Re: copyright notice on contract

On Tue, Aug 24, 1999, Dana Bostrom <bostrom[_at_]u.washington.edu> wrote:
>
> I received a contract to review that had a copyright notice. None of
> my colleagues had ever seen this before. Any ideas on why it would be
> included?

Companies that use a lot of contracts, and have over time developed boilerplate contracts that they rely on, are increasingly coming to regard those "form" agreements as proprietary to them and protectable as original works. To the best of my knowledge, their protectability has not yet been tested in a court of law. Some years ago certain insurance companies began putting copyright notices on their policies, as well; and their protectability HAS been affirmed in court.

Bob

Robert C. Cumbow
> Graham & Dunn, P.C.
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Received on Wed Aug 25 1999 - 15:36:15 GMT