CFA faculty advocates recently have seen copies of two draft policies on Intellectual Property Rights that were circulated in the Statewide Academic Senate and in several campus Academic Senates.

The committees that developed these draft policies were made up entirely of administrators and campus/system legal advisors and, in our opinion, the content of these draft policies reflects this fact.

Intellectual Property is covered under Article 39 of our Faculty Contract, and the University Administration is obligated under the Higher Education Employee Reform Act to bargain with CFA over Intellectual Property.

CFA has no intention of allowing the erosion of faculty Intellectual Property Rights, and we have informed the administration accordingly. The draft policies sent out in recent weeks cannot and will not be implemented without CFA meeting and conferring on behalf of faculty in the CSU.

• If you’d like to learn more about Intellectual Property Rights or have a faculty rights question, contact your campus CFA faculty rights representative. 

• See previous Faculty Rights Tips on a range of topics in our contract. 
 
• If you have questions about a faculty rights tip or would like to suggest a tip please write us with the subject line “Faculty Rights Tip.”