You are the technical elite. An accomplished engineer, hacker, maker. A craftsman. You have paid your dues, chopped your wood and carried your water, and you have mastered the technologies and techniques that matter most to you, your peers and your clients. In fact, you probably invented some of them.

You have ideas, plans, schemes and dreams. Some of these you cherish for the future. On others you collaborate informally with your friends and colleagues. These plans, ideas and dreams are your creative capital and are one of the most important professional assets that you possess.

Because of your skills, you attract offers to collaborate.  Sometimes an offer comes from a headhunter hoping to lure you away from your current position.  Other times, it's a request for consulting help or a pitch to get in on the ground floor of a new start-up.  In recent years, the nature and scope of these arrangements has gotten considerably more complex and ambiguous.  Furthermore, employers and other would-be partners have gotten much more aggressive about locking up your creative capital for their own benefit.

Mersenne Law is proud to offer you, the accomplished craftsman, a Contract Checkup for any engagement that may come your way, whether it's employment, consulting or some other business opportunity.  This checkup will identify unfair claims to your time, your effort, your skills and your ideas, and make sure that potential collaborators don't try to sneak unfair advantage into their contracts.

Mersenne's Contract Checkup will advise you regarding:

  • Non-compete (scope, duration, enforceability)

  • Scope of work limits

  • Ownership of IP

  • Rights and obligations

  • Ownership of important assets (e.g., code, prototypes)

We're also happy to assist you should you choose to negotiate any of these points, and will prorate 50% of the cost of the checkup if you decide to do so.

Mersenne offers this important service at a reasonable price because we'd like to get to know you.  Our attorneys are engineers, entrepreneurs and makers too, and we know that if we can help you succeed, you're going to make our future much more fun.  Get to know a lawyer who's been in your shoes, who thinks like you do, and who's got your back.

Contact us now!