Risk Management20 min read
How to Handle a Client Who Wants to Own Your 'Process'
Treat this as risk allocation, not a personality clash. Start by separating ownership. You can grant rights in agreed deliverables while reserving your method, know-how, and reusable process assets, then document any broader transfer explicitly in the contract. Under U.S. copyright rules, copyright transfers should be [written and signed](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/204). Use this roadmap: diagnose the request, define the collaboration boundary, then document that split in the SOW and contract.
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