Helming Sociological Intellectual Property Law: A Contrastive Treatise of Public Universities in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Abstract: The drive concerning inquiry monetization at universities has emphasized the significance of Intellectual Property policies or procedures in nurturing innovation and directing and overseeing inquiry monetization engagements. This treatise embraces a sociological content dissection of Intellectual Property policies or procedures of two Freetown public universities, centering on strategy aspirations, interpretation of Intellectual Property, proprietorship of Intellectual Property generated by diverse originators, and circulation of net monetization incomes. It is discovered that these universities guarantee proprietorship over staff originated Intellectual Property, specifically whilst associated to job or application of academy funds. For students, policies incline to match their entitlements amidst university shares or stakes, amidst subtle avenues for divergent sorts of student involvement, although the attention of these policies was on postgraduate students engaging in inquiry pursuits. Although these two policies had evident blueprints for Intellectual Property originated by guests and associates and community and Intellectual Property, these policies desist to define classifications or these cohorts. Income distribution classifications differ although holistically grant something between a third to a half of net income to originators, to equally recognize their input and motivate more innovation. Policies involved a wider scope of aspirations, from guarding and monetizing Intellectual Property to promoting innovation and communal advantage, mirroring changing approaches across the tertiary pedagogical precinct. Policies might improve from more precision in specify ranges especially the entitlements of students or other originator cohorts. Inquiry is required to evaluate the potency of these policies and their impact on innovation and monetization engagements.