The Ithaca College
Intellectual Property Policy
Proposed Revisions
Faculty Council Presentation
October 1, 2013
The History
The Intellectual Property Committee (IPC) convened
during the 2011 spring semester and again during
the 2012 spring semester to conduct a
comprehensive review of the college’s Intellectual
Property (IP) Policy. Before this time, the most
recent revision of the policy was in 2001 and there
had been no formal evaluation of the policy in light
of significant developments in technology and
distance learning. In addition, the ownership rights
related to IP produced exclusively or in collaboration
with students had not previously been addressed by
the policy.
The 2011 Committee
Traevena Byrd, Associate General Counsel
Diane Gayeski, Dean, Park School of Communications
Rob Gearhart, Associate Dean, Graduate and Professional
Studies
Paul Hamill, Director of Gifts and Sponsored Programs,
Institutional Advancement
Bashar Hanna, Associate Provost
Michael Pagliarulo, Professor, Physical Therapy
Alex Perialas, Assistant Professor, Music Performance
Scott Ulrich, Associate Professor, Chemistry
Patty Zimmermann, Professor, Park School of
Communication
The 2012 Committee
Traevena Byrd, Associate General Counsel
Diane Gayeski, Dean, Park School of Communications
Rob Gearhart, Assistant Provost for Online Learning and
Extended Studies
Amy Gerney, Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy
Ari Kissiloff, Assistant Professor, Strategic Communication
Alex Perialas, Associate Professor, Music Performance
Peter Rothbart, Professor, Music Theory, History &
Composition
Scott Ulrich, Associate Professor, Chemistry
Significant Substantive Changes
Amends and clarifies the purpose and scope
of the policy:
Defines the term “employee” with regard to
faculty, staff and students
Extends policy coverage to students who are
engaged in certain activities within the College
Separates policy statements on conflicts of
interest and research misconduct
Significant Substantive Changes
Purpose and Scope, continued:
Removes “promotion of employee
entrepreneurship” as a primary aim of policy
Removes requirement that employees have
primary allegiance to the institution in their
commercial pursuits
Significant Substantive Changes
Updates the list of possible patentable
creations
Establishes procedures for the submission and
review of invention disclosures:
Clarifies areas of responsibility for review and
disposition of invention disclosures
Establishes timeframes for stages of review and
notification
Clarifies inventor rights if College defers
Significant Substantive Changes
Former “General Provisions” section was
removed and incorporated elsewhere in the
policy
Proposed section 2.20.2 is now “Royalty
Sharing” (formerly section 2.20.3)
Significant Substantive Changes
Former “Royalty Sharing” section is now
moved to 2.20.2
Updates the royalty sharing schedule to allow
for Inventors to keep a larger percentage of the
accumulated net income
Removes departmental share in royalty sharing
schedule but adds a reference that it is to be
incorporated into the College’s share at the
discretion of the Provost and the VP for Finance
and Administration
Significant Substantive Changes
Former “Copyrights” section is now moved to
2.20.3
Defines “substantive use” of College resources
more specifically
Significant Substantive Changes
Clarifies faculty copyrights
Updates the list of possible copyrightable works
Clarifies college ownership of course information
that is submitted for institutional approval as
separate from faculty ownership of intellectual
property of the course
Significant Substantive Changes
Clarifies student copyrights
Confirms that students own copyright to their
work that is designed and produced as part of a
course or other academic requirement, or is
substantially designed by a student or students
under faculty supervision outside of an
academic context
Significant Substantive Changes
Clarifies student copyrights
Clarifies that the College owns copyright to
students’ work that is designed or produced
outside of a course and is not created within the
context of an academic requirement, but is
supported by an unusual contribution of College
resources
Significant Substantive Changes
Clarifies student copyrights
Provides for students to be granted a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use
the works that they create outside of a course
or academic requirement that is supported by
an unusual contribution of College resources
Questions?
Traevena L. Byrd, J.D.
Associate General Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
Division of Human and Legal Resources
Ithaca College
tbyrd@ithaca.edu