UGI ULA has as main labor to foster the respect to intellectual property rights of the creations generated by researchers, teachers, research scholars, administrative, technic and labourer staff, as well as students of the Universidad de Los Andes and third parties. In order to achieve this, UGI ULA is based on the following principles:

Principle of Cooperation

The Universidad de Los Andes works hard to achieve the collective aims of spreading the knowledge that the members of the university community produce, and that exclusively or partially belong to the university. UGI ULA supports the researchers with resources that encourage their intellectual production. Likewise UGI ULA is willing to recognize the researchers’ participation in the economic benefits according to the proportion established in the norms currently mentioned.

Principle of Authorship Presumption

The Universidad de Los Andes considers as an author the person or people whose name or pseudonym appears reflected in the intellectual works.

Principle of the Good Faith

The Universidad de Los Andes recognizes the teaching staff's authorship in intellectual production, as well as the research, the administrative, the technic, the student and the working staff's authorship. In addition the university presumes that the institution has never been involved in infringement of intellectual property rights of third parties. In case of infringement of intellectual property rights the offender is totally responsible for the damages.

Principle of Auctor is Support

In case of conflict or doubt when understanding or applying norms, the most favourable will always be applied to the author or creator of the intellectual property.

Principle of Responsibility

The ideas expressed and spread in the Universidad de Los Andes and shown by all the research, administrative, technic, working and student staff of the university are of total responsibility of their authors and do not endanger the official thoughts of the institution.

Principle of Patrimony Integrity

The intellectual products generated from associated work, contracts or agreements, consultancies or within work ties are considered as part of the patrimony of the Universidad de Los Andes, except when the opposite is clearly expressed.

Principle of Commercialization

The Universidad de Los Andes is able to commercialize the intellectual productions generated from teaching, research and extension activities with the character and effects of an entitled owner of the productions.

Principle of Intellectual Respect

As part of the education values that the university advocates, this institution promotes the honesty, the originality, and the pride that every author should feel for developing the intellectual works, as well as the respect for everybody else's work.