Southeastern Louisiana University

Southeastern's Intellectual Property Policy

Southeastern Louisiana University recognizes that research and scholarship should be encouraged without regard to potential gain from licensing fees, royalties, or other such income; however, the University also recognizes that patentable inventions and discoveries may arise from faculty, staff, and student research. The policies governing the administration of such inventions should provide adequate recognition and incentive to inventors and at the same time ensure that the University will share in the rights pertaining to inventions in which it has an equity. Any incomes accruing to the University shall be used in the furtherance of the University’s academic mission, e.g., instruction, research, and public service. Decisions as to the disbursement of such funds shall take into account recommendations by the Intellectual Property Committee.

This policy is intended to support faculty, staff, and students in identifying and protecting Intellectual property, defining the rights and responsibilities of all involved, administering intellectual property matters, and establishing support offices to provide the required assistance.  It also stipulates how much income generated should be distributed to the creators or developers and to the University.

Consistent with the policies of the University of Louisiana System, Southeastern Louisiana University’s Intellectual Property Policy provides the following objectives:

  1. To encourage research and scholarship as creative academic endeavors while recognizing that commercially valuable intellectual properties may result from such endeavors;
  2. To delineate procedures to encourage creators to report discoveries with broad commercial potential and public benefit and to assist them, while at the same time safeguarding the interests of all concerned parties;
  3. To make intellectual property developed in the course of academic research available to the public under conditions that will promote its effective and timely use and development; 
  4. To optimize the environment and incentives for research and scholarly activity and for the creation of new knowledge;
  5. To ensure that the educational mission of the University is reinforced.

Southeastern Louisiana University’s policy on intellectual property can be found at
http://www.selu.edu/documents/policies/intellect_propty.pdf.

as found in 
Faculty Handbook- Part VI: Other Policies and Procedures - Section R. Intellectual Property
Classified Employee Handbook - Part VI: Other Policies and Procedures - Section R. Intellectual Property
Unclassified Employee Handbook - Part VI: Other Policies and Procedures - Section R. Intellectual Property