Contracts
The paperwork that decides who owns what.
Most IP disputes we see did not start with a thief. They started with a contract that never said clearly who kept the rights. We write the agreement before that happens — or read the one you have been asked to sign and translate it into plain language.
Documents we handle
- Licence agreements. You let someone use your brand or your work: for how long, where, for what, and what happens if they stop paying.
- Assignments. Transferring ownership properly — including the one your designer or developer should have signed on day one.
- NDAs. Short, enforceable, and mutual when it should be. Not a fifteen-page template nobody reads.
- Development agreements. Software, design, content: who owns the result, who can reuse it, what happens to the source files.
- Distribution & manufacturing. Especially with suppliers in China: brand use, moulds, tooling and what they may not produce for anyone else.
Good to know
Three things clients learn late.
I paid the designer, so the logo is mine — right?
Often not. In several countries, paying for creative work buys you a licence to use it, not ownership of the copyright. Without a written assignment you can end up unable to register your own logo, or blocked from changing it. It is a one-page fix before the problem, and an expensive negotiation after it.
Which law should our contract use?
Whichever one you can realistically enforce against the other party. A clause choosing a court on the other side of the world looks reassuring and is often useless. We pick the combination of governing law and forum that gives you a practical remedy, not a decorative one.
Can I just use a template I found online?
For a simple NDA, sometimes. For anything involving ownership, royalties or exclusivity, the template will be written for a different jurisdiction and a different deal — and the clauses that matter are exactly the ones it leaves generic. We are happy to review yours instead of writing a new one.
Next step
Send us the contract. We will tell you what it is missing.
A first assessment is free and costs you one email. You get a written answer within one business day.