Protecting Your Interests:
A Legal Guide to Negotiating Web Site Development and Virtual Exhibition Agreements
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Contract
A facilitating mechanism to a healthy
and productive partnership
Clarifying
roles and responsibilities
The Purpose Statement
The Contractual Statement of Work
Obtaining quality commitments
and consequences of failure
Quality Control and Payment Structures
Termination Provisions
Representations and Warranties regarding Quality and Fitness of the Web Site or Virtual Exhibition
Acknowledging
and solidifying intellectual property rights
Copyright Law
A Note on Databases, Photographs and Interactive Web Sites
Trademark Law
Domain Names
Contract Law, Copyright Notices and Rules of Use
Negotiating with your Developer
Copyright Provisions and Representations and Warranties
Credit for Web Site Development
Protecting against
future or contingent liabilities
Confidentiality
Privacy Issues
Security Issues
General Warranties, Indemnification Provisions and Errors and Omissions Insurance
Hyper Links To and From Your Web Site or Virtual Exhibition
Miscellaneous Provisions
Contractor's checklist
Appendix A - CHIN Web product development
guidelines
References