Tag Archives: independent contractor

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

Do I Need To Own The Intellectual Property?

By joeNovember 9, 2012contracts, independent contractor, licensing

This is a question that we encounter fairly frequently, usually when a consultant (artist, business consultant, software engineer) is contracting with a company to provide deliverables (a design, business plans, software). Often both sides will feel that they should “own” the intellectual property in the work product. The company doesn’t want the consultant to take