Legal Contract Templates CD-ROM Development Contract (Canada)

How to write my CD-ROM Development Contract (Canada) document

CD ROM DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT the Agreement THIS AGREEMENT is made this current day day of current month current year by and between company name Developers and company name Customer Recitals A. Developers have experience and expertise in the development of multimedia digital media graphic design computer programming web sites and CD ROM presentations. B. Multimedia created by Developers includes. CD ROMs web sites computer programming flash animations graphics and other multimedia created or licensed by Developers. C. Customer desires to have Developers develop multimedia for them. D. Developers desire to develop Customers Presentation on the terms and conditions set forth herein the Presentation Definitions As used herein the following terms shall have the following meanings;

A. Customer shall mean company name B. Developers shall mean company name C. Presentation shall mean the project according to the terms and specifications as set out in the schedules to this contract as agreed and amended by the parties hereto. D. Specifications shall mean for the purpose of each separate contract the specifications as set out and agreed to by the parties and any amendments thereto as attached hereto as Schedule B. E. Dollars All amounts referenced herein shall mean currency of Canada.

F. Material shall mean all of Developers and third parties material described in Schedule C. G. Schedules The following are the Schedules attached hereto and are incorporated by reference into this agreement. a. Schedule Terms and other conditions for the development of the Presentation. b. Schedule Specifications that are applicable to Customers Presentation. c. Schedule List of Material owned by Developer and third parties. d. Schedule Addresses specified for the parties to this Agreement. Agreements In consideration of the mutual covenants set forth in this Agreement Customer and Developers hereby agree as follows. 1. Development of Presentation.

Developers agree to develop the Presentation according to the terms and specifications set forth in Schedule attached hereto. 2. Specifications. Developers agree to develop the Presentation pursuant to the specifications set forth in Schedule attached hereto the Specifications 3. Delivery of Presentation. Developers will use reasonable diligence in the development of the Presentation and endeavour to deliver to Customer Presentation based on the Specifications no later than days after all required media has been received from Customer. Customer acknowledges however that this delivery deadline and the other milestones listed in Schedule are estimates and are not required delivery dates. 4. Ownership Rights. Developers shall hold all right title and interest in and to the Presentation. Specifically but without limitation Developer shall hold all right title and interest in and to all text graphics animation audio components and digital components of the Presentation the Content all interfaces navigational devices menus menu structures or arrangements icons help and other operational instructions and all other components of any source or object computer code that comprises the Presentation all literal and nonliteral expressions of ideas that operate cause create direct manipulate access or otherwise affect the Content and all copyrights patents trade secrets and other intellectual or industrial property rights in the Presentation or any component or characteristic thereof. Customer shall not do anything that may infringe upon or in any way undermine or challenge any of Developers right title and interest in the Presentation as described in this paragraph 4. Notwithstanding the above Customer shall retain all of its intellectual property rights in any text images or other components it owns and provides to Developers for use in the Presentation. 5. Compensation. For all of Developers services under this Agreement Customer shall compensate Developers in cash pursuant to the terms of Schedule attached hereto. In the event Customer fails to make any of the payments referenced in Schedule by the deadline set forth in Schedule Developers have the right but are not obligated to pursue any or all of the following remedies. terminate the Agreement remove all web sites hosting and tracking resources for Presentation avail itself of any other right available at law equity or otherwise bring legal action keep Customers deposit and credit it towards development time and costs already incurred for the Presentation. The rights and remedies set out in this Agreement are cumulative and the exercise of any right shall not exhaust all rights or preclude Developers from exercising any one or more right or remedy.

6. Confidentiality. Customer and Developers acknowledge and agree that the Specifications and all other documents and information related to the development of the Presentation provided by Developers the Confidential Information are confidential and constitute valuable trade secrets of Developers. Customer shall keep the Confidential Information in confidence and shall not at any time during or after the term of this Agreement without Developers prior written consent disclose or otherwise make available to anyone either directly or indirectly all or any part of the Confidential Information. Excluded from the Confidential Information definition is anything that can be seen by the public on the Presentation when each page of the Presentation is first accessed. 7. Limited Warranty and Limitation on Damages. Developers warrant the Presentation will conform to the Specifications for period of days from the date of shipment by Developers. If the Presentation does not materially conform to the Specifications Developers shall be responsible to correct the Presentation without unreasonable delay at Developers sole expense and without charge to Customer to bring the Presentation into material conformance with the Specifications. This warranty shall be the exclusive warranty available to Customer. Except as expressly set out herein Customer waives any other warranty condition or representation express or implied. Customer acknowledges that Developers do not warrant that the Presentation will work on all platforms. Customer acknowledges that Developers are not responsible for the results obtained by Customer on the Presentation. Customer acknowledges that Developers are not responsible for fixing problems on Presentations once mass produced after Customer has tested proofed and approved their Presentation. Under no circumstances will Developers be liable to Customer for any claim for damages direct indirect incidental consequential or special howsoever caused or arising even if such damages are reasonably foreseeable. Customer agrees that its sole and exclusive remedy for damages either in contract or tort is the return of the consideration paid to Developers as set forth in Schedule attached hereto. 8. Independent Contractor. Developers are retained as independent contractors. Developers will be fully responsible for payment of their own income taxes on all compensation earned under this Agreement. Customer will not withhold or pay any income tax pension or Workers Compensation Board assessments contributions or any other similar charges in respect of Developers personnel or any other payroll taxes on Developers behalf. Developers understand that they will not be entitled to any employee benefits that Customer provides for its employees generally or to any statutory employment benefits including without limitation workers compensation or unemployment insurance. 9. Equipment. Customer agrees to make available to Developers for Developers use in performing the services required by this Agreement such items of hardware and software as Customer and Developers may agree are reasonably necessary for such purpose. 10. General Provisions.

10 Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings written or oral between the parties related to the subject matter hereof. No modification of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by all of the parties hereto. 10 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of state or province and applicable federal laws of Canada without reference to its principles of conflicts laws. The parties hereby agree to attorn to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of state or province for the commencement of any action hereunder other than applications for injunctive relief. 10 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and enure to the benefit of Customer and Developers and their respective successors and assigns provided that Developers may not assign any of their obligations under this Agreement without Customers prior written consent.

10 Waiver. The waiver by either party of any breach or failure to enforce any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement at any time shall not in any way affect limit or waive such partys right thereafter to enforce and compel strict compliance with every term and condition of this Agreement. 10 Good Faith. Each party represents and warrants to the other that such party has acted in good faith and agrees to continue to so act in the negotiation execution delivery performance and any termination of this Agreement. 10 Ownership of Photographs and Media. Developers may use some of their own photographs and other media for the Presentation. Developers retain all right title and interest in such photographs and other media other than hereby granting Customer non exclusive right to use those photographs and media and only on the Presentation. Customers right to use of Materials will be revoked if the Agreement is breached. 10 No Right to Assign.

Customer has no right to assign sell modify or otherwise alter the Presentation except upon the express written advance approval of Developers which consent can be withheld for any reason. 10 Indemnification. Customer warrants that everything it provides Developers to put on the Presentation is legally owned or licensed to Customer. Customer agrees to indemnify and hold Developers harmless from any and all claims brought by any third party relating to any aspect of the Presentation including but without limitation any and all demands liabilities losses costs and claims including attorneys fees arising out of injury caused by Customers products services material supplied by Customer copyright infringement and defective products sold via the Presentation. 10 Use of Presentation for Promotional Purposes. Customer grants Developers the right to use the Presentation for promotional purposes including public display inclusion in Developers marketing material and programs and or to cross link it with other marketing venues developed by Developers now or in the future. 10. 10 No Responsibility for Theft. Developers have no responsibility for any third party copying reverse engineering or improper use of any or all of the Presentation. 10. 11 Right to Make Derivative Works.

Developers have the exclusive rights in making any derivative works or modifications of the Presentation source code or other methods or practices developed and employed by Developers. 10. 12 Attorneys Fees. In the event any party to this Agreement employs an attorney to enforce any of the terms of the Agreement the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its actual attorneys fees and costs including expert witness fees. 10. 13 Identification of Developers. Customer agrees that Developers trademarks logos and web links will be placed and remain on the credits page of the Presentation. Customer also agrees to put Developers copyright notices on the Presentation and the relevant content therein and maintain such proprietary notices at all times.

10. 14 No Responsibility for Loss. Including Hardware or Software Compatibility Issues or User Behaviour. Developers make no representations or warranties whatsoever express or implied statutory or otherwise including without limitation fitness of purpose custom or usage or merchantability regarding hardware or software compatibility Y2K issues Operating System compatibility and or any and all improper use of the Presentation by an end user individual or other third party. 10. 15 Transfer of Rights. In the event Developers are unable to continue maintenance of the Presentation non exclusive rights to the object code version of the Presentation will be granted to Customer. Transfer of Rights does not apply to non transferable third party licenses and proprietary Material owned by Developers. 10. 16 Replication of CD ROMs or other Digital Format.

How do you write a Project Contract Acceptance Signoff Form document? (alternate or related contract document)

company name Project Acceptance Signoff address address city state or province zip or postal code Phone phone number DATE. current date Order WorkOrder Client.

company name city state or province zip or postal code Phone phone number For. General Description of Project Deliverables Please initial the following sections which detail the projects deliverables contracted between company name and company name and sign the Acceptance of Agreement at the bottom of this document. Initials Description of Completed Milestone Acceptance of Milestone #1 description here

Acceptance of Milestone #2 description here Acceptance of Milestone #3 description here Acceptance of Milestone #n description here Acceptance of Project per Contract Specifications. ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT. I certify that have received the above project deliverables from company name and that the deliverables listed above have been demonstrated delivered or otherwise completed to my satisfaction. Best Practice Note. If billing by credit card the above line should include permission to charge their credit card. This helps reduce your chargeback exposure. Example. Florentine Design Group LLC may now charge the final installment of 390 to AMEX ************345 for completion of the project.

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How do you write a Contract Milestone Acceptance Signoff Form document? (alternate or related contract document)

company name Milestone Acceptance Signoff address address city state or province zip or postal code Phone phone number DATE. current date Order WorkOrder Client. company name

city state or province zip or postal code Phone phone number For. General Description of Project Deliverable Please initial the following sections which detail the project deliverable contracted between company name and company name and sign the Acceptance of Agreement at the bottom of this page. Initials Description of Completed Milestone Acceptance of Milestone Insert Milestone number here Milestone description here ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT. I certify that have received the above project deliverable from company name and that the deliverable listed above has been demonstrated delivered or otherwise completed to my satisfaction. Clients signature

How to write my Software Problem Report document (alternate or related contract document)

SOFTWARE PROBLEM REPORT If you think you have encountered problem in our product. confirm that you have the latest version of the product you are reporting on; and complete the following form. Reported By signator authorized signature or signer. Date. Phone. Email. Software Version Environment Operating System Y N. Windows Release Y N. Macintosh Release

Y N. Linux Release Other. Problem Description Please describe the problem in as much detail as possible. Make note of any behaviors you observe whether you can reproduce the problem and any observations of system behavior slowdown or other events taking place prior to the instance of the problem encountered. Describe any specific actions you were performing prior to the problem. Frequency Y N. Problem occurs each time Y N. Problem occurs occasionally performing specific action Describe action. Y N. Problem occurs randomly

Reproduction Y N. Problem can be reproduced Y N. Problem cannot be reproduced Describe any specific steps or actions to take to reproduce the problem. Severity Y N. Does not affect usability Y N. Minor requires some extra work to get around Y N. Major requires significant extra work to get around Y N. Critical software is unusable in current state Additional Comments Developer Assigned To

Developer Notes Resolution

How do you write a Project Development Short Form Contract document? (alternate or related contract document)

company name Work Order address address city state or province zip or postal code Phone phone number DATE. current date

Order WorkOrder Bill To. company name city state or province zip or postal code Phone phone number For. What you are doing for the customer here

DESCRIPTION HOURS RATE AMOUNT TOTAL Agreements In consideration of the mutual covenants set forth in this Agreement Customer and Developers hereby agree as follows. 1. Development of Web Site Digital Media. Developers agree to develop the Web Site and other Digital Media according to the terms expressed by the customer and recommended by the developers. 2. Delivery of Web Site Digital Media. Developers will use reasonable diligence in the development of the Web Site and endeavor to deliver to Customer an operational Web Site no later than delivery date. Customer acknowledges however that this delivery deadline and the other payment milestones listed in Section are estimates and are not required delivery dates. 3. Ownership Rights. Developers shall hold all right title and interest in and to the Web Site Media. Specifically but without limitation Developer shall hold all right title and interest in and to all text graphics animation audio components and digital components of the Web Site the Content all interfaces navigational devices menus menu structures or arrangements icons help and other operational instructions and all other components of any source or object computer code that comprises the Web Site all literal and non literal expressions of ideas that operate cause create direct manipulate access or otherwise affect the Content and all copyrights patents trade secrets and other intellectual or industrial property rights in the Web Site or any component or characteristic thereof. Customer shall not do anything that may infringe upon or in any way undermine Developers right title and interest in the Web Site as described in this paragraph 3. Notwithstanding the above Customer shall retain all of its intellectual property rights in any text images or other components it owns and transmits to Developers for use in the Web Site. 4. Compensation. For all of Developers services under this Agreement Customer shall compensate Developers in cash the amount specified in the total above. In the event Customer fails to make any of the payments referenced by the deadline set forth in Exhibit Invoice Developers have the right but are not obligated to pursue any or all of the following remedies. terminate the Agreement remove the Web Site and or Digital Media bring legal action. 5. Limited Warranty and Limitation on Damages. Developers warrant the Web Site will conform to the Specifications. If the Web Site does not conform to the Specifications Developers shall be responsible to correct the Web Site without unreasonable delay at Developers sole expense and without charge to Customer to bring the Web Site into conformance with the Specifications. This warranty shall be the exclusive warranty available to the Customer. Customer waives any other warranty express or implied. Customer acknowledges that Developers do not warrant that the Web Site will work on all platforms. Customer acknowledges that Developers are not responsible for the results obtained by the Customer on the Web Site. Customer waives any claim for damages direct or indirect and agrees that its sole and exclusive remedy for damages either in contract or tort is the return of the consideration paid to Developers as set forth in Exhibit attached hereto. 6. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Customer and Developers and their respective successors and assigns provided that Developers may not assign any of his obligations under this Agreement without Customers prior written consent. ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT. The above prices specifications and conditions are hereby accepted. The designer is authorized to execute the project as outlined in this agreement. Payment will be made as proposed above. Customers signature Designers signature Date THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUSINESS.

Writing the Contract Milestones Checklist document (alternate or related contract document)

MILESTONES Sample Milestones for typical project. Edit as you see fit for your own project milestones. This document is intended to be attached to the development contract with Exhibit Payment Terms and or Exhibit Project Specifications. Milestone Completed 1 Acceptance of project mockup graphics. 2 Acceptance of project skeleton architecture design. 3 Acceptance of navigation interface prototype project alpha. 4+ Each hours of logged work is billed as milestone each beta release etc. Final Final acceptance of project.