Encoded Works/Software for Administrative Activities Sample Clauses

Encoded Works/Software for Administrative Activities. The District may hire an individual or entity to develop software or other encoded works to be used in the District’s administrative activities. The District shall maintain ownership of the intellectual property rights in such encoded works. Similarly, the District shall have ownership of the intellectual property rights in encoded works created by an employee, even where the work was created out of the employee’s own initiative, if the work is related to the employee's job responsibilities. For example, if an employee in the student records office creates a software program on his own initiative that will organize student records, such work is related to the employee’s job duties and will belong to the District. Where an employee creates a program that does not relate to his or her job duties, and that program was created on the employee’s own time, the work belongs to the employee.

Encoded Works/Software for Administrative Activities. The district may hire an individual or entity to develop software or other encoded works to be used in the district’s administrative activities. The district shall maintain ownership of the intellectual property rights in such encoded works. Similarly, the district shall have ownership of the intellectual- property rights in encoded works created by a faculty member, even where the work was created out of the faculty member’s own initiative if the work is related to the faculty member’s job responsibilities. Where the faculty member creates a program that does not relate to their job duties and that program was created on the faculty member’s own time, the work belongs to the faculty member. Jointly Created Works: Ownership of jointly created works shall be determined by separately assessing which of the above categories applies to each creator, respectively. Rights between joint owners of a copyright shall be determined pursuant to copyright law.