A commissioned-work agreement establishing that the company owns the deliverables from the moment of creation, with a backup assignment, acceptance process, and payment placeholders. Use it for commissioned creative or technical work.
This agreement commissions specific work and establishes that the company owns the resulting deliverables from the moment they are created. It combines a work-for-hire designation with a backup assignment so ownership is clear regardless of how the law classifies the work.
This agreement is between Company name (the "Company") and Creator full name (the "Creator"). It takes effect on Effective date.
The Company commissions, and the Creator agrees to produce, the following work (the "Deliverables"): Deliverables description, to be delivered by Delivery date.
The Company will pay the Creator Fee amount and currency, according to the following schedule and invoicing terms: Payment schedule. Payment obligations for work properly performed survive termination.
During and after the engagement, the Creator will — at the Company's expense — sign documents and take reasonable steps the Company requests to evidence, register, or enforce the Company's ownership of the Deliverables.
Creator: ✍ Creator signature Date: Creator signature date
For the Company: ✍ Company signature Date: Company signature date
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An onboarding acknowledgment confirming that a new team member has read and understood their confidentiality obligations, what counts as confidential, and how to handle and report incidents.
Confidentiality terms tailored to independent contractors, including rules for handling client materials, credentials, and devices during and after the engagement. Pairs with your independent contractor agreement.
An addendum setting a processor's obligations when handling personal data on a company's behalf: processing scope, confidentiality, security measures, sub-processors, breach notice, and deletion at the end of services.
An employee-facing invention assignment covering inventions made during employment, a placeholder for statutory carve-outs, a duty to disclose, and cooperation on filings. Sign at or before the start date.
Assigns work-product intellectual property to the company, with definitions, a moral-rights waiver, a prior-inventions schedule, and further-assurances duties. Use it with employees or contractors creating work for the business.
A short, candidate-friendly NDA for interviews and work trials where the candidate will see sensitive material such as roadmaps, code, or customer data. Scoped to the hiring process only.