Question
Who owns the reports and other work the consultant produces for us?
You own the reports and other work produced specifically for you once you fully pay the fees for that work. 1 Until then, you can use it for this agreement’s purposes. 2 The consultant keeps ownership of its existing tools, templates and methods. 3 If those are included in your work, you can use them permanently without royalties, but only within that work and for your internal business purposes. 4
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- 1 Page 4 Show on page Ownership of all Intellectual Property Rights in the Deliverables passes to the Client on payment in full of the Fees for the relevant Deliverable.
- 2 Page 4 Show on page “Until then, the Consultant grants the Client a non-exclusive license to use the Deliverable for the purposes of this agreement.”
- 3 Page 4 Show on page “Each party retains ownership of its Background IP.”
- 4 Page 4 Show on page “a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use any of the Consultant’s Background IP incorporated into a Deliverable, but only as part of that Deliverable and for the Client’s internal business purposes.”
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