Questions regarding written agreements between parties business or otherwise.
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Software Company Drops Our Company From Service
We have a contact with a software company that is becoming a hot issue -- it's renewal time.
The contract allows the 3rd party to drop us at will after we've paid our licensing fees for 5 years in a ...
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First Software Contract
I currently write a lot of proprietary code that's buried away in some corporation and will never see the light of day (or another coder's eyes for that matter). But this will be my first endeavor ...
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Explaining my software license to customers/users
My software comes with the standard Apache 2.0 License which covers our bases pretty well while providing flexibility for us and our customers to use/modify the software to their needs.
I have found ...
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Typo in contracts
I have found a typo in a contract that we are currently disputing with one of our service providers. The typo seems to change the implied meaning of the paragraph:
... fees and expenses, including ...
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Notarizing signitures for the official business contract?
I was just wondering if it is common to ask your co-founders to get their signitures notroized? I trust these people as we are good friends so I don't want to offend them if I asked to get it ...
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Verbal Partnership Agreement Binding?
I have a provisional patent for a product that I have been developing. I had a meeting last weekend with two individuals and we have verbally agreed to form a partnership. The partner who will be ...
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What should get a friend with an idea to smartphone app? [closed]
My start-up team knows someone who has come up with an idea for a new social application.
The potential is hard to forecast, and we can't be sure the effort will pay off.
We consider to implement his ...
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Starting a business legally? [closed]
I was contracting for a company and in the end was not getting hardly any work.
A contract was never signed by me.
I am wanting to go out and do it on my own, where do I stand legally?
Australia is ...
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Question regarding contracts for unpaid work
we're starting a website that caters to a certain demography - and need some illustrations done. We have a few folks interested in contributing the illustrations for free - but we want to be safe in ...
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Contract employee and IP in a not so related business
If I create an application for a client and I am employed as a contactor to the client by a contracting firm in a different capacity, who owns the copyright?
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Does the company own all my ideas?
A company has the following contract.
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Does this mean if one is working on something in their free time while ...
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Protecting oneself from a Technology Assignment Agreement
I am an independent developer (non-employee) who is coding a product for a startup. I have other sub-contracting agreements with other clients.
The 'Technology Assignment Agreement' that the startup ...
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Workers of a subsidary purely work on products of the parent company
If the parent company wholly owns the subsidiary, could the employees of the subsidiary work on products of the parent company? Are special contracts needed?
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Non disclosure agreement for concierge early adopters?
I want to be extra careful and publish my first MVP to a concierge early adopter. I would like to know if it is common to ask her to sign a non disclosure agreement.
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Is consulting work subject to my day-job's intellectual-property clause?
Disclaimer: I'm not seeking legal advice here, I will naturally seek actual legal advice before I make any decisions. I'd just like to know the lay of the land, if anyone can help.
I'm in the ...
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Can a minor form an LLC in North Carolina?
I am 16, and live in North Carolina. I want to start a software company. I have made some programs that could make some money, and I would like to start an LLC. Is this possible? If not, is there ...
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Best way to propose web designers to work in your website with income proportional to the success of the project
We are going to create a biotech spin-off from our University, now we need a website, with professional design and flyers and the like. Right now we are negotiating some contracts but still do not ...
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What form to use for a company that receives payment before performing the service?
In the business to consumer world it is too difficult to get paid after the services has been done. Therefore our company mandates that payment be sent first.
So we do not fit into the usual a) ...
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If you are a creative studio, who owns employees ideas that they come up with whilst in your employ?
We are a creative studio who depend on new ideas and new IP to survive. Many of our staff (naturally) are quite creative as well, and as such don't want their best ideas taken by the studio - where ...
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Technical Co-Founder Contract
There are a couple startups I'm thinking about joining. They are in very early stages (seed round or incubation). I am interested in the position of technical co-founder.
They've all asked that we ...
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Sample partnership/cofounder contract clause for force-out payment schedule
I'm altering a contract between myself and another individual. The contract defines clauses for forcing another partner out but does not define how percentage of ownership shall be handled. I.e. how ...
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What is the law covering the intellectual property rights of software developed during internship/employment without signed contract/agreement?
I am a software engineer who "invented", and developed alone an integrated ERP software solution over the past 2 years. I got the idea and coded much of the software as intern at small wholesale ...
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On working with consultants
I have been asked by many startups to help them with their core machine learning IP
Unlike outsourced software development, machine learning is difficult to outsource or even to specify because it ...
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Setting income limits for rental leases
I'm looking to rent out some condos and a large 'plex and am looking to change some of the lease terms.
I've noticed some lessors setting income requirements of 3x-4x rent from their renters. Is ...
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Alternative to expensive legal contract review? [closed]
I have a partnership agreement I'd like a second opinion on, but I can't afford a lawyer right now. What other resources are out there? I've found a web-based contract review site that uses attorneys ...
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Contract signing and signature forgery
When signing a contract, how can we make sure the other party's signature is real? what if that person scribbles some random signature? And if disputes arises he can claim that it was a forgery.
What ...
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Service contract with monthly fee and extra hours
Let's say I provide services for my clients (consulting/programming/training, etc.) but the services are provided on demand at the clients' request.
I want to charge a fixed monthly fee to cover my ...
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Considering hiring advisors/consultants for my startup website
How should they be paid; what is an average fee for a professional...non professional?
I really don't know how much time or useful info they will provide so is giving them a percentage of ownership a ...
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Company Signing rights
What determines who has authority to sign a contract on behalf of the company?
What if a low level employee signs a contract in the name of the company, is it still binding?
What happens when there ...
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How to compare contract rates with permanent rates, in UK
I am thinking of contracting, but do not know how to compare contract (inside and outside IR35) with permanent rates, within the United Kingdom (specifically England).
So far I have considered:
That ...
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Is Service Agreement Nullified if missing a referenced document?
Does a reference to another document which is no longer available or lost make a contract void or nullified?
Such as a service agreement between two companies that makes reference to a marketing ...
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contract after work has been done in good faith
I have been developing software with a company owned by my cousin and others for the past 7 months. The most recent software I developed over the past 4 months was based on my own ideas about how to ...
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Non-compete clause for a early employee
Is it common to ask early employee of a startup to sign a contract containing non-compete clauses?
I am against our employee, but I have a little concern on our competitor as they have money to lure ...
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liabilities and consequences
I have agreed to undertake he design and delivery of a website for my cleint. their is a contract, but it is unsigend by both parties.
The work has been partially paid for ( 2/3rds )
The work has ...
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Losing Controlling Interest in a company, can that be bad?
Basically I have been lucky to get spotted by some angel investors and will be signing £60,000 for 60% of my current business come thursday, which will really boost my start-up massively and ...
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Contract for services not executed
We're a small start-up with a written and signed contact for services with a large company. The contact is for professional services and has no official start-date but the terms are 1 year with ...
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Can I use Terms of Service for my SaaS instead of regular contract?
I have a B2B SaaS web app. In most cases my clients are small or medium sized organizations and we have annual contracts. In other words, they sign the contract, according to which they are 'locked ...
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Are online incorporation and contract forms sufficient?
Myself and two others have founded a start up and would like to incorporate. There are several sites that set up and file online (LegalZoom being one example), and I was wondering if in early stages ...
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How old does one legally have to be to start/own a share in a company in the US?
I am 18 but my co-founder is 17. (In other words, I am able to sign a binding contract, he is not.) We are getting ready to incorporate our startup — but is my co-founder old enough to start, and own ...
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Non-compete clause in social media
I am in talks with one company (to be hired as a web developer) and looks like a contract is going to be signed soon. There are talks about non-compete clause that does not allow me to work in the ...
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What is a typical contract for employee's who want to work on a start up but get paid through future earnings?
I am thinking of bring someone on board to develop an application. I don't have money to pay him right now, but would like to structure something that would make it an worth while to developer the ...
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implications of a pre-contractual agreement with potential future employer?
I have only seen this being done for football players that have running contracts that will expire in a year's or two year's time and want to make it easy for the next football club to sign them ...
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0.5% equity and 2k/month to be the #1 CDO in a startup
I really need your help.
It 's the first time I've been asked to work for a startup.
The company has already been made, founded by 2 partners, and has already received an initial investment, but has ...
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Contract jurisdiction venue
I'm in the process of closing a somewhat sizable deal with a new client, and the only sticking point with the contract is the choice of jurisdiction.
I am located in state A, the client in state B. ...
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How do you approach intellecutal property rights when developping general products for cilents?
We always "reserve the right to re-use any code written for this project" in our contracts with clients. With this in mind, if a later client needs a very similar web app, is it ethical to slightly ...
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How do you structure contracts with clients
I am bidding on the construction of a website for a startup. We agreed to make it a fixed price contact, and I have what I consider a reasonable bid ready.
What I wanted to know is how payment on ...
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Storing contracts with company contractors and other documents
A few days ago I registered a limited company in the UK. I use a registered office in England (which is my company agent's office), and myself live in Poland, and my Polish address is given as the ...
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Writting in english - the correct way
I've learned English language on my own, and I'm sure that I'm making a lot of mistakes. Now I'm at the stage of hiring some freelancers, but I'm worried that my English will induce confusion in ...
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Require a contract of sale for a website
I'm selling a fully operating website and require a contract of sale for the UK. Can anyone recommend where I can find guidance or a template online?
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Contracts for Revenue Sharing
I'm an independent game developer with a team consisting of solely of myself. I am considering to hire a Creative Director who will help me complete my projects. I am promising 10% of the revenue ...
