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Who owns the intellectual property of a contractor employed by another company?
Suppose the following hypothetical situation occurring within the United States of America.
Startup Sam wishes to contract Contractor Bob to invent a widget. Startup Sam and Contractor Bob agree, and ...
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I'm in USA, seeking to license to German manufacturer. Should I worry about using a German NDA?
I am working to license a technology for which I have US patent pending (I am in USA). I have a potential licensee in Germany. I would like to work with an NDA, not least to protect the option of ...
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Google Maps Terms of Service
I came across a section of the Google Maps Terms of Service (link) that confuses me. I am currently developing a phone app and would like to use Google Maps. Is this section saying that Google owns my ...
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Under U.S. Law, what does "Notwithstanding" mean?
I am being asked to sign an non-disclosure agreement and one of the sections focuses on the ownership of any "works" (defined broadly to include everything from ideas to tangible products) which I ...
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Open Source Software and Legal Responsibility for Software Content
I'm working with a few folks on updating some serious software for mechanism design. Engineered mechanisms have existed in the world now for a few hundred years or so.
The science here isn't really ...
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Big corporation in the UK, Intellectual Property and a Contract
I've recently been offered a job at a large technology corporation based in the UK. I've yet to sign the contract but I found something in it which concerns me.
Intellectual property, ideas and ...
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Can you be bound to an unsigned contract even though services are rendered informally?
So you are working on a project to build a SaaS (Software as a Service). You prepare a technical contract and have it reviewed by intellectual property lawyers and it passes their approval. You ...
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