Friday, September 3, 2010

EOC WEEK 8: Legal Questions

1. If I lose inspiration and go online and use someone else’s design, more than I intended to. Will I be safe from a lawsuit if I changed it enough so it isn’t exactly the same? What recourse do I have if the roles are reversed, if my work is the work being stolen?
2. If I’m asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Can I use the skills that I developed in the company to earn money through free lance work?
3. As a designer working for an employer. Can part of a design from that company be considered a trade secret that I’m prohibited from using any work that was not solicited from within the firm?
4. If I come up with an original idea during employment with a company, who owns the rights to it, myself or the company? Is there any way I can make it my own to sell to others?
5. How much do you charge to read a contract and advise/interpret it for me?
6. If a company give you a design and didn’t know it was inspired by another company and you didn’t know anything about it, can you still be sued?
7. If there’s an ownership of idea in a contract, what types of word or clause to look for?
8. What is the best response to a non compete disclosure contract? (what’s the best way to handle it)
9. What rights do I retain when using company software?
10. In a series, do you copyright individually or as a series?
11. What is the average price to keep an attorney on retainer?

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