Did you know that not having appropriate Intellectual property agreements with your employees, contractors, consultants and customers could lead to potential litigation with concerns of ownership issues of the Intellectual property and lead to potential assignment predicaments? Having the appropriate terms and conditions, terms of service, acceptable user policy, for the users of the Mobile App along with any End User License Agreements that you have chalked out for the users relieves you of any liability that you may face. It is also mandatory that you state the privacy policy in cases where the same need to be published by it on the website of your Mobile Application. It is important to relieve yourself of the liability by stating explicitly to whom the Intellectual property belongs or to whom the User content belongs. Safeguarding yourself from users who may misuse the App against the national laws is also of utmost importance. There are numerous legal issues that may arise in such circumstances. Therefore it is prudent to get these documents drafted and vetted by experienced attorneys.
Failure to have these documents published on your App and/or website opens one up to potential litigation. It also greatly affects the users as well, as in the event of the injunction, the same effect all of the users or the organization that is employing a particular service through the Application. This means losing customers to competitors over the blink of an eye for the app developers, who have worked hard on working on providing on something unique. Thus, having a sound Intellectual property strategy along with the requisite legal agreements in place allows for the best protection to the app developers and prevent and potential litigation.
Reach out to our Attorneys to guide and provide the best strategy that you should adopt regarding your Intellectual property combined with the appropriate agreements that are necessary to be drawn out