An oral agreement – is it worth the paper it isn’t written on? Commissioning copyright works.
Summary Binding legal agreements can be solely verbal or a combination of conversations and writing, such as emails. But, if the parties disagree on the terms, they can be difficult to enforce. When businesses commission copyright works, they normally do not receive ownership of the copyright unless this is in writing. The commissioning party will […]
Use unlicensed software at your peril
Nowadays a business could not operate without software – accounting, CRM, project management, communications software etc. But what happens if the business is to be sold to another entity? Normally a business uses software under a copyright licence. It does not own the software outright. If a new entity is to take over the business, […]
Three Myths about Commercial Agreements
Having practised for 30 years, I know that there are certain misconceptions about drafting commercial agreements: All that a lawyer does to produce an agreement is just take a precedent off the shelf and insert the names and addresses of the parties. In the area of intellectual property (“IP”) agreements, it couldn’t be further from […]