Individual Effort Clause Samples
The Individual Effort clause defines the expectation that a party, typically an employee or contractor, will personally perform the work or services required under the agreement. This clause often stipulates that the individual cannot delegate or subcontract their responsibilities to others without prior consent from the other party. By ensuring that the named individual is directly involved, the clause helps maintain quality, accountability, and the specific expertise or skills that motivated the agreement in the first place.
Individual Effort. Right to copyrightable materials or patents that are generated as a result of individual initiative and not as a specific College assignment shall reside solely with the author or inventor.
Individual Effort. Income derived from materials and patents produced from the individual initiative of College Faculty, as defined above, shall accrue solely to the author or inventor.
Individual Effort. Any academic employee who produces copyright-eligible material as the result of individual initiative and without the assistance, support or sponsorship of the college shall retain full right of ownership, control, use and disposition over the material. The individual shall be solely responsible under such circumstances for determining whether to copyright the material. The academic employee is not required to report to the college his/her copyright-eligible material.
Individual Effort. Any faculty member who produces intellectual property as the result of individual initiative and without using any resources of the College shall retain full right of ownership, control, use, and disposition over the intellectual property. The faculty member shall be solely responsible under such circumstances for determining whether to copyright the property. The faculty member is not required to report to the College any intellectual property or copyrightable materials.
Individual Effort. Rights to copyrightable intellectual property generated as a result of individual initiative and not as a specific College assignment and with only incidental use of College facilities or resources shall reside solely with the author/creator/inventor. These materials shall include only those which the author/creator/inventor could have developed even in the absence of employment at the institution.
Individual Effort. Royalty income derived from intellectual property produced from the individual effort of College personnel and students as defined above shall accrue solely to the author or inventor. Royalty income derived from individual efforts, which are complemented by College time, facilities and/or resources, as defined above, shall accrue solely to the author or inventor. However, repayment to the College must be made by the individual(s) concerned as outlined above, which also outlines the other rights of the College in these cases.