I Am A Volunteer Board Member Of A Small Non-profit And Developed Some Relevant Software That I Want To Test With The Non-profit And Eventually Spin Off. What Are The Ip Rules Here?
Location: Maryland, USA
For some context, my day job is as an engineer, and in my free time I volunteer as a board member of a local conservation group. In order to address a need I saw in our organization, I developed software that could fill the gap. I can see the potential for this technology to help with larger conservation efforts, and would like to spin it off down the line into a separate non-profit.
I have a good relationship with the rest of the board, and will be recusing myself for the votes to have my software's pilot program approved. We haven't discussed the awkward situation on who owns the software. It doesn't seem like they want to claim it, but if the pilot goes well, we might want to write some grants to fund further development of the software (since it takes a while to start the nonprofit).
I wouldn't want to ever charge this non-profit for the software, but I'd like to be able to develop it using the orgs resources if possible. I believe that it will be mutually beneficial. How do I secure my IP in this situation, if its under threat at all?
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