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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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The University and an outside sponsor may agree in advance that if inventions or discoveries result from the research, one of the following options may obtain: (1) The invention or discovery will be placed in the public domain; or (2) The University will negotiate in good faith for an exclusive license to the sponsor within a stated period of time after the filing of a patent application or, in the event an exclusive license is not granted to the sponsor or another, the sponsor will be given a right to obtain a nonexclusive license on terms not less favorable than those granted any other nonexclusive licensee; or (3) An exclusive or nonexclusive license will be granted to the sponsor which stipulates a consideration therefor and includes a right by the University to terminate the license within a stated reasonable period of time if aggressive development of the invention is not demonstrated. Provision may also be made for licensing of third parties with stipulated royalty sharing on inventions made and owned jointly by the University and the sponsor. Implementation of these rules shall be based on procedures developed by the University Patent Committee and approved by the president. Recommendations for exceptions shall be made by the Patent Committee to the president for approval by the Board of Trustees.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth, these revisions were approved. Distribution of Income Received from Reproduction of Jane Addams Papers, Chicago Circle

(17) Microfilm Corporation of America, a wholly owned subsidiary of the New York Times Company, proposes to manufacture, publish, sell, and distribute a microform edition and microform anthologies of the Jane Addams Papers Collection in the Chicago Circle Library. Royalties of 15 percent will be paid to the University. The University Committee on Copyrightable Works has reviewed this proposal and has recommended that 25 percent of the net royalties received by the University be distributed to the developer of the work, Mary Lynn McCree, curator of Jane Addams Hull House and manuscripts librarian in the Chicago Circle Library. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth, this recommendation was approved. Contract, Marketing of Educational Materials, Center for Educational Development, Medical Center

(18) From 1975 until 1981, the University, on behalf of the Center for Educational Development at the Medical Center campus, contracted with outside firms to market educational materials developed by the faculty of the center. The royalty distribution agreement was approved by the University Committee on Copyrightable Works in accord with the policies of the Board of Trustees. In recent years, despite an increase in materials to market, the income from these contracts has been decreasing. T o correct the trend, the center issued a request for proposals, to which six marketing firms responded. A review of the proposals revealed that only one, Robert B. Morden, Inc. of Chicago was experienced in both the health care and education fields. Further, its proposal contained plans to expand significantly the marketing activity. T h e distribution agreement provides that the firm's expenses are taken from its share of gross sales; thus, no University funds are required to meet the contract's terms. If the marketing plan