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Intellectual Property and e-thesesTheo Andrew
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Intellectual Property and e-theses:
What you need to know
Intellectual Property and e-thesesTheo Andrew
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JISC Legal publication:
“Intellectual Property and Electronic Theses”
Andrew, T (2004)
<http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/ipr/IntellectualPropertyPub.htm>
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Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
• Copyright
• Trademark
• Designs & models
• Patents
• Database
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Copyright
- Most applicable IPR
- Automatically granted, with conditions
- Economic, moral and paternal rights
www.intellectual-property.gov.uk
©
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Patent Law
- Must be applied for
- Specific conditions
- Prior publication
www.intellectual-property.gov.uk
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Database Rights
- Amendment to the CDPA 1988.- Similar to ©- However 3 main differences.
www.intellectual-property.gov.uk
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Determining copyright ownership in theses
- Normal course of employment(Custom & practice differ in UK HE!)
- British theses authored under the conditions of your institutions rules & regulations
- Typically, thesis author owns copyright(not always)
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Alternate scenarios
- Institution ?
- CASE-partners ?
- Research councils X
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Agreements
• Deposit Licence• Thesis restriction and the
Freedom Of Information Act• End User Licence
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Elements of the Deposit Licence:
• Depositor’s declaration
• Repository’s Rights & Responsibilities- Digital Preservation
- Access & Distribution
- Metadata
- Legal responsibility
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E-theses & the FOIA
- Complications start with thesis restrictions
- Right of access regardless of IPR ownership
- Unless valid exemption applies
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Possible FOIA exemptions:• The material is due for publication, or the
author is actively seeking to publish the material.
• The release of the material would prejudice substantially the commercial interests of any person.
• The material includes information that was obtained under a promise of confidentiality.
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End User Licence Agreement
- Defines what rights users have on downloaded material.
- Offers protection against potential misuse.
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Licence.
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IS THE THESIS GOING
ONLINE?
WHO OWNS THECOPYRIGHT?
(14-18)
WHO OWNS THECOPYRIGHT?
(14-18)
3RD-PARTY(E.G. CASE-PARTNER)
STUDENT
INSTITUTION
3RD-PARTY(E.G. CASE-PARTNER)
INSTITUTION
STUDENT
IS THE THESIS TO
BE RESTRICTE
D?(40-41)
GAIN PERMISSION OR REMOVE ITEMS
DEPOSIT LICENCE(to include):
Depositor’s declaration (24)Digital Preservation (34-36) Metadata (38)Legal Responsibility (39)
APPENDIX A
DEPOSIT LICENCE(to include):
Depositor’s declaration (24)3rd party © clearance (25)Rights & Responsibilities (31-33)Digital Preservation (34-36)Access & Distribution (37)Metadata (38)Legal Responsibility (39)
APPENDIX A
FOIA EXEMPTIONSAPPENDIX B
END USER LICENCES
APPENDIX C
DOES THE THESIS
CONTAIN ©
MATERIAL?
(26-30)
IS THE THESIS TO
BE RESTRICTE
D?(40-41)
END USER LICENCES
APPENDIX C
FOIA EXEMPTIONSAPPENDIX B
THESISREPOSITORY
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NONO
YES
Flow chart highlighting the legalrequirements for publication of e-theses
(numbers in parentheses refer to the appropriate
paragraph in the text body)
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Thank you for listening!
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