Student Handbook - Southern University New Orleans

It shall be the responsibility of the originator of the Intellectual Property to demonstratethat this ownership classification applies as outlined in (IV B. "Invention (ConfidentialTechnical Description) Statement of Intellectual Property".F. Consulting1. An employee who anticipates engaging in off-campus consulting shall inform theappropriate dean and department chair prior in writing to commencing the endeavors.The employee must communicate the scope of such off-campus endeavors tothe dean and chair from whom the approval is requested. These activities include:independent off-campus research, or consultation and other related activities inwhich a third party may claim an ownership interest.2. Employees of the University engaging in consulting agreements or otherwise employedby an external company shall ensure that the company is either anticipatingor has executed a license agreement with the University. The consulting or otheragreement shall be submitted to the university president, Chancellor, Vice Chancellorfor Academic Affairs, Dean and Chair of the unit to which the consultant reportsroutinely.3. The University does not ordinarily assert ownership to Intellectual Property producedby those involved with consulting. In cases where use of University resourcesoccurs to support the consulting activity, there should be negotiation between theconsultant and the university Chancellor, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs,Dean and Chair of the unit or units wherein the resources are housed to determinedisposition of the intellectual property.G. Ownership of Copyrighted WorksIn keeping with academic tradition, except to the extent required by the terms of anygrant or sponsored research agreement, the University does not claim ownership to pedagogical,scholarly or artistic works, regardless of their form of expression.H. Student Works1. Ownership of copyrights to works produced by enrolled students that are producedoutside any University employment and are not sponsored or commissioned works,shall reside with the student creator(s). In all cases a student's graduate thesis ordissertation shall be deemed a student work under this policy, but as a condition ofenrollment and awarding a degree, the University reserves an irrevocable, nonexclusive,free-of-cost and world-wide right to reproduce in any media and distributeto the public, on a non-commercial basis, copies of said theses and dissertations,unless to do so would impair the ability of the creator to commercially or professionallyexploit the work.2. If a use of the work by the University is reasonably determined by the originator toimpair the exercise of such rights, the University shall discontinue the impeding usebut otherwise shall remain free to use the work.125