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 ### Intellectual properties and commercial reuse
 
-Material which  you create while a student or staff at the University are the [Intellectual Property of the University of Oxford](https://governance.admin.ox.ac.uk/legislation/statute-xvi-property-contracts-and-trusts#collapse1383596).
+In most cases the material which you create while a member of the University are the Intellectual Property of the University of Oxford. In practice this means that [copyright on your work should be attributed to University of Oxford](https://innovation.ox.ac.uk/university-members/commercialising-technology/ip-patents-licenses/software-copyright/) *unless* you are a student working by yourself with the assistnace of no other staff. Please check the [University Statute XVI: Property, Contracts, and Trusts to check whether you can retain personal copyright](https://governance.admin.ox.ac.uk/legislation/statute-xvi-property-contracts-and-trusts#collapse1383596). 
 
 If your work has commercial potential, you should explore opportunities for issuing an academic only license and creating a system for commercial entities to pay for the use of your work. This is in line with [Oxford University Innovation (OUI) recommendations](https://innovation.ox.ac.uk/university-members/commercialising-technology/). OUI are pleased to explore the commercial potential of your work with you and will set up services for commercial licensing.