Comments on: A Clause to Keep Your Own Ideas: Consultants, “Background IP” and Covering Your Rs http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/10/01/a-clause-to-keep-your-own-ideas-consultants-background-ip-and-covering-your-rs/ An industry analyst blog looking at software ecosystems and convergence Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:35:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: josephmartins http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/10/01/a-clause-to-keep-your-own-ideas-consultants-background-ip-and-covering-your-rs/comment-page-1/#comment-543513 josephmartins Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:17:30 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/?p=2277#comment-543513 A much simpler solution is to redline and initial the IP section in contracts if you find it objectionable. More than seven years and we have yet to hear a single complaint from legal in instances where we had to use it...including the big guys. Reality is, if they want to do business with you, and value your guidance enough, they'll live with the risk. Failing that, your approach seems reasonable. If we feel the risk [of loss of IP] is unacceptable we simply walk. A much simpler solution is to redline and initial the IP section in contracts if you find it objectionable.

More than seven years and we have yet to hear a single complaint from legal in instances where we had to use it…including the big guys. Reality is, if they want to do business with you, and value your guidance enough, they’ll live with the risk.

Failing that, your approach seems reasonable. If we feel the risk [of loss of IP] is unacceptable we simply walk.

]]> By: mkoser http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/10/01/a-clause-to-keep-your-own-ideas-consultants-background-ip-and-covering-your-rs/comment-page-1/#comment-543413 mkoser Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:45:36 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/?p=2277#comment-543413 <p>A Clause to Keep Your Own Ideas: Consultants, “Background IP” and Covering Your Rs: </p> <p> Martin Koser A Clause .. <a href="http://bit.ly/2pik9S" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/2pik9S</a></p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/mkoser/statuses/4924147313" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></i></p> A Clause to Keep Your Own Ideas: Consultants, “Background IP” and Covering Your Rs:

Martin Koser A Clause .. http://bit.ly/2pik9S

This comment was originally posted on Twitter

]]> By: Rob Paterson http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/10/01/a-clause-to-keep-your-own-ideas-consultants-background-ip-and-covering-your-rs/comment-page-1/#comment-543155 Rob Paterson Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:46:33 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/?p=2277#comment-543155 Very helpful James - Just about to cross this bridge where it is my IP that the client is buying Very helpful James – Just about to cross this bridge where it is my IP that the client is buying

]]> By: Robin Wilton http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/10/01/a-clause-to-keep-your-own-ideas-consultants-background-ip-and-covering-your-rs/comment-page-1/#comment-542899 Robin Wilton Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:35:27 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/?p=2277#comment-542899 Interesting idea; good to hear that it has proved acceptable to some of your client organisations. Out of interest, have you ever had occasion to try it on a publisher? I've recently been surprised at how sweeping their 'transfer of copyright' terms can be for things like white papers. Interesting idea; good to hear that it has proved acceptable to some of your client organisations.

Out of interest, have you ever had occasion to try it on a publisher? I’ve recently been surprised at how sweeping their ‘transfer of copyright’ terms can be for things like white papers.

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