What types of intellectual property controls are there on course materials?
A. The curriculum is copyrighted by Cisco Systems. Access to the curriculum should be provided only to students enrolled in Networking Academy classes and Information Systems (IS) personnel within the institution offering the program. Appropriate firewalls to protect this information from unauthorized access are required. Academies may not copy, directly or indirectly, Cisco published materials (including web pages), or any parts of the text, graphics, logos or trademarks from Cisco published materials, or engage in distribution of Cisco copyrighted material. Further, Academies are not allowed to develop courseware that is substantially similar to the one-semester online curriculum, nor are they allowed to state or imply that the curriculum is anything but Cisco property.
