Work Made for Hire Agreement
(Photographer)

Summary

This template is a work made for hire agreement between a company and a contractor it retains to provide photography services in connection with the company's marketing efforts. It confers all rights in the commissioned works (e.g., photographs, digital images, and all copyrights therein) to the company. This template includes practical guidance and drafting notes. While this template is a standalone agreement, it can easily be incorporated into a more comprehensive agreement that contains additional provisions relating to the employer-employee or employer-consultant relationship, such as assignment of inventions, non-competition, and/or confidentiality agreements. For guidance on work made for hire issues, see Works Made for Hire and Nimmer on Copyright § 5.03. For other sample work made for hire agreements and clauses, see Work Made For Hire Agreement (Content Contributor) and Work Made for Hire Clause (with Alternate Assignment Language). For guidance on invention assignments and confidentiality agreements, see Assignments of Inventions Checklist, Assignment of Employee Inventions State Law Survey, and Confidentiality Agreements. For more information on independent contractors from an employment law perspective, see Independent Contractor Agreements: Major Negotiation, Drafting, and Legal Issues.