I-230 Intellectual Property

The College endeavors to develop and maintain a post-secondary educational system marked by academic excellence. Developing original, creative, inventive, and innovative works requiring intellectual property protection is vital to the academic community. The College may create or commission the creation of such works on its behalf and adopt as its policy the traditional commitment to Employee and Student ownership in scholarly work.

The following provisions shall determine the ownership rights to creation, but a written agreement between the creator and the College or other sponsoring entity may modify ownership.

INSTITUTIONAL WORKS

Intellectual property rights in institutional works belong to the College. Institutional works are works made in the course and scope of employment by Employees or by any person using College Resources unless the resources are available to the public without charge or the creator has paid the requisite fee to utilize the resources. Course materials up to the level of the syllabus are examples of institutional works; examples include, but are not limited to, title, Student outcomes, and Worldwide Instructional Design System (WIDS) documentation.

SCHOLARLY WORKS

Intellectual property rights in scholarly works belong to the Employee or Student who created the work unless an agreement with the College or sponsoring entity provides otherwise. Scholarly works are creations that reflect research, creativity, and academic effort. Scholarly works include course materials beyond the level of the syllabus (such as daily lesson plans and lectures), journal articles, literary works, works of art, computer software/programs, electronic works, sound recordings, musical compositions, and similar creations.

PERSONAL WORKS

Intellectual property rights in personal works belong to the creator of the work. Personal work is work created by an Employee or Student outside their scope of employment and without the use of College Resources other than resources that are available to the public or resources for which the creator has paid the requisite fee to utilize.

STUDENT WORKS

Intellectual property rights in Student work belong to the Student who created the work. Creative work by a Student to meet course requirements using College Resources for which the Student has paid tuition and fees to access courses/programs or using resources available to the public is the Student's property. Work created by a Student Employee during the course and scope of employment is institutional work, and intellectual property rights to such creation belong to the College unless specifically agreed otherwise.

Employees are responsible for adhering to all legal and ethical requirements per applicable laws when developing intellectual property.

The College shall undertake any efforts it deems necessary to preserve its rights in original work for which the College is the sole or joint owner of intellectual property rights.

The President/District Director or designee is responsible for monitoring intellectual property.