LEGAL POLICIES
It is the responsibility of the Vice President for Student Affairs and University Counsel to
coordinate all legal matters for the University and to disseminate relevant legal information to appropriate university divisions in a timely manner.
Distance learning courses that involve the performance and
display of audiovisual and other copyrighted works are guided by the
Educational Fair Use Guidelines for Distance Learning. (See Appendix 7.A.)
A
faculty member has the right to trademark or copyright any literary material
and to patent any invention unless duties of the employment contract or program
agreement charge the employee with, or include, the duty of producing material
for the University to copyright or trademark or to develop an invention for the
University to patent. The University
shall own copyrighted or trademarked materials or patented inventions developed
totally or partially on university time with the use of university materials or
facilities or with university funding.
(See Faculty Handbook for
patent policy.)
In
special circumstances, faculty members may negotiate with the University
concerning copyright, patent, and trademark issues.
See Appendix 7.B for a copy of the University’s Policy on Faculty Produced Materials, Books, and Lab Manuals.
Use of university owned computer resources is governed by the University of North Alabama Information Technologies Acceptable Use Statement. (See Appendix 5.F.)
(http://www2.una.edu/compcenter/statement.html)
No
UNA course may be offered by a faculty member for another college, university,
agency or private corporation without the written permission of the Vice
President for Academic Affairs.
Additional guidelines concerning outside employment appear in the UNA Faculty Handbook.