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● The Bog and all dining facilities;
● Public places;
● Public restrooms, lobbies, reception areas, hallways and other common use areas in public
buildings, apartment buildings and condominium buildings;
● Within 25 feet of the entrance to enclosed public buildings or places; and
● Recreational areas including enclosed sports arenas, stadiums, swimming pools, ice and roller
rinks, arcades and bowling alleys.
Further, Illinois Tech requires students, faculty members, employees and guests wishing to smoke to do so at least 25 feet away from the entrances, windows and air intakes to any building.
Violations of the no smoking policy should be reported to the building representative who shall forward them to the appropriate administrative officer.
Q. Student Intellectual Property
1. Work Done for Course Credit or Degree Requirement
Work done for course credit by students, including IPROs, and work done by a student as a degree requirement, including master’s theses, Ph.D. theses and comparable final projects, as such theses and projects are required to be substantially the original work of the students, are not considered university- owned for purposes of Illinois Tech’s copyright and patents policies. All such works belongs exclusively to the students, and in such situations, the fact that a faculty member may provide constructive criticisms, editorial suggestions or other forms of guidance does not change this fact, as such undertakings are a normal and customary part of a faculty member’s duties. Faculty or staff members wishing to use any such student-created work for their own purposes or for Illinois Tech purposes must obtain the student’s consent and, at a minimum, provide adequate credit to the student.
In general, if work done for course credit by students is a collaborative effort among a group of students (e.g. IPROs), meaning each such student actively participated and contributed to the creation of the work, then, each student will likely be deemed a creator/inventor of the work, and each student will have the right to use and allow others to use the work without the need to secure the consent of and without obligation to the others. Prior to commencement of a collaborative effort, participating students should consider the merits of entering into a written agreement among themselves setting forth various matters related to the ownership and use of such works, including, without limitation, how and when such work may be used. In any event, even absent an agreement, students should always give appropriate attribution to all team members involved whenever the work is used or authorized for use. The foregoing is intended as merely a general statement. Students must understand that the actual rights of each student participating in a particular collaborative effort will ultimately be determined by applicable patent, copyright or other intellectual property rights statutes and the facts and circumstances of the particular collaborative effort.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the course description contained in the Undergraduate or Graduate Bulletin clearly states language akin to the following:
“The applicable academic unit hereby gives notice of its desire to secure a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free license solely to use, at its discretion, student-created work produced in [Insert Course Name and Number], with appropriate attribution, for its own non-commercial and educational purposes, including to promote the programs of the academic unit. Unless the student submits a written notice to the Dean of the College indicating that they do not agree to grant such a license by the last regularly scheduled day of the course, then the student shall be deemed to have granted the foregoing described license.”
then the academic unit may so use work done for course credit by a student. The foregoing exception does not apply to work done by a student as a degree requirement, such as a master’s thesis, Ph.D. thesis and comparable final project.
2. Work Done with Third-Party Sponsorship
Ownership of and the right to use work created as part of a research project that is sponsored or funded by
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