Thanks Nick. On May 8, 9:40 pm, Nick HaC <nick...@gmail.com> wrote: > If it is of interest, at Buzz we ensure every contractor, employee, > consultant or vendor sign a IP Assignment Agreement as a separate and > specific agreement outside of other contracts. If the individual or company > wont sign, we cant have them work with us as corporate policy. > > Its very useful if you ever end up trying to deal with licencing, JV > or acquisition to have it all clean and specific and be removed from other > contracts issues. > > So if you ever get ask to prove you own the IP in your product, you can > plonk down x copies of standard contract and its nice and quick and no grey > area. > > The contract we use is attached if you are curious or need a contract like > this (2 page, nice and simple). > > On 8 May 2011 19:26, traveltikes <leighangu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi all, I have a contract that clearly puts IP rights and ownership > > with us and they're not providing any discounts to justify such > > demands around attribution, so will push back. Appreciate your > > thoughts and comments. > > > L! > > > On May 8, 6:50 am, Geoff McQueen - Hiive Systems > > <geoff.mcqu...@hiivesystems.com> wrote: > > > No, in AU, common law keeps the ownership in the contractor, unless > > otherwise stipulated. Which is why you need to make IP assignment clear. > > > > If someone is *employed* by you, as in a wage/salary earning employee, > > then under common law the employer owns all the IP unless otherwise assigned > > to the employee. > > > > From: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com [mailto: > > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Owen Kelly > > > Sent: Saturday, 7 May 2011 5:00 AM > > > To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > > > Subject: [SiliconBeach] Re: Developer Attribution > > > > IANAL but, my understanding of copyright law implies that if you > > commission someone to do work, you own all the IP. The contract could > > stipulate the opposite of this, but it seems very unreasonable. > > > > If you contract someone to create work for you, then you should have full > > right to use that work as you require, I woud imagine this includes without > > attribution. > > > > There are moral rights to attribution as well, but "Attribution: > > Developer's name or logo to appear equal in size, stature & frequency to > > [company]", reads quite offensive, as it would imply they did as much work > > as [company] did, despite [company] taking the risk to finance the project. > > > > Having said all that, if the dev is discounting the job then this could > > be an acceptable request. > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > > Australia mailing list. > > > > Guidelines on discussion: > >http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e13... > > > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > > Australia mailing list. > > > Guidelines on discussion: > >http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e13... > > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > > > BuzzNumbers Intellectual Property Assignment - ALL EMPLOYEES.doc > 87KViewDownload
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