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Tagged with contract-law intellectual-property
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What happens to a license if the licensor sells the rights?
If party A purchases a software license from party B, and party B sells all of its rights relating to the software, what happens to the license party A has? Must the new owner still honer the ...
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If making software for a client, is a EULA necessary even after signing a contract with them?
When making a computer program, what's the difference between having a EULA (end user license agreement) and a contract with the person who's buying it? For example, if you're hired to build custom ...
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Client threatening me with patent
I created a computer program for a client and things went bad. I think the client is trying to scam me. The client sent me an email informing they have filed a patent to the program I made, and even ...
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If an app doesn't have a licence, can anyone use it in anyway?
Most apps you install on MS Windows get you to agree to their terms of service before using it. If an app doesn't come with any sort of agreement, does anyone who possesses a copy have the right to ...
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Intellectual Property Implicit or Explicit?
In relation to software engineering.
Business A does x work for business B and neither had any sort of design, patent, software license agreement or intellectual property agreement. Simply, a ...
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Can a contract make it so the client is responsible if they get you to do something illegal?
Is there a way to make it so that if your doing work for someone, and they get you to do something illegal, they take responsibility? I’m guessing not, but thought I would ask. Someone who��s making a ...
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IP clause contract [closed]
Ok, here is my question, let's say I have an IP clause like this:
By signing this Agreement, you shall assign to ----- all your rights in any work, any document
and any material (the "Work") that you ...
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Is this NDA terminated after the date shown? [closed]
I have signed an NDA between my company and another company. I realized that their approach does not fit with my vision and I told them nicely that I am not willing to partner nor sell the company.
I ...
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Can I make someone open a restaurant for me, so that they'd be the owner but I would still earn at least as much as them?
I have some ideas for a restaurant, however I don't see myself working in one.
So I've been wondering if it is possible to hire / create a company with someone who would open a restaurant in my place ...
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If you find some code in a tutorial but the license says "you may not upload this resource to other websites" does it mean you cannot use it?
I never understood the licensing behind websites like medialoot.com . They describe how to implement code so it would seen the implicit understanding they are designed to be copied. However their ...
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Is it possible for a party to a contract to use a mutual NDA primarily to constrain the other party?
I am more regularly entering in meetings in which my group and others need to collaborate on technical details, while protecting our respective intellectual property. Typically we sign mutual non-...
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Can a customer claim background IP rights?
A company has sent me a contract with the following clauses.
Does the following means that they can claim the IP on software I've created on the past, and make use of it? - even in the case we cease ...
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Can I restrict a contractor from disclosing to others information that is not patentable?
Suppose I am contracting out some research / experiments to improve upon a process my company already practices. Obviously I need to first tell him what we practice under status quo.
Now I want to ...
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Interpreting provisions of Intellectual Property agreement with a University
I am reading an agreement that our Company is signing with a University regarding a research project. The agreement has one clause which states:
Clause-x: Any IP generated in this Project will be ...
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Do faculty own the copyright to course materials they create even if their contract or university IP policy specify otherwise?
An answer on Academia.SE claims that
in general, any lectures, slides, textbooks, or scholarly articles you [as faculty] write belong to you and not your school, and this is true regardless of ...
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