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Can a Mexican employer really claim rights to IP created before the start of employment if not declared?
THE EMPLOYEE expressly acknowledges that pursuant to Article 163 of the Mexican Labor Law, all rights to any inventions, improvements and any intellectual property rights
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Legally "give" Intellectual Property without explict charge?
Summary: I'm an IT contractor, and have some self-made source code (my IP) to solve certain problems a lot of clients have. I want to legally "give" that IP to my clients, without explicitly ...
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Can you sue a company for lying to you?
Can you sue a company for lying to you? Let's say that you are negotiating a contract for the rights over the Harry Potter franchise, because you wrote it. Does the company that wants to buy the ...
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Can you seize a company's intellectual property if it was created using your platform?
Can you seize a company's intellectual property if it was created using your platform? Can you put something in the user agreement that allows you to seize any intellectual property created using your ...
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In software contracts, does "all right, title & interest in & to software" provide more protection than "all ownership right, title & interest in..."?
Seems that the addition of "ownership" here is limiting, but I'm not sure whether it really is or how it is.
If the language "supplier retains all right, title and interest in and to ...
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Confused about Intellectual Property Rights
I have applied for a job as a software developer in the UK and have been sent back a contract which has the following wordage:
You agree that all rights to all material created in the course of
your ...
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Question on intellectual property and contracts
Alice invents a widget and receives a U.S. patent for her invention. In return for payment, she grants Bob an exclusive license to manufacture and sell the widget.
Carol decides to make knock-off ...
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If a contract states "Not a Works for Hire" does the author (programmer) own the IP?
I have been reading about programmers' (authors) rights/ownership of IP based on whether a contract specified (and both sides agreed) whether or not the work performed was a work for hire. In cases ...
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Section 2870 of the California Labor Code - Can former employer claim ownership of former employee's project?
Silicon Valley tech companies in California require employees to sign a contract that assigns all inventions to the employer. The only protection employees have are in the form of Section 2870 of the ...
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Do these terms contradict each other for who owns work created by contractor?
These two sentences are literally side by side and seem to be saying opposite things.
All deliverables and associated documents...developed by Contractor
during the term of this Agreement shall ...
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Which legal specialty covers the sale of potentially profitable information?
In There Will Be Blood (2007), there is a scene where Paul Sunday sells information about there being oil where he grew up.
This struck me as something very difficult to negotiate, because, while ...
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Intellectual property in the Age of Industry 4.0
I am looking for specific references describing guidance principles around the interplay between IP (intellectual property) and Artificial Intelligence algorithms. For example, Company A has a large ...
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Why do some contracts have provisions granting a license if ownership can't be transferred?
I've seen some contracts with an ownership provision: for example if an employee invents something, it belongings to the employer.
Often times I see a provision beneath it stating "if this isn't ...
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Is it advisable for a person write his own contract if he is good in english but don't know legal jargon?
A lawyer scared me by saying, yes you can right your own contract but chances are most of your clauses won't hold in court cause you don't know legal jargon.
However, I know english and my english is ...
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Can I enter into an IP contract with my own ltd company before having investors in?
I spent 4 years developing an App. Recently I started a Proprietary Limited company (I'm in Australia). Me and my wife are the only directors.
Before getting share holders into the company, is it ...
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