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hello,
i work with an inventor who's attempting to market his invention. he contracted me to do the design, which is now finished, with his approval. however, after he gave his approval, i thought of a way to significantly improve the design, so i edited the CAD files and sent him the revised design, which is significantly cheaper to produce and significantly higher quality than the original, indisputably so, and he knows it. but he flatly refuses to accept the newer design, saying he will proceed with the inferior version. and he offers no coherent explanation for his choice.
the reason i'm asking this question is that i have a financial stake in the sale of the product, and so do other investors. he is clearly betraying us, clearly sabotaging the product. no commitments have yet been made toward the production process.
my question is, is he legally betraying us? is he breaking a contract?
he and i have two separate contracts between us. one is an NDA meaning that i can't talk about the product to 3rd parties. the other is a profit sharing contract which gives me 5% of the sales profit. neither contract stipulates anything about design decisions, or who actually makes those decisions. the later contract simply says "Representative [me] must provide a working marketable finished product."
i don't know anything about other agreements he has made with the other investors. i do know that he doesn't have money. virtually the entire budget will be provided by his investors.
thanx to anyone who can help.
mike
hello,
i work with an inventor who's attempting to market his invention. he contracted me to do the design, which is now finished, with his approval. however, after he gave his approval, i thought of a way to significantly improve the design, so i edited the CAD files and sent him the revised design, which is significantly cheaper to produce and significantly higher quality than the original, indisputably so, and he knows it. but he flatly refuses to accept the newer design, saying he will proceed with the inferior version. and he offers no coherent explanation for his choice.
the reason i'm asking this question is that i have a financial stake in the sale of the product, and so do other investors. he is clearly betraying us, clearly sabotaging the product. no commitments have yet been made toward the production process.
my question is, is he legally betraying us? is he breaking a contract?
he and i have two separate contracts between us. one is an NDA meaning that i can't talk about the product to 3rd parties. the other is a profit sharing contract which gives me 5% of the sales profit. neither contract stipulates anything about design decisions, or who actually makes those decisions. the later contract simply says "Representative [me] must provide a working marketable finished product."
i don't know anything about other agreements he has made with the other investors. i do know that he doesn't have money. virtually the entire budget will be provided by his investors.
thanx to anyone who can help.
mike