What steps should a business take to claim legal ownership of work completed by contractors on it’s behalf?

If the tiny commercial operation hires possibly eccentric contractors or an additional commercial operation to perform work for them, what stairs should which commercial operation take to have certain which the finished product is legally owned by the commercial operation as well as not the entities or particular in use to emanate which product? Pointing me to resources upon this subject would be severely appreciated. Thanks!

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OldJimmy May 3, 2010 at 12:29 am: You definitely need an intellectual property agreement before the work commences. My understanding is that, in the absence of this, the contractor would own the rights to the work regardless of your payment for the work.

Whether or not that is true, it makes sense to have one to remove all doubt. Search using terms like “contract programmer intellectual property agreement” (even if the work/product you are talking about is not computer code, because this industry uses them a lot).
Jason May 3, 2010 at 12:54 am: Get them sign a form saying that your business has claim, not the owk completed by contractors,
help with mine ? http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AllV6ZaYXoXz1HbwTxF8Zx3AFQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20100110082924AAd4jP4

WHAT STEPS SHOULD A BUSINESS TAKE TO CLAIM LEGAL OWNERSHIP OF WORK COMPLETED BY CONTRACTORS ON IT’S BEHALF?

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