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b. Responsibilities of the Associate Provost for Research
The Associate Provost for Research is responsible for the implementation and administration of this copyright policy and for securing copyrights in the University's name.
The Associate Provost for Research shall:
- Develop standards and procedures appropriate for the implementation of this policy;
- Advise the author as to ownership of copyright in a work;
- Promptly consider all reports of materials and determine the circumstances of creation to establish whether the work involved significant use of University facilities, personnel or resources, was a work made for hire, or was the product of the creator's initiative. Such determinations will be made within 30 days;
- Determine whether to copyright a work in the University's name, or to waive some or all of those rights in favor of the work's creator;
- Determine whether the copyrightable work in which the University holds an interest is marketable, and if so, take appropriate steps in behalf of the University for marketing the work, including transferring the University's rights to the Alumni Patents Foundation or another entity;
- Establish guidelines for distribution of royalties when the University and the work's creator share in the copyrights;
- Distribute royalties accruing to the University as a result of the implementation of this policy.
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