The Awareness Level of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) at KSA Universities

This paper measures the awareness of the Saudi community, especially at universities, towards intellectual property. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the level of researchers' and publishers' awareness of IP in Saudi Arabia, using the online survey method. The survey contains demographic data along with 15 points divided into four sections: personal information, knowledge towards intellectual property, which reflects "Age group, profession, university and verification of understanding of the term IP (5 items); publishers awareness toward intellectual property, which demonstrates the extent to which publishers' rights have been violated and what are their actions towards this act (3 items); researchers awareness toward intellectual property, which reflects the extent to which researchers know the inclusion of references and copyright preservation (4 items); and Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property, which reflects knowledge of the existence of the Saudi Authority for IP and the suggestions (3 items).