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Rahman Tiamiyu Lekki, Nigeria
What has been your experience handling Intellectual property ownership on your project, when it was not stated explicitly during the Initiating Phase i.e. ‘’who’’ will get ‘’what ‘’
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Eric Lamy Senior Project Manager| Keurig Green Mountain Newbury, Ma, United States
I'm assuming you're working in a Client/Contractor relationship in this scenario, otherwise the IP ownership issue wouldn't generally be a concern. Given this assumption, ownership of intellectual property developed during the project should either be explicitly called out in the Terms of Service agreement made between the Client and Contractor, or documented as a subheading within the Project Charter.
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Jan 20, 2016 4:00 PM
Rahman Tiamiyu
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Thanks Eric and Suhail, apologies for not showing my appreciation
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Suhail Iqbal Suhail Iqbal PMIATP CIPM FAAPM MPM MQM CLC CPRM SCT AEC SDC SMC SPOC PRINCE2 MCT| PM Training School Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Although there must be an explicit understanding but even if it is not there, one who is paying for the effort owns the Intellectual Property Rights for the outcome of the effort.
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Jan 20, 2016 4:00 PM
Rahman Tiamiyu
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Thanks Eric and Suhail, apologies for not showing my appreciation
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Rahman Tiamiyu Lekki, Nigeria
Sep 02, 2015 7:30 PM
Replying to Suhail Iqbal
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Although there must be an explicit understanding but even if it is not there, one who is paying for the effort owns the Intellectual Property Rights for the outcome of the effort.
Thanks Eric and Suhail, apologies for not showing my appreciation
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Rahman Tiamiyu Lekki, Nigeria
Sep 02, 2015 11:53 AM
Replying to Eric Lamy
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I'm assuming you're working in a Client/Contractor relationship in this scenario, otherwise the IP ownership issue wouldn't generally be a concern. Given this assumption, ownership of intellectual property developed during the project should either be explicitly called out in the Terms of Service agreement made between the Client and Contractor, or documented as a subheading within the Project Charter.
Thanks Eric and Suhail, apologies for not showing my appreciation

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