Graphic design terms and conditions
These graphic design terms and conditions have has been drafted to take particular account of the interests of the graphic designer, and accordingly may be a good basis for preparing the standard terms of trading of a graphic design business.
The terms and conditions may be used in relation to contracts with a specific scope or in relation to ongoing contracts where the scope of work is not defined at the outset.
The treatment of intellectual property in the designer's work product is relatively flexible. The intellectual property rights may be assigned to the customer, licensed to the customer, or subject to some mixture of assignment and licensing. The intellectual property provisions also take account of the possibility that the designer's work will incorporate materials supplied by the customer or a third party.
The graphic design terms and conditions include an optional acceptance procedure, under which the customer may accept or reject the designer's work product on the basis of pre-defined criteria.
The document does not take account of consumer protection legislation and therefore should not be used in connection with business-to-consumer contracts.

Graphic design terms and conditions contents
- Definitions: definitions.
- Term: commencement of term; end of term: indefinite, acceptance, event or date; each contract distinct.
- Services: obligation to provide services; standard of services; devotion of personnel to services; keeping customer informed of services; services: compliance with reasonable customer requests.
- Deliverables: obligation to deliver deliverables; feedback on deliverables; timetable for delivery of deliverables; deliverables warranties.
- Acceptance: acceptance review by second party; deemed acceptance of deliverables; deliverables do not meet acceptance criteria in review; subseqent failures of deliverables to meet acceptance criteria in review; consequences of acceptance of deliverables.
- ClientMaterials: supply ofClientmaterials; licence ofClientmaterials; warranties relating toClientmaterials.
Intellectual Property Rights : assignment of intellectual property rights in deliverables; licence to use deliverables; mixed assignment and licence of rights; licensing of third party materials; waiver of moral rights in deliverables; further assurance (intellectual property).- Charges: obligation to pay charges; time-base charges limitations; amounts inclusive or exclusive of VAT; variation of charges.
- Timesheets: obligation to keep timesheets; obligation to supply timesheets.
- Payments: issue of invoices; time for payment of charges following invoice; payment methods; interest on late payments.
- Designer's confidentiality obligations:Designerconfidentiality undertaking; disclosure of confidential information byDesignerto certain persons; exceptions toDesignerconfidentiality obligations; disclosures ofClientconfidential information mandated by law etc;Designerto stop using confidential information upon termination;Designerto return or destroy confidential information following termination;Designerconfidentiality obligations after termination.
- Designerpublicity obligations: no public disclosures byDesigner; permitted public disclosures byDesigner.
- Warranties: first party general warranties; second party warranty of authority; exclusion of implied warranties and representations.
- Limitations and exclusions of liability: caveats to limits of liability; interpretation of limits of liability; no liability for force majeure; no liability for loss of profits; no liability for loss of revenue; no liability for loss of use; no liability for loss of opportunities; no liability for loss of data or software; no liability for consequential loss; per event liability cap upon services contract; aggregate liability cap upon services contract.
Force Majeure Event : obligations suspended for force majeure; force majeure notification and information; mitigation of effects of force majeure.- Termination: termination without cause (optionally asymmetric); termination by either party without cause; termination upon breach; termination upon insolvency; termination upon non-payment.
- Effects of termination: surviving provisions upon termination; termination does not affect accrued rights.
- Status of Designer: first party is independent contractor not employee; no redundancy or compensation.
- Notices: contractual notices must be in writing; methods and deemed receipt of contractual notices; substitute contact details for notices.
- Subcontracting: subcontracting permitted.
- General: no waiver; severability; variation written and signed; asymmetric assignment of contractual rights; no third party rights; entire agreement; governing law; exclusive jurisdiction.
- Interpretation: statutory references; section headings not affecting interpretation; calendar month meaning; no ejusdem generis.
STATEMENT OF WORK












