North Dakota State University

"If there has been Significant Use of Institutional Resources to create a Copyrightable Work, the ownership of which is vested in the individual employee . . . . The Institution shall be reimbursed for the Significant Use of any facilities, personnel or resources, except those considered part of the normal academic environment including library facilities."

Work For Rent or Hire. Defined pursuant to Federal Copyright Law which includes a Work prepared by an employee within the scope of employment or a Work created pursuant to a written agreement identifying the Work as a Work for Hire.

• a. Self-initiated Mediated Courseware. When employees develop Mediated Courseware without specific direction by the Institution, unless otherwise agreed, the ownership of the courseware shall remain with the employee. Normally, no royalty, rent or other consideration shall be paid to the employee when that Mediated Courseware is used for instruction at the Institution and such Mediated Courseware shall not be used or modified without the consent of the employee. While the Creator is under Institutional employment, the Mediated Courseware shall not be sold, leased, rented or otherwise used in a manner that competes in a substantial way with the for-credit offering of the employee's own Institution unless that transaction has received the approval of the chief academic officer of the Institution. The Institution shall have a perpetual, non-exclusive royalty-free right to use such courseware for archival research purposes. Should approval be granted to offer the course outside of the Institution, the provisions of section 4b of this policy shall apply.
• b. Institution-directed Mediated Courseware. When the Institution directs in an employment contract the creation of a specific Mediated Courseware, the resulting Mediated Courseware belongs to the Institution and the Institution shall have the right to revise it and decide who will utilize the Mediated Courseware in instruction. The Institution may specifically agree to share revenues, pursuant to the General Patent Policy with the employee(s) receiving a minimum of 30 percent of the net royalties and fees, and control rights with the employee.