Security & IP PostureMarch 2, 20263 min read
The Contractor Problem: IP Risk From Non-Employee Developers
Contractors accelerate delivery and complicate ownership. The complication surfaces years later, in a data room.
Most contractor arrangements are entered quickly and documented lightly. The work ships, the relationship ends, and the paperwork is never revisited until a buyer's counsel asks who owns the output.
The reconciliation
- Match every external contributor to a signed agreement
- Confirm the agreement transfers title rather than granting a license
- Check whether the contractor reused components across clients
- Revoke residual repository and infrastructure access
Retroactive assignments are usually obtainable. They are much harder to obtain once the counterparty knows a transaction is underway.
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