Protecting Your Code: IP & Contract Basics for Developers

​💻 Protecting Your Code: IP & Contract Basics for Developers

​Code is valuable. So are the rights attached to it.

​For developers working with startups, companies and clients, questions around ownership, licensing, confidentiality and contractual obligations can affect how you build, reuse and distribute your work.

​This 90-minute session brings together the practical IP and contract issues developers should understand before they sign an agreement or start building.

​We’ll cover:

​🔹 Who owns the code you write?
🔹 IP ownership when working as an employee, freelancer or contractor
🔹 IP assignment and confidentiality clauses
🔹 Contract terms developers should pay attention to
🔹 Using open-source code and third-party software
🔹 What happens to your work when a project or working relationship ends
🔹 Common legal mistakes developers make when signing contracts

​There will also be time for questions and discussion around the legal issues developers encounter in their work.