Intellectual Property Rights of Employees

It is assumed that Ranger College shall retain intellectual property rights to all work created by Ranger College employees for use at the College.

Works related to an employee’s job responsibilities, even if he or she is not specifically requested to create them, shall belong to the College as “works-made-for-hire”. The work should be performed substantially at work using work facilities, but use of personal time or other facilities to create the work shall not change its basic nature if it is related to the employee’s job.

“Works-made-for-hire” include but are not limited to: syllabi, curriculum, lectures, notes, tests, reports, documents, materials, ideas, concepts, designs, text, images, data, audiovisual works, information, pictures, specifications, plans, drawings, information and other items, expressions, works of authorship or work product of any kind that was authored, produced, created, conceived, collected, developed, discovered or made in connection with the Work or which relates in any manner to the Work Product.

In any instance when an employee wishes to retain intellectual property rights for newly developed material, an agreement of intellectual property rights must be made between the employee and the College before a course is developed. Any additional compensation for use of these materials must be stipulated in the agreement prior to the start of the course.

An employee who develops new material exclusively on his or her own personal time and uses only his or her personal equipment, software, and materials, may retain intellectual property rights to such course work. All costs incurred in filing for copyright or patent shall be borne by the faculty member.