To protect the interests/rights of faculty, staff, and students through their investment in research and scholarship.

The Board of Regents on its Special Meeting on July 30, 2007 at CHED Central Office, Pasig City, passed Resolution No.62, s.2007 approving the “Policies on Intellectual Property of the Tarlac State University”. By virtue of the TSU administrative order No. 20, s.2007 dated August 7, 2007, the “Office of the Intellectual Property” of TSU was established effective August 8, 2007 under the Office of the President then it was later placed under the Office of the Vice-President for Research, Extension, and Planning.

The establishment of the Intellectual Property policy of the University is intended to strengthen current protection of the reputation of the name “Tarlac State University” and their variations and appendages.

This is the first university-wide policy to provide the necessary protections and incentives to encourage its employees and students both in the discovery and development of new knowledge and its transfer for public benefit; and to enhance the generation of revenue for the University and creators. A description of the mechanism for distribution of revenues received from the Intellectual Property is included in the policy statement. The KISS Guide in Intellectual Property from the Intellectual Property Philippines (IPOPhil), Implementing Rules and Regulations of the University of the Philippines Los Baňos, and the primer “Getting Ahead with Intellectual Property” developed by the IPOPhil and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation were used as references in the development of this IRR.