Intellectual Property

• Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce such as trademarks and patents.

  • UWS intellectual property policy
  • Plagiarism is presenting someone else's work as your own and is illegal. It can be avoided by referencing all your sources correctly.
  • Turnitin is a text matching system designed to assist students to avoid plagiarism.
  • Copyright is legislation governing the re-use of the intellectual work of someone else. For further information please contact the UWS copyright officer.