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BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE
POLICY ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Birmingham-Southern College (“College”) encourages the production of creative
and scholarly research, artistic activity, works and inventions, known broadly as
intellectual property, among faculty, students and staff. The products of this scholarship
may create rights and interests on behalf of the creator, author, inventor, public, sponsor
and the College. The purpose of this policy is to support and reward artistic activity and
scientific research and scholarship, and to help faculty, students and staff identify,
protect, and administer intellectual property matters and define the rights and
responsibilities of all involved. The College faculty and employees are encouraged to
retain a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to allow them and the College to use work
they author or create and intend to publish in furtherance of the College’s academic
mission (e.g., in the classroom, at lectures, etc.). This policy shall not be construed in a
manner that would undermine the academic mission of the College or conflict with the
By-Laws or Charter of the College.
1.
Application of Policy
The policy applies to works created by all classifications of faculty, staff and
students of the College and to non-employees such as consultants and independent
contractors, who create works on behalf of the College, unless a written agreement exists
to the contrary.
2.
Identification of Intellectual Property (“Intellectual Property”)
Intellectual property shall consist of the following:
(1)
Copyrightable material produced from creative and scholarly activity,
such as text (manuscripts, manuals, books, and articles); videos and
motion pictures; music (sound recordings, lyrics, and scores); images
(print, photographs, electronic, and art); and computer software (programs,
databases, web pages, and courseware); and
(2)
Patentable works such as patents (processes, machines, manufactures, or
compositions of matter); devices; and software excluded from copyrighted
materials; and
(3)
Trademarked materials, such as words, names, symbols or logos, domain
names, trade dress, and slogans or any combination of words which has
been adopted by the College to identify itself and to distinguish itself and
its sponsorship from others.
(4)
Trade Secrets
3.
Ownership and Use
(1)
General Rule
. Keeping with the view that one of the College’s primary
benefits to society is the production of original works by its employees
and students, and in order to best encourage such activity, it is the general