St. Mary's University's Intellectual Property Policy was approved by the Board of Trustees in 2011. It addresses policies concerning copyright, patents, trademarks, and research materials.
The Open Access "movement" is attempting to make more results of academic research freely available online, without most of the normal copyright restrictions. The movement is gaining ground in academia, especially in the sciences, due to federal guidelines that require that publications and data resulting from federally-sponsored research be deposited in free-access repositories.
To learn more about this exciting new wrinkle in the scholarly communications landscape, check out the Open Access tab above.
This PowerPoint presentation was used in 2006 as a faculty workshop. Links to websites have been updated. At the end of the presentation is a listing of fair use-related court cases through the date of the presentation.