Copyright Owner's Rights

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Understanding the Joint Venture Agreement

A well-drafted Joint Venture Agreement is key to successful multi-party projects.  It is essential that all participants understand their rights and obligations and the rights, obligations and expectations of all other participants.

Understanding contracts.  What is a contract?

GET IT IN WRITING . . . BEFORE YOU COMMIT YOUR VALUABLE MONEY, TIME AND EFFORTS.

A contract is a promise or set of promises, for breach of which the law gives a remedy, or the performance of which the law in some way recognizes as a duty.

Risk. The biggest risk is not having a signed comprehensive contract; the second biggest risks, is in not fully understanding your contract.

Website Compliance

One of the first things new businesses do, typically is, create a website.  Business owners should understand that it is important to have proper web site content including, appropriate terms of use, privacy policy and copyright notices.

This content protects your rights, as well as, provides for compliance with laws such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, etc.

Some examples are as follows:

a. Privacy Policies, amongst other things, often give notice with regard to what you will and will not be doing with the information of visitors to the site.

b. Clear and comprehensive Return Policy pages are essential for retail sites.

c. Terms of Use often include provisions that protect your intellectual property rights.

Make sure you do it right the first time and avoid costly remedial measures later.  Discuss your business with a competent experienced Boston business lawyer or Maine business lawyer to determine what policies and provisions would be best to include in your web site.

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PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT AND YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 

Intellectual property (for example, trademarks, written materials, recipes, etc.) is often one of the most valuable asset  of a business and the acquisition, transfer, license or right to use such intellectual property is often an essential element in many business transactions.  Recently, lenders, investors and financial institutions have considered and requested intellectual property assets as collateral to secure company obligations and financing.

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Joint Venture Agreement is essential for MULTI-PARTY business success.

BEFORE COMMITTING your TIME, EFFORT and MONEY, it is VERY IMPORTANT to AGREE with on the following (preferably at the beginning of the project, when everyone is still enthusiastic, "HAPPY," and AGREEABLE.  GET IT IN WRITING.  A well drafted Agreement can save businesses from downfall, as well as, save friendships and family relationships.  Failure to get it in writing, will not only cost you, your valuable money, time and effort, it could also destroy your relationships and burn bridges that otherwise would support success.