HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICIES AND GUIDELINES
1985 TO PRESENT
CURRENT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY
| Item No. 9 | Date of BOR Meeting: 5/9/96 | Sections Affected/New Section Added: Amendments to Part Two, Chapter XII, Section 2.3 |
SUMMARY OF REVISION: Expands definition of faculty authored scholarly works & allows faculty member to retain IP rights for scholarly works which are related to faculty's professional field & which are not commissioned by University.
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2.3 The Board will not assert an interest in faculty authored scholarly works, art works, musical compositions and dramatic and non-dramatic literary works related to the faculty member's professional field, regardless of the medium of expression, unless such work is commissioned by the System or a component institution of the System or is a work for hire pursuant to Subsection 2.4.
These amendments expand the definition of faculty authored scholarly works to cover new types of publications such as CD-ROM products and allow a faculty member to retain intellectual property rights for scholarly works which are related to the faculty member's professional field and which are not commissioned by the University.
Current Intellectual Property Policy
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