Legal Question in Employment Law in New York

Greetings,

I had a verbal agreement with a friend of mine to sketch my ideas for commercial purposes. We also agreed that he would be paid per sketch. He gave me a couple of sketches, free of charge. I'm uneasy about the situation so I didn't ask him to do any more sketches. Why type of agreement, if any, would protect the free sketches and any future sketches? In case, he ask for additional payments later on.


Asked on 7/26/10, 7:58 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Arnold Nager Arnold H. Nager, Esquire

You should have your attorney draft a contract providing compensation for each sketch, asigning all right, title and interest in the sketches to you. In addition, there should be provisions allowing you full use of the sketches without additional compensation.

"Free" is without consideration, and therefore not a valid contract.

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Answered on 7/27/10, 5:37 am


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