Does company own your ideas?
Opportunities exist for employees to own their ideas. Where there is no employment agreement, policies or written agreements to assign rights to the employer, employers may still successfully assert ownership rights in employee inventions created during the course of the employee’s employment.
Who owns the IP in a work product?
Under India’s Copyright Act, 1957 (the “CR Act”), any work product, including source code, if developed by an employee, the employer will be the first owner of the copyright in such work product, in the absence of any contract to the contrary. (Section 2(o) r/w section 17 of the CR Act.)
Do you own content created by someone I hired from?
Note: some Gigs (including for custom created work) charge additional payments (through Gig Extras) for commercial use. This means that if you purchase the Gig for personal use, you will own all rights to the delivered work without purchasing the Extra. If you intend to use it for business purposes, you will need to buy the Extra.
Who is the owner of a work for hire?
The rules here depend on whether you have created a “work for hire.” There are nine types of works for hire. If you create one of these things as an independent contractor, it will belong to the firm that hired you to create it if you have entered into a written agreement to that effect. If you don’t have a written agreement, you will own the work.
Can a business own its clients or customers?
First of all, no business “owns” its clients or customers. People are free to use whichever service providers they like, and agreements that prevent them from doing so are often viewed as illegal “restraints of trade” and are generally struck down by the courts.
What happens if I hire someone to create something?
If you’ve hired someone to design, write, shoot or record something for you and there wasn’t an agreement in place to transfer those rights – that’s a problem. On the flip side, if you’re a creator, and you’re giving all of the rights in your creations away and not charging in alignment with the rights you’re granting clients – that’s a problem.
Note: some Gigs (including for custom created work) charge additional payments (through Gig Extras) for commercial use. This means that if you purchase the Gig for personal use, you will own all rights to the delivered work without purchasing the Extra. If you intend to use it for business purposes, you will need to buy the Extra.
The rules here depend on whether you have created a “work for hire.” There are nine types of works for hire. If you create one of these things as an independent contractor, it will belong to the firm that hired you to create it if you have entered into a written agreement to that effect. If you don’t have a written agreement, you will own the work.
First of all, no business “owns” its clients or customers. People are free to use whichever service providers they like, and agreements that prevent them from doing so are often viewed as illegal “restraints of trade” and are generally struck down by the courts.
How to tell if / when client hires someone?
The most efficient way is to never look back. If they’re interested, they’ll contact you when they’re ready. If you’re not available by the time they turn up, you can turn them down or ask if they can wait until you’re available on X date. Just bid and keep moving.