Imagine you are an entrepreneur starting a new business. The name of your business is ABC Company LLC and is located in Los Angeles, CA.

The business needs to hire someone to design a logo. Through a mutual connection, you meet Joseph Taylor. He is a designer who has experience designing logos for businesses.

You start having discussions about potentially hiring him.

One thing that you have made clear to Joseph already is that its really important that the business owns the logo after it has been paid for. To put it another way, youre not interested in licensing* the logo; you want to own it outright.

* Generally speaking, if you only have a license to the logo, that means that the Designer will own the logo and youll just be paying to use it.

STEP 2 Research a good template.

It is very rare for a lawyer to draft a contract from scratch. Its highly inefficient for both the lawyer and his/her client.

So the first step to drafting any contract is to look for a template or precedent that provides the best starting point.

Based on the facts above, please find a contract template that you think will serve as a good starting point for this contract. The right Google search should bring up several options.

Here are a few tips:

This type of contract can have all different sorts of names: independent contractor agreement, designer agreement, services agreement, etc.

Remember that its super important that the contract covers that you will own the logo after it has been paid for. This is often discussed in a section called Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Rights, Work for Hire, etc.

Do not pay for any template. There are enough free ones out there that will work for this assignment.

STEP 3 Submit your results.

Once you have found a template that you think would be a good starting point for this deal, please submit your responses to the following questions:

Copy + paste the link to the template that you have chosen: [INSERT LINK]

Why did you choose this template?

What was the most difficult part of looking for a template?