Commissioned software ownership, assignments and open-source dependencies
Copyright Ordinance 1962, contractual assignment, employment status and third-party licences are material.
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Agency-Developed Brands, Design Files and Assignment of Intellectual Property
A company pays an agency to develop its name, logo, website and marketing materials, then discovers on termination that it has no editable files or written transfer of ownership.
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Software and Brand Licensing: Ownership, Exclusivity and Termination Rights
A licence can allow a business to use software, a trade mark or creative work while leaving ownership with another party. The commercial value of that permission depends on its scope and what happens when the relationship ends. A vaguely drafted licence can make a valuable product impossible to transfer or.
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Confidential Information After Employment Ends: Protection and Recovery
A business may lose access to pricing models, customer files or product plans when an employee leaves, but the legal response must distinguish confidential material from the employee's own knowledge. Protection turns on the nature of the information and the duties governing its.
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Trade Mark Registration and Passing Off: Protecting a Business Name
Registration of a trade mark provides an important legal position, but disputes over a business name often turn on the way marks are used in the market and the likelihood of confusion. A company should distinguish registered infringement claims from passing off and build evidence that supports the remedy it.
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Employee Data Exfiltration: Confidentiality, PECA and the Civil Remedies Available to a Company
When an employee leaves with customer records, internal pricing, product plans or proprietary spreadsheets, a company faces two immediate questions. What information has been taken, and what legal obligations were breached in obtaining or retaining it? The answers determine whether the response should involve a contractual demand, urgent injunctive relief, a cybercrime.
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