[reboog711]

The ones I use are on the sidebar of my blog; which I posted in conjunction with an article I wrote ( Deconstructing the Consulting Contract ) for a print publication called Fusion Authority Quarterly Update (FAQU):

http://www.jeffryhouser.com/download.cfm/dir/software/file/c... . I do not know if the article is still available anywhere; it is from 2005. [Maybe I should update said documents; but primarily very little has changed]

Bigger clients will have their own contracts [and sometimes very little negotiation room]. I've drive some clients crazy w/ negotiations and about what rights I refuse to sign away.

Update: Here is the original article I wrote http://www.jeffryhouser.com/enclosures/DeconstructingConsult... [I guess it was 2007; not 2005]

[DennisP]

What rights do they ask for that you refuse to give away?

[reboog711]

Some of it is covered in the article; for example I once had a prospect want me to sign a web dev firm want a non-complete which said I wouldn't work in any industry they work in. I believe every client I've had before / after would classify. I'm not going to sign away my right to take on clients.

I've seen IP ownership clauses that say the client owns everything I create, whether or not it was done for them. These clauses are written in such a way that the client could claim ownership of work I did for other clients, my blog posts, podcasts, books I've written, and even things that have nothing to do with tech, such as songs I've written and/or recorded.

I try to make such IP transfer clauses as specific to the work I do for the client as possible.