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Tagged with contract-law intellectual-property
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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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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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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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Is it legal to unlock artificially limited hardware yourself?
Some companies sell hardware that is limited by some means, so that they can charge for upgrades.
For example some Tesla cars have batteries with some capacity unavailable to the user unless they pay ...
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Is this Intellectual Property clause over-reaching?
Here's an extract from my (employee) contract
All rights to any material and results, and all intellectual property rights related thereto, made, written, designed or produced by Nathan Cooper ...
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What does "reasonable" mean?
I have seen the phrase 'reasonable conditions' used quite often in legal texts, and I always get nervous, as I don't know how to interpret it.
Imagine a Confidentiality and Assignment Agreement with ...
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Is there a “standard template” NDA contract that covers a majority of businesses requiring protection of proprietary information?
The following paragraph stood out as unusual for an NDA that a friend was asked to sign:
“Terms and Termination.
This Agreement shall terminate two (2) year(s) after the Effective Date. The ...
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Is a non-exclusive and revocable license valid consideration for a legal agreement/contract?
This question pertains to U.S. law, and California law specifically, if it matters.
The motivation behind this question is the scenario where a company has supplied parts or equipment usage to a non-...
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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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