telligence Posted Monday at 03:14 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:14 PM Hi all - I'm new to this so please be gentle. I have hired a drafting/design firm to create floor plans for some residential duplexes that I want to build. In our contract, it states that "Plans and any work product derived from this contract are the intellectual property of the Client." My question is this: What could I expect that "work product" to be? What should I expect to receive in terms of electronic files? CAproj files, dwgs, pdfs? Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted Monday at 04:49 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:49 PM It is a good question. The person you hired would be able to answer best but what you stated sounds like it is likely accurate. I don't use such language in my contract but "any work product" sounds like they are very open to you taking the CADD files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para-CAD Posted Monday at 08:56 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:56 PM Sometimes the chief architect file contains a template that the person paid money for and it would not be morally correct to share that with someone unless they paid the original template designer to have access to that. It would feel like theft to me. My contract only states that the client gets a PDF to submit for permit and I will share as many of those with that client, in case they lose it, as they need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesVolz Posted yesterday at 01:04 PM Share Posted yesterday at 01:04 PM 21 hours ago, telligence said: Hi all - I'm new to this so please be gentle. I have hired a drafting/design firm to create floor plans for some residential duplexes that I want to build. In our contract, it states that "Plans and any work product derived from this contract are the intellectual property of the Client." My question is this: What could I expect that "work product" to be? What should I expect to receive in terms of electronic files? CAproj files, dwgs, pdfs? Thanks! No one can answer that accurately. It can mean different things and needs to be defined for each use. That term should be clearly defined in your written agreement. It could mean anything that you want it to. But when it is not defined clearly, you are asking for an argument that is not necessary. Read your contract carefully. It should always be defined there. If it is a poorly written contract, fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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