Tag Archives: copyright

What About Joint Authorship?

By joeNovember 19, 2012copyright, licensing

Sometimes we have clients ask about sharing copyright with another party. Often multiple parties feel like they should “own” the rights to a particular created work. Although sometimes it can make sense, usually it is not what the parties want to have happen. US Copyright law allows sharing of copyright in what is called a

Dealing With Pre-Existing Copyrightable Contractor Work Product

By joeNovember 19, 2012business-law, copyright, independent contractor, licensing, software

Fairly often a contractor will create a customized version of something for a client based on a template: a customized version of a software program, a customized presentation or publication. In that situation, the contractor usually wants to be able to use the template again, but the client wants to feel like they own the