Standard Number 3.2.14: The institution's policies are clear concerning ownership of materials, compensation, copyright issues, and the use of revenue derived from the creation and production of all intellectual property. This applies to students, faculty, and staff.

Full Compliance

The Board of Regents' intellectual property policy is published in the Board of Regents Policy Manual (see § 603). It reads in part:

In many instances, Intellectual Property will become, in whole or in part, the property of the Board of Regents. When this policy speaks to ownership of Intellectual Property by institutions, the Board shall be the owner, and unless ownership has been transferred by the Board to an affiliated nonprofit organization, authority to further allocate or to dispose of rights in such Intellectual Property is hereby delegated to the presidents of the institutions.

In response to § 603.04 of the Board of Regents Policy Manual , which requires each institution of the System to develop policies and procedures for administration of this Intellectual Property Policy, Georgia Southern University has developed its own intellectual property policy and publishes it in the Faculty Handbook (see § 402). In addition, the University also makes the policy available on its web page . Furthermore, as specified in the University's document, the policy pertains to the “respective rights and obligations of the University, its faculty, students, and other employees in Intellectual Property of all kinds now and hereafter existing …”

⁴Board of Regents Policy Manual , § 603.01.