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Office\u003Cbr>Executive Sponsor: Senior Vice President, Academic\u003Cbr>Approval Authority: Algonquin College Executive Team\u003Cbr>Date First Approved: 2005-02-23\u003Cbr>Date Last Reviewed: 2022-12-20\u003Cbr>Mandatory Review Date 2024-12-20 |  |\n| \u003Cbr>PURPOSE |  |\n| To establish the ownership of intellectual property (IP) on the creation and development of works within the College, as identified in any agreements and supplementary documents. |  |\n| \u003Cbr>SCOPE |  |\n| All employees, volunteers, and students and associates (persons who are not employees or students of the College) who engage in projects using the College’s employees, students and/or resources. Note this policy does not apply to the licencing of teaching materials which is covered under policy AA33 . |  |\n| \u003Cbr>DEFINITIONS |  |\n| Word/Term\u003Cbr>ARO\u003Cbr>Client\u003Cbr>Collaborative Research Agreements (CRA)\u003Cbr>Confidentiality Agreements\u003Cbr>Copyright | Definition\u003Cbr>Applied Research Office\u003Cbr>A College department or employee or third party (an external company, agency, person, or organization) that seeks to and/or does collaborate on research projects through the Applied Research Office.\u003Cbr>Collaborative Research Agreements (CRA) are written agreements between Clients and the College that delineate the terms and rights and responsibilities of each party in a research project undertaken collaboratively between the College and the Client.\u003Cbr>Confidentiality Agreements are executed between the College and a third party to protect the IP of both parties. They may also be called a NonDisclosure Agreement (NDA) .\u003Cbr>Copyright means the right to produce, reproduce and copy works. Only the copyright owner has the right to decide when and how the work is tobe copied. Copyright protection is automatic once the work is created, and applies whether or not a copyright statement appears on the material. For the purposes of this policy, copyright means, in relation to a work, the sole right to produce or reproduce the work or any substantial part of the work in any material form, including without limitation, in electronic form and to communicate electronic copies of the work. |\n\nWord/Term Definition  \nIntellectual Property (IP) Means any form of knowledge or expression created by one's intellect that can be legally protected, including technical information, inventions, models, drawings, photographs, specifications, prototypes, computer software, curriculum and teaching materials and other creations that can be protected under patent, copyright, trademark, integrated circuit topography, plant breeders rights and industrial design laws. For the purposes of this policy, confidential information having a commercial value is to be considered Intellectual Property  \nLicensing Agreements Licensing Agreements relate to written agreements between the College  \nand third parties, in which the College grants the third parties the right to use materials proprietary to the College (or proprietary to others, and in which the College has licensing rights) upon terms and conditions set out in the written agreements.  \nMoral Rights Whether or not the College owns the IP rights of a work, and in particular  \nthe copyright therein (pursuant to the Copyright Act, 1985), it will take steps to respect the moral rights of the authors or creators of the work. 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