Development Work Agreement – Exhibit A
The Suitch
You, Maurizio Hernandez, have asked us, The Suitch, with a principal place of
business at 25th Floor, Harborside Financial Centre, 2500 Plaza 5, Jersey City,
NJ, 07311, to create custom software for you. This is our Agreement for this
project:
What we agree to do:
1. Scope of Work. The scope of my work for you is listed on Exhibit B on this
Agreement. We will start working on this project within 2 days after we receive a
signed copy of this Agreement and $4,500. If the scope of work changes after
we sign this Agreement, you and us agree to negotiate and sign an amended
Exhibit A.
2. Project Milestones. We have agreed that we will work on this project in
phases. Exhibit B to this Agreement lists the milestones that we’ve agreed will
apply to each phase of my work for you. If the scope of work changes after we
sign this Agreement, both parties agree to negotiate and sign an amended
Exhibit B.
3. Final Deliverables. We will deliver to you, via electronic mail [or a
downloadable hyperlink], within 4 days after you approve the final deliverable(s),
digital files containing my work for you under this Agreement.
Specifically, we will provide you with the following:
4. Original Work/Conflicts/Confidentiality. We promise that, except for
anything that you give us to incorporate into the software we will create for you:
(a) my work will be original and will not be copied in whole or in part from any
other work; (b) you are the sole and exclusive owner of all intellectual property
rights, including patent, copyright, trade secret and other proprietary rights in
and to the software we create for you, or you have secured such rights to any
third-party content incorporated into my final code; and (c) our work does not
violate the patent, copyright, trade secret or other property right of any person,
firm or entity. We promise that this Agreement does not conflict with any other
contract, agreement or understanding to which we are a party. Finally, we
promise that we will hold and maintain in strict confidence any confidential
information that you provide us (such as proprietary technical or business
information), and we will not disclose such information to any third party except
as may be required by a court or governmental authority.
5. Pay Us For My Work. You promise to pay us the total sum (“Fee”) of $9,000
in 2 milestones. 50% of the Fee will be due when we sign this Agreement and
before we begin. The remaining 50% of the Fee will be due on project
completion and before we send you final files containing the design you
approved. Payment will be made using credit/debit card. If you ask us to use
any third-party content (such as stock photos or third-party software that must
be incorporated in the software, we are creating for you), you promise to pay us
the actual cost of licensing that third-party content for work under this
Agreement. You agree that until you pay us for each increment, you will not
acquire the rights or license to use or transfer ownership of that section of
software that we have created for you under this Agreement.
6. Pay us For Extra Work. We agree that the Fee you owe us will cover in full
all of the work listed in Paragraph 1/Exhibit A of this Agreement. You agree that
if you ask us to make changes or do other work for you that is not covered by
this Agreement, you’ll pay us an hourly rate of $25 and this payment will be in
addition to all other amounts you owe us under this Agreement. You also agree
that if you ask us to do work outside the scope of this Agreement, we may take
extra time to send you the final files.
7. Feedback and Acceptance. You agree that we cannot complete my work
for you or meet the milestones to which we’ve agreed unless you give us timely
feedback. You agree to provide timely feedback so that we can understand your
concerns, objections or corrections, and you promise not to unreasonably
withhold acceptance of the deliverables we provide you at each milestone.
Feedback will be expected during each iteration as well within 48 hours of after
each showcase.
We’ve agreed to the following acceptance process: we will test the software that
we create for you to make sure that it’s working properly. In turn, you promise
that you will evaluate the deliverables we provided to you at each milestone
listed in Exhibit B to this Agreement and let us know in writing, within two (2)
business days after you receive each deliverable, whether you accept or reject it.
If you reject a deliverable, we will correct any errors and again ask you to accept
or reject the corrected deliverable – which you promise to do within one (1)
business day after you receive the corrected deliverable. This process shall
continue until you accept the deliverable or 4 business days have passed and you
have not accepted or rejected a deliverable (at which point it will be deemed
accepted). Once you’ve accepted a deliverable, we will proceed to do work on
the next milestone.
When we deliver the final files to you and complete our work for you under this
Agreement, you agree that you’ll test the software in its entirety to determine if
we completed the work, we promised you. You promise to let us know in writing
within fifteen (15) calendar days after we deliver the final files whether you
accept or reject the final files. If you reject the final files,
We will correct any errors and again ask you to accept or reject the corrected
deliverable – which you promise to do within fifteen (15) calendar days after you
receive the corrected deliverable. This process shall continue until you accept the
deliverable or 15 calendar days have passed and you have not accepted or
rejected a deliverable (at which point it will be deemed accepted). Finally, you
agree that our work on this project will be complete and the Agreement will end
after you’ve approved the final files.
8. You Have Rights To The Client Content. You promise that: (a) You own
the rights to use anything you give us (“Client Content”); and (b) using such
Client Content does not violate the patent, copyright, trade secret or other
property right of any person, firm or entity. You grant us a nonexclusive,
nontransferable license to use, reproduce, modify, display and publish the Client
Content solely in connection with our work for you under this Agreement and my
limited promotional uses as allowed by this Agreement. You also affirm and
represent that this Agreement does not conflict with any other contract,
agreement or understanding to which you are a party.
9. Rights Before You Pay Us In Full. You understand and agree that any
code created by us and properly paid for is of the sole ownership of you. For
each iteration, assuming it has correctly been paid for, you will own the sole
product.
10. Rights After You Pay Us In Full. After you pay us for each payment
section, we assign to you my right, title and interest in the copyrights for the
according section software that we created for you under this Agreement. You
agree that we may use your name/company name and trademarks as a
reference in my promotional materials. You also agree that we may include,
when referencing our work for you, a general description of the work under this
Agreement. If applicable, you agree to allow us to properly document our
participation within the appropriate area of this project’s work.
11. Right To Make Changes. We agree that after you pay us us in full, you
may make any changes or additions to the software we create for you under this
Agreement, which you in your discretion may consider necessary, and you may
engage others to make any such changes or additions, without further payments
to us. You agree that if you ask us to make changes or additions to the software
after you approve the final files, we will negotiate a separate additional payment
for our time to make such changes.
12. Rights To Know-How. We may incorporate into the software we create for
you various preexisting development tools, routines, subroutines, programs, data
or materials (Know-How). We agree that after you pay us in full for each section,
you’ll receive a nonexclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to use the Know-How
in the software that we created for you under this Agreement. However, you
shall not resell or make use of that Know-How in any other manner other than in
connection with the software you receive under this Agreement.
13. Warranty. We promise you that software we create for you shall perform
substantially in accordance with the specifications listed in Exhibit B and that it
will not contain significant material defects. In the event the software does not
perform in accordance with Exhibit B, we will, within fifteen (15) days from when
you give us written notice, correct the software so that it performs substantially
in accordance with Exhibit B. We also promise you that to the best of my
knowledge, the software will not contain any virus, worm, trap door, back door,
Trojan Horse, timer or clock that would erase data or programming or otherwise
cause the software to become inoperable or incapable of being used.
EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE SOFTWARE
WE CREATE FOR YOU IS PROVIDED WITHOUT ADDITIONAL WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ANY ORAL OR WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS,
PROPOSALS OR STATEMENTS MADE PRIOR TO THIS AGREEMENT. WE HEREBY
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY REPRESENTION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH
RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU. THE REMEDIES PROVIDED
IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES.
14. Limitations of Remedies. WE SHALL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES,
BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR LOSSES ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF WE ARE ADVISED OF THE
LIKELIHOOD OF SUCH DAMAGES OCCURING. MY CUMULATIVE LIABILITY FOR
ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY MANNER RELATED TO THIS
AGREEMENT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLAIMS FOR BREACH OF
CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
TORT, SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF THE FEE PAID BY YOU TO us
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
15. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive
agreement between us concerning the work on this project, and it supersedes all
other prior agreements, proposals, and representations, whether stated orally or
in writing. We can modify this agreement in writing, if both parties sign that
modification.
16. Termination. Either party may terminate this Agreement, in addition to any
other remedies available to us under this Agreement, if: (i) the non-terminating
party has failed to perform or meet any material obligation, condition or term in
this Agreement and failed to remedy the default within twenty (20) days after
the receipt of written notice from the terminating party; (ii) the non-terminating
party becomes bankrupt, involuntary, voluntary or adjudicated, or shall cease to
function as a going concern by suspending or discontinuing their/its business for
any reason except for periodic shutdowns in the ordinary course of business and
interruptions caused by strike, labor dispute or any other events over which the
non-terminating party has no control.
17. Your Responsibility To Review. You promise to review all deliverables we
provide you to confirm that the representations, express or implied, about your
company or organization, business products or services are accurate and we do
not mischaracterize your or your competitor’s products or services, we do not
violate proprietary or personal rights of others, and we are not libelous.
18. Controlling Law. This Agreement and performance hereunder shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New Jersey.
19. Severability. In the event that any provision in this Agreement is found
invalid or unenforceable pursuant to judicial decree or decision, the remainder of
this Agreement shall remain valid and enforceable according to its terms. IT IS
EXPRESSLY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT EACH AND EVERY PROVISION
OF THIS AGREEMENT WHICH PROVIDES FOR A LIMITATION OF LIABILITY,
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES OR EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES IS INTENDED BY
THE PARTIES TO BE SEVERABLE AND INDEPENDENT OF ANY OTHER
PROVISION AND TO BE ENFORCED AS SUCH. FURTHER, IT IS EXPRESSLY
UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT IN THE EVENT ANY REMEDY IS
DETERMINED TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE, ALL LIMITATIONS
OF LIABILITY AND EXCLUSIONS OF DAMAGES SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT.
By signing below, both parties agree: (a) to all of the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and (b) that we have the full authority to enter into this
Agreement. The Agreement is effective as of 11/8/2022.
Name: Ross Emery
Title (Optional): Business Consultant
Address: 25th Floor, Harborside Financial Centre, 2500 Plaza 5, Jersey
City, NJ, 07311
Signature:
Date: 11/08/2022
CLIENT
Name: ___________________________________________________
Title (Optional): ___________________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________________
Signature: ___________________________________________________
Date: ___________________________________________________