Intellectual Property & Confidentiality

Protect your intellectual property with professionally drafted agreements from £499

Your brand, your designs, your processes, your client relationships and your ideas all have value, and all of them can walk out the door without the right agreements in place. We draft the contracts that protect your intellectual property.

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Paying for Work Doesn't Mean You Own It

When a freelancer, agency or contractor creates something for you, whether that's a logo, a website, software, photography or written content, the copyright usually stays with them unless it is assigned to you in writing. You've paid for the work, but legally they still own it.

Without the right agreements in place:

  • The designer who created your logo could licence it, reuse it, or object to you changing it
  • The developer who built your website or software owns the code you depend on
  • An idea shared with a potential partner, supplier or investor has no protection unless a confidentiality agreement was signed first
  • A departing contractor can take what they learned about your business straight to a competitor

What are Intellectual Property & Confidentiality Agreements?

An intellectual property agreement transfers or licences ownership of created work, so the logo, code, content or designs you paid for legally belong to your business. A confidentiality agreement, often called an NDA, protects sensitive information you share with others, from ideas and plans to pricing, processes and client lists. They can be standalone documents or clauses built into your other contracts, such as your terms and conditions or freelancer agreements.

Why Do You Need Them?

If your business creates anything, shares anything, or hires anyone outside the company, these agreements protect you. Properly drafted, they help to:

  • Make sure work you've paid for actually belongs to your business
  • Protect ideas, plans and pricing before you share them with anyone
  • Keep client lists, processes and know-how confidential
  • Set clear rules on what others can and can't do with your information
  • Stop contractors and collaborators taking your work to competitors
  • Give you a clear legal remedy if confidence is broken
  • Add real value to your business, because clean IP ownership matters to buyers and investors

What Should They Include?

Every business protects different things, but well-drafted agreements typically cover:

  • Ownership and assignment of work created for you, transferring the rights in writing
  • Background IP, making clear what each party owned before working together
  • Licensing terms if rights are shared rather than transferred outright
  • A clear definition of what counts as confidential information
  • What the information can be used for, and what it can't
  • Who the information can be shared with, such as employees or advisers
  • How long confidentiality lasts, including after the relationship ends
  • What happens if the agreement is breached

Benefits of seeking professional advice

The right protection depends on what you're sharing, who you're sharing it with, and what's being created. Professional drafting makes sure nothing valuable slips through the gaps.

  • Tailored to what you're protecting

    A software business, a design agency and a manufacturer all need different protection. We draft around what your business actually creates and shares.

  • Clarity for both sides

    Clear agreements make working relationships easier. All freelancers, partners and suppliers know exactly where they stand.

  • Value that lasts

    Clean IP ownership makes your business stronger and easier to sell. Buyers and investors check who owns the brand, the code and the client relationships, and the answer should always be you.