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Independent Contractor Agreement Template (with country-specific IP guidance)

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For a contractor in another country, the two things that bite you are IP ownership and misclassification, and this free template addresses both directly. It ships with a clause assigning all work product to your company plus explicit notes that IP-assignment enforceability varies by jurisdiction (Australia, Canada, and parts of Europe can vest rights with the contractor unless you word it right), and it frames the contractor as a vendor, not payroll, which is exactly how you should be paying them.

• Pay cross-border contributors as vendors on a clear contract with an explicit IP-assignment clause, never as payroll, to avoid misclassification liability
• IP assignment does not transfer automatically: some countries vest ownership with the creator, so pair a full assignment with a license fallback and adjust for the contractor's jurisdiction
• Get local legal review before finalizing, because a US-style template may not be enforceable as-is in the contractor's home country