Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1984 [PAGE 190]

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suited in the maximum utilization of the materials by the public and should not be renewed. It appears that the general availability of the courseware materials will be improved if the authors may negotiate terms with publishers in the same manner as faculty authors deal with publishers of textbooks which they develop. This concept is incorporated in recent recommendations from the Committee on Copyrightable Works for amendments to the copyright provisions of the General Rules, which have been referred to the University Senates Conference for advice in accordance with the University Statutes and will be presented to the board for consideration on a later date. In the meantime, the University Committee on Copyrightable Works has recommended that, with the exception of P L A T O materials which the University has specifically commissioned, the University elect not to act as the distributor or marketer of P L A T O courseware or lessonware developed or produced with the use of the University's P L A T O facilities. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d .

Licensing Agreement with Bioanalytical Systems

(18) T h e University has been negotiating with Bioanalytical Systems (BAS) of Indiana to grant an exclusive license to BAS to manufacture and sell a Universityowned, computer-controlled instrument known as the "cybernetic potentiostat." The license covers this nonpatentable University instrument design and all associated University know-how, technology, and inventions, now existing or developed during the five-year term of the agreement. T h e licensee is required to protect the confidentiality of University information. The rights of the sponsoring Federal agency are preserved. T h e license provides for University receipt of royalties at a 9.5 percent rate applied to the net sales price of the device, with a minimum yearly royalty payment of $5,000 to maintain exclusivity. If the licensee fails to pay any $5,000 annual minimum royalty subsequent to the first such payment, the license converts to a nonexclusive basis. T h e original license period expires June 30, 1988, at which time the parties may negotiate the terms for any continuation. The University has the right to purchase the instrument at a discount and to make and use the device for its internal purposes. The University Committee on Patents has reviewed the terms of this licensing agreement and recommends approval. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d .

Royalty Sharing under Duosoft Corporation Contract

(19) T h e University executed an agreement with Duosoft Corporation in 1982 for its use of University-owned P L A T O computer system software. T h e authors of the software have requested that fifty percent of the royalty income received by the University under this contract be distributed to them. T h e University Committee on Copyrightable Works has reviewed this matter and recommends that fifty percent of net royalty income received by the University under this contract be distributed to the authors. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d .

Recommendations of University Patent Committee

(20) T h e University Patent Committee recommends that the actions described below be taken in regard to inventions made at the University of Illinois. Background information concerning the individual cases has been sent to the Committee on Patents of the Board of Trustees.