Re: copyright on multiple elements

On Sat, Mar 11, 2000, Jay Hollander <jh[_at_]hollanderco.com> wrote:
>
> Haven't seen this one covered yet and would appreciate advice.
>
> I have a client which will do web design services for clients who
> routinely demand that all IP rights to the site be assigned to them.
> The designs will be relatively state of the art and will incorporate
> third party tools, which, themselves, are licensed to our client.
>
> When our client creates a website, the functionality of which requires
> these third party tools, and the site copyright is assigned to the
> client, how are these third party tools accounted for?

Presumably one of two choices: Your client is allowed to sublicense (if permitted under your client's license to the tools) the third party tools to his/her customer OR the customer gets its own license to the tools.

Harold Federow
<haroldf[_at_]bsquare.com> Received on Mon Mar 13 2000 - 16:47:01 GMT