Courseware Contracts

When should the
Agreement be effective?

Author's Name:

Additional Authors:

Author's Street Address:

Author's City/State/Zip:

Name of Institution:

When is the author promising to deliver the Work to the University?

Describe the University's resource contributions
to the Work. Check all that apply:

Hardware

Software

Technical assistance

Other assistance

Videotaping

Programming

Teaching load credit

Funding

Is the Work likely to have commercial potential?

If yes, who will have responsibility to market and license the Work?

Faculty author

Both

If the Work is commercialized, what dollar amount of University contribution to the creation of the Work shall University recover from profits?

Certain amounts or types of University contributions are considered ordinary or insignificant. For example, fixed costs such as salaries usually are spent without regard to a particular project. Universities should identify and recover significant resource expenditures.

Shall University recover its contribution:

before profits are shared with all joint owners, or

through profit sharing with all other joint owners?

How shall profits be shared?

50% to the University and 50% to all Authors (to be shared evenly among the Authors if more than one)

Other (describe)

How often should the Work be reviewed and revised to keep it current in accordance with academic standards?

How long should the parties cooperate on these shared responsibilities (marketing, licensing and revising)?

Some basic assumptions are wrong.