2015 Code of Virginia
Title 23 - Educational Institutions
§ 23-4.3. Adoption of intellectual property policies; employees to be bound by such policies
A. The boards of visitors of state-supported institutions of higher education and the State Board for Community Colleges shall adopt policies regarding the ownership, protection, assignment, and use of intellectual property.
B. All employees of state-supported institutions of higher education, including the Virginia Community College System, as a condition of employment, shall be bound by the intellectual property policies of the institution employing them.
C. Upon adoption, the boards of visitors of state-supported institutions of higher education, including the State Board for Community Colleges, shall provide a copy of their intellectual property policies to the Governor and the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.
D. For purposes of this section, "intellectual property" means (i) a potentially patentable machine, article of manufacture, composition of matter, process, or improvement in any of those; (ii) an issued patent; (iii) a legal right that inheres in a patent; or (iv) anything that is copyrightable.
1986, c. 358; 2006, cc. 77, 899.
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