On Mon, Oct 25, 1999, Mike Phillips <radiolawyer[_at_]hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> A new client asked me a question this morning that has been asked
> many times, but I've never had to answer it before. (It's an academic
> question.)
>
> When a client pays an attorney to draft a contract, who owns the
> copyright to the contract?
The attorney is not an employee of the client; therefore the contract is not a work made for hire. Thus the copyright belongs to the attorney unless the parties' agreement provides for an express assignment, in writing, of the copyright from the lawyer to the client.
Bob
Robert C. Cumbow
> Graham & Dunn, P.C.
> 1420 Fifth Avenue, 33rd Floor
> Seattle, Washington 98101-2390
> Phone: 206-340-9619
> Fax: 206-340-9599
> E-mail: rcumbow[_at_]grahamdunn.com
> Website: http://www.grahamdunn.com/
Received on Mon Oct 25 1999 - 16:26:17 GMT
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