This document outlines an agreement for design services between a designer and client. It includes provisions around intellectual property ownership, payment terms, project timing and acceptance, confidentiality of information, the independent contractor relationship between parties, and representations around ownership and non-infringement of content. The designer will provide services and use commercially reasonable efforts to meet deadlines, while the client will promptly approve or comment on deliverables. Payments will be made in two installments, half before starting and half after completion.

1. Agreement For Design Services
Assignment By:
Chandra Vijay Dubey, Gaurav Maganlal Vasani
Mohammad Wamique Siddiqui & Varun Thakur

2. Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Elements of Contract
1. IP Provision
2. Payment Terms
3. Timing and Acceptance
4. Confidential Information
5. Relationship of Parties
6. Warranties and
Representations
3. Questions & Answers

3. Introduction
 This a development contract between a designer and
the client, for small to large development projects.
 This contract is a combination of industry standards,
legal protection and personal preferences.
 The idea behind this contract is that before we
implement our functions, we explicitly state your
assumptions about the input, output and internal
structure.

4. Elements of Design Contract
 Intellectual Property
Provision
 Payment Terms
 Timing and Acceptance
 Confidential Information
 Relationship of Parties
 Warranties and
Representations

5. Intellectual Property Provision
 Client Content
 Third Party Materials
 Assignment of Copyrights
 Assignment of Final Design

6. Payment Terms
 Half installment of the payment before the
commencement of project.
 Remaining payment after the final completion of
project.
 Modifications after completion of project and associated
costs.

7. Timing and Acceptance
 Designer: Performance of the services as may be
necessary or as agreed upon by the parties, and will
undertake commercially reasonable efforts to perform
the services within deadlines.
 Client: Deliverables within the time identified for such
reviews and to promptly:
 either approve and accept the Deliverables in writing
 or provide written comments and/or corrections sufficient
to identify the concerns

8. Confidential Information
 Confidential Information shall not include any information
that is in the public domain or becomes publicly known
through no fault of the receiving party, or is otherwise
properly received from a third party without an obligation of
confidentiality.
 Each Party, its agents and employees shall hold and maintain
in strictest confidence all Confidential Information, shall not
disclose Confidential Information to any third party, and shall
not use any Confidential Information except as may be
necessary to perform its obligations.

9. Relationship of Parties
 Independent Contractor: Designer is an independent
contractor, not an employee of Client or any company
affiliated with Client. Designer shall provide the Services
under the general direction of Client, but Designer shall
determine the manner and means by which the Services are
accomplished.
 No Exclusivity: Client is free to engage others to perform
services of the same or similar nature to those provided by
Designer, and Designer shall be entitled to offer and provide
design services to others.

10. Warranties and Representations
 Client owns all right, title, and interest in, or otherwise has full
right and authority to permit the use of the Client Content.
 Client & Designer Content does not infringe the rights of any
third party, and use of that content as well as any Trademarks in
connection with the Project does not and will not violate the
rights of any third parties.
 The Final Deliverables shall be the original work of Designer.
 Designer retains the right to reproduce, publish and display the
Final Deliverables in Designer’s portfolios and websites.

11. Thank You!
Questions?