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[Joe Aliferis]

no contract between us an original local firm

paid us a one-off fee to develop web-based solution

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andrew holway wrote:
> It would depend of the original conditions of sale. I usually
> explicitly state if I am selling a license (which can either be
> transferable or non transferable) or the IP.
> 
> On 30/10/2007, Joe Aliferis <joe at newforms.co.uk> wrote:
>> Its been at least a month - we're overdue for a legal question !
>>
>> A few years ago our company developed a bespoke web-based solution for a
>> local firm that used that solution to deliver on a contract with a big
>> london .org
>>
>> Recently the local firm has lost the contract they had to another firm,
>> who now ring us and say we have to give them the source code for the
>> web-based app we developed. That the london .org owns the intellectual
>> copyright to the bespoke app - and , therefore, as they now have the
>> contract with the .org, the solution we developed belongs to them.
>>
>> I said thats not the case. That we own the intellectual copyright to the
>> app, since we developed it - and that we had sold a license to the
>> original local firm to use it.
>>
>> Regardless of what the local firm we sold it to said to the .org, it was
>> not theirs to sell.
>>
>> I have suggested to the new firm with the .org contract that either them
>> or the .org need to contact us to discuss purchasing a license to use
>> the app.
>>
>> Anyone shed light ?
>>
>> Joe
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