Policy on Intellectual Property Rights
Faculty
A faculty member who creates any form of intellectual property shall be
the sole owner of that property, except when the faculty member and Coker
College enter into a specific agreement to share ownership of a specific
intellectual property or when the college provides unusual funds, facilities
or other support for the creation of the property.
Students
In the case of intellectual property created by a student, the student
shall be the sole owner of the property unless that property was created
under contract to the college or the college provided unusual funds, facilities
or other support for the creation of the property. In such cases, specific
agreements between the College and the student will determine the nature
of ownership of the property.
Staff
In the case of intellectual property created by a staff member, the ownership
of the property will be held by Coker College when that property was created
as part of the contractual obligations of the staff member. In cases where
the property was created as a result of activities external to the contract
or when the College has provided unusual funds, facilities or other support
for the creation of the property for activities external to the contract,
ownership of the property shall be determined by specific agreement between
the staff member and the College.
