{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-ts","path":"/blog-bite-what-should-businesses-do-to-ensure-that-they-retain-ownership-of-intellectual-property-ip-developed-by-a-contractor/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"Clausehound Blog","author":"Joshua Koudys"}},"markdownRemark":{"id":"5ca59bc6-d59a-52ce-8b1e-beefc06c8adc","excerpt":"This article posted on our partner site Mondaq.com stresses the importance of determining ownership of Intellectual Property (IP) within a contract when dealing…","html":"<p><a href=\"http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/546180/Trademark/httpwwwmondaqcomarticleasparticleid546178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This article posted on our partner site Mondaq.com</a> stresses the importance of <strong>determining ownership of Intellectual Property (IP)</strong> within a contract when dealing with independent contractors. Contractors, like employees, will retain ownership of a patentable invention or authored work <em>except</em> in the narrow circumstance that the creation of that IP was within the scope of their engagement with the business. </p>\n<p>Thus, it is paramount to ensure that a contractor who has contributed to the creation of IP in the course of their engagement with a business, insofar as the IP is relevant to the business’s interests, has expressly assigned their rights in that IP to the business and has waived any rights which cannot be assigned.</p>\n<p>This comes to you as a part of Clausehound’s exciting new collaboration with Mondaq!</p>","frontmatter":{"title":"Blog Bite: What should businesses do to ensure that they retain ownership of Intellectual Property (IP) developed by a Contractor?","date":"November 21, 2016","description":"This article posted on our partner site Mondaq.com stresses the importance of determining ownership of Intellectual Property (IP) within a contract when dealing with independent contractors.","author":{"id":"alina@clausehound.com","first":"Alina","last":null,"bio":null,"image":null},"tags":["Consulting Agreement","Transfer of Intellectual Property","Mondaq","Learn","USA"]}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/blog-bite-what-should-businesses-do-to-ensure-that-they-retain-ownership-of-intellectual-property-ip-developed-by-a-contractor/","previous":{"fields":{"slug":"/my-favorite-things-cix-and-my-top-five-reasons-for-loving-tradeshows/"},"frontmatter":{"title":"My favorite things:  CIX and my top five reasons for loving trade shows","tags":["CPD","Rajah"],"author":{"id":"rajah@cobaltcounsel.com","first":"Rajah","last":"Lehal"}}},"next":{"fields":{"slug":"/blog-bite-what-are-key-intellectual-property-issues-that-arise-in-mergers-and-acquisitions-transactions/"},"frontmatter":{"title":"Blog Bite: What are key intellectual property issues that arise in mergers and acquisitions transactions?","tags":["Intellectual Property","Employee","Technology","Mergers","Business","Acquisition","Ownership of Intellectual Property","IP Transfer","Blog Bites","Royalties","Mondaq","USA"],"author":{"id":"alina@clausehound.com","first":"Alina","last":null}}}}}}