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Re: Contract Advice Needed, Quick! Can someone read this & provide an opinion?
Subject:Re: Contract Advice Needed, Quick! Can someone read this & provide an opinion? From:Char James-Tanny <charjtf -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Technical Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 5 Feb 2010 18:04:49 -0500
> I have an opportunity for a short-term contract (about 6-7 months) and the
> employment agreement has a section on copyrights and patents. I've read it
> four times already, and I think it might affect my own (off their clock)
> works and inventions but I am not sure. Being that I might have a book deal
> in play, I really DON'T want to do that.
I'm neither a contract expert nor an attorney. However, whenever I get
something like this in a contract, I either cross it out (and initial
it), or I modify it to include pertinent details (for example, "for
works performed during billable time" or "excluding works created on
personal time").
No one has ever said anything. (Obviously, YMMV.)
Char James-Tanny ~ JTF Associates, Inc. ~ http://www.helpstuff.com
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