NSU University School Faculty, Staff and Employee Handbook

85 selected by the Patent Administrator. The third individual, to be chosen by the first two (2) members, will be an attorney who is not acquainted with the Staff Member nor has done any work for the University, and who has at least five (5) years of experience in the practice of copyright or patent law, depending on the type of matter involved. Neither the Staff Member nor the Patent Administrator will appoint himself/herself to the Select Committee. If the Staff Member and Patent Administrator cannot timely agree on the selection of an attorney to serve as the third member as set forth in Article V C. herein, then the Chairperson of the University's Board of Trustees shall choose such attorney. H. “ Sponsor ” will mean any individual, corporation, government agency, or other non-University source of funds for support of either a specific project or a specific Staff Member. I. “ Staff Member ” will mean any member of the faculty, staff, administration or a student- employee of the University. J. “ Time of Employment ” will mean the period of time during which the Staff Member is employed by the University. K. “ University ” will mean Nova Southeastern University. L. “ Works ” will mean instructional-related materials created by the Staff Member during his/her Time of Employment, including, but not limited to, course syllabi; tests, quizzes, exams, exercises, and assignments; lectures that are fixed in a print, audio-video, electronic, or digital form; reading lists; bibliographies and recommended readings; laboratory manuals (except to the extent such manuals are published by a publishing company for sale beyond the University); visual materials such as tables, charts, diagrams, transparencies, films, and film strips, photographs and illustrations; video and/ or audiotape readings, performances, programs; computer programs and software; and multimedia materials and projects incorporating some or all of the above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, excluded from the above definition of Works, and consequently reserved to the Staff Members, are the following items which are not created as an institutional initiative: books or chapters in books whether created in paper or electronic format (the term “books” includes manuals, supplements, and tests related thereto); manuscripts; theses and dissertations; articles; poems; musical work; dramatic works (including any accompanying music or artistic images), pantomimes and choreographic works, pictorial, graphic and sculptural works and other works of artistic imagination. ARTICLE II PREAMBLE Nova Southeastern University, with primary concern for the education and training of students and the advancement, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge, recognizes that its Staff Members may produce copyrightable materials, patents, and inventions, which further support these goals. The multiplicity and diversity of fields of endeavor, the complexities of technologies, and the speed with which change occurs mandate the establishment of a coherent system which manages both the process of creation and discovery and the fruits there from. Thus, this policy intends to foster the sharing of the fruits of creation and discovery to support and encourage intellectual undertakings, subject to current laws and regulations.