By Josh Emory, Esq. Far too often, project owners and, sometimes, design professionals overlook documenting the ownership and use of project drawings and designs. Who owns them? Work product prepared by an architect or engineer, typically called, “Instruments of Service,” generally belong to the designer who created them unless and until the parties agree otherwise….
Far too often, businesses of all types – not just those in the construction industry – overlook the importance of implementing employment policies regarding the company’s confidential, proprietary and trade secret information, and ownership of inventions and proprietary information created by employees during the employment. Of course, it is typical for employees to have access…
